grigors from duffus/burghead/elgin

[moiramount]

anyone out there related to the grigors from duffus or burghead, john grigor & isabella mackenzie/munro were my great great grandparents & john grigor & margaret davidson great grandparents, john grigor & mary sutherland were my grandparents, all the john grigors originated from duffus.

                                              moira

[L23]

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[moiramount]

no, sorry, we do have a margaret grigor, but not the dates you gave, but her father was john grigor.

thanks for getting in touch.

                 moira

[Forfarian]

anyone out there related to the grigors from duffus

Not actually related, but Archibald Grigor, born 1833 in College of Roseisle, Duffus, parents George Grigor and Elizabeth Forsyth, married a relative of mine, Beatrice Leslie, in Elgin in 1861. They later emigrated to the USA and I have some contact with descendants.

Forfarian

[moiramount]

THANKS FOR THE INFO, ARE THEY ALL GRIGORS & ARE ANY OF THEM STILL ALIVE.  GEORGE GRIGOR WAS MY GT GT GT GT GRANDADS SON, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CONTACT IF POSSIBLE.

MY GT GRANDAD WAS BORN IN SANDYMOSS ROSEISLE.


THANKS MOIRA

[Forfarian]

ARE THEY ALL GRIGORS & ARE ANY OF THEM STILL ALIVE.

None of them have the surname Grigor - they are all descended from the daughters of Archibald and Beatrice. There were only two boys, one of whom died in childhood in Elgin before they emigrated. I don't have any information about what became of the other one (Robert Leslie Grigor) after the 1880 US census, when the family was in Jefferson, Alabama.

Some of the descendants are indeed still alive. I have the e-mail address of a great-great-grandson of Archibald and Beatrice.

[moiramount]

thanks for the speedy reply, are any of them doing the grigor family tree, i have lots of info, but have odd ones missing.


            moira

[stuizzy]

I've got some more Grigors to throw into the mix. These are from my mother-in-law's family and were all from Elgin I think.

Her grandfather was George Grigor (1832-1899) who left Elgin in the 1860s to work in Lord Gray's shipyards in Hartlepool.

His parents were James Grigor (1780 - 1862) and Isobel/Isabella Henry/Hendry. They seemed to stay in Elgin and I've found reference to James as a millwright and latterly as a crofter. 

From James' death certificate I have the names of his parents as James Grigor (a farmer) and Janet Russell but apart from some possible children's names from the IGI I don't know anything more about them.

Do any of these names ring any bells?

Isobel

[moiramount]

hi isobel, sorry none of these belong to me, my james married isobel grant & they all came from duffus or burghead,


                moira