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Scotland / Re: David Valentine & Elizabeth Brember/Brebner and son John.
« on: Saturday 08 October 22 15:29 BST (UK)  »
I see that your Valentine ancestors were married into the Ferriers, so are our ancestors and this very old Kincardineshire family come from Fettercairn area. We also have links with Johnshaven and Benholm. I see that you previously doubted the roots going back in this area and thought Valentine’s were from  central Scotland, definitely not.,! You need to see our family tree on Ancestry. My sister Lorna has Valentines going back to 1600s. It is clearly same family as yours. Good luck and we’re any of your Valentine’s Glasites?

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Kincardineshire / Re: Valentine in Fettercairn and Stonehaven
« on: Saturday 08 October 22 13:54 BST (UK)  »
In reply to interest about Valentine’s of Fettercairn, I think you will find my sister Lorna Herring’s Valentine family tree on Ancestry, extremely useful. She has researched the family right back to the 1600s and many of the people queried will have links in our family tree. We are Valentine’s twice over as our Gt Grandparents were Valentine first cousins. They both are descended from David Valentine and Agnes Swan who lived in Benholm but his forebearers were from Fettercairn. Our line ended up in Perth, Scotland and our Gt Grandmother was born in Tasmania. There are many Valentine relations still there and the Scottish and Tasmanian family have maintained the link from 1860s onwards!

As for there being no Valentine’s in Fettercairn, well population is only 350! There are many of the family in nearby towns and Dundee and Perth. I am interested to know if any other Valentines from Fettercairn had ancestors who were Glasites? Our Gt Grandfather George Valentine was but I’m not sure how far membership of this church went.

I’ve found it to be a family with a strong identity in this corner of Scotland, some very interesting characters and certainly in our branch’s case a family who loved to travel but keep in touch with their roots. Hope this may help other Valentine researchers.

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