Hmm. Quite interesting to see two D'All and Powrie/Bruce or Innes connections. I will certainly keep this in mind in my travels. Thanks for the reply! Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen" <nell1@sympatico.ca> To: <angus@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 8:34 AM Subject: Re: [ANGUS] D'All -- Dundee > Hello Marilyn, > > The only John I have was born in 1866 in Dundee .... his branch of the > family retained the original spelling of DALZIEL whereas ours is phonetic, > more than likely some official's interpretation of the pronounciation. > John > was the son of George DALZIEL and his third partner Susan Robertson. > George > DALZIEL was the eldest brother of my gg-grandfather Alexander D'ALL. In > all > honesty I have not pursued his branch of the family, concentrating instead > on my direct line, so I have nothing on John except the year of his birth. > So far I have not found any POWRIE connections. > > Just in passing, my g-grandmother was also an Isabella BRUCE (not the same > one as yours) who married Alexander D'ALL, son of the Alexander mentioned > above. > > Helen > > -----Original Message----- > From: angus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:angus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of New Englander / Marilyn Arnold > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 1:07 PM > To: angus@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ANGUS] D'All -- Dundee > > Dear Helen: > > It caught my eye that you have a George D'ALL in your ancestry. My GG > aunt > was Georginia POWRIE who married a John Da'll (or Dall). Georgina Powrie > was the daughter of John POWRIE and Isabella BRUCE. Do you see a > connection > > between your D'ALL family and this John D'ALL who married my Georgina. > They > > were in Dundee. > > THANKS! > > DUNDEE: POWRIE, INNES, REID, BRUCE, HAY (probably HADDON) > > > > 4. Georgina Thomson Powrie, b. May 18, 1865. Married Dec. 30, > 1887, > > Dundee to John Dall, son of John Dall, coal carter (?) and Janet Young, > both > > deceased. At the time of their marriage, Georgina, was 22, working as a > power loom weaver, and living at 8 Tannadice St. John was 36, a calender > worker and living at 6 Malcolm St. (There is not a Malcolm Street on a > modern map of Dundee, but there is a Malcolm Crescent in the Dundee East > area, just north of Monifieth.) Witnesses were James Powrie and Jane > Brown > Dall.[i] > > > > On August 24, 1891, "Georgian Powrie" arrived in Port of New York, on the > Anchoria, with a final destination of Providence, Rhode Island. The ship > had sailed from Glasgow, Scotland, via Moville, Ireland.[1] So, Georgina > had come to visit her brother James and sister, Julianna, who I believe > were > > already living in Providence. This does not indicate why her maiden name > is > > used. > > > > (Was James Powrie, witness to the marriage, Georgina's brother James > Powrie? If so, he would have left the very next day to the U.S., as the > 1900 U.S. Census for Rhode Island indicates he emigrated to the United > States in 1887. Or did he come to the United States earlier in 1887 and > return for the wedding of his younger sister?) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > [1] New York Passenger Records, MF-574, List #1279, Line 13. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > [i]. Dundee Vital Records, SRO Marriage, 282/4, no. 339. > > > > > > From: Helen <nell1@sympatico.ca> >> Subject: Re: [ANGUS] FENTON Ancestry - Tannadice, Brechin & Arbroath >> To: angus@rootsweb.com >> Date: Thursday, 7 May, 2009, 1:17 PM >> Hi - I have a long-standing FENTON mystery. My g-uncle >> George D'ALL married >> Jane Alexander Fenton RAMSAY. Jane was born 22 June 1912 in >> Dundee to >> Cranston RAMSAY & and Elizabeth Stewart ROSS, both of >> whom were also born in >> Dundee - Cranston the son of Robert RAMSAY & Jessie >> WILLIAMSON (m 3 June >> 1851, Arbroath), Elizabeth the daughter of Robert ROSS >> & Maria HOLLAND. >> >> I have not been able to determine why FENTON appears in >> Jane's name, unless >> it was perhaps the surname of a friend. >> >> Helen > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.21/2101 - Release Date: 05/07/09 > 05:57:00 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.21/2104 - Release Date: 05/08/09 06:34:00