> Can anyone guide me on finding a list of bakers in Lossiemouth/Drainie in > 1860s? Alexander Rhind, born 1837, married Margaret Thomson in 1861 and > > was a baker in Drainie at that time. I'm sure he was a bachelor on > marriage > certificate. However, Isabella Rhind, born around 1860 in Lossie, had > parents > Alexander Rhind, baker, and Isabella Fraser. I cannot find > Isabella's birth > record nor marriage of Alexr. and Isabella. but on Isabella's marriage and > death certificate her parents are clearly Alexr. and Isabella. It would > seem odd > that there were 2 Alexanders who were bakers in same place at > same time > but Isabella's birth doesn't tie in with Alexr. who married Margaret. > Isabella, in > 1871 census, lived in same house as young Ramsay McDonald, > the future > p.m., as a 10 year old boarder. Alexr., the baker, was in Aberdeen by this > time. Hello Linda Have you considered that Isabella could have been illegitimate? I suggest that you have a look at the birth certificate of Isabella Fraser, daughter of Isabella Fraser, born in Drainie 2 March 1861, no father named on birth certificate if the IGI is to be believed. Then let me have a note of the exact address where she was born and I'll have a look in the 1861 census for her. Anne