> I have a death certificate for a Margaret Louisa Tod (m.s. Moir) which > shows > she died at Tinamara, Lossiemouth on 16 August 1929. Can > anyone tell me who owned 'Tinamara' (could be Tighnamara) According to the post code directory there is a Tigh-na-Mara in Brander Street. > Henry Tod was one > of several Tods who were Writers to the Signet and many were related. > However, I have a Hugh Tod, born 1784, son of William Tod, Factor to the > Duke of Gordon. Hugh was also a Writer to the Signet and it is just > possible > these two lines of Tods are connected. Hugh's father, who died at Finfan, > Urquhart was also Factor to the Duke of Gordon. I see from the Register of the Society of Writers to the Signet that Henry Tod Sr is the son of Henry Tod, merchant in Edinburgh, and that he died 31 October 1871. I also see that Henry, son of Henry Tod and Kathrine Banks, was baptised on 10 June 1798 in Canongate, Edinburgh. This couple were married in Haddington on 23 November 1792. Henry Tod and Katherine Banks had seven children between 1793 and 1804, none of whom was named William or Hugh. (Noting that their eldest daughter was Helen and their second son James Banks I think the most likely candidate for Katherine Banks is the daughter of James Banks and Nellie Crumbie, baptised in Haddington on 23 October 1763). Henry and Katherine seem to have followed the 'naming tradition'. I note that Henry Tod and Janet Monteith had five children, including a Henry baptised at Bo'ness, West Lothian, on 19 February 1747. Could this be the Henry Tod line? Hugh Tod seems to have been one of nine children born between 1769 and 1791 to William Tod and Helen Ogilvie. None of them was named Henry. Could William be the son of Alexander Todd and Helen Leslie, baptised 11 April 1745 in Bellie? They had six children including a Hugh, but apparently no Henry. Of course all of this is sheer speculation, but if correct it would suggest that there was no (close) connection between the Henry Tod(d)s in Edinburgh and the Hugh Tod(d)s in Bellie. > It is also possible that John > Wharton Wharton-Duff only son of Richard Wharton Tod and Helen Duff is > connected. > This latter gentleman assumed the surname Wharton-Duff on inheriting the > Estate of Orton in 1904 and died at Orton House in 1933. John Robert Tod WS, son of John Tod WS and Helen Duff (daughter of Alexabder Duff of Hatton, Aberdeenshire), married Jemima, youngest daughter of Richard Wharton Duff and Anne Duff, on 17 August 1841. It was their son who adopted his mother's name on succeeding to the estate of Orton. John Tod Sr WS was apprentice to and son of Thomas Tod and Jean Gartshore. He was born 9 March 1773 in Edinburgh, and was the youngest of twelve children born between 1756 and 1773, none of whom was named Hugh, Henry or William. So once again it looks as if any connection with the Henry Todds or the Hugh/William Todds must be further back, if it exists at all. I will see if I can get a look at the relevant valuation roll for Lossiemouth to find out who owned Tigh-na-Mara. Anne