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Joan of Archives
01-01-10, 17:42
Class: RG9; Piece: 318; Folio: 109; Page: 67; GSU roll: 542613.
1861 census David ROSE b approx 1805-1816 in Scotland, I can't read where though! I also can't find any marriage for him to Matilda either, she was born in Bermondsey in 1816 approx. Can anyone help please?
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kiterunner
01-01-10, 17:46
Well, his age is definitely given as 56 which would mean he was born 1804-5, but I haven't figured out the placename yet!
kiterunner
01-01-10, 17:51
I'm wondering whether the first bit is an attempt at Morayshire, but if so then the nearest parish name I can find to the second bit is Rafford. The first letter looks like an N rather than an R, though, but I suppose the enumerator could have copied it out wrong.
Joan of Archives
01-01-10, 17:56
Kite here they are in 1851:
Class: HO107; Piece: 1561; Folio: 138; Page: 6; GSU roll: 174794.
He seems to have lost a few years off his age by then lol! Does that help at all?
kiterunner
01-01-10, 18:01
Ancestry isn't loading for me on the laptop at the moment, Joan, so I can't look at that page at the moment, but I have managed to find a baptism on the IGI for a David Rose, born 22 June 1806 and baptised 28 June 1806 at Rafford, parents David Rose and Christian Macintosh. Did your David have a daughter called Christian at all?
Joan of Archives
01-01-10, 18:32
Hi Kite
Not that I can find at the moment, sorry :(
I wonder if that one could be him then?
kiterunner
01-01-10, 18:35
Maybe, but it would seem more likely if he named a daughter Christian!
Joan of Archives
01-01-10, 18:42
Kite his place of birth on the 1851 looks more like Burnsford rather than Rafford?
What do you think?
kiterunner
01-01-10, 19:05
Looks like N Burnsford, but at least the county is definitely given as Morayshire on that one. From what I can make out from Google, Burnsford is near (or in?) Deskford, which isn't very near Rafford. I'll have another look...
kiterunner
01-01-10, 19:15
I can't work out what parish Burnsford was in around 1810, might have to return to it later, sorry.
IGI has a David Rose born 22 June 1806 baptised 28 June 1806 Rafford Moray.
Father David Rose and Christian Macintosh.
Christian is not an uncommon female name in Scotland.
Sorry Kite....................I didn't see your posting.
samesizedfeet
01-01-10, 19:42
there are four Rose children born to David and Christian between 1800 and 1820:
David 1806
John 1810
Charles 1813
Isobel 1816
I have a few ScotlandsPeople credits I have no use for so shout if you need any lookups etc - otherwise they'll run out on me again
kiterunner
01-01-10, 22:35
I don't think that is the right baptism for David, though, because Burnsford isn't very near Rafford. I still haven't worked out which parish Burnsford was in! I found something that said Rathven parish, but Rathven parish is in Banffshire?
kiterunner
01-01-10, 22:50
Looks as though Burnsford may have been on the boundary of the two counties? I can't see a baptism in Rathven though.
Joan of Archives
01-01-10, 22:58
Ok Kite thanks.
Thanks Zoe I don't want to waste your kind offer unless there is a baptism that jumps out as being the right one for him re Burnsford.
:)
Joan of Archives
06-01-10, 21:21
IGI has a David Rose born 22 June 1806 baptised 28 June 1806 Rafford Moray.
Father David Rose and Christian Macintosh.
Christian is not an uncommon female name in Scotland.
I can eliminate him from my enquiries as I contacted someone on GR who has him in his tree but he is not the right one so it looks like it's back to the drawing board :(
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