This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReC.2ACI/40.110 Message Board Post: Hi, I have Winchesters from Banffshire, tried to email you with what i have. Please get in touch through my email! Many thanks Caroline

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ReC.2ACI/2763 Message Board Post: Looking for info on following people: 1 Hugh Leslie b: November 5, 1853 . +Elspet Reid b: 1849 in Tullynessie, Aberdeen, Scotland Father: John Reid Mother: Elspet Reid ..... 2 Hugh R Leslie b: April 5, 1884 in Kirknochie, Old Deer, Scotland d: October 4, 1958 in Mossleigh, Alberta ......... +Lilias Daniel Campbell b: September 4, 1882 in Hill of Yonderton, Cruden, Scotland d: November 18, 1959 in Mossleigh, Alberta Father: George Hall Mother: Mary Campbell ..... 2 John Reid Leslie b: December 15, 1881 in Fetterangus, Banff, Scotland d: August 23, 1959 in Vancouver, BC ......... +Emma Jane Duncan b: January 6, 1887 in Keith, Scotland d: July 8, 1959 in Vancouver, BC ..... 2 Joseph R. Leslie b: 1886 d: 1958 ......... +Maude M. b: 1888 d: 1963 ..... 2 Mary Leslie b: 1880 in Fetterangus, Banff, Scotland ......... +William Reid

Hi List Just to let anyone who has been trying to contact me on- or off- List, the host site for What's In A Name had a massive collapse at about 1800 GMT yesterday and didn't come back for about 20 hours. It should be OK now. [Thank goodness for back-ups!] My incoming emails were being lost so if anyone has tried to contact me in the last 24 hours and got bounced, please use this email alternative : rayhennessy@btopenworld.com Best wishes Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReC.2ACI/52.1081.2 Message Board Post: Hi Sarah, Just came across your posting and noticed you mentioned Jane Young and James Killoh. This was my grandmothers grandparents. I dont have very much information on them but as i said in another posting i have plenty photos. It would be great to hear from you. Caroline

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ReC.2ACI/52.176.298.467.1 Message Board Post: Hi Grahame, Was just wondering if you had any information on William Killoh b.c1839 who was married to Elizabeth Ingram in Gamrie. William was my grandmothers GGrandfather. James Killoh/Elizabeth Massie were my grandmothers GGGrandparents. I have little information on this side of the family but plenty of photographs! Hope you can help and look forward to hearing from you! Caroline

1855 Births in the Parish of Banff No 6 SIMPSON Janet. Female born Mar 24, 1855 at 1am at Colleonard Banff (informant present) to James SIMPSON Jun'r, a Distiller aged 28y born Banff and Janet SIMPSON ms MORISON aged 26y born Boyndie parish. This was her 3rd child. Informant was the father who signed the registration. This couple married 1852 at Boyndie and had 2 boys and 1girl living. [No children were deceased or they'd have been listed.] Registered March 29 at Banff, Alex Smith, Registrar. No 7. BRODIE John. Male. born 27th March 1855 2a.m. at Ord District, Parish of Banff, (informant present) to John BRODIE, Agricultural Labourer, aged 27, born Cairnie and Margaret BRODIE m.s. SMITH. aged 24, born Kilkenny, Ireland. This was her 4th child. The couple married 1845 (didn't say where) and had 2 boys and 2 girls living. Informant John Brodie, father who signed his name. Registered at Banff 4th April 1855. Alex Smith, Registrar. No 8. MILTON Ann. Female. born 19th March 1855. 5.30 am. at Bochlaw, Parish of Banff, (informant present) to James MILTON, Agricultural Labourer, 18 years. born Dishford and Margaret RAEBURN 22 years born Speymouth. The couple were not married. Informant Mary RAEBURN, grandmother, her X mark. witnessed by Alex Thomson, and Alex Menzies. Registered at Banff 4th April 1855. Alex Smith, Registrar. No 9 STEELE Alexander Milne. Male. born 21st March 1855. 5 a.m. at Blairshinnoch, Parish of Banff. (informant present) To James STEELE, Blacksmith, 32 years, born Banff and Grace Fraser STEELE m.n. ROBERTSON This was her 3rd child. The couple were married in 1850 at Banff and had 2 girls and 1 boy living. Informant James Steele, father, who signed. Registered 6th April 1855 at Banff. Alex Smith, Registrar. No 10 SPENCE George. Male.born 28th March 1855. 7.45 a.m at Ord District, Parish of Banff. (informant present) To George SPENCE, Agricultural Labourer 36 years born Forglen and Ann SPENCE. m.n. WILSON. This was her 1st child. The couple were married May 13th 1854. at Ord and had one boy living. Informant was Anne MARTIN, grandmother, who signed her name. Registered 13th April 1855 at Banff. Alex Smith, Registrar. >> Best Wishes, Jane (thanks to Meg Greenwood for sending me the original and Ray Hennessy for help with deciphering the placenames)

Hi there, I am interested in tracing family history of James Christie ( solicitor and deputy Sheriff of Banff) who married Anne Milne in 1829. I know nothing of their parents and would appreciate suggestions on how to go back a bit further. We know that up until recently there have been some direct descendants living in the Banff area but I think they may now all be deceased. The 1841 census indicates James and Anne had 5 children: John b 1823, William b 1830, Mary b 1832, George b 1834 and Jean b 1840. I am a descendent through William who was my gtgt grandfather and married (1859) Veronica Cleugh Gillies b 1829 d 1882. The Gillies family would be another area I would like to know more about. We know nothing of what happened to the other children except John married and had 3 children Eleanor (who in 1890 married Svein Bjornsson and later became vice regent of Iceland), John and Mary Anne. Any information about the descendents of these people would be of great interest. There is speculation there could have been an former wife as James was about 25 years more senior than Anne but we have no definitive evidence for this speculation. I am not sure where to look to check this hypothesis. Again, any suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks in advance Bruce Christie New Zealand

Hi Bruce If you are looking for the surname Gillies I would suggest that you also look for Gillice as I have come across this spelling in OPRs. Ian A C Scott

Can anyone tell me some details about Achlichnie Farm Near Timintoul, Rathven. My ancestors quoted this name on the birth certificate of Robert Hay 1774, f James Hay m Ann Riach 1761, and had children Female 1762, Isobel 1764, James 1780, John 1766, Nathaniel 1769, William 1771, Barbara 1785 & our Robert. All baptised in Kirkmichael. We cannot seem to trace them after Robert was transported to Aust/Tassie and thought maybe info on Achlichnie would help as they all seem to have disappeared. Can anyone help? Bev

Beverley wrote: > Can anyone tell me some details about Achlichnie Farm Near Timintoul, > Rathven? ______________________________________ Hi Beverley As Anne said, Achlichnie Farm is in Kirkmichael parish. It is about 3½ miles NW of Tomintoul [note the spelling]. Its Ordnance Survey grid reference is NJ151232. If you look at multimap [see http://tinyurl.com/dhn2s ] you will see that there is a place about a mile south of the farm called Ruthven [note this spelling too!]. This may be what was meant in your notes. Achlichnie is on the eastern brae of the Strathavon valley. We were up there last year looking at Inverlochy on the other side of the burn where Sheena's G-G-Grandfather Norman MELDRUM was born in 1808. Unlike the south & east of Tomintoul which is bleak and almost featureless, the Strathavon valley is lush and very attractive. [And it goes down to Glenlivet!! ;-)) ] HTH Ray Hennessy

> Can anyone tell me some details about Achlichnie Farm Near Timintoul, > Rathven. Well, Achlichnie is still there, in Strathavon, a few miles north of Tomintoul in the parish of Kirkmichael. However I don't know how the Rathven bit fits in - Rathven is at the opposite end of the county of Banff - it's the parish in which the town of Buckie is situated. You can find both Achlichnie and Buckie online at www.streetmap.co.uk > maybe info on Achlichnie would help as they all seem to have disappeared. HTH Anne

Hi Elizabeth, How amazing to think you were a witness to the actual bomb. Was anyone hurt? The story was that the cows couldn't get to their feet to be milked. Was it the film Bonnie & Clyde where a story was told of an old teetotal lady who drank milk laced with whisky and said "don't sell that cow!!" Thanks for your letter, Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: <EnpGabriel@aol.com> To: <SCT-BANFFSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:11 AM Subject: [Banff] Banff Distillery >I actually saw the distillery being bombed. I was walking back to Macduff > from Tarlair when a lone aircraft came in from the sea and dropped a > single > bomb. There was a large column of smoke and flame. Next day, my > grandfather, > drove past it and reported that there were cows lurching about in the > field > next door, thoroughly drunk from lakes of whisky. I wonder if they > charged > extra for their milk! > > Elizabeth Gabriel > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

Hi, I'm looking for information on Grays in Grantown on Spey. I received a lot of information for Mary Hollis. (Thanks again Mary). I can go back as far as William Gray who married Jean Duffas. Then there Son James Gray b. abt Sept 1742. He had a twin sister Margaret. Alistair Bell.

Jane Kelly wrote: >> Colleonurd? Colleonard? and Anne Burgess replied: > This will be Colleonard. It's a couple of miles south-west of Banff, > and the site of a 'sculpture garden' these days... __________________________________________ Hi Jane If you want to check it out, 'Colleonard House' is on the 2002 Ordnance Survey Explorer 2½" map at grid reference NJ676632. You can see it on multimap at http://tinyurl.com/c234u . Multimap is based on the earlier OS Landranger 1" series and names it as 'Mains of Colleonard' [i.e. a farm]. It also shows the location of the "Sculpture Garden". Note that the Banff & Buchan Arts Forum calls the place for this as "South Colleonard House" although South Colleonard is at least a mile west of it, and a mile southwest of the Mains. The 1896 OS map names it simply as 'Colleonard', all of which seems to suggest that the present name might represent a larger modern construction. Maybe a 'local' can describe it for you. I hope this gives you a flavour of the place. Best wishes Ray Hennessy

Re Banff Single Malt. Yes it can still be purchased without too much trouble. A couple of years ago, Edradour Distillery outside Pitlochry had bottles for sale, pride of place in their shop - if I remember for about £100. I made appropriate noises, and I was offered a taster from the open bottle that appeared as if by magic from under the counter. Very nice too! Even if it was 11am, and I and my brother-in-law had just knocked back the standard free dram of Edradour from the tour, plus the wife's, plus the extra spare one.... What a nice outing that was.....I think. Regards Howard Geddes

I actually saw the distillery being bombed. I was walking back to Macduff from Tarlair when a lone aircraft came in from the sea and dropped a single bomb. There was a large column of smoke and flame. Next day, my grandfather, drove past it and reported that there were cows lurching about in the field next door, thoroughly drunk from lakes of whisky. I wonder if they charged extra for their milk! Elizabeth Gabriel

Hi Anne, Thanks for these sites. I must try to visit Colleonard some day! James SIMPSON of Colleonard rebuilt the Banff distillery at Inverboyndie in 1863. http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/category.asp?cat_id=D_BANF Operational: 1863 - 1983 Region: Speyside Neighbours: Glenglassaugh, Glen Deveron Address: Inverboyndie, Banff, Banffshire, AB45 2JJ. Last known owner: Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. The first (Speyside) distillery by the name of Banff was built in 1824. In 1863 James Simpson jr. built a new distillery on the same spot to replace the old one, but after a fire it had to be rebuilt again in 1877. In WWII the distillery was damaged by a bomb. It was finally closed and demolished in 1983, apart from the last remaining warehouses that were demolished after yet another fire that plagued Banff on April 11, 1991. Here is more from a site devoted to the silent distilleries of Scotland http://www.maltmadness.com/silent.html It sounds as though the Banff product is a fine rarity so if anyone has a bottle ?? it will be worth a fortune. Best Wishes, Jane very distant relation of James SIMPSON http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=kosmoid ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Burgess" <anne.burgess@btinternet.com> To: <SCT-BANFFSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [Banff] 1855 Banff birth, Simpson >> Jane - here is the Birth you requested from 1855. MegG >> Colleonurd? Colleonard? > > This will be Colleonard. It's a couple of miles south-west of Banff, and > the site of a 'sculpture garden' these days, though I see that it is > apparently no longer open and that there are plans to re-locate the > sculptures: > http://www.artesian-arts.org/visionary%20environments.htm > http://www.bbaf-arts.org.uk/sites/bbaf/arts/colleonard.asp > http://www.cairngorms.co.uk/resource/docs/boardpapers/26082005/CNPA.Paper.996.Planning%20Committee.Planning.Paper..txt > (see paragraph 4) > > HTH > > Anne

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Moir, Gray, Cocker, Hendry, Bremner, Shand Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ReC.2ACI/2761 Message Board Post: Looking for information on the descendants of Alexander Moir born Keith 1865 to John Moir and Jane Gray. His wife Eliza Moir, maiden name McLennan, emigrated with her daughter Mary from Keith, Scotland in 1926? They arrived at Ellis Island on 15 Aug, 1916 bound for Philadelphia. Last know address was that of her son Alexander Moir at 8229 St James (Something) West, Philadelphia. Any information on this family would be most appreciated.

In a message dated 1/10/2006 1:00:35 PM Hawaiian Standard Time, SCT-BANFFSHIRE-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: I have as the parents of my Jane/Jean Duncan ROBERT DUNCAN and JANE STRACHEN(AN). Alice Myers Sequim, WA almyers@tenforward.com thanks for your input.. I am much relieved.. I believe that my Jane DUNCAN had parents Alexander DUNCAN and Janet WILSON.. she named her only child Alexander.. and her age at death fits with birth in 1815 in Botriphnie.. Aloha, Colette

> Jane - here is the Birth you requested from 1855. MegG > Colleonurd? Colleonard? This will be Colleonard. It's a couple of miles south-west of Banff, and the site of a 'sculpture garden' these days, though I see that it is apparently no longer open and that there are plans to re-locate the sculptures: http://www.artesian-arts.org/visionary%20environments.htm http://www.bbaf-arts.org.uk/sites/bbaf/arts/colleonard.asp http://www.cairngorms.co.uk/resource/docs/boardpapers/26082005/CNPA.Paper.996.Planning%20Committee.Planning.Paper..txt (see paragraph 4) HTH Anne