Thomas Moan.....

MargaretS · Post by **MargaretS** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 1:16 pm

This problem arose when I first started doing my family history 7 years ago, and I still haven't solved it. My grandmother's brother Thomas, born 1868 in Shettleston but moved to Catrine, Ayrshire (parish of Sorn)in 1869. He is present in the 1871 census but not a single census after that. He registered the death of his younger brother in 1883, and he died in Rosewell near Edinburgh in 1905, but I cannot find any trace of him in the in-between years. His death certificate said he never married. I have tried every spelling I can think of for Moan and nothing ever turns up. Anybody any ideas? The really annoying thing is that when I had the free 14 day trial on Ancestry, I forgot all about him and didn't check there.

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:04 pm

Hi Margaret

What was his occupation in 1871 and where was he?

Also Where did the younger brother die?

Jean

MargaretS · Post by **MargaretS** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:13 pm

The younger brother died in Catrine (Sorn Parish), and in 1871 Thomas was still down as 'scholar'.

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:28 pm

Sorry more questions

Do you have his parents names and the name and d.o.b. of the younger brother.

Jean

MargaretS · Post by **MargaretS** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:43 pm

Yes. His parents were John Moan and Mary McAnulty. The younger brother John was born 9 July 1875, I have all the certificates and census records for everyone else in the family. Thomas just vanishes into thin air after 1883 when John died, until early 1905 when I have a letter he sent to my grandmother from hospital where he was recovering (he thought) from TB. He died later that year.

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:22 pm

Hi Margaret

I have searched for him in 1881 under every spelling of Moan I can think of. Even looked at every Thomas no surname in the Lowlands born around then -no joy. It must be mis indexed very badly or he was not counted for some reason.

Sorry

Jean

MargaretS · Post by **MargaretS** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:32 pm

That's what I thought, but how could he avoid 1881, 1891 abd 1901. He must have been out of the country, but there is no family story to confirm this.

sporran · Post by **sporran** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:18 am

Hello Margaret,

I am puzzled by this, since I can not find the death of Thomas Moan or much about the family after 1883. Would you please supply details about what you do have for them?

Regards,

John

ninatoo · Post by **ninatoo** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:26 am

Hi Margaret,

Try this link to see how many variations of the name Moan can be found:

http://www.namethesaurus.com/Thesaurus/Search.aspx

It is mind boggling.

The one that came to me was Maughan, but I bet you tried that one!

Good luck,

Nina
JJ

MargaretS · Post by **MargaretS** » Mon May 01, 2006 10:37 am

For some reason they changed the spelling of their surname to Mone about 1885. All the children died in childhood except Elizabeth, Annie-Jane and Thomas. Elizabeth married James Campbell in 1892 and Annie-Jane married Archibald Davidson in 1898 both in Catrine (Sorn). Thomas died in Rosewell, Laswade in July 1905, he is shown as unmarried. His step-father David Fowler registered the death.

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