MACKIE

[ruthhelen]

David Smith, born 1886, Alford, was the illegitimate son of Betsy Cobban and one David Smith, farm servant.

George Sinclair Cobban appears to be the illegitimate son of Ann Cobban, domestic servant (presumably a sister or other relative of Betsy Cobban). He was born in 1890 in Tullynessie. I think the George Sinclair, aged 70 in the 1901 census must be a transcription error, since he would have been 10, not 70 - but a check of the original census record may confirm this.

Now there was a Betsy Cobban born in 1860 in Alford to Walter Cobban and Ann Dyker. There were two Ann Cobbans born in Alford - one in 1871, and Ann Dyker Cobban in 1875. One presumes Ann Dyker Cobban is the sister of Betsy - but that would have made her around 15 when her son was born (which might explain why he is still with his aunt in 1901). A check of the records on Scotland's People will confirm this one way or the other.

Ruth

[Possum26]

thankyou so much to everyone now i have somewhere to go and look the George Sinclair age 70 was wrong as he was born 1891 but it could be an accent problem thanks again
possum26

[Rosinish]

I think the George Sinclair, aged 70 in the 1901 census must be a transcription error, since he would have been 10, not 70 - but a check of the original census record may confirm this.

Think you're correct Ruth as scotlandspeople site (Index) shows this;

SINCLAIR GEORGE
1901
10
213/ 2/ 17
Kintore
Aberdeen

I'm assuming the '70' is from an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on 'Fancestry' i.e. not connected with accents. I wouldn't imagine any accent could mangle 10 as 70'?


Annie

[rosie17]

Think you're correct Ruth as scotlandspeople site (Index) shows this;

SINCLAIR GEORGE
1901
10
213/ 2/ 17
Kintore
Aberdeen

I'm assuming the '70' is from an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on 'Fancestry' i.e. not connected with accents. I wouldn't imagine any accent could mangle 10 as 70'?


Annie
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I did say the ages were out  another wrong transcription record again 

Rosie