Hi Jim This is what I can glean easily from my brief notes. Our Janet GEDDIE was, according to a recently deceased cousin, born in Old Meldrum about 1799. John GRAY [born c 1781] married Janet [we believe] around the 1820s. John GRAY died 15 Dec 1874 aged "92" at Cairngall, Longside. On his DC, John's parents were George GRAY and Barbara SMITH. Janet GRAY [m.s. GEDDIE] died 19 Dec 1885 aged 85 at Tiffery, Longside. On her DC, Janet's parents were Alexander GEDDIE and Isobel CARLE. John & Janet GRAY had a son Malcolm GRAY. His dates are 17 Jun 1843 Longside - 24 Nov 1912 Longside. Malcolm married Jane WISELY on 14 Dec 1866 at Longside. Jane's dates were 5 Feb 1845 at Peterhead to 28 Jun 1909, ARI [Cairngall]. Jane was the daughter of James WISELY and Mary WATT. James married [1] Mary on 25 Feb 1839, and [2] Margaret GEDDES 10 July 1849. We have a lot of data on James WISELY++ but I still have to organise it. I think Malcolm had a twin, Duncan, but I have no data readily to hand on him. If any of this is of interest, I can dig further into our notebooks but I doubt if there is much more of substance. We have been unable to trace back any further. Barbara SMITH might have been the one born at Udny in 1790/91 but we have no way of proving it. HTH :-) Best wishes Ray Hennessy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Mackay" <james.mackay4@ntlworld.com> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Re: Falconer line, and Marjory GEDDES Keith and Portsoy > Howard Geddes and I have exchanged correspondence on GEDDIE/ GEDDES on > a > number of occasions. I have yet to find a cross-over between the two > names. > I am researching the Geddie families in the area and have a number of > Janet > GEDDIEs but not the one you have, so any information you can provide > about > her would be helpful. > > Regards, > > Jim Mackay > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> > To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: [MORAY] Re: Falconer line, and Marjory GEDDES Keith and > Portsoy > > >> Howard Geddes wrote: >> >> > For Ray Hennessy's info, one line seems to have ended up in >> > Aberlour. >> > (Ray: did we not correspond about them a long while ago?) >> >> Aye Howard, we did correspond on a number of aspects. >> >> We have a Margaret GEDDES, second wife of James WISELY [m.10.7.1849], >> but not, as far as I know, associated with Aberlour. Our link is >> with >> James WISELY's first wife, but I am desperately trying to document >> the >> extended tree in that area as about 7 or 8 living relatives want the >> whole mixture sorted out. >> >> Any information on that Margaret would be useful and very welcome. >> >> Incidentally we also have a Janet GEDDIE who married John GRAY >> somewhere >> in the Longside or nearby areas around 1820-1830. Are the GEDDIE >> line a >> variant of GEDDES?? Janet & John's son married the daughter of James >> WISELY's first wife, so the linking of the names GEDDES & GEDDIE >> would >> be intriguing! >> >> Best wishes >> >> Ray Hennessy >> >> ______________________________ > > > > ==== 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 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 >

Hi Ray, I think your latest confirms absolutely that your Janet GEDDIE is in fact Janet GEDDES. This flows from the IGI: ALEXANDER GEDDES Spouse: ISABEL CARLE Marriage: 29 AUG 1799 Longside, Aberdeen, Scotland M112185 Father: Alex Geddes, Mother: Isabel Carle 1. JOHN GEDDES Christening: 23 JAN 1802 Longside, Aberdeen, Scotland 2. ALEXANDER GEDDES - Christening: 19 JUN 1806 Longside, Aberdeen, Scotland No sign of Janet, but this is clearly her family. Why the variation? No idea! I should think it's just one of those things, and I personally wouldn't consider this a 'valid' occurrence of the surname GEDDIE, it's just a less than perfect memory of family names. HTH Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hennessy" <ray@whatsinaname.net> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Re: Falconer line, and Marjory GEDDES Keith and Portsoy > Hi Jim > > This is what I can glean easily from my brief notes. > > Our Janet GEDDIE was, according to a recently deceased cousin, born in > Old Meldrum about 1799. > John GRAY [born c 1781] married Janet [we believe] around the 1820s. > > John GRAY died 15 Dec 1874 aged "92" at Cairngall, Longside. > On his DC, John's parents were George GRAY and Barbara SMITH. > > Janet GRAY [m.s. GEDDIE] died 19 Dec 1885 aged 85 at Tiffery, Longside. > On her DC, Janet's parents were Alexander GEDDIE and Isobel CARLE. > > John & Janet GRAY had a son Malcolm GRAY. > His dates are 17 Jun 1843 Longside - 24 Nov 1912 Longside. > Malcolm married Jane WISELY on 14 Dec 1866 at Longside. > > Jane's dates were 5 Feb 1845 at Peterhead to 28 Jun 1909, ARI > [Cairngall]. > Jane was the daughter of James WISELY and Mary WATT. > James married [1] Mary on 25 Feb 1839, and [2] Margaret GEDDES 10 July > 1849. > We have a lot of data on James WISELY++ but I still have to organise it. > > I think Malcolm had a twin, Duncan, but I have no data readily to hand > on him. > > If any of this is of interest, I can dig further into our notebooks but > I doubt if there is much more of substance. We have been unable to > trace back any further. Barbara SMITH might have been the one born at > Udny in 1790/91 but we have no way of proving it. > > HTH :-) > > Best wishes > > Ray Hennessy