Crichton Family

[searchingMAB]

My grandmother was descended from the nephew, James Dyce (1839 - 1911) who moved to Grahamstown, South Africa and married Ann Strachan Birnie. My grandmother did a bit of research when she was younger and I have a bit to go on... James' father was Alexander Dyce who was born 22 March 1816 and, according to an obituary we have, died at Meaford on the 4th November 1887. My grandmother always assumed that Meaford was in Scotland, but other websites I have been to show that Alexander Dyce moved to Meaford, Ontario, Canada and married Elizabeth Strachan there.

Could you let me know if this makes sense and it starts to piece together more of the story??

Mary-Anne

[AshleyMay]

Hi there,

Not sure where to start, this James Dyce is so complicated... First of all, I am also on the "Dyce Ok, am way confused" thread, so I saw that gemachin responded to you... This gemachin helped me a long time ago, so when I had a hunch that maybe that Alexander could be James' father, I wrote to her and she told me the same thing she told you: no way.....

But... I think that he MAY be the same person... Yes, Meaford is in Canada, and he came here in his 30s and married and had 3 kids as she says... but.... he was in Scotland at the time that James was born, and if you look at the 1841 census, where James is living with the Bannermans in Strichen, he is listed, along with his brother as an ag. lab., working on a farm in Rathen, only 7 kilometers from where James is living... and 1838 when James was born would make him 20, a very good baby-making age... (pure speculation, but...) so I have recently started thinking that this may indeed be the right Alexander...

So I'd like to know how exactly you came to find out that Alexander was the Alexander b. 1816 d. 1887? Do you know this for certain, or?

Ashley

[searchingMAB]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. I'm pretty overwhelmed - very new to this genealogy research! I'm afraid that all I have to go on is the research my grandmother did in the 60's and an obituary for Alexander Dyce (1816 - 1887). However, she didn't reference the information so I'm not sure exactly where she got the information from. She seemed pretty certain though that he was the father of James who came over to Grahamstown, South Africa, and as she actually lived in Grahamstown and conducted the research there as a student (they have excellent archives there) I'm loath to doubt her. James' daughter Helen Judith was her grandmother and she probably confirmed this information with the family too. I would have to contact people in Grahamstown who have access to further records to see if I can get my hands on some actual records to prove that Alexander was James' father, but for now I'm still going to take it as truth.

It'll be interesting trying to solve this so please let me know if you have any other information!!

mary-Anne

[melsimba66]

 

hello Barbara ,  in your findings , did you happen to come across any more on Elizabeth Robb , or John Bannerman ? maybe their birth years or parents names ??   Thank you     Melanie




Hi Melanie,

There would be several more, they just didn't make it into the parish records   I have just found a Mary, daughter of John Bannerman and Elizabeth Robb who married a Kenneth Mackenzie and died in Invernesshire in 1857 aged 59 years.  She would be a sister.  But as William was 1792 and James was 1808 there would be others.

Barbara

[melsimba66]

     sorry about that !!.........wrong button ..........Barbara . I still hope you can respond .           Thanx   Melanie

[melsimba]

   Hello ,
 I have re-read this whole chat and would love to know if anyone has linked my John Bannerman  1770 ? Fraserburgh  to any of the other Bannermans born around that area of Fraserburgh  between 1765 -1785 ?? . 
      John married Elizabeth Robb in 1792 and  from what I have found in a Rathen  cemetary , John ,Elizabeth and their son James B 1806  all died within 2 years  between 1823 and 1825 ,  but  can not find any death information on any of this to prove it .