Hello Ray, sorry I misspelt my own grandmother's christian name it should have read Jessie. I apologise for any confusion this may have caused. My only excuse is that I'm relatively new to this business and didn't appreciate the signficance of the presence or absence of the "i". Ian Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Jesse Raff McQuiban > Hi Ian > > This takes us back a bit. > > Do you have any other data on your grandmother Jesse Raff > McQuiban's spelling of her given name? > > There was quite a correspondence at the end of last year > about Jessie/Jesse and everyone [you know who you are!] > tried to tell me that Jesse is ONLY used for males. > > We've found a number of sources which show that > Jesse and Jessie can both be used for either sex, but > I'm always on the look out for more unusual spellings. > > TIA > > Ray Hennessy > www.whatsinaname.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ianjackson7726.freeserve.co.uk > To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 9:51 AM > Subject: [MORAY] McQuiban Family - Dallas from late 1700's > > > I am researching my McQuiban ancestors. > > My maternal grandmother was Jesse Raff McQuiban > born Forres 1896. My GGGG Grandparents appear > to be William McQuiban (McQueban) and Elspet > Anderson who were living at Whitemoss, Dallas > when the 1811 Census was conducted. > > Is anyone else researching this particular McQuiban line? > > Ian Jackson > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >