Hello Karen and thank you for that really welcome information. Best wishes, Tony Savery ----- Original Message ----- From: "karen donald" <karenadona@yahoo.co.uk> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:52 AM Subject: Re: [MORAY] Geddes > Hi Tony > > Think you should be looking for Drainie Parish.See > below.( Birth place of James Ramsay McDonald) > > Building No.:1 > Location:GREGORY PLACE > Town/Village:LOSSIEMOUTH > Parish: DRAINIE > > Place of Birth: 1 GREGORY PLACE LOSSIEMOUTH > Father's Name: JOHN MACDONALD PLOUGHMAN SWEETHILLOCK > Mother's Name:ANNE RAMSAY HOUSEKEEPER( See NM149918)( > Libindx ref number) > > > Location:GREGORY PLACE. > Town/Village:LOSSIEMOUTH > Parish: DRAINIE > More Details: NAMED AFTER THOMAS GREGORY, MASON. > > Here are the IGI batch numbers > Drainie > > C111301 1855-1867 > M111301 1855-1875 > > C111302 1631-1650 and 1768-1855 > M111302 1666-1820 > > C111303 1868-1875 > M111304 1820-1846 > > 12 October 1866 > The birth of British Prime Minister James Ramsay > MacDonald at Lossiemouth, Morayshire, an illegitimate > son of Highland plowman John MacDonald and farm > servant Anne Ramsay. A model student at Drainie Parish > School. He was brought up in his grandmother's > cottage. > > Not sure if this is the grandmothers house but it is a > where the plaque is and a starting point for you. I am > sure some Lossie quine or loon will be able to tell > you.It near the East Beach. Thats all I know. > > > In the Moray papers about Ramsay McDonald > is a photograph of memorial plaque at 1 Gregory Place, > Lossiemouth, in "Northern Scot Christmas number" p27 - > > > > and plans of memorial shelter at Prospect Terrace, > Lossiemouth - ZCMn DE3/966/27 > > Again either of these may be of help. > > Karen Donald > > --- Tony Savery <hi.tone@hetnet.nl> wrote: >> Hello Angela, >> I believe I am right in saying that for searches for >> folk from Lossiemouth, >> you have to look under St. Andrews Lhanbryde or >> Elgin. Please correct me if >> I am wrong someone. I am myself trying to find where >> my great grandfather, >> Joseph Forsyth Taylor,(born 1861) had lived in >> Lossiemouth. He was said to >> have lived next door to Ramsay Macdonald and it >> would be nice to know if >> this was fact or fiction. >> Good luck, >> >> Tony Savery >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Angela Kelly" <angkelly@aapt.net.au> >> To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 8:59 AM >> Subject: [MORAY] Geddes >> >> >> > Anyone have a connection to John GEDDES who >> married Margaret HENDERSON in >> > Lossiemouth in 1885. His parents recorded in his >> marriage were James >> > GEDDES >> > and Barbara MORRISON both deceased. Unfortunately >> I cannot find their >> > deaths >> > nor does John's birth seem to be recorded even >> though it was about 1861. >> > Any >> > suggestions would be gratefully received. Angela >> > >> > >> > ==== 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 >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== 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 >> >> > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >