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Hello, I Have Ann Elmslie believed to be a Quaker born close to Old Meldrum and married  28 Jul 1783to George Walker at Old Meldrum/ They moved to Aberdour and had one son, Robert my third gr grandfather . I have been chasing th Elmslies for some time and was told by another Walker descendant that the Elmslies were Quakers. Please contact me on      ^(*)      I look forward to hearing from you  Dell




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The attached photo is of William John Dunn abd Amy Amelia Godson's wedding  in 3 Jul 1906. She was aged 17. Many thanks in advance to those who willtake the plunge to restore his handsomeness and her beauty.  D. Paton

Okay-thanks for the attempts as much appreciated. I shall go back to the drawing board and resubmit. For an over 70 yr old I am not doing too bad as I can do most repairs unless , like this one, there is very extensive damage Thanks again to all of you wonderful people, who I like to emulate in doing favours for others. Dell

Heather and Nicola, You are both my cousins . Elizabeth Listner was James Ramsay's second wife and they had a number of children. Elizabeth's father  was James Listner and he was a Rodfisher on his daughter, Alice's birth  reg. Ruth Ramsay died as the wife of Peter Neilson/Nelson in  1 Nov 1851(Berwick Upon Tweed.not on that Census ) of Bowel Obstruction and my gr gr grandfather, James Tait of Greenses was present at the death.
We have had communication before(more from my end) and I have researched a great deal re our common links back to the late 1600s. I recall asking you for a reciprocal word document .Good Luck with your research. Dell Downunder

Dear Elizabeth, My Dicksons ,William Dickson and Jean Dickson , cousins perhaps marrying each other about 1731,came from Greenlaw. They produced  three daughters, Margaret, Martha both chr 26 Jun 1832 Greenlaw  then Isabel chr 30 Nov 1733 Greenlaw,Berwickshire, Sct.
 Margaret married John Tait 28 Nov 1761 Eccles.BER,SCT
Margaret Dickson and John Tait produced  four known children-
Jane Tait chr 21 Dec 1762 Eccles
Robert Tait Chr 26 Dec 1765 Greenlaw  md Janet Graham(b abt 1776)md abt 1778
Alison Tait Chr 9 May 1767 Greenlaw
Margaret Tait Chr 1 Sep 1771 Greenlaw.
Robert Tait and Janet Graham had four known sons-two of whom became mariners and migrated between 1830 and 1840 to Tasmania, Australia where, James Tait became a well-known  identity in the seafaring circles and Robert Tait, my third gr grandfather, married first to Ruth Ramsay born 1801 and then to Katherine Clarke (before Ruth died as Mrs Ruth Neilson/Nelson of Bowel Cancer in 1851) and then in his sixties after the death of Katherine and their daughter, Catherine he married Rachel Elliott 12 Mar 1864 at Morven, Tasmania, Australia(no chn to this marriage)
 James Tait ,  Robert's brother (others were William and Andrew) married Catherin Pullinger  21 Sep 1836 Scots Church,Launceston, Tasmania)

 Robert Tait and Ruth Ramsay(first wife) had four known children
Robert Tait Chr 10 Apr 1821 Sth Leith Believed to have been christened also  1 Feb 1824  Holy Trinity Parish Records, Berwick Upon Tweed son of Robert and Ruth Tait, Father, Mariner
Elizabeth Tait chr 11 Jun 1823 Sth Leith. MLN,SCT(It is believed that Elizabeth died young as no further mention is made of her in any records)
Jane Tait  20 Aug 1826 Tweedmouth, dau of Robert and Ruth, sailor
James Tait(my gr gr grandfather) Born abt 1827 Tweedmouth Died 1916 aged 89 Married 1st Grace Johnston 10 Nov 1850 ( Grace died  1856) Md 2nd Catherine Edminson/Adamson abt 1856

John Tait mentioned in the first para came from Eccles and was the son of Robert Tait and Alison Heague(parents Antonie Heague and Alyson Stewart)
I do not have a lot of support data past the late 1700s therefore all has to be treated with caution. The naming of the children has been a huge help plus James's Tait's family name of Graham was handed down within the family in Tasmania.. He and his brother, Robert both applied for a replacement of their sailing indentures and gave their details on the records of which I have a copy. Hope this is some help and if you have information that can help me then I would be most grateful. I do have Census data and death certificates plus marriages. Dell Downunder.