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Berwickshire / Re: Broomfield Family in Lauder, Greenlaw area
« on: Monday 15 August 16 00:56 BST (UK) »
Hello Mr. Broomfield,
I am so excited to have received your email. I guess we are truly cousins as David Broomfield is my 3rd great-grandfather. It is such a pleasure to meet you. I am 58 and have lived in Kansas all my life. I have had the opportunity twice to travel to Lauder, Scotland and even found one relative still living there. I have been interested in the Broomfield family tree all my life and it was my one passion in life to travel to Scotland.
I knew several of the Broomfield's had immigrated to New Zealand and have made contact with one in the past. I will have to look back in my papers. I have found some pictures and trying to add to my tree in Ancestry.com. It is so easy to make one mistake in the tree and then come to a dead end or miss one brother or sister which could mean a hundred off-spring. It is so fascinating and I spend hours looking, reading and hunting for the next clue.
David Broomfield b 1780 is my 3 great-grandfather, then Thomas Broomfield b 1822 my 2 great and Thomas Logan Broomfield b 1861 my great-grandfather who is the one who immigrated to Kansas. His sister Susan Broomfield also moved to Kansas and married H.W. Chittenden. Thomas Logan Broomfield, my great-grandfather, did not want to go into the family business as a solicitor so he faked his drowning, changed his name to Thomas Moss and enlisted in the military where he fought in the Borr War in Africa. I have his military handbook in fact. He later immigrated arriving in Canada then traveled south to Kansas to farm.
I have read the :Notes by Mr. Broomfield on Lauder Castle". I received this from Lord Maitland who lives at the castle. I met him on my first trip to Lauder while touring the castle. He invited me back the next day for a visit. He then gave me a copy of the writing. Lord Maitland said 4 generations of Broomfield's were born in the castle. I had the pleasure of visiting him again on my second trip to Lauder and the castle.
I am aware of the Logan line but have done little research so far but I do understand it is a line of nobility. The Logan tartan is still on registry in Scotland. So much information and it is hard to keep track of it all. Do you use Ancestry.com? If so, you can find my Broomfield tree and look at it. I spend lots of time trying to verify what I have.
I so look forward to talking with you and sharing information if you would like. New Zealand is another place I hope to visit one day as I know there are many Broomfield's there. By the way, Thomas is still the family name and continues to be carried on. My brother is Thomas Logan Broomfield and his son is Thomas Logan Broomfield. What joy to meet another fine Thomas Broomfield.
Kind regards,
Mona Broomfield
I am so excited to have received your email. I guess we are truly cousins as David Broomfield is my 3rd great-grandfather. It is such a pleasure to meet you. I am 58 and have lived in Kansas all my life. I have had the opportunity twice to travel to Lauder, Scotland and even found one relative still living there. I have been interested in the Broomfield family tree all my life and it was my one passion in life to travel to Scotland.
I knew several of the Broomfield's had immigrated to New Zealand and have made contact with one in the past. I will have to look back in my papers. I have found some pictures and trying to add to my tree in Ancestry.com. It is so easy to make one mistake in the tree and then come to a dead end or miss one brother or sister which could mean a hundred off-spring. It is so fascinating and I spend hours looking, reading and hunting for the next clue.
David Broomfield b 1780 is my 3 great-grandfather, then Thomas Broomfield b 1822 my 2 great and Thomas Logan Broomfield b 1861 my great-grandfather who is the one who immigrated to Kansas. His sister Susan Broomfield also moved to Kansas and married H.W. Chittenden. Thomas Logan Broomfield, my great-grandfather, did not want to go into the family business as a solicitor so he faked his drowning, changed his name to Thomas Moss and enlisted in the military where he fought in the Borr War in Africa. I have his military handbook in fact. He later immigrated arriving in Canada then traveled south to Kansas to farm.
I have read the :Notes by Mr. Broomfield on Lauder Castle". I received this from Lord Maitland who lives at the castle. I met him on my first trip to Lauder while touring the castle. He invited me back the next day for a visit. He then gave me a copy of the writing. Lord Maitland said 4 generations of Broomfield's were born in the castle. I had the pleasure of visiting him again on my second trip to Lauder and the castle.
I am aware of the Logan line but have done little research so far but I do understand it is a line of nobility. The Logan tartan is still on registry in Scotland. So much information and it is hard to keep track of it all. Do you use Ancestry.com? If so, you can find my Broomfield tree and look at it. I spend lots of time trying to verify what I have.
I so look forward to talking with you and sharing information if you would like. New Zealand is another place I hope to visit one day as I know there are many Broomfield's there. By the way, Thomas is still the family name and continues to be carried on. My brother is Thomas Logan Broomfield and his son is Thomas Logan Broomfield. What joy to meet another fine Thomas Broomfield.
Kind regards,
Mona Broomfield