That's why sight of the original source is essential. Alison On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Wendy Burns <wendy@jcres20.force9.co.uk>wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >