On 24 February 2014 12:37, Ross McDonald <maqua@melbpc.org.au> wrote: > Greetings All > > snipped > Another anomaly is that Robert Gartly's uncle George (born 1824 in Gartly, > married Helen Leslie in Aberdeen in 1857) 'from home - 16 Huxter Row' which > was the residence of John the watchmaker who died 30 years earlier! > ======================= Hi Ross Not sure what the anomaly is but if you are concerned that he was married in a private house, the norm in those days was for the 'ceremony' to be performed at home. Gavin suggested it was because the marriage was usually followed by riotous behaviour and not a little drunkenness and The Kirk didn't want to be associated with that part of the proceedings! Hope you haven't suffered from your unbearable heat wave! I believe Melbourne was spared. Ray

Interesting........I have a George Innes who married an GAIRTLY from Gartly in 1744.. Film #0993187 OPR says "Jul 27.1744 George Innes in the parish of Huntly gave up his name in Marriage to Elizabeth GAIRTLY in this parish and were married August 22". I never found any children. I did a bit of looking at this family and did find a Gairtly family (could be old spelling....in Gartly Parish in this time frame. By birth I am an Innes, and have often wondered if this George was a brother to my John who lived in Gartly parish. Good luck with this....Goldie -----Original Message----- From: Ray Hennessy Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 8:41 AM To: Aberdeen List Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] John Gartly, Watchmaker in Aberdeen On 24 February 2014 12:37, Ross McDonald <maqua@melbpc.org.au> wrote: > Greetings All > > snipped > Another anomaly is that Robert Gartly's uncle George (born 1824 in Gartly, > married Helen Leslie in Aberdeen in 1857) 'from home - 16 Huxter Row' > which > was the residence of John the watchmaker who died 30 years earlier! > ======================= Hi Ross Not sure what the anomaly is but if you are concerned that he was married in a private house, the norm in those days was for the 'ceremony' to be performed at home. Gavin suggested it was because the marriage was usually followed by riotous behaviour and not a little drunkenness and The Kirk didn't want to be associated with that part of the proceedings! Hope you haven't suffered from your unbearable heat wave! I believe Melbourne was spared. Ray ------------------------------- 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

Thanks Ray The anomaly was that a suspected ancestor lived in the house of a known GG uncle 30 years earlier. It is the link that I am trying to make. John Gartly (Gartley, Gairtly, Gurrly etc) the watchmaker had two daughters married in his home in Old Machar. I do not know how abstemious they were, but my G grandfather Robert was manager of the wine and spirit department in a store in Melbourne up to his death in 1904. Re Melbourne weather, we do get extremes in summer - often over 40C. Then next day can be a top of 20, hence the song 'Four seasons in one day'. Hope you are not suffering flooding or sub-zero weather! Ross -----Original Message----- From: Ray Hennessy Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 3:41 AM To: Aberdeen List Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] John Gartly, Watchmaker in Aberdeen On 24 February 2014 12:37, Ross McDonald <maqua@melbpc.org.au> wrote: > Greetings All > > snipped > Another anomaly is that Robert Gartly's uncle George (born 1824 in Gartly, > married Helen Leslie in Aberdeen in 1857) 'from home - 16 Huxter Row' > which > was the residence of John the watchmaker who died 30 years earlier! > ======================= Hi Ross Not sure what the anomaly is but if you are concerned that he was married in a private house, the norm in those days was for the 'ceremony' to be performed at home. Gavin suggested it was because the marriage was usually followed by riotous behaviour and not a little drunkenness and The Kirk didn't want to be associated with that part of the proceedings! Hope you haven't suffered from your unbearable heat wave! I believe Melbourne was spared. Ray ------------------------------- 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