Princess Beatrice was born in 1857 to Queen Victoria. I am not sure what time period you are talking about but maybe she was named after her.. Karen Donald --- "Rogers, Kathryn" <Kathryn.Rogers@originenergy.com.au> wrote: > How popular is the name Beatrice and its variants? > > My Helen Innes who was according to census records > from the same area as > William's family and she named her 2nd daughter > Betrice. > > So is this coincidence or is it a very popular name > - this is the only > instance of it in any of our family research. > > Kathryn, Melbourne Australia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Burgess > [mailto:anne.burgess@btinternet.com] > Sent: Friday, 6 May 2005 11:03 PM > To: MORAY -L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [MORAY] My spirits are rising > > > > I am actually trying to find the birth for William > Innes b: about 1778 > > > > > > in Inveravon. > Ah, I see. > > You may eventually have to accept that the record of > William's birth > and/or > baptism has simply not survived. There are often > gaps in the parish > registers, especially before 1800, because either > the information was > never > written down, or because the record was lost or > destroyed. > > > Regrettably, the extract does not show where he is > buried. > The place of burial is shown only on death > certificates from 1855 to > 1859. > > > To try and find William's parents and > concentrating on the year 1778 > > only > > I have been able to find a birth for that year but > with parents being > > James Innes and Beatrix Mason. > Highly unlikely to be the right one, for several > reasons > > (1) wrong parish > (2) wrong father's name > (3) there is no sign of a Beatrix among your > William's descendants. > > There are at least two William Inneses of the right > sort of age in the > 1841 > census in Mortlach, so you could try eliminating > them by using the SP > death > records. > > Anne > > > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget that if you delete a message, you can > always visit the > archives of this list > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MORAY/. The > archives are also worth looking at, whether you be a > new or established > lister. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about > your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the > last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > If you need to unsub for your holidays, change your > email address, or report anything to the admin of > the list - all this information can be found at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/MORAY.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and > search for your ancestors at the same time. Share > your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >