Correction: Mine was an observation. I take the view that we all have our own way of doing things and I wouldnt try to influence one way or the other. It seemed to me that one man had done a lot with his life, as well as being married more than once. As the name is not uncommon I have recognised it is easy to find more than one of the same name and a paper record is the best way to avoid doubt. My personal opinion. I do have a William GRANT in my maternal ancestry who married more than twice. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> To: "Aberdeen List" <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] William Grant On 6 March 2014 09:07, Janet <cilurnum@googlemail.com> wrote: > You have certainly given a lot of information about this family. As you > are > uncertain about the parents of your husband's great grandfather, have you > considered you might have two males of the same name. Between 1885 and > 1901 he > is married for a second time, to either Isabella or Elizabeth, been a > boarder, > and a Stonemason. I would get the birth certificate of your husband's > great > grandfather and his parents' marriage certificate and you might find > yourself > climbing that brick wall again. Good Luck > Have since read what others have written here. > > Janet > ==================================== > Hi Mina Janet has given you slightly misleading information. In 1832 the birth of William, your husband's great grandfather, would have been recorded in the OPR for the parish. There was no certificate in those pre-1855 days and in some parishes the mother's name wasn't recorded. What was recorded would be the date of baptism, the father and the name of his residence. Sometimes a separate birth date was given and in many cases two witnesses would be named with their places of residence. These might be relatives which can be pure gold [we once found the baby's grandfather named as such immediately giving us an extra generation!!] Having found the names of William's parents you should be able to find their marriage in the OPRs but remember that the name GRANT is extremely common so proving you have the right ones will depend on him having a wife with an unusual name, or be in the same parish. Unfortunately the residence within parish was seldom recorded and you have to go back to probable births to see if the address has remained the same. Even this often isn't absolutely certain because of the Scottish naming pattern which often gave rise to several of the same name living and/or being born at the same place. If you want an explanation of this just ask. When we were looking for a birth we found [unrelated to us] a house n Methlick parish with *four* James CHEYNEs living at the same farm. So, at this level finding certain connections depends on some corroborating detail and tons of luck. Be lucky Ray ------------------------------- 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com