Mary Ann.....

smiddykilry · Post by **smiddykilry** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:06 pm

Hi
I have just uploaded a death record for Mary Ann (Miln) but have a look at the next entry could this be a granddaughter? Mary had an Aunt Helen, and a 1/2 brother David Taylor Bruce.
http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-820
<image URL added LesleyB>

Smid

Post by **joette** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:53 am

It's her age that has grabbed me.How many people survive to 107!?With the names of her parents & her daughter reporting her death.?Not many I would imagine.Must be some kind of a record-anybody go any older?
Not me my eldest has been ninety-four & this in 1862.
Good genes!
Oh yes & very sad could be a little Granddaughter/Great-Grandaughter.

smiddykilry · Post by **smiddykilry** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:36 pm

Hi
I need to check this out at NRH next visit, David lost a mother and daughter on the same day. by the way I see her age (Mary) as 47

Smid

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:12 am

It does look like 107 to me but the format it is in wont allow the image to be magnified properly, even on a normal page view it does not fit the page.

Post by **Merlot** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 8:51 am

Hi,

I see her age as 47 too.

Merlot

Post by **emanday** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:22 pm

Yes, 47 for me too. Compare it with the 4 in the year in each of the entries and it's identical.

smiddykilry · Post by **smiddykilry** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:21 pm

Hi
Thanks for that, 47 it is just had a look at the birth record.

smid

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:01 am

smiddykilry wrote:Hi
Thanks for that, 47 it is just had a look at the birth record.

smid

And, strictly speaking, as she was illegitimate, she was mis-registered under her father's surname, instead of her mother's name, even although he also attended the registration and signed the register entry as well. Practice in this situation seems to vary from registrar to registrar.

In this particular case, it wasn't the mother who signed the register entry, but her mother, i.e. Mary Ann's maternal granny.

David

smiddykilry · Post by **smiddykilry** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:03 am

Hi Again
Thanks David, seems that granny had to do that more than once with 5 daughters to look after!!

Smid

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:41 am

Looks like I need to get those new specs after all