Herd Genealogy

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Name	Dob	Birthplace	Occupation	Relationship to Author	Died	Married To	Notes
John Herd	Unknown	Unknown	Fisherman	4x Great Grandfather	Unknown	Margaret Mill	Source - Death Cert James and William Herd.
James Herd	1796	Easthaven	Fisherman	3x Great Grandfather	25/03/1875	1 - Betsy Gellie 2- Isabella Bissett	Sources IGI and Death Cert for James Herd Jnr.
James Herd	10/01/1831	Easthaven	Fisherman	2x Great Grandfather	15/09/1900	Barbara Vannet	Source IGI for Birth and Marriage. Death - Death Certificate.
Betsy Vannet Herd	26/02/1860	Easthaven	Outworker	Great Grandmother	26/07/1916	John Duncan	Sources - Birth - Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate and Death Certificate.

My Herd's all come from Easthaven near Carnoustie, Angus. Although the name is pronounced Hird by the locals it is always spelled Herd in OPR's and census'.

John Herd appears to have been from without the area as there are no mention of Herd's in the parish of Panbride before that time.

James Herd (1796) lost his first wife (Betsy Gellie) to cholera and married a younger women. He had six children to each wife and fathered his last child when aged 67.

James Herd junior also had a large family (including my great-grandmother and the 3 men standing in the photograph) and lived at Easthaven for his whole life. My great x2 uncles who feature in the photograph rescued people from the sea in a terrible storm even though they were all getting up in years. There heroism was the reason for the photograph and a poem was also written for them.