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 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