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Old 29-12-10, 17:04
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Old 29-12-10, 17:13
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So.......Alexander was brought up by his uncle Walter Chalmers and therefore ASSUMED that his mother's name was also Chalmers, because you would, wouldn't you, unless you were told any different.

Small problem...I can't connect Chalmers/Chambers/Elder. I have a few credits left on SP so off to see if I can spy Isabella Elder or Simpson in 41, 51 etc.

(It has to be said that Alexander Bonniman is unusually thick, even for one of MY ancestors. He can't make up his mind how old he is, where he was born, who his parents were and who his children were...he has a daughter Margaret who was born three years before his marriage, so possibly his wife's child, but no sign of her being born under either name. None of his children reflect any naming patterns, but nevertheless have fanciful names...)

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Old 29-12-10, 17:17
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I just had a quick look at SP, and I'm getting 2 hits for Chalmers-Elder marriages between 1820 and 1830. However, the Chalmers isn't Is* or Walter.
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Old 29-12-10, 17:22
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In 1851 there's an Isabel and John Simpson living in Grange, Banffshire. They have two children (John 8 and George 11 months), and Isabel's son William Brown, 10, is also living with them. Isabel is born in Grange c 1815.

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Old 29-12-10, 17:31
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William's birth from the IGI (extracted):

WILLIAM BROWN OR ELDER
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Event(s):
Birth: 12 DEC 1840
Christening: 25 JUL 1841 Marnoch, Banff, Scotland

Parents:
Father: WILLIAM BROWN
Mother: ISOBEL ELDER
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Old 29-12-10, 17:33
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In 1861, Isabel and John Simpson have an extra child, and William Brown's living with his father.
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Oooh, well done and thankyou Mary - I'm still shuffling around trying to find my password for SP..........

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Old 29-12-10, 17:38
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In 1841, that Isobel's in Marnoch with a 6-month old boy "N Ve", presumably William Brown, and a load of other people, including an Isobel Elder aged 50.

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Old 29-12-10, 17:41
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Possible birth for Isabel (IGI, submitted):

ISABEL ELDER
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 14 NOV 1812 Grange, Banff, Scotland
Parents:
Father: WILLIAM ELDER
Mother: ISABEL MORRISON

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Old 29-12-10, 17:52
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I can follow Isabella through the censuses till 1891, and there's one death for an Is* Simpson, other names Elder, on SP between 1891 and 1897.

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