A new question for you clever people :)

[Currie]

Hello Lynda,

Depending on your location in New Zealand you may be able to access 19th Century newspaper archives and much more from home via your local library membership. See this post viewtopic.php?f=21&t=15958

Alan

[Currie]

The Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday, March 29, 1871
DEATHS.
At 57, Cannon Street Road London, on Saturday the 18th inst., ELSIE REID, relict of James Morrison, surgeon, Guise, Aberdeenshire, aged 72 years.

This looks like her on freeBMD
Deaths Mar 1871
MORRISON Elsie 72 St. Geo. East 1c349

Aberdeen Weekly Journal, Monday, January 21, 1889
DEATHS.
At 2 Campbell Road, Bow, London, on the 17th inst., JESSIE MORRISON, relict of Thomas Winn, shipowner, and eldest daughter of the late James Morrison, surgeon, Guise, Aberdeenshire, aged 58 years.

Deaths Mar 1889
Winn Jessie 57 Poplar 1c393

Alan

[Scottygirl56]

Wow - you are a star, I can't believe you found that information!!! Thank you all.

[Currie]

A couple more.

The Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday, June 3, 1857
MARRIAGES.
At Guise, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. W. P. Smith, Free Church, Keig-Tough, THOMAS WINN, Esq., Shipowner, London, to JESSIE, eldest daughter of James Morrison, Esq., surgeon.

The Times, Saturday, Feb 10, 1912
DEATHS.
WINN.—On the 7th Feb., at 100, Lauriston-road, South Hackney, of bronchitis, ISABELLA WINN, second daughter of the late Thomas and Jessie Winn, of Stepney.

Deaths Mar 1912
Winn Isabella 49 Hackney 1b597

Alan

[Scottygirl56]

Thanks again - interesting if you look at my initial post as to whether Christian was actually his daughter, I see the rest of the family have married well, while Christian married a gardner and had not such a wealthy life.

I have been searching for Jame's death through the papers but I don't think I've got the knack of what to search for - clearly you have!!

[carlineric]

There is no James Morrison in the Medical Register for 1859.

Eric

[SarahND]

Hi Eric,
I saw that on Ancestry, but that is as far back as they go. I wonder whether there is any place where one can access earlier ones? It does seem to indicate that he had died by then, but what we need is proof that he was, indeed, on the register at one time.

Regards,
Sarah

[carlineric]

The reason the Ancestry registers only start in 1859 is because the General Medical Council (GMC) who published the register was only created in 1858 with the passing of the Medical Act 1858. According to Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors there is a Medical Directory for Scotland for 1852-1860. If he qualified with the Royal College of Surgeons, London it would be worth contacting them. Their website is at http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/library/using-t ... y-research.

Eric

[SarahND]

Thanks, Eric. There is a lot of good information on that page!
Lynda, have you already tried to contact the Royal College of Surgeons? Surely, they must have a record of him somewhere.

All the best,
Sarah

[Scottygirl56]

Hello everyone

No I have not tried to get in touch with the Royal College of Surgeons. I was mainly trying to find out about Christian's relationship to James initially. We now know he died before his wife in 1872 so at least that gives me a timeline to look at - that to the help I have been given here.

Lynda