Hi List Trying to trace parents of James Horne born Fordyce 17th Nov 1827 (married a Mary Goodall on Nov 1854) moved down to Alloa, Clackmannanshire around 1860. Have found on IGI an Alexander Horne & Christina Grant listed as his parents. However there appears to be two Alexander Horne & Christina Grants. One was married on 12 Dec 1818 at Grange, Banff and the other married on the 21 Dec 1818 at Keith. Who are the right parents? Maybe if someone has access to the 1851 census we can find the family. I suppose with the large families and lots of cousins of the same name it is not uncommon to find marriages with the same names - I have already come across this while tracing another family. Jim Clackmannanshire

Hi Jim, Look like one and the same set of parents. They are probably marriage bans or readings in the groom's town and the bride's town before the actual marriage. Cheers, Sheena Thom Samonas Jim Holden wrote: > Hi List > Trying to trace parents of James Horne born Fordyce 17th Nov 1827 (married a Mary Goodall on Nov 1854) moved down to Alloa, Clackmannanshire around 1860. Have found on IGI an Alexander Horne & Christina Grant listed as his parents. However there appears to be two Alexander Horne & Christina Grants. One was married on 12 Dec 1818 at Grange, Banff and the other married on the 21 Dec 1818 at Keith. Who are the right parents? Maybe if someone has access to the 1851 census we can find the family. I suppose with the large families and lots of cousins of the same name it is not uncommon to find marriages with the same names - I have already come across this while tracing another family. > > Jim > Clackmannanshire > > ==== SCT-BANFFSHIRE Mailing List ==== > NO Virus warnings, seasonal greetings or private 'chit-chat' on this > list! Other than that, anything pertaining to the lives and times of > those we seek goes, but MUST be kept within the List's *Golden Rule*. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Sheena THOM Samonas is searching for: THOM, ANDREW, RAEBURN in Banffshire. MCDONALD,WHITE,LYONS, MULHOLLAND in Glasgow and Ireland. MCMILLAN, MATHESON, NICOLSON in Skye.

Hi. Sheena is quite right. But in this case could there be two couples with same name? (I very much doubt it, by the way, but look at the available info.) At first sight, this is all one family of Alexander Horn (and Horne) and Christian (or Christan) Grant, taken mainly from IGI Fordyce batch C111532 but also Grange and Keith: George Horne b 1-6-1819 bpt 8-6-1819 Fordyce John Horn bpt 18-7-1819 Grange George Horn b 6-1821 bpt 30-6-1821 Keith WILLIAM HORN Male Christening: 11 MAY 1823 Fordyce, Banff JAMES HORN Male Christening: 17 NOV 1827 Fordyce, Banff ALEXANDER HORN Male Christening: 10 APR 1830 Fordyce, Banff ROBERT HORN Male Christening: 25 MAR 1832 Fordyce, Banff THOMAS HORN Male Christening: 12 OCT 1834 Fordyce, Banff FRANCIS ANNAND HORN Male Christening: 08 DEC 1836 Fordyce, Banff CATHERINE HORN Female Christening: 1839 Fordyce, Banff (born 31-8-1839) But look closer and it doesn't fit! I'll leave the conundrum with you! Howard Geddes