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Helen Rattray1

F, #11075, b. circa 1836
Pedigree
Last Edited: 14 Apr 2015
  • Birth*: Helen Rattray was born circa 1836.1

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household30 March 1851They was listed as a member of the household of Elizabeth Morris fruiterer in the 1851 census at 10 Reform Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Helen Rattray, serv, age 14, house servant, b Dundee; Elizabeth M Wilson, head, age 61, female, fruiterer, b Kettins [Caithness??]
Black's Surnames of Scotland may have an explanation of this 'Caithness' conundrum. The surname 'Caithness' is described thus:
"CAITHNESS. This surname is not derived from the northern county of the name but is a corruption of Kettins, the name of an old barony in Angus. A canonry in the church of Brechin was conferred on Robert de Kethenis in 1345 (REB., n, 391), and in 1347 Ingram de Ketenis was granted a canonry of Aberdeen ..."1,2,3,4

Citations

  1. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation: Parish: Dundee; ED: 71; Page: 8; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_62; Year: 1851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Oct 2014]
  2. [S17] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS census 1851 Dundee 282/00 071/00 008 image held [Oct 2015].
  3. [S34] The Surnames of Scotland, George F Black, originally published 1946 New York. [Oct 2015]
  4. [S49] Website Web Site online (www.) Gazeteer for Scotland http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parhistory502.html [Oct 2015].