Hello, *Understanding Census References* This message was prompted by me getting into a right mess on the lost cousins web site, the demonstration version of the Clooz database and I dont really know how to properly quote a census result. If I want to formally and properly refer to or cite a census result how do I do it ? From Scotlands People I get the following ......... WOOD, JESSIE ANN (Census 1881 147/00 007/00 014) 146Kb<http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/GROS-DUN-WEB2/viewers/DownloadImageFile.aspx/864715/A1A3C051-5B46-4521-B88D-C459E077AB1D-C1881_147_00_007_000_2_014Z.tif> If I wrote down Scotland 1881 147/00 007/00 014 would that enable somebody to find Jessie Ann Wood in the census ? All I can figure out from the above is that she is on page 14 of something ? Is there a web site somewhere that explains what the numbers mean (Folio, district, page number etc.) and what the hierarchy of an address in a census is ? ie (from the Clooz census form) Country - yes I understand this - Scotland County - Yes I understand this - Aberdeenshire- Banffshire (doesnt exist any more) City - yes I understand this - Aberdeen - Edinburgh - Glasgow Town - starting to get confused here - when does a town become a city - Banff - Macduff - Portsoy - Portknockie Parish / Township - well and truly confused - Difference between Township and Town ? A parish was a subdivision of a County ? Was a parish the equivalent of a township - Is a township the same as a village ? Can I have several villages and/ or townships in a parish ? Ward / Parliamentary - havent got a clue what this means Sanitary / Ecclesiastical - Whee ! off with the fairies - here is a wild guess - some sort of reference to subdivisons around the town/township/village where different sanitation regimes were implemented ? Or different churches held sway ? And Happy New Year to you too ............. Bill

Bill Wood wrote: > > SO from the above my full reference would be ................ > > ParishNo. : Enumeration No. : Page No. : Parish Name : County Name : 1881 > 147/00 007/00 014 > Banff Banffshire ? 1881 > Each parish is given a reference number, which is also a volume number of the census. So the '147' above is often called 'Vol 147' or "Volume 147'. The enumeration districts within the parish are numbered from 1 onwards, so we have 'Enumeration District 1,2 etc., often referred to as 'ED 1', 'ED2', etc Each ED has a book assigned to it, which is numbered from page 1 onwards. Each entry in the enumeration books is also numbered from 1 onwards. You can locate an entry in two different ways: 1) By the page number in the enumeration district book: 'Vol 147, ED 7, page 14'. 2) By the entry in the ED book: 'Vol 147, ED7 entry 136' (if, for example, this is the 136th entry in tge enumeration book). You can, of course, write both in your reference: 'Vol 147, ED7, page 14, entry 136'. All 3 ways will enable someone to find the original entry. If I know the entry number, I'll use the 3rd way. I'll also add the street address and county, as a convenience to the reader. -- Regards Dave

I would love to have dinner with my GGGG grandpa John McBain, his wife Christian and his family of Jean, John, Allan, William, Grace and Angus, in Aberdeen, say in 1841. I would be able to solve a few key mysteries and revel in a family that made it through some tough times. Merry Christmas to all of you - I hope to be back in better form first half of 2010 (I was a little quiet the latter half of 2009 - too busy!:() Cam McBain ________________________________ From: goldie and Lido Doratti <lidogold2@shaw.ca> To: ABERDEEN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, December 25, 2009 1:45:30 PM Subject: [ABERDEEN] Guess who's coming to dinner? The Innes family from Gartly and Keith; the McGregors from Keith, the Orkneys and places inbetween; The Lobban family from Botriphnie/Cairnie, The Ego family from Cairnie will be my guests.  At a table close by sitting with a cousin will be the Walkers from Peterhead, and the Andersons from Peterhead via Old Machar. We will be reminising about the good old days and hopefully some lost facts will appear.  Happy New Year to all Listers.......and Thanks to the many who have helped me out over the year.  God Bless you all, Goldie   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello, Thanks for all of the suggestions. Niether of us thought of the possibility of a link back to Lachlan ................... shame on us ! Bill On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Michael Brock <mrbgen@optusnet.com.au>wrote: > Hi Bill > > You are east of Melbourne, and I am West of Sydney. Also I have the > privilege of being a guide with National Trust of NSW at Old Government > House in Parramatta, so have a great interest in Lachlan and all his > predecessors. > > I would suggest that you try the sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com mailing > list > which has a lot of info. I spent quite a while earlier this year discussing > the various Coats of Arms that about for Macquarrie. > > You should also try the website of Clan Macquarrie - they will give you a > lot of connections. > > And if you are in Sydney, please come out to Parramatta and visit where > Macquarrie planned a lot of the expansion of our country. > > Best Regards > > Michael > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Bill Wood" <steamingbill@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 7:43 PM > To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] McQuarries from Ulva > > > Thanks Ray, > > > > Yep sure thing - come on over - have reserved a cold beer for ya. > > > > If you leave right now youd get here just in time for the big day. > > > > We are approx 2 hours drive east of Melbourne. > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> > > wrote: > > > >> G'day Bill > >> > >> There are Rootsweb MacQuarrie & McQuarry mailing lists but they are both > >> virtually inactive: > >> To join send mail to > >> MCQUARY-L-request@rootsweb.com > >> MACQUARRIE-L-request@rootsweb.com > >> with the single word *subscribe* in the message subject and body. > >> > >> There may be a Scottish list for the county covering Ulva. The full > >> Rootsweb Scottish Lists are at: > >> > >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/ > >> > >> HTH > >> > >> We have nearly a foot of snow in southern England! Any chance of an > >> invite > >> to yours? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Best wishes > >> > >> Ray > >> > >> ********************************************************** > >> >From Ray Hennessy > >> Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net > >> Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net > >> Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP > >> ********************************************************** > >> > >> > >> 2009/12/22 Bill Wood <steamingbill@gmail.com> > >> > >> > Hello, > >> > > >> > One of the acountants at work is interested in chasing his tree. > >> > > >> > He knows that he is a McQuarrie and he knows that his forebears came > >> > from > >> > Ulva. > >> > > >> > I have heard that 99% of all known McQuarries trace their roots back > to > >> > Ulva. > >> > > >> > Before I start googling and possibly wasting time does anybody know of > >> any > >> > particular website or public domain tree that is a well known > McQuarrie > >> > "starting place" > >> > > >> > > >> > ............ and happy Christmas from down here - expecting a hot one > >> > tommorow and then mid to high 20s for the next week. > >> > > >> > Regards > >> > > >> > Bill > >> > > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

----- Original Message ----- From: <aberdeen-request@rootsweb.com> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 1:31 PM Subject: ABERDEEN Digest, Vol 4, Issue 553 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Christmas in New Zealand (Hugh) > 2. Re: Christmas in New Zealand (Steve Broekmann) > 3. Re: Christmas in New Zealand (Kathleen Ogg-Moss) > 4. Re: Scottish Christmas Traditions (genegenie2005-gen@yahoo.co.uk) > 5. Re: Christmas in New Zealand (Hugh) > 6. Felicitations (Mary Simpson) > 7. Tis the Season (Kathleen Ogg-Moss) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:40:49 -0000 > From: "Hugh" <hugh@hfraser.freeserve.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Christmas in New Zealand > To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <ABB028B99CC54646ADA5AD95E60E3D04@Hugh> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Thank you Mary here in Scotland it is -11 and very cold > Hugh. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John & Mary Cubitt" <cubes.jm@xtra.co.nz> > To: "Aberdeen Scotland" <ABERDEEN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 7:29 AM > Subject: [ABERDEEN] Christmas in New Zealand > > >> >> Merry Christmas to everyone on THE LIST >> >> Here in New Zealand, Christmas Day is promising to be a fine sunny warm >> day. The last few Christmas Days have been anything but fine and warm. >> >> > >> With kind regards to everyone, >> >> Mary >> Hamilton >> New Zealand >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:45:29 +0200 > From: "Steve Broekmann" <lawmen@iafrica.com> > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Christmas in New Zealand > To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <D8B2D986611D40978CC5C2C2676C7673@StevePC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Mary Hamilton, in wishing everyone on the list a Merry Christmas, reports > that in New Zealand, "Christmas Day is promising to be a fine sunny

The Innes family from Gartly and Keith; the McGregors from Keith, the Orkneys and places inbetween; The Lobban family from Botriphnie/Cairnie, The Ego family from Cairnie will be my guests. At a table close by sitting with a cousin will be the Walkers from Peterhead, and the Andersons from Peterhead via Old Machar. We will be reminising about the good old days and hopefully some lost facts will appear. Happy New Year to all Listers......and Thanks to the many who have helped me out over the year. God Bless you all, Goldie

Merry Christmas to everyone on THE LIST Here in New Zealand, Christmas Day is promising to be a fine sunny warm day. The last few Christmas Days have been anything but fine and warm. We start the day with a Christmas breakfast, followed by opening of and exchanging gifts. Then it is a cold cuts and salad lunch. We usually have a hot dinner later in the evening. It is often too hot to eat a hot dinner during the day. Often we have a barbecue and swim or picnic. Anything the family will enjoy, and it usually is outdoors. Foods we eat: dinner is usually chicken, ham, turkey, or lamb, following by a Christmas pudding, custard and ice cream. But, also a pavlova covered in cream, kiwi fruit and or strawberries. Whatever is eaten, is usually eaten in large quantities! In our home, we have a large vegetable garden, so vegetables from the garden for Christmas day, are new season potatoes, peas, lettuce, spring onions, carrots etc. Where ever you are I hope you have an enjoyable Christmas with family and friends. With kind regards to everyone, Mary Hamilton New Zealand

Hi Bill You are east of Melbourne, and I am West of Sydney. Also I have the privilege of being a guide with National Trust of NSW at Old Government House in Parramatta, so have a great interest in Lachlan and all his predecessors. I would suggest that you try the sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com mailing list which has a lot of info. I spent quite a while earlier this year discussing the various Coats of Arms that about for Macquarrie. You should also try the website of Clan Macquarrie - they will give you a lot of connections. And if you are in Sydney, please come out to Parramatta and visit where Macquarrie planned a lot of the expansion of our country. Best Regards Michael -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bill Wood" <steamingbill@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 7:43 PM To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] McQuarries from Ulva > Thanks Ray, > > Yep sure thing - come on over - have reserved a cold beer for ya. > > If you leave right now youd get here just in time for the big day. > > We are approx 2 hours drive east of Melbourne. > > > Bill > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> > wrote: > >> G'day Bill >> >> There are Rootsweb MacQuarrie & McQuarry mailing lists but they are both >> virtually inactive: >> To join send mail to >> MCQUARY-L-request@rootsweb.com >> MACQUARRIE-L-request@rootsweb.com >> with the single word *subscribe* in the message subject and body. >> >> There may be a Scottish list for the county covering Ulva. The full >> Rootsweb Scottish Lists are at: >> >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/ >> >> HTH >> >> We have nearly a foot of snow in southern England! Any chance of an >> invite >> to yours? >> >> >> -- >> Best wishes >> >> Ray >> >> ********************************************************** >> >From Ray Hennessy >> Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net >> Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net >> Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP >> ********************************************************** >> >> >> 2009/12/22 Bill Wood <steamingbill@gmail.com> >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > One of the acountants at work is interested in chasing his tree. >> > >> > He knows that he is a McQuarrie and he knows that his forebears came >> > from >> > Ulva. >> > >> > I have heard that 99% of all known McQuarries trace their roots back to >> > Ulva. >> > >> > Before I start googling and possibly wasting time does anybody know of >> any >> > particular website or public domain tree that is a well known McQuarrie >> > "starting place" >> > >> > >> > ............ and happy Christmas from down here - expecting a hot one >> > tommorow and then mid to high 20s for the next week. >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > Bill >> > >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Since everybody on the Cork, Kerry ( especially Kerry ) and Wexford lists are wishing each other Happy Christmas, I thought that I would send the same greetings to all the great people on the Aberdonian list, and thank all who have given so much help and advice over the year (s), it's so lovely when you come upon such real generosity of spirit! Although I do realise that the more important feast will be in the New Year......... Mary happy on at least two counts; 1. The days are growing longer 2. The ice and snow has gone and the weather is just a little softer - fantastic!

Hugh. -----Thank you Steve will look for the plane ticket in the post! > > Cape Town, BTW, will be a sunny 26C tomorrow. You could be here by > tomorrow > morning Hugh! > > Steve > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Heart of Scotland is very accurate nowadays. Before Xmas at school the younger children take part in a nativity play and the Mums have a wee cry and the grannies are proud.. On Xmas Eve the kids leave a present for Santa , depending on the household tradition. Ours left mince meat pie and beer for Santa , and a carrot for the reindeer. The more religious go to a Christmas Church Service on Xmas Eve, which finishes after Midnight. The kids usually get up very early on Christmas morning to open their stockings which is a bit of a problem as it used to be about 4 am before ours went to sleep ,( they were so excited ) and once asleep we could hang the stocking at the bottom of their beds, then about an hour later they would wake up , so ours weren't allowed to come and wake us till 7 am ( house rules) but the oooohs and aaaahhs and squeels of delight  as they discovered all their present would wake you anyway. But it was a lovely time. Ours are big kids now and I do miss the little ones around at Xmas. Oh ....and we tradionally have turkey with oatmeal stuffing ( a very Scottish stuffing) and sherry trifle.And even granny will have a wee sherry! And everyone is happy and cheerful and wishes everyone even strangers a Merry Xmas in the lead up to Christmas. And then after about 3 days recovering from Xmas it is time to hit the shops again to buy a trolleyload of snacks, sausage rolls, crisps, dundee cake and drinks incase neighbours dropped in for Hogmanay.And it usually snowed on New Years and so first footing was a bit of a treck as the buses didn't run and the taxis were nowhere to be found! And if you went first footing you had to take a bottle with you in your pocket and offer everyone in the house a dram, which they would refuse but you offered anyway. Now I am homesick.We haven't been home at Xmas in Scotland for the last 9 years. Merry Xmas everyone everywhere ,from hot and sticky Kuala Lumpur. Regards Karen The Good You Do Comes Back To You. --- On Thu, 24/12/09, Ron and Laura Bozzay <rbozzay@earthlink.net> wrote: From: Ron and Laura Bozzay <rbozzay@earthlink.net> Subject: [ABERDEEN] Scottish Christmas Traditions To: "aberdeen@rootsweb.com" <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, 24 December, 2009, 5:07 First of all, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Great New Year! May you enjoy time with your families, find time to honor our ancestors with those great family stories, and find peace in your heart!  I would also like to know of any Scottish Christmas traditions.  I try to honor each of my lines by incorporting something traditional to each country at Christmas. (Some of my extended French / German families actually invented Christmas ornaments, the Greiner and Mueller families who lived in both Meisenthal France and Lauscha Germany).  I made Scotch Shortbread from a recipe my cousin who was born in Scotland sent me. But I would like to know more.  From reading I have done it sounds like Christmas was almost outlawed for a while.  I also have a CD of Celtic Yuletide music. What do people on this list do at this time of year?  Thanks for giving me a cultural education! (URLs I found) http://www.christmasarchives.com/scotland.html http://www.worldofchristmas.net/christmas-world/scotland.html http://www.heartoscotland.com/Categories/christmas-in-scotland.htm Laura ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Mary Hamilton, in wishing everyone on the list a Merry Christmas, reports that in New Zealand, "Christmas Day is promising to be a fine sunny warm day". Hugh, on the other hand informs us that in Scotland it is -11. I wonder to what extent it was the weather, rather than economics, that prompted our forebears to emigrate? Or their progeny to remain. Cape Town, BTW, will be a sunny 26C tomorrow. You could be here by tomorrow morning Hugh! Steve

Merry Christmas and Happy Hogmanay Nollaig chridheil huibh Nollaig Shona duit Bliain ur faoi shean is faoi mhaise duit Nadolig Llawen Sheng dan Quai Le gen Syin Nyan Quai Le Frohe Wihnachten und ein gluckliches Neyses Jahr Joyeux Noel et Meilleurs voeux pour L'Annee Nouvelle Feliz Navidad y prospero Ano Nuevo Buon Natale e Falice Anno Nuovo Geseende Kersfees Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar Zalig Kerstfeast Kathy

Thank you Mary here in Scotland it is -11 and very cold Hugh. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John & Mary Cubitt" <cubes.jm@xtra.co.nz> To: "Aberdeen Scotland" <ABERDEEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 7:29 AM Subject: [ABERDEEN] Christmas in New Zealand > > Merry Christmas to everyone on THE LIST > > Here in New Zealand, Christmas Day is promising to be a fine sunny warm > day. The last few Christmas Days have been anything but fine and warm. > > > > With kind regards to everyone, > > Mary > Hamilton > New Zealand > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

And in Ottawa it is -2 heading for +4 on Sunday. Kathleen On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Steve Broekmann <lawmen@iafrica.com> wrote: > Mary Hamilton, in wishing everyone on the list a Merry Christmas, reports > that in New Zealand, "Christmas Day is promising to be a fine sunny warm > day". > > Hugh, on the other hand informs us that in Scotland it is -11. > > I wonder to what extent it was the weather, rather than economics, that > prompted our forebears to emigrate? Or their progeny to remain. > > Cape Town, BTW, will be a sunny 26C tomorrow. You could be here by > tomorrow > morning Hugh! > > Steve > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

First of all, I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Great New Year! May you enjoy time with your families, find time to honor our ancestors with those great family stories, and find peace in your heart! I would also like to know of any Scottish Christmas traditions. I try to honor each of my lines by incorporting something traditional to each country at Christmas. (Some of my extended French / German families actually invented Christmas ornaments, the Greiner and Mueller families who lived in both Meisenthal France and Lauscha Germany). I made Scotch Shortbread from a recipe my cousin who was born in Scotland sent me. But I would like to know more. From reading I have done it sounds like Christmas was almost outlawed for a while. I also have a CD of Celtic Yuletide music. What do people on this list do at this time of year? Thanks for giving me a cultural education! (URLs I found) http://www.christmasarchives.com/scotland.html http://www.worldofchristmas.net/christmas-world/scotland.html http://www.heartoscotland.com/Categories/christmas-in-scotland.htm Laura

Bill, Did you try http://www.hawkesburyhistory.org.au/articles/macquarie.html The Governor of New South Wales Merry Christmas to all and Lang May Yir Lums Reek Jenny Lake Macquarie NSW Aus - named for Lachlan Macquarie (our Lums centainly won't be Reekin' over Christmas with the expected hot temps!) I was sent some snow pics from SSX Ray, a cold Christmas would be something quite different for us folks downunder, that is other than those who live in Tasmania and experience snow on Mt. Wellington, Hobart on Christmas Day. Lachlan Macquarie (1761-1824) The year 1810 saw his arrival in the Colony of New South Wales, just after Lachlan Macquarie was installed governor of New South Wales, sealers stumbled on a remote Southern Ocean island so naturally the island took his name. The island like so many other institutions, structures and places bear testimony to the claim Macquarie "Father of the Nation" Macquarie was born on the island of Ulva in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, on 31st January 1761. His father was a carpenter by trade who around 1772 moved his wife and family to Mull, where he leased 75 acres from the Duke of Argyll. Lachlan Macquarie, was a cousin of the sixteenth and last chieftain of the clan Macquarie, while Macquarie's mother, Margaret, (1728-1810) was the only sister of Murdoch Maclaine, chieftain of Lochbuy in Mull. She bore her husband at least seven children - six sons, of whom four survived: Donald (1750-1800), Lachlan (1761-1824), Charles (1771-1835), and Hector (d.1778) - and a daughter, Elizabeth. His uncle Murdoch paid for his education and in 1776 at age 15, young Lachlan volunteered for British Army as a volunteer. In 1777 young Lachlan became an ensign in the 2nd battalion of the 84th Regiment, known as the Royal Highland Emigrants, and served in Canada at Halifax and other parts of Nova Scotia. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the 71st Regiment in January 1781 and performed garrison duty in New York and Charleston at the closing stages of the American War of Independence. In June 1783 he was transferred to Jamaica and 12 months later he was placed on half pay. Returning to Scotland, Macquarie for the next few years, lived a farmer's life with his mother and siblings at Oskamull, on Mull, before taking up a lieutenant's commission in 1787 in the 77th Regiment, beginning a long period in India, where he saw much active service in the struggle to gain control of the subcontinent for Britain. He also became military secretary to Jonathon Duncan, Governor of Bombay. In 1793 he married Jane Jarvis, the youngest daughter of Thomas Jarvis, Chief Justice and Member of Council of the Island of Antigua, but their marriage was brief - she died childless of tuberculosis at Macao, in China, in 1796. In 1801, while military secretary to Jonathon Duncan, Governor of Bombay, Macquarie appointed deputy-adjutant-general to the 8000-strong army under Major-General David Baird. He was sent to Egypt to expel the French. The army was engaged in little action, but in Alexandria, Macquarie met his brother Charles, who was also a serving army officer. They discussed future plans for purchasing land on the Isle of Mull. On the 11th February 1802 Macquarie was promoted to major with the 86th Regiment He returned to England in 1803 to attend to financial matters and to enjoy the social whirl of London after so many years abroad. He was twice presented to the King and Queen, dined with the aristocracy, attended balls and the theatre, had his portrait painted by noted Cornish artist, John Opie, and finally, after 12 months, travelled to Scotland to visit family and friends. On 25th April 1805 Macquarie sailed for India where he was advanced to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the 73rd Regiment. After serving in northern India until 1806 he undertook to return to Britain carrying government despatches. After sailing from Bombay to the Persian Gulf, where he narrowly escaped drowning, he then travelled overland to London via Baghdad, Moscow, and St Petersburg. Macquarie's main aim in returning to Britain was to marry his distant cousin Elizabeth Henrietta Campbell, of Airds, whom he had met in 1804 to whom he had been secretly engaged since March 1805. She had become impatient with his seeming delay, particularly when it became apparent that his tour of duty would be for four years. They married on the 3rd November 1807. The bride was 29, and the groom 46. She bore him a daughter, Jane, on the 15th September 1808, but unfortunately, the child died on the 5th December, the same year. In April 1809 Macquarie was appointed Governor of New South Wales, designated to take over from William Bligh (of the mutiny on the Bounty fame), whose controversial governorship ended with the "Rum Rebellion". Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie sailed with the 73rd Regiment from Portsmouth in the storeship Dromedary, escorted by H.M.S Hindostan, in May 1809, arriving at Port Jackson on the 28th December. He took up his commission as governor on the 1st January 1810. <<<<Snip>>>>

Thanks Ray, Yep sure thing - come on over - have reserved a cold beer for ya. If you leave right now youd get here just in time for the big day. We are approx 2 hours drive east of Melbourne. Bill On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Ray Hennessy <ray@whatsinaname.net> wrote: > G'day Bill > > There are Rootsweb MacQuarrie & McQuarry mailing lists but they are both > virtually inactive: > To join send mail to > MCQUARY-L-request@rootsweb.com > MACQUARRIE-L-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word *subscribe* in the message subject and body. > > There may be a Scottish list for the county covering Ulva. The full > Rootsweb Scottish Lists are at: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/ > > HTH > > We have nearly a foot of snow in southern England! Any chance of an invite > to yours? > > > -- > Best wishes > > Ray > > ********************************************************** > >From Ray Hennessy > Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net > Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net > Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP > ********************************************************** > > > 2009/12/22 Bill Wood <steamingbill@gmail.com> > > > Hello, > > > > One of the acountants at work is interested in chasing his tree. > > > > He knows that he is a McQuarrie and he knows that his forebears came from > > Ulva. > > > > I have heard that 99% of all known McQuarries trace their roots back to > > Ulva. > > > > Before I start googling and possibly wasting time does anybody know of > any > > particular website or public domain tree that is a well known McQuarrie > > "starting place" > > > > > > ............ and happy Christmas from down here - expecting a hot one > > tommorow and then mid to high 20s for the next week. > > > > Regards > > > > Bill > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

2009/12/23 Bill Wood <steamingbill@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Ray, > > Yep sure thing - come on over - have reserved a cold beer for ya. > > If you leave right now you'd get here just in time for the big day. We are > approx 2 hours drive east of Melbourne. _____________________________________________ Gee, Bill, the thought of it warms moi auld oirish heart. Have a cold one for me. Everything is cold here! All good wishes for Christmas and successful hunting in 2010 to our Antipodean friends, especially those who looked after us so well on out trip Down Under. May the road rise up to meet you and the wind be always in your back. Ray & Sheena Hennessy

Bill, You could try http://www.bunker.org/mcquarrie.html and http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macquar2.html and go from there. When googling around, one thing to heed is that McQUARRIE is often spelled McWHARRIE (or similar). My McWHARRIEs / McQUARRIEs come from Ayrshire (Cumnock, Sorn, Patna and around). Despite apex being John McWHARRIE & Catherine CAMPBELL (1st child b 1773/4), there is no hint of any link back to Argyllshire let alone Mull let alone Ulva. Best of luck! Howard Geddes