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Aberdeenshire / Re: Aberdeenshire Newspaper Clippings
« on: Thursday 22 December 22 10:40 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for the reply.

Whilst researching, i came across this article in the British Newspaper Archive from 1912 that is quite interesting.

It was written by James Lawrence and called "Rambles in the north" published in the Banffshire reporter (I would presume a small local newspaper)

He is reminiscing about his childhood and walking through the Hill of Cotburn recalling come of the families that lived there.

There are mentions of the Ellis, Scorgies, Donalds, Duncans, Emslies, Hutchensons, Grevie, Mcgowan, Beenie, French, Morrison families to name a few.

Thanks,

John

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Aberdeenshire / Re: Aberdeenshire Newspaper Clippings
« on: Friday 07 October 22 09:28 BST (UK)  »
Hello Kristy,

Appreciate i am extremely late to the conversation (A decade at least!), but i came across this forum whilst researching my family tree.

I can see a reference to my great x 2 grandfather James Ellis who lived on the hill of cotburn with his wife, Jessie (Formally Webster) and children, Duff, Bartlett, Alexander, George, Jessie, Mary, William and James around the time of your newspaper clippings.

I believe in later life he lived with the Cowie family in Udny and died there at the grand old age of 86 in 1928.

Do you have any references to the Ellis family in the book?

Many thnaks,

John Ellis

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