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McGOWAN, Elspet
(About 1780-1861)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GRANT, George
2. Unknown
3. FARMER, George Grant

McGOWAN, Elspet 1 4

  • Born: About 1780, Banffshire, Scotland 4
  • Marriage (1): GRANT, George on 9 Jul 1805 in Inveravon parish, Banffshire, Scotland 1
  • Marriage (2): Unknown 2 3
  • Marriage (3): FARMER, George Grant
  • Died: 1 Jun 1861, Lynbeg, Glenlivet, Banffshire, Scotland 4

   Another name for Elspet was GRANT, Elspet.4


Elspet married George GRANT, son of Robert GRANT and Margaret McQUEEN, on 9 Jul 1805 in Inveravon parish, Banffshire, Scotland.1 (George GRANT was born in 1779 in Inveravon parish, Banffshire, Scotland 4 5 and died on 17 Apr 1850 4.)


Elspet next married.2 3


  Marriage Notes:

"Isabella, was married first (by dispensation 24 September 1371), to James, Earl of Douglas ..."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1)




"The Earl's wife was Isabel Stewart, daughter of King Robert II. The dispensation for their union is dated 24 September 1371, but it is not certain whether the marriage took place at that time or two years later, when £500 was paid on account of the marriage-contract .... By her the Earl had, according to Godscroft, one son, but he died in infancy, and his name has not been recorded."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) 2 3

Elspet next married George Grant FARMER. (George Grant FARMER was born about 1775.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

4 Ancestry.com, Web: Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index, 1632-2014 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

5 Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Inveravon; ED: 7; Page: 8; Line: 1137; Year: 1841.

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