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Looking for Scottish Ancestors

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monty66
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Hi yet another newbie stuck.

Post by monty66 » Tue May 06, 2008 4:09 pm

Any experts help with a wee problem.I have gone as far back as 1849 to my gggg gran and grandads wedding John Telford and Ann Bradford.Then on to the 1851 census with John, Ann and son John. (4 Johns and A Thomas later theres me.)In between 1851 and 1861 Ann dies.But on the 1851 census it says that John and Ann are from Armagh and Down ? and above a Rebecca Telford and a sister Ann.I remember as a child my dad telling me we had Sligo in our ancestry.I have what i found on a family tree builder but have no idea how to show it to anyone on this site.

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Post by Anne H » Tue May 06, 2008 4:40 pm

Hi Monty66 and a warm welcome to TalkingScot [scotland-flag]

Ah, those Irish ancestors. I think most of us with Irish ancestry have problems knowing where they were actually from. :shock:

Are you looking for help in any specific area, or are you just looking for a way to show your tree...not sure how you would do that unless it was on another website and you pasted the link into your message.

Regards,
Anne H

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Post by LesleyB » Tue May 06, 2008 4:58 pm

Hi Monty
and welcome to Talking Scot :D
In between 1851 and 1861 Ann dies
Should be worth looking for that death on Scotlands People, as it may give her parents' names, if the death informant knew the names.

Best wishes
Lesley

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Post by monty66 » Tue May 06, 2008 5:05 pm

Hello Ann and thanks for the quick reply,I am trying to go further than 1849 all on my dads side.but the last 3 weeks all i have got is brick walls.

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Post by monty66 » Tue May 06, 2008 5:08 pm

Cheers Lesly tried that but can't find her,only on their sons marrage lines as deceased.

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Post by monty66 » Tue May 06, 2008 5:44 pm

Hi all is it ok to post a link from another web site.(My heritage) it has my tree so far.

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Post by Liz Turner » Tue May 06, 2008 5:57 pm

Monty

Can you tell us where you found Ann Bradford and John Telford living in the 1851 census? There are 13 deaths listed for Ann Telford on SP between 1855 ad 1861, so - as Lesley suggested, if you had a location, you might be able to look at her death certificate to find more information.

Liz
Fife: Nicolson, Cornfoot, Walker, Gibson, Balsillie, Galt, Elder
NE Scot: Nicolson, Lindsay, Haliburton, Ross
Edin & Central: Nicolson, Blaikie, Stevenson, Ross, Hotchkiss, Suttie, Christie, Clelland, Gray, Purvis, Lang, Dickson
Ross & Cromarty: Ross

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Post by LesleyB » Tue May 06, 2008 6:04 pm

It is always possible too that she died between 1851 - 55, so will just have missed Statutory Registration... :roll: (and knowing any Irish relatives, and how elusive they can be, I bet you that is what has happened! :lol: ) No sign of an Ann Bradford, other name Telford on SP that I'm seeing.

Should be no problem with posting the link to your tree Monty.

Best wishes
Lesley

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Post by monty66 » Tue May 06, 2008 6:22 pm

Hi it seems most of my family were from Bridgeton in Glasgow the 1851 Census number is 30/03/1851 TELFORD John (Census 1851 644/01 137/01004).I have a copy but can't figure out how to put it on.

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Post by AndrewP » Tue May 06, 2008 6:51 pm

Hi Monty,

See viewtopic.php?t=6496 for directions for uploading an image to the TalkingScot Gallery.

All the best,

AndrewP