Help deciphering maiden name of ancestor

runepriest · Post by **runepriest** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:57 pm

Hey all;

I have found, (what I believe) to be an ancestors marriage record; James Smart and Margaret ?

SP says her maiden name is Hossack, but I don't see it that way.

Also, I have the marriage of Elizabeth Smart to George Lawson. Again, the mother's maiden name is hard to decipher. The name is on the third line from the bottom of the page

Any help in this area, is as always, greatly appreciated.

Link for marriage record:

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1648

Link for birth record:

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1649

Thanks.

Brian

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:07 pm

Hi Brian
Looks like Hossack to me on the marriage record, with the older style of writing a double s.

Likewise Hossack on the 2nd document.

Best wishes
Lesley

Post by **AndrewP** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:08 pm

Hi Brian,

I agree with SP, with her surname being Hossack. It is in that old script, there the ss is written like ƒs. In this case - Hoƒsack

All the best,

AndrewP

keewik · Post by **keewik** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:05 am

I've a number of ancestors with the name Hossack - they all came from Cromarty, if that's any help. It seems to have been quite a common name in the area.

runepriest · Post by **runepriest** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:37 am

keewik wrote:I've a number of ancestors with the name Hossack - they all came from Cromarty, if that's any help. It seems to have been quite a common name in the area.

Would any of them be married to a James Smart?

Brian

runepriest · Post by **runepriest** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:39 am

Andrew and Lesley:

Thanks for the help..........my wife suggested the same thing after I had made the initial post (funny how that is)

Thanks again for the quick response.

Brian

keewik · Post by **keewik** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:46 am

runepriest wrote:
keewik wrote:I've a number of ancestors with the name Hossack - they all came from Cromarty, if that's any help. It seems to have been quite a common name in the area.
Would any of them be married to a James Smart?

Brian

None that I know of. I just mentioned it in case you're going further back because it does seem to have been a name very common in the Cromarty and Inverness areas.

runepriest · Post by **runepriest** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:37 pm

keewik wrote:
runepriest wrote:
keewik wrote:I've a number of ancestors with the name Hossack - they all came from Cromarty, if that's any help. It seems to have been quite a common name in the area.
Would any of them be married to a James Smart?

Brian
None that I know of. I just mentioned it in case you're going further back because it does seem to have been a name very common in the Cromarty and Inverness areas.

I appreciate the suggestion. It was one of those comments that really doesn't translate to the net. No offense intended.

I'll keep Cromarty and Inverness in mind. Thank you

Brian