Merchant Shipping etc

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Davie
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Merchant Shipping etc

Post by Davie » Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:21 pm

Hi all,
I am sure a few of yeese huv cum’ across this wee conundrums afore, when lookin’ at census records.
Shipping/Merchant shipping etc.
Ah certainly huv’.

The day, when lookin’ furr oany Oxley family, in the Calton.
Re Nina’s post “Where did they go?”

I came across this:
Added to the Gallery, under Oxley/shipping.

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-757

My question here is.

If I was looking in the parish of Aberlady’
http://www.aberlady.org/

Why does the Oxley name not come up in the parish on SP in 1871?

Yer thoughts
Davie

Gallery URL added - AndrewP
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Liz Turner
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Post by Liz Turner » Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:42 pm

Hi Davie

See no one's taken up your challenge! For myself - I haven't a clue ...

Liz
Fife: Nicolson, Cornfoot, Walker, Gibson, Balsillie, Galt, Elder
NE Scot: Nicolson, Lindsay, Haliburton, Ross
Edin & Central: Nicolson, Blaikie, Stevenson, Ross, Hotchkiss, Suttie, Christie, Clelland, Gray, Purvis, Lang, Dickson
Ross & Cromarty: Ross
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Russell
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Post by Russell » Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:43 pm

Hi Davie

That's an easy wan.
They wirna in the parish o aberlady - they wir oan the watter next tae it.

Wid they be classed as floatin voters? :lol:

Russell
Working on: Oman, Brock, Miller/Millar, in Caithness.
Roan/Rowan, Hastings, Sharp, Lapraik in Ayr & Kirkcudbrightshire.
Johnston, Reside, Lyle all over the place !
McGilvray(spelt 26 different ways)
Watson, Morton, Anderson, Tawse, in Kilrenny
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