Turner Hall - Ellon

[MelW66]

Oh wow, that is a brilliant find! Thank you for that. I'm very excited by this.

[GR2]

Looking at the index of deaths on ScotlandsPeople, the maiden name of the mother of the George "Brichen" whose death was registered in Ellon in 1881, aged 84, was "Adams".

The index also shows a marriage for George "Brichen" and Margaret "Adam" recorded in Ellon on 15-4-1786. They must have come from different parishes, as there is also a record for George "Brechin" and Margaret "Adam" in Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, on 4-5-1786. The dates differ depending on what is recorded - the initial intention to marry, the reading of banns, or the marriage itself.

[MelW66]

Monica, I just realised the information you had asked about here...
"Are these George Jnr's details here www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I493763&tree=ID1" was the information that I supplied to them! I sent them a family tree from the research that I had done. Which means if i got any of it wrong, then so did they. So not a great resource for me because it would work like an echo chamber.

[hmox]

Hi - My grandmother, Jane Milne (nee Donald) gave birth to her oldest son, Ewing Milne at Kirkhowe, Turnerhall, Ellon in 1925.  Would you know who owned the Hall at that time, and/or was it set up as a hospital at that time?
 

[GR2]

The Hall was not a hospital. The Turner family did not reside there all the time. In fact the Hall was demolished in 1933.

The place you are looking at is a small farm (then about 44 acres) called Little Kirkhowe. It was part of the Turnerhall estate. The tenant in 1925 was Robert Donald. I wonder if that was her father and she had gone home to have her first child. Most children were born at home, not in hospital, at that time.

The advertisement in the Aberdeen Daily Journal (1-12-1920) says that offers for the tenancy have to be made by 24th December with entry at Whitsunday 1921. That will have been when Robert Donald took over the tenancy.

This map shows Little Kirkhowe near the top. Turnerhall itself is not far away:

https://maps.nls.uk/view/74479901

[hmox]

Many thanks GR2 for your reply.  Jane's father was Robert Donald, her mother Elsie Anderson, had died in 1919. We knew that Robert worked at Kirkhowe and we have a photo of the house, so its good to know it was part of the Turnerhall Estate.  That would be right, Jane would have had the baby at home, as my grandparents did not marry for another year afterwards.  They then immigrated to Australia where we all live. Robert and Elsie were at Mains of Esslemont before that.

[GR2]

The 1920 valuation roll shows Robert Donald working as a farm servant at Mains of Esslemont.

It was quite common for someone to work as a farm servant for a number of years and then take on the tenancy of a small farm. The 1925 valuation roll shows Robert Donald as tenant and occupier of "Farm and house, Kirkhill, Little". He rents it from the trustees of the late John Turner of Turnerhall, per Davidson and Garden*, 12 Dee Street, Aberdeen, for £68 1/3d a year.

* the firm of solicitors that handled estate business

[hmox]

Many thanks GR2 for that information.  Robert eventually moved on to Quarrybrae, Auchedly, where he passed in 1966. He was the youngest of 10 children, which we have only just found out about recently.  Certainly been an exciting journey for us.