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I am also researching this line and have not found anything further back than James Harper and Jane William i do have tree of descendent though.
:-)

scotlandspeople only has one marriage in the time frame for a Mary Ann Laing to a Mr MacGregor - in 1914. That gives a time frame for searching for her children.

i have marriage mary ann laing ,married 1921 to robert mcaulay on 31 st dec 1921 these was my grandparents she was married before name macgregor her address at time of marriage was 86 regent quay and her parents were william and jane ms lodge .my search on sp gave me i result and was wrong one, will try again thanks.

James, when you do a search on SP you can get up to 23 results per page (each page uses 1 credit to view). Sometimes it helps to broaden your search to make best use of the results.

Have you found Mary Ann Laing on the 1911 cesus please? Do you know the dates and places of her marriages? Do you have her death certificate to check the name of the informant?

This has been very helpful ,maybe someone can help i have signed up with scotlands people and they charged me a credit for a wrong choice is there a way of looking first before they charge a credit ? can anyone help on my grandma Mary Ann Laing looking for list of all her children as she was previously married name (macgregor) born 1886.

Name: Jane William
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 05 Nov 1815
Christening Place: ABOYNE,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Peter William
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Janet Middleton
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11170-2
System Origin: Scotland-ODM
GS Film number: 991253

Isabel's brother


Name: Robert Mcaulay
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1842
Birthplace: OLD MACHAR,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Robert Mcaulay
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Margaret Dunn
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11906-8

Name: James Harper

Spouse's Name: Jean Williams

Event Date: 21 Jun 1840
Event Place: Tullynessle And Forbes And Kearn,Aberdeen,Scotland

Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11246-5

Name: Annie Mcauley Harper
Gender: Female
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1880
Birthplace: Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: John Harper
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Isabella Hearfur Mcauley
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01884-0
System Origin: Scotland-EASy
GS Film number: 232631
Reference ID: v 2 p 8

1851 census


Person: HARPER, John Address: Syllavithy, Syllavithy, Forbes

HARPER, James Head Married M 35 1816 Ag Lab
Daviot, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, Jean Wife Married F 35 1816
Birse, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, James Son Unmarried M 10 1841 Sholar
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, Jean Daughter Unmarried F 8 1843 Sholar
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, William Son Unmarried M 5 1846
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, John Son Unmarried M 1 1850
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
WILLIAM, Barbra Unmarried F 64 1787 Pauper
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire

You could try looking for the parents on the free familysearch site

https://familysearch.org/

1861 census


Person: HARPER, John Address: Craigmill, Chapel Of Garioch

HARPER, James Head Married M 45 1816 Ploughman
Daviot, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, Jane Wife Married F 45 1816 Ploughman Wife
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, John Son Unmarried M 11 1850 Ploughman Son
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, Susen Daughter F 9 1852 Scholar Dau
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
HARPER, Ann Daughter F 4 1857 Daug
Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
N/A
WILLIEMSON, Barbrey Aunt Unmarried F 77 1784 Pauper Domestic Serv
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
N/A
Piece: 179 Folio: 0 Page: 3 Registration District: Chapel of Garioch Civil Parish: Chapel of Garioch Municipal Borough:h resultsBack to all search results

Electoral Rolls will not help you.

You need to access Scotlands people site, and purchase credits to get BMD info

Hi Edith,I now have wedding certificate for John Harper and isabella Mcaulay my grandads parents their age are both 22, John's parents were James Harper and Jane (ms williams ) isabella parents Robert Mcaulay deceased and Margaret (ms Dunn ) how can I find there dob and date of deaths I have tried to find electrol roll with no success.

Thanks Edith,seams that my grandads had a large family which my mother did not know off she has only ever heard of a aunt Lucy whom she had never met :-)

This is the only feasible birth for Isabella:

05/06/1846 MACAULEY ISABEL ROBERT MACAULEY/MARGARET DUNN F OLD MACHAR ABERDEEN CITY CITY/ABERDEEN

And this will be Isabella & John's daughter Margaret D Harper - YOB and middle name fit:

1873 HARPER MARGARET DUNN F HUTCHESONTOWN GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/10 0048

Robert's parents' marriage:

1872 HARPER JOHN MCAULAY ISABELLA ST NICHOLAS ABERDEEN CITY/ABERDEEN 168/01 0084

Father's birth:

06/08/1849 HARPER JOHN
JAMES HARPER/JEAN WILLIAM FR236 (FR236)
M TULLYNESSLE AND FORBES /ABERDEEN
246/00 0020 0068

1881 Scotland Census about John Harper
Name: John Harper
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Isabella Harper
Gender: Male
Where born: Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire
Registration number: 168/2
Registration District: Old Machar
Civil Parish: Old Machar
County: Aberdeenshire
Address: 24 Skene Street
Occupation: Blacksmith Jour
ED: 9
Household Schedule Number: 28
Line: 3
Roll: cssct1881_52
Household Members:
Name Age
John Harper 31
Isabella Harper 33
Margaret Harper 8
James Harper 6
John Harper 4
Isabella Harper 2
Annie Harper 3 Mos

If you are researching Scottish ancestry, you will need to use this site:

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

It is pay to view site and you can view and download images of original documents, like birth, marriage and death entries, baptisms and marriages from pre 1855 parish records, except for more recent BMDS (such as Robert's. For those you need to purchase the extracts from the registers.