I am looking for some guidance in determining the location of Oyn in the parish of Cairnie and whether or not it still exists. It would have been a farmsteading, probably with not more than a couple or so dwellings. In the second half of the 18th century my early Branders lived there and I have a few Cairnie OPR baptismal references to Oyn. *"1758 John Brander** in Oyn had a child with his wife Jean Adamson called George wit. Jerom Craigen in Oyn and George Cowe in Smallburn Oct 15th 1758 * *"1763 John Brander in Oyn had a daughter by his wife Jean Adamson Jan 19th 1763 baptised and called Jean before wit. Jerom Craigen and Wm ?????"* *"1773 John Brander had a son by his wife Isobel Hepburn in Oyn 24th May 1773 and called John . Witnesses ?????(I think the surname of the witnesses is “Henderson” GB Nov 2009)* *"1775 John Brander in Oyn had a son by his wife Isobel Hepburn Feb2 1775 called James witnesses Al. Brander in Cair*ny *and James Brander (or Bremner) Bracklog *" At the 1841 Census there were two families, both Forbes, in Oyn and it also appears in the 1881 census. I found Oyn on Robert Gordon's 17th century map of Strathbogie and Aenzie. It is on the NLS website. http://www.nls.uk/maps/counties/detail.cfm?id=10 and it appears to be south southeast of Smallburn not far from Brakleys (Brackley?) and Shyncarne (Shynsharnie?) but cannot find any trace on a more modern map, possibly the farm is no longer in existence. Intriguingly there is a "Een" shown not far from Smallburn. Could Een be an alternative spelling for Oyn based on the local Strathbogie pronunciation of Oyn. I am thinking of the Scots pronunciation of the numeral one! Any help or information gladly received. feliz año nuevo a todos George -- George Brander Torre de la Horadada España
Hello, I came across a place called OYNE in a census form a few days ago. COuld that be a variation on the spelling ? Bill On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 1:56 AM, George Brander <george.brander@gmail.com>wrote: > I am looking for some guidance in determining the location of Oyn in the > parish of Cairnie and whether or not it still exists. It would have been a > farmsteading, probably with not more than a couple or so dwellings. > > In the second half of the 18th century my early Branders lived there and I > have a few Cairnie OPR baptismal references to Oyn. > > *"1758 John Brander** in Oyn had a child with his wife Jean Adamson called > George wit. Jerom Craigen in Oyn and George Cowe in Smallburn Oct 15th > 1758 > > * > > *"1763 John Brander in Oyn had a daughter by his wife Jean Adamson Jan 19th > 1763 baptised and called Jean before wit. Jerom Craigen and Wm ?????"* > > *"1773 John Brander had a son by his wife Isobel Hepburn in Oyn 24th May > 1773 and called John . Witnesses ?????(I think the surname of the witnesses > is “Henderson” GB Nov 2009)* > > *"1775 John Brander in Oyn had a son by his wife Isobel Hepburn Feb2 1775 > called James witnesses Al. Brander in Cair*ny *and James Brander (or > Bremner) Bracklog *" > > At the 1841 Census there were two families, both Forbes, in Oyn and it also > appears in the 1881 census. > > I found Oyn on Robert Gordon's 17th century map of Strathbogie and Aenzie. > It is on the NLS website. > > http://www.nls.uk/maps/counties/detail.cfm?id=10 > and it appears to be south southeast of Smallburn not far from Brakleys > (Brackley?) and Shyncarne (Shynsharnie?) but cannot find any trace on a > more > modern map, possibly the farm is no longer in existence. Intriguingly there > is a "Een" shown not far from Smallburn. > > Could Een be an alternative spelling for Oyn based on the local Strathbogie > pronunciation of Oyn. I am thinking of the Scots pronunciation of the > numeral one! > Any help or information gladly received. > > feliz año nuevo a todos > > George > > -- > George Brander > Torre de la Horadada > España > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >