My Shewan side goes back to Andrew Shewan married to Jane Johnston Do you want death certificate details for: Shewan Agnes B1782 D1860 No.182, Father: Shewan,...
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Wade Buchan
wsbphd
Jan 20, 2013 1:20 pm
From: Peterhead@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Peterhead@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of haworth.jill Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2013 12:02 AM To:...
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Gweneth Myers
gwenethmyers
Jan 20, 2013 10:39 pm
Hello Wade  Can you please tell me what is a cooper on the naval ship? Cheers Gwen Myers Melbourne ... From: Wade Buchan <wsb@...> Subject: RE:...
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Christine Tregonning
cjtregonning
Jan 21, 2013 1:38 am
Hi Gwen, I know that you directed your question to Wade but I think that maybe a cooper is a person who makes barrels. Perhaps they maintained the barrels...
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Marie
minbalup@...
Jan 21, 2013 2:13 am
Hi Wade, Trying to find my Alexander Florence living in Peterhead with his brother’s family in 1841. He sailed to Tasmania sometime between 1841 and 1845...
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ali1998mar
Jan 21, 2013 11:07 am
Hello Gweneth, A cooper was a very busy man if he was aboard a whaling ship. The blubber was stored in barrels once it had been removed from the whale, the...
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A MacPhee
alexmacphee
Jan 21, 2013 12:02 pm
I'm sure other have encountered this during their researches. The Brick Wall. What's infuriating about mine, is that he was born after 1855, the introduction...
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Gweneth Myers
gwenethmyers
Jan 21, 2013 12:09 pm
G'day Mary Thanks for this information. I have a Colin McKenzie who was an apprentice cooper, aged 17 years in the 1841 census. It didn't occur to me he...
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Henderson, Roy
roy.henderson@...
Jan 21, 2013 12:10 pm
Have you searched the 1901 and 1911 Census data Alex to at least see if he was still alive on those dates? Were there any children - if so, you could try...
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Gweneth Myers
gwenethmyers
Jan 21, 2013 12:11 pm
Thanks for that Christine, Cheers Gwen ... From: Christine Tregonning <cjtregonning@...> Subject: RE: [Peterhead] Seaman list To:...
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D
ddavidson12...
Jan 21, 2013 12:28 pm
I thought I would post this links to the National Library of Scotland, there are numerous maps available from various eras gone past ...
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Wade Buchan
wsbphd
Jan 21, 2013 1:05 pm
Hi Gwenth, You don't find many coopers at sea, as Mary suggested John Slessor was probably aboard a whaling ship. Most coopers were on land and could have also...
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Alison Kennedy
alison501012
Jan 21, 2013 1:07 pm
The McDougall's of Peterhead and area, usually earned their living from the sea - either as fishermen or merchant seamen. Don't give up all hope, but beware...
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Ray Hennessy
ray7033
Jan 21, 2013 1:21 pm
Alex Two suggestions: 1. Try some newspaper archives for losses at sea; they were usually reported but perhaps no inquest followed. 2. Ask Scotland's People if...
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A MacPhee
alexmacphee
Jan 21, 2013 3:31 pm
Thank you for all the suggestions, folks. I have tried these too (save the suggestion about contacting SP on mis-spellings), and as a rough summary, this is...
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Barbara Dawes
bdawes13
Jan 21, 2013 6:10 pm
Alex, you don't mention if you have searched on the children of your Archibald McDougall's first marriage. I see what appears could be his son Archibald...
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A MacPhee
alexmacphee
Jan 21, 2013 7:15 pm
Barbara, Thank you so much for these researches, and the time given to them. Archibald had three children by his first wife (Jemima, a poor girl he seems to...
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A MacPhee
alexmacphee
Jan 21, 2013 7:46 pm
Barbara, Stone the crows, I'm stunned! All these years, I thought my grandmother, Maggie Jane McDougall, was the only child of Catherine Hay. As of the last...
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A MacPhee
alexmacphee
Jan 21, 2013 8:50 pm
I have found a census return for a vessel in Wick Bay, Caithness, 1901, containing an 'A McDougall', bc1858, Ab(Seaman), but birth place given only as...
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Barbara Dawes
bdawes13
Jan 21, 2013 10:54 pm
I'm happy some of the tips seem to be paying off. As long as they are living they should turn up somewhere and quite right, some of the best fun with our...
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flss1
Jan 21, 2013 11:26 pm
Just wondering if your Great Grandmother's headstone mentions her husband?If he died after her, & out of the country, there may still be an inscription...
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A MacPhee
alexmacphee
Jan 22, 2013 12:27 am
This is another excellent suggestion. I don't at present know where she's buried, only that she died on 15th May 1900 in Brook Lane, Peterhead, and that she...
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Barbara Dawes
bdawes13
Jan 22, 2013 12:42 am
I just checked my copy of St. Peter's Cemetery, Peterhead for McDougal and McDougall and you can rule that one out - other than, if there is no stone, only a...
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Wade Buchan
wsbphd
Jan 22, 2013 12:57 am
Catherine Hay is buried in The Peterhead Constitution Street Cemetery Lair A59 (I will have to check that number, from what I found last night). No headstone...
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A MacPhee
alexmacphee
Jan 22, 2013 1:20 am
Thank you so much, this has been such a productive thread for me, and at least I now know where she lies. And I've also had so many new leads to follow. Kind...
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Judy Parrish
jam54jam
Jan 22, 2013 2:18 am
Hi Alex Sorry to butt in, sometimes when I have a brick wall I look in NZ, don't know why but a I have a few seaman end up there. The following may not be...
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Mary Barnes
marysb1936
Jan 22, 2013 4:53 am
Alex, You could have a look at deceased online (www.deceasedonline.com). They have some Peterhead records, also some from other parts of Scotland, in case your...
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Mary Barnes
marysb1936
Jan 22, 2013 5:23 am
If there's no stone, then you are dependent on the lair records. You can go to Peterhead and look at them in the Registrar's office (by appointment) or you can...
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Wade Buchan
wsbphd
Jan 27, 2013 11:01 am
Hi Marie, Sorry, it is not something I’ve researched before. But he could easily have left from Peterhead by boat and gone to any number of Ports that...
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Marie
minbalup@...
Jan 27, 2013 8:53 pm
Thank you Wade for your email. Gosh this chap is just so hard to follow his footsteps. I think he used a broom to clear his footsteps. Haven’t heard from...
