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Re: Houstry
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 21 February 23 10:09 GMT (UK) »
Just one other point, if your ancestor was Alexander baptised 31/10/1789 and his father Robert was born about 1715, he would be about 74, this seems unlikely.

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Re: Houstry
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 21 February 23 10:23 GMT (UK) »
https://www.freereg.org.uk as posted by Forfarian. Donald & Alexander’s do not appear on the dates I posted from SP. The two below do.


John GUN   Baptism   30 Aug 1759   Caithness   Latheron : Church of Scotland : Unspecified

Father forename   Robert
Father surname   GUN
Person abode   Houstry
Notes   Witnesses - Alexr Campbell and Donald Gun, Tenants in Houstry

David GUN   Baptism   5 Jul 1764   Caithness   Latheron : Church of Scotland : Unspecified

Father forename   Robert
Father surname   GUN
Person abode   Haustry
Notes   Witnesses - Donald Bain. Twin of Elizabeth

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Re: Houstry
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 21 February 23 10:25 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: dmg46 on Tuesday 21 February 23 00:02 GMT (UK)
Robert Gunn (1715-1802) of Achaneccan Farm, Sutherlandshire and Their mother was probably Isobel Elder.
In which parish was Achaneccan?

See https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=758930.0
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Re: Houstry
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 21 February 23 20:11 GMT (UK) »
Forfarian, Colin and GR2;
Thank you for responding. You have given me information and links which I will use going forward (or backward as the case may be). Very helpful.
And yes, my Donald Gunn was definitely, not of Kildonan but in Kildonan. An error which I will be pleased to correct.

Much appreciated,
Don

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Re: Houstry
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 21 February 23 20:44 GMT (UK) »
You're very welcome.
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Re: Houstry
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 22 February 23 10:02 GMT (UK) »
https://www.freecen.org.uk (Good census coverage in Caithness 1841 - 1891)
I wonder if this is David?

1841Shianmore,  Latheron - he is not there 1851.

GUNN   David      77   Farmer   Caithness   
GUNN   Margaret      20      Caithness   
ROBERTSON   Christina   5      Caithness

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Re: Houstry
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 22 February 23 22:16 GMT (UK) »
Colin,
Quote from: Forfarian on Tuesday 21 February 23 10:25 GMT (UK)
Quote from: dmg46 on Tuesday 21 February 23 00:02 GMT (UK)
Robert Gunn (1715-1802) of Achaneccan Farm, Sutherlandshire and Their mother was probably Isobel Elder.
In which parish was Achaneccan?

See https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=758930.0
It is a farm in the Parish of Kildonan near Kinbrace.

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Re: Houstry
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 22 February 23 22:26 GMT (UK) »
My apologies, I did not think that the chart was going to be published, since it is: the John Gunn on the right is my Great Grandfather. The parents of Donald are the question mark. I have one source that has Donald and his brothers born in Houstry. However there is no solid evidence.

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Re: Houstry
« Reply #17 on: Thursday 23 February 23 09:36 GMT (UK) »
Thanks.

It's just that the parish is the essential element in finding places and therefore relevant records of people. As you have already seen, there are Houstrys in at least three different parishes, and that's without trying to second-guess the clerks who invented alternative spellings of place names.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.
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