Mother: Ann Fraser, Domestic Servant
Informant: Ann Fraser, mother
Register of Corrected Entry (RCE):
In the fourth column of Entry No. 3 in the Register Book of Births for the year 1869, beofre the name of the Child's mother, insert George Thain, farm servant, on the authority of a Certificate in the form of Schedule F to the following effecttt: In an action relating to the paternity of a male child named ____ born 23rd December 1868, at the instance of Ann Fraser residing at Mosshead of Clatt against George Thain sometime farm servant at Wardhead, Insch, now residing in Aberdeen, the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire on the 21st day of January 1870 found that the said child was the illegitimate child of the parties aforesaid. March 31, 1870 at Kennethmont, William Gerard, Registrar
Family lore gives "Thain Fraser" as husband of Annie Susan. No further information about him in Scotland has yet been found. He did exist, however. In the 1925 Iowa State Census, his son William lists as his father - Thain Fraser!