Hello Maggie, > > My husbands, Grandfather a George Geddes took in a child > to raise her name was Winnie. For years we thought she was a Geddes but > Winnie told us the story she was given to the Geddes family to raise. Winnie > was really Winnie Walker. She later married a Grant. > > You mentioned in one of your emails about Castle Gordon. > Do you know the house between the two bridges? The house was built for the > water bailiff who is a relative of my husbands, Alexander Geddes, 1847-1931 > The house is called the "Gate House". "The Gate House" was built with the > same stone as Castle Gordon. > > The Lady who owns the Gate House now took us on a tour of > her house in 1998 I wonder if she is still alive her name was Winifred. > > Baxter Soups was on Castle Gordon land. Baxter worked > for Castle Gordon as a gardener. The story is his wife made good soup and > was encouraged to go into business. Hence Baxter Soups. > > Bye for now, > Catherine > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maggie Symon" <[email protected]> > To: "The Hawthorne's" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:23 AM > Subject: Re: [MORAY] Where can I go from here? > > > > In message <[email protected]>, The Hawthorne's > > <[email protected]> writes > > >Hello Maggie, > > > Are you related to the Geddes family ? I have geddes in my > family > > >tree from Elgin area and Burghead. > > >Bye for now, > > >Catherine > > > > Hi Catherine > > > > As far as I can *prove* I am not related to any Geddes family; the > > Geddes middle name my Grandfather has a mystery and first appears on his > > *death* certificate. It isn't a family name, might be his father's > > name, or could be just that his mother was working for the Geddes in > > Auchenreath, Bellie in the 1901 census and he grew up there as a child. > > Being able to find a birth certificate for him might throw some light on > > it. ;-( I am afraid my direct line has been embedded in Bellie since > > about 1768, though I have just tracked down one of Mary Lobban's son's > > in Glasgow. ;-) > > > > Bye > > Maggie > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Maggie" <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:40 AM > > >Subject: [MORAY] Where can I go from here? > > > > > > > > >> Hi Anyone have any suggestions what I can try next? I have two blocks > > >> which I can't find on Scotland's People or Elgin Registrars Office > > >> despite having dates I think are reliable. > > >> > > >> James Geddes Symon > > >> b 17 March 1903 (Navy Record of Service Document, 1939-44 and death > > >> records, 1974) > > >> Mother was Margaret Symon > > >> > > >> Would he have to supply a birth certificate to the navy in 1939? > > >> > > >> > > >> Mary Thomson (nee Lobban) > > >> b c1800, Burghnamary, Boharm (Bellie Parish Poor Relief Records, > 1866-77 > > >> and census 1841-71) > > >> m 29 Jan 1821 to George Thomson in Bellie (Banns) > > >> d 2 Oct 1877 (Bellie Parish Poor Relief Records, 1866-77) > > >> > > >> I have read the Boharm OPR between 1795-1805 and searched the death > > >> records between 1872-81 on SP and the Registrars. > > >> > > >> > > >> Also any suggestions how I can get further back than: > > >> > > >> James Thomson and Mary Gordon > > >> b unknown - outside Bellie > > >> m 21 Nov 1768 in Bellie (banns) > > >> > > >> I am wondering if they came to Spey Bay for the start of the Spey > > >> Fishery Company in 1765 (Gordon Castle Records). Does anyone know if > > >> these records list of employees, pay records or anything like that? > > >> Should I plan a trip to Edinburgh sometime? > > >> > > >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Maggie > > >> > > >> "The pursuit of Truth and Beauty is a sphere of activity in which we > are > > >> permitted to remain children all our lives." Albert Einstein > > >> > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > > >the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >This email has been verified as Virus free. > > >Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net > > > > -- > > > > Maggie > > > > "The pursuit of Truth and Beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are > > permitted to remain children all our lives." Albert Einstein >

Hi Listers Could any lister advise me where Castle Gordon is located and if anyone has any info of names of staff who may have been employed there Thanks Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Hawthorne's" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 6:09 AM Subject: [MORAY] Castle Gordon/ Family > > > > Hello Maggie, > > > > My husbands, Grandfather a George Geddes took in a child > > to raise her name was Winnie. For years we thought she was a Geddes but > > Winnie told us the story she was given to the Geddes family to raise. > Winnie > > was really Winnie Walker. She later married a Grant. > > > > You mentioned in one of your emails about Castle Gordon. > > Do you know the house between the two bridges? The house was built for the > > water bailiff who is a relative of my husbands, Alexander Geddes, > 1847-1931 > > The house is called the "Gate House". "The Gate House" was built with the > > same stone as Castle Gordon. > > > > The Lady who owns the Gate House now took us on a tour > of > > her house in 1998 I wonder if she is still alive her name was Winifred. > > > > Baxter Soups was on Castle Gordon land. Baxter worked > > for Castle Gordon as a gardener. The story is his wife made good soup and > > was encouraged to go into business. Hence Baxter Soups. > > > > Bye for now, > > Catherine > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Maggie Symon" <[email protected]> > > To: "The Hawthorne's" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:23 AM > > Subject: Re: [MORAY] Where can I go from here? > > > > > > > In message <[email protected]>, The Hawthorne's > > > <[email protected]> writes > > > >Hello Maggie, > > > > Are you related to the Geddes family ? I have geddes in my > > family > > > >tree from Elgin area and Burghead. > > > >Bye for now, > > > >Catherine > > > > > > Hi Catherine > > > > > > As far as I can *prove* I am not related to any Geddes family; the > > > Geddes middle name my Grandfather has a mystery and first appears on his > > > *death* certificate. It isn't a family name, might be his father's > > > name, or could be just that his mother was working for the Geddes in > > > Auchenreath, Bellie in the 1901 census and he grew up there as a child. > > > Being able to find a birth certificate for him might throw some light on > > > it. ;-( I am afraid my direct line has been embedded in Bellie since > > > about 1768, though I have just tracked down one of Mary Lobban's son's > > > in Glasgow. ;-) > > > > > > Bye > > > Maggie > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Maggie" <[email protected]> > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > >Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 11:40 AM > > > >Subject: [MORAY] Where can I go from here? > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hi Anyone have any suggestions what I can try next? I have two > blocks > > > >> which I can't find on Scotland's People or Elgin Registrars Office > > > >> despite having dates I think are reliable. > > > >> > > > >> James Geddes Symon > > > >> b 17 March 1903 (Navy Record of Service Document, 1939-44 and death > > > >> records, 1974) > > > >> Mother was Margaret Symon > > > >> > > > >> Would he have to supply a birth certificate to the navy in 1939? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Mary Thomson (nee Lobban) > > > >> b c1800, Burghnamary, Boharm (Bellie Parish Poor Relief Records, > > 1866-77 > > > >> and census 1841-71) > > > >> m 29 Jan 1821 to George Thomson in Bellie (Banns) > > > >> d 2 Oct 1877 (Bellie Parish Poor Relief Records, 1866-77) > > > >> > > > >> I have read the Boharm OPR between 1795-1805 and searched the death > > > >> records between 1872-81 on SP and the Registrars. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Also any suggestions how I can get further back than: > > > >> > > > >> James Thomson and Mary Gordon > > > >> b unknown - outside Bellie > > > >> m 21 Nov 1768 in Bellie (banns) > > > >> > > > >> I am wondering if they came to Spey Bay for the start of the Spey > > > >> Fishery Company in 1765 (Gordon Castle Records). Does anyone know if > > > >> these records list of employees, pay records or anything like that? > > > >> Should I plan a trip to Edinburgh sometime? > > > >> > > > >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > >> -- > > > >> > > > >> Maggie > > > >> > > > >> "The pursuit of Truth and Beauty is a sphere of activity in which we > > are > > > >> permitted to remain children all our lives." Albert Einstein > > > >> > > > >> ------------------------------- > > > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > > in > > > >the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >This email has been verified as Virus free. > > > >Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Maggie > > > > > > "The pursuit of Truth and Beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are > > > permitted to remain children all our lives." Albert Einstein > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1233 - Release Date: 1/19/2008 6:37 PM > >

> Could any lister advise me where Castle Gordon is located and > if anyone has > any info of names of staff who may have been employed there First of all, it's Gordon Castle, not Castle Gordon. It is just outside the village of Fochabers in the parish of Bellie, County of Moray. (No, NOT 'Moray County!). I am not aware of any publicly available lists of staff names, other than those who are recorded in the censuses. I am led to believe that the surviving estate archives are at Goodwood House, which is in the south of England, the home of the Dukes of Richmond and Gordon who owned Gordon Castle. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/browse.php?p=773459 for a map and photographs. Anne