Just a thought - could "Masson Lodge" refer to dwelling which had, at some point, been used as a hall for Masonic meetings? In some family correspondence from this time period, I have seen "Mason" (mis?)spelt as "Masson." Bill Ramp > > Do you know of 'Masson Lodge'? > > I can't find "Masson Lodge" in Botriphnie on any map, ancient or modern. > In the 1861 Census for Botriphnie, the shoemaker (now Alex Sellar) > lives at "Lodge", which appears in the Enumeration next to Lynemore, in > the southeast corner of the parish. > > > Would it have been a boarding house? > > No, just a house, although it would appear to have remained the > shoemaker's house for at least 20 years, with changing tenants. The > "boarders" were actually his employees (including, it appears, his > future wife! > > > Gavin Bell > > ______________________________

Hi everyone, Thank you for all of your insights about my 1841 census record! I just happened to be nosing around the internet and came back to genuki's pages for the parish of Botriphnie. I looked at the entry from the Statistical Account and it lists W. Masson as the reverend of the parish in 1841. Perhaps that is a clue??? Karen in California William Ramp <ramp@uleth.ca> wrote: Just a thought - could "Masson Lodge" refer to dwelling which had, at some point, been used as a hall for Masonic meetings? In some family correspondence from this time period, I have seen "Mason" (mis?)spelt as "Masson." Bill Ramp > > Do you know of 'Masson Lodge'? > > I can't find "Masson Lodge" in Botriphnie on any map, ancient or modern. > In the 1861 Census for Botriphnie, the shoemaker (now Alex Sellar) > lives at "Lodge", which appears in the Enumeration next to Lynemore, in > the southeast corner of the parish. > > > Would it have been a boarding house? > > No, just a house, although it would appear to have remained the > shoemaker's house for at least 20 years, with changing tenants. The > "boarders" were actually his employees (including, it appears, his > future wife! > > > Gavin Bell > > ______________________________ ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== Don't forget that if you delete a message, you can always visit the archives of this list http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MORAY/. The archives are also worth looking at, whether you be a new or established lister. ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx

Hi Ray, Happy New Year! I hope you're having a break from work, knowing you have been very busy. Thank you for this information! So Janet Richardson was 97 when she died. Her son James must have lived until 92 because of her great genes. I didn't order a certificate but on Scotlandspeople I found a probable marriage for Janet and William Stuart on 18 July 1829 in Aberlour. Does that make sense to you? She would have been 33 and William Stuart age 45 - seems a bit old for those times. Her son, James Stuart, is my step-2x great-grandfather. When you have time, I would like to have from you the information on her 2 brothers and sister, Ann. I am curious to know what you are researching - your email address explains a lot but I wonder how extensively you are researching Aberlour. Thanks again. Gay -----Original Message----- From: Aberloursearch@aol.com [mailto:Aberloursearch@aol.com] Sent: December 31, 2004 9:11 AM To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MORAY] Another STUART household mystery Hello Gay, Janet Richardson was born c. 1796 in Knockando and died February 1, 1893 in Aberlour she was the daughter of John Richardson and Helen Flemming she also had 4 brothers and one sister that i know off. Of these other children i do have a bit of information on her brothers William and Andrew and also her sister Ann, if you would like this information also please just let me know. Helen Flemming as above was born c. 1767 in Knockando and died January 6, 1863 in Aberlour she was the daughter of Siveno Flemming and Helen Duthie. I do not have any further information on this family. Regards ray ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== " Reply All " ........Please, please, please, when replying to a posted message make sure that the reply is sent to the list and not just the sender of the message. This is done by clicking " Reply All " Thank you ;-) ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

karen wrote: > ... > Civil Parish: Botriphnie Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: - > Folio: 1 Page: 1 > Address: Masson Lodge > Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks > INNES David M 28 Shoemaker Banffshire > MOIR George M 30 Shoemaker Jrnymn Banffshire > INNES James M 20 Shoemaker Appren Banffshire > MACGRIGGOR Jane F 18 Female Servant Banffshire > It appears that his future wife was a servant in this home > before their marriage. > My question is this: If his family also lived in Botriphnie at this > time (which they did), why would he be living with these chaps. He was the Master Shoemaker, and they were his Journeyman (= man paid by the day, nothing to do with travelling) and Apprentice. Their board and lodging was probably a significan part of what he paid them > Do you know of 'Masson Lodge'? I can't find "Masson Lodge" in Botriphnie on any map, ancient or modern. In the 1861 Census for Botriphnie, the shoemaker (now Alex Sellar) lives at "Lodge", which appears in the Enumeration next to Lynemore, in the southeast corner of the parish. > Would it have been a boarding house? No, just a house, although it would appear to have remained the shoemaker's house for at least 20 years, with changing tenants. The "boarders" were actually his employees (including, it appears, his future wife! Gavin Bell

Hello Carol, The parents of Peter McKerron who married Helen Davidson were William McKerron and Margaret Ronald Peter or Patrick was born in Rothes on July 11, 1796. He had one brother and one sister that i know about namely John born August 1, 1798 in Rothes and Margaret born January 18, 1805 in Rothes.This Margaret died in Rothes on September 22, 1874 and had one son that i know about William Anderson who was the informant on his mother's death certificate. I have completed a one name study of the McKerron surname so if there is anything else you would like to know about this side of the family please don't hesitate to ask. In the meantime anything you can let me have on your Innes or Younie lines would be very much appreciated to add to my evergrowing database Regards ray

Hello Gay, Janet Richardson was born c. 1796 in Knockando and died February 1, 1893 in Aberlour she was the daughter of John Richardson and Helen Flemming she also had 4 brothers and one sister that i know off. Of these other children i do have a bit of information on her brothers William and Andrew and also her sister Ann, if you would like this information also please just let me know. Helen Flemming as above was born c. 1767 in Knockando and died January 6, 1863 in Aberlour she was the daughter of Siveno Flemming and Helen Duthie. I do not have any further information on this family. Regards ray

Hi Laura As I said I have not come across the word 'party' used in records of births but I notice that the entries you quote do not use the terms 'lawful' and 'natural' and you state that the words spouse and wife are quite clear when used. In this case could the entries be for illegitimate children rather than those from an irregular marriage? On the other hand one of the forms of irregular marriage was cohabitation or 'habit and repute' in which case they may have used 'party' in these cases. I do not know but there has to be someone who can give a clear answer. Regards Ian

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg//BgC.2ACI/1140.1 Message Board Post: Just looking back at old postings and found your enquiry. I have a Maragaret Anderson married to my great,great grandfather, Alexander Spence,on 24th June 1820 at New Spynie. They had 1 child I know of, Barbara born 28th Jan 1823. I have further details on Barbara but nothing other than that. Hope this is some help.

Karen: The term "Masson Lodge" could be a misspelling of "Masonic Lodge." Although most Masonic Lodges do not have room & board facilities, it could be that it was used to receive mail during these times. You could contact the Grand Lodge of Scotland (Edinburgh) to see if they would give you the address of a local Lodge that might be able to provide some information on your relative. I should mention that, In some countries, Lodge membership lists are a private matter, although they could provide some genuine genealogical data. Good luck in your research, Don Davidson Los Alamos, New Mexico USA

Thanks, Ian; I'm pretty sure of the wording. They were quite clear when they said spouse or wife. Here are a couple from the same page of the register for Duthil: Hugh, son to James Watson, squarewright at Grantown, and Elspeth Grant his party was born 20th and baptized 28th May 1781 Isobel, daughter to John Fraser farmer in Mullochard and Barbara Cruikshank his party was baptized the 19? August 1781 I haven't checked to see if it is a tem used in later years, perhaps it went out of style in the 1800s and they started phrasing it differently? Laura > Hi Laura > > Gavin will probably give you a full reply to your query but I have looked at > quite a lot of Parish Records of Births and must say I have not come across > the description of the mother as 'party'. Are you sure this is the correct > word? Could it be 'spouse'? > > In the first instance you give this records the birth of an illegitimate > child. If the couple were married the child would be described as 'Lawful' not > 'Natural'. Bear in mind that although an 'irregular' marriage was frowned upon > by the Kirk it was perfectly legal and if the parties married after the birth > of a child and were free to marry at the time of the birth then the child > could be legitimised by that subsequent marriage. The interpretation of your > second example could depend on the exact wording. > > Ian A C Scott > Gavin: I've run across these two phrasing in the parish registers regarding births, is either of them describing a child born to one of the "irregular" marriages you describe below? Grace, natural daughter of James McBain and Margaret Grant, born . . . Robert, son of James McBain and Margaret Grant his party, born . . Laura > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > MORAY OPR's. The OPR's for the Moray area are now starting to be transcribed > and volunteers are needed. Would anyone interested in transcribing the OPR's > for our area please contact me via my usual email address or visit the Moray > Rootsweb pages and contact me via the mailing list Admin. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

Hi Laura Gavin will probably give you a full reply to your query but I have looked at quite a lot of Parish Records of Births and must say I have not come across the description of the mother as 'party'. Are you sure this is the correct word? Could it be 'spouse'? In the first instance you give this records the birth of an illegitimate child. If the couple were married the child would be described as 'Lawful' not 'Natural'. Bear in mind that although an 'irregular' marriage was frowned upon by the Kirk it was perfectly legal and if the parties married after the birth of a child and were free to marry at the time of the birth then the child could be legitimised by that subsequent marriage. The interpretation of your second example could depend on the exact wording. Ian A C Scott

Hi everyone, My Innes' lived in Botriphnie for at least a hundred years. David Innes was b. there around 1783. His son, David Innes, was born 1812 in Botriphnie as well, according to my records. He married Jane MacGregor around 1841 or 1842. This is his record from the 1841 census (obviously before he was married): Piece: SCT1841/148 Place: Botriphnie-Banffshire Enumeration District: 1 Civil Parish: Botriphnie Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: - Folio: 1 Page: 1 Address: Masson Lodge Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks INNES David M 28 Shoemaker Banffshire MOIR George M 30 Shoemaker Jrnymn Banffshire INNES James M 20 Shoemaker Appren Banffshire MACGRIGGOR Jane F 18 Female Servant Banffshire I appears that his future wife was a servant in this home before their marriage. My question is this: If his family also lived in Botriphnie at this time (which they did), why would he be living with these chaps. I suppose he was grown man . . . Do you know of 'Masson Lodge'? Would it have been a boarding house? I notice that all of these men are shoemakers or shoemaker apprenctices. Does that mean anything? Just interested in hearing from some of you Scots about what life was like in 1841 in the area -- would this have been typical? Thanks! Karen Karen Sutton <karenjsutton@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Hi everyone, I am looking for information on several families, but I wanted to focus on McGregor and Hart for the time being. I have Gregor McGregor, b. 1784 in Kirkmichael, married Mary Hart (b. 1793) and had at least two children: Jane b. abt 1823 and Elizabeth Darby b. 1824. Gregor died in 1863 in Keith and Mary in 1864 in Keith (listed as a pauper). Jane McGregor married David Innes of Botriphnie in abt 1841. Do these names ring bells for anyone? Thanks, Karen in California ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== Please do not send virus warnings to this list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact the list admin at MORAY-D-request@rootsweb.com or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Gavin: I've run across these two phrasing in the parish registers regarding births, is either of them describing a child born to one of the "irregular" marriages you describe below? Grace, natural daughter of James McBain and Margaret Grant, born . . . Robert, son of James McBain and Margaret Grant his party, born . . Laura > Until the 1940 reform, there were three forms of Irregular Marriage. > The term is confusing, because, while such unions may not have been much > to the liking of the Kirk, they were, in all other respects (eg > legitimisation of offspring, inheritance, etc) perfectly valid. > > These "Irrgular" forms were: > > (1) marriage by cohabitaion with habit and repute. This meant that, if > a couple lived together for a period of time (length unspecified) as if > they were married, then the Law deemed that they were. This is still valid. > > (2) promise 'subsequente copula'. This covered the case where a man > promised marriage, and sexual intercourse followed. In the nature of > things, this would have been rather difficult to witness, and I suspect > may have been rather difficult to prove, had it ever come to court. > > (3) declaration. Simply declaring yourselves to be man and wife meant > that you were. Very oddly, there was no specific requirement that the > declaration had to be witnessed - it was left to the court to decide > whether such a declaration had occurred - although witnesses would > clearly be useful!.

Hello List To add to the fray but so little. Charles DAVIDSON marr 15 Feb 1845 Drainie, Ann WISEMAN bn 19.4.1822 Drainie, father Alexander WISEMAN 1774-1855 & Ann RUSSELL 1782-1876. (WISEMAN IS MY LINE OF RESEARCH). Pearl M. New Zealand.

Hi everyone, I am looking for information on several families, but I wanted to focus on McGregor and Hart for the time being. I have Gregor McGregor, b. 1784 in Kirkmichael, married Mary Hart (b. 1793) and had at least two children: Jane b. abt 1823 and Elizabeth Darby b. 1824. Gregor died in 1863 in Keith and Mary in 1864 in Keith (listed as a pauper). Jane McGregor married David Innes of Botriphnie in abt 1841. Do these names ring bells for anyone? Thanks, Karen in California

Hi Carol, Katherine and All Thanks for your inputs re Scottish women called Bunty. Sheena tells me that there were "many girls called "Bunty" when she was at school in Aberdeenshire in the 1940s. So it seems that it was also a Scottish name but the main sources haven't caught up yet. I would guess that the use in Scotland may be a 20th century development as in England. We hope to find a possible derivation from a friend in Banff. I've put it in the database. The launch of What's In A Name has leaked out randomly, due to my finger trouble. Anyone would think it was a government "initiative"! We still have more "tarting-up" to do but I think it is ready to go so anyone can now look at it [see URL below]. Best wishes and virtual tots of purest Malt to all. The Tamnavoulin Carol sent me was perfect! Ray http://www.whatsinaname.net/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "carol" <carol@wakefieldfhs.org.uk> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Christian name > Thanks Ray, > > Bunty Mitchell b abt 1910 presumed in Scotland, possibly in > Aberdeenshire but not only guessing. > > The other was a lady who when I knew her was in her mid 80's so would > have been born around pre WW1 years and was from North Yorkshire - a > similar time to the Scottish Bunty. > > Just as an afterthought, there was a UK tv programme a 'few' years ago > called HOW and one of the presenters was Bunty James - she would have > been born in the latter half of the 1900's > > You will be going live as we say shortly, so my very best wishes for > the official launch - I send you a virtual dram of Tamnavoulin, a > breakfast whiskey so it can be drunk anytime. > > Carol > Admin Moray Mailing List > www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/morayweb > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Hennessy" <rayhennessy@iclway.co.uk> > To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 7:49 PM > Subject: Re: [MORAY] Christian name > > >> Hi Carol >> >> "Bunty" - English; originally a nickname of uncertain >> derivation.Popular in the 20th century as a baptismal name. >> Possibly derived from a pet-name [no pun intended, I think] >> for a lamb from the old English "to bunt" = to butt gently. >> >> Source: the Oxford Names Companion. >> >> That may be one of the English names I will add in due >> course. Can you send me details of the Bunty you've found. >> It isn't Scottish but I have some English names in the database. >> >> Thanks for input >> >> Ray >> http://www.whatsinaname.net/index.html >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "carol" <carol@wakefieldfhs.org.uk> >> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 1:37 PM >> Subject: [MORAY] Christian name >> >> >>> Morning Ray and listers >>> >>> George and I have been communicating now for several weeks and in >>> some info came across a BUNTY. >>> >>> I've been to your site Ray and it comes up blank. >>> >>> Now I've only know one other Bunty and that was a family pet name >>> that stuck and everyone eventually called this very nice, Yorkshire >>> lady Bunty. I've no idea what her real name was, even her children >>> called her Bunty. >>> >>> Anyone any ideas what Bunty's real name could be or was it as it is. >>> >>> Carol >>> Admin Moray Mailing List >>> www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/morayweb >>> >>> ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== >>> If you need to unsub for your holidays, change your email address, >>> or report anything to the admin of the list - all this information >>> can be found at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/MORAY.html >>> >>> ============================== >>> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== >> MORAY OPR's. The OPR's for the Moray area are now starting to be >> transcribed and volunteers are needed. Would anyone interested in >> transcribing the OPR's for our area please contact me via my usual >> email address or visit the Moray Rootsweb pages and contact me via >> the mailing list Admin. >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== > " Reply All " ........Please, please, please, when replying to a > posted message make sure that the reply is sent to the list and not > just the sender of the message. This is done by clicking " Reply All > " Thank you ;-) > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

Hi Peigi, Happy New Year, I just found Martin James Lambert my grandfather in the 1891 Cencus at age 4 Born in Lowestoft Norfolk England, Parents Martin Lambert and Florence Carr. I then found Florence Carr in the same town in an earlier Cencus she was aged 2,so I am getting there. her mother is in the cencus too.I just started this searching and am getting Hooked!!! Ann peigi mulligan <pmulligan@hvc.rr.com> wrote:While much of the recent discussion is on Davidson, I thought I'd add the line I'm working on. I've had such success with other lines of the family, I'm hoping the same will occur with this line, reacquainting my friend Ann with more cousins. To date, she and I have primarily used the Elgin Library and the IGI. While I've used scotlandspeople, I've been waiting for the earlier census', and will go back on there soon. Mary or Margaret DAVIDSON, b abt 1820, Hopeman, parents, I believe, Donald or Daniel DAVIDSON & JANET MAIN. She married in 1842 WILLIAM MCPHERSON, b abt 1816. William and Mary had a daughter Mary, b abt 1848 Hopeman, who married in 1872 Duffus, James Ralph b 1848 (son of Donald Ralph & Ann Main). James and Mary had a daughter Ann b 1872 Hopeman, married 1894 William Main b 1865 Burghead. William and Ann Main had a daughter Jessie Ann Main b 1909 Burghead. If I were to give a dinner in 1890-early 1900's Burghead, I'd like to invite anyone who remembers any of the Lamberts. We seem to be stuck finding genealogic information Martin Lambert 3rd's grandparents: Martin 3rd: b 1910 Hopeman, married Jessie Ann Main, d 1962, son of Martin 2nd b abt 1885 ?, married Magdalene Murray, d 1969, son of 1st Martin b? d? married Florence Kerr. Cheers, Peigi ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== If you need to unsub for your holidays, change your email address, or report anything to the admin of the list - all this information can be found at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/MORAY.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Forwarding this message from Alex Alex wrote :- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Gray" <gray101239@btinternet.com> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 3:24 PM Subject: {not a subscriber} Christian name > My wife's pal in Montrose is known as Bunty and her Christian name is > Christine. > > Alex. > > >

Re the query as to how to obtain a copy of the report in the Register of Corrected Enties; I have on a number of occasions where I have downloaded death Certs. from scotlandspeople (SP)and a notation has been entered in margin, I have sent a request via the link on the SP website "Contact Us" for a photostat copy of the report. You do have to provide the Entry No. and the name of the parish where the event was registered and the date in addition to the Vol. Number and date of the report. There is however a charge if you require an official certified copy. If you are a regular subscriber to SP with a password, SP will have the details of your mailing address etc. HTH George in Ottawa >From: IACSCOTT@aol.com >Reply-To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com >To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [MORAY] Illegtimate - James Harrold, Bogentenny, Pluscarden >1873 >Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 07:28:01 EST > >Hi Iain > >Gavin has already explained the margin note in the entry that you have but >to see the actual entry you will either have to go to NRH where you will be >able to examined the Register of Corrected entries entry, buy a proper >copy of >the certificate which should have the details from the Register of >Corrected >Entries on the reverse or await these entries becoming available on the >Scotlandspeople website where you can search for a fee. As far as I am >aware these >are the only options short of getting someone who is visiting NRH to have >a >look for you and transcribe the entry. > >Ian A C Scott > > >==== MORAY Mailing List ==== >Please do not send virus warnings to this list. If you have concerns about >a virus, contact the list admin at MORAY-D-request@rootsweb.com or join >VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors >at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: >http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >

I have Catherine DAVIDSON (b1849, Cruden, Abd) who married millworker Theodore LESLIE (b1848, Ordiquill, Banffshire), son of Jane (b1828, Keith, Banf) and her 1st cousin farmer Theodore LESLIE (b1826, Marnoch), son of Isabel (n DUNCAN) & James LESLIE (b1796, Marnoch), son of Isabel (n SMITH) & Theodore LESLIE (b1766). Jane LESLIE (b1828, Keith) was the daughter of Margaret (n ROBERTSON) & Theodore LESLIE (1799-1864), a yr son of Isabel & Theodore above. Does any of this fit in? Cheers Chris Ridings from Ryde, NSW -----Original Message----- From: Jackie C [mailto:jackiecall@netspace.net.au] Sent: Tuesday, 28 December 2004 4:51 To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [MORAY] RE: Davidson New to the list and Scotland research - Have Peter/Patrick Leslie m Janet Davidson. Jean/Jane Leslie born Marnoch 1800 m Wm Young Son Alexander born c 1833 married Kitty Raines 1857 Australia. Other known sons Peter Young born Marnoch 1829 James Young born Marnoch 1834 David Young born 1837/38 - went to Australia then New Zealand. Wm and sons living in Fordyce in 1841. Cheers Jackie/Melbourne -----Original Message----- From: Chris Ridings [mailto:tutu@atu.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 29 December 2004 4:28 AM To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [MORAY] RE: Davidson Good to hear from you again, Ann. I remember us swapping info on LESLIEs some years ago before PCs. Clatt appears to be a long way inland west of Cruden, so it would appear that our DAVIDSONs would have to go back a long way to find a connection. I understand that there were many DAVIDSONs in Abd. There appears to be at least more than one occasion where your Davidsons found their Miss Right. Shalom Chris Ridings -----Original Message----- From: Anne Burgess [mailto:anne.burgess@btinternet.com] Sent: Tuesday, 21 December 2004 9:05 To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MORAY] RE: Davidson Since we are swapping Davidsons: In my direct line I have John Davidson (1781-1861), born Tofthill of Auchline, Clatt, Aberdeenshire, son of Alexander Davidson and Margaret Wright. He married Christian Wright. Anne ______________________________ ==== MORAY Mailing List ==== If you need to unsub for your holidays, change your email address, or report anything to the admin of the list - all this information can be found at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/MORAY.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ______________________________