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Thanks Falkyrn
I Had a look at Blacks Scottish Surnames very interesting book, The name starts to change mid 1800's there is a Peter Candy in the 1841 census who is part of the same family.

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Smid

Hi Sarah
Thank you for that very interesting, looking forward to the next update
With Dna testing I have found an absent G Grandfather and a hole new family to explore
Smid

Hold the phone :!: Ancestry have just updated my DNA test results and now I have gone from being 48% Scottish to 92% Scottish :o :o that's a big leap, so now my origins point to the North and West (Highlands and Islands) rather than the South West (North West Ireland) :D not that I had a problem wit...

Hi
Thank you all for your replies and info, thanks Allan for the link, I know this place very well and walk past quite often I see a death recorded on SP so next time I have credits I'll have a look he has to be part of the same famly as they did havel inks with Lentrathen.

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Smid

Hi jg
Thank you for the reply,
This family were in the Angus Glens so could very well have been Jacobite's although have yet to find their name recorded. I wondered if they could be Irish as there seems to be a strong Irish connection re DNA test results from desendents.

Thanks Again
Smid

Hello once again
Can anybody explain why a family in the 1700's Scotland would start to change their name from Kandow to Kennedy, I have tried looking on line but getting nowhere fast. Can you help.

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Smid

Hi
I would normally Go to print and on the print options page select Save as a PDF (this is with Windows 10)
Regards
Smid

Hi WilmaM Thanks for the reply, in any case the information recorded would have come from the participants involved I suppose at the registration of the marriage. David Elder and Annie McConnahie went on to have a large family in Forgandenny / Dunning all recorded after 1855. There is a marriage rec...

Hi WilmaM I feel that the marriage record is correct because of the other family member present as a witness, Helen could have just recorded Annie Elder as her mother (McConnachie) but she was recorded as Elizabeth Elder M.S. Drummond or maybe Helen did not want to be recorded as illegitimate :oops:...

Hello Looking for information on Helen's mother Elizabeth Drummond, Helen was born 1854 In Crieff (census records) Perthshire. Her marriage record to William Turner in 1878 Tibbermore records her parents as David Elder and Elizabeth Elder M.S. Drummond witness Annie Elder who could be her 1/2 sister...