Hi Marie

I couldn't help notice your query.  I have a relative who arrived in Hobart in
1838 who is not on any records except I finally found them in the passenger
lists on Ancestry and they arrived from Canada.
Wish I could help.  You might be able to find them on newspapers.  Also I had a
look at other capital cities but to no avail.
Jenny

--- In Peterhead@yahoogroups.com, "Marie"  wrote:
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> 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 when he
sailed from Tasmania to South Australia 1845.   Cannot find him arriving in
Tasmania.
>
> Living in Peterhead where would he board a ship for Australia?
>
> Thank you for any help with information you can give me .
>
> Best wishes
> Marie
>

I have just started researching my husband's line and have had a lot of luck at
Scotlandspeople site. On one line I have run full speed into the wall though.

I found the marriage for Andrew Buchan Strachan and Sarah Strachan 5 November
1890 in Peterhead. Andrew was 26 years old, Fisherman, residing in Peterhead,
son of William Strachan and Catherine Birnie Ritchie. Sarah was 27, domestic
servant, residing Buchanhaven Peterhead, daughter of Andrew Strachan and Sarah
May.

I had no problem locating the information about Andrew and his family. Sarah's
was born 14 September 1863 in Buchanhaven, Peterhead. Again it lists parents as
Andrew Strachan and Sarah May with a marriage date of 9 October 1862 in
Peterhead.

The problem is that I cannot locate Andrew Strachan and Sarah May's marriage. I
have tried every search variation I can think of and still nothing. I'm new to
researching in Scotland and have no idea if there is any other way of locating
them. I do have them in the census records for 1871 and up, Sarah died 1886-1891
and Andrew was gone from 1901 census.

In 1861 the only Sarah May living in Aberdeenshire was in Buchanhaven. Sarah
May, 20 year old servant in the household of David and Elizabeth Buchan. Andrew
seems to be the son of Andrew Strachan and his wife Mary and was also living in
Buchanhaven.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Rachel

Hi Rachel,

I have just searched on Scotlands People using the following:

Male Surname: Strachan  (surname variants)
Male Forename: Andrew
Female Surname: May
Female Forename: Sara (not Sarah)
Year range 1862 - 1862
County: Aberdeen

Just 1 match comes up which should be yours. I haven't got any credits otherwise
I'd check it for you. Fingers crossed!

Paula

Hi again Rachel,

Just checked the 1901 census and found Sarah aged 59 living with 5 of her
children at 5 Harbour Street, Peterhead. She is classified as fishermans widow.
Also I think I've found her in 1891 visiting Thomas Gray in Whinnyfold, Cruden.
She is hiding there age 49 fishermans wife by the name of Sarah May.
At a guess I would say she died in 1916 and now I'll go away and let you carry
on!

Paula

Hi Rachel

I can tell you that Sara May was married on 9th October 1862, Peterhead
Husband Andrew 'Boy' Strachan.  Sara May born 15th May 1840, Peterhead

Her Parents were William May & Margaret Buchan
William May born 22 July 1808, Rathen Parish
12 October 1815, Rathen Parish. I also have marriage and death details
for them. (Somewhere) if you also need it.

I am a descendant of Andrew Strachan and Sara May

Kind regards
Andy

There are 2 places I would look, one is www.search.archives.tas.gov.au and then select the Heritage tab (or you can google the website). I really like this site and have had great success in finding wills etc.  I would also check out the newspapers in Tasmania at the time as they advertised people arriving and departing.  I think one is The Mercury and there are others, depending on what city you are looking for.  Hobart and Launceston (former name is George Town) had their own newspapers.   Our National Library Australia allows you to search on line - free.  The site is www.trove.nla.org.au and there are several ways you can search.  You can include all of Australia or you can do it by State and then specific newspapers.  You can also search between certain dates.  However, keep in mind it is a digitised site and sometimes it doesn't pick out the information you are looking for because it searches how the information has been "read" by their scanners which sometimes has no bearing on what is actually in the article.

Greetings from the US: I am new to Scottish research. I appreciate all the
informative postings about the Reids (esp. by Alison and Charlotte!)I can add
data about one native-born Peterhead man:John Reid. John was born in 1883 to
Joseph and Elisa (Sheriffs)Reid. He left Peterhead in 1903, shortly after his
20th birthday. Traveled on the ship Bavarian from Liverpool to Montreal, Quebec,
Canada. Profession: coachman.By 1909 John moved from Canada to Brighton
(Rochester area) of Monroe County, New York, USA. He married Amy Clarissa
Skelding and had two daughters. Profession: chauffeur.  The family lived in
Monroe County until John's death in December 1966.

I need help with two questions: (1)Where are John's parents--Joseph and Elisa
Sheriffs Reids--buried in Peterhead?  Joseph's parents (Robert and Jane Ogston)
are buried in St. Peter's Churchyard (according to a post by Alison).  Can
anyone verify whether Joseph(b 1842-d 1911?) and wife Eliza Sheriffs (1851-1894)
are also buried in this cemetery? (2) John Reid and father Joseph lived in
Peterhead 1890-1901 at a hotel/boardinghouse run by James and Eliza Hay Reid at
25 Broad Place.  Does anyone know of a book that might discuss
businesses/homes/life/people on Broad St. in the mid 1850-1900 era in Peterhead?
Thanks, JaniceS

Hi Marie,

I did go tot he archives yesterday for you but to my dismay some of
the CD ROMs which used to be loaded onto the public search computers
are no longer there. Apparently when they installed new computers
they did not match with the old software. They still have the CDs in
the stacks so I'm going to request the Launceston index and see if
they have a computer I can view it on.

However, I can see on Trove (digitised newspapers) where A Florence
departs for Adelaide, but not an arrival. I only looked from 1841 to
1845 though.

He is not in the general card index, which is not that significant,
but it means he didn't get a land grant etc.

Could he have been in the military forces? Or a seaman? They are not
usually listed as arrivals if they just decided to stay and not sail home.

There was a Thomas Florence who came out as a surveyor in 1818 - see
the Wayn index, the second URL below - and I also saw a James
Florence and family in the general card index, emigrating in 1913
from Aberdeen.

TO anyone else who is looking for people who came to Tasmania - there
are several good indexes on the web
(http://www.linc.tas.gov.au/tasmaniasheritage/search/name-indexes/nameindexes
and
http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=S&id=AE807)
but if you get stuck don't hesitate to ask - I have worked at the
archives and am fairly familiar with their holdings.

Regards,
Elisabeth

Elisabeth Wilson
Lenah Valley, Tasmania
researching GORDON (Peterhead) GIBB (Peterhead) YOUNG (Slains/Cruden)
SPENCE(Peterhead) PAUL (Peterhead?) MURRISON (Peterhead) CRAIG
(Strichen) DAVIDSON (Strichen)

The archivists at Hudson Bay Company are putting employee data sheets on line. 
This is a work in progress and they have many more to go.  I did find the
following Peterhead Men.

Captain Alexander Murray
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/m/murray_alexander.pdf

John William Murray
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/m/murray_john-william.pdf

John Rennie
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/r/rennie_john.pdf

Alfred Dudley Copeland
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/c/copland_alfred_dudley.pdf

Alexander Gray
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/g/gray_alexander.pdf

William Davidson
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/d/davidson_william1929-1943.\
pdf

John Mitchell
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/m/mitchell_john.pdf

Alexander Watson
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/w/watson_alexander.pdf

Enjoy!
Susan

My first thought was that perhaps these babies were illegitimate.Often they
would be known by the father's surname even if their parents weren't
married.Would there have been any females of childbearing age in the Stocks or
Farquharson families that could've been potential mothers?

--- In Peterhead@yahoogroups.com, Betty Miles  wrote:
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> I am looking for information about two young boys buried in the lairs of my
STOCKS and FARQUHARSON ancestors in St. Peter's Cemetery. As far as I know they
have no connection to our family. They are James INNES, died 17 January 1848,
aged 4 months and Daniel McKENZIE, died 3 February 1852, aged 1 year. I am
curious as to why they would be buried there, as the lairs were being used for
family members during that time.
>
> Betty
>

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From: Gweneth Myers

To: Peterhead list ; Peterhead@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 5:43 PM

Subject: Re: [Peterhead] Innes/Mckenzie

 

G'day Betty, My understanding is the Scots were very economical and thrifty when it came to lairs.  They used all available space even if sometimes the dead person had no connection to others in the lair.  I have a husband and wife buried together in Brechin Cathedral but there are others in the same lair and absolutely no connection to them. Has anyone else come across this when researching who is in the lair? Cheers Gweneth Melbourne. --- On Wed, 13/2/13, Betty Miles <bettymiles@...> wrote: From: Betty Miles <bettymiles@...> Subject: [Peterhead] Innes/Mckenzie To: "Peterhead list" <peterhead@yahoogroups.com> Received: Wednesday, 13 February, 2013, 7:18 AM   I am looking for information about two young boys buried in the lairs of my STOCKS and FARQUHARSON ancestors in St. Peter's Cemetery. As far as I know they have no connection to our family. They are James INNES, died 17 January 1848, aged 4 months and Daniel McKENZIE, died 3 February 1852, aged 1 year. I am curious as to why they would be buried there, as the lairs were being used for family members during that time.   Betty

I am hoping that some kind soul can help me with this.  I have just been able to
access the old newspapers and found this article.

Ship Captain Drowned off Peterhead
The Peterhead vessel Perseverance has arrived at that port, coal laden from 
Sunderland, and reports that on the 29th ult., when 20 miles off Peterhead the
master Craig got entangled in the ropes, was thrown overboard and owing to the
swell could not be rescued.  He has left a widow and four children.
Glasgow Herald Friday March 3 1876

Does anyone know which Captain Craig this was?

Many thanks,
Susan

Hullo! I'm new to this forum and hope that New Deer comes within the realms of
Peterhead - does it, or is there a group for New Deer? I've been researching my
family tree for 7 years now, and wonder if anyone here is familiar with these
names?:

Robert Scott Morrison b.1847, Mary Morrison b.1850, Elizabeth Morrison b.1853,
James Morrison b.1855, John Morrison b.1857, Alexander Morrison b.1860 - these
were all born New Deer 'Ironside' (apart from Alexander who was born at
Branhill/Brownhill New Deer). They were the children of John Morrison (crofter,
supposedly from Boyndie) + Mary Scott born around 1822 Fraserburgh.

John Morrison (crofter)'s parents are William Morrison + Jessie Smith - anyone
know anything about these? Mary Scott's parents were Robert Scott + Elizabeth
Pirie  -  in the 1841 census they appear to be living at 'Land of Ironside', New
Deer, Robert is 60 which makes his birth around 1780 - does anyone know anything
about these?

  It's possible that John Morrison (crofter) had a daughter with Elizabeth
MacLeod, called Isabella Morrison b.1836. Isabella married a Charles Birnie and
they had a daughter called Mary-Ann Birnie. M-AB would this be the neice of
Alexander Morrison b.1860, and a M-AB is recorded as the informant on AM's death
certificate of 1932 (he died in New Deer). M-AB was registered as living at
'Easter Melrose' which is a farm in Gamrie/Gardenstown.

  Mary Morrison b.1850 had one child before she was married, an Alexander Brown
Morrison b.1880. he then married Alexander Melvin and had 4 children, Robert
Morrison Melvin b.1888, Maggie Melvin b.1889, Mary Jane Melvin b.1891, John
Melvin b.1893.

  Robert Scott Morrison b.1847 studied 1879-86 at Aberdeen University for his
medical degree and became the doctor for Methlick, dying in 1909. He had 7
children (his wife was Alice Coutts b.1863, her father was from Tullynessle,
Alford): Edith Jane Morrison b.1893, John Alexander Morrison b.1894, Robert
James Morrison b.1896, Mary Scott Morrison b.1898, George Gibb Morrison (died in
infancy), William Grant Morrison b.1902, Alice Morrison b.1905 (d.1935)  -  all
born in Methlick apart from Edith (born Aberdeen).

  I'd appreciate any info concerning these, my ancestors; I'm a great-grandson of
Robert Scott Morrison and can be found at ross.turner@...
  I'm also interested in finding living relations, for instance,  believe there
are Melvins living in Canada.