Rheumatic born near ?????

[Rosinish]

Beans,

We are talking 'rural' Scotland & miles between towns with no roads, much countryside & farms i.e. naming nearest Parish?

This link describes 'Insch'..."The parish of Insch is irregular in shape, and is situated about 27 miles north west of the City of Aberdeen, in Aberdeenshire, it is about 5½ miles in length and about 4 in breadth"

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jg3/

There are a few places named 'Insh/Insch/Inch' in scotland.

This site is good;

http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/

What made me wonder was...the person directly above your man gives 'Born near Dundee' (a Parish) which is en route directly to Aberdeen.

Annie

[Rosinish]

I have just noticed your man was in the 1st Regiment of Foot....

Could he have been born Inch, Dumfries and Galloway?

Annie

[Beans]

Hi Annie,
Barnes served in the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards - the ones mainly based in London for the protection of the Monach. They later became the Grenider Guards, not to be confused with the 1st Regiment of Foot who later became the Scots Guards.
I was very confused by this at the begining until the difference was explained to me.
 If you look at the documents,  most were members of a Foot Regiment not a Foot Guard Regiment. Those who were Foot Guards were born in Barnet, Tunbridge and Kittering and it is now one of the reasons why I am not too certain regarding a scottish birthplace. I suspect or mayby I am just hoping for, a Home Counties birthplace

[Rosinish]

Ahhh...I do note the difference (it does make a difference), thanks 

Will have an alternative angle now in my thinking process 

Annie

[Rosinish]

What I can't get my head round is the fact they all say 'born near'   

What's that all about   

Annie

[Bookbox]

@ Josey, I agree that it Looks very similar to the CC but that makes no sense at all
Scc... or Icc.. or Lcc. If it were an I then it should be Ick....
I also agree that "u" is the most likely, Su... or Lu... or Iu...

Or maybe Sw...?

[josey]

What I can't get my head round is the fact they all say 'born near'   

Perhaps that's what they were asked 'What is the nearest big town/city to where you were born?' 

In which case we are looking for a biggish town/city 

[Beans]

@ Rosinish, although most of them say "near", not all of them do. There are a number of "at" eg at Dublin, even one which state in Skiel.

@ Bookbox, yes, I suppose it could be a W but only if the first letter is an S.
 I can't imagine an Lw or an Iw

[Rosinish]

Not good for the eyes 

I am now seeing a possible 'H' as the starting letter 

Could it be an abbreviation (with the apostrophe) for Hainichen (Saxony) although dependent on the pronunciation!

Annie