Forum: Angus county-wide forum

I am researching Helen Aitken and David Nicoll Helen Nicoll married a William Hocking . (Grandparents ) My dates for Helen Aitken my gggrandmother is 1816 but her Husband?? David ,have the date 1865 so I am confused here ,My Great great Grandfather worked in the toffee marmalade factory. The...

I have an ancestor Betsey or Betsy Crockatt I can't find a birth record for. Her siblings were all born in Egssie, Angus and it is quite likely she was too. Which registration district did Egssie come under at the time?

This information may have been already mentioned but I have discovered that nearly all of Angus Council's Burial records have been put online with Deceased Online. It is free to search then you have to buy credits to view records.

Merry Christmas I am a new member of this forum and thought I would post details I have about my family tree. Robert Petrie: born at Glamis, Angus 11 July 1833. Married Betsy Stark in 1860 and came out to settle in Canterbury in the same year. Father: Alexander Petrie - there were two...

Hi, I am trying to find information on Jean Gibwho married Andrew Stool in 1717 in DUNDEE. Her father was John Gib, and her mother was Margaret Paterson. Any help would be appreciated.

I am trying to establish the lineage of one of my 5th great grandmothers, Mary Sinclair. Mary married Robert Sand or Sands at Arbroath on 1/5/1760 and produced my 4th great grandmother Mary Sands at Arbroath on 9/5/1765. I've found a 1743 born at Panbride, Mary Sinclair, a 1743 Mary born at...

Alexander Duncan married Isobel Crawford, 26 August 1736 in Dundee. I am hoping to find burial records/MI which would (hopefully) give some indication of Isobel's date of birth. One source I have found indicates that Isobel was born c 1811 the daughter of Henry Crawford of Monorgan and Ann Hay....

Hello All I have this entry from the 1881 census, and I want to find out what happened next to the two girls, Isabella and Elizabeth. Did they marry or did they die spinsters? 1881 census 22 Queen Street, Montrose, Forfar Jane Claudy, head, widow, 48, former millworker, born Brechin, Forfar,...

I am researching my husband's family, his mother is a descendant of John Yeaman (b 1755) and Isabella Duncan - Dundee area. John & Isabella had 5 children: Anne (b 20 Jan 1786), John (b 16 July 1788, died), John (b 26 Sept 1794), Peter (b 29 June 1796) and David (b 13 May 1799.) All 5 of them...

Hi, Can anyone help me with this one ? I'm trying to find the birth/marriage/death of another Bruce ancestor, named John. He was married to Reid and they lived in Logie Pert. He might have been born circa 1750/60. His first child Katherine Bruce was christened on 23 May 1779 in Logie...

Hi, I have an ancester who came from Logie Pert, Angus who is proving to be difficult to find. His name was Andrew Bruce b. 29 Mar 1786 and was a stone mason. He was married to Helen Mitchell, (I can't find when) but had their first child Ann Bruce christened on 22 April 1810. They're last...

I'm trying to find out when a William Hunter (a master tailor) died, presumably in Brechin, Angus. I have him in the 1841 census, at Andersons Close, Brechin, with his wife Margaret and 5 children. There are other children not shown here. William and Margaret's ages (60 & 30) seem to be works of...

According to the 1881 census, John Dyce was living at 70 Dundee Road in Forfar with his wife Jane. The census gives both their place of birth as England although all their children were born in Scotland the oldest being 27 at the time. I am looking for any information on John and Jane. The census...

Hi wondering if anyone can help. I've a record of a John Stewart Jamieson Died 1982 Brechin I wondered if might have any info on him. He was born in Co Kildare Ireland in 1897 and joined the R.I.C. His uncle, Andrew Jamieson, lived in the Meigle area so he either moved over to be with...

I'm looking for Thorntons whose parents were David & Anne (Welsh) and had eleven children and farmed Kirkton of Monikie in 1865 any help would be welcome

Please could someone look for a birth for me? My husband's great'grandmother Betsy/Bridget Flynn, born c1841, Dundee. I am hoping that the lady I keep encountering with these names is one and the same person!

This doesn't quite qualify as a brickwall .... yet, so I am trying it here. In my research I have turned up a James Mann. From Notes on the History of the Scottish Branch of the Norman House of Roger. By The Rev. Charles Rogers I learned that William Roger married Euphan, daughter of James Mann,...