Hi again Maria, I've looked on the 1881 and (as is probably already obvious) John and Margaret Harvey are living only 6 doors away from Charles Goldie and family. Julia may have been nearby but I couldn't tell how near. It would be really interesting to get a breakthrough on these Goldies - I wonder where the name originated. One of these days I'll splash out and either get an ancestry or find my past subscription for a while - but not yet. If Margaret was really very young when she had her two children, which sounds to be the case, she was probably very vulnerable from the start. It would be good to find the birth records. Best wishes, Mary

Hi all, I was in Black's Surnames for surname 'Edgar' and so I looked up surname GOLDIE and on p. 316 found the following entry: "A diminutive of GOLD. q.v. This surname appears now to have its home in the shires of Ayr and Lanark. William Goldy, servitor to the bishop of Moray, 1567 (REM., p. 400). Edward Goldie of Craigmuie 1718 (Kirkcudbright). Rev. John Goldie (1763-1847) was minister of the parish of Temple, Midlothian, for fifty years. GOUDIE is a variant." I q-v'd to GOLD also on p. 316. That entry says "A OE. personal name, Gold(a, from gold, the metal (Redin). Adam Gold, bailiff of Montrose, rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 198). The surname is not uncommon in Angus and GOULD may be a variant of it. Angus Gold in Over Kinmonth, 1582, and eight more of the name around Brechin are in record (Brechin). Regards, Judy in BC Can -----Original Message----- From: ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ayrshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Paton Sent: January-12-10 11:25 PM To: Maria Peck Cc: AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AYR] Julia (Goldie) McPhee MI +Success Story Hi again Maria, I've looked on the 1881 and (as is probably already obvious) John and Margaret Harvey are living only 6 doors away from Charles Goldie and family. Julia may have been nearby but I couldn't tell how near. It would be really interesting to get a breakthrough on these Goldies - I wonder where the name originated. One of these days I'll splash out and either get an ancestry or find my past subscription for a while - but not yet. If Margaret was really very young when she had her two children, which sounds to be the case, she was probably very vulnerable from the start. It would be good to find the birth records. Best wishes, Mary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message