Brough Families of Leetown, Errol, Perthshire
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In reply to:
Brough Families of Perthshire and Angus
8/10/99
My 3rd great-grandmother was Betty Brough, born in Errol, Perthshire sometime around 1800. She married Thomas Watson and had four children: Andrew, Thomas, Helen and Barbara Richardson.
I have positively identified the family in the 1841 Census from matching details in the death records of both Helen and Barbara in Dundee.
Both Thomas Watson and Betty Brough must have died pre 1855, as there are no matching death records for them afterwards.
In the 1841 Census, they were living in Leetown, Errol. Besides Beetty's household, there were another eight Brough families in Leetown, which was just a hamlet, and another four in the immediate locality. Both Thomas and Betty had disappeared by the time of the 1851 Census.
I have set about seeking to identify all of the Broughs in order to establish who was related to whom, the aim being to establish the birth and paternity of Betty. If I can identify a sibling who died post 1855, I will get confirmation of the parents' names from that sibling's death record.
There are four possible birth records for Betty in the IGI (for the moment I'm having to assume that her birth was registered). I've already been able to eliminate two of them. The two possbile sets of parents remaining are John Brough and Jean Euan and Robert Brough and Helen Carmichael.
I've positively identified a lot of the Brough families and traced death records for a number of them post 1855, so I will have information of use to anyone reasearching these families, which I am happy to share.
If anyone can share their research with me, it may shorten my quest. As I live locally, I have the major advantage of being able to access many local records that are not available on-line.
More Replies:
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Re: Brough Families of Leetown, Errol, Perthshire
Debra Hopkin 3/16/07
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Re: Mary Brough, born 24/2/1793, Perthshire
Beryl Duncan 3/15/04
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Re: Mary Brough, born 24/2/1793, Perthshire
sandy stirrat 4/25/04
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Re: Mary Brough, born 24/2/1793, Perthshire
Dwight Golden 7/19/04
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Re: Mary Brough, born 24/2/1793, Perthshire
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Re: Mary Brough, born 24/2/1793, Perthshire
Debra Hopkin 3/16/07
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Re: Mary Brough, born 24/2/1793, Perthshire