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Angus Grant c1800 had a son John 1831 in Ardachy Bolskine Scotand with Margaret Macdonald they were not married. Can anyone help with info on him Angus or his parents please

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JOHN GRANT Pedigree
Male

Event(s):
Birth:
23 DEC 1831 Boleskine, Inverness, Scotland
Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: ANGUS GRANT Family
Mother: MARGARET MACDONALD



1841
Name: John Grant
Age: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1832
Gender: Male
Where born: Inverness, Scotland

Civil parish: Boleskine and Abertarff
County: Inverness
Address: Ardachy
Parish Number: 92
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Margaret Mcdonald 35
John Grant 9

Thankyou could you find any info on Angus or his parents I have bought Johns birth cert but have got stuck going back on tha Angus side Thanks

Sorry Shirley, not finding anything on him at all. Is anything else mentioned on the birth certificate?

Liz

Just that he was a shepherd.

John had a sister Ann b.1829 Can anyone help with info on her please

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ANNE GRANT Pedigree
Female


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Event(s):
Birth: 05 JUL 1829 Boleskine, Inverness, Scotland

Christening:
Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: ANGUS GRANT Family
Mother: MARGARET MACDONALD

It would not be a birth certificate that you bought but a copy of the entry in the OPR as Statutory registration didn't begin in Scotland until 1855.

Did it say in the entries that Ann and John were illegitimate? Did it give the parish that Angus lived in please?

Have you found Angus on the 1841 census please?

Maybe your Ann in 1841??

Name: Ann Grant
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Gender: Female
Where born: Inverness, Scotland

Civil parish: Boleskine and Abertarff
County: Inverness
Address: Dalcattaig
Parish Number: 92
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Allan Grant 20
Ann Grant 12
Betsy Grant 15
Alpm Grant 9


Source Citation: Parish: Boleskine and Abertarff; ED: 9; Page: 2; Line: 1330; Roll ; Year: 1841

The cert or entry that I bought said John was illigitimate or begotton in fornication........Ann didnt show on the 1841 census with her mother she would of been 11 Angus was not mentioned on the census either.The cert said sheperd in ardachy Thanks
Maybe Ann went to live with a realative of Angus ?Or are these other children from another woman?

There are a few reasons that Ann may not have been with her mother and brother in 1841. She could have been brought up by Angus's family, she may have been in service or she may have died.

I looked at that 1841 census on Freecen to see who the neighbours of that family with Allan, Betsey etc. as I thought that perhaps some of the household was missing but it doesn't seem to be.

That fact that Angus cannot be found on te 1841 census doesn't help you. Without more information, it may never be possible to identify the correct Angus. What information is on john's marriage certificate please? Was Angus named and alive? Any clues from the names of the witnesses?

JOHN GRANT Pedigree
Male


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Event(s):
Birth: 23 DEC 1831 Boleskine, Inverness, Scotland

Christening:
Death:
Burial:


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Parents:
Father: ANGUS GRANT Family
Mother: MARGARET MACDONALD


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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

1841Name: John Grant
Age: 9
Estimated birth year: abt 1832
Gender: Male
Where born: Inverness, Scotland

Civil parish: Boleskine and Abertarff
County: Inverness
Address: Ardachy
Parish Number: 92
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Margaret Mcdonald 35
John Grant 9


Use of maiden name when married is not unusual

Sorry seems they were not married,like many others
Margaret fathe was John a tailor

The birth cert read exactly
John begotton in forincationborn 23rd December 1831 son of Angus Grant, Sheperd in Ardachy and of Margaret Macdonald dr of John Macdonald Tailor Ardachy.
l could not find a marriage for them after this date either

I could not find a death for Ann either what about a marriage for Ann?
Thank for the help.Shirley

Sorry can't find any Angus Grant in a Census that fits.

No I couldn't either perhaps he dissapeared into the hills....

So can we see who Betsy's mother and father were?

Submitted ecord for the older Allan Grant perhaps?


Allan GRANT Pedigree

Birth: 1821 Boleskine
Christening:
Marriage: 1846 Boleskine
Death:
Burial:



Wife

Jane MACDONALD Pedigree


Birth: 1825 Boleskine
Christening:
Marriage: 1846 Boleskine