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Aberdeenshire Lookup Requests / Re: Lookup - TILLERY / TILLARY
« on: Wednesday 29 March 23 16:00 BST (UK) »
Hello,
I would be interested in knowing any more information about Tillery if anyone would be able to help. I actually don't know very much at all, despite that my grandmother inherited the Tillery estate from when her father died when she was still quite young. She grew up in part of the house that wasn't burnt down lol, and then moved when she was in her late teens I think (might be wrong on the age).
I know that she sold the house, but I think she still owns some of the land. I've never been there. I didn't even know much about this estate at all, or really anything about that side of the family history until recently. There were mentions from my dad once when I was young of let's say... some odd political family history to put it mildly. My dad is nothing like that as my mum & dad count as the lowest 10% of UK earners, so they have had a very different life experience than my dad's ancestors. I live in central scotland, and my dad (who's the son of my grandmother), moved down here to go to university/get work when he was young.
My mum's family was the complete opposite & from Irish descent, I had relatives who fought for Irish independence with socialist backgrounds in the early 1900s & my maternal grandad was a miner, so it's a bit amusing how different their backgrounds are lol. I have mostly have been around my extended Scottish-Irish family, so I recently have been interested to know more about my grandmother's side as I know very little.
I will try ask her a bit more next time I see her, but I only see her about once a year recently as she has been ill for a while, lives quite far away and can't handle a lot of visitors because of her illness. I don't think she knows very much about her family history, her dad died when she quite young. I know there were a few photos left in the house when she sold it, but she couldn't get them back because I think she handled it in the wrong way lol. I don't know much of the details as it happened when I was a child. So I don't have very many photos, but I would love to see some if anyone has any
I do have one photo of the house, but I took it on my phone so the quality could be better:https://imgur.com/AQDBfuq
I would be interested in knowing any more information about Tillery if anyone would be able to help. I actually don't know very much at all, despite that my grandmother inherited the Tillery estate from when her father died when she was still quite young. She grew up in part of the house that wasn't burnt down lol, and then moved when she was in her late teens I think (might be wrong on the age).
I know that she sold the house, but I think she still owns some of the land. I've never been there. I didn't even know much about this estate at all, or really anything about that side of the family history until recently. There were mentions from my dad once when I was young of let's say... some odd political family history to put it mildly. My dad is nothing like that as my mum & dad count as the lowest 10% of UK earners, so they have had a very different life experience than my dad's ancestors. I live in central scotland, and my dad (who's the son of my grandmother), moved down here to go to university/get work when he was young.
My mum's family was the complete opposite & from Irish descent, I had relatives who fought for Irish independence with socialist backgrounds in the early 1900s & my maternal grandad was a miner, so it's a bit amusing how different their backgrounds are lol. I have mostly have been around my extended Scottish-Irish family, so I recently have been interested to know more about my grandmother's side as I know very little.
I will try ask her a bit more next time I see her, but I only see her about once a year recently as she has been ill for a while, lives quite far away and can't handle a lot of visitors because of her illness. I don't think she knows very much about her family history, her dad died when she quite young. I know there were a few photos left in the house when she sold it, but she couldn't get them back because I think she handled it in the wrong way lol. I don't know much of the details as it happened when I was a child. So I don't have very many photos, but I would love to see some if anyone has any
I do have one photo of the house, but I took it on my phone so the quality could be better:https://imgur.com/AQDBfuq