----- Original Message ----- From: "bj.davidson" <bj.davidson@talktalk.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 10:55 AM Subject: [ABERDEEN] Davidson-vintner-Peterhead Thank you for the replies to my questions. I shall heed the advice, continue my research with caution, not jump to conclusions and follow up some of the promising links you provided with regard to Memorial Inscriptions in the hope of finding some hard data. As a bonus, thanks to John, most of us will have learned something about Scotland's Licensing Laws. Thank you, Brian Davidson

Here is the information on George DAVIDSON, vintor. It comes of two films of OPR's. #0993353 and #0993354 Peterhead. Marriage; 2 Mar 1826 George Davidson, vinter, and Margaret Smart both in Peterhead. Baptisms.....(some of these were written on double pages with columns; date, name, father's name, residence, and witnesses. 1. 8 July 1826, Alexander, F. George Davidson,vinter Pthd, wits Alexander and William Davidson. 2. 17 Feb 1728 Margaret Alexander, F. George Davidson,vinter, Pthd, wits Alexander Davidson and Alexander Baird. 3. 9 Jul 1831, George Davidson, vintor in Buchanhaven had a son baptised and named George before Alexander Davidson and Alexander Baird. 4. 10 aug 1833 George Davidson, vintor in Buchanhaven had a daughter baptised named Barbara Baird before Alexander Baird and William Baird. 5.14 Jul 1835 George Davidson vintor in Peterhead had a son baptised and named William Baird before Alexander Baird and William Baird 6. 22 Dec 1836 George Davidson vintor in Buchanhaven had a son named John before Alexander Baird and William Baird. 7. Amelia, shows as age 8 on the 1851 census so likely born 1843>, but she isn't on the film, that I found, after 2 searches. 8. David Baird b 23 Oct 1846 baptised 10 Nov 1846 not found on film (this from IGI) I may have missed it. 9. 20 Sept 1848 George Davidson, crofter at Buchanhaven and Margaret Smart his wife had a daughter born 20th baptised and named Jane before Alexander and William Baird. 10. 1851 shows another Jane born age 2, but she doesn't show up on the films either that I could find. ** you need to know that not all the baptisms and marriages are in order, so while I did search years on both sides of what I thought would have been a birth year, I didn't find them. Then I found this...DEATHS: Nov 2 1844 Still child of George Davidson, Buchanhaven (could this why the '51 census info goes from John age 16 to Amelia age 8?) AND THEN THIS~~DEATH Nov 22 1848, George DAVISON, Buchanhaven, 51. This would mean he was born 1797> . This record also explains the reason why on the 1851 Alexander is considered a 'crofter', since the records state George was a vinter until 1848 when Jane was born, and I would think she must have died and the last child was then named Jane also, who obviously was born after her father died. Likely that info would be in the Kirk Session Minutes, but still odd she didn't show up on the films. Anyhow, hope this helps somewhat with the search. And by the way, the Bairds seem to be residents of Buchanhaven as well, and there are quite a few brothers there. I wonder what the connection between the Bairds and the Davidson's are? If you find that out you can let me know because I have a Mary Ann Baird McRae b 1852..she married James Anderson 1871 Peterhead. I am wondering where does the Baird come from? Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "bj.davidson" <bj.davidson@talktalk.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 3:08 AM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Davidson-vintner-Peterhead > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bj.davidson" <bj.davidson@talktalk.net> > To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 10:55 AM > Subject: [ABERDEEN] Davidson-vintner-Peterhead > > Thank you for the replies to my questions. I shall heed the advice, > continue > my research with caution, not jump to conclusions and follow up some of > the > promising links you provided with regard to Memorial Inscriptions in the > hope of finding some hard data. As a bonus, thanks to John, most of us > will > have learned something about Scotland's Licensing Laws. > Thank you, > Brian Davidson > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >