Hi Everyone Sorry its taken me so long to get back to all the people who responded to my E-mail, Unfortunately we have had some family emergencies. So I'd like to thank everyone who did respond to questions, I really appreciate it. I haven't had much time to check into anything yet but I did notice that a couple of the families that I am researching including the Gibsons, did not go by the usual naming pattern. And Christine you are probably right about the age of Janet, I wonder why women, even in those days, didn't want to tell their true age. Thanks Again Robin -----Original Message----- From: Christine Stokes <chris@northants26.freeserve.co.uk> To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 27, 2001 7:36 AM Subject: RE: Found Gibsons of dornoch >Robin >You queried if your Janet could be born to either of these two couples. >This is the info I have in my Mackay database. >I guess the first one is possible but not the second. The Andrew Mackay >family are fisherfolks and generally they married other fisherfolks. You >should not take too much heed to ages in census records. They are only what >the person gave. Many, many errors on these. Women did not like giving >their age even then!! >Until you can prove otherwise I would stick with your original concept of >David Mackay and Marran Macintosh as the parents of Janet. >Have you yet found her death? If she died after 1855 (which looks very >likely) you can purchase her death certificate from Edinburgh. This will >give you the name of her parents. >Have you tried looking for this on the GRO site? You do have to pay but it >is worthwhile. First though find the 1861 census at Fearn and see if she is >on that. If not you can then narrow her death down to a ten year period. >Hope this helps >Christine > >K1471 ROBERT MACKAY married ELIZABETH DUNBAR [died 22/6/1832] >Robert, a farmer, and Elizabeth (Elspat/Eppie), who were both of Proncy, >Dornoch, married in Dornoch on 28 December 1783 (OPR). They had the >following children born in Dornoch (OPR): MARY, born 25 January 1791; >JANNET, born 19 July 1796 Proncy; ROBERT, born 9 September 1798 Ardallie; >JAMES, born 10 October 1800 Pronsy; BETTY, born 9 December 1804 Proncy; >ANDREW, born 31 August 1802 [died 21 Janaury 1880 Birichen] [married >Margaret McPherson - see K171]; DONALD, born 14 December 1806 Birichen. >Robert may be the gentleman who died of paralysis at Birichen on 12 June >1845 aged 84 years. > >K168 ANDREW MACKAY married MARGARET MACKAY >Andrew, a fisherman in Embo, Dornoch, married Margaret on 21 March 1784 at >Embo (OPR). They had the following children born at Embo (OPR): ISOBEL, born >5 May 1785; HOUSTON, born 22 June 1790; ALEXANDER, born 22 October 1793 and >JANNET, born 5 March 1797. (3/00) > > > >Christine >Highland Hearts >http://www.highlandhearts.com/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Robin Van Belleghem [mailto:robinvb@home.com] >Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 6:10 PM >To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Found Gibsons of dornoch > >Hi Christine and Everyone > >I found the Gibsons of Dornoch, they must have moved to ROC sometime between >1841 and 1851. But still no information about Donald, I say the man was >elusive. Now the question I have is according to the 1851 census, it has my >Janet MacKay as 55 born in Dornoch, so this would make her birth in around >1796 and not in 1792. Is it possible that she may not be David MacKay and >Marran McIntosh's daughter or could the 1851 census be wrong? I looked in >the IGI and found a Jannet MacKay born 1796 in Dornoch to Robert MacKay and >Eliza Dunbar and also a Jannet christened in 1797 in Dornoch to Andrew >MacKay and Margt MacKay, there could be more but these are the only ones >that say Dornoch. How can I tell if one of these are her parents? Here is >the 1851 census for the Gibsons, any help would be appreciated.. > >1851 Fearn 5.26 Balmuchie. > >Janet MacKay, Head, Widow, 55, Spinner of Hemp, b. Sutherland, Dornoch. >Alexander Gibson, Son, Unmarried, 24, Agricultural Labourer, b. Sutherland, >Dornoch. >Joanna Gibson, Daughter, Unmarried, 20, Farm Servant, b. Sutherland, >Dornoch. > >Thank You >Robin > > >==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== >You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You >can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. 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I am not going to comment on why women lie about their ages. I always tell the truth! I am 40 something and have been exactly the same for at least 15 years! Christine Highland Hearts http://www.highlandhearts.com/ -----Original Message----- From: Robin Van Belleghem [mailto:robinvb@home.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 4:03 AM To: Christine Stokes; SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Found Gibsons of dornoch Hi Everyone Sorry its taken me so long to get back to all the people who responded to my E-mail, Unfortunately we have had some family emergencies. So I'd like to thank everyone who did respond to questions, I really appreciate it. I haven't had much time to check into anything yet but I did notice that a couple of the families that I am researching including the Gibsons, did not go by the usual naming pattern. And Christine you are probably right about the age of Janet, I wonder why women, even in those days, didn't want to tell their true age. Thanks Again Robin -----Original Message----- From: Christine Stokes <chris@northants26.freeserve.co.uk> To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com <SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, April 27, 2001 7:36 AM Subject: RE: Found Gibsons of dornoch >Robin >You queried if your Janet could be born to either of these two couples. >This is the info I have in my Mackay database. >I guess the first one is possible but not the second. The Andrew Mackay >family are fisherfolks and generally they married other fisherfolks. You >should not take too much heed to ages in census records. They are only what >the person gave. Many, many errors on these. Women did not like giving >their age even then!! >Until you can prove otherwise I would stick with your original concept of >David Mackay and Marran Macintosh as the parents of Janet. >Have you yet found her death? If she died after 1855 (which looks very >likely) you can purchase her death certificate from Edinburgh. This will >give you the name of her parents. >Have you tried looking for this on the GRO site? You do have to pay but it >is worthwhile. First though find the 1861 census at Fearn and see if she is >on that. If not you can then narrow her death down to a ten year period. >Hope this helps >Christine > >K1471 ROBERT MACKAY married ELIZABETH DUNBAR [died 22/6/1832] >Robert, a farmer, and Elizabeth (Elspat/Eppie), who were both of Proncy, >Dornoch, married in Dornoch on 28 December 1783 (OPR). They had the >following children born in Dornoch (OPR): MARY, born 25 January 1791; >JANNET, born 19 July 1796 Proncy; ROBERT, born 9 September 1798 Ardallie; >JAMES, born 10 October 1800 Pronsy; BETTY, born 9 December 1804 Proncy; >ANDREW, born 31 August 1802 [died 21 Janaury 1880 Birichen] [married >Margaret McPherson - see K171]; DONALD, born 14 December 1806 Birichen. >Robert may be the gentleman who died of paralysis at Birichen on 12 June >1845 aged 84 years. > >K168 ANDREW MACKAY married MARGARET MACKAY >Andrew, a fisherman in Embo, Dornoch, married Margaret on 21 March 1784 at >Embo (OPR). They had the following children born at Embo (OPR): ISOBEL, born >5 May 1785; HOUSTON, born 22 June 1790; ALEXANDER, born 22 October 1793 and >JANNET, born 5 March 1797. (3/00) > > > >Christine >Highland Hearts >http://www.highlandhearts.com/ > >-----Original Message----- >From: Robin Van Belleghem [mailto:robinvb@home.com] >Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 6:10 PM >To: SCT-SUTHERLAND-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Found Gibsons of dornoch > >Hi Christine and Everyone > >I found the Gibsons of Dornoch, they must have moved to ROC sometime between >1841 and 1851. But still no information about Donald, I say the man was >elusive. Now the question I have is according to the 1851 census, it has my >Janet MacKay as 55 born in Dornoch, so this would make her birth in around >1796 and not in 1792. Is it possible that she may not be David MacKay and >Marran McIntosh's daughter or could the 1851 census be wrong? I looked in >the IGI and found a Jannet MacKay born 1796 in Dornoch to Robert MacKay and >Eliza Dunbar and also a Jannet christened in 1797 in Dornoch to Andrew >MacKay and Margt MacKay, there could be more but these are the only ones >that say Dornoch. How can I tell if one of these are her parents? Here is >the 1851 census for the Gibsons, any help would be appreciated.. > >1851 Fearn 5.26 Balmuchie. > >Janet MacKay, Head, Widow, 55, Spinner of Hemp, b. Sutherland, Dornoch. >Alexander Gibson, Son, Unmarried, 24, Agricultural Labourer, b. Sutherland, >Dornoch. >Joanna Gibson, Daughter, Unmarried, 20, Farm Servant, b. Sutherland, >Dornoch. > >Thank You >Robin > > >==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== >You may, at times, wish to check out previous messages to this list. You >can do this at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/SCT-SUTHERLAND-L/ > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. 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