looking for kenneth mclennan

mossiepossie · Post by **mossiepossie** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:15 pm

hi everyone, kenneth married jane matheson in 1830 in cromarty but ihave'nt been able to find out any thing more about him. he had a doughter elizabeth who was born on 13/12/1832 in resolis, but can't find out anything in that area. canyou help?

Post by **AndrewP** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:58 pm

The online IGI shows another child to this couple.

ELIZABETH MCLENNAN - Christening: 23 DEC 1832 Cromarty, Ross And Cromarty
JOHN MAC LENNAN - Christening: 05 OCT 1834 Rosemarkie, Ross And Cromarty

As both of these are extracted from the records, they should be available on ScotlandsPeople for you to download the pages from the OPR.

All the best,

AndrewP

mossiepossie · Post by **mossiepossie** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:23 pm

hi i found info on elizabeth mclennan but it's her father kenneth i can't find anything on. have you any suggestions?

Post by **AndrewP** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:12 pm

Hi Mossiepossie,

Firstly, find the mother's death using both surnames. A search on ScotlandsPeople for
First name: J*n*
Surname: Math*son
Other surname: M*cLennan
You will get 4 results. One stands out from the crowd by location.

From that you will know if she was married or widowed at the time of her death, and hence reduce the span of years to be searched. Also, as a guess, you can calculate her birth year and put that in the criteria ± 10 years when searching for him.
Stab a guess that he died in the same place as his wife and you will find his death too.

From these two death certificates you will get their parents and see if you can find any marriage or other children to each of these couples.

All the best,

AndrewP

mossiepossie · Post by **mossiepossie** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 2:03 pm

hi andrew the advice you gave me was great. i was putting the names for the female deaths in the wrong way round i found the one i wanted and some more besides that had me baffled thank you.