Where can I find Names.....

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joette
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Where can I find Names.....

Post by joette » Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:29 pm

Forgive my ignorance but I have never heard the name Coutts before except for the Bank but I have an ancestor born 1854(bothersticks couldnt she have hung on?) Joseph Coutts son of Findlater Coutts & Mary Fraser.They never married he in fact married someone called Smith!
She was quite some gal & has several children to different Fathers & as far as I can tell never married.Her sister Charlotte on the other married sevral times & one husband was Jonathan Singer again a name I only associate with the sewing machines-must be the Bankie connection & the fact that most of the family worked there at some point.
How common are these/were these names in Scotland? Where can I check please? :oops:
Researching:SCOTT,Taylor,Young,VEITCH LINLEY,MIDLOTHIAN
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins
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Post by Alison Plenderleith » Wed Nov 23, 2005 6:01 pm

Hi Joette,

If you log on to Scotlands People you can do a free surname search on the home page.
I think you may be surprised at the number of Coutts, far more of them than Singers.

Regards,

Alison
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Post by joette » Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:14 pm

Hi lots of Coutts & no Singers which is impossible as I have them on Census & Death Certificate.! Something wrong somewhere.Will check on spelling in case I did wildcard & the name is Linger which I at first thougt it was. :oops:
Researching:SCOTT,Taylor,Young,VEITCH LINLEY,MIDLOTHIAN
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins
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Post by joette » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:56 pm

No definetly Singer & there were at least two Singer deaths in the period 1855-1876 but not his fathers who is looking elusive but may have died before 1855-probably Dec27th 1854.
Researching:SCOTT,Taylor,Young,VEITCH LINLEY,MIDLOTHIAN
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins
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Alison Plenderleith
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Post by Alison Plenderleith » Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:19 pm

Hi Joette,

Plenty on surname search as Singer and also quite a few SingerS as well!

Regards,

Alison
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Re: Where can I find Names.....

Post by FGC1 » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:09 am

Hi Joette
I stumbled across your posting of November, 2005 by accident.
I am Findlater Coutts, father's name Findlater Coutts, Grandfather's name Joseph Coutts, Great Grandfather's name Findlater Coutts.
Looks like we may have some common ancestry somewhere in the dim and distant past.
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joette
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Re: Where can I find Names.....

Post by joette » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:20 am

Hi FGCI welcome to Talking Scot.It does indeed look we have a distant connection.When my mind is clearer & I'm not so tired will have a look & get back to
you.
As far as I remember Mary & Findlater lived on adjacent Crofts for several years even after his marriage but I have a dim memory of maybe they (Mary & son) moving further North.
I have a bit on some of the Fraser siblings.
Researching:SCOTT,Taylor,Young,VEITCH LINLEY,MIDLOTHIAN
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins
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Re: Where can I find Names.....

Post by mallog » Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:49 pm

Joette where are your Coutts from? I have a few Coutts in my tree No Findlaters though :(
Anderson, McAlpine, Blue - Argyll
Dunn Fife /ML
Coutts, McGregor - Perth/Govan
Glen, Crow, Imrie - Angus
Scott & Pick ML
Mason - Co Down
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joette
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Re: Where can I find Names.....

Post by joette » Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:52 pm

Coutts are Banff/Moray/Aberdeen.Yes with Findlater Coutts you can't really go wrong can you?
He was the Father of my GGGreat-Granny's sister's illegitimate son.They lived side by side on adjacent crofts for many years even after he married not to Mary Fraser.
Researching:SCOTT,Taylor,Young,VEITCH LINLEY,MIDLOTHIAN
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins
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Re: Where can I find Names.....

Post by FGC1 » Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:15 am

Your Coutts origin would be correct
My ancestors were from North Aberdeenshire (Banff, New Byth, New Aberdour area.)
Joseph Coutts was a Blacksmith in New Byth. Others were part of the farming community.
I have another contact "Karen" who has done a great deal of research using the search vehicle "Genes Reunited"
She appears to be descended from an illegitimate? son of Joseph Ccoutts called James whom, until she got in touch, I had never heard of.
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