My great great grandfather was David Gibb born abt 1818 in Lochlee Angus Scotland. He married Jessie (of Jessann) Shepherd in Oct 1844 in Lochlee and they had a bunch of kids. I have been unble to find his parents' names and I've looked in several places, in fact everywhere I can think of. Can anyone help?
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did he die before the 1861 census? if he died 1855 afterwards, there should be a death certificate with his parents names on it. have you googled the parish registers of lochlee? it sound like a place in the highlands, in which case, you may not have registers as old as 1818. in my experience, highland registers begin in 1828.
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Welocome to FTF Terry
Have you got any Scotlands People credits? There is a death of a David Gibb in Lochlee Angus in 1887 aged 69.Last edited by Chrissie Smiff; 10-03-13, 16:16.Chrissie passed away in January 2020.
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He also left a will. If you enter "David Gibb" and the range of years 1885 to 1900, you get 3 wills. There are 2 in Lochlee, one of which appears to match the date of death found by Chrissie. Searching is free but it will cost 10 credits to view/download the will. It's 3 pages, so there won't be a vast amount of information but it should give you some names.Uncle John - Passed away March 2020
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I have done the same search as UJ and got the same results. There are 2 wills for a David Gibb in Lochlee but the one who died in 1884 and is listed as farmer was aged 88 (too old). So if you know for sure that your's was born c1818 I would say the 1887 one is the right one. It gives his occupation as Residenter !! Anyone know what that means? On the death cert it says Agri (i.e. Agricultural) Labourer and on the 1871 census (see below) it says Farm Auarl (whatever than means).
Scotlands people really is easy to do Terry and it's very cheap. For £7 you get 30 credits, which, if you are careful, youcan get a mine of information with. If you need any more help navigating around the site just shout up.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...3789141&recoff=Chrissie passed away in January 2020.
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Originally posted by Chrissie Smiff View PostDied March 10th - Widower of Jessie (can't read surname). Father John Gibb a farmer (deceased) - Mother Mary Gibb nee Jack (Deceased).
Cause of death Constitutional Debility. Informant - William Christison? - step brother.Chrissie passed away in January 2020.
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