Hi Gavin, Yes, on Isobel's death certificate in 1860 it states she was a widow. I have searched all death entries from 1855 - 1860 in Aberdeen and in Aberdeen City and there were only 2 entries, 1 in Lumphanan but the age was wrong and the other from St. Nicholas wasn't him. I have also searched the OPR entries from 1841 - 1854 in Aberdeen and Aberdeen City and there are 12 entries. Of these I have checked 2 records in Aberdeen, 1 record in Peterhead and 2 records in Old Machar. The other 7 are from Longside, Strichen, Turriff and Kintore so for me it is a case of eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Then of course he may have died somewhere other than Aberdeen. His occupation was journeyman tailor. The information on John Knox comes from both Isobel's and Francis' death entries in the statutory registers. Thanks for your help, Jen. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavin Bell" <g.bell@which.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 8:19 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] TAYLOR and GRANT > If Isobel survived until 1855, then her entry in the Register of Deaths > should state whether, at that time, she was a wife or widow. Equally, > it might be worth checking for Alexander's death in case he, too, made > it past 1855. > > Incidentally, I note that neither Isobel nor Francis appear in the index > to the Memorial Inscriptions for John Knox, so I presume your > information comes from the burial records - do these make no mention of > Alexander?

Today I visited the ANESFHS MI Index link and noticed it has had a facelift! I also noticed that I can no longer do a Kirkyard search without a surname : ( Any chance Gavin we can have that feature back please? Thanks, Jen. Member 10230