This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: smart37 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.smart/1011.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My 3x Great Grandfather had a farm near Brechin in Forfarshire, Scotland had 5 children: 2 daughters, and 3 sons, John, William and Alexander. Thomas was born about 1871. Alexander was born in 1805. After Thomas's wife died he came to Almonte, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. Alexander followed his father to Canada in 1824. He is my great great grandfather. Could your relatives be descended from John or William. I do not have any information about them nor do I have the name of their mother. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hello there My friend's Smart family descends from David Smart and Ann Whyte. Their son James was born 24 Sep 1798 in Careston. James married a Jean Anderson on 20 June 1829 in Brechin and they had the following children: William Anderson Smart (born Tannadice), James, Alexander, David, George, Mary Anne - all born in Brechin. There could be a link somewhere, because of the family christian names and the places of birth, but I haven't found a link to a Thomas Smart in my research so far. In my research on the Scotland's People website, I've found quite a few Smart families that don't fit in with my friend's family so I'll need to have a good look through these "strays" and see if any of them are yours. You might find the 1841 census for Brechin of some help. It can be found at http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl I'll do some more research and get back to you in a few days. Kind regards Linda -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, 9 February 2009 11:10 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SMART] smarts in scotland This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: smart37 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.smart/1011.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My 3x Great Grandfather had a farm near Brechin in Forfarshire, Scotland had 5 children: 2 daughters, and 3 sons, John, William and Alexander. Thomas was born about 1871. Alexander was born in 1805. After Thomas's wife died he came to Almonte, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. Alexander followed his father to Canada in 1824. He is my great great grandfather. Could your relatives be descended from John or William. I do not have any information about them nor do I have the name of their mother. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message