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Dumfriesshire / Re: Any resources for Durrisdeer for Rea(y)
« on: Wednesday 01 October 08 19:19 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, Fiona.
Yes, I do indeed have the details you mentioned- and many more. I can account for one of the missing Rae brood- Thomas Lorimer Rae. He died at Genessee Falls, New
York, in 1861, aged 21. My suspicion is that he died in the  American Civil War (there was a skirmish at Genessee), but have been unable to substantiate this theory. Och well.
Might catch up with you later on the Jardine/ Canonbie connection, when I've rummaged sufficiently on that line.
good hunting...
Ruadh

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Dumfriesshire / Re: Any resources for Durrisdeer for Rea(y)
« on: Sunday 21 September 08 21:20 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, Fiona.
William Rae (d.1859), husband of Grizzel Maxwell, left a will dated 1860, and available for inspection at Scotlandspeople.org (for £5..). I gave it a miss.
His father, William, died in 1792, with his own will being proved in 1795. Sadly, the paucity of 18thC baptismal and marriage records (non-existent in some parishes) make the business of unearthing links frustrating. Thus, Wills can be a useful entry point on tricky lines, where all else fails.
Helen Jardine could well be a connection. I am descended from James Jardine and Helen Cowan of Canonbie, through their daughter, Janet (1778-c1851) and Andrew Rutherford (1773-1851). However, this is one ancestral seam I have yet to mine. Jardines abound in Dumfriesshire.
If you have any references to Robert Rae/ Margaret Lorimer or Thomas Rae (farmed at Durisdeer, and whose entire brood seemed to vanish c. 1861- probably to America..) I would be interested to see them.

Ruadh.

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Dumfriesshire / Re: Any resources for Durrisdeer for Rea(y)
« on: Saturday 20 September 08 22:31 BST (UK)  »
By all means, Fiona. William Rae jnr., and his wife, Catherine Kinnear had at least five children, one of whom had the name Roberta. This suggests a link with my Durrisdeer/Sanquhar Raes, since the forename 'Robert' crops up repeatedly there. However, I have been unable to link William Rae senior with my family. The William Rae b. 1800 (in my line) was the son of Robert Rae and Margaret Lorimer, not William Rae and Grizzel Maxwell. I suppose (it's easy to confuse generations) that William Rae (husband to Grizzel) might have been a brother to Robert Rae. That's a possibility.

Ruadh.

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Dumfriesshire / Re: Any resources for Durrisdeer for Rea(y)
« on: Tuesday 16 September 08 18:17 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I am direct Descendant of Robert Rae (c.1774-1847) and Margaret Lorimer (1778-1867) through their son, David Rae (c.1813, Sanquhar, though baptism unrecorded.Died Glasgow 1860). Margaret Lorimer was the daughter of Thomas Lorimer (c.1735-1826), sometime farmer in Durisdeer/Sanquhar, and Margaret Hunter (c.1754-1825). Robert was the son (so far as I am able to tell) of William Rae and Mary Brown. When Robert Rae died, he was living at Raefield in Sanquhar. The 1841 census describes him as an 'agricultural worker', but his son (with whom he was living) had a farm of a reasonable size.
I know of no connections with England, nor with cattle dealing as such, nor any connections with the Maxwells, save that a William Rae, of Durrisdeer (Sanquhar) married a Grizzel Maxwell.  This William Rae is not the one you referred to, born at Bridge of Scar (the latter being brother to my g.g.g.g.Grandfather, David).
The family grave for the Raes and Lorimers lies in Sanquhar Kirkyard. Here Thomas Lorimer (father to Margaret above) is described as a farmer of 200 acres (quite a plot, even nowadays).
I hope these details will be of interest to you. I live in the Highlands, so my opportunities for rummaging around Dumfriesshire are fairly limited.

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