1861 help in Dunbarton .....

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:16 pm

Greetin's
Trying to find a David and Elizabeth (mcNaughton) Manson in Dunbarton, probably Bonhill or The Renton. 1861, both aged about thirty.
Children: Archie 5, James 3 and Elizabeth just born.
Awrabest
Davie

momat · Post by **momat** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:53 am

Hi Davie,
Just letting you know that sometimes these documents state DUMBARTON. I have certs with DUNBARTON and DUMBARTON.
Cheers

Post by **AndrewP** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:30 am

Originally, DUNBARTON(shire) was the county and DUMBARTON was the town. I think at some stage, DUMBARTON was adopted for both, but the current councils for West Dunbarton and East Dunbarton use the Dunbarton spelling. The Chapman code for counties uses DNB for DUNBARTONSHIRE. Personally, I would take DUNBARTON(shire) to be historically correct for the county, but be prepared to find either spelling used on documents.

As far as I can tell, the town has always been DUMBARTON and never DUNBARTON.

Al the best,

Andrew Paterson

Correction added later - Chapman Code DNB (not DUN as I gave before).

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:51 pm

AndrewP wrote:Originally, DUNBARTON(shire) was the county and DUMBARTON was the town. I think at some stage, DUMBARTON was adopted for both, but the current councils for West Dunbarton and East Dunbarton use the Dunbarton spelling. The Chapman code for counties uses DNB for DUNBARTONSHIRE. Personally, I would take DUNBARTON(shire) to be historically correct for the county, but be prepared to find either spelling used on documents.

As far as I can tell, the town has always been DUMBARTON and never DUNBARTON.

Al the best,

Andrew Paterson

The story I'd heard, but no guarantee that it's not apochryphal, is that the "n" was a mapmaker's mistake .............

David

Davie · Post by **Davie** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:00 am

greetin's David
That is a really interesting point,
kid never quite fathom oot the spelling masel
And could never quite get Cumbernauld being in that vacinity either.
Awrabest
Davie

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:34 am

Hello all

I just had a look at a birth certificate from 1952 (mine) and at the bottom it states the following:

Extracted from the Register Book of Births, for the District of Dumbarton, in the County of Dunbarton..... etc.
Margaret H Brewer Assist Registrar.

Which shatters my belief that it was Dumbarton on both instances.