Hope you all had a good Christmas and your virtual guests gave you more questions to answer, which means lots more family meals, including the New Year meal and traditional party. If I had have been more organised this year I would have invited my g.grandmother Mary Duncan, the mother of Gladys Grace Brayshaw Rhind Duncan - where those names came from is anyones guess, but I wish I could have been there at the time the names were thought of. So Mary would have been at the top of the list for a Boxing Day meal. I would have plied her with food and drink ( non-alcoholic before the questions and alcoholic afterwards if needed) and asked her, quite innocently and diplomatically who she married. Did she tie the knott with a John Strachan and go to Canada. I know I've asked this question before in my mind and probably on the list too, but I would love to know if the present sent from Canada of table and bed linen for my mum and dad's wedding in the Tower Hotel was from her. Another burning question is - the picture of a lady sitting in on a dining chair in a garden, is it you Mary Duncan ? I would ask her why I can't find her marriage. Is that because she married in Canada. Even more confusing I can't find her going to Canada. As g.grandma had a previous booking this Boxing Day, could anyone on the list fill in my questions. Another guest for the day would have been my grandma, Gladys (Mary's daughter) as that would have been the only way I would have met her. Not forgetting my grandad, John Riach (1898) who I loved dearly. Again, so many questions. I think I had better go and get a list organised for the next family meal. Happy whats left of Christmas Carol list admin

Couldn't find the lady who came to Canada...I'll put my boots on.........and go and look if you give me a date.....apporximately.......Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Sklinar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: [MORAY] Christmas Dinner - Duncan and Strachan > Hope you all had a good Christmas and your virtual guests gave you more > questions to answer, which means lots more family meals, including the > New Year meal and traditional party. > > If I had have been more organised this year I would have invited my > g.grandmother Mary Duncan, the mother of Gladys Grace Brayshaw Rhind > Duncan - where those names came from is anyones guess, but I wish I > could have been there at the time the names were thought of. > > So Mary would have been at the top of the list for a Boxing Day meal. I > would have plied her with food and drink ( non-alcoholic before the > questions and alcoholic afterwards if needed) and asked her, quite > innocently and diplomatically who she married. Did she tie the knott > with a John Strachan and go to Canada. > > I know I've asked this question before in my mind and probably on the > list too, but I would love to know if the present sent from Canada of > table and bed linen for my mum and dad's wedding in the Tower Hotel was > from her. > > Another burning question is - the picture of a lady sitting in on a > dining chair in a garden, is it you Mary Duncan ? > > I would ask her why I can't find her marriage. Is that because she > married in Canada. Even more confusing I can't find her going to Canada. > > As g.grandma had a previous booking this Boxing Day, could anyone on the > list fill in my questions. > > Another guest for the day would have been my grandma, Gladys (Mary's > daughter) as that would have been the only way I would have met her. Not > forgetting my grandad, John Riach (1898) who I loved dearly. Again, so > many questions. I think I had better go and get a list organised for > the next family meal. > > Happy whats left of Christmas > > Carol > list admin > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Carol, No idea if this helps in your Gladys Grace Brayshaw Rhind Duncan puzzle or not but, in my tree, I have the following Grace Rhind links: Grace Rhind, b 1879 in Moray, parents Alexander Rhind and Christina Rhind. She married Charles Duffy. Grace Rhind, born 1906, Moray, married John McKandie in 1927 in The Manse, Elgin. Parents were Nathaniel Rhind and Anne Eliza Wilson who married in Lossie, 1905. The next one is a bit vague, I'm afraid: Grace Rhind, born Canada, had a son, Earl. Her parents were Nathaniel Rhind, born 1886 in Leith, Edinburgh who married Grace..... There might just be something that rings a bell! Regards, Linda Boyd ---- Carol Sklinar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hope you all had a good Christmas and your virtual guests gave you more > questions to answer, which means lots more family meals, including the > New Year meal and traditional party. > > If I had have been more organised this year I would have invited my > g.grandmother Mary Duncan, the mother of Gladys Grace Brayshaw Rhind > Duncan - where those names came from is anyones guess, but I wish I > could have been there at the time the names were thought of. > > So Mary would have been at the top of the list for a Boxing Day meal. I > would have plied her with food and drink ( non-alcoholic before the > questions and alcoholic afterwards if needed) and asked her, quite > innocently and diplomatically who she married. Did she tie the knott > with a John Strachan and go to Canada. > > I know I've asked this question before in my mind and probably on the > list too, but I would love to know if the present sent from Canada of > table and bed linen for my mum and dad's wedding in the Tower Hotel was > from her. > > Another burning question is - the picture of a lady sitting in on a > dining chair in a garden, is it you Mary Duncan ? > > I would ask her why I can't find her marriage. Is that because she > married in Canada. Even more confusing I can't find her going to Canada. > > As g.grandma had a previous booking this Boxing Day, could anyone on the > list fill in my questions. > > Another guest for the day would have been my grandma, Gladys (Mary's > daughter) as that would have been the only way I would have met her. Not > forgetting my grandad, John Riach (1898) who I loved dearly. Again, so > many questions. I think I had better go and get a list organised for > the next family meal. > > Happy whats left of Christmas > > Carol > list admin > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message