This is how my email started 9th April 2002 I am trying to find my great great grandmother JEAN HOWIE born in Clatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 5th April 1827. She is the daughter of ALEXANDER HOWIE and JEAN/JANE BARRON of New Deer, Aberdeenshire. She married James Robertson in New Deer on 27th June 1843. Her daughter Ann Robertson is thought to have come to Canada with her. ANN ROBERTSON was christened on 24th April 1849, Mintlaw, Longside, Aberdeenshire. We are not sure if the JEAN HOWIE involved in the information below is the same one John Gordon and Jean Howie married in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, 31st October 1852 Ellen Gordon is the daughter of JOHN GORDON and JEAN HOWIE ELLEN/HELEN GORDON was born at Corbshill in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 31st August 1853 John Gordon was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and was probably living at Corbshill New Deer prior to coming to Canada HECTOR MCLAUGHLIN married Ellen Gordon in Ontario County, Ontario in 1869 On Ellen MacLachlan/MCLAUGHLIN's census paper of 1901 it said she immigrated to Canada in 1855 Does anyone recognise any of these people as members of their family? Noone did but you gave me LOTS of HELP I would like to thank the list members for their help and support, especially Malcolm Patterson who looked up the various members of the Gordon family and McLachlan family in the 1881 census, for those members like Bob in Toronto who have suggested to others on the list good sites to explore, to Isabel in Uxbridge for telling me about the area and Museum. My Jean Howie had indeed married John Gordon and they came to Ontario County, Scott and Reach Townships after 1855. Not only had they brought her daughter Ann Roberston from her first marriage, but they brought 7-8 children from John Gordon's first marriage as well as their child Ellen Gordon. I have been in contact with Ellen's great grandaughter and the great grandchildren of the older Gordon children [not Howies] The large family commitment helps explain how Ann went to Canada with her mother and her sister Isabella Robertson came to New Zealand as a four year old with her Howie grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. Jean and John went onto have another four children after Ellen. April was a very Successful month. Thank you David for starting this list. Bobbie in New Zealand

Bobbie, I'm thrilled for you as will everyone else on the List. I discussed the concept of the List with christine, before applying to have it set up. Am I ever glad we have it, for you and others on here have had success - myself included. And, you are "so very far away" lol. Thanks for letting us all know - I do appreciate it very much. Thanks. David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian and Bobbie Amyes" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 11:56 PM Subject: [SCTCDN] Rollcall, Success, Gordons and Robertson > This is how my email started 9th April 2002 > > I am trying to find my great great grandmother JEAN HOWIE born in Clatt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 5th April 1827. She is the daughter of ALEXANDER HOWIE and JEAN/JANE BARRON of New Deer, Aberdeenshire. > > She married James Robertson in New Deer on 27th June 1843. Her daughter Ann Robertson is thought to have come to Canada with her. ANN ROBERTSON was christened on 24th April 1849, Mintlaw, Longside, Aberdeenshire. > > We are not sure if the JEAN HOWIE involved in the information below is the same one > > John Gordon and Jean Howie married in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, 31st October 1852 > Ellen Gordon is the daughter of JOHN GORDON and JEAN HOWIE > ELLEN/HELEN GORDON was born at Corbshill in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, 31st August 1853 > John Gordon was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and was probably living at Corbshill New Deer prior to coming to Canada > > HECTOR MCLAUGHLIN married Ellen Gordon in Ontario County, Ontario in 1869 > > On Ellen MacLachlan/MCLAUGHLIN's census paper of 1901 it said she immigrated to Canada in 1855 > > Does anyone recognise any of these people as members of their family? > Noone did but you gave me LOTS of HELP > > I would like to thank the list members for their help and support, especially Malcolm Patterson who looked up the various members of the Gordon family and McLachlan family in the 1881 census, for those members like Bob in Toronto who have suggested to others on the list good sites to explore, to Isabel in Uxbridge for telling me about the area and Museum. > > My Jean Howie had indeed married John Gordon and they came to Ontario County, Scott and Reach Townships after 1855. Not only had they brought her daughter Ann Roberston from her first marriage, but they brought 7-8 children from John Gordon's first marriage as well as their child Ellen Gordon. I have been in contact with Ellen's great grandaughter and the great grandchildren of the older Gordon children [not Howies] The large family commitment helps explain how Ann went to Canada with her mother and her sister Isabella Robertson came to New Zealand as a four year old with her Howie grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins. Jean and John went onto have another four children after Ellen. > > April was a very Successful month. Thank you David for starting this list. > > Bobbie in New Zealand > > > ==== SCOTS-IN-CANADA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe: [email protected] inserting the word unsubscribe in both the subject line and the text area and using a fresh email to do it. Use -D- if you are in Digest mode. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >