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  1. #1
    gpc19
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    Question Isabella Buchanan

    Hello. Can anyone help me with a knot that I have been trying to resolve over the last few months? My great grandmother was called Isabella Slater (nee Buchanan) and was born on the Outer Hebrides in about 1854. Barra, Benbecula possibly.

    Her sister was called Mary and their parents died from smallpox. Mary nursed Isabella through smallpox and they both survived. Mary was to become a head dairy maid to a lady in waiting of Queen Victoria, possibly in Lour near Dundee.

    I have searched Scotlands People but can not find a Mary and Isabella Buchanan with the same parents on the Outer Hebrides in the 1850s.

    Can anyone give any leads? Isabella Buchanan went on to work in Canada as the governor's cook before returning to the UK to marry Frederick Slater sometime in the 1870s to 1880s.

    Many thanks

    Graham

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    joette
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    Hi Graham presume you have checked the 1851/1861 Censuses? 1861 is on SP& you might get 1851 on Freecen.(you might find them before marriage & with parents on this one)
    What areas have you looked? It is possible that they were born in Benbecula but moved elsewhere any time thereafter.
    Do you know where her parents died?Do you have their Death Certificates?
    If you can't find the parents with the children in Outer Hebrides I would extend my search to other areas.

  3. #3
    gpc19
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    Smile Isabella Buchanan

    Joette

    Have searched 1851 and 1861 censi in Scotlands people and old parish record/births with SP. I do not know Mary and Isabella's parents names. May be better to find Isabella's death certificate and see what that has on it. She died in Bedford in 1946 age 92. My cousin believes Isabella was born on Barra, but it could just as easily be Benbecula or South Uist where there are a number of Isabellas.

    I have also found it difficult to put a date on a smallpox outbreak in the Outer Hebrides. If I knew that I could try and find a husband and wife who died about the same time.

    What is FreeCen?

    Many thanks

    Graham
    Last edited by Guest; 28-10-2007 at 4:11 PM. Reason: Add South Uist

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    joette
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    Freecen is a site with free Census info on it! It is a bit hit & miss as to what you may find.
    It is run by volunteers who transcribe the Census from disc & then put it out on the Web.
    1841/1891 are covered but it is a slow process but you may strike lucky.
    Are you saying that there are so many Isabella/Mary combinations in 1861 that you can't figure out which family is which or do you have some possibilities?
    Have had a look on Freecen but no joy.SP does give 18 possibilies using 4-8 as her age.Worth spending one credit to check areas.More on the Mary but wasn't sure of her age.If you find a Mary/isabella of similiar age in the same district worth having a look if you haven't so far.

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    gpc19
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    Joette

    I will go back and look at my list of Isabellas from SP and the Marys but I could not see before a likely combination other than one in Bowness near Edinburgh which just does not sound correct. I do not know Mary's age.

    Will purchase a credit this Friday and have another go over the weekend.

    Many thanks

    Graham

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    Wirral
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    I know this site does not have forums for all the separate Scots counties, but have you tried Ross & Cromarty as well as Inverness-shire? It covers the northern end of the Outer Hebrides. I think I found some Buchanans in Uist.

    Also, what religion were the family? There are quite a lot of Roman Catholics in the Isles & their records might still be held by the Catholic Church. The contacts are on the Genuki site.

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