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[Lexi]

Thanks Christopher

I was unsure of the protocol.   Now, my next question is?  Can I send US Dollars or should I go to a bank for an exchange......I am aware that I should include return international postage.  Greatly appreciate all suggestions!

Kind Regards
Lexi

P.S.  If I may ask?  "Man in Black in Ireland" as in "Johnny Cash ? "  One of my favorite country western performers ever,next to Willie Nelson, that is!   

[Christopher]

Hi Lexi,

That is a good question. Maybe sending a note explaining you would like to make a small donation and asking if they would prefer dollars or sterling would be would be the best idea.

Re the Man in Black. Recently I decided a black sweat shirt, trousers and shoes look very smart. I now have several black sweat shirts (one with a Dennis the Menace motif), a couple of pair of trousers, shoes and boots.  I am not an entertainer though. I rank Johnny Cash as a great singer, Gary Player (a great golfer from South Africa) was also known as The Man in Black as was Valentine Dyall, an actor who presented the BBC Radio famous horror series "Appointment with Fear" between 1943 to 1955.  My cousin, Keith Donald, a well known Irish saxophonist also dresses in black. http://www.keithdonald.com/index.html

Best Wishes, Chris

[Lexi]

Hello Christopher,

Thanks for your reply.  Wonderful suggestion and I'll post them this week and will surely let you know the results of my request.

Now when you say sterling, you're not talking about the silver in my teeth are you?     Ah, just kidding ya!

Your cousin, Keith Donald is very talented and I'm guessing it must run in the family?  Irish music either makes me laugh or cry.  I enjoy both.

Regards
Lexi

[Christopher]

Hi Lexi,

I'm not a musician. In addition to my genealogy interests I write poetry and prayers. I noticed a message on one of the boards a few minutes ago that the mother of a Rootschat member had been ill recently. I thought about her and other people I know who also have been ill during the past few weeks. Then I wrote the following lines:-

Dear Lord we pray that you give strength to the ill,
May they make an early recovery if that is your will.
We pray for the doctors and nurses who care for our health
For it is much better to have that than considerable wealth.

All the Best, Chris

[Lexi]

Hello Christopher

Your Quote

Dear Lord we pray that you give strength to the ill,
May they make an early recovery if that is your will.
We pray for the doctors and nurses who care for our health
For it is much better to have that than considerable wealth.


Having 2 members of my own family in poor health, I greatly appreciate your words of wisdom.  Plus I've a doctor and a few nurses in my family and will be sure to pass this poem along to them.

Regards
Lexi

[Shanty]

Lexi,

It's been a while since you posted this but i was wondering if you ever found the parents's names for Hans as I retrieved them from an unverified (but reasonable) source to say his parents were Hugh Dixon and Sarah McCrae.  This could possibly make Hans and Elizabeth related through the mothers of each.  Also, there are some Scotland surveys that have 'Dickson' as the last name for a couple of the Dixon family members. 

If you have other info than  or alternative to this, I would love to hear it.  I am researching the Airdrie line.

Shanty

[Lexi]

Hi Shanty,

If I may ask who is the "unverified source"  you can pm the info, but I have a feeling the person's first name maybe Alan? 

Here's what I have from my tree

Name: Hans Dixon
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1810 in Ireland
Death: 8 NOV 1866 in North Street, Dalry, Ayr, Scotland
Reference Number: 3640
Note: 1851 age 45 151 Bank Street, Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland - born Ireland - miner

Father: Hugh Dixon
Mother: Sarah McCrae

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Airdire b: ABT 1811 in Ireland
Children
 John Dickson b: ABT 1830 in Ireland
 Litia Dixon b: ABT 1834 in Ireland
 Hugh Dixon b: ABT 1837 in Ireland
 David Dixon b: ABT 1838 in Ireland
 Hans Dixon b: ABT 1840 in Ireland
 William Dixon b: ABT 1847 in Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland
 Thomas Dixon b: ABT 1850 in Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland
 Hans Dixon b: ABT 1855
 Adam Dixon b: ABT 1857 in Kilbirnie, Ayr, Scotland

From what I understand, there are two related families from Kilbirnie by the name of Dixon and one changed the spelling to Dickson.  At this point, I don't have any other info on the Airdire family, but would be most interested if we have a family connection....

Lexi

[Shanty]

I don't know the person's actual name.  Their display name on Rootsweb is AWD7 but their data is a match for what i have.  I believe however, that the "Hans Dixon b: ABT 1855" as you list below is actually the Hans Dixon b: 23 May 1855 and son of Hugh Dixon (Hans' & Elizabeth son).  The Elizabeth Airdire was a misspelling of 'Airdrie' on one of the early Scotland census'.  What I am missing is how Elizabeth Airdrie connects into my Airdrie family line.  I believe her father - Adam - was the brother to my ggggrandfather David.  I am basing this on their ages and birth place.  In addition, the only other place I have found the name Letitia in my family tree was David's daughter.  I thought this might be because of his sister-in-law Letitia McCrae. 

Unfortunately, I have no verfication of this but so far my gut feelings (with a bit of logic thrown in) has been panning out pretty good.  My adventure is now in Ireland for records for David, Adam and Thomas all of whom i believe were brothers but Ireland is not easy to research.  This is why I was really hoping you might have had some info on the Airdrie's (also spelled Airdire, Ardrie, Airdrey, Airdire, Airdre, a couple of others) in Ireland.  If you ever come acrosee any, i would love to hear from you on it!

So to answer your question, 'yes' it would appear in a round-about way, we are related.  Fact is, if anyone has an Airdrie in their family line, we are related.  After all, there aren't too many of us.  If you want to see what i've got for names and such, here http://airdriefleming.tribalpages.com/ is a link to my family tree.  I haven't updated it in a while (too darned nice outside!).  The majority of the Airdrie names are verified with copies of the records however, this site doesn't allow for uploading of such things.

Have a great day!
-Shanty

[Lexi]

I don't know the person's actual name.  Their display name on Rootsweb is AWD7 but their data is a match for what i have.  I believe however, that the "Hans Dixon b: ABT 1855" as you list below is actually the Hans Dixon b: 23 May 1855 and son of Hugh Dixon (Hans' & Elizabeth son).  The Elizabeth Airdire was a misspelling of 'Airdrie' on one of the early Scotland census'.  What I am missing is how Elizabeth Airdrie connects into my Airdrie family line.  I believe her father - Adam - was the brother to my ggggrandfather David.  I am basing this on their ages and birth place.  In addition, the only other place I have found the name Letitia in my family tree was David's daughter.  I thought this might be because of his sister-in-law Letitia McCrae. 

Unfortunately, I have no verfication of this but so far my gut feelings (with a bit of logic thrown in) has been panning out pretty good.  My adventure is now in Ireland for records for David, Adam and Thomas all of whom i believe were brothers but Ireland is not easy to research.  This is why I was really hoping you might have had some info on the Airdrie's (also spelled Airdire, Ardrie, Airdrey, Airdire, Airdre, a couple of others) in Ireland.  If you ever come acrosee any, i would love to hear from you on it!

So to answer your question, 'yes' it would appear in a round-about way, we are related.  Fact is, if anyone has an Airdrie in their family line, we are related.  After all, there aren't too many of us.  If you want to see what i've got for names and such, here http://airdriefleming.tribalpages.com/ is a link to my family tree.  I haven't updated it in a while (too darned nice outside!).  The majority of the Airdrie names are verified with copies of the records however, this site doesn't allow for uploading of such things.

Have a great day!
-Shanty

Hi Shanty,

If we're related by the Airdrie line, all I can say is Welcome to the family...   Thanks for the link, I do see you have Elizabeth's brother listed John m. to Janet, along with a great deal of info on the Dixon's. 

awd7 is the husband of my relative in the UK, but not related by the Dixon/Airdrie family name.  When I began my research several years ago, I shared my entire family with him and he incorporated it into his family history with my permission, of course.  When I posted the information above, I had to borrow it from his records, because (I could scream here, but I won't) Long story short, my computer crashed and I lost tons of my data, bought new computer with Vista and now my FTM isn't compatible.  There isn't a patch available, so I need to purchase a new FTM version 17 or 18 to transfer my records over to Vista. 

Its very possible that awd has some typo's over the spelling, dates, etc. , because I've noticed a few myself.   

The name of "Letitia" was carried down through my Dixon line and she's also known as Letty in the 1881 census.  Sorry that I wasn't able to help you make the connection between Elizabeth Airdrie/Dixon her father Adam and your gggg gf David.  You're light years ahead on this line. 

Lexi