Hi Wendy, This is diificult without viewing the original doc. junior - joiner - tanner - ??? George -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Colleen Sent: 28 March 2014 20:37 To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen A remote possibility a 'tonser' eg. a barber. Colleen -----Original Message----- From: Wendy Burns Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:47 AM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen Yes Gavin still trying to discover exactly what a touncr. is. I appreciate your input and suggestion that it probably was a townkeeper but as I have been in touch with Aberdeen City Archives and the following was their reply: "Thank you for your email. We only hold Burial registers for St Nicholas between 1824-c.1965. Perhaps the information came from the ANESFHS Aberdeen North East Scotland Family History Society in which case I would check with them. At a guess, could it be Toun Crier (Town Crier) or Town Councillor? Sorry we could not be of assistance." So having received this from them I thought I would check with you as to the possibility of these suggestions as I have been aware of your input to these and other lists in the past and hold your opinion in high regard. Looks like it will just have to be left as touncr in my records for the time being. Thanks again for your valuable assistance. All the best Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Bell Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:22 PM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen On 28/03/2014 12:43, Wendy Burns wrote: > Hi Gavin, Could I please impose on your vast knowledge and ask if it > was possible that my James Stewart could have been a town councillor > if there were such things around 1787 ? There certainly were Councillors at that date - and for many centuries preceding it. And if he was a Councillor, that fact will definitely be recorded among the extensive Council documents held by Aberdeen City Archives. But I am guessing this is part of your ongoing attempt to discover what a "touncr" was? I think you can be fairly confident that it was NOT an abbreviation for "Town Councillor". I would say again that the obvious thing to do is to ask Aberdeen City Archives to take a look at the original Burial Records and see if they can make the word out. The Burial records were transcribed some years ago by volunteers, and that transcription was subsequently re-transcribed into computer form, so there are multiple possibilities for misreadings. Gavin Bell ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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

It may just be that the person reading the original document just took a stab in the dark with the "touncr." and in fact it was weaver. I have just found that when James STEWART married Teresa BYRES in 1763 he was given as being a weaver. I suppose if the start of the W was high enough and the rest of the letter was lower then it could have looked like it started with a t. Or he may have changed his occupation at some time between 1763 and 1787. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: George Jamieson Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 10:40 PM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen Hi Wendy, This is diificult without viewing the original doc. junior - joiner - tanner - ??? George -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Colleen Sent: 28 March 2014 20:37 To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen A remote possibility a 'tonser' eg. a barber. Colleen -----Original Message----- From: Wendy Burns Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:47 AM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen Yes Gavin still trying to discover exactly what a touncr. is. I appreciate your input and suggestion that it probably was a townkeeper but as I have been in touch with Aberdeen City Archives and the following was their reply: "Thank you for your email. We only hold Burial registers for St Nicholas between 1824-c.1965. Perhaps the information came from the ANESFHS Aberdeen North East Scotland Family History Society in which case I would check with them. At a guess, could it be Toun Crier (Town Crier) or Town Councillor? Sorry we could not be of assistance." So having received this from them I thought I would check with you as to the possibility of these suggestions as I have been aware of your input to these and other lists in the past and hold your opinion in high regard. Looks like it will just have to be left as touncr in my records for the time being. Thanks again for your valuable assistance. All the best Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Bell Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 1:22 PM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen On 28/03/2014 12:43, Wendy Burns wrote: > Hi Gavin, Could I please impose on your vast knowledge and ask if it > was possible that my James Stewart could have been a town councillor > if there were such things around 1787 ? There certainly were Councillors at that date - and for many centuries preceding it. And if he was a Councillor, that fact will definitely be recorded among the extensive Council documents held by Aberdeen City Archives. But I am guessing this is part of your ongoing attempt to discover what a "touncr" was? I think you can be fairly confident that it was NOT an abbreviation for "Town Councillor". I would say again that the obvious thing to do is to ask Aberdeen City Archives to take a look at the original Burial Records and see if they can make the word out. The Burial records were transcribed some years ago by volunteers, and that transcription was subsequently re-transcribed into computer form, so there are multiple possibilities for misreadings. Gavin Bell ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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