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« on: Wednesday 11 March 09 01:13 GMT (UK) »
Hi Lodger, Firstly, thank you for the look ups in Hamilton cemetery which you have done for a distant cousin of mine, Heather. I'm one of the descendants of the Gebbie/Lang families. Heather has passed on the information you have found for us. Apart from the family history I share with Heather, I also have another branch of my family who have lived in the Hamilton area. The Ritchie family. My great grandfather Robert Ritchie married a Margaret Wilson. Margaret had a sister Marion, from whom Heather descends. Their parents are our common ancestor.
My GG Grandfather Daniel Ritchie and his wife (though no marriage has been found in my 20 years of searching) Eliza (Elizabeth) Gray (Kisseck?) are both supposed to have been born in Lanarkshire, possibly Lanark. They had their children in Antrim Ireland and although my GGrandfather Robert Ritchie married lived and had most of his children in Hamilton, I have not been able to fine what became of his siblings - wether they also went to Scotland or not. Robert and his wife Margaret migrated to Australia in 1886. Roberts father Daniel died in Belfast. His Mother Eliza was still in Belfast in 1887 but I have not found her death there and wondered if she returned to Scotland to live with other family members. If you think you could help me in any way on my Ritchie/Gray line, it would be greatly appreciated.
Regards, CeciliaR