Thanks Alex look forward to hearing from you as I do not seem to be able to find a death record for a Jane or Jean STEWART nee SIM which I had hoped would be easy to find as Jean definitely married James STEWART in 1801 in Aberdeen and had a daughter Helen in 1805 in Aberdeen. Jean's father was John SIM (from her marriage entry) James STEWARTS parents were James STEWART and Teresa BUYERS or BYERS. All the best Wendy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen ________________________________ Hi Wendy Just looking through E-mails after a few days away. I have SIMs from Birse, all the names you mention are familiar. I will get back to you after checking my own info. As regards tuoncr My first thought was toun councillor Alex From: Wendy Burns <[email protected]> To: Aberdeen List <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen Hi All, Can anyone please tell me what the following means. It is on the St Nicholas burial records. 13/02/1787 Teresa Buyers spouse to Jas. Stewart touncr. What would a tuoncr. be ???? Glad of any suggestions Thanks Wendy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Wendy, me again Two points: 1. If Jean/Jane died before 1855 you most probably won't find a death record for her as there was no responsibility for recording it before that date. There may be a record in the parish accounts [hire of mortcloth, for example] but very few burials were recorded in the OPRs. 2. You are right to question the name of "mother" given by the grandson when Helen died. He is very unlikely to have known her but the registrar often insisted on a name however unlikely it was to be correct. We have a case that shows this fallacy very clearly. Best wishes Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net On 27 March 2014 12:58, Wendy Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Alex look forward to hearing from you as I do not seem to be able to > find a death record for a Jane or Jean STEWART nee SIM which I had hoped > would be easy to find as Jean definitely married James STEWART in 1801 in > Aberdeen and had a daughter Helen in 1805 in Aberdeen. > Jean's father was John SIM (from her marriage entry) James STEWARTS parents > were James STEWART and Teresa BUYERS or BYERS. > All the best > Wendy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen > > > > > > ________________________________ > Hi Wendy > > Just looking through E-mails after a few days away. > I have SIMs from Birse, all the names you mention are familiar. > I will get back to you after checking my own info. > > As regards tuoncr > > My first thought was toun councillor > > Alex > > > From: Wendy Burns <[email protected]> > To: Aberdeen List <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:59 PM > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen > > > Hi All, Can anyone please tell me what the following means. It is on the St > Nicholas burial records. > 13/02/1787 Teresa Buyers spouse to Jas. Stewart touncr. > > What would a tuoncr. be ???? > > Glad of any suggestions > Thanks Wendy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks again Ray. Yes I have come across some strange entries myself where the informant did not really know the family and in one case it was totally wrong. Wife deceased grand uncle of mine was given as Bell Laidlaw when it should have been Christina Cameron. You could not get further from the correct name if you tried :) Wendy -----Original Message----- From: Ray Hennessy Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:51 PM To: Aberdeen List Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen Wendy, me again Two points: 1. If Jean/Jane died before 1855 you most probably won't find a death record for her as there was no responsibility for recording it before that date. There may be a record in the parish accounts [hire of mortcloth, for example] but very few burials were recorded in the OPRs. 2. You are right to question the name of "mother" given by the grandson when Helen died. He is very unlikely to have known her but the registrar often insisted on a name however unlikely it was to be correct. We have a case that shows this fallacy very clearly. Best wishes Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net On 27 March 2014 12:58, Wendy Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Alex look forward to hearing from you as I do not seem to be able > to > find a death record for a Jane or Jean STEWART nee SIM which I had hoped > would be easy to find as Jean definitely married James STEWART in 1801 in > Aberdeen and had a daughter Helen in 1805 in Aberdeen. > Jean's father was John SIM (from her marriage entry) James STEWARTS > parents > were James STEWART and Teresa BUYERS or BYERS. > All the best > Wendy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 12:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen > > > > > > ________________________________ > Hi Wendy > > Just looking through E-mails after a few days away. > I have SIMs from Birse, all the names you mention are familiar. > I will get back to you after checking my own info. > > As regards tuoncr > > My first thought was toun councillor > > Alex > > > From: Wendy Burns <[email protected]> > To: Aberdeen List <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 6:59 PM > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] James STEWART and Jane "Jean" SIM m.1801 Aberdeen > > > Hi All, Can anyone please tell me what the following means. It is on the > St > Nicholas burial records. > 13/02/1787 Teresa Buyers spouse to Jas. Stewart touncr. > > What would a tuoncr. be ???? > > Glad of any suggestions > Thanks Wendy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message