Hello Katrina Intriguing story. What you don't mention is where you saw these references. Not being mathematical I haven't the slightest idea what the odds are on two Ann Winnings marrying two Hamiltons around the same time. Anything is possible, of course, but I imagine it could be equally possible that the sources you've seen simply quoted the wrong set of parents for Ann Winning. I've seen this sort of dubious entry in some secondary sources, such as the IGI, but I've not seen IGI data far beyond the middle of the nineteenth century, so you probably didn't see them there. Have you checked the marriages on Scotland's People or any even halfway similar source? >>>>>> 5 minutes later: OK, Katrina, since, as you say, it's a quirky story, I couldn't resist looking for myself. Not gone into it completely, but a search in the statutory records turns up two young ladies, one recorded as Ann, the other as Annie, marrying Hamiltons in the time frame...one Andrew and one Hugh, one in Lanark, the other in Renfrewshire. Had you seen the latter one? Katie de Haan The Netherlands > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kat" <> > To: <> > Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 7:37 AM > Subject: [SCT-RENFREW] Quirky coincidence > > >> Hello to all on the list, >> This is just a little story I'd like to share with you all. Not looking >> for information in particular but if anyone has any comments... >> I was looking for a sister of my great grandfather, by the name of Ann >> Winning. I found 2 references, one born 1873, the second 1874. On >> looking up their births I found the first Ann to be the one I was looking >> for (here on out I will call her "my Ann), the second was from different >> parents. Nothing too out of the ordinary so far. I then found my Annie >> was married in 1901 to William Baxter. Her parents were named, but her >> name was Annie Hamilton, widow so naturally I went looking for her 1st >> marriage. I found an Annie Winning, who married an Andrew Hamilton in >> 1896, but it is the 2nd Annie. At this point I have been unable to find >> the 1st marriage of my Ann, but what are the odds of that happening? Two >> Ann Winnings, born a year apart, both marrying a Hamilton at around the >> same time. This is all happening in Lanark I might add. I'm going to >> search into the background of the 2nd Ann to see if there is a connection >> somewhere. >> Does anyone have a similar story? I think it's fascinating, and all part >> of the fun. >> Cheers, >> Katrina >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Two more points, Katrina, 1) The young lady who married Hugh HAMILTON in 1899 appears to have the same parents as Annie who married William BAXTER in 1901, i.e. Thomas WINNING & Annie SNEDDON. 2) I don''t know about the odds on two Annie WINNINGs, but I certainly had trouble with my great grandmother Mary McVean and her cousin by the same name, two years younger and born next door in Argyll and migrating to Renfrew and Lanark which, after all, are pretty close. Enjoy the trail, Katie de Haan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Katie de Haan" <gallorosso@home.nl> To: <katjw@optusnet.com.au> Cc: <sct-renfrew@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [SCT-RENFREW] Quirky coincidence - WINNING > Hello Katrina > > Intriguing story. What you don't mention is where you saw these > references. > > Not being mathematical I haven't the slightest idea what the odds are on > two > Ann Winnings marrying two Hamiltons around the same time. Anything is > possible, of course, but I imagine it could be equally possible that the > sources you've seen simply quoted the wrong set of parents for Ann > Winning. > I've seen this sort of dubious entry in some secondary sources, such as > the > IGI, but I've not seen IGI data far beyond the middle of the nineteenth > century, so you probably didn't see them there. > > Have you checked the marriages on Scotland's People or any even halfway > similar source? >>>>>>> > 5 minutes later: > OK, Katrina, since, as you say, it's a quirky story, I couldn't resist > looking for myself. Not gone into it completely, but a search in the > statutory records turns up two young ladies, one recorded as Ann, the > other > as Annie, marrying Hamiltons in the time frame...one Andrew and one Hugh, > one in Lanark, the other in Renfrewshire. Had you seen the latter one? > > Katie de Haan > The Netherlands > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kat" <> >> To: <> >> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 7:37 AM >> Subject: [SCT-RENFREW] Quirky coincidence >> >> >>> Hello to all on the list, >>> This is just a little story I'd like to share with you all. Not looking >>> for information in particular but if anyone has any comments... >>> I was looking for a sister of my great grandfather, by the name of Ann >>> Winning. I found 2 references, one born 1873, the second 1874. On >>> looking up their births I found the first Ann to be the one I was >>> looking >>> for (here on out I will call her "my Ann), the second was from different >>> parents. Nothing too out of the ordinary so far. I then found my Annie >>> was married in 1901 to William Baxter. Her parents were named, but her >>> name was Annie Hamilton, widow so naturally I went looking for her 1st >>> marriage. I found an Annie Winning, who married an Andrew Hamilton in >>> 1896, but it is the 2nd Annie. At this point I have been unable to find >>> the 1st marriage of my Ann, but what are the odds of that happening? Two >>> Ann Winnings, born a year apart, both marrying a Hamilton at around the >>> same time. This is all happening in Lanark I might add. I'm going to >>> search into the background of the 2nd Ann to see if there is a >>> connection >>> somewhere. >>> Does anyone have a similar story? I think it's fascinating, and all part >>> of the fun. >>> Cheers, >>> Katrina >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-RENFREW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message