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From: May Garson <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Re: ABERDEEN-D Digest V01 #110
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:25:10 -0500
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I have a John Mitchell, b 1840 in New Deer. He married a Christian Greig from
Banchory Devenick. They had three children that I know of, John b abt 1873, Jane
Ingram b about 1877 and Charles b 1880. I think John was possibly the son of
Charles Mitchell and Elizabeth Scott. The first two children of Christian and
John were named after the mother's father and mother and the third, if my guess
is correct re John's parents, were named after the father's father.
Charles and Elizabeth had three sons that I can find, George, Charles and John
but there could have been more. Any connection?
Regards,
May Garson

Marjorie Bundy wrote:

> Dear Dorothy.
> I obviously should have replied to your email,which I missed somehow! is the
> following of any use to you.?
> Feb25 1762
> Mr James Taylor, preacher of the Gospel and Schoolmaster at Deer
> had-a-Daughter-brought-forth-by-his-wife- Helen Mackie baptised &-called-
> Jean before witnesses Alex Dingwall son to William Dingwall of Culsh and
> James Greig Indweller in Deer. Name Mothers ( sic) being Jean Rosse mother
> of the said Helen Mackie and Jean Fordyce Lady Culsh.
> (I bet their hats were something spectacular too.)
> This is from Ellon parish records.
> I also have seen the Clergy Meeting minutes of the Free church of Savoch,
> but unfortunately, realising eventually that there was no connection there
> for us, I have either wiped them or mislaid a hard copy. They were circa
> 1843 and make mention of a Dingwall Fordyce who was their patron and
> "brother" in the church sense, dying suddenly of a heart attack whilst in
> Aberdeen, and acknowledging his brother who was his heir, by extending their
> sympathies. One of them but I don't remember which was Arthur Dingwall
> Fordyce. I believe he had no children.
> A 4g uncle of mine,Peter Mitchel, an oatmeal miller, born 1810 named one of
> his children William Dingwall Fordyce Mitchel,in 1849. Presumably he worked
> on the estate at the time, possibly at a mill in Oldwhat.
> On the valuation roll for the Parish of New Deer, circa 1870 William
> Dingwall Fordyce esq., is living at Bruckley Castle.
> I think the place you mention would be BROOMHILL as that is part of the
> Lands of Fedderat, which lands appear to adjoin the Lands of Bruckley
> (guesswork here)
> As far as the name blaikie goes, it would appear such was a well-known name
> of the time, and my ancestor's grandson mis-associated with his great
> grandmother.
> Regards
> Marjorie Bundy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 2:32 AM
> Subject: [ABERDEEN] Re: ABERDEEN-D Digest V01 #110
>
> > DINGWALL/BLAIKIE
> >
> > Dear Marjorie,
> >
> > The Dingwalls in whom I am interested certainly came from New Deer,
> Arthur
> > Dingwall of Brownhills (or was it Broomhill?) married a Lucretia Irvine,
> said
> > to have been co-heiress of Brucklay.
> >
> > The Blaikies spent about a century in Aberdeen from late 18th. to late
> 19th.
> > when the family business went bankrupt and some of the family migrated to
> > Natal near Pietremaritzburg in time to build a farm and take part in the
> > Battle of Isandlhwana. According to my info, however, they originated
> from
> > near Perth where David Blaikie, "the tallest man in the Prince's army",
> was
> > resettled after Culloden under the protection of the Earl of Perth. John
> > Blaikie and his wife Helen Richardson moved to Aberdeen later in the
> century.
> >
> > Dorothy Francis
> >
> >
> >
> >
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