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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Banffshire => Topic started by: Chris Duff on Monday 15 November 04 17:47 GMT (UK)
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My grandfather, John Murison (1871-1944), was able to trace his ancestry back to his namesake, John Murison (c1690-c1765), whose name appears in 1732 as the holder of the tack or lease of the croft of Crossford on the lands of Alexander Garden, the Laird of Troup. Many of his descendents remained in the Troup, Gamrie, Alvah and Itlaw area of Banffshire for the next 200 years and many lie buried in the Kirkyards of Alvah and Gamrie.
I would be interested to hear whether any Murisons from this line are still in the area. Has anyone researched the Banffshire Murison name, its origins and where the Murisons came from before settling in Banffshire? One interesting aspect of this family name is that the spelling has been consistent for 300 years.
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Hi Chris
Sorry we haven't been able to help you so far on this one.
Have you made any progress, or do you have any further details that could help someone to find what you are looking for?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes
Ticker
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Hi there, While researching my family tree this morning, I came across your note on this site ..... My great, great grandfather second wife's mother's name was Margaret Murison born 29 Apr 1786 in Cruden....Her husband's name was James Davidson born in 1782......Unfortunately, I have no other information about the Murison family......If Margaret is one of your ancestors, I'd appreciate receiving any information that you might be able and willing to provide about her parents, etc.
Thanks!
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Hi amcquaid,
I don't think we can make a connection. Almost without exception, my Murisons hung around Aberlour, Alvah, Banff, Boyndie, Fordyce, Gamrie and Mortlach - in northern Banffshire. There's a whole bunch of Murisons around Aberdour in Aberdeenshire to which my lot may have spread - I haven't investigated them yet. There are Murisons in New Pitsligo as well, and I suspect Murisons abound in the rest of Aberdeenshire. Have you tried the IGIs on the LDS site?
Keep up the good work everyone; we need to get to the bottom of all those Murisons out there!
Chris
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Hi Chris
Can you tell me if your surname Murison could of changed to Morison at any time.
I decend from James Morison b abt 1735 in Gamrie Banff. I have been unable to trace Jame,s parents. I do have his wife and children ect but cannot trace him back.
Anne
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Good question, Ann! Murison/Morison/Morrison could all be interchangeable. In the 1600s to 1800s names were put in the various registers of the day by clerks of dubious education, and often they were written as pronounced by the person giving the information. Say the name Muirison. That could easily become Murison or Morison or Morrison. Spellings of names have no meanings at all and are almost wholly dependent on the choices of spellings by early registrars, estate clerks and the like. It is quite common to find different generations of the same family using different spellings. Which brings us back to your question about Murison and Morison!
The Morrison name in the Western Isles is a church name, taken from the Gaelic for a follower or servant of St. Mary, and anywhere that there was a church dedicated to Mary there could be a family of Morrisons. As we know, this name is very common around Aberdeenshire and north-east Scotland. Here we go again - Morrison/Morison/Murison.
My Murisons were in the parish of Gamrie, Banffshire in the late 1600s and remained around Alvah and the northern part of the county until the 1800s, maybe later. Interestingly, just down the road from them are the Morisons of Bognie, a very old family. I have often wondered whether there is a connection between them and my lot - Morison/Murison? You never know! I would be interested in hearing other views on this.
Chris Duff
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Ok Anne, now let's get serious. (Sorry, I missed the 'e' in my previous message). I have a James Murison (1727-1803) in my tree whose wife's name I don't know. As far as I know, they had three children, Margaret, James and Jean. James (1776-1833) married Ann Waddell and had nine children.
This first James (born 1727) was the son of John Murison (c1690-c1760) and had siblings William, Helen, Andrew, Francis, Peter and George. It is believed John married twice, because the names of his first five children follow the family tradition, but the last two, Peter and George, do not. Peter and George could well be named after the tradition of his second wife's family name.
John was a crofter on the lands of the Laird of Troup in the parish of Gamrie. James, his son, was a merchant at Troup. He died in 1803 and is buried in Gamrie Old Kirkyard (St. John's). His son, James, was a Sheffiff's officer for Gamrie and he, too, was buried in the Old Kirkyard. The rest of my Murisons hung around this area and many are buried in the old and new parts of Alvah Kirkyard.
Anne, if any of these names strike a chord with you, then maybe a Murison/Morison link could be on the cards and be worth investigating.
Chris
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Hi Chris
Thanks for your mail. I am sure somewhere down the line we will find a link as almost all of my Morrisons were born in Gamrie. However at this moment in time all I know is my first James Morrison was born in Banff abt 1735 m Margeret Brebner in abt 1760 and had at least 8 children between 1761 and 1777
Childrens names were James b 1761, John b 1762, George b abt 1764, Jean b abt 1768, Peter b abt 1770, Elspet b abt 1772, William b abt 1774, Thomas b abt 1777.
It is from John b 1762 that is my direct link.
I am aware that all of the above children were born in Gamrie Banff and that John d 1839 at cross slacks croft in Gamrie.
I do have a fair bit of information from there on in down to today but my biggest stumbling block is I cannot find anything at all about my first James b 1735. It is as if he just appeared from out of space.
I do remember my father once mentioning the Black Isles which I think is in Ross and Cromoty in the highlands but I cannot follow this without something more concrete. So brick wall it is unless????????
Regards Anne
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Hello Chris and Anne,
Have a look at the Morrison DNA Project and the Group from Banff.
http://home.mindspring.com/~efholcombe/index_files/Page1667.htm
regards,
Lindsay Morrison
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Anne: Early this year I had a brief interchange of e-mails with Gordon Troup, an ANESFHS member and a learned contributor to the GENUKI website. I had mentioned the croft "Crossford" in my note to him regarding John Murison's family's abode at the turn of the 18th century. He came back asking if I really meant "Crosslacks". He indicated that old handwriting of that time used a character for 's' that closely resembles 'f', which could cause possible confusion.
He checked the IGI and found children Helen (1716) and Andrew (1730) of John Murison, and a bunch of children to John Muirison (note the extra 'i') between 1716 and 1733. I checked out the freecen.rootsweb site and found Helen, but I've yet to get down to seriously investigating this thread.
Chris
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Lindsay: Thank you for the reminder about the Morrison DNA Project. Edwin and I have exchanged info in the past, and I am hoping to get one of the last of my line of male Murisons to participate.
Chris
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Hello Chris and Anne,
I've been following your posts with interest as I have Morisons from Gamrie.
I have Alexander Morison married Jean Milne 1807 in Gamrie. They had at least 5 children - Jean b 1808, John b 1809, Alexander b 1811, James b 1813 and Robert b 1814. All were born in Gamrie.
Alexander b 1811 is my direct line and I have been able to find out a lot about him and his family. I haven't been able to go further back than the 1807 marriage yet. The surname has changed to Morrison by 1842.
I know that this is a bit later than both of your families but wondered if you had come across them.
Elaine :)
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Hi Elaine - welcome to the discussion! It's interesting that your Morisons became Morrisons in the mid-1800s. I hear this happened frequently during this period. I haven't come across your Alexander Morison, but I note a Mary Murison was christened in Gamrie 19 Sept 1806. Her mother was a Catherine Milne and father was James Murison. Not my lot, unfortunately.
I'm going to post my grandfather's researches on his Murison line for you all to look over. He carried out his researches in the 1930s and it's amazing what he came up with - all without Internet!
Back soon.
Chris
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Hi Elaine
I also have not been able to link in with your Alexander but that does not mean anything as my family grows by the day. I will certainly keep your query in mind and if anything comes to light I will pass it on to you.
Regards Anne
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My Murison forebears:
John Murison (c1690-c1760) appears in 1732 as holder of the tack of Crossford (Crosslacks?) on the lands of Alexander Garden, Laird of Troup. He married twice, wives' names not known, and had sons William (c1715- ? ), Andrew (c1730- ? ), James (1727-1803), Francis (1723-1801), Peter and George. He also had daughters and I think one might have been Helen (c1716 - ? ). John could also have had a brother Alexander, who begat a daughter Isobell (1730- ? ).
Francis is believed to have married Elspet Wood (1725-1801) and a daughter Ann (1760- ? ) is thought to be one of their children. James, from whom I am descended, married late in life, wife's name unknown, and had children Margaret, Jean and James (1776-1833). He was a merchant at Troup. He lies in Gamrie Old Kirkyard (St. John's).
James married Ann Waddell ( ? - 1858) and had children Andrew, Jean, John (1803- ? ), Margaret, Cathrine, Francis (1810-1880), Mary, James (1812- ? ) and Alexander. He was a Sheriff's Officer for Gamrie when he died at Newtack. He and Ann lie in Gamrie Old Kirkyard. Andrew may have married Elizabeth Barron in 1829. Mary may have married George Morrison in 1833.
Francis married Isabella Cameron (1811-1877) in 1831 and had children John (1832- ? ), James (1834- ? ), Cathrine, Alexander, Francis (1837-1907), Mary, Isabella (1844- ? ), and Ann. He was a tenant of Protstonhill Croft (on Balgrayhill Farm, Gamrie?), where he died in 1880. He and Isabella lie in Gamrie Old Kirkyard. Mary may have married John Duthie in 1866. Isabella may have married Robert Robertson in 1865. Ann may have married George Panton in 1869.
Francis married Margaret Garrow (1835-1897) in 1861 and had children Helen (1862- ? ), Margaret (1864-1912), Francis (1865-1916), James (1868-1925), John (1871-1944), Elsebeth (1874-1923), William (1878- ? ) and Isabella. He had retired as Blacksmith at Itlae in the parish of Alvah when he died at home at 40, St. Catherine Street, Banff. He and Margaret lie in the old part of Alvah Kirkyard, along with Margaret, Elsebeth and William. Francis lies in the new part. James died in South Africa.
I'll leave it here, as we're now getting into recent history. I will continue if asked. As you can see, this is an ongoing project and some of the dates could be suspect.
Does anyone connect with anyone?
Chris
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Hi Chris and Anne,
Thanks to you both :)
I've noted your families too as unfortunately none of your forebears ring a bell at the moment. I still have a lot of researching to do with my Morisons and of course if I come across anything I will let you know.
Regards
Elaine
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I thought I would try to list some of my Morrison ancestors but it is so difficult to trim the tree so I apologise for its length. I have not been able to link in with any of the Murisons yet but the era is young so who knows what the future holds. (wish I knew what the past held)
If I have overstepped the mark on listing sorry.
Generation No. 1
1. JAMES1 MORRISON was born Abt. 1735 in Gamrie Scotland. He married MARGARET BREBNER Abt. 1760 in Gamrie Banff Scotland, daughter of ALEXANDER BREBNER and MARGARET TAYLEOR. She was born 11 Jul 1735 in Fordyce Banff Scotland.
Children of JAMES MORRISON and MARGARET BREBNER are:
i. JAMES2 MORRISON, b. 28 Aug 1761.
2. ii. JOHN MORRISON, b. 11 Dec 1762, Gamrie Banffshire Scotland; d. 18 Jul 1839, Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland.
iii. GEORGE MORRISON, b. 08 Oct 1764.
iv. JEAN MORRISON, b. 24 Feb 1768.
v. PETER MORRISON, b. 01 Apr 1770.
vi. ELSPET MORRISON, b. 14 Jan 1772.
vii. WILLIAM MORRISON, b. 07 Jul 1774.
viii. THOMAS MORRISON, b. 16 Aug 1777.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 MORRISON (JAMES1) was born 11 Dec 1762 in Gamrie Banffshire Scotland, and died 18 Jul 1839 in Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland. He met ANNE DAVIDSON 10 Feb 1788 in Burntyard Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland, daughter of JAMES DAVIDSON and HELEN ROY. She was born 12 Jan 1767 in Mortlach Banffshire Scotland.
Children of JOHN MORRISON and ANNE DAVIDSON are:
3. i. JOHN3 MORRISON, b. 12 May 1792, Burntyard Croft Gamrie Banffshire; d. 05 Mar 1867, Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire.
ii. ANNE MORRISON, b. 07 May 1794, Burntyards Croft Gamrie Banff Scotland.
4. iii. MARGARET MORRISON, b. 19 Mar 1796, Gamrie Banff Scotland.
Generation No. 3
3. JOHN3 MORRISON (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 12 May 1792 in Burntyard Croft Gamrie Banffshire, and died 05 Mar 1867 in Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire. He met JEAN BRODIE 25 Apr 1825 in Gamrie Parish Church Gamrie Scotland, daughter of JAMES BRODIE and ISOBEL LAURANCE. She was born 17 Apr 1809, and died 05 Mar 1849 in Cross Slacks Gamrie.
Children of JOHN MORRISON and JEAN BRODIE are:
5. i. ELIZABETH4 MORRISON, b. 20 Aug 1825, Knowhead Croft Banff Scotland.
ii. JANE MORRISON, b. Abt. 1826.
iii. JEAN GRANT MORRISON, b. 28 Jul 1827, Knowhead Gamrie Banff Scotland.
iv. JOHN MORRISON, b. 09 Jul 1829, Gamrie Banffshire Scotland.
6. v. ALEXANDER MORRISON, b. 01 Feb 1832, Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland; d. 24 Oct 1882, Charmers Hospital Banffshire Scotland.
vi. ANNE MORRISON, b. 03 Oct 1834.
4. MARGARET3 MORRISON (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 19 Mar 1796 in Gamrie Banff Scotland.
Child of MARGARET MORRISON is:
i. HELEN4 MORRISON, b. Abt. 1824, Gamrie; m. R MC ROBIE, Abt. 1844; b. Abt. 1824.
Generation No. 4
5. ELIZABETH4 MORRISON (JOHN3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 20 Aug 1825 in Knowhead Croft Banff Scotland. She met WILLIAM SMITH 17 Oct 1846 in Gamrie Parish Church Gamrie Scotland. He was born Abt. 1825 in Gibralter.
Children of ELIZABETH MORRISON and WILLIAM SMITH are:
i. JEAN5 SMITH, b. Abt. 1848.
ii. MARY SMITH, b. Abt. 1850.
6. ALEXANDER4 MORRISON (JOHN3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 01 Feb 1832 in Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland, and died 24 Oct 1882 in Charmers Hospital Banffshire Scotland. He married ELSPET MICHIE 06 Nov 1858 in Gamrie Parish Church Banff Scotland, daughter of ALEXANDER MICHIE and BARBARA HEATHERWICK. She was born 21 Jul 1838 in Gamrie Scotland, and died 15 Apr 1915 in Banff District Asylum Banffshire Scotland.
Children of ALEXANDER MORRISON and ELSPET MICHIE are:
7. i. BARBARA5 MORRISON, b. 14 Dec 1858, Macduff.
ii. JOHN MORRISON, b. 15 Jan 1861, McDuff Scotland; m. JEAN NEE MORRISON, Abt. 1892; b. Abt. 1861.
iii. JANE MORRISON, b. 18 Sep 1864, Macduff.
iv. ANNE MILLER MORRISON, b. 04 May 1867, Macduff; m. HUGH HAMILTON, Abt. 1888; b. Abt. 1867.
v. ELSPET MORRISON, b. 20 Jul 1869, McDuff Scotland; d. 24 Apr 1872, Clergy Street McDuff Scotland.
8. vi. JESSIE ISABELLA MORRISON, b. 29 Nov 1871.
9. vii. ALEXANDER MORRISON, b. 05 Apr 1873, Garden Street Macduff Banffshire Scotland; d. 15 Dec 1938, Highfield General Hospital Chester Road Sunderland.
10. viii. ROBINA GRIGOR MORRISON, b. 08 Nov 1875, Macduff.
11. ix. GEORGE BARBER MORRISON, b. 17 Mar 1877, 3 High Street Macduff Scotland; d. Mar 1969.
12. x. JAMES MORRISON, b. 29 Nov 1878, 23 Buchan Street Macduff Scotland; d. 1912.
xi. WILLIAM MORRISON, b. Abt. 1880.
and theres more and more and more
Anne Ambrose nee Morrison
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Hi Chris et al,
In relation to the question of a potential link between Murison/Morison/Morrison have you had an opportunity to see the Murison/Morison/Morrison letters kept at the National Archives in Scotland. The letters are bunched into one group which suggests that there is a relationship and I understand that they refer to the lands of Bognie and deaths of the family members.
I trace my Morrison lineage back to James Morison and Margaret Brebner and their son William born in 1774 who married Bathia Manson.
Regards,
Steve Morrison
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Hi Guys,
I've been off the beaten track for a while. Anne: Your MORRISON family interests me in that the croft of Cross Slacks keeps coming up. John MURISON (c1690-c1760) had the tack of Crossford. A learned gentleman at the A&NESFHS and very familiar with the Gamrie area questioned Crossford and suggested it should be Crosslacks, because in those days the letter s looked like an f. When there are two letters s the first is written as s and the second looks like an f, in my experience.
From information just received, it appears John Murison did not pass on the tack when he died, so it is quite conceivable that your MORRISON family took over the croft. Have you seen the words Cross Slacks written down in script form?
Steve: I took your advice and typed in MURISON/MORISON/MORRISON at the National Archives of Scotland website and got zilch. What exactly did you type in? I did type in MURISON and hit a motherlode! Reference was made to all the correspondence my grandfather must have referred to some 70 years ago when he researched our family. A precis had been entered of many letters and even from these I learned a great deal more than I knew before about the family, good and bad!
I learned that my great-great uncle, James MURISON (1834- ? ), emigrated to CANADA around 1870 and worked initially on the Great Western Railway. In 1874, he rented a farm in the St. Thomas area of Ontario and in 1880 he rented another. Then nothing. I've checked the telephone book for St.Thomas and the surrounding area to see if there are still any Murisons around. The closest are three in London, Ontario, which is not too far from St. Thomas.
I live in Oakville, Ontario and some three hour's drive from St. Thomas. Will any Murisons in Ontario (there are 60 in Ontario's telephone books) who are directly descended from James Murison, farmer, or any of his siblings who could have emigrated later, please make themselves known.
I look forward to hearing from someone.
Chris
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Is anyone on this site connected to any of these Morrisons.
James Morrison b1826 Gamrie
Jessie Alexander b 1833 Auchterless [wife]
children George b 1865 Jessie b 1870 Harriet b 1872
Peter b1874 Charles b 1877 William 1880 all the children were born in Gamrie. James Morrison described as a farmer of 21 acres
[more of a croft than a farm] at Longmanhill Gamrie.
Peter and his wife fostered my father who was illegitimate looking
for a family connection to Rennie or Low as my father thought they were relatives of some sort unfortunately peter died when
my father was 7 years old, my father was then sent to a children's home so any connection seems more likely to be Peters side of the family than his wifes.
Also doe's anyone have any infomation on 7 James street Macduff
any connection to Morrisons in 1920s
Renard
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Hello,
I have a number of Morison's in my tree, the furthest back is Benjamin Morison who married Isobel Leslie at Inverkeithny in 1753. They had 8 children - Margaret b 1754, Christian b 1756, Ann b 1758, George b 1760, Helen 1764, Benjamin b 1766, Catherine b 1768 and Jean (my direct ancestor) b 1771.
If anyone is connected please let me know.
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Hello
I have been following the post, only information I have (which might not even be relevant) relates to Banff
From Annals of Banff, St. Mary's Kirkyard
(stone number 505)
Here lyes the Body of Isabel Murison, dau. to Alex. Murison, shoemaker in Banff, who died february 25th 1776. This stone repaired by Ann, the last of the family
There are a number of morrisons recorded in the Annals if its helpful I can post them for you, might need to do a bit of working out though.
Good luck with your search
J
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Hi! Have just seen your post and realise your tree comes very close to mine!
My Grandmother was Christina Morrison who was born in Elgin on 25/12/1879. her perents were George & Frances Morrison. George was a Shoemaker and also a School caretaker. Other elements of my family lived in Macduff at various times in Garden Street,Gellymill Street and Duff Street.
I am not a Morrison myself, Christina Morrison married William Geddes who was my paternal Grandfather.
From Bill Geddes
I thought I would try to list some of my Morrison ancestors but it is so difficult to trim the tree so I apologise for its length. I have not been able to link in with any of the Murisons yet but the era is young so who knows what the future holds. (wish I knew what the past held)
If I have overstepped the mark on listing sorry.
Generation No. 1
1. JAMES1 MORRISON was born Abt. 1735 in Gamrie Scotland. He married MARGARET BREBNER Abt. 1760 in Gamrie Banff Scotland, daughter of ALEXANDER BREBNER and MARGARET TAYLEOR. She was born 11 Jul 1735 in Fordyce Banff Scotland.
Children of JAMES MORRISON and MARGARET BREBNER are:
i. JAMES2 MORRISON, b. 28 Aug 1761.
2. ii. JOHN MORRISON, b. 11 Dec 1762, Gamrie Banffshire Scotland; d. 18 Jul 1839, Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland.
iii. GEORGE MORRISON, b. 08 Oct 1764.
iv. JEAN MORRISON, b. 24 Feb 1768.
v. PETER MORRISON, b. 01 Apr 1770.
vi. ELSPET MORRISON, b. 14 Jan 1772.
vii. WILLIAM MORRISON, b. 07 Jul 1774.
viii. THOMAS MORRISON, b. 16 Aug 1777.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 MORRISON (JAMES1) was born 11 Dec 1762 in Gamrie Banffshire Scotland, and died 18 Jul 1839 in Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland. He met ANNE DAVIDSON 10 Feb 1788 in Burntyard Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland, daughter of JAMES DAVIDSON and HELEN ROY. She was born 12 Jan 1767 in Mortlach Banffshire Scotland.
Children of JOHN MORRISON and ANNE DAVIDSON are:
3. i. JOHN3 MORRISON, b. 12 May 1792, Burntyard Croft Gamrie Banffshire; d. 05 Mar 1867, Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire.
ii. ANNE MORRISON, b. 07 May 1794, Burntyards Croft Gamrie Banff Scotland.
4. iii. MARGARET MORRISON, b. 19 Mar 1796, Gamrie Banff Scotland.
Generation No. 3
3. JOHN3 MORRISON (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 12 May 1792 in Burntyard Croft Gamrie Banffshire, and died 05 Mar 1867 in Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire. He met JEAN BRODIE 25 Apr 1825 in Gamrie Parish Church Gamrie Scotland, daughter of JAMES BRODIE and ISOBEL LAURANCE. She was born 17 Apr 1809, and died 05 Mar 1849 in Cross Slacks Gamrie.
Children of JOHN MORRISON and JEAN BRODIE are:
5. i. ELIZABETH4 MORRISON, b. 20 Aug 1825, Knowhead Croft Banff Scotland.
ii. JANE MORRISON, b. Abt. 1826.
iii. JEAN GRANT MORRISON, b. 28 Jul 1827, Knowhead Gamrie Banff Scotland.
iv. JOHN MORRISON, b. 09 Jul 1829, Gamrie Banffshire Scotland.
6. v. ALEXANDER MORRISON, b. 01 Feb 1832, Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland; d. 24 Oct 1882, Charmers Hospital Banffshire Scotland.
vi. ANNE MORRISON, b. 03 Oct 1834.
4. MARGARET3 MORRISON (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 19 Mar 1796 in Gamrie Banff Scotland.
Child of MARGARET MORRISON is:
i. HELEN4 MORRISON, b. Abt. 1824, Gamrie; m. R MC ROBIE, Abt. 1844; b. Abt. 1824.
Generation No. 4
5. ELIZABETH4 MORRISON (JOHN3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 20 Aug 1825 in Knowhead Croft Banff Scotland. She met WILLIAM SMITH 17 Oct 1846 in Gamrie Parish Church Gamrie Scotland. He was born Abt. 1825 in Gibralter.
Children of ELIZABETH MORRISON and WILLIAM SMITH are:
i. JEAN5 SMITH, b. Abt. 1848.
ii. MARY SMITH, b. Abt. 1850.
6. ALEXANDER4 MORRISON (JOHN3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 01 Feb 1832 in Cross Slacks Croft Gamrie Banffshire Scotland, and died 24 Oct 1882 in Charmers Hospital Banffshire Scotland. He married ELSPET MICHIE 06 Nov 1858 in Gamrie Parish Church Banff Scotland, daughter of ALEXANDER MICHIE and BARBARA HEATHERWICK. She was born 21 Jul 1838 in Gamrie Scotland, and died 15 Apr 1915 in Banff District Asylum Banffshire Scotland.
Children of ALEXANDER MORRISON and ELSPET MICHIE are:
7. i. BARBARA5 MORRISON, b. 14 Dec 1858, Macduff.
ii. JOHN MORRISON, b. 15 Jan 1861, McDuff Scotland; m. JEAN NEE MORRISON, Abt. 1892; b. Abt. 1861.
iii. JANE MORRISON, b. 18 Sep 1864, Macduff.
iv. ANNE MILLER MORRISON, b. 04 May 1867, Macduff; m. HUGH HAMILTON, Abt. 1888; b. Abt. 1867.
v. ELSPET MORRISON, b. 20 Jul 1869, McDuff Scotland; d. 24 Apr 1872, Clergy Street McDuff Scotland.
8. vi. JESSIE ISABELLA MORRISON, b. 29 Nov 1871.
9. vii. ALEXANDER MORRISON, b. 05 Apr 1873, Garden Street Macduff Banffshire Scotland; d. 15 Dec 1938, Highfield General Hospital Chester Road Sunderland.
10. viii. ROBINA GRIGOR MORRISON, b. 08 Nov 1875, Macduff.
11. ix. GEORGE BARBER MORRISON, b. 17 Mar 1877, 3 High Street Macduff Scotland; d. Mar 1969.
12. x. JAMES MORRISON, b. 29 Nov 1878, 23 Buchan Street Macduff Scotland; d. 1912.
xi. WILLIAM MORRISON, b. Abt. 1880.
and theres more and more and more
Anne Ambrose nee Morrison
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Chris: My grandfather was a John Murison married to CATHERINE GREY (second wife). I have a lot of information on this end of the family,
My father was Robert Murison
I am Robert Gordon Harvey Murison
My son is Robert Gordon Roland Murison
I was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1942'
I do have dates but not handy at the moment
My father had brothers Willliam, Harvey and John and possibly an Alex.
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Chris: My grandfather John Murison was born May 23 1855 Cruden \died April 2, 1932
Gordon
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Gordon, this may or may not be relevant, but two lots of my Murisons went to Winnipeg. James Murison (1860-1950) and his wife Susan Bush (1866-1958) had children James, Mary and Francis there. James became a doctor and went out to British Columbia.
Margaret Murison (1862-1936) married George Garrow (1864- ? ) and had children Jeane, Gillan, William and Douglas.
James and Margaret were two children of James Murison (1833-1908) and Isabella Garrow (1824-1896). The family had emigrated from Banffshire in 1872 and settled in the St Thomas area of Ontario.
I would be interested to hear if any of this connects with you.
Chris
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Hello Chris and Anne,
I've been following your posts with interest as I have Morisons from Gamrie.
I have Alexander Morison married Jean Milne 1807 in Gamrie. They had at least 5 children - Jean b 1808, John b 1809, Alexander b 1811, James b 1813 and Robert b 1814. All were born in Gamrie.
Alexander b 1811 is my direct line and I have been able to find out a lot about him and his family. I haven't been able to go further back than the 1807 marriage yet. The surname has changed to Morrison by 1842.
I know that this is a bit later than both of your families but wondered if you had come across them.
Elaine :)
Hi Elaine
I just spotted your post and had come across your Morrisons when searching for mine at New Register House a couple of weeks ago. My grandfather, Gordon Stratton, had a sister who died young. I only recently found her birth certificate, as I had been given the wrong first name by my grandfather - he called her Evie, but actually her full name was Florence Eveline Ross Stratton. Coincidentally when searching for siblings of Margaret Jane Morrison (my grandfather and Evie's mother), I came across an entry for Eveline Ann Ingram Morrison, daughter of John Morrison and Eveline Ann Ingram, Turriff 1881. His parents were Alexander Morrison and Elizabeth Ross and his paternal grandparents were Alexander Morrison and Jane Milne. I have an inkling they might be connected to my Morrisons in some way, as the name is unusual enough for it to perhaps be more than coincidental... I may be clutching at straws though... Margaret Jane Morrison is daughter of William Morrison and Ann Maitland, and William's parents are Arthur Morrison and Ann Winton, and Arthur's parents are John Morrison and Margaret Reidford. They can be found in either Aberdeen, Turriff, Marnoch or Beauly at various points. Do you know of any connection?
Thanks,
Louisa
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Hello Louisa,
I haven't looked at this thread for some time and it was purely by chance that I did yesterday and saw your post. It's been a while since I looked at my Morrisons so wanted to get up to speed again before I replied!
Thanks to your information, I found John Morrisons marriage to Eveline and also where they were in 1881. I also looked again at some of his siblings and found his brother Robert's marriage to Isabella Wilson and their children. They settled in Macduff.
Going back to Alexander Morrison and his wife Elizabeth (John's parents)...I had her surname as Joss and at first I thought that I had been mistaken and that it should be Ross after seeing your post. I've looked again at her marriage and death certificate and it is definitely Joss. This is also confirmed with Robert's daughter who was named Elizabeth Joss. I don't know if this helps or hinders but agree that the name Eveline is unusual and feel that there probably is a connection if we can only find it!
Thanks again for the information and I'll let you know if I find out anything else.
Elaine
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My maiden name is Murison and my ancestors came to New Zealand from Alyth, Scotland in 1850's. I would be interested to hear of any possible connections. My father has spent considerable time researching his family heritage but he is now 84 and living in care. Maybe this is the appropriate time for me to pick this up?
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Jane, get hold of all the information you have and lay it out chronologically, starting way back and work your way forward. Then get back to this forum and give some names, dates and places. We're a helpful lot, but we need something to get us started.
Have fun!
Chris
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Hi Chris
Thanks for your mail. I am sure somewhere down the line we will find a link as almost all of my Morrisons were born in Gamrie. However at this moment in time all I know is my first James Morrison was born in Banff abt 1735 m Margeret Brebner in abt 1760 and had at least 8 children between 1761 and 1777
Childrens names were James b 1761, John b 1762, George b abt 1764, Jean b abt 1768, Peter b abt 1770, Elspet b abt 1772, William b abt 1774, Thomas b abt 1777.
It is from John b 1762 that is my direct link.
I am aware that all of the above children were born in Gamrie Banff and that John d 1839 at cross slacks croft in Gamrie.
I do have a fair bit of information from there on in down to today but my biggest stumbling block is I cannot find anything at all about my first James b 1735. It is as if he just appeared from out of space.
I do remember my father once mentioning the Black Isles which I think is in Ross and Cromoty in the highlands but I cannot follow this without something more concrete. So brick wall it is unless????????
Regards Anne
Hi Anne
I've managed to trace my family line back to George Taylor Morrison who married Ann Reaper on 10 March 1863. George and Ann both lived in Grange, Banff. I've been told that George died during November 1932 (I need to confirm this) They had a son named Adam (born 1891) who married Lily May Smith. Adam moved to South Africa during his teenage years in the early 1900's.
I've tried tracing George's parents but there are a number of possibilities of who his parents could have been. I have wondered if he is in any way related to the George Morrison mentioned in your post. Should you have any information, please post.
Thanks
Calvin
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Hi,I note you say you've tried to find George's parents. His parents names will be on his marriage certificate & will also mention whether they're alive or deceased at the time of the marriage. This will be availabe to view online on the scotlandspeople website.
Hope this helps. Please let us know what you find out & we'll try & help more!
Regards,
flst
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Thanks flst
That was the next step I would've taken had no one been able to furnish me with the information.
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Just realised you're new to rootschat. Welcome! Once you've found the names of his parents I'm sure we'll be able to help you more. :)
flst
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Hi, can you tell me what censuses you have viewed? From the 1901 census I see that George states he was born in the parish of Boharm, circa 1844.Have you managed to trace him back from 1901?
flst
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Hello all,
I've just been reading this thread from start to finish with interest. I don't think I have anything to add, nor do I expect that from this my own (very minor) Morrison question will be answered, but this will at least bookmark the thread for me so I can keep track of what else comes up.
I've been doing some work on the Innes family, and over a couple of hundred years they've all been Boharm, Botriphnie, Aberlour etc, and latterly into the town of Keith itself. One name intrigued me because I can't see the link - William Morrison Innes, b 1861 in Boharm, son of Alexander Innes and Isabella Henderson.
I realise that the 'Morrison' could relate to a non-relative but would have expected it to reflect an ancestor, possibly through a maternal line. Isabella's parents, as far as I can tell and I've still to confirm, were John Henderson and Elizabeth Brander, so there's no obvious clue to the Morrison name there.
As I said, more of a bookmark than anything but if the Innes, Henderson or Brander names ring a Morrison bell/link with anyone, please let me know.
p.s. to Morrison_searcher: May I echo flst's welcome to rootschat? It's a great site and if there is anything or anyone that can assist you, this is certainly the place to come to find it
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Hi all ,
I can see the birth for Adam Morrison(1891) but can't see a marriage for George and Ann in 1863
There is a marriage George Morrison and Ann Reaper in 1885 Keith Moray :-\
ev
Added - think Ann Reaper was born 1865 Grange Banff
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=malgarden&id=I063826
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQX8-XF2
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Just for the record, my ancestor was Anne,daughter of John Morison & his wife Margaret Wood. Anne was born 21st (& christened 28th) January 1772 in Rochward, Gamrie. Witnesses were John Wood in Protstown & James Morison in Rochward. I believe that this James Morison is the one who married Margaret Brebner.Their daughter Elspet, born /baptised? January 13th 1772 had John Morison elder & John Morison younger as witnesses (all in Rochward). Could it be that James & John were both sons of John Morison (elder).
My ancestor married John Wood on December 25th 1805.In 1841 they were at Stonehouse, Gamrie.
What a pity bramwellanne hasn't been on this website for so long:(
flst
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Hi, can you tell me what censuses you have viewed? From the 1901 census I see that George states he was born in the parish of Boharm, circa 1844.Have you managed to trace him back from 1901?
flst
Hi, i've acquired most of the info from Familysearch.org and from relatives. I haven't viewed any census' yet. Thanks for responding so swiftly and for George's birth date; one more step in the right direction.
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Hello all,
I've just been reading this thread from start to finish with interest. I don't think I have anything to add, nor do I expect that from this my own (very minor) Morrison question will be answered, but this will at least bookmark the thread for me so I can keep track of what else comes up.
I've been doing some work on the Innes family, and over a couple of hundred years they've all been Boharm, Botriphnie, Aberlour etc, and latterly into the town of Keith itself. One name intrigued me because I can't see the link - William Morrison Innes, b 1861 in Boharm, son of Alexander Innes and Isabella Henderson.
I realise that the 'Morrison' could relate to a non-relative but would have expected it to reflect an ancestor, possibly through a maternal line. Isabella's parents, as far as I can tell and I've still to confirm, were John Henderson and Elizabeth Brander, so there's no obvious clue to the Morrison name there.
As I said, more of a bookmark than anything but if the Innes, Henderson or Brander names ring a Morrison bell/link with anyone, please let me know.
p.s. to Morrison_searcher: May I echo flst's welcome to rootschat? It's a great site and if there is anything or anyone that can assist you, this is certainly the place to come to find it
Thanks for the hearty welcome. I've never been to Scotland but the welcome I've received thus far makes me feel right at home ;-)
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Hi all ,
I can see the birth for Adam Morrison(1891) but can't see a marriage for George and Ann in 1863
There is a marriage George Morrison and Ann Reaper in 1885 Keith Moray :-\
ev
Added - think Ann Reaper was born 1865 Grange Banff
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=malgarden&id=I063826
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQX8-XF2
Thanks for the link. George was in fact born in 1863 and married in 1885 to Ann Reaper. I never realized he had so many children! More relatives, great!
An interesting thing is that Adam Morrison's son, Leonard, also had Taylor as his middle name just like his grandfather.
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Here's the information from the censuses;
1891
Farmtoun,Grange,Banffshire
George Morrison,27,farm servant,born Boharm, Ann,25,wife,born Grange,Banffshire,
George,1,son,born Grange,Banffshire, Maggie Ann,dau,5,born Keith, Isabella,dau,3,born Keith.
1901
Braco Cottage,Grange,Banffshire.
George,Ann R, George,11,Adam,9,Agnes,5,Elizabeth,3,Ann,7.
The link that ev gave gives you the name of George's parents. Interesting to see that his mother was an Innes as Maggie1895 is looking for a connection with her William Innes Morrison.
flst
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This is all very fascinating indeed. I hope the Innes Morrison connection gives her the lead she needs.
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Here's the information from the censuses;
1891
Farmtoun,Grange,Banffshire
George Morrison,27,farm servant,born Boharm, Ann,25,wife,born Grange,Banffshire,
George,1,son,born Grange,Banffshire, Maggie Ann,dau,5,born Keith, Isabella,dau,3,born Keith.
1901
Braco Cottage,Grange,Banffshire.
George,Ann R, George,11,Adam,9,Agnes,5,Elizabeth,3,Ann,7.
The link that ev gave gives you the name of George's parents. Interesting to see that his mother was an Innes as Maggie1895 is looking for a connection with her William Innes Morrison.
flst
Was George an only child? What would be the best way to go about searching for John Morrison's parents (John being George's father)?
I've tried on Family search but I often end up with too many John Morrison's even after narrowing searches...
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Hello all,
I've just been reading this thread from start to finish with interest. I don't think I have anything to add, nor do I expect that from this my own (very minor) Morrison question will be answered, but this will at least bookmark the thread for me so I can keep track of what else comes up.
I've been doing some work on the Innes family, and over a couple of hundred years they've all been Boharm, Botriphnie, Aberlour etc, and latterly into the town of Keith itself. One name intrigued me because I can't see the link - William Morrison Innes, b 1861 in Boharm, son of Alexander Innes and Isabella Henderson.
I realise that the 'Morrison' could relate to a non-relative but would have expected it to reflect an ancestor, possibly through a maternal line. Isabella's parents, as far as I can tell and I've still to confirm, were John Henderson and Elizabeth Brander, so there's no obvious clue to the Morrison name there.
As I said, more of a bookmark than anything but if the Innes, Henderson or Brander names ring a Morrison bell/link with anyone, please let me know.
p.s. to Morrison_searcher: May I echo flst's welcome to rootschat? It's a great site and if there is anything or anyone that can assist you, this is certainly the place to come to find it
Hi, George Taylor Morrison's parents were John Morrison and Margaret Innes. Could this connection be of use to you?
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Well look what I found! I just googled the couple's names & this came up.
http://www.visitkeith.co.uk/assets/files/Burial%20Records/Botriphnie%20Cemetery%20Gravestone%20Inscriptions%281%29.pdf
So very pleased for you! The answers to many questions!
flst
:D
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Well look what I found! I just googled the couple's names & this came up.
http://www.visitkeith.co.uk/assets/files/Burial%20Records/Botriphnie%20Cemetery%20Gravestone%20Inscriptions%281%29.pdf
So very pleased for you! The answers to many questions!
flst
:D
That answers many questions indeed! Thanks so much.
I've checked for records of John Morrison born 1812 - his gravestone says that he died on 30 December 1878 aged 66 years. The only Morrison born in 1812 that I could find is a Douglas John Morrison. Is it possible that a Douglas John Morrison would be called John Morrison?
This Douglas John Morrison's father was a William Morrison and I've noticed that John Morrison did have a son named William.
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That was a good find , flst
So many deaths in the same family in a short space of time :'(
John's death cert. should give his parents , given that his death was late in the year it might not have been registered until 1879
John Morrison 1879 death , Keith Moray , born c1813(Scotlandspeople)
ev
Added - looks like John was a mason born Keith Banffshire(1851 Census)
John Morrison born 14th Sept. 1812 Keith Banff , parents Adam Morrison and Jannet Milne :-\
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That was a good find , flst
So many deaths in the same family in a short space of time :'(
John's death cert. should give his parents , given that his death was late in the year it might not have been registered until 1879
John Morrison 1879 death , Keith Moray , born c1813(Scotlandspeople)
ev
Added - looks like John was a mason born Keith Banffshire(1851 Census)
John Morrison born 14th Sept. 1812 Keith Banff , parents Adam Morrison and Jannet Milne :-\
Thanks ev.
What's quite interesting is that Adam's surname is recorded as both Morrison and Morison. I've managed to trace his father and mother: Walter Morison who married Margaret Rob(b) who married in 1772. They had a few children.
I've tried tracing Walter's parents and decided to use Morison in the search. I've receieved three possibilities: two christenings in Deskford, Banff and one christening in Gamrie, Banff. Interesting note is that the latter only has his father, George Morison, recorded at the christening. Would I be correct in assuming that Gamrie is probably where Walter was born?
I'm thoroughly enjoying this search - uncovering so much!
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It's never safe to assume anything in genealogy! It would depend on the father's occupation. Farm servants in particular may have changed their jobs & moved house twice a year.This explains how their children tended to be born in different parishes.On the other hand,in a coastal place like Gamrie, many of it's residents were fisher folk & they'd more likely stay in the same parish.
Not all baptism registers recorded the mother's name.By viewing the actual Old Parish Record & not just the index you may find further information such as address,father's occupation, names of witnesses etc.
Where did you find the information on Adam's parents?
flst
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Found the info on Familysearch.org.
Apologies, "assumption" is a swearword ;-)
Will retrieve the info i found on Adam and post it.
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That was a good find , flst
So many deaths in the same family in a short space of time :'(
John's death cert. should give his parents , given that his death was late in the year it might not have been registered until 1879
John Morrison 1879 death , Keith Moray , born c1813(Scotlandspeople)
ev
Added - looks like John was a mason born Keith Banffshire(1851 Census)
John Morrison born 14th Sept. 1812 Keith Banff , parents Adam Morrison and Jannet Milne :-\
Thanks ev.
What's quite interesting is that Adam's surname is recorded as both Morrison and Morison. I've managed to trace his father and mother: Walter Morison who married Margaret Rob(b) who married in 1772. They had a few children.
I've tried tracing Walter's parents and decided to use Morison in the search. I've receieved three possibilities: two christenings in Deskford, Banff and one christening in Gamrie, Banff. Interesting note is that the latter only has his father, George Morison, recorded at the christening. Would I be correct in assuming that Gamrie is probably where Walter was born?
I'm thoroughly enjoying this search - uncovering so much!
Walter Morison married Margaret Rob on 09 February 1772 (Boharm, Moray, Scotland).
They had 4 children: Mary (b 23 May 1779), James (b 8 Jan 1778), William (b 20 May 1782) and Adam (b 10 May 1775). All were born in Botriphnie, Banff.
Adam married Jannet Milne on 18 Jan 1806 in Keith, Banff
I'm not 100 % sure that Walter is Adam's father. It was the only record of an Adam born in the same area (Botriphnie) as descendant John Morrison
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Thank you! flst, Morrison-Searcher, that's the first link I've found between a Morrison and an Innes. To say Innes is not an uncommon name in that area is a bit like saying you may find a few Jones in Wales, but it's a brillliant starter for 10, and I shall certainly be following it up.
I really appreciate the help, and sorry to butt into your thread. I did try and look for a birth for the George Morrison on the original enquiry, but drew a blank in OPR, good to see you've moved so far on it. I'll take a look at what else you have, have another hunt and see if I can contribute anything else in return.
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Morrison-searcher, if you view the opr's in scotlandspeople you should be able to find out the exact details of the information you found on familysearch.There may be many couples with the same names in a parish & by seeing the original entries you should be able to identify your ancestors.
flst
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Hi all. I am new to this site. I am very interested in the posts made by Morrison_searcher. You have mentioned George Morrison's son Adam that immigrated to South Africa and that he had a son Leonard Taylor Morrison. Adam is in fact my grand father and Leonard Taylor is my uncle - I am named after him. So it seems that we are related :)
I visited Scotland in June for the first time - WOW is all I can say. I visited with another family member while I was there as well. Her grandfather is Adam's older brother George.
I am still living in South Africa.
Len Morrison
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Hi Len
Calvin Morrison here (aka "Morrison_searcher"). I am son of Mervyn Morrison - son of Leonard Morrison your uncle. Where in SA are you living now? I would like to visit Scotland next year. Did you visit family while you were there?
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Hi Calvin.
The world is so small :)
Living in Sasolburg - have been here for 16 years now.
My wife and I travelled all over Scotland this year June. We went to Edinburgh for about a week, then travelled to Isle of Skye (Portree) and then to Inverness. We had a car so we travelled a lot and saw a lot. We visited with a "cousin" that lives near Keith near to where Adam was born. We actually went to Grange (right next to Keith) where Adam was born and raised. The "cousin" I speak of has the same great grandfather as your father and I do.
So nice to contact you like this - lol :D
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This is crazy Len :)
I had no idea that we had relatives we have never met living in South Africa.
Leonard had two daughters: Dawn and Jenny and a son: Mervyn. They spent some time living in Zambia where my dad was born. Len worked on a copper mine in Mufilera (excuse spelling). They moved to SA and lived in Amanzimtoti where they spent a number of years together. Leonard unfortunately passed away when my dad was still young.
What might be of interest to you is that one of Leonard's brothers, Percy, married Ethel - the sister of Charlotte who married Leonard. In essence, two brothers and two sisters got married. Charlotte (my granny) is still alive (she is 89) as is Percy and Ethel. Percy and Ethel live in Pretoria - Percy's daughter, Lydia (your cousin) also lives in Pretoria with her husband and children.
So you are my dad's direct cousin which makes our relation "second cousin".
If you're working at Sasol then you have a second cousin (who's mom is daughter of Leonard) working for Sasol, Secunda. Are you an engineer by any chance? This cousin and my wife and I are all engineers :-)
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Len :)
Just spoke to Dawn and she mentioned that you are all in fact cousins. She doesn't have your number so she will send me Lydia's number (your sister ;)) and we will make contact.
Correction: Percy and Ethel are now living on the farm with Lydia - which you already know ;)
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Would I be correct in assuming that Gamrie is probably where Walter was born?
No!
Unfortunately you cannot assume this, because the records are more and more incomplete the further back you get. Your Walter Mor(r)ison could be unrecorded.
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Yes - Ethel and Percy are my parents. Mervyn, Dawn and Jenny are my cousins - close cousins as their dad (Leonard) is my father's brother and their mom (Charlotte) is my mom's sister. I am an engineer but don't work for Sasol. I know Gary well.
Regards
Len
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Hi Guys,
I've been away from this forum for a while. Came back today to find the MORRISON family name has taken over! All very interesting, with many names familiar to me from my researches elsewhere, but where have the MURISON families gone?
If readers would like to scroll back a few pages, they will find a few posts from me, one in particular giving dates and relationships of my Gamrie and Alvah MURISON forebears. Indulge me while I up-date these Banffshire MURISONS:
John Murison (Moorison, Muirison also in 18th century documents of the family)was a crofter at Crossford/Cross-slacks. He married twice, but there appears to be no record of the ladies' names. John (c1690-c1760) and his wives had at least seven sons and maybe a daughter or two. There was William (c1716- ), George ( -1772), Alexander, John, Francis (1723-1801), James (1727-1803) and Andrew (1730-1809).
Francis married Elspet Wood (1725-1801) and had one son and four daughters. They were James (1757-1841, Anne (1760- ), Elspet (1755-c1772), Margaret (1755-1820) and Mary (1764-1806). Anne married John Reid; Margaret married George Rankin (1755-1812) in 1793 and Mary married James Rankin (1746-1824). This completes this line as I know it. I am not sure the relationship between the two Rankins - brothers?
James married Sophia Bruce late in life (around 1775) and had three daughters and one son. They were Sophia (1780- ), Margaret (1781- ), Jean (1785- ) and James (1776-1833). James married Ann Waddell ( -1858) and had four daughters and five sons. They were James (1812- ), Andrew, Jean, John (1803-1822), Margaret, Cathrine, Mary, Alexander and Francis (1810-1880). Francis married Isabella Cameron (1811-1877) and one of his sons, Francis (1837-1907), married Margaret Garrow (1834-1897). The Garrow family became seriously entwined with the Murison tribe, even emigrating to Canada together in the early 1870s. More of this in another posting.
Andrew (see para. 3 above), married Mary Herdman (1740-1824) in 1763 and they made a decision to change the patronym of their children to MORISON! Mary was a descendant of the Forbes family of Kincardine and could trace her ancestry back to the Blackhalls of that Ilk and Barra. A possible reason for the change could be that an early owner of Barra Castle had been a George Morison. Who knows? Anyway, their children married into the Farquhar, McCrae and Cushnie families and a whole slew of lawyers, doctors, artists and poets resulted, many emigrating to Australia. One was knighted for his services to royalty, among other things. More of this in another posting.
Chris