Waldie Coal Merchants

[mrs magoo]

Thankyou for this, i will have a look, my waldies were caters(distillery) and quarriers around ,cramond and leith area, some of the laing family married into the waldie family were in dalmeny, so it's really good to beable to see these places. i know my gg grandma who married my david waldie was a coal miner in her teenage years.  she later ccame to nz after her david died in 1855 he is buried in the dean cemetery, i had a good look at some burial notices but haven't found him although someone has confirmed it for me.
karen

[mrs magoo]

i meant to say they were carters not caters

[Skoosh]

Waldie was the biggest carriers in Glasgow, I had a gt uncle who was a cairter with Waldie. I think his stables held thousands of horses rather than hundreds.       Skoosh.

Sorry folks, I've muddied the waters here. The Glasgow carriers were "Wordie's".

[isk]

though your item was posted in 2008 I have just found it.  I am researching the same Bain family.  Adam White Bain being my husband's 2x great-grandfather.

[mrs magoo]

i have deleted my post as i have found evidence it wasn't correct at all,and am searching my waldies further in getting the right family,ancestry.com can be very frustrating as there are many erors

[Ray09]

This is a bit late, but I know that Roberta Campbell Waldie, daughter of James Alexander Waldie Coal Merchant married Dr William Wells Greer in August 1907 and settled in Australia, returning to England in 1924.  Ray

[riverrat]

Hi Helen-Darleen,

Noticed your interest into the Waldie family.

I do not have a Frederick Waldie in my tree, but I do have a David James Waldie. He married Lois Merle Vincent, in Tasmania.

Perhaps you could focus some of your time to the Waldie family in Tassie.

Waldie is not a common name, and you would think that perhaps some of your family, may have hopped over to Tassie.

I do not know Davids history, but I have it from an old tree, that his father was John.

There are only about 3 Waldie's in the T.A.M.I.O.T. Index listed.

John Basil Waldie

Pearl Winifred Waldie  [John's wife].



And an E.S. Waldie, buried at Wivenhoe Cemetery.

Hope the above is of some help.

riverrat

[mrs magoo]

i have some evidence this alexander waldie is my john waldie who married mary laing,is his brother,both had father as quarrier,and john himself was a quarrier,both born in st cuthbert midlothian ,and alex is living not far from john waldie's widow mary in 1851 census.
karen

[TunjiLees]

Hi Karen,
Don't know if you are still following this post, but I just happened upon your reply.
It does indeed seem like your John and my Alexander were related.
My Alexander Waldie born 1795 had a brother John born 1793, both St Cuthbert's. This could be your ancestor.
Their parents were John Waldie, a Quarrier and Carter (born 5 Oct 1763 Ratho, died of Cholera 17 Mar 1832 Water of Leith, St Cuthbert's) and Janet Todd (born about 1757, died of Asthma 15 Dec 1825 Water of Leith, St Cuthbert's)
Two of your John Waldie's first children are called Jean and John, which would match the parents' names.

I've learnt a lot more about the family through my research over the past years, and if this is your family, I hope we can share research. I've traced my Waldies back to the 1720s.
Tunji