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Hi Jan Yes, I see your new thread. I am not convinced that you have the wrong name originally, as I said I sent you all the John Birket Marriages for all years & areas in Scotland and not one Morrison partner on there. Also sent you all Male Birkett marriages & their partners and not one on there. I know we have not found the marriage for Janet to John anywhere either in Scotland or England, but you did think that they returned to Scotland to marry and therefore we have checked for this marriage. It did not come to light, nor did it come to light when Mhairi checked at GRO in Edinburgh, but likwise no sign of Janet Morrison to John Birkett either. I still think the document is mistranscribed. I still think Morson will be the correct spelling, and it could be that we will never find the marriage of John to Janet, as it is possible that they never married. Janice

Thanks Jim That looks a very likely, doesn't it All the best Jan :)

hi when i go on the lds site they give different variations of spellings of the surnames but the right people and places tracy

You're not wrong there Tracy, In fairness Janet could only sign her name with an X, so presumably she couldn't read either to check if they'd spelt it correctly. And she would have had a Scottish accent trying to talk to english (Geordie) officials. All the best Jan :)

Hi OC A couple of things really. I (and several others) have been trying to find out about JANET MORSON, with no luck, we couldn't find her or her husband JOHN BIRKETT before the 1861 English census. I the 1871 census she lists her place of birth as Campsie Scotland, in all the other census's she just puts Scotland, In the 1861 and 1871 census there is also a son JOHN BIRKETT born Scotland 1860 (All subsequent children born in South Shields). Also in the census, her age last birthday meant that she was born around 1835-1836, but the only Janet Morson born in Campsie was born in 1833. Mhairi and others have looked for a marriage certificate for her and John and a birth certificate but nothing has come up. But if she was Janet MORRISON that would be an entirely different thing. I think I need to amend the thread to ask for a search on Janet Morrison. Take care Jan :)

hi have this alot in my tree ie craig?cragg?crigg even had sran for sloan/slone/sloane ... my guess is that they couldnt spell very well in them days tracy

Jan Not sure what the problem is? What is it you want help with? OC

(UPDATED following info from Jim) A couple of weeks ago I got my great grandmother, ELIZABETH's, birth certificate. On it it named her mother as JANET BIRKETT formerly MORSON., Someone researching Elizabeth's sister, DOROTHY ANN has just had her birth cert turn up and on it it lists the mother as JANET BIRKETT formerly MORRISON., I know from a variety of sources that Janet Morson/ Morrison was born in Campsie Scotland somewhere between 1833 and 1837, Most likely 1836 ish Can any one look up Janet Morrison and her family in any of the census's. If this is the right one I have her living in England (with her husband JOHN BIRKETT ( born Lancashire c.1826) and 1year old son also John (born Scotland c.1860) from1861 onwards. I need to know anything I can get about her and her family Before she moved to England. Is there a record of her marriage to John or the birth of John Jnr Thank you very much for looking, Jan :)