18th Century Gay Marriages?.....

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:10 am

Found this extract while searching the IGI :

ARCHIBALD HAGGART
Parents:
Father: WILLIAM HAGGART

Marriages:
Spouse: ROBERT RAMSAY
Marriage: 28 JUN 1785 South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Annette M

PS Archibald was the female.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:26 pm

Well, well, amazing what can be found on the IGI....

Best wishes
Lesley

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:29 pm

I'd suspect a mistranscription of Roberta, even Robina

David

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 1:52 pm

Good one Nelmit

.....perhaps it was really Archibaldina

Best wishes
Jean

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:05 pm

JustJean wrote:Good one Nelmit .....perhaps it was really Archibaldina

Best wishes
Jean

Jean,

I'm pretty sure this is her birth :

ARCHIBALD_ MONTGOMERY HAGGART
Female

Event(s):
Birth: 30 JAN 1766 South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Parents:
Father: WILLIAM HAGGART Family
Mother: MARION CAIRNS

Regards,
Annette M

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:08 pm

Oh dear, poor girl - bet she had a tough time at school

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:09 pm

Poor wee baby girl.....how could they do it to her

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:11 pm

Ohmigawd !!

One of those not totally unknown situations where the parents gave a girl a boy's name (the reverse is also not unknown

), or is that underscore suggestive of Archibalina ?

David

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:16 pm

Ah well, at least she is having her moment now...I wonder what she was known as by friends and family? Archibald does not exactly lend itself to female sounding names.. any thoughts?
Cherry or Sherry maybe? Or maybe Ina if she was Archibaldina?

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 2:39 pm

I found this one the other day. I was transcribing Aberlour 1861 and the name looked very like Charles Ann Glass, but she was listed as female in the census. She was with her mother, Margaret Duncan so I decided to check the IGI to see if there was a birth of a female with a name like Charles.

Found this!!

CHARLES ANN GLASS OR DUNCAN
Female
Event(s):
Birth: 20 JUL 1852 Aberlour, Banff, Scotland
Parents:
Father: ALEXANDER GLASS
Mother: MARGARET DUNCAN

So when, whoever you are, looks this up on Freecen, don't blame the transcriber for being a numptie. It's transcribed Charles Ann, female. I did try to find the wee soul a feminine name, but alas she is Charles.

Jean