[[Webster-11286]] Alexander Webster, parents shown but unsure of spelling of mother Margaret Wal(x)ar

Question

14/06/1702 Birth of Alexander Webster, unusually both parents shown William Webster and Margaret (the surname is not immediately readable) either Walrar or Waltar in

OPR Births 436/  10 285 Kilconquhar

Has anyone come across this previously or able to check?

Answer 1

Name: Alexander Webster

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 13 Jun 1702

Baptism Date: 14 Jun 1702

Baptism Place: Kilconquhar,Fife,Scotland

Father: William Webster

Mother: Margaret Walcar

FHL Film Number: 1040385

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Comments

There are four other siblings in all records mother is Walcar

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Very many thanks Marion.  I have entered all of the children of Margaret Walcar  Try as I might I cannot find the marriage for Margaret and William Webster, have you access to a system that might help me with this also?

Brian

Scotland

Answer 2

Back then Quills used too write.Paper poor quality,

Most not educated.Writer just guest what they said.