IGI has transcribed it as MCNORTTERER
I would be tempted to agree - the letter "t" on "this" and in the word "matrimonially" are uncrossed - and the letter "l" in "matrimonially" is more looped at the top.
You're too clever by half, Elaine! I knew that it was on the IGI and was hoping for an unbiased opinion!
I can't find any other McNortterer's anywhere else in the world ever :(
So I'm thinking that it's not McNortterer!
Besides which, the IGI references are all submitted rather then extracted records...
Any other thoughts?
Kind regards, William Particular interests: The Cumming families of Edinkillie & Dallas, Moray
There is some McNoitterer's in Moray, for example --
MARGAT MCNOITTERER Pedigree
Female
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 27 OCT 1744 Edinkillie, Moray, Scotland
Death:
Burial:
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Parents:
Father: DAVID MCNOITTERER Family
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.
Katherine - thanks for finding that! It's the correct parish too...surely the same family.
And I think that Tom & Elaine are right about the 5th letter being an 'o'.
Thanks to marymog as well - though I wonder where the 'm' of mcnamara went to?
So, definitely some progress - it looks to me like she was probably a sister to David.
I'll see if I can find the image of Margat's baptism and post that too.
After a gap of a few months, I've found another possible member of the family here:
The IGI suggests that this Barbara's surname is McNuccoter - the image is from a 1724 marriage in the same parish as the previous McNoitterer's. Unfortunately it is rather blurred - nothing I can do about that.
If anyone has any further suggestions for what this name might be, I'd be very pleased to hear!
Kind regards, William Particular interests: The Cumming families of Edinkillie & Dallas, Moray
And a few minutes later I find from a google search:
On February 28, he wrote from Forres that he had just " 'listed on the road-
side John Macknockiter from Edinkillie, and a lad, Angus Cameron from
Dallas."
I'm sure it's the same name each time, and almost certainly the same family...
Kind regards, William Particular interests: The Cumming families of Edinkillie & Dallas, Moray
i read the first image as mcnormerer, which i would have said was mcnamara screwed up. i cant think of any words in existance now for your surname, it might be one that died out?
I've now found that McKnockiter is a recognised surname (see http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/McKnockiter) with some wonderfully imaginative variants...think I'm going to go with this theory for now rather than McNamara, simply because there are no Mcnamara's anywhere to be seen at all!
Thanks again though for your time!
Kind regards, William Particular interests: The Cumming families of Edinkillie & Dallas, Moray
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