Hi again William, PPS Obviously in the second line of my third paragraph I meant "Janet" not "Jaet". Yet another senior moment!! Cheers Ray On 24 March 2010 17:54, Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> wrote: > On 24 March 2010 15:07, William Innes wrote: > > Hi everyone. Only yesterday I was able to locate the family of Janet Innes >> who married John Harper on the 8 Jan.1892 in Aberdeen. >> >> Jane was the 1st. born of William Innes and Margaret Shaw and they lived >> at Craighead Farm in Glenlivet, Banff. >> >> The 1901 Census and after the death of Janet on the 24 Jan.1898 shows that >> John Harper lived at 44 Holburn Road in Aberdeen and had remarried. I was >> able to confirm that the following children; Catherine age 8 and Jane Ann >> age 6 were Jane Innesses children. There are two more children shown: John >> Harper age 5 and Maggie J Harper age 3 but was unable to find extracts for >> them. The place of residence for the two children of Jane was at 10 Fish >> Street in Aberdeen. >> >> As I mentioned Jane died on the 24 Jan.1898 and was buried in the >> Nellfield Cemetery in Aberdeen. >> >> Would love to know if John and Maggie J Harper were Jane's children and >> also if she had a cemetery plot in the Nellfield cemetery and who might have >> been buried in that same plot. >> > ______________________________________________ > > Hi William > > If you look at Scotland's People you will find there are three John HARPERs > born in Aberdeen City in1895/6 and one Maggie Jessie HARPER born in 1898 in > St Machar. One of the Johns was born in St Machar in 1895. > > I have only got the Hit List for Harpers so haven't looked at the Images > > If you get a copy of the Maggie Jessie HARPER birth certificate I imagine > you will find that she was daughter of John and Jaet HARPER. The clue is in > the middle name - Jessie is a common synonym for Janet. I would also guess > that Janet died in childbirth or soon after and that may be shown on the > birth certificate. The alternative that Maggie may have been born at the > end of 1898 is unlikely because she would have been "2" at the time of the > 1901 Census. As her age was given as "3" it is most likely she was born in > the first quarter. I'd guess mid to late January. > > If she is the one you want then have a look at the BC of John HARPER born > in St Machar in 1895. I'd lay odds he is the one you want. If not have a > look at the other Johns born around that time. > > [PS I believe your 4th paragraph should say "Janet" not "Jane".] > > -- > Best wishes > > Ray > > ********************************************************** > From Ray Hennessy > Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net > Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net > Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP > ********************************************************** >