1861 - found ? .....

[Tracey]

Where to start !

Thank you all for helping

Bin Croft - possibly as Blinkbonny and Mosshead are nearby.

Sporran - cant find it on the map, usual for me though

David - I will look up the deaths of James and Isobel on S/P to see if parents names are on in case the maiden names ring any bells.
Do we (or i ) get word blindness ? as i am so used to the name of the place i hadnt even noticed the gap between.
One good thing is having trailed through the disc i have found some Moggach,s and Tochers a few of which are missing from other census so this excercise and enlightened me on the Moggach side more money

Tracey

[angel]

Hi Tracey

Here are the census reports:-

1861 Census - Burnlevenvit

James Lawrance age 52 crofter of 12 acres Aberdeenshire Fyce
Isobel age 54 crofters wife Banffshire Fordyce
Jessie Morrison age 13 Domestic Servent Banffshire Fordyce
Willaim Donaldson age 14 visitor Banffshire Rathven

1871 Census - Burn Levenvet

James Lawrance age 60 crofter of 18 acres
Isa age 63
Jessie McCounachie age 14 domestic servent Banffshire Grange

1881Census Bin Croft

James Lawrence age 71 crofter of 16 acres
Bell age 74
Isabella Morrison age 5 Lodger Visitor Banffshire Rathven.

Why are you using up your credits for Moray when all you have to do is ask me you know I 'll look up stuff for you as I am in town every week.

For you guys with the maps here is the co-ordinates
Burnlevenvit ord survey 475 631

Heather

[Tracey]

Thank you Heather

Im too embarrrased to ask especially as you have looked up so much in the past for me at Moray and im sure you have enough to do for yourself while your there.

Tracey

[angel]

Hi Tracey

It's my husband's family that are local but I now have to travel to Inverness form him and I only started his because I came up against in my own research.

So don't be embarrased to ask I will look up stuff for anyone who needs Moray look ups. Why waste money when you have me..... LOL

Heather

[Tracey]

Heather

I have a few things on my list but will gather them for when the holidays are over as i dont think i am going to get to spend as much time as i would like on here between now and then

[Tracey]

To put an end to this one
I knew the name James Lawrence was familiar and somehow linked but couldnt remember where i had seen it before i found this 1861 census

“ At the Square end of Chapel Street stood a children’s school. It had been a school from an early date, but more recently it was used as the weekly meeting-place of the Mutual Improvement Society. In a photograph (not included) of the members we find Mr Wm. Donaldson looking quite a boy in Elgin, and if what I have heard is true, he was a very precocious child – so much so, in fact, that he earned for himself the sobriquet of “Moses”. He came early to Keith under the guardianship of Mr. James Lawrence, who in addition to teaching him the art of shoemaking, fostered his ambition for literature and poetry. And no man was better qualified to do so.

This was sent to me in 2004 i see a few more questions looming.........

[Tracey]

Cont...........

In 1851
Address: Burnlyvenet another variation