Dear all New to this list but not rootsweb or research :-) I confess I have long overlooked my g.g.grandmothers roots and would very much like to make some inroads into her origins My g.g.grandmother was Jean COOK b1802 Dundee according to the census of 1851, 61 & 71 She married Alexander William SMITH b1810 Lesmahagow LNK She is with Alexander in Abbotsford Place Gorbals in 1841 enumerated born out of County In 1851 they are at 273 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow her place of birth For, Dundee In 1861 they are at Crofthead House Cathcart , Dundee Co. Forfar in 1871 again at Crofthead House born Forfarshire, Dundee On her death registration in 1875 it gives her father as David COOK , foreman (dec) and mother as Jane COOK ms STEEL (dec) I have not found a birth/baptism for her in either the IGI or scotlandspeople Any suggestions anyone please? Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK)

Dear Nivard, On family research there is a David COOK chr 3 Dec 1800 in Aberdeen, Aberseen parents David COOK and Jean STEEL> Could be their son. I did a parent search. on them. Also there is a Jane STEEL born 18 Feb 1799 Dundee, Angus Scot. Jane is the same as Jean in Scotland. The ages in the census could be wrong, Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <ANGUS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 7:38 AM Subject: [ANGUS] Jean COOK b1802 Dundee > Dear all > > New to this list but not rootsweb or research :-) > > I confess I have long overlooked my g.g.grandmothers roots and would very > much like to make some inroads into her origins > > My g.g.grandmother was Jean COOK b1802 Dundee according to the census of > 1851, 61 & 71 > > She married Alexander William SMITH b1810 Lesmahagow LNK > > She is with Alexander in Abbotsford Place Gorbals in 1841 enumerated born > out of County > > In 1851 they are at 273 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow her place of birth For, > Dundee > > In 1861 they are at Crofthead House Cathcart , Dundee Co. Forfar > > in 1871 again at Crofthead House born Forfarshire, Dundee > > On her death registration in 1875 it gives her father as David COOK , > foreman (dec) and mother as Jane COOK ms STEEL (dec) > > I have not found a birth/baptism for her in either the IGI or > scotlandspeople > > Any suggestions anyone please? > > > Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.10/1995 - Release Date: 03/11/09 08:28:00

Hi Margaret And thank you , yes I had seen those but did wonder at the location, right side of the coast but a way up from Dundee, all I have for her fathers occupation is as given at her death as foreman, but of what I don't know? Fishing industry perhaps? My Jean gives her place of birth as Dundee throughout, it could be wrong if she perhaps moved early in life from Aberdeen but it does seem to be stretching things Her age I think is correct, she was eight years older than her husband and did nothing to hide that so if she were a few years older would that make any difference to her? I don't think so and if born 1799 she would be getting on a bit for her third at 42ish (says he the son of a 44 year old Mum but mine had some practice in as I am the tenth she had, she obviously realised what was causing the problem then as I am the last :-) There is a Jane COOK b1798 a servant born in Aberdeen in the 1851 census but the Ancestry transcript does not have the marital status so I cannot tell if she is unmarried, a widow or what I do know of the Jean/Jane naming in Scotland, I should do as I was raised by one Jean and married another :-) Appreciate your input Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > Dear Nivard, On family research there is a David COOK chr 3 Dec 1800 in > Aberdeen, Aberseen parents David COOK and Jean STEEL> Could be their > son. > I did a parent search. on them. Also there is a Jane STEEL born 18 Feb > 1799 > Dundee, Angus Scot. Jane is the same as Jean in Scotland. The ages in > the census could be wrong, Margaret