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Title: McRae Thomas Wilson Margaret Urray
Post by: Sunflower22 on Sunday 12 June 16 16:47 BST (UK)

I am looking for any info on Thomas McRae and Margaret Wilson from Urray m.  29 August 1848 Knockbain. Or their son a farmer Roderick McRae who married Anne Graham m. 17 June 1874 Forres.

Title: Re: McRae Thomas Wilson Margaret Urray
Post by: Skoosh on Saturday 08 June 19 10:57 BST (UK)

Sunflower, U don't seem to have had much luck with this. The Urray Poor Register has a Margaret Wilson/MacRae, Urray, Dunmore, age 64, who applied for relief, authorised 2nd July 1897 @ 1/- per wk.
Born Knockbain, protestant, widow, housewife, partially disabled, old age, & partially destitute. Pays 5/- for rent of croft & does light work.
 Son Donald, Urray gets 3/- pw relief. Roderick 46 a miller in Aberdeen, married 5 children, George a miller in Glasgow 1 child, Jessie 42, outworker, Jimlair? (Lemlair) 3 children illeg', Jane 40 wife of Alex Fraser, ploughman, 5 children, Elizabeth 34, wife of John MacIintosh, shepherd, I child, lives under same roof. Alex 32, ploughman Elgin, married 1 child.

 Increase to 2/- 3 Oct' 1902. Died 13 Aug' 1902.


Bests,
Skoosh. 

Title: Re: McRae Thomas Wilson Margaret Urray
Post by: Sunflower22 on Saturday 08 June 19 11:35 BST (UK)

Thank you Skoosh.
Much appreciated.

Title: Re: McRae Thomas Wilson Margaret Urray
Post by: Skoosh on Saturday 08 June 19 15:08 BST (UK)

Sunflower, this wee book just arrived this morning, glad it helped somebody!  ;D

Skoosh.