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From: "Anne Burgess" <>
Subject: Re: [MORAY] Andrew Donaldson
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:28:07 +0100
References: <008901c30594$17e3a740$9814fea9@isabella> <009301c30648$967a1120$ed85883e@lefrank>


> But possibly, is this your Andrew Donaldson in the IGI?:
> 1. married Sarah Mc Hgun 9-May-1849 Carrick On Suir, Tipperary, Ireland
> He was 25 she was 19. His father was James Donaldson (per batch
7421106)
> 2. married Sarah Mc Ilgun 9-May-1849 Ireland (per batch M701993)
>
> That means she was born abt 1830, making her a more reasonable age 50 in
> 1881.

Well the IGI lists three children of Andrew Donaldson and Sarah Mucklegun
(yes, honest!), James b 1856 Cullen, Alexander b 1859 Rathven and Elizabeth
b 1861 Rathven, just a couple of weeks after the 1861 Census.

No mention of Andrew Jr, who, according to his age in the 1881 Census, would
have been born in 1854/5.

However it does suggest that Andrew didn't die in the Crimean War, and also
that there should be a death certificate for him some time between 1860 and
1879. See www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk.

You need to get a copy of Elizabeth's birth certificate, which will tell you
(a) where she was born and therefore where to find the family in the 1861
census and (b) when and where her parents were married, to confirm whether
or not Howard's marriage details above are the right ones.

HTH

Anne

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