Hello I have on my family tree a George Riach b 1792 and Alexander Riach b 1787 who were born in Rothes. Alexander went on to marry Elizabeth Mitchell and I have reason to believe George married Helen Forsythe and had 5 children in Rothes before going to Ontario Canada before the 1841 with his wifes sister and husband. They had another child there. He was in Brant County Canada in 1851 census aged 60 and he and his wife are buried in Wentworth Ancaster. George and Helen's daughter Ann Riach b 1821 died after falling down a well at the family home just before she became engaged in 1843, husband to be is unknown Kind regards Lorraine ----- Original Message ----- From: <moray-request@rootsweb.com> To: <moray@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 4:00 PM Subject: MORAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 36 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Alex and George RIACH (George Brander) > 2. Lamb Family, Nairn - Elizabeth Lamb of Questionable Character > (Sherry) > 3. Re: Lamb Family, Nairn - Elizabeth Lamb of Questionable > Character (jecroft@att.net) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 15:23:21 +0100 > From: George Brander <george.brander@gmail.com> > Subject: [MORAY] Alex and George RIACH > To: Moray@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <eb9663161003060623h8351ee0k72d7741f412f4cb7@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > I am trying to find out the parents of Alexander and George Riach and any > siblings and to which branch of the Riach family they belong . It is said > that their father tenanted the farm of Cairnty and his mother was a famous > itinerant preacher. (So famous that I cannot find her!).From what I can > find > out Cairnty is in Boharm formerly part of Dundurcas parish. > > In 1829 Alex Riach was appointed assistant schoolmaster at Keith when > James > Smith became parish schoolmaster at the Tolbooth School. Prior to this > both > Alex Riach and his brother George are said to have taught in a private > school in Aberdeen. Alex was not popular at Keith and left for Banff > Academy > from where he went abroad to be the minister in a church in the British > colony of Berbice which became part of British Guiana. According to the > Fasti Ecclesiae Scotanicae he was appointed to St Clements, Berbice in 13 > March 1849 and died 19 April 1855 at New Amsterdam, Berbice. His wife Mary > had died a few weeks earlier on 16 March 1855. > > I think I have found both brothers on the Roll of Alumni in Arts of the > University and King?s College, Aberdeen. George appears in the section > 1818-1822 as having been a first year student, and then in 1819-1823 as a > second, third and fourth year student. Alex appears 1819-1823 doing these > four years. > > My next trace of Alex is in the 1841 census where he is at Maggyknockater, > Boharm a teacher age 55 born outside census county. Maggyknockater is in > the > bit of Banffshire Boharm . The Cairnty part of Boharm was formerly part of > Dundurcas parish in Moray so if he was born Cairnty or thereabouts it > would > be out of the census county of Banffshire. It doesn?t help that the Boharm > (including the Banffshire portions) are found on the census films for > Moray. > > I cannot find any trace in Scotland of brother George. There is a George > Riach appears on the 1852 Canadian census age 60 but I have no further > details except that he was a member of the Kirk of Scotland. > > One of the challenges in tracing the Riachs is that the name appears in a > variety of spellings. Reich, Reach, Reiach and Reaich being some of the > more > popular variations. However if any of the above information rings any > bells > with folk who have connections with Riachs from Rothes, Boharm, Keith etc. > I > would be grateful. > regards > George > -- > George Brander > Torre de la Horadada > Espa?a > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:50:45 -0500 > From: "Sherry" <wiccanpt2@netzero.net> > Subject: [MORAY] Lamb Family, Nairn - Elizabeth Lamb of Questionable > Character > To: <MORAY-L@rootsweb.com>, <sct-nairnshire@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000001cabd77$13912e40$3ab38ac0$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello All??.am attempting to trace an Isabel Lamb who married William > Calder (skip to the *** at the end of the message if you do not wish to > view the background of this story). No record of the marriage; however, a > James Calder (my 4th great) was born to this couple in 1785 Nairn, > Nairnshire (the only ?recorded? baptism indexed to this couple). Passed > down information in my family indicates his parents as ?? Calder and Janet > Lamb. He named his first son William so I assume this is the name of his > father. All I know with certainty is that when he married Janet MacIntosh > and had children, all events occurred in Nairn, Nairnshire. > > I am presently working on the theory that his mother - this Isabel Lamb > was born to Peter Lamb and Florence Monroe in 1757 Nairn. No Peter?s or > Florences? in my early Calder family ? actually all I have is James Calder > mentioned above and Isabel Calder born about 1789. No other clues with > regard to their roots. Isabella never married, came over to Canada with > James in 1832. > > Although grasping at straws, I believe the progenitors of this Lamb family > were Hugh Lamb / Lambie / Lammie and Isabel Montgomery. The task of > proving is difficult as the mothers? names were not recorded in earlier > Nairn, Nairnshire baptismal records. The union is based on a > circumstantial timeline?.assuming every event was recorded?.in a perfect > world :-). As of yet, I have not viewed their marriage record from > Auldearn - they were recorded as ?contracted? in January 1706 Nairn, > Nairnshire (testificate). At that time, Hugh was residing in Nairn and > Isabel in Auldearn. > > A Peter / Patrick Lamb was born to this couple (Hugh Lamb / Isabel > Mongomery) in 1718 Broadley, Nairn, Nairnshire and it is this Peter who > may have married Florence Munro and may have parented my Isabel Lamb in > 1757 Nairn??..too many ?what ifs? to count. > > In looking at deaths on sp, I have run into Janet (1776-1855) and > Elizabeth (1788?1863) Lamb ? parents listed on these records are Peter > Lamb and Anne McBain (although Janet was clearly born before they married > in 1782). I am working on the possibility that this Peter was brother to > my Isabel Lamb. A Peter is recorded to Peter Lamb and Florence Munro in > 1753 Nairn, Nairnshire. > > So??assuming that they stay in the area??.and the son, Peter Lamb married > Anne McBain?..I found four children; a Janet who never married; a Hugh who > is MIA; an Elizabeth who never married and an Anne. > > Although I took the ?scenic route? in this post, Elizabeth Lamb is the > subject of this post. She seemed to be quite a harlot :-) > > *********** > > I believe that Elizabeth had one child out of wedlock with George McKay, > an officer of excise in Alnes (?) Ross-shire. Their son, George baptized > in 1822 Nairn, is listed as Janet Lamb?s nephew on her death record in > 1855 Nairn, Nairnshire. Elizabeth is listed with Janet in the 1851 Census > for Nairn as her sister. > > Another illegitimate entry exists for a Hugh Cameron born 1824 Nairn to > John Cameron, mail coach driver and an Elizabeth Lamb. I am guessing that > this is my Elizabeth as there were not that many Lamb?s in Nairn. > > In the 1841 Census for Nairn, Nairnshire, an Elizabeth Lamb is listed in > the Nairn jail with ?no prof occupation?. Does this wording allude to the > fact that she had a shady occupation (professional) or that she had no > "proof" of employment? Remember....the only stupid question is the one > that is never asked :-) > > Would like to know your thoughts if you have some time. > > Kind regards, > > Sherry > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:02:56 +0000 > From: jecroft@att.net > Subject: Re: [MORAY] Lamb Family, Nairn - Elizabeth Lamb of > Questionable Character > To: moray@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <030720100202.26845.4B930950000B0F7F000068DD22193100029B0A02D29B9B0EBF9B00019D0C0A06@att.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > It simply means that she had "no profession or employment". > > -- > Jo-Ann > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Sherry" <wiccanpt2@netzero.net> >> In the 1841 Census for Nairn, Nairnshire, an Elizabeth Lamb is listed in >> the >> Nairn jail with ?no prof occupation?. Does this wording allude to the >> fact >> that she had a shady occupation (professional) or that she had no "proof" >> of >> employment? Remember....the only stupid question is the one that is >> never asked > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MORAY list administrator, send an email to > MORAY-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MORAY mailing list, send an email to > MORAY@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MORAY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MORAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 36 > ************************************ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >