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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Wigtownshire => Topic started by: weechaz67 on Wednesday 18 November 09 21:16 GMT (UK)
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hi can any one help i am trying to find out about my mothers family.
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my mum was born in 1950 and was adopted in 1953 if that helps.
if any one can help me i would be really greatfull
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Hi Weechaz,
Welcome to RootsChat :)
RootsChat is meant for finding ancestors, rather than living relatives.
People here will be able to give you general tips and hints how to proceed, but not any concrete details.
You will also find more tips here:
Topic: Tracing Living Relatives
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,261434.0.html
and
Topic: Searching for living relatives and Rootschat
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,142443.0.html
Good luck,
Bob
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Hi Weechaz,
I have approx 70 Lowes in my tree,42 of which are from Stranraer.
I also have 40 Allisons,again from Stranraer.
The wife and I reckon the guy in the middle of your photo is a Lowe as he has a striking resemblance to her father.
Unfortunately,the father in law lost contact with the Stranraer side of the family when his father died in 1963 and the last record for an Allison that I have is a death in 1946.
Keep posting Weechaz then if you want we can PM.
Regards
Brian
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HI BRIAN,
THE GUY IN THE PIC IS MY DAD HE IS A BROWN THEY NOT FROM STRANRAER IT WAS MY MUM WHO WAS AN ALLISON/LOWE SHE DIED 5 YEARS AGO ANY INFO YOU CAN GIVE ME ON THE ALLISONS/LOWES WOULD BE GREAT AS HER FAMILY HISTORY IS REALLY BLURRY AS SHE DID NOT TEL US ALL THAT MUCH ABOUT THEM.
CHEERS
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Hi Weechaz,
Need to get one more post from you so that we can PM.
Just hope that I can help you in some way.
You said that your dad was not from Stranraer,but are you
living there?
The wifes father knows that some of the Lowes moved to Ayr in the 50's.
Regard
Bemac
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hi,
aye my dad is a brown. aye i do still live in stranraer i know some of them but as my mum was adopted i dont know all of the story and she died 5 years ago my dad can onl tell me so much lol
cheers chaz :)
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Hi weechaz
Have sent you a PM
Bemac
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hi....re. the lowe family ....my great grandmother was mary(anne) lowe from stranraer she was married to a william hillan rice ....im trying to get info on my family tree aswell....just started ... ;)
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hi....the lowe family ...mary(anne) lowe,s mother was annie lowe....if its any good to anyone ;D
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Hi Debee,
Have an Ann Forsyth married to Thomas Hamilton Lowe 1883.
Children
MaryJane b.1885
Margaret Campbell Lowe b.1887 d.1913 Married William Hillan
Rice 1907
Maryann Lowe b.1889 d.1968 Married Samuel McNairney 1908
Thomas Lowe b.1897 d.1963 Married Sarah McKenna
Thomas was my wifes grandfather,died in Belfast.
The only problem I see is who married William Rice?
Going away for a couple of days,won't be back till Sunday.
Hope to here from you then.
Bemac
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hi....thanks for the reply....im going to phone my aunt in canada tonite....i remeber my nan talking about the mcnairnies but she would pronounce the name manairny lol....my nans brother was william rice he played football for scotland under the name of william hillian as there was already a william rice playing football at that time....il see what info i get tonite off my aunt as she has a great memory of all the family.. ;D
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fotgot to say i have the forsyth in the family aswell ....i think its on my nans birth lines ....il have a wee look at the stuff ive got ;)
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my nans cousins were annie and saidie mcnairney.....annie married donald diamond ....i think there may have been more brothers and sisters annie stayed in sun st in stranraer till she passed away in 2000 ....she and my nan where friends aswell as cousins , my nan was maryanne rice , born in 1911 in stranraer
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hi...i looked at my nans birth certificate...her father was WILLIAM HILLAIN RICE ...married to ....MARY RICE (LOWE)... they where married in stranraer 12th august 1907...mary rice,s mother was ANNIE LOWE ... il get back when i have more info....hopfully soon
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Hi debee,
Have sent you a PM.
Regards
Bemac
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Hi All
I know this is a long time since this post was made but I have recently discovered more about my real dad's ancestry which is linked into the family you are all discussing.
My great grandmother was Rachel Lowe, born 20th July 1894 and died in 1985. She gave birth to my grandfather in 1932 but as far as I know, never married his father. She went on to marry in 1943 to George McDowall who died in 1976.
Rachel's parents were Thomas Hamilton Lowe and Annie Forsyth.
There are also 3 other siblings that haven't already been mentioned. Rachel had a twin also named Thomas, who died aged 1 month. There was also James Lowe born in 1899 and Catherine Lowe born 1902.
I know names and dates, etc. but I don't know anything more so if anyone has anymore info that would give me an idea of who my great grandmother Rachel was, or even her parents, I'd be really grateful.
Regards
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hiya, ive got alot of the info of racheal , i met her years ago when i was young , a tiny wee woman , she was my grans aunt , we used to visit her in stranraer , what is it u need to know and il see if ive got it ;)
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Hi Deb
Oh fantastic, do you have any pictures of her? Did you ever meet my grandfather? I never knew him and have never even seen what he looked like x
Kelshan x
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Hi Kelshan,
Have sent you a PM.
Bemac
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hi , just passing through and saw a name i reconise, william rice , my husbands mum had a grandfather called william rice who played for scotland william had 4 daughters jean, margaret , betty, and mary , margaret was my husband gran she had the middle name lowe. just wondering if this was the same person .
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think this william hillian rice is defo my great granddad hes buried in johnstone renfrewshire my gran and her sisters all get called hillian evan tho there proper name is rice williams wife died youn not sure of exact age have to take trip to cemetry and forgot if williams father is buried in same grave could be his wifes father tho ill double check wen i next visit came across this as i was looking for pics of him as a footballer
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Margaret Campbell Lowe married William Hillian Rice on 12th Aug 1907 in Leswalt, Wigtownshire. They had two children as far as I am aware, Mary Ann Rice and William Rice. I do not know whether it was William jnr or snr who was the footballer. Debee who has posted on here is the grand-daughter of Mary Ann Rice. Margaret died on 9th June 1913 aged 26 years old. My great grandmother was the sister of Margaret.
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must have been william rice junior tht played football ma gran told me how they went and watched him play think my cousins had pics of him playing and my mum has a photo of her and her two brothers with him
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So your great great grandmother would be Margaret, who is my great grandmother Rachel's sister :)
Nice to meet you :)
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Nice to meet u too will have to let my great aunts knw think they tried to find out about they're dads side of family n couldn't get anywhere thanks for the info interesting stuff
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Good info was wondering if anyone had made a tree with this info my aunts dad was William rice junior and doesn't knw much bout her dads side of family I get confused bout who's who any info b Realy greatfull
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hi gary , not been on this for a while , seen your post about william hillain rice ...that was my nans brother , she spoke about him often, they were separated when they were young because there mother died and the father couldnt look after the kids , my nan was put into a convent to be looked after by nuns , she never new she had a brother because she was so young going into care till later in life when he came to her door and said ..hello im your brother ...her nieces came up to visit her from johnstone a few times , she loved them all dearly , my nan passed away in 2000 , my nan was mary (rice) west , she was taken out of the convent when she was around 11 or 12 so she could look after her grandparents , she had a miserable childhood coz she had to do all the washing and cleaning for the grandparents and the aunts would get her to do some odd jobs as well ,on top of that she would go out washing stairs to bring money into the house...she lived to the good age of 88 and 11 months ..still miss her x
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Life must have been hard in they days with people dying young does anyone have any info on who william rice seniors parents were
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hi Gary, William rice,s parents were William Hillain Rice and Mary Lowe , aye times must have been really hard in those days
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Must have been horrible times was talking to ma old aunt yesterday she was saying how her mum died really young too one of her sisters was only 5 I knew who william rice dad was also william rice was just wondering if anyone on thread had info on william rice the fathers parents were
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i cant remember who his parents were , there is a big family reunion in stranraer this summer for all the decendants of the lowe family , the person named kelshan is organising it , who is your aunt and are you from johnstone coz i know my dad had 3 cousins from there and they used to visit my nan sometimes x
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iv just checked to see if i had his parents names but sorry i dont :-[
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hi guys just found out my great great gran was a susan mckinstry and my great great granda was matthew allison any more info would be great thanks
charlene