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Hi Helen ,
I am really interested in seeing what you have discovered dont mind you posting it . I want to thank everyone for all their help especially yourself and Catherine. Catherine it was a stroke of genius how you found my GG John on the census I would never have thought of going down that avenue.
I will post my findings re Ann after I have ben to the Mitchell on Tue night.
Just out of interest as I said I am really new to this but I managed to find my other GG who had disappeared also (what is it with my family) found he was put into Quarriers and sent to Canada got loads of info from Quarriers re him.
So if I can do it anyone can (alright up to a point till you get stuck like I did)
The GG you have helped me find was married 2 had 9 children and was a treasurer for the union of bakers and confetioners when he died a lot of the union ppl and the then Lord Provost of Glasgow were at his funeral.
As you will understand it is really great to fill in the missing bits re his life.
I would just love to find out if the Fergusons were his paternal family.
will stay logged on I really love how everyone on this board has been so helpful I know how much time it takes to find everything.
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Looks like Bakers have been running through the Brodie genes.
This is as far back as I've found for your Brodie ancestors. James Brodie and his wife Janet Purves in the 1841 census.
Piece: SCT1841/713 Place: North Berwick -East Lothian Enumeration District: 1
Civil Parish: North Berwick-Burgh Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 1 Page: 6
Address: High Street
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
BRODIE James M 50 Baker East Lothian
BRODIE Janet F 50 East Lothian
BRODIE Peter M 18 East Lothian
BRODIE Thomas M 15 East Lothian
BRODIE George M 12 East Lothian
BRODIE Agnes F 10 East Lothian
BRODIE David M 8 East Lothian
BRODIE James M 8 East Lothian
SKED Alison F 20 Female Servant East Lothian
EDGAR Robert M 20 Male Servant Outside Census County (1841)
BERTRAM Andrew M 20 Baker Jrnymn East Lothian
1851 census:
Piece: SCT1851/713 Place: North Berwick -East Lothian Enumeration District: 1
Civil Parish: North Berwick Burgh Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 0 Page: 8 Schedule: 34
Address: High Street
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
BRODIE James Head M M 61 Baker East Lothian - Whittingham
BRODIE Janet Wife M F 59 Wife East Lothian - Innerwick
BRODIE George Son U M 21 Baker East Lothian - North Berwick
BRODIE Agnes Daur U F 19 Daur East Lothian - North Berwick
Page: 0/9 BRODIE David Son U M 17 Farm Apprentice East Lothian - North Berwick
BROWN Sarah Servnt U F 19 Servnt East Lothian - East Linton
DIXON Alexander Servnt U M 19 Servnt Baker East Lothian - East Linton
Father: James Brodie
Mother: Janet Purves
Their children: (some of which can be seen on the census above)
All born East Lothian
Robert: 1812
James: 1814
Agnes: 1816
Janet: 1818
Frances: 1820
Peter: 1823
Thomas and Hugh: 1826 (Twins)
George: 1828
Agnes: 1820
David: 1833
You can see from the 1851 census, Janet Brodie (Purves) says she was born in Innerwick, East Lothian. This might be a possible christening for her.
Janet Purves
18th June 1791
Innerwick, East Lothian
Father: Robert Purves
Mother: Agnes Underwood
I can't find a marriage for Robert and Agnes... but this might be Agnes' death:
Scotlandspeople: Old Parish Registers: Deaths and Burials
Only 1 match coming up for these names.
Agnes Purves / Underwood (cross-ref names)
1820
County: East Lothian
Parish: North Berwick
Added all the info under one post as it might be easier to keep track of.
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Hi Helen,
i did stay logged in but your reply didnt come up until I clicked back into Trying to find! Anyway thanks for that I will get it printed off when my printer is repaired..Just in case you havent had time to do it 2moro I need to take my printer and laptop into the workshop and may not get it back until the weekend.
If anyone has done a post to me and I dont reply this is why as soona as I get them back I will check in again. Once again Helen thanks for everything.
Night night all
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Linda, Ann was almost certainly in the poor house because she was ill. At that time most ordinary people couldn't afford the services of the medical profession so if they had a long term illness they often ended up in the poorhouse. As has already been said, poor relief applications can often give quite a bit of detail and you may be able, from the application to verify that her children were indeed visiting in Edinburgh. It may even tell you if it was relatives that they were with.
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Hi rootgatherer,
According to Anns DC the poorhouse was in Glasgow it would have been nice to think her children were visiting her when they were in Edinburgh and would have told us why they were there.
As I said I am going to look at the poorhouse application in the Mitchell on Tue night (I am starting a 6 week course on Family History)
I will post my findings. Thanks for all your help and advice.
Linda
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Hi everyone,
Just a quick note I have to take my laptop and printer in for repair (just as I was getting somewhere) the printer is driving me nuts keps reinstalling and then not printing!!
I will send a post when I get them back.
Thanks to everyone.
Linda
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Hi everyone,
Helen I have jsut got my laptop and printer back from the repair shop thanks for all the info you have sent me I rally appreciate it you spent a lot of time researching for me. Thanks. I am going to look at the poorhouse records in the mItchell on Tue and will update you on my findings.
Linda
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