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William Grassick and Mary Ironside.

  William Grassick.

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Mary Ironside.
Born c1817.   c1837.
Place Tarland.   Cruden.
Died      
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Ancestors     Mary Hutchison and ?
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I have definitely confirmed that Mary Grassick is the former Mary Ironside. The 1871 census for 40 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen, shows: William Grassick, 54, b. Tarland; Mary Grassick, wife, 34, b. Cruden; Mary Reid, 54, mother in law, b. Cruden; plus Jane Thomas, 19, boarder, Milliner, b. Kildrummy. Now, aren't you glad we got that sorted out?

EL - GH April 07.

  Presumably born at Gask where her maternal grandparents were farming.

1841 census: Includes a Mary, presumably Ironside.

1891 census: James and Mary are at Keith, plus a Mary Grassick, widow, aged 56, Dressmaker, b. Cruden - described as James's sister-in-law. Your father suggested that she could be the former Mary Ironside. It would have been rather complicated to describe her as James's wife's illegitimate daughter. What do you think? I've tried to find some information about her birth/baptism but I think it must have been kept very quiet. Where on earth did I get the information about her in the first place.

1871 census:
40 Upperkirkgate, Aberdeen, shows:
William Grassick, 54, b. Tarland.
Mary Grassick, Wife, 34 b. Cruden.
Mary Reid, 54, mother-in-law, b. Cruden.
Jane Thomas, 19, boarder, Milliner, b. Kildrummy.

Children.

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