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McCreadie is a tricky surname, with several possible spellings.

The death in Chorlton, 1882 is sadly for a child , born 1880 mother's maiden name Stevenson.

I've been having a look through various resources , and can't find any more information on the family. There are still Barlows in the Banffshire area at present. I looked at the old graveyard in Banff [ST Mary's Kirkyard] but no sign of them buried there. The https://www.anesfhs.org.uk/databanks/mem...

She really does like to hide doesn't she.

There are only 6 Helen Farquhar* born around that time who die in Scotland,
and none of them have any of the surnames your problem child could go under!

I'm glad you at least have verified her birth and family connection.

Hi,
perhaps you could give us where you found the result, looking at the original often helps figure things out.

I can't find a Jane Dunbar on the 1851 census at the National Archives of Ireland http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ .
Did you get it somewhere else?

That is a very good place look for such a thing. However they aren't indexed for easy searching, and it can be a slow process. For those areas I think you'd have to look at the Glasgow City Presbytery records and the Kirk session for St John's, St Mungo's , Barony, and Park. :https://www.scotlandspe...

Out of curiosity I searched the OPR births on SP. I entered * as the surname and Foundling as the parents name There were a few returns: 1 where the Father's surname was Foundling 1 whose surname was the registration district and Foundling Child as parentage most of the rest bear the adoptee's surna...

Hi, thanks for your response. 1. Elizabeth Mooney married Thomas Grieve in Bellshill, Lanarkshire in 1897. 2 I have found both Elizabeth and John in the 1891 census only recently actually. They were not living together. Elizabeth was living as a servant in Bellshill, Lanark. John was living with hi...

Hi Andy, I've been mulling this one over, and sadly not coming up with any answers - only further questions. 1. Who did she marry in 1897? and where 2. Have you found her and/or John from the orphanage in the 1891 census? 3. What significance is the year 1895 that you mention ? " discovered her pare...

I'm afraid I'm not having any joy either. George Sutherland MacKay is not an uncommon name - some famous some infamous! but none of the notable match in age. As he would have been of military call-up age, in 1939 he could be almost anywhere! FindMypast does have 1 serviceman of the correct age: Firs...

A point to bear in mind with Death records - the information is only as good as the person giving it, as the subject can no longer provide it. A child often may not know a grandmother's maiden name for instance. Ages too can be a out as they weren't considered so important back then. Sometimes, you ...