SMITH, Barbara ^{1 2 3 4}

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  General Notes:

"SMITH
BARBARA
JOHN SMITH/JEAN RAINY FR241 (FR241)
F
02/10/1709
180/ 20 37
Clatt"

from Births and Baptisms


Old Parish Registers
Clatt parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms


"1709
Smith
October 2^d
This day John Smith and Jean Rainy in the parish of Keirn had a daughter baptised called Barbara" ^{3 4}

  Research Notes:

KEIRN

"Kearn (Auchindoir). 1595, Keyrne, R.M.S. ; 1366, Keryn, Col. 219; 1275, Kierne and Kyern, R.E.A., II., 52, 55. It has been attempted to assign a meaning to this name, connecting it with the House of Druminnor, but Keirn occurs in the Cabrach, where no church ever could have been. It also appears as an old spelling of Cairndeard in the same parish. As there is a large cairn and several hills called cairns within the old boundaries, it seems probable that Kearn is simply a form of Cúirn, the plural of Cárn."

from Place Names of West Aberdeenshire

"Kearn.On 17th June 1618 the Commissioners for the Plantation of Kirks united the parishes of Forbes and Kearn. In 1638 they were severed again. On 18th July 1722 Forbes and Kearn were joined a second time. On 4th July 1792 Kearn was once more disjoined from Forbes and was united to Auchindoir."

from Fasti Ecclesiae ^{5 6}

Barbara married William STRACHAN, son of James STRACHAN in Old Morlich,Glenkindie then Aberdeen and Mariorie TAVINDAILE, in October 1736 in Glenbucket parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.¹ (William STRACHAN was baptised on 8 October 1702 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland ^{3 7} and died after 29 April 1775 ⁸.)

  Marriage Notes:

"SMITH
BARBARA
... STRACHAN/FR201 (FR201)
00/00/1736
200/ 20 17
Glenbucket"

from Index of Marriages

There is no day and month recorded for this marriage, only the year. Nor is there a given name recorded for the groom. However circumstantial evidence of various kinds suggest that William Strachan is the male partner in this marriage.

The entry for this marriage is incomplete in the OPR because of damage to the manuscript.

Old Parish Registers
Glenbucket parish Aberdeenshire
Marriages

(indexed as 1736)
" -------Strachan in this and Barbara Smith in the parish..."

There follows, among notes of texts and other parish business, the three times that Barbara Smith and partner were proclaimed. The date of the third proclamation, from internal evidence appears to be 2 October.
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