Hi Leonie Thanks for the response. There appears to have been quite a diaspora of Deys and related families in the latter half of the 19th century. There are Deys in Australia in different parts, New Zealand again different parts but mainly around Dunedin. Peter Dey (1836-1892) like most Deys a carpenter went in 1865 and was a successful building contractor and became the first Mayor of Mosgiel (established by a relative of Robert Burns hence the name), Dunedin.He was the son of Alexander Dey 1805 - 1865 who was carpenter and farmer at Forkins, Botriphnie and neighbour to George McWillie. Peter's cousin Jane Dey married William Keith in Nov 1859. They went to New Zealand and Australia but moved back to New Zealand where they died. There are also Deys from Mortlach who went to South Africa and one of them James Dey served in the South African Rifles and died in WWI, his folks were in Pretoria S.A.. He is commemorated on a memorial in Botriphnie Kirkyard I have information on James Dey and Elizabeth Mitchell (parents William Mitchell and Helen Clark) who were married at Mortlach in 1856. John Dey their son who married distant relative Hannah Grant was born at Mortlach and was baptised 30 March 1858. I will contact you direct. I am also looking for information on the Anderson family of Aberlour. Elizabeth Anderson (1771 -1850) who married James Dey (abt 1773-1850) was the daughter of James Anderson b Dec 1724 at Aberlour. If any Anderson researchers have any information I would welcome hearing from them. Best Regards George On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:28 AM, Leonie Oliver <gloliver@bigpond.net.au>wrote: > Hello George > I can't help you with going further back, but I do have a connection to the > DEY family- > John DEY married Hannah GRANT at her parents' house in Rothes on 29 June > 1889. John was the son of James DEY and Elizabeth MITCHELL. James DEY was > the son of James (2) DEY and Jane STEWART, James (2) DEY was the son of > James (3) DEY and Elizabeth ANDERSON. > John DEY was born in Dufftown about 1860 and died 12 Oct 1914 in Glasgow. > He too was a carpenter. He and Hannah had 2 sons-James (4) born 1890 and > John (2) born 1892. > John (2) married before WW1 but died in France on 1 July 1916. I don't > think he had any children, but from the death indexes it appears his widow > had at least 3. > James (4) married Amelia Isabella McGURK on 28 Feb 1913 and had 5 children > I > think. If you would like more information on them please contact me on > gloliver@bigpond.net.au. > My interest in the DEY family is through Hannah GRANT who was the daughter > of David Grant and Unnie Findlay. Four of Unnie's sisters and a brother > immigrated to Australia in the 1850s while Unnie and her sister Bathia and > a > brother James stayed at home in Scotland. > I am a descendant of one of Unnie's sisters. > Regards > Leonie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 message > > > ------------------------------- > 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 message > -- George Brander Torre de la Horadada España