Family lore tells me that my great aunt and great uncle thru marriage worked on estates as a gardener and a maid. Does anyone recognize the names Caldwell Gardens and Drumearn Comrie? Are they estates or towns in Scotland? Sandra > From: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-D-request@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 20:00:55 -0700 > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-D@rootsweb.com > Subject: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-D Digest V03 #18 > > > SCOTLAND-GENWEB-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 18 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [ScotlandGenWeb] family search ["Lorraine Fisher" <fishrat@southwe] > #2 [ScotlandGenWeb] Dumfin, Scotland ["Sharon Montgomery" <sharon_montgo] > #3 Re: [ScotlandGenWeb] Fw: Surname i ["warren stoddart" <wasto@tpg.com.a] > #4 [ScotlandGenWeb] Natt or McNatt ["Nicole Page" <nicolepage@netyp.co] > > Administrivia: > > > > > ______________________________ > From: "Lorraine Fisher" <fishrat@southwest.com.au> > Date: Sunday, January 26, 2003 6:22 PM > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ScotlandGenWeb] family search > > Hi, Jim. did you know that there is a marriage for Alexander Bonnieman to > Isabel Smith 27 may 1764 at Fordyce, Banff, Scotland, in IGI batch no. > M111532 ? > It could be that your Isabel B was a widow when she married John Sutherland, > especially since there dont seem to be any children of the first marriage. > best wishes > Lorraine in W Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Thomson" <speed1@telkomsa.net> > To: <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 5:59 PM > Subject: [ScotlandGenWeb] family search > > >> Hi Everybody >> I am searching for Isobel Bonnieman who was married to John Sutherland and > had a daughter Agnes and she married George Thomson I would also like > information regarding his parents to complete our family tree and to go > further back to there parents on both sides of the family hoping somebody > can assist in this quest also if possible if somebody in buckie or near > rathven banff scotland could send me a photo of no 3 orran cottage this will > very much appreciated. >> best regards jim thomson >> >> > > ______________________________ > From: "Sharon Montgomery" <sharon_montgomery@hotmail.com> > Date: Sunday, January 26, 2003 7:19 PM > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ScotlandGenWeb] Dumfin, Scotland > > Is anyone familiar with a Dumfin, Scotland, not far from Inverness? Our > great-grandfather William Montgomery came from there, and I would like to know > the location of the town. > > ______________________________ > From: "warren stoddart" <wasto@tpg.com.au> > Date: Monday, January 27, 2003 12:59 AM > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ScotlandGenWeb] Fw: Surname interests > > G'day Lorraine, > > Firstly, thanks for emailing me. This John Stoddart that you refer to was my > N.1 choice for a long time. He married Mary Brown in Dunblane in circa 1814. > They had a son named Peter boirn 1795 who, as I say , I thought he was my > G/G/Ggrandfather until the wheels fell off the whole thing because only > recently I found out that this Peter married one Margaret Robb. This of > course is what prompted me to go back the message boards. > > I have been searching for this Peter Stoddart for about three years now and > just about every avenue I have tried has finished up a dead end. This > includes his marriage certificate which, would you believe it, does not show > the parents of the bride and groom. > > This in itself is quite unusual as a I understood it this was supposed to > be. Although one Scottish gentleman I spoke to, and he tells me that he is > an ex a genealogist, says that this sometimes happens and mostly it us to > the minister of the church especially prior to 1855. > > However having said all that I have only yesterday discovered another likely > contender and that is Peter Stoddart born 1808 in Lanark. His father was > Matthew Stoddart. The age is about right as Peter Passed away in > Stenhousemuir in 1875. The only thing I get a little concerned about is the > Scottish naming system. My ancesters seemed to have done this pretty well > all the through. If Matthew's son Peter turns ouit to be my g/g/g/ the the > naming system fell over from there on as there has never been a Matthew in > the family. Of course this doesn't mean a lot but does cast a shadow of > doubt. > > The big problem is that I can't find out who this particular Peter Stoddart > married, when or who ??? > > So you see I have the samre problems as most other family tree researchers. > > All the best > > Warren Stoddart > NSW > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lorraine Fisher <fishrat@southwest.com.au> > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com <SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Sunday, 26 January 2003 6:26 > Subject: Re: [ScotlandGenWeb] Fw: Surname interests > > >> Hi, Warren, saw your posting. There is a John Stoddart in the IGI, bapt >> 1783 at Muthill, Perthshire, Scot., in batch no. c113862, and a marriage >> for a John Stoddart to a Mary Brown in 1814 at the same town, in batch no. >> M113862. >> >> It could be your couple, but I don't know how you set about getting proof. >> >> best wishes >> Lorraine in WA >> >> > > ______________________________ > From: "Nicole Page" <nicolepage@netyp.com.au> > Date: Monday, January 27, 2003 1:46 AM > To: SCOTLAND-GENWEB-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ScotlandGenWeb] Natt or McNatt > > Hi > > This is just a general query. The family I'm researching > has the surname NATT and I had always thought them to be > from England until I hit a brick wall. Then someone > suggested that they had heard of the surname McNATT in > Scotland and perhaps it was connected. > > Could someone give me some advice about this?? > > Thanks > > Nicole Page > Stansbury, South Australia >