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KirstyG
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Hi all,
I have just gained access to a scrapbook of newspaper clippings kept by my Great Grandfather which includes among many articles Notices of Marriages and Deaths of people that he knew or was related to. He came from King Edward and it has mentions of Turriff, Alvah, Fyvie, Monquhitter, New Deer and many other places, including some sons of Aberdeen who went to New Zealand. As it is rather large and delicate it would be a rather cumbersome job to transcribe it all for your inspection, however i shall try and list some of the personal notices.
Most of the contents date from 1894 to 1904, the majority being 1896-1899.
Anyone who wants more information may feel free to ask, but i can make no promises as to what is in there!
The first few transcripts will follow. I would like to give copywrite credit where due but unfortunately there is no hint given as to what publication they are from, although most are the result of a personal advertisement and therefore presumably authored by the families of those mentioned.
Kirsty
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KirstyG
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I apologise for the rather haphazard nature of the information, but this is how they are presented in the scrapbook. i shall try and enter them here in roughly chronological order, although there are not always full dates written with them.
December 26th 1896
"At the Fife Arms Hotel, MacDuff, on the 26th Dec., by the Rev. R. Coupar, JOHN ANGUS, storekeeper, Waterloo Station, Aberdeen, to MARY, youngest daughter of ANDREW TULLOCH, Longmanhill."
1898
"At Prospect Hill, Turriff, on the 9th inst., MARY BELLA, youngest daughter of WILLIAM and ANN MATHIESON. Aged 1 year and 7 months - dearly loved and deeply regretted."
"At 5 Rae Street, Turriff, on the 12th inst., infant son of BARBARA and DONALD CRANNA, aged 2 months."
June 18th 1898
"DUNCAN : NICOL. - At the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Dr Stark, JAMES DUNCAN, farmer, Upper Oldmill, to MAGGIE, youngest daughter of John Nicol, farmer, Netherbrae, Fishie."
July 2nd 1898
"At Chapel Street, Turriff, on the 2d July, MARY ANDERSON, widow of William Anderson, Hill of Ardmiddle, in her 89th year."
July 17th 1898
"DUNCAN - At Crossfields, Turriff, on Sunday, 17th July, MARGARET MURRAY, wife of Harry Duncan, Aged 61 years."
December 1st 1898
"ADAMSON-CHAMBERS. - At 96 Buccleugh Street, Edinburgh, on the 1st Inst., by the Rev. John Alison, D.D., DONALD ADAMSON, to JEANNIE, eldest daughter of the late ANDREW CHAMBERS, Alvah, Banffhire."
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KirstyG
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March 22nd 1896
"On 22d March, JAMES STEVENSON, aged 71 years, Superintendent of Police, New Norfolk, Tasmania, eldest son of the late James Stevenson, Shoemaker, Old Aberdeen."
August 11th 1998
"At Limehills, Winton, Southland, New Zealand, after a short illness, on the 11th August, ALEXANDER COWIE, aged 52, eldest son of James Cowie, Easterbo , King Edward"
October 2nd 1898
"At Buffalo, New Zealand, on the 2d inst., of typhoid fever, GEORGE, youngest son of JAMES DUNCAN, Church Street, Turriff."
November 1898
"At Mill of Crichie, Fyvie, on the 1st inst., ALEXANDER HAY, miller, aged 77 years."
"At Slacadale, Turriff, the residence of her mother, on the 9th inst., AGNES ISABELLA CHAPMAN, wife of WILLIAM HOWLIE GORDON, Broomhills, Fraserburgh, and fourth daughter of the late John Chapman, Bonnytownhill, New Aberdour - deeply regretted. Funeral on Monday, the 14th inst., leaving Slacadale at 11A.M., to Pitsligo Churchyard. Friends accept this the only intimation and invitation."
"At No. 4 Reidhaven Street, Banff. on the 12th inst., ISABELLA MARGARET GLENNIE, widow of GEORGE SUTHERLAND, Mains of Blackton, King Edward, aged 82 years."
"At Broomhill, King Edward, on the 23d inst., ISABELLA ROY, the wife of GEORGE HENDERSON, aged 70 years."
December 1898
"COOKE- DAWSON.- At 14 Fountainhall Road, Edinburgh, on the 1st inst., by the Rev. J. S. Bowie, of West Port Free Church, ANDREW COOKE, to KATE, second daughter of the late James Dawson, Draper, Turiff."
"At Kerr's Hall, New Mand, on 10th Dec., by the Rev. W. Adams, New Deer, WILLIAM ELLIS, Hill of Cotburn, Monquhitter to JESSIE, youngest daughter of JOHN NORRIE, Montlettie, Methlick."
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KirstyG
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Hi Jim,
I'll have a look. I'm a bit busy this weekend so it might be a couple of days until i get back to you on this.
I haven't had much time to look at the Irvine line, i'm only just getting started!
Kirsty
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KirstyG
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Sorry Jim,
No sign of Mutch or Crighton that I can find.
Other than the entries I have already posted, much of the scrapbook is taken up with articles from ("The Aberdeenshire Journal" ? or) " The Banffshire Journal"? the articles being written by James Lawrence, a King Edward loon himself laterly residing in Newcastle upon Tyne, who writes about many places and characters he remembers from his youth and his visits home.
If anyone is researching families in this area there are lists of siblings that attended the school together in the 1860-70s (from the memories of those they attended with), reminicances of old characters from the area, and some information as to where people went as they grew older, and in some cases where they are buried.
Families include: LUMSDEN, SCORGIES, ELLIS, COWIE, LAWRENCE, SIM, MACDONALD, STEWART, KEITH, FORBES, SHACKLETON, PATTERSON, KIDD, FYVIE, DUFF, WILSON, SMART, HENDERSON, HAY, KESSACK, CRUIKSHANK, RUNCIMAN, MILNE, CAMPBELL, DALY, MCRAE, DUNCAN (several families). There are many other names mentioned in passing, too many to list, mostly from Turriff or King Edward.
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mitchell
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Hi Kirsty,
Thanks for your kind offer. I noticed that you listed Henderson...I'd be interested in any Hendersons of King Edward and Fyvie that you might have come across...I have a few born there earlier than your time scale but who would still have been around later on in the area. If there are too many Hendersons to list then the ones that I would be most interested in would be James, Isabel, Peter, Euan and Frederick Henderson.
Thanks
Elaine
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Mitchell, Turner, Henderson, Archibald, Smith, Walker, Burgess, Alexander, Margetts, Joss - Aberdeenshire Proctor, Morrison, Henderson, Burgess, McWilliam, Green, Grant, Young, Dey, Allan - Banffshire Proctor, Logie, Grant - Moray McRae - Ross & Cromarty and Invernesshire Clunie, Philp - Fife Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk and www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk |
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KirstyG
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Hi Elaine,
I do have mention of a few Hendersons of King Edward.
As posted above:
November 1898
"At Broomhill, King Edward, on the 23d inst., ISABELLA ROY, the wife of GEORGE HENDERSON, aged 70 years."
Also
"Silver Wedding
At Mains of Byth, King Edward, in November 1873, by the Rev, John Falconer, New Byth, WILLIAM WEBSTER, sawmiller, Meldrum House, to ANNIE, fourth daughter of ALEXANDER HENDERSON, farmer, Mains of Byth. Present address, 11 Young Street, Aberdeen."
An ANDREW HENDERSON is mentioned in an Article on "The New Churchyard, King Edward" under a section on New Byth, but no dates are given, although I think it would be from around 1850 ( give or take a decade or two) given the context, the next article contains a correction which throws reference points into confusion!
"The Hendersons, Brownhill" are mentioned in a list of families well remembered by my great grandfather in a letter to the author of the article (James Lawrence).
JOHN HENDERSON is given as the reciter of the "Broken Bowl" in a correction to a previous article which unfortunately I don't have.
That seems to be all I have on the Hendersons. Hope some of it is helpful.
Kirsty
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mitchell
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Hi Kirsty,
Thank you very much for looking...I don't recognise the names but some of them might tie in with my family somehow so I'll keep a note of them just in case  They may well do once I've done further research.
Thanks
Elaine
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Mitchell, Turner, Henderson, Archibald, Smith, Walker, Burgess, Alexander, Margetts, Joss - Aberdeenshire Proctor, Morrison, Henderson, Burgess, McWilliam, Green, Grant, Young, Dey, Allan - Banffshire Proctor, Logie, Grant - Moray McRae - Ross & Cromarty and Invernesshire Clunie, Philp - Fife Census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk and www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk |
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rochbell
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Hi
Any Cowie entries in the area would be appreciated. thanks
Jane
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KirstyG
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Hi Jane,
There are a couple of references to the name COWIE in my scrapbook.
August 11th 1898
"At Limehills, Winton, Southland, New Zealand, after a short illness, on the 11th August, ALEXANDER COWIE, aged 52, eldest son of James Cowie, Easterbo , King Edward"
In an article "Honour to Teachers. Mr James Elphinstine, King Edward" there is a reference to "a distinguished graduate of their own University, Dr Cowie, now practicing in London" (presumably University of Aberdeen) when listing the Inspectors of Schools by which Mr Elphinstone had been visited during his 36 years of teaching. Given the context I believe this would have been at "the school of Fintry", prior to his moving to King Edward in 1900.
Another article "Selections from Correspondence" tells of family and friends
"I referred to the Ellis family, and have received several inquiries regarding them. Unconsciously, a sister, Jessie, who lives in Turriff, has come to my aid, so will inquirers please note. She writes- "My father is still alive and lives with JOHN COWIE, late of Kinminity, on a dairy farm near Udny station..."
..."Of the COWIES, Sandy is in the farm, John is in Edinburgh, George is a traveller in Aberdeen, Willie is a chemist in London, and Peter, also a chemist, died some years ago."
and another " In the Cotburn District"
"Kinminity, a fine farm, lay a little towards Cotburn from the Turriff Road. Mr Peter COWIE was farmer then, a douce, decent sample of an upland farmer. With some of his family I was at school. There were Alexander, Johnnie, Peter, and, I think, Jamie, with others whose names have slipped me. John I last saw in Aberdeen in 1888, when  ?? ? we 'raked' the emb? for an hour we the embers of school life ploys. Several times I have been told that a certain famous actress hails from Kinminity. Will any reader give confirmatory information?"
(There are some words only partly visible at the bottom and top of the columns where they were cut out of the paper)
I hope this is of some help.
Kirsty
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rochbell
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Thanks for that Kirsty,
What a treasure trove of info.
not sure if will help, but very interesting just the same.
thanks again
jane
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Hello Kirsty,
In your note of 10 March, you mention Scorgie - can you tell me what information you might have about them please. Also - anything on Kelman or Sangster - or Lawrence? They would have been from the Gamrie and Turriff areas.
Thanks
David
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KirstyG
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Hi David
I don't have much time today to spend going throught the book so i will try and find time as soon as i can this week. Briefly though, I can tell you that James Lawrence was the author of a good many articles in the "Banffshire Journal" or "Banffy"as it was known during the 1920s. He grew up in the area of the north which was at one time Bannfshire and another Aberdeenshire ( I believe the boundaies were changed in the 1890s). In adulthood he moved south to reside in Newcastle upon Tyne. There may be refences in some articles to more information about his family, i will have a look.
There are refences to 2 brothers - "Captain Lawrence of the Queen's Surreys, who fell in France", and "another brother, one time Instructor at Keith, the first served well over 20 years in the gordons, seeing much service in India, Africa and elsewhere. The other, Peter, retired as sergeant some twenty years ago, and is now in Aberdeen. He was stationed at, I think, Keith, Aberchirder, and Kildrummy, as a volunteer instructor."
Under "Selections from Correspondence" a letter by Jessie ?? is quoted.
"Of the Scorgies she writes - " The mother and daughter Jane died at Cotburn, Isa lives in Turriff and Sally at Mountblairy, while George ( he of the hard hands) carries on the little farm."
"In the Cotburn District" is another mention, but i'm afraid i shall have to leave that for later.
Kirsty
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