Sheila I'm a WALDIE researcher also. Don't have much on them though as yet. Here is my WALDIE line of research. I have records that prove that the names below ******Elisabeth are definitely my line. Those above ******Elisabeth I am not sure of. Regards Judy HALL *George Waldie and Betty Henderson. had a son , William *William WALDIE chr Oct 1767 marr June 1792 Mary PRENTICE *John WALDIE (b c179_) mar Elisabeth (Betty) WIGHT (b c1801 d March 8 1861 Crailing ROX) John a ploughman in 1868 Children: Thomas b 1835 Crailing ROX, SCT mar ??Margaret HERMISTON ******Elisabeth b 1838 Crailing, ROX, SCT mar William GARDNER ( b abt 1830 Peebles, SCT) William b 1840 John b 1844 Crailing, ROX, SCT Helen b 1847 Crailing, ROX, SCT Margaret b 1850 Crailing, ROX, SCT Isabel b 1853 Crailing, ROX, SCT * Elisabeth (Betsy) WALDIE marr 1861 Crailing, ROX, SCT William Gardner Children: Elisabeth b 1862 Crailing, ROX,SCT Mary b 1864 Edgerston, ROX, SCT Ellen b 1866 Edgerston, ROX, SCT William b 1869 Eckford, ROX, SCT *John b 1871 Crailing, ROX, SCT marr Helen Dickson ELLIOT Jane b 1874 Crailing ROX SCT Thomas b abt 1878 Crailing ROX, SCT 1881 census - family living in Farm Cottage, Crailing 1891 census living in Cavers - maybe still in Crailing *John b 1871 Crailing, ROX, SCT marr Helen Dickson ELLIOT Children: (Helen had a son, Andrew, before her marriage - stayed in Scotland when family emigrated - he took over John's job as Farm Steward at Earl of Minto's home farm at Hassendeanbank, near Hawick, ROX, SCT) William b 1893 mar Sarah PITMAN (b 1897 to Charles and Caroline PITMAN , Laidley, QLD - she's still alive - 103 at present - in a nursing home in Laidley, Qld, Aus) *Christina Elliot b 1895 mar Norm Francis (b John mar Jewel HEISER Betsy Waldie b 1898 mar William FULTON (b 1892 to William and Martha (nee PORTER) FULTON) Mary Helen McCreadie b 1902 mar Henry Norman HODGES (b 1900 to William and Sarah HODGES Laidley, QLD) James (Jim) b 1906 mar Gertrude MENGEL (b 1907) *Christina Elliot GARDNER and Norm FRANCIS mar 6 Oct 1923 Laidley, Qld, AUS Children: Betty b 1924 Laidley mar Keith SHEWAN (b 1922 Roy Stanley and Beatrice Helena (nee Francis) SHEWAN mar 1945 Ipswich Ken b 1926 Ipswich mar Joyce GREENHILL (1926) 1950 Ipswich *Lorna b 1933 Ipswich mar. Don Hall (b 1929 Ipswich to William and Florence Ruth (nee GEE) Hall) ) 1954 Ipsw Margaret b 1936 Ipswich mar. John PLOETZ 1957 Ipswich Gwenda b 1938 Ipswich mar Greg SCHUBEL 1961 Ipswich *Lorna mar Don HALL 1954 Ipswich, Qld, AUS Children: *Judith b 1955 Ipswich (ME) Susan b 1957 Ipswich mar David DODGSON (b Melbourne 1957) 1983 Brisbane Lynette b 1960 Ipswich mar. Michael BAYARD (b 1958 Ipswich) 1985 Ipswich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Curran" <fmc@kinnear50.freeserve.co.uk> To: <BORDER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 3:00 AM Subject: New Lister > I am new to this list and hope I am posting on the correct list. > > I am looking for a 'lost' ancestor whom I suspect could have moved from the border area > to Crichton in Midlothian. There are Waldies listed in the border area and I hope to make a connection there. > > She was buried as 'Widow Waldie' in 1833 in Crichton. She had a son George WALDIE born in 1875/6 who married > Agnes MUIR. George had the following children: Archibald, the first born, could have been named after > Widow Waldie's husband according to the Scottish naming pattern. George's other children were Elizabeth, James, > Elspeth, Adam, and Agnes. > > Do these names run in your family? > > Are there any WALDIE researchers out there? I hope to hear from you. > > Sheila Kinnear Curran > fmc@kinnear50.freeserve.co.uk > > > > > ______________________________