Hi Jane,
There are a couple of references to the name COWIE in my scrapbook.
August 11th 1898
"At Limehills, Winton, Southland, New Zealand, after a short illness, on the 11th August, ALEXANDER COWIE, aged 52, eldest son of James Cowie, Easterbo , King Edward"
In an article "Honour to Teachers. Mr James Elphinstine, King Edward" there is a reference to "a distinguished graduate of their own University, Dr Cowie, now practicing in London" (presumably University of Aberdeen) when listing the Inspectors of Schools by which Mr Elphinstone had been visited during his 36 years of teaching. Given the context I believe this would have been at "the school of Fintry", prior to his moving to King Edward in 1900.
Another article "Selections from Correspondence" tells of family and friends
"I referred to the Ellis family, and have received several inquiries regarding them. Unconsciously, a sister, Jessie, who lives in Turriff, has come to my aid, so will inquirers please note. She writes- "My father is still alive and lives with JOHN COWIE, late of Kinminity, on a dairy farm near Udny station..."
..."Of the COWIES, Sandy is in the farm, John is in Edinburgh, George is a traveller in Aberdeen, Willie is a chemist in London, and Peter, also a chemist, died some years ago."
and another " In the Cotburn District"
"Kinminity, a fine farm, lay a little towards Cotburn from the Turriff Road. Mr Peter COWIE was farmer then, a douce, decent sample of an upland farmer. With some of his family I was at school. There were Alexander, Johnnie, Peter, and, I think, Jamie, with others whose names have slipped me. John I last saw in Aberdeen in 1888, when
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? we 'raked' the emb?
for an hour we
the embers of school life ploys. Several times I have been told that a certain famous actress hails from Kinminity. Will any reader give confirmatory information?"
(There are some words only partly visible at the bottom and top of the columns where they were cut out of the paper)
I hope this is of some help.
Kirsty
