Can anyone help? i am looking for info on my gggrandfather. His name was William Morrison and the only details I have is that he was born in Old Machar about 1802. He enlisted as a gunner in the Bengal Artillery on May 9th 1821 and sailed for india on board the "Rose" later that year. cheers Paul

Actually you MUST have more info on him than that. If he is your 2g grandfather then you must know who was his child that was your 1g grandparent, and probably will know who his wife and/or mother of said child. This info would go a long way to narrowing down the search and helping others assist you. Morrison was my parental grandmother's name and I have 7 William Morrisons in my tree. Unfortunately not a 1802 one. However it's entirely possible there is a link. It's just really difficult to tell with the limited info you gave. -- Alexander Bisset IT Administrator Aberdeen Harbour Board -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of paulmcginlay Sent: 26 January 2010 15:29 To: ABERDEEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [ABERDEEN] William Morrison - Old Machar Can anyone help? i am looking for info on my gggrandfather. His name was William Morrison and the only details I have is that he was born in Old Machar about 1802. He enlisted as a gunner in the Bengal Artillery on May 9th 1821 and sailed for india on board the "Rose" later that year. cheers Paul ------------------------------- 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 ______________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked by Dionach for all known viruses using MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.dionach.com ______________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked by Dionach for all known viruses using MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.dionach.com

This is a repeat query. I periodically put it out there in the hope that information will be recovered by some other researcher working with the Morison surname. My own missing William Morrison was married in Aberdeen to a Margaret Ross (John Ross ex Barbara Pirie) in Aberdeen in 1779. He was a soldier in the Northern Fencibles at the time of his marriage so he may have been born elsewhere. Witnesses at the christening of their daughter Cathrin Morison in Glasgow in 1780 are John Ross and what may be Walter Morison (handwriting is cramped almost illegible on OPR pdf). There is evidence for a second child, John Morison (b. 1786) during the 1780s. William had a sister Barbara who married a Donald McKay before 1777. I have no documentation for Barbara. They were in Caithness by the early 1790s. Children from their time in Thurso include Alexander, Barbara; Agnes, and William (b. 1796). Thank you. Inez __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/

Paul, there are many MORRISONs in Bengal http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ Name: William MORRISON Event type: Marriage Start date: 28 Aug Start year: 1821 Location: Ft. William Spouse: Sarah DUFFY, widow Age: Status: Staff-Sgt., widower Transcribed by: British LibraryIndia Office Records Reference: N/1/11 f.563 Presidency: Bengal Name: William MORRISON Event type: Marriage Start date: 21 Apr Start year: 1832 Location: Allypore Spouse: Elizabeth JOHNSON, Ward, L. O. S. Age: 27 Status: Bom. Transcribed by: British LibraryIndia Office Records Reference: N/1/33 f.121 Presidency: Bengal Name: Alexander MORRISON Event type: BirthDate: 06 May Year: 1838 Location: Meerut Parents: William, Sgt., H-Art.; Elizabeth Event type: Baptism Date: 08 Jul Year: 1838 Location: Meerut Parents: William, Sgt., H-Art.; Elizabeth Transcribed by: British LibraryIndia Office Records Reference: N/1/50 f.142 Presidency: Bengal Regards Jenny