McGregor/Grassick in Tomintoul

[heedrapper]

There is only one ‘Blair’ marriage in Abernethy & Kincardine, Moray., showing in the OPRs for  1538 to 1854....William Blair to Elspet Cameron in 1794

Added... I made a mistake with death cert. should read 18th Dec 1879

[heedrapper]

The entry on the rootsweb page shows as this..

Marriage 1 Alexander Blair b: BEF 1800 in probably Moray, Scotland
Married: ABT 1819 in probably Abernethy & Kincardine, Moray, Scotland
Marriage Beginning Status: Partners
Any thoughts what this means?
P.S. I don't like probablies

[MonicaL]

I don't like probabilities either...always smacks of best guesses 

This is showing on one of the transcripts for 1841:

John Blair 30
Margaret Blair 40
Isabella Blair 20
James Blair 15
Alexander Cameron 10
Mary Grant 7
Jane Mcdonald 4
Ann Gilbert 10

Address: Somdow, Abernethy and Kincardine

Freecen shows the address as Tundow (rather than Somdow) and certainly likely father as John...

I think your Margaret Grassick is still out there to be found for 1841...

Monica

[MonicaL]

...However, the RootsWeb page has been really helpful at identifying the death of Margaret Grassick (hopefully also the right death for Alexander McGregor). Who reported Margaret's death?

[heedrapper]

Her death was reported by Duncan Grassick, nephew.
Also just found this birth, which confirms Alex Blair in Somdow and Margaret Grassick in Aultnelrich, (not living together???) I have to check if her father was farming in Aultnelrich, and make sure its the correct Margaret. It also looks to me as its another illegitimate birth.... It has been squeezed vertically in the margin.

[MonicaL]

Ok, in that case, 1851 makes more sense regarding James Blair:

John Blair 42, Farmer Of 51 Acres Arable And 36 Pasturage
Margaret Cameron 50, sister
Isabella Blair 35 sister
James Blair 31, nephew
Jane McDonald 14 niece
Archibald McDonald 10 nephew

Address: Tomdow, Abernethy and Kincardine

[Wilfiedog]

Margaret Grassick did not appear to marry Alexander Blair who died in 1838, age 40. Their son James b.1820-1881 married Jessie McBean and the family at living at Tomchrochar in Abernethy in 1871 census. I have a photograph of Jessie Blair (nee McBean) with her daughter Jane and would love to pass a copy on to her descendants. Jane married a Mr McKenzie 13th January 1894 at the Commercial Hotel in Keith. She died 8th June 1941 at Balliefurth, Granton-on-Spey.
Alexander Blair was son of William Blair and Elspet Cameron

[Wilfiedog]

Don't know if this is any help but Margaret Grassick didn't appear to marry Alexander Blair either although they had a son James Blair 1820-1881 who married Jessie McBean. They are living at Tomchrochar in Abernethy in 1871 census with their children Jane, Alexander, Peter, Margaret, John and Jessie. If anyone is connected to this family I have a photo of Jessie with her daughter Jane would be happy to pass on copies.
By the way Alexander Blair died 1838 age 40 and is buried with his parents William Blair and Elspet Cameron.

[jmv]

Oh, by the way, I came across a passing reference to one Alexander McGregor Rose, aka A.M.R. Gordon in the book "John Innes, Painter of the Canadian West" (1945) by John Bruce Cowan. About John Innes' early career, Cowan writes on page 11:

At New Westminster, the late A. M. R. Gordon (McGregor Rose) and Innes launched a paper called The Hornet.  Gordon was a particularly brilliant writer—he was the author of that well-known satire, "Meinself und Gott"; but as editors needed to eat occasionally, printers demanded wages regularly, and advertisers did not pay their bills promptly, The Hornet, in spite of brilliance, didn't buzz about for long.

Is that him?

I am interested in the work of John Innes, as we both lived in the same towns (three times!) and he's a rather under-appreciated artist for his era.