Shelley As I thought - quite a few Rae entries in Dumfrieshire and Kirkcudbrightshire: Hope you can own someone ! Nelson Rae- Surgeon - Front St, Gatehouse - also listed as a councillor. Mrs Rae - Ladys Accademy - Front St, Gatehouse John Rae - Grocer - Ecclefechan John Rae - Clog Maker - Lockerbie Andrew Rae - Rae - Tanner - Lockerbie James Rae - Carrier to Ecclefechan every monday - Lockerbie James Rae - Mail contractor - Moffat William Rae - Cutler, Maxwelltown - Dumfries John Rae- Meal Dealer - 73 Queensbury St - Dumfries Jno. Rae - Publican and Grocer , St Michael St - Dumfries William Rae, St Andrews St - Castle Douglas + I was looking some Beatties up on the census and found an entry for a Rea so you might as well have it: Dwelling: Kirkbean Village Census Place: Kirkbean, Kircudbright, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0224057 GRO Ref Volume 870 EnumDist 1 Page 4 Marr Age Sex Birthplace George BEATTIE M 31 M Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Mariner Jessie BEATTIE M 32 F Closburn, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Wife Mary BEATTIE 4 m F Morton, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Dau Martha RAE U 21 F Glencarin, Dumfries, Scotland Rel: Visitor Occ: Dressmaker William RAE U 5 M Kirkbean, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Rel: Visitor Occ: Scholar Regards Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: Shelley Prelusky <[email protected]> To: JOY SALT <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 12:53 AM Subject: Re: Pigot's Directory 1825 > Hi Joy, > I'm looking for RAE but don't as yet have a Jardine. > I would appreciate any Rae's you come across but I'm told they came from > near Paisley Renfrew. Can't find them there though so who knows. > Thanks, > Shelley > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: JOY SALT <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:12 PM > Subject: Re: Pigot's Directory 1825 > > > > Ken > > > > I'm awfully sorry but I've scrolled through all the Dumfries area pages > and > > can't find any Paynes. > > Doesnt mean they are not in the area - just that they didnt have a > > 'customer facing' trade of the type that got into the directory I suppose. > I > > will undoubtedly be browsing it again - on many occasions - so if I spot > > anything I'll let you know. > > > > I'm also copying this to the list as I have spotted names of JARDINE RAE > > and PORTEOUS and I'm sure people have been asking about these. So if > anyone > > owns these names - please shout and I'll look them up for you. > > > > Regards > > Joy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ken O'Connor <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:32 PM > > Subject: Pigot's Directory 1825 > > > > > > > Hi Joy, > > > > > > I have enjoyed reading your postings. My great grandfather Thomas Payne > > > was born in Girthon in 1827, his parents were Andrew and Jane (Henry) > > > Payne. Andrew was born in Dumfries in 1801 and Jane in Cummertrees in > > > 1806. I have been trying to find out when they lived in Girthon and > > > what Andrew's occupation was. Do they appear in the directory? Knowing > > > where they were in 1825 would help me in my search. > > > > > > Thank you for your help. > > > > > > Ken O'Connor > > > Fremont, California > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > >