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Cushnie records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"CUSHNIE, CUSHNEY, CUSHNY. From the place of this name in the parish of Leochel, Aberdeenshire. John Cusne witnessed sasine of third part of Drumflogne, 1508 (Bamff, p. 44), and in 1534 another John Cowsny witnessed sasine by Master Alexander Ramsay (ibid., p. 64). A payment was made to Donald Cousny, an invalid, in 1509 (Rent. Dunk., p. 108). Gavin Cusny was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1526 (NSCM., i, p. 50). William Cusne was prebendar of the Collegiate church of Methven in 1549 (Methven, p. 49), Thomas Quishney was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1560 (NSCM., i, p. 67), and James Cusnye or Cuschny was reader of Aboyne in 1567 (AEL, p. 118; RMR.). John Cushnie was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1606 (NSCM., i, p. 101), payment was made to Patrick Cuschnye in the same burgh in 1629, and four years later John Cuschnie in Culsalmond is mentioned (SCM., v, p. 103; ibid., m, p. 89). Thomas Cushney, glasior in Aberdein," in record in 1658 (Inquis., 4332). John Cushnie, shipmaster, died in Aberdeen in 1801, the Rev. Alexander Cushny, minister at Oyne died in 1839, and his son, Rev. Alexander Cushny, minister of Rayne, died Father of the Church of Scotland in July 1874 (Fasti, vi). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Cushnie Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cushnie Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cushnie family tree.
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Miscellaneous Cushnie Databases
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