Murdoch, Windsor Cottages, Gamrie

[Citizen Smith]

I have a birth certificate and marriage certificate which both mention an address as Windsor Cottage or Cottages, Gamrie.

Nothing else, no street or house number and no indication of precise settlement. However, anecdotally it may be in Gardenstown.

Does anyone with any local knowledge know where this address is or was? I've searched high and low and can't find it.

Thanks

Sarah

[Citizen Smith]

Sorry. I meant to say 1930s for certificates.

[KirstyG]

Hi Sarah

Have you tried using the Valuation Rolls to search on SP? As you know the surnames of the families involved you might find something to indicate at least which settlement they lived in (or if they did not). The 1930 list has entries simply as eg. House 6 Gardenstown. These properties may have been given names subsequently but not been legally known by them.
The NLS Georeferenced maps http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=10&lat=57.5793&lon=-3.2447&layers=10&b=1 indicate that very little has changed in Gamrie over the last 100 years so chances are the building still exists, only the name has changed.

Kirsty

[Citizen Smith]

Hi Kirsty
Thanks for your reply. I had done exactly as you suggested for Gardenstown and had no luck. However, by coincidence I got a phone call today from the person who runs the small heritage centre in Gardenstown. It was closed when I visited last month but I'd taken the telephone number down. I'm so glad I did because she knows exactly where the cottage is even though it's not noted down by that name on any maps. Just outside Gardenstown, tucked away down a small unmarked road. I'm now going back to the valuation rolls for that small area to see what I can find!
Sarah

[KirstyG]

Fantastic! I hope you manage to find the location finally.

Kirsty

[Gashry]

Hi, I also have a mention of Windsor Cottage Gamrie, my grandfather Charles Taylor Stuart address is shown as this

[Gashry]

Hi Sarah, doing some research I have my grand parents wedding cert showing their mother as Kate Murdoch residing at Windsor Cottages Gamrie (1929) her husband was William Massie, Inlive in this area and not sure where Windsor Cottages are, did you find?

[Citizen Smith]

Hi Gashry.

I've not been on this site for a long time so sorry it's taken so long to reply.

Yes, I did find the location. Here's a link that hopefully takes you to it. The email from the museum I've lost I'm afraid. But what I remember is that it's an old church with the cottage attached.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/yByRYV2xiKkqxfG6A - hope that works for you?

The person I was researching is also a Kate/Katie/Catherine Murdoch - I did the research for my friend who is a great grandchild of Catherine. I wonder if it's the same person? My Catherine Murdoch marries a William Cran but that's in 1919. Very happy to share what I have if it links with your tree.

Sarah

[Gashry]

Hi Sarah, Kate Murdoch (Cran) is my Great Grandmother, she had 2 girls out of wedlock Maria Grant 1907 and my Grandmother Elsie Massie 1911, and then married William Cran in June 1919, they lived together in Forres, she died Dec 1956 age 76.