Hello: The following Frederick Prescott Forteath was a Colonel and married Margaret Hughes. Could this person be related to you? I found him on http://libindx.moray.gov.uk/mainmenu.asp Regards, L. Ross ------------------------- Biography Details Reference No.: NM054552 Surname: FORTEATH Forename(s): FREDERICK PRESCOTT Maiden Name: Occupation: COLONEL & LAIRD OF NEWTON & GOVERNOR OF ADEN Date of Birth: 02 AUG 1833 Place of Birth: Father's Name: ALEXANDER FORTEATH NEE WILLIAMSON OF NEWTON Mother's Name: CLEMENTINA ROBERTSON Biography: BROTHER OF GEORGE ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER & WILLIAM FORTEATH Marriage Details Spouses Name: MARGARET ALEXANDRA MACKENZIE HUGHES Date of Marriage: 19 AUG 1862 Place of Marriage: Married by: Marriage Narrative: PARENTS OF FREDERICK WILLIAM HUGHES & HENRY HUGHES & GEORGE NEWTON & ALISTER MACKENZIE & LAURA CHARLOTTE & MARY & FLORENCE EDITH FORTEATH Death Details Date of Death: 06 MAY 1907 Age: 73 Headstone Ref: Ec238 Place of Death: Parish Register: Death Narrative: Newspaper Articles Newspaper Description Date Page/Column MNE appointment as governor of Aden 08/08/1884 5/2 FG appointment as governor of Aden 12/08/1884 3/6 MNE commendation for action in Aden 05/12/1884 5/2 NS appointment as member of standing joint committee of commissioners of supply of Moray 23/10/1897 6/1 COURANT obituary 07/05/1907 4/6 FG obituary 08/05/1907 3/5 NS obituary & photograph 11/05/1907 6/7 BH death 11/05/1907 7/1 BH death 11/05/1907 7/1 NS death 11/05/1907 1/1 Miscellaneous Articles Date Description Miscellaneous 2002 monumental inscription at Knock of Alves - LMisc1404 Photographs & Illustrations 1907 photograph in "Northern Scot Christmas number" p38 - L 079 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com [mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of mirandamaxine@AOL.COM Sent: June 3, 2005 4:57 PM To: MORAY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MORAY] Forteath Family This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/BgC.2ACI/1291 Message Board Post: I'm trying to find information about my grandfather, Lt Col Frederick William Hughes Forteath formerly of Newton, Moray. ==== 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-admin@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