Correction: I meant to say that Haddoleys isn't marked on modern maps. Alison On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 9:33 AM, B&A Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > Troup is an area in the east of Gamrie parish. Nowadays its best known > feature is Troup Head, home to a considerable colony of gannets. > > The Tore of Troup is a deep, wooded valley running north-south to the sea, > through which runs the Tore Burn, marking the county boundary between > Banffshire and Aberdeenshire. Haddoleys isn't marked on the most detailed > OS map of the area, but you can find it on 19th C OS maps. Don't know if > this link to the NLS map will work: http://maps.nls.uk/view/74426491. > Its position is shown as slightly north of the Ram's Well, near the > southern end of the valley. > > Alison > > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 4:54 AM, Jo-Anne HUBER <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Aberdeen List, >> I am trying to find the birth of John SMITH, b. 1831 or 32 Monquhitter >> Aberdeenshire. >> >> The information I had was not correct. >> >> I have recently found on Scotland's People the death record for John. In >> the record it states that he is married to Ann Massie (illegitimate). He >> died on October 23, 1898 at 5:30 am. at Haddoleys Troup Gamrie. John was >> about 67 years old and he was the son of John SMITH (deceased) Reputed >> father. His mother is listed as Margret McKnight afterward wife of John >> Cartney Crofter (Deceased) The person giving the information is James >> Grant who was a worker on the farm (present) >> The age at death leads me to believe that he would have been born in 1831 >> or 32. His place of birth in the census records is always listed as >> Monquhitter. >> Can anyone tell me what and where Haddoleys Troup is. Also any >> suggestions on finding a birth record would be appreciated. I have tried >> searching the IGI and Scotland's People using John SMITH and Margret >> McKnight as the parents with no luck. >> >> Regards, >> Jo-Anne Smith-Huber >> ANESFHS # 16407 >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > >