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Inverness / Re: Feshiebridge
« on: Sunday 06 November 11 04:26 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Donald. Thanks for the prompt response. I'd love to see the school records you  mention as I don't really have anything on my grandmother's early years other than she and of course her twin sister  Catherine being born in Alder cottage on the Feshie estate.

Grant isn't my surname. I'm actually a Macleod. My mother Jessie Mary Macleod who was born in Stornoway married another Macleod - my father Torquil Macleod from Stornoway.

Warm regards,
Duncan.

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Inverness / Re: Feshiebridge
« on: Saturday 05 November 11 19:17 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: samgate on Tuesday 23 February 10 16:37 GMT (UK)
John Grant (b. 2 Apr 1815 Alvie to John G. & Lizzie Murray) m. Aug 1843, Alvie to Jessie Carr (b. 12 Jun 1824 Kingussie & Insh to John C. & Annie Bruce). They had at least 11 children : Betsy b.  1844, John b. 1846, Lewis b. 1848, William b. 1850, Peter b. 1853, James b. 1855, Alexander b.1858, Donald (Duncan?) b. 1861, David b. 1864 d. 1864, Ann b. 1865, Jessie b. 1867 - all Alvie.
John snr d. 1906, Alvie & Jessie snr. d. 1907 Kingussie. Hope this helps.

Hello Samgate
Can you please let me know how you found Jessie Carr's dob? Though I have marriage & death info, I haven't been able to find anything about her birth in the records. Census entries show her as having been born in Alvie, so I anticipated that her birth would have been registered - though it's possible that it wasn't. That would have been very unusual  for that period  & location, but you appear to have an exact date.

Warm regards,
Duncan.

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Inverness / Re: Feshiebridge
« on: Saturday 05 November 11 17:26 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Craskie/Marion.

John Grant & Elsbeth Murray were also my GGG grandparents. Likewise we share the same GG grandparents in John Grant & Jessie Carr. Whereas you are descended from their 6th son Alexander (b1858), I am descended from their eldest son - also John (b 1846).


Hello Rudlach
It seems we are more closely related in that we share the same G grandfather in John Grant (b1846). I am descended from John's second marriage to Isabella Graham. They had 3 daughters; twins Harriet & Catherine (b1901) and youngest daughter Margaret (b1903). My grandmother Harriet married Norman Macleod from Skye. Their eldest daughter Jessie Mary Macleod was my mother.

Unless you are a descendent of my grand-aunt Margaret (Maggie) Grant - who married Walter Snowdon, then I assume that you are descended from John's first marriage to Helen McIntosh (1845-1891). They had 6 children; Peter, Helen, John, Ewen & Lewis. Your G grandfather John died in Edinburgh in 1904.

I'd love to hear anything either of you have on our Grant forebears. I shall of course be delighted to reciprocate.

Warm regards to you both.
Duncan.




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