Petty Parish Church

[Aley]

Is Brackla Farm close to Gollanfield?


Aley

[Fransmoi]

Apologies ! I think I have sent you on a wild goose chase having now found Breckley on the B9006 South of where it where it crosses the main A96 Inverness-Niarn road.

Within a mile you will find Gollanfield and Gollanfield Home Farm to the North East and to the North West is Milton of Gollanfield.

You should find them on http://www.multimap.co.uk  close up .

Should you want photographs I will be out that way next week.

Good hunting,

Fransmoi

[Aley]

Hi Fransmoi,

We would love to have a photo of Gollanfield and Brackley. That is where the Ross Family lived until  1906. 

Aley

[Fransmoi]

My other half drove me out there this afternoon . This is Brackley farmhouse and Brackley Cottage.
Semd me a private message with your e-mail address and I will send others rather than fill up the site here.

Fransmoi

[daganta]

Wow,  I just got back from library and ancestry.com where I am searching for Walter Ross born in Inverness He lived in Olds Alberta and in BC and had a daughter named Margaret.  She was my Mother In Law but died in Calgary around 1983.  I had been divorced by then and her son died about 8 years ago and I have no info on him other then he won prizes for gardening.  But this is what I found today. 

Walter Ross and Elizabeth (Bessie) Ross in Petty address BRACKLEY FARM HOUSE 1901Census with children:
John 6
Walter 4
Jane 2
Catherine 8 months
Donald Wilson 18
Jane skinner 19

Walter Ross & Elizabeth Ross in Olds (Red Deer) Alberta 1911 Census immigrated 1906 with children:
John 16
Walter 17
Jome 12
Catherine 10
Ross 7
William 2

Bessie Ross in Olds Alberta 1916 Census immig 1906 with children:
John 21
Walter 19
Jean 17
Catherine 16
Bessie 13
Willie 7

there was also another Walter Ross born 1898 in the 1901 Scotland Census
Born 1898 Kilmuir Inverness shire
father George
Mother Christina
Address Dalmore 
But i did not have time to trace this one's wherabouts.

another Walter Ross born 1884 (think this is too early) Shoemaker in 1901 Scotland Census
Born Abertarff Inverness shire address View Forth Place
Father Duncan
Mother Jane Ballie

I have to dig up my notes from others searching for Walter Ross of Inverness and Olds Alberta Canada who thought it couldn't be my Walter Ross...lots of ross's from Inverness ended up in Olds it seems.  any insights or assistance would be greatly appreciated. 

oh and this picture of the Brackley Farm House...is it the only one known as the Brackley Farm House so this Ross family must have been from it?  Thanks for all the informative posts will dig further

[davcantray]

Hi Folks,

I've just joined Rootschat and found so many helpful people.

I have successfully traced my Davidson line back to Fisherton - Connage - Petty

My eyes lit up when I spotted your topic, as I believe a number of  the Davidsons are buried in Petty churchyard. Can anyone give me evidence for this.There was much inter-marriage between the Cameron, Johnston & Davidson families but I do have one Fisherton - Petty McKenzie on my family tree.

Can anyone confirm that  Christian McKenzie b..1765 & John Cameron b. 1756
were the parents of Ann Cameron b. 1787 - married Alex Davidson in 1819.

Davcantray

[helentucker]

Hi Davcantray

I have the MI list for the old churchyard at Petty but cannot find references for the family you mentioned, sorry.
There are others of course with those surnames so presumably you do have more indirect ancestors buried there, but sorry i can't find these ones.
Any other names you come up with though, please holler and i'll have a wee look again.
Cheers, Helen

[davcantray]

Thanks Helen',

My Davidson ancestors lived in and around Fisherton-Petty from at least 1726 to 1874 when my GreatGrandfather , William  Davidson b. 1849 left to marry Ann Young in Edinkillie. The 4 generations who lived and worked in Fisherton were:

     Donald D. b. 1726 -- married  Margaret  McGregor b. ??  in  1748
     William D. b. 1758 -- married  Janet Cameron b.. 1767  in  1784
     Alexander D. b. 1788 - married  Ann Cameron b. 1785 in 1819
     John    D. b. 1821 --- married  Mary Johnston b. 1823 in 1843

  Unfortunately, I have as yet only been able to identify when John Davidson
 died --- 31st May 1858
  I would be grateful for any information

Dav

[NeilP]

Hi Dav,

I just noticed your last posting and many of my ancestors are from the Fisherton Petty area (surnames Cameron, Tolmie, Patience, McIntosh).   The Janet Cameron in your post caught my eye.  I also have a Janet Cameron, b1767 in Petty with parents David Cameron and Ann McKenzie.  Does this match your Janet?

I also have many Davidson's in my tree, but only one seems to have been born in Petty, Ann Davidson who married Donald Smith in Petty in 1827. All of my other Davidsons are from Croy (the parish next to Petty) and Moy, also very close to Petty.

Neil