> Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:30:28 +0000 > From: doreencuthbert@btinternet.com > To: angus@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ANGUS] FENTON Ancestry - Tannadice, Brechin & Arbroath > > > Helen, > It seems likely that she was called after someone called Alexander Fenton, who could have been a relative, a neighbour, the doctor, the minister, or another local worthy. > > Unless you can find someone called Alexander Fenton who was connected to the family, it's unlikely that you will ever be sure. > > Doreen Cuthbert > You can rule the Minister out - Fasti doesn't show any Ministers called Fenton in Angus before 1923 (and that's the cutoff for the publication of the book, not because one turned up then). Lesley Robertson _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Thank you Lesley ........ -----Original Message----- From: angus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:angus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lesley Robertson Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 11:07 AM To: angus@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ANGUS] FENTON Ancestry - Tannadice, Brechin & Arbroath > Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 14:30:28 +0000 > From: doreencuthbert@btinternet.com > To: angus@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ANGUS] FENTON Ancestry - Tannadice, Brechin & Arbroath > > > Helen, > It seems likely that she was called after someone called Alexander Fenton, who could have been a relative, a neighbour, the doctor, the minister, or another local worthy. > > Unless you can find someone called Alexander Fenton who was connected to the family, it's unlikely that you will ever be sure. > > Doreen Cuthbert > You can rule the Minister out - Fasti doesn't show any Ministers called Fenton in Angus before 1923 (and that's the cutoff for the publication of the book, not because one turned up then). Lesley Robertson