Genealogy Chat

I paid the £6 for scotlandspeople credits and haven't been able to find my relatives. There are a few credits left BUT ONLY TILL 8:15 TONIGHT! (England time) I'll do a lookup if anyone wants it. Best Wishes, -Kat

Hi Katrina I'd be very grateful if you could look up my great great grandmother Christy Ann, or Christina, Grieve. She was 65 in the 1881 census as Christy Ann, and 75 in the 1891 census as Christina. That makes her birth between April 1815 and March 1816. She was definitely born in Scotland. She married my great great grandfather Andrew Carr, a woodman, probably some time before my great grandmother Ellen Carr was born in April-June 1844 - I assume the marriage was in Scotland, since I can't find it in England. Andrew was born in 1790 in Berwick. Christy (or Christina) was his second wife, working as a children's nurse for his employer at Hedgeley Hall in Northumberland. I assume she came from the Borders, but I've no clue where the marriage took place so I've no hope of tracing her. Any information gratefully received. Sincerely yours Stan Driver

I will take a look - but not all the scottish records have been transcribed and so there are people who do not appear (my great great great grandfather for one!) I'll let you know if I find anything. Regards, -Kat

Stan: 28 May 1815 - GRIEVE, CHRISTIAN. Parents: JOHN GRIEVE/JANET WADDEL Piece no. FR1884 sex: Female Parish: PRESTONPANS GROS ref: 718/00 0006 This is the ONLY C Grieve listed for between the dates you gave and although the name is male nowadays the person is listed as female. Due to many spelling variations I wouldn't just discount ANYTHING if I were you! CHRISTY-ANN does sound like christiAN! There are also several CHRISTIANs listed on census and they are all female so in Scotland at that time it was a commonly used girls name. I will look for the marriage now and if there is anything you could think of to highlight the birth then let me know. -Kat

Stan: Still nothing really. The Christian Grieve appears on the Old Parish Register for marriages but not to an Andrew Carr. (though she must be female as she marries a thomas...) Here are ALL the marriage references for the following criteria : Surname: "GRIEVE"; Use Soundex; Forename: "C"; Date From: 1 January 1840; Date To: 31 December 1845 23 Jun 1844 - GREIVE CATHERINE - JOHN BOWIE/FR2182 - F - ST NINIANS - 488/00 0006 15 Nov 1845 - GRIEVE CATHARINE - ROBERT FORGAN/ - F - NEWBURN - 451/00 0003 29 Jun 1845 - GRIEVE CATHARINE - ALEXANDER GOVE/ - F - BENHOLM - 253/00 0003 29 Apr 1842 - GRIEVE CATHERINE - ANDREW SWORD/FR2003 - U - ST CUTHBERT'S - EDINBURG - 685/02 0045 12 Jul 1844 - GRIEVE CATHERINE - JOHN BOWIE/FR1679 - U - STIRLING - 490/00 0007 No Image 15 Jan 1844 - GRIEVE CATHERINE - JAMES ROBERTSON/FR2160 - U - ST CUTHBERT'S - EDINBURG - 685/02 0045 16 Jun 1844 - GRIEVE CHARLES - ANN MALCOLM/ - M - TYRIE - 248/00 0004 23 Jun 1844 - GRIEVE CHARLES - ANN MALCOLM/ - M - ABERDOUR - 169/00 0003 17 Jun 1842 - GRIEVE CHRISTIAN - THOMAS MCGREGOR/ - F - KINGHORN - 439/00 0005 17 Jun 1844 - GRIEVE CHRISTOPHER - JANE ELLIOT/FR1443 - M - HAWICK - 789/00 0006 3 Mar 1844 - GRIEVE COLIN - MARGARET DUNDAS/ - M - MONTROSE - 312/00 0011 sorry! -Kat

Hi Kat, If you have any credits left, I would appreciate a look up for James Donaldson born Lanarkshire between 1889 - 1894. Thank you so much for the very kind offer. Regards Margaret

Margaret - I'll look. Not having much luck so far though! :( -Kat

Margaret: I have emailed you the details as there were 106 James Donaldson names in that time period! MANY of them from Lanark. Shelagh: I have 1credit left and will try and do something creative with it for you! No more requests please everyone! Best Wishes, -Kat

Shelagh: 1910 HUNTER JAMES married BUTLER ISABELLA in STIRLING GROS ref 490/00 0057. This seems a possible match and was the only entry found. It might be worth paying the £6 for 30 credits so you can view the document and look at other possible entries which I have not found. It costs 5creditd to view the document itself and 1credit per page of matches. Hope this helped. Take care, -Kat (ps - PLEASE no more emails everyone. I don't have any credits left now!) :-)

Hi Katrina Thanks for going to so much trouble. I have just noticed that the 1851 census gave her age as 37. In it her name is transcribed as Catherine, but my mother always knew her great grandmother was called Christy. Thanks for the warning about such names though. Maybe I'll find the marriage among the Northumberland border strays. Best wishes Stan Driver