Dickson and Leslie Family Histories



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      They lived, as we do, in uncertain times. Some left their homes, setting out under difficult circumstances, in frail craft, across treacherous seas, enduring life-threatening conditions, to build homes and raise their children on unknown shores. Others stayed and built great families in the lands of their birth. These were not the characters of fiction. They were our people.
      Tracing a family back through history leads to a whole new realm to be explored. Rewards for following one lead after another are extraordinary. You discover marvellous things you would never have imagined before your research began. For instance, never in a lifetime would we have known about the Island of May, referred to sometimes as May Island, and more usually simply as The May.



The Island of May        - -   from the old Norse words már ey meaning seagull island.
      This forbidding little rockbound island, visible from any shoreline around the mouth of the Firth of Forth, provides the earliest known facts about our the Dickson branch of our family. 
      The May consists of 140 acres, just over a mile long, by half a mile at its widest point. High western cliffs rise 150 feet, the tilted plateau sloping to a low rocky shore on the east side. Along the west cliffs, the sea has carved a spectacular series of rock stacks, arches and caves while the east coast is broken by many small inlets and offshore reefs.
      Originally a Crown possession, the May was given by King David I, (1124-1153), to the monks of the Benedictine monastery at Reading, Berkshire, in exchange for the services of nine priests to say masses for his soul, and the souls of his predecessors and successors.
      He erected a chapel, the Priory of the May, dedicated to the memory of Saint Adrian, an Irish missionary who worked among the Pictish people in the east parts of Scotland. Adrian had first expelled the demons and monsters from The May and then retreated there for uninterrupted devotion. In 870 A.D., he was killed by marauding Danes attacking The May in their long boats.
      Early in the 13th century the island was sold by an Abbot of the Priory to William Wishart, Archbishop of St Andrews, who died in 1279. In 1318 the Island of May was the property of the See of St Andrews but the monks soon deserted it for another at Pittenween claiming that The May had become a waste, despoiled of its rabbits whose warrens were destroyed by incursions of Englishmen. 
      Eventually The May became a sparsely inhabited part of the Parish of Anstruther Wester, and in the middle ages the island received pilgrimages and visits by royalty. King James IV was a frequent visitor. In June, 1508, he arrived with a shooting party and, as recorded by the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, sixteen pence was paid to "ane rowboat that hed the king about the Isle of Maii to schut at fowlis with the culveryn." 
      The first lighthouse in Scotland was erected on The May in 1636; 40 feet high, using a ton of coal each night, three on a very windy night, hauled up by rope and windlass, burned in a large raised grate in the parapet. The coal was paid for by a levy on all ships using the mouth of the Forth.
      At the time of the 1715 Jacobite rising, the Earl of Strathmore and about 300 men found refuge on The May from where they kept the pursuing English ships at bay, and managed to escape under cover of darkness. The Jacobites were the adherents of the exiled English king James II, and later supported his descendants and the exiled house of Stuart.
      By the 18th century The May was the site of a small fishing and smuggling community, its caves providing splendid hiding places. By 1814 ten acres of The May were enclosed for cultivation of barley and root vegetables. Sheep, cattle and goats were also kept. In February 1816 a new light tower came into use, one storey high, called the Low Light. Despite this addition, many ships have come to grief on The May and its reefs.
      During the two World Wars, The May was garrisoned with the Royal Observer Corps. Nobody lives there now except keepers of the light. Access is by boat from Crail and Anstruther for day visits in summer, tides and weather permitting. A National Nature Reserve, The May has one of the highest densities of seabirds in the North Sea.

All that remains of the village that once was on The May is evidence of a small cemetery with one solitary tombstone, dedicated to John Wishart who died in 1730 aged 45, the last person to be buried there. Births, deaths, and marriages of numerous Wisharts are recorded in the old parish records of Crail, the mainland parish closest to The May. Other prominent Crail families at that time were the Horsbroughs, one of whose members, Eupham Horsbrough, married John Wishart, the first recorded marriage in this line of our family.
      Our first recorded ancestor, George Dickson, lived on The May where he married Margaret Wishart and where their son, George Dickson II, was born in 1755.
      The Legend
      Legend has it that rough and coarse-wooled sheep from other parts of Scotland will grow fleece as soft as silk after a season on the Island of May, fishermen have but to drop their nets off its shores to haul in bountiful catches, and barren women become fruitful after a stay on this fabulous Island. The magic of The May also accounted for a remarkable birth which occurred there in 516 A.D. 
      King Loth, the semi-pagan ruler of the Lothians, having received his kingdom from King Arthur, had a daughter, Thenow, who was a Christian. When Thenow was discovered to be with child but without a husband, her father became enraged and ordered her to be thrown headlong from the summit of Traprain Law as a punishment for her sin. 
      The reputed father of her unborn child was Ewen, a scion of a royal house, son of Eufurien, King of Cumbria. Thenow survived the descent from the cliff and was thereupon declared to be a witch and set adrift in a wee coracle, at the mercy of the waves, in the wild North Sea. 
      Escorted by vast schools of fish, Thenow in her coracle reached the Island of May where she immediately gave birth to a son. Found by shepherds, Thenow was placed under the care of St Serf, Abbot of Culross, and the baby grew up to become Saint Kentigern, patron saint of Glasgow. 
      
Dickson
      The Dicksons descend from Richard Keith, called Dick, of the family of Keith, Earls Marshall of Scotland, said to be a son of the great Marshal Hervé de Keth, (died 1249), and his wife Margaret, daughter of William, third Lord Douglas. The sons of Richard (Dick) Keith were known by the name of Dickson. Accordingly, the Dicksons carry in their arms the Chief of Keith Marischal and are entitled to wear the Keith tartan. Prior to 1700, in the days of the Foraging, or Riding Clans, the Dicksons were among the principal Border Clans of the East Marches, and were called "the Famous Dicksons," early in the 18th century. 
     



Wishart-Horsbrough
      John Wishart was born in 1685, died in 1730, and is buried on the Island of May. On October 21, 1710, he married Eupham Horsbrough. Some of their children were: 
      1. Eupham Wishart, baptized April 28, 1713. 
      2. Grissel Wishart, christened February 18, 1716. 
      3. John Wishart, christened September 1, 1719. 
      4. Katharin Wishart, chr. April 16, 1721, m. Wm Runciman, Dec. 12, 1748. 
      5. Grissel Wishart, christened December 29, 1723. 
      6. Margaret Wishart, christened Jan. 7, 1727. See Dickson-Wishart. 
      7. John Wishart, christened October 8, 1729. 
      As John Wishart was buried on The May, we presume he lived there and that his children were raised there. Since the Wishart family had at one time owned the island, Wisharts may have lived on The May for centuries.

Dickson-Wishart
      On October 27, 1752, the marriage of George Dickson, fisherman, of The May, to Margaret Wishart, was registered in Crail. Their children were:
      1. Margaret Dickson, christened February 18, 1753, died March 16, 1761. 
      2. George Dickson II, christened. Feb. 4, 1755. See Dickson-Begbie. 
      3. Archibald Dickson, christened February 1, 1757. 
      4. Archibald Dickson II, christened September 10, 1758. 
      5. Thomas Dickson, christened March 29, 1761. 
      6. Margaret Dickson, born at Crail, christened November 11, 1764.

Begbie-Baynes
      In Crail, on either January 22 or February 22, 1717, George Begbie married Grisell Baynes. 
      1. Hendrie Begbie, christened December 19, 1717. 
      2. George Begbie II, christened July 27, 1719. 
      3. Alexander Begbie, christened April 30, 1721, married Mary Dairsie in 1753. See Begbie-Dairsie. 
      4. John Begbie, christened August 30, 1723.       5. Mary Begbie, christened September 15, 1723.

Begbie-Law and Begbie-Dairsie
      Alexander Begbie first married Margaret Law on January 6, 1750, who died after the birth of their son: 
      1. George Begbie III, christened October 8, 1752, at Crail. 
      After the death of his first wife, Alexander Begbie married Mary Dairsie, on September 24, 1753, at Anstruther Easter. The six children of Alexander Begbie and Mary (Dairsie) Begbie were: 
      2. William Begbie, christened July 28, 1754 at Crail. 
      3. Grissel Begbie, born September 2, chr. September 5,1756, witnesses George Begbie and Baillie Thomas Young. She married George Dickson II in 1783. See Dickson-Begbie. 
      4. Mary Begbie II, born November 29, christened December 2, 1758, witnesses Baillie Stephen and William Runciman. 
      5. Alexander Begbie, born December 22, christened December 25, 1760. 
      6. Lucia Begbie, christened August 8, 1762. 
      7. Betty Begbie, christened December 31, 1764.

Dickson-Begbie
      In Crail, on May 9, 1783, George Dickson II married Grizel (Grissel) Begbie, daughter of Alexander and Mary (Dairsie) Begbie. 
      1. George Dickson III, christened February 27, 1785, witnesses George Dickson and Bailly George Brown. He married Catherine Brown in 1807. See Dickson-Brown. 
      2. Archibald Dickson III, chr. June 10, 1787, m. Janet Brown, July 2, 1814. 
      3. Grizel Dickson, chr. June 5, 1789, m. John Thompson, Feb. 14, 1818. 
            3.1 George Thompson, born October 26, 1826. 
      4. Mary Dickson, christened June 29, 1791. 
      5. Margaret Dickson II, christened July 21, 1793. 
      6. David Dickson, christened July 6, 1795. 
      7. Thomas Dickson II, christened February 13, 1798. 
      8. Alexander Dickson, christened October 5, 1799.

Dickson-Brown 
      "Leith May the third 1807 Dear Catheren I Hae the Opportunity of writing yu this few lines in Order to perform the promise that I made unto you of writing in Course of fourtin days Dear Love I am in good helth At present and i am in hops that yu are in the same when this may arive in your presence Dear catheren I hope that you are in the same mind that you was in when I left you Dear I can live here verey hapey but not so hapey as if you were along with me but I hope that you will return me an answer of your heart and mind and if it be your desire to cume here you will be so good as to tell me now when you will wish to cume so as I may look for A furnished Room and that I likewise may have time to aquaint my people Dear I have not got the birth that I suhld have got upon the account of Lord Celley writing away before that he nowed of me but I will get the same wages Dear You may remember me to all my aquaintence in Ardrie and let me now how they all are when you write you will direct for me to the Care of John Boon Shipmaster or Carpender any of the two will do Siteydaill Leith I remain your ever duteful George Dickson You may just make it Shipmaster Siteydaill Leith" The above letter, written in a beautiful cursive handwriting, has been kept in the family for over 180 years and is now in the possession of David Rutherford Dickson, by the courtesy of David Donaldson Dickson of East Kilbride, Scotland. On the reverse side of the time-worn and yellowed sheet is a round 1807 postmark and the address: Catheren Broune, Ardrie By Craill. George Dickson III was a seaman. His letter of proposal was apparently successful because he and Catherine Brown were married in Crail, in the spring of 1807. Their children were:
      1. George Dickson IV, christened March 10, 1808. 
     2. Betty Dickson, chr. July 31, 1809, witnesses Arch. Dickson, Geo.Brown. 
     3. Grace Dickson, christened October 24, 1811. 
     4. James Dickson, christened October 13, 1813, believed to have lived at Greenock and to have raised his brother Archibald's first two sons, George and James Dickson after their mother Elizabeth Keddie died. 
     5. George Dickson V, shipmaster, christened October 24, 1814, died March 31, 1891. On November 19, 1859, he married Elizabeth Thomson, born in 1822, died April 20, 1876. 
     6. Catherine Dickson, christened October 8, 1815. 
     7. Archibald Dickson IV, born at Crail Feb. 17, 1817, chr. Feb. 23, 1817, witnesses George and Thomas Brown. See Dickson-Keddie. 
     8. Thomas Dickson III, christened August 7, 1819, a ship master, captain of the Union Schooner, died at Dieppe June 16, 1866, married Margaret Anderson,who died at Crail March 19, 1878. 
          8.1 Jessie Anderson Dickson, married Andrew Scott, a maltster of Pitlessie. Jessie died of cancer at Kingsbarns, Fife, Feb. 27 1907. 
          8.2 George Dickson VII, b. at Crail Jan. 24, 1856, d. May 13, 1879. 
          8.3 Barbara White Dickson, born October 29, 1857. 
          8.4 Catherine Dickson II, born October 29, 1857-a twin. 
          8.5 Janet Dickson born September 17, 1859. 
          8.6 Grace Dickson II, born April 23, 1862. 
          8.7 Thomas Anderson Dickson born May 30, 1864. 
          8.8 William Anderson Dickson, J.P. born Aug. 27, 1866. National Bank of Scotland clerk at Greenock in 1891, transferred to be agent at Aberdeen, married Janet Moir McCall, died of prostatic hypertrophy pyelonephritis, Dec. 25, 1938, buried at Springbank, Aberdeen, named on the Dickson memorial in the Crail Cemetery.

Keddie-Brown
     8. On November 19, 1788, James Keddie married Elspeth Brown at St Andrew's Parish, Fife. On November 30, 1788, their marriage was recorded in Crail, as between James Kiddie and Elspa Brown. 
     8. 1. James Keddie II, christened March 28, 1790, at Kingsbarns, Fife, a joiner (cabinetmaker) in Fife, married Jane Aitken. They were both alive September 25, 1856. when their daughter, Elizabeth, died. Their seven children were all born at Newburgh, Fife: 
          1.1 Jean Keddie, christened February 14, 1819. 
          1.2 Elizabeth Keddie, chr. Sept. 21, 1823. See Dickson-Keddie. 
          1.3 Barbara Keddie, christened July 16, 1826. 
          1.4 Margaret Keddie, christened June 4, 1828. 
          1.5 Hugh Wallace Keddie, christened May 2, 1830. 
          1.6 James Keddie III, christened August 12, 1832. 
          1.7 Ann Keddie, christened January 4, 1835.

Dickson-Keddie Archibald Dickson IV, christened February 23, 1817, a grocer, fish curer, ship owner, coal agent, died May 1, 1892 at 5 Maitland Street, Newhaven, Leith, of "general paralysis of the insane", certificate signed by Isabella Watterston Dickson, granddaughter. He was married, November 30, 1847, to Elizabeth Keddie, Kingsbarns, Fife, who died September 25, 1856, of "pulmonary", and is buried at Crail. 
      1. George Dickson VI b. Nov.24 1848, bap. Dec. 10, 1848. See Dickson-Wallace (2). 
      2. James Dickson II, b. Oct.15, 1853, bap. Nov. 13, 1853 by Rev. J. Kidd, St Andrews, Fife, witnesses: Thos Anderson and Jas Hay, elders, Presbyterian Church, Crail. When their mother died, George Dickson VI and James Dickson II are believed to have lived with their uncle James Dickson of Greenock.

Wallace-Hay
      David Wallace, market gardener in Crail, married Catherine Hay, midwife. Their daughters were: 
      1. Janet Jessie Wallace, b. 1833, d. of Brights disease Feb. 19, 1906, at 4 Leven Terrace, Edinburgh; death certificate signed by her daughter, Mary Ann, her only child to survive infancy. See Dickson-Wallace (1). 
      2. Catherine Wallace, born c. 1841. Her daughter was 
          2.1 Catherine Thomson Wallace. See Dickson-Wallace (2).

Dickson-Wallace (1)
      On October 8, 1858, at Greenock West, in the Free Church of Scotland, Archibald Dickson married his second wife, Janet Jessie Wallace. 
      1. A son born September 16, 1859, died in infancy. 
      2. Catherine Dickson III, b. Sept 26,1860, d. Feb 27,1861 of acute hydroce. 
      3. David Wallace Dickson, b. June 6, 1862, d. Aug. 27, 1864, bronchitis. 
      4. Elizabeth Greig Dickson, born Jan. 23, 1864, died Feb. 9,1864, diptheria. 
      5. Mary Ann Dickson, born Jan. 14,1865, died c.1946, 14 Steele's Pl. Edin.
      Watterston-Murray
      James Watterston, shipmaster, born 1798, Forfar, Angus, son of John Watterston, travelling merchant, and Janet (Black) Watterston. James Watterston d. Nov. 2, 1858 at Allardyke, Kilrenny. He married Jane Murray, b. 1817, Kilrenny, Fife. They lived at Anstruther Easter. 
      1. Elizabeth Watterston, born 1841. 
      2. Peter Watterston, born 1846. 
      3. Isabella Watterston, born 1848. See Dickson-Watterston. 
      4. Helen Watterston, born 1850. Dickson-Watterston A law clerk, manufacturer's agent, ship owner, public servant, and musician, born November 24, 1848, George Dickson VI died, after a week's illness, of rheumatic fever November 30, 1891 at Roger Street, Anstruther Easter. His death certificate was signed by his father, Archibald Dickson IV, who died five months later. On March 25, 1873, at Anstruther Easter, George Dickson VI married Isabella Watterston who died June 1, 1873, of puerperal fever, two weeks after the birth of their daughter: 
      1. Isabella (Belle) Watterston Dickson, born May 18, 1873, Anstruther Easter. It is likely, as she was an infant when her mother died, she was raised in the home of her grandfather Archibald Dickson IV, whose death certificate she signed in 1892. She later taught in a school for the blind in Edinburgh, where she lived, with her aunt Mary Ann Dickson, at 14 Steele's Place, and died of cancer on February 10, 1938, having previously had an operation for breast cancer, and is buried at Crail. Her death certificate was signed by her half-sister, Elizabeth Keddie Dickson, RN, of 5 Annandale Street, Glasgow. 
      Dickson-Wallace (2)
      George Dickson VI was a popular public servant in the East of Fife, holding the offices of Registrar and Inspector of Poor in the parish of Kilrenny, and was the Inspector for West Anstruther. He was the Honorary Treasurer of the Royal National Lifeboat Inst. at Anstruther, also lending assistance to other societies and clubs. George Dickson was well known George Dickson VI at 42 as an accomplished musician, annually presenting oratarios and other classical selections to the community. He was skilled on both cornet and violin and his musical services were called upon in other parts of the county, notably in Kingskettle. He was of cheery and genial disposition, greatly esteemed wherever he went. The Freemasons turned out in full force at his funeral. On January 27, 1880, George Dickson VI, a widower with one daughter, married Catherine Thomson Wallace, of Crail. She was born November 23, 1861, at 64 Lothian Road, Edinburgh. Her mother was Catherine Wallace, daughter of David Wallace and Catherine (Hay) Wallace. Catherine Thomson (Wallace) Dickson died March 12, 1889, of hemorrhage during childbirth, at Anstruther Easter. The children of George Dickson VI and Catherine Thomson (Wallace) Dickson were:
      1. Archibald Dickson V, born May 31,1880, died July 22, 1944, at South Shields, England, went to sea in 1892, first in sail and later in steam, was first mate in coastal and short-run shipping. During World War II he was on the Murmansk run, awarded the British Empire Medal, June 25, 1941. He lived near Newcastle on Tyne, at South Shields, Durham. With his first wife he had a daughter: 
          1.1 May Dickson, married at South Shields c.1929, died in the 1980s. After the death of his first wife, Archibald Dickson V married Annie Salter Sibald,widow with three sons: 
      (1) John Sibald, died c.1933. v(2) Bill Sibald, torpedoed and killed, on his 21st birthday, on the coastal run, during World War II. 
      (3) Alfred Sibald d. c.1947. The son of Archibald Dickson and Annie (Sibald) Dickson is: 1.2 Archibald Dickson VI, b. March 5, 1927, attended the Ocean Rd School, South Shields. He was conscripted into the army, in 1946. On Oct. 15,1949, at Camberley, Surrey, Archibald Dickson VI married Cynthia Joan Renyard, born 1930, Aldershot, daughter of Wm and Maud Renyard. At Camberley, Archibald Dickson manages a dry cleaning plant; Cynthia works for Aged Concern. The sons of Archibald Dickson VI( and Cynthia (Renyard) Dickson are: 1.2.1 Richard Jeffrey Dickson, born October 5, 1953, at Camberley, a school art superintendant, London. 1.2.2 Alan Paul Dickson, born August 18, 1957, graphic artist. 2. Catherine (Kate) Dickson III, born 1883, married John (Ian) McKerlich, lived on the Island of Jura in the Hebrides where Ian was an estate factor. He died July 6, 1961, at Kyle of Lochalsh. Kate died December 17, 1964, at Kirkton. They are buried in the cemetery 5 miles south of Lochalsh. Their tombstone also names his parents and sisters. 3. Elizabeth Keddie Dickson, a certified nurse, born May 25, 1885, at 7 Rodger St., Anstruther, Fife, lived at 5 Annandale Street, Glasgow. Her last residence was Hazelwood House, a home for retired nurses, 52 First Gardens, Glasgow. Elizabeth Keddie Dickson died August 14, 1971, of coronary thrombosis, cardiac failure, and atherosclerosis. Her son is: 3.1 David Donaldson Pringle Dickson, engineer's machinist, storeman, born March 2, 1912, at 5 Annandale Street, Glasgow, died at East Kilbride on December 2, 1989. He was brought up by his aunts, Jean and Jessie Donaldson, who took him with them to Anstruther Easter for summer holidays. During World War II, he served with the ARP (Air Raid Precaution) and then with the Royal Air Force Regiment on airdrome defence in Hull, England, Islay in the Hebrides, Scotland, and in North Africa. He was injured during a Messerschmit raid in Tunisia in 1942 and invalided home. He later worked for Weir Pump Manufacturing Co., Glasgow. On September 22, 1947, he married Lillias Kerr Fortune Merrifield, born 1917, died December 14, 1960, the daughter of Thomas Merrifield, Plymouth baker, and Lillias (Kerr) Merrifield. The minister for the service was John Mackay, M.A., of John Knox Church of Scotland. David and Lillias (Merrifield) Dickson, lived on Runciman Place, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. 4. David Wallace Dickson II, born June 18, 1887, married Christina Smart Rutherford. See Dickson-Rutherford. 5. Georgina Dickson, born prematurely, died the same day, March 12, 1889. When the surviving children of Catherine (Wallace) and George Dickson VI became orphans, their mother having died March 12, 1889 and their father November 20,1891, Archie Dickson, aged 11, went to sea, Catherine Dickson, 9, went to relatives at Bridge of Allen, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Keddie Dickson, 7, went with relatives in Anstruther, and David Wallace Dickson II, 4, was taken into the family of Andrew Ross II, at Scone, Perthshire. Standing are Kate (Dickson) McKerlich and Elizabeth Keddie Dickson, daughters of George Dickson VI and Catherine Thomson (Wallace) Dickson. Seated are Mary Ann Dickson, Idaughter of Archibald Dickson IV and Jessie (Wallace) Dickson, Ian McKerlich, Kate's husband, and Isabella Watterston Dickson, daughter of George Dickson VI and Isabella (Watterston) Dickson. Ross-Young William Ross of Inverarity, Angus, married Elizabeth Young, probably of Cameron, Fife, about 1805. 1. Andrew Ross, born about 1808. 2. James Ross, christened January 25,1813. See Ross-Fraser. Fraser John Fraser of Forfar, handloom weaver of linen, had three children: 1. William Fraser born 1830, gunner with No. 8 Coy, 4th Batallion, Royal Artillery, married Catherine Howe, served in the Crimean War, was at the taking of Sebastopol in 1855, remained with the Artillery after the war, rose to the rank of Sergeant, retired in poor health in 1869, and died March 2, 1873, a Chelsea Pensioner. 2. John Fraser, quarrier of Carmyllie, Angus. 3. Agnes Fraser, born 1819, died 1908, a weaver. See Ross-Fraser. Ross-Fraser James Ross, a mason, was born January,1813, died December 3, 1846, at Forfar. In 1845 he married Agnes Fraser. Their son was: 1. Andrew Ross II, christened January 6, 1846. See Ross-Moir. Moir-Kinmont James Moir, a teacher, born 1823, died 1894, married Margaret Kinmont, born 1832, died 1865. Two of their daughters were: 1. Eliza Kinmont Moir, born at Barnhill, Kinmouth, Perth, in 1852, died October 3, 1921. See Ross-Moir. 2. Jessie Moir, born 1854, died 1932. In 1893 she married William Ross, born 1833, died 1906, a hairdresser and ginger beer manufacturer, not a close relative of Andrew Ross. They lived at Sunnybrae, Scone. William's death certificate was signed by David Wallace Dickson, neighbour, at Scone. Ross-Moir Andrew Ross II, born Januray, 1846 in Forfar, was a master grocer in Perth, Perthshire. On August 4, 1879, then living at 38 Castle Gable, Perth, Andrew Ross II married Eliza Kinmont Moir. Witnesses at this marriage were James Gibson, James A. Moir, and Jessie Moir. In 1884 Andrew Ross moved his family to Ivy Bank, New Scone, Perthshire. At New Scone, Andrew Ross II was the manager of John Douglas and Sons Ltd. known as The Jelly Works. The Ross family was at Scone in December 1891 when four year old David Wallace Dickson II was taken into their home. Andrew Ross II died of a knee joint disease on May 2, 1901 at Ivy Bank, New Scone, Perthshire. His wife, Eliza (Moir) Ross, and the rest of the family, except the oldest son, James, moved to 6 East Mayfield, Newington, Edinburgh around 1910. Eliza (Moir) Ross died at Edinburgh on October 3, 1921. The family of Andrew Ross II at Ivy Bank, 1895. Left to right are Andrew Ross, 49, Eliza Kinmont (Moir) Ross, 43, holding Andrew Oliver Ferguson Ross, 6 mos, David Wallace Dickson, 8, Agnes (Fraser) Ross, 76, James Alexander Ross, 15, Ethel Agnes Ross, 7, Margaret Kinmont Ross, 12. The five children of Andrew Ross II and Eliza (Moir) Ross were: 1. James Alexander Ross, born November 28, 1880, 40 Castle Gable, Perth, married Jessie Margaret Maclean. He was a medical practitioner in Sunderland, served during World War I with the Royal Army Medical Corps, Lieutenant from May 18, 1917, promoted to Captain 1918, demobilized May 1919, became opthalmic surgeon in Carlisle, England. After retirement he moved to 38 Chalton Road, Bridge of Allen, and died of arterio sclerosis at Kildeen Hospital, Stirling, June 30, 1965. In his last years, his daughter Moira lived with him. 1.1 Alastair Ross, a London lawyer, Counsel to the Lords of Lunacy, concerned with civil rights of the institutionalised mentally ill. 1.2 Moira Ross, teacher, married Henry Goodland, Devonshire farmer, a widower who died a year after they were married. Henry Goodland's first wife was Moira Ross's second cousin, Rodney Moir. 1.3 Shelagh Ross, a doctor. 1.4 Alan Ross, who died in the 1960s. 2. Margaret (Meg) Kinmont Ross, born October 15, 1883, 23 Dalhousie Street, Perth, received an M.A. at Edinburgh University, became a teacher, owned and operated Craigmount, a school for girls in Edinburgh. During World War II the school occupied Scone Palace, Perth. Margaret (Meg) Kinmont Ross died January 20, 1954, following a car accident. 3. Ethel Agnes Ross, born 1888, died 1973, married Frank McCord. 3.1 Ian McCord, defence researcher, married Pearl, then Elizabeth, of Hastings. He died of melanoma in 1971. His children with Pearl: 3.1.1 Heather McCord, Australia. 3.1.2 Stuart McCord. 3.1.3 Another son. 4. John Moir Ross, born 1886, died, dyptheria, Dec. 30, 1892 at Ivy Bank. 5. Andrew Oliver Ferguson Ross, M.D, born January 21, 1895, Ivy Bank, New Scone, Perthshire. He was appointed Royal Navy Surgeon Lieutenant July 7, 1917, and saw war service on the North Atlantic. He married Mary Margaret (Molly) Fox of Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Andrew died of cancer June 3, 1954, and is buried at Birkenhead. Molly (Fox) Ross, died January 2, 1980 at Birkenhead. 5.1 John Moir Ross II, born July 19, 1927, Birkenhead, British Post Office catering executive, married Sheila Heather Rowley at York, Yorkshire, March 2, 1957. 5.1.1 Michael Donald Ross, born April 30, 1959, Hathersage. 5.1.2 Mary Barbara Ross, born February 23, 1961, Derbyshire, married Brian Heil, March 30, 1984. 5.1.3 David Andrew Ross, born September 7, 1963, Derbyshire. 5.1.4 Anne Margaret Ross, born at Ingatestone, Essex. 5.1.5 William John Ross, born July 23, 1981, Luton. On March 2, 1982, John Moir Ross and Sheila Heather (Rowley) Ross were divorced. On June 15, 1982, John Moir Ross married Marie Louise McNiece, born June 30, 1938, at Limerick, Ireland. 5.2 Mary Kinmont Ross, born January 19, 1934, joined the Loreto Religious Congregation September 28, 1952, did graduate studies in England, went to India March 26, 1969, was Mother Superior of large convents, principal of a Calcutta school of 1,300 girls. 5.3 Michael Andrew Ross, born May 11, 1935, Birkenhead, Chief of Surgery, otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon, graduate of Edinburgh and Washington Universities, Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Canada and of Edinburgh, president Victoria Medical Society, makes wine, fishes, skiis, plays golf. At Victoria, British Columbia, March 18, 1967, he married Mary Ward Spilsbury, dancer, writer, of Victoria, born May 22, 1941. 5.3.1 Andrew (Drew) Spilsbury Ross, born August 2, 1969, at Seattle, Wash., studied Science at University of Victoria. 5.3.2 Eleanore Margaret Ross, born May 25,1972, at Seattle. 5.4 Andrew Francis Ross, born May 24, 1940, Birkenhead, Public Health Doctor for the region of British Columbia lying between the North Okanagan and the Yukon border, lives in Vernon, B.C. He married Carol, at Victoria. 5.4.1 David Ross. 5.4.2 Alison Ross. Andrew and Carol Ross were divorced and he then married Sandra Waddington, Victoria. Notes Moffatt-Whyte At Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 5, 1750, or July 7, 1751, Thomas Moffatt, of Dalkeith, Midlothian, married Helen Whyte, of Edinburgh. 1. Katherine Moffat, born at Dalkeith May 23, 1752. 2. Helen Moffat, born at Dalkeith November 6, 1759. 3. Helen Moffat, born, Dalkeith, August 4, 1764. See Smart-Moffatt. 4. Thomas Moffat II, born at Dalkeith October 2, 1766. 5. Thomas Moffat III, born at Dalkeith March 5, 1772. Aikman-Manuel A hairdresser-perfumer of New Street and Canongate, Edinburgh, Matthew Aikman, born 1769, died between 1851 and 1861, married Mary Manuel on April 27, 1791. She died prior to 1841. Matthew Aikman and his wife's sister Agnes Manuel (born 1772, died before 1861), were listed in the 1841 and 1851 censuses, living at the home of Matthew Aikman's daughter Christian (Aikman) Smart and her husband John Samuel Smart, on West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh. 1. Mary Aikman II, born July 14, 1792, died young. 2. Charles Aikman, born March 21, 1795. 3. Christian Aikman, born December 10, 1797, died November 28, 1876 of chronic cerebral disease, at 17 Melville Terrace, Edinburgh, buried in Grange Cemetery. Her death certificate was signed by her son-in-law Nenion Elliot. See Smart-Aikman. 4. Matthew Aikman II, born January 22, 1801, writer (lawyer), married Jean Smart, daughter of James Smart and Helen Moffatt, on July 4, 1824. 4.1 Matthew Aikman III, flesher (butcher), born 1826, died February 9, 1856, of apoplectic effusion, and is buried in West Churchyard, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh. He operated his business at 6 Middle Market, Edinburgh and lived at 18 Drummond St. Edinburgh. He married Catherine Aikman, who was born in 1826 and died February 26, 1896, a daughter of George Aikman, engraver and printer of 29 North Bridge, Edinburgh. 4.1.1 Matthew Aikman IV, born 1856, died May 1887, commemorated with his parents on a stone in St Cuthberts Cemetery, Lothian Road, Edinburgh. 5. Mary Aikman III, born October 15, 1803. Smart-Moffatt James Smart, Edinburgh was a hat manufacturer. He married Helen Moffatt on December 23, 1784 at Dalkeith, Midlothian. They lived in Edinburgh at 15 West Nicolson Street. 1. George Smart, born June 1, 1790. 2. Thomas Smart, born July 6, 1792. 3. James Smart II, born December 4, 1794, died in infancy. 4. James Smart III, born June 1, 1796, died December 11, 1861, left substantial bequests to the children of his brother, John Samuel Smart, his property and residual estate going to James Smart IV. 5. Helen Smart II, bap. June 8, 1798, m. Rev. James MacEwen, Strathaven. 6. Robert Smart, born March 27, 1800, died November 29, 1859, of epilepsy, and is buried at Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, witness of his death registration was his nephew, James Smart IV. 7. Jean Smart, born August 18, 1802, lived at 15 Nicolson St, married Matthew Aikman II, writer (lawyer), West Nicolson St, July 4, 1824. 7.1 Matthew Aikman III, married Catherine Aikman, refer back to 4.1 under Aikman-Manuel. 7.1.1 Matthew Aikman IV, born 1856, died May 1887. 8. Elizabeth Smart, born March 8, 1804. 9. John Samuel Smart, baptized August 4, 1805. See Smart-Aikman. John Samuel Smart 1805-1872. Smart-Aikman John Samuel Smart was christened August 4, 1805 at Dalkeith. On April 21, 1825 he married Christian Aikman, living in Smiths Buildings on Chapel Street. He was a master flesher (butcher). In 1825 they lived at 13 Chapel Street, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, in 1826 at 18 Potter Row, St Cuthberts, and, still later, at 15 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, where for at least ten years, 1841 to 1851, her father, Matthew Aikman, and her aunt Agnes Manuel, were living with them. John Samuel Smart died of cerebral softening and apoplexy on Dec.10, 1872, at 5 Hope Street, Portobello, near Edinburgh; death certificate was signed by his youngest daughter, Georgina. 1. Christina Smart, born February 27, 1826, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, died April 7, 1903, buried in Grange Cemetery, married Charles Dickson Rutherford. See Rutherford-Smart. 2. Helen Smart III, b. 1828, d. June 18, 1864, of acute rheumatic pleurisy at 1 Buccleuch St, Edinburgh. In 1855 Helen Smart married James Aikman, Edinburgh leather merchant, born 1824, died December 6, 1890. 2.1 John Smart Aikman, born 1852, died December 18, 1913, married Mary Howat, born 1860, died Octtober 10, 1915. 2.1.1 James Smart Aikman, born 1882, died June 15, 1954, married Helen Rankine, (born 1884, died August 18, 1949). James Smart Aikman was a partner with Charles Rutherford Gray in an Edinburgh wholesale shoe business, and also operated a whiskey distillery in the Highlands. James Smart Aikman and Helen (Rankine) Aikman had a son who served in the RAF in World War II, and a daughter. 2.2 James Aikman II, born June 16, 1856. 2.3 Christina Aikman, born September 21, 1858. 2.4 Andrew Aikman, born March 7, 1861. 2.5 George Aikman II, born August 22, 1863, died April 21, 1913. 3. James Smart IV, flesher, born 1830, inherited Liberton Park, the estate of his uncle James Smart III who died in 1861. 4. Mary Smart, born 1832. On April 15, 1858, at 15 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, she married Charles Wilson, master flesher, born 1832, a son of Thomas Wilson, builder, and Jane Brodie. Their children were all born in Edinburgh Parish: 4.1 Thomas Wilson II, born June 6, 1859. 4.2 John Smart Wilson, born April 6, 1861. 4.3 Charles Brodie Wilson, born February 26, 1863. 4.4 Mary Jane Wilson, born July 3, 1865. 4.5 James Smart Wilson, born March 21, 1868. 4.6 Andrew Hope Wilson, born May 12, 1872. 4.7 Robert Aikman Wilson, born November 21, 1874. 5. John Currie Smart, flesher, born 1836, married September 23, 1863 at Hope Park Square, Edinburgh, to Margaret Whyte Gemmell, governess, born 1838, daughter of John Gemmell, wine merchant and Christina (Morham) Gemmell. Their children were all born at Edinburgh Parish: 5.1 John Smart, born November 29, 1864. 5.2 Christina Smart II, born March 15, 1866. 5.3 James Smart V, born September 25, 1867. 5.4 Robert Smart IV, born March 23, 1869. 5.5 Margaret Gemmell Smart, born August 25, 1870. 5.6 Helen Smart IV, born August 23, 1872. 5.7 George Smart II, born February 17, 1874. 6. Robert Smart II, flesher, b. 1837. On Nov. 6, 1862, in Edinburgh Parish, he married Agnes McPherson daughter of Alexander McPherson, leather merchant, and Jean (Greig) McPherson, 41 Little King St., Edinburgh. 6.1 Jane Greig Smart, born August 11, 1863. 6.2 Agnes Smart, born April 23, 1867. 6.3 Robert Smart III, born February 23, 1869. 7. Margaret Smart, born 1839, lived at Kingside, Eddelston Parish, Edinburgh. On Oct. 17, 1862, at 21 Montague St, Edinburgh, home of C. D. Rutherford, Margaret Smart married Nenion Elliot, lawyer of 10 St Andrews Square, Edinburgh, son of John Elliot, tailor, and Helen (Scott) Elliot. Witnesses were Edward Elliott and C.D. Rutherford. 7.1 John Elliot II, born December 21, 1863. 7.2 Nenion Elliot II, born September 15, 1865. 7.3 Margaret Elliot II, born July 28, 1867. 7.4 Robert Elliot, born September 17, 1869. 7.5 James Elliot, born September 12, 1871. 7.6 Christina Elliot, born August 21, 1873. 7.7 Edward Elliot, born November 12, 1875. 8. Georgina Smart, born 1841. In 1897, at 9 Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh, where she lived at the home of her widowed sister, Christina Smart Rutherford, Georgina Smart married David Winter, born 1828, senior clerk in the office of the Registrar General for Scotland, son of Robt Winter, jeweller, goldsmith, and his wife Jane Chalmers. David Winter had children from a previous marriage. Rutherford The name Rutherford derives from an incident when Ruther, King of the Scots (230 B.C.), at war with the British, was shown the way to ford the Tweed River, by a local person. As a reward for this deed, the King conferred upon his loyal subject the lands around that area and also conferred the family name of Rutherford, now held to be one of the oldest names in the borders. Rutherford-Turnbul Walter Rutherford, workman of Hawick, Roxburgshire, married Isobel Turnbul, in Kirkton. Their son: 1. Robert Rutherford, born in Hawick, January 27, 1724, became a mason and married Mary Simpson on December 15, 1761. 1.1 Thomas Rutherford, born October 12, 1762. 1.2 Robert Rutherford, born on the same date fifteen years later, October 12, 1777. We believe this 1777 Robert Rutherford married Jane Crawford, see Rutherford-Crawford. Rutherford-Crawford The earliest Rutherford we have documented as our ancestor was Robert Rutherford, a farm grieve (manager), died between 1841 and 1851. He married Jane Crawford, born c. 1785 at Wilton, Roxburghshire, daughter of James Crawford, farmer, and Janet Elliot. Jane (Crawford) Rutherford died at Roberton of cardiac hepatic disease, September 24, 1859, certificate signed by son Walter Rutherford, and was buried at Wilton Churchyard. 1. Walter Rutherford, a shepherd at Roberton, born at Branxholme Braes, Roxburghshire on November 26, 1814, died of cancer at the village of Bluevale, Huron County, Ontario, October 14, 1897. A sheep and cattle farm is now being operated at Branxholme Braes by Philip Murray and his family. Walter was a champion sheep shearer and won a silver medal for speed at this skill in competition in Hawick. In 1844 he married Ann Clark, born in 1825 at Dyke, Morayshire. She died of peritonitis April 19, 1855, at Branxholme, buried in Wilton Churchyard. Ann Clark was a daughter of John Clark, farmer, and Mary (Hardie) Clark. 1.1 Mary Rutherford, born 1845, died January 27, 1880 at 12 Wilton Crescent, Wilton, Roxburghshire, married at the United Presbyterian Church, Hawick, on August 18, 1865 to Andrew Huggan, joiner, born 1838, at Roxburgh, son of James Huggan, joiner, and Janet (Quoncergood) Huggan. Their children went to Ontario with Walter Rutherford or his son, Robert Rutherford. 1.1.1 James Huggan, born April 7, 1867, died 1867. 1.1.2 Anne Huggan, born at Mabonlaw November 15, 1868, married John Turvit, Oct 7, 1890, Wingham, Ontario. 1.1.3 Jennie Huggan m. John Leary, Nov. 14, 1893, Wingham. 1.1.4 Helen Beattie Huggan, born Wilton September 2, 1872. 1.1.5 James Huggan born November 14, 1874, Wilton. 1.1.6 Walter Rutherford Huggan, born June 17, 1878, Wilton. 1.1.7 Mary Huggan born June 17, 1878, married William Farquharson, June 1901, Wingham 1.1.8 Janet Rutherford Huggan b. Nov. 4, 1879, Wilton, d. 1881. 1.2 Robert Rutherford II, was born c.1846, became the head shepherd on an estate in the border country of Scotland. About 1870 he married Ellen Nichols, born c. 1846. In 1882 Robert Rutherford II took his family to Huron County, Ontario, where he farmed at East Wawamash. He moved west to Holland, Manitoba in 1890, where he was employed by Mr. Watkins on a farm west of Holland. In 1898 he purchased his own farm in the Camille district where he was killed by a bull. 1.2.1 Hellen (Nellie) Rutherford II, born in 1870 at Roberton, Roxburghshire, married Hugh Hamilton May 23, 1892 at East Wawamash, Ontario. At this wedding, according to the report published in the Wingham newspaper, the bride's grandfather, Walter Rutherford, entertained the guests with old time Scottish stories and songs. In 1893, Hellen(Rutherford) Hamilton and Hugh Hamilton moved to Holland, Manitoba. In 1895 he bought part of section 12-8-11 where his son also farmed. In 1910 he bought a quarter of section 11-8-11, which was school section land. 1.2.1.1 James Hamilton, who married Grace and lived on the family farm in the Camille district. 1.2.1.1.1 Bert Hamilton, agricultural representative in Holland and Swan River, Manitoba. 1.2.1.1.2 Donna Hamilton, who married Lloyd Jones and lives in Winnipeg. 1.2.1.1.2.1 Margaret Jones. 1.2.1.1.2.2 Marilyn Jones. 1.2.1.1.2.3 James Jones. 1.2.1.1.2.4 Karen Jones. 1.2.1.1.2.5 Dawn Jones. 1.2.1.1.3 Helen Hamilton, a stenographer in Winnipeg, married Fritz Engel. 1.2.2 Walter Rutherford III, born October 25, 1871, Ashkirk, Roxburghshire, died June 6, 1929. In 1908 he married Margaret Cunningham, born March 25, 1881, died 1957. They are both buried in Brookdale, North of Holland, Manitoba. They lived first in Cypress River, Manitoba, and then farmed in the Camille and Holland districts. Walter Rutherford III died in 1929. His wife continued farming until 1948 when she moved to Holland and died there in 1957. 1.2.2.1 Edna Mae Rutherford, born October 6, 1909, married Arthur Matthews in 1935, lived in Holland, Manitoba. 1.2.2.1.1 Myrtle Irene Matthews, born Februyary 19, 1938, married William Nattress on May 2, 1959. 1.2.2.1.1.1 Terry William Nattress, b. Sept. 15, 1959, m. Elsie Morash Aug. 16, 1980. 1.2.2.1.1.1.1 Jaret B.J. Nattress. 1.2.2.1.1.1.2 Terylin Maureen Nattress. 1.2.2.1.1.2 Scott Joseph Nattress, b. Feb 14, 1962. 1.2.2.1.1.3 James Kirk Nattress, b. Oct 31, 1963. 1.2.2.1.1.4 Kimberly Irene Nattress,b.Nov18, 1964. 1.2.2.1.2 Walter Edwin Matthews, b. April 25, 1942, married Shirley Richmond on September 5, 1965. 1.2.2.1.2.1 Kevin Tyler Matthews, Dec 12, 1971. 1.2.2.1.2.2 Steven Clark Matthews, Oct 15, 1973 1.2.2.2 Robert Henry Rutherford, born June 9, 1911, married Mary Ellen Ferris, October 14, 1939. In 1947 he bought the east half of section 1-8-11. Robert farmed all his life from the age of 16 when his father took ill. 1.2.2.2.1 A son who died in infancy. 1.2.2.2.2 Linda Rutherford, a Registered Nurse at St. Boniface Hospital, Winnipeg, was born June 28, 1944. On March 30, 1966, she married William John Brewster of Calgary who is employed by the Winnipeg Works Department. 1.2.2.2.2.1 Richard Sean Brewster, Oct 19, 1966. 1.2.2.2.2.2 Pamela Nancy Ann Brewster, April 6,1975. 1.2.2.2.3 Larry Robert Rutherford, born April 21, 1946. On September 23, 1966, he married Wendy Joan Sundell who now is a student in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba. Together with his father, Larry owns and operates a section and a quarter at Holland, Manitoba. 1.2.2.2.3.1 James Robert Rutherford, March 4, 1967 1.2.2.2.3.2 Robyn Anne Rutherford, July 4, 1968. 1.2.2.2.3.3 Tracy Nicole Rutherford, Feb 26, 1970. 1.2.2.2.3.4 Leslie Mark Rutherford, June 25, 1972. 1.2.2.2.4 Sharon Christine Rutherford, b. Dec. 25, 1949, m. Barry Moolchan on Nov. 12, 1977. Sharon and Barry are teachers in Selkirk, Man. 1.2.2.2.4.1 Keiran Layne Moolchan, Jan 29, 1989. 1.2.2.3 Ruth Rutherford, a twin, died in infancy. 1.2.2.4 Violet Rutherford, a twin, died in infancy. 1.2.2.5 Thelma Rutherford, married Ben Marks and became the chief operator in the Holland, Manitoba telephone exchange where she started to work in 1953. 1.2.2.5.1 Dennis Marks, was a machinery salesman in Holland, Manitoba, born Nov. 28, 1936, married Elaine Cook, moved to Whitehorse, Yukon, divorced, moved back to Holland where he farms. 1.2.2.5.1.1 Brian Marks, born March 5, 1957, married Carol Hull. 1.2.2.5.1.2 Robert Bradford Marks, born August 28, 1958, died August 1984. 1.2.2.5.1.3 Donald Cal Marks, b. Aug 25, 1959, m. Heather Ewing, Aug 3, 1986 1.2.2.5.1.4 Randal Blaine Marks, born December 26, 1964. After Ben Marks died, Thelma married Gordon Wooley, lived in Whitehorse, retired to Holland, Manitoba. 1.2.2.6 Walter Rutherford IV, born February 2, 1917, died January 31, 1984. On July 17, 1948, he married Ellen Louise MacFarland, teacher, of Carroll, Manitoba, and farmed until 1952 when they moved to Brandon, Man., where he worked for Brandon Consumers Co-op. In 1957 they returned to Holland where he was Secretary Treasurer for the Rural Municipality of Victoria. 1.1.2.6.1 Daryl Neil Rutherford, born July 26, 1960. 1.1.2.6.2 Walter Glenn Rutherford, born Feb 5, 1962. 1.2.2.7 Margaret Rutherford, born September 21, 1920, married Lloyd Jeffrey, operated a family farm north of Holland, Manitoba, now taken over by their sons. 1.2.2.7.1 Myrna Jeffrey, b. Dec. 12, 1944, m. Norman Friesen, July 1, 1967, live on Vancouver Island. 1.2.2.7.1.1 Marnie Friesen. 1.2.2.7.1.2 Joel Friesen. 1.2.2.7.2 James Arnold Jeffrey, born June 19, 1946, married Marlene Temmerman on June 24, 1976. 1.2.2.7.2.1 Tara Leanne Jeffrey, May 1, 1977. 1.2.2.7.2.2 Lee James Jeffrey, March 4, 1979. 1.2.2.7.2.3 Amber Dawn Jeffrey, May 7, 1982. 1.2.2.7.3 William Lloyd Jeffrey, born November 27, 1951, m. Helen Jane Friesen on Nov. 30, 1974. 1.2.2.7.3.1 Curtis William Jeffrey, May 17,1978. 1.2.2.7.3.2 Kyle Stewart Jeffrey, Nov 30, 1981. 1.2.2.7.3.3 Ryan Boyd Jeffrey, January 11, 1984. 1.2.3 Ann Rutherford II, born 1875, Culross, Perthshire, married a Mr. Saunders and they had two sons: 1.2.3.1 Roy Saunders. 1.2.3.2 Bert Saunders, killed 1917 in the Halifax explosion. After the death of her first husband, Mr. Saunders, Ann Rutherford II married Mac McPhail. They lived in Winnipeg. After the death of her second husband, Ann moved back to Wingham, Ontario to live with her sister Janet Wilson. 1.2.4 Robert Rutherford IV, born 1877, Roberton, Selkirkshire, married Mary Stewart. They lived at Cypress River for a few years. He then worked on the Canadian National Railways laying track through the wilderness to Churchill. His home was in Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1.2.5 Janet Rutherford II, born 1879, Roberton, Selkirkshire, married Andrew Wilson of Wingham, Ontario. 1.2.5.1 James Wilson, lives in Wingham. 1.2.6 May Rutherford, born 1880, Roberton, Selkirkshire, who married William Hutton. For a few years they lived in Holland, Manitoba where he worked in a hardware store. Later William Hutton owned his own store in Saskatchewan. 1.2.6.1 John Hutton. 1.2.6.2 Albert Hutton. 1.2.7 Aggie Rutherford, b. Canada, m. Art Ferris, Holland, Man. 1.2.8 John Rutherford II, born in Canada, married Merle Darrow in 1917. He lived on his father's farm until 1959 when he retired to Holland, Manitoba, where he died in 1962. 1.3 Janet Rutherford, born 1847, went to Turnberry, Ontario, near Wingham, and later returned to Scotland. 1.4 John Rutherford, born 1849, a journeyman grocer, went to Turnberry, returned to Glasgow, and became an undertaker. 1.5 Charles Rutherford, born 1851, partner of the firm Rutherford and Kay, Scotland, Wine merchants to H.R.H. Queen Victoria. 1.6 Isabella Rutherford, b. 1851, d. Feb. 4, 1905, Huron County, Ont. 1.7 Alexander Rutherford, b. Aug.1854, went to Frankford, New York. On April 19, 1855, Ann (Clark) Rutherford died. On November 18, 1861 at the United Presbyterian Church, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Walter Rutherford married Helen Scott Beattie, domestic servant, born in Roxburghshire April 5, 1830, and died at Bluevale, Huron County, Ontario on July 7, 1910, daughter of John Beattie, shepherd, and Isabel Scott, who claimed to be a niece of Sir Walter Scott. The first Walter Scott, father of Sir Walter Scott, was a writer to the signet, (lawyer). He married Anne (Rutherford) Scott, daughter of John Rutherford M.D. and Anne Swinton. Their first six children died in infancy, then they had six more: (7) Robert Scott, in the navy, died on his way to India. (8) John Scott, born 1768, 20th Battalion major, died unmarried. (9) Sir Walter Scott, born August 15, 1771, memorialist. (10) Anne Scott, born 1772 at home, George's Square, Edinburgh. (11) Daniel Scott, died unmarried. (12) Thomas Scott, born 1773, writer to the signet, married Elizabeth McCulloch, daughter of David McCulloch of Ardwell. Some historians state that Thomas Scott had a son and three daughters: (12.1) Walter Scott, born June 1807. (12.2) Jessie Scott, married Col Huxley. (12.3) Anne Rutherford Scott. (12.4) Eliza Charlotte Scott, married 1835 Alexander Peat C.B. Sir Walter Scott claimed his brother, Thomas, had four daughters. If Isabel was Thomas Scott's fourth daughter not listed above, or a daughter of the unmarried Robert, John, Daniel, or Anne, then the progeny of Walter Rutherford and Helen (Beattie) Rutherford, are akin to Sir Walter Scott, Scotland's famed novelist, who believed that pride in one's family is "natural to a man of imagination". Walter Rutherford , his second wife, Helen Scott (Beattie) Rutherford, with arm on his shoulder, and daughters Mary, Janet and Isabella. Walter and Helen Scott (Beattie) Rutherford lived at Mabonlaw, Roberton, Roxburghshire, where he was a shepherd. Mabonlaw now forms part of the estate of Lord Polworth, a director for the Canadian Pacific Railway, who has turned the house over for use as a summer home for underprivileged children. In 1881, Walter Rutherford, Helen (Beattie) Rutherford, with ten children and several grandchildren, emigrated to a farm at Turnberry, near Wingham, Huron County, Western Ontario. 1.7 Isabella Rutherford, born October 17, 1862, married a Bickle. 1.7.1 Nellie Bickle, born in Ontario, 1888. 1.7.2 Wellino Bickle, born in Ontario, April 8, 1891. 1.7.3 Wilma Bickle, born in Ontario, c. 1893. 1.8 Walter Rutherford II, born 1865, went to Rat Portage, North West Territories, which later became Kenora, Ontario. 1.9 Adam Rutherford, born Oct. 21, 1866, married Lottie D. Mayers of Holland, Manitoba, December 5, 1894.. 1.10 Helen Rutherford, Nellie, born about 1869, married George Pocock, went to Holland, Manitoba. 1.11 James Grieve Rutherford, born June 7, 1870, married Annie Mayers on December 25, 1901 at Holland, Manitoba. 1.12 William Rutherford, born c.1873, went to Holland, Manitoba. 1.13 Ann Rutherford, born August 16, 1875. 2. Charles Dickson Rutherford was another son of Robert Rutherford and Jane (Crawford) Rutherford. He was born at Hawick in 1825, and was listed in the 1841 census as a grocer's apprentice living with Adam and Margaret Scott, Hawick. See Rutherford-Smart. Rutherford-Smart Charles Dickson Rutherford married Christina Smart at the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, October 20, 1856, witnessed by John Lees Jr. Charles Dickson Rutherford lived at 21 Montague Street, and was a commercial traveler, probably for J. Lees Tobacco Company. He later became a tobacco manufacturer. Here is a recollection passed on by her father to Christina Smart (Rutherford) Dickson, who wrote: "When Charles Dickson Rutherford first arrived in Edinburgh as a young man, he broke his leg when he kicked at a rat on the street, missed, and hit something solid instead. He lay with a broken leg, in lodgings, I suppose, and during that time Miss Christina Smart went to see him and probably took something either to amuse him or to eat. Anyway, they met and ultimately married." They had six children, all born at Edinburgh, and Charles Dickson Rutherford died at the age of 69, of abdominal cancer, on February 1, 1895, at his home, 9 Chalmers Crescent, Edinburgh. Christina (Smart) Rutherford 18261903 Charles Dickson Rutherford 1825-1895 1. Robert Rutherford III was born on April 16, 1857. He died of diptheria on June 5, 1867 at 2 Carlung Place Edinburgh. 2. John Smart Rutherford was born on October 7, 1858. He died on May 31, 1943, in Montreal, Quebec. He married Marrion Mason Sleigh. See Rutherford-Sleigh. 3. Christina Jane Rutherford, Aunt Tina, was born on December 20, 1860. She was the aunt who revealed the gypsy strain in our family and who found her Rutherford cousins in Huron County, Ontario, in 1884. For her marriage and descendants refer to Gray-Rutherford. 4. Helen Charlotte Rutherford, Aunt Chattie, born May 24, 1863, came to Canada following the bankruptcy of C.D. Rutherford & Sons which terminated her income from the business, married Frank Larkin late in life, and died at Mimico, Ontario, on December 28, 1956. 5. Charles Rutherford II was born on September 7, 1865, at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh. He was described by family members as a wanderer. In 1895-96 Charles Rutherford II took part in the Jameson Raid in Southern Africa, went to Angola, then, on his way to the Klondyke, was turned back at the base of the Chilkoot Pass by the formidable ice and snow slope. He returned to Africa, where he and his brother James bought a farm in Rhodesia, near Bulawayo. In 1893 Charles Rutherford II was a cavalry regiment trooper in the Salisbury Horse of the British South African Company in the Matabele War. He fought in both Zulu Wars and also in the Boer War. He was also a prospector and worked for the Post Office in Bulawayo. He married late in life and died at Bulawayo. 6. James Rutherford was born at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh on November 29, 1867. He was a commercial traveller in 1891 living at his parents' home in Edinburgh. Five years after his father died, he moved to London with his mother, leaving the operation of the family tobacco business to his brother, John. When the business failed, James went to Rhodesia, joined his other brother, Charles, in the purchase of a farm, married late in life, died at Bulawayo, c. 1938. Faa According to Christina Jane Rutherford (Aunt Tina), who married Joseph Train Gray, one of our ancestors was John Faa, a gypsy king from the borders. Christina Jane made this statement to her grandchildren, Charles and Neena Gray, while they were young. Gypsy heritage would account for Christina Jane's dark eyes, complexion, and raven hair which was black well into her eighties, and similar traits which have been noted in other family members. She said John Faa was her maternal grandfather, which would make him sire of Christina Smart, who married Charles Dickson Rutherford. If Aunt Tina was mistaken, the branch of the family entitled to claim John Faa as an ancestor could possibly be the Rutherfords, not the Smarts. In this case, John Faa would have been Christina Jane's paternal grandfather, sire of Charles Dickson Rutherford, or even a great-grandfather. The Rutherfords lived in rural Roxburghshire, as did the gypsies. There would have been more opportunity and likelihood of an encounter with a gypsy around Hawick than in Edinburgh where the Smarts lived. However, this is all conjecture based on hearsay but we have found that in most cases hearsay is based on fact. It only remains to document the facts. Among the early border gypsy communities, vital statistics were not always recorded. We have searched but found no documentation regarding our gypsy ancestors. However, some background information might be helpful. The gypsies originated in Northwestern India, and travelling was their way of life. They reached Persia by the year 1000 A.D. and from there some went south-west to Egypt and North Africa, others going north to Europe where they wandered during the 14th and 15th centuries. By 1417 there were gypsies in Northern Germany, 1422 in Northern Italy, 1427 in Paris, France, by the late 15th century in Ireland and soon thereafter in Scotland. John Faw, gypsy, lived in Scotland in 1470, and in 1539 George Faw went by the title of "Erle George collit of Egypt". They traditionally represented themselves as royalty wherever they travelled, in order to receive the same privileges and passages as were granted to all foreign royalty. James Stuart V, King of Scotland, habitually wandered into the countryside as a "gaberlunzie man", staying for long periods among the gypsies. On February 15, 1540, he signed a Writ in favour of Johnnie Faa, "leader of the Egyptians", whom he called "oure lovite Johnnie Faa, Lord and Erle of Litil Egypt". In May, 1540 he gave John Faa power to rule the gypsies by Egyptian law while in Scotland, and authorized him to transfer this power to his heirs. By 1541, King James V had been offended by the gypsies in some way and he ordered them all out of Scotland, so they went into hiding. When King James died in 1542, they re-established their credit for a while with the new government under Queen Mary but in 1574, seven years after she had abdicated, an Act against the Gypsies was passed which drove them once more into hiding to avoid persecution. In 1609 the gypsies were legally banished from Scotland but instead of leaving they became masters of concealment, took Scottish names, dressed like Scots, intermarried with the Scots, and lived in the no-mans-land along the borders where they could hide in the hills and skip over into England on a moment's notice. Some gypsy families were transported to South Carolina, Virginia, Jamaica, and Barbados. In Scotland they survived by giving up the gypsy way of life, taking great pains to unlearn their own Romany language. Moses Faa, for instance, renounced his heritage, took his family away from the gypsy community, and was thereupon granted licence to remain in Scotland. As the gypsies settled into the Scottish towns they became famous as metal workers, engravers of pewter, lead and copper, pipers and fiddlers, potters, tinkers and basket weavers and became honest, hard-working, feu-paying citizens.. A band of Scottish gypsies settled in Roxburghshire. Some took part in foreign wars. For gallantry at the siege of Namur, Belgium, in 1695, the gypsies were given land at Kirk Yetholm, Roxburghshire, for 19x19 years, which would be until the year 2056. Also, a gypsy, by the name of Faa, tracked down and returned a lost horse for Sir William Bennet. This kindness was rewarded with a grant of feuar rights to the Yetholm gypsies by which they received a cottage, garden, a quarter acre in the loaning with privilege of turf and peat and pasture for a horse and a cow on Yetholm Common. For these benefits feuars were required to pay feu on a regular basis. In the case of the gypsies it was usually an irregular basis, tolerated in consideration of their peculiar priorities and innate honesty. Descendants of Johnnie Faa of 1540 inherited the title of "King". On the borders, the surname, often spelled "Faw", became synonymous with "gypsy". At least one Faa became a Member of Parliament. The Falls (previously Faas) were prominent merchants. In 1643 one Jonnie Faa ran away with a Lady Cassilis, wife of the Earl of Cassilis, after which all his band were hanged. The first gypsy king in Kirk Yetholm, a lineal descendant of Johnnie Faa, Lord and Earl of Little Egypt in 1540, was King Will Faa I, born around 1700, died 1784, married three times, held big christening parties for his 22 or 24 children, one named John. When King Will died there were three days of eating and drinking and a funeral train included 300 asses. Another son of King Will Faa I was King Will Faa II, who reigned 1784-1847, a great fiddler, carted coal, ran a pub, smuggled whisky and wine at the border, had no children so when he died the title went "sideways" to his sister Esther's husband, Charles Blythe, who reigned, as King Charles Faa Blythe I from 1847 to 1861. A learned man, he knew literature, especially loved Sir Walter Scott. Esther Faa and Charles Blythe had 12 children, the first born in 1795. One son "Oor Tom" was a stone mason, settled in Halifax, England, and became a Methodist preacher. When King Charles Faa Blythe I died, the gypsy throne went to one of their daughters, Esther Faa Blythe, born between 1801 and 1805, reigned 1861-1883, died at Kelso December 7, 1883, is buried at Kirk Yetholm. Queen Esther was married to John Rutherford, of Jedburgh, known as "Jethart Jock", who died at Kelso July 12, 1883 and is buried at Kirk Yetholm. Their son was Charles Faa Blythe Rutherford, born 1825, reigned 1898 to 1902 as King Charles Faa Blythe II, ran a lodging house on Muggers Row, and died April 4, 1902, the last recognized gypsy king in Yetholm. Train The Trains lived for many years in the Parish of Sorn, Ayrshire. The first on our list was a farm grieve (land steward), on the Gilmilnscroft estate, in Sorn. He moved to Ayr around 1790 where he worked as a day labourer. We have not found his Christian name. Among his children were: 1. Joseph Train was born at Sorn November 6, 1779. He was a Customs Supervisor and Excise Officer at Newton-Stewart, Aberfeldy, Queens-ferry, Fife, Falkirk, Wigtown, Dumfries and Castle Douglas, anti-quarian, expert on Robert Burns, and friend of Sir Walter Scott. When the family moved from Sorn to Ayr he was apprenticed to a weaver. From 1799 to 1802 he served in the Ayrshire Militia, returning to Ayr in the weaver's trade. In 1804, he was appointed revenuer in Galloway. In 1810 he was sent to Perthshire to suppress illicit distilling. A student of history and a prolific writer, one of his major published works was a history of the Isle of Man. He also wrote a collection of anecdotes relating to the Galloway gypsies, the substance of which he garnered while travelling up to 7,000 miles a year on foot and horseback. A great poet in his own right, he spent most of his energies promoting others. For twenty years he supplied Sir Walter Scott with a steady stream of character and plot descriptions, based on the individuals and situations encountered in his work as a revenuer. Much of Train's writing was used verbatim in Scott's novels. He is buried in the beautiful, well-kept, Kelton Graveyard near Castle Douglas in Dumphrieshire. There are plaques honouring him in the town halls at Castle Douglas and Newton Stewart. On April 30, 1803, Joseph Train married Mary Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson, gardener in Ayr. Mary(Wilson) Train died in 1856, at which time a large part of her husband's antiquarian collection was sold off. The collection included relics of both Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott. A portion not sold was inherited by Robert Wilson Train, sole surviving son. 1.1 Elizabeth Train, born October 16, 1803, at Ayr. 1.2 Roseanna Train, born March 8, 1805, at Ayr, married Joseph W. Train, Scottish Church minister in Demerara, British Guiana. 1.3 Hugh Hamilton Train, born September 29, 1809, at Ayr. 1.4 William Train, August 9, 1816, Newton-Stewart, paymaster general with the Inland Revenue. 1.5 Robert Wilson Train, born October 23, 1817, at Newton-Stewart, was an officer in the Inland Revenue at Greenock where he died in 1860. Upon his death, his father's antiquarian collection, which he had inherited, remained with his widow who later married Mr. Dryden of Greenock, and died in 1895, leaving the relics to her two married daughters: 1.5.1 Mrs. James Barr of Hillhead. 1.5.2 Mrs. John Dunn of Castle Douglas. 2. William Train, master hatter at 18 Restalrig Terrace, South Leith, on the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, Scotland. William Train married Barbara Hilson. One of their four daughters was: 2.1 Mary Train, born 1808, died of old age February 25, 1889 at 18 Restalrig Terrace, South Leith. See Gray-Train. Gray-Train George Gray II, master hatter, was born in 1808 and died February 16, 1886 at 18 Restalrig Terrace, of cerebral spinal sclerosis. He was the son of George Gray, mason, and Margaret Kerr. George Gray II married Mary Train, probably around 1830. 1. George Gray III, who married in Honolulu, and had two daughters. 2. William Gray. 3. Thomas Gray. 4. Joseph Train Gray, born 1846, died April 8,1898, aboard ship on a passage to South Africa, buried at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, Canary Islands. See Gray-Bisset and Gray-Rutherford. Gray-Bissett Joseph Train Gray received his schooling at Moray House and became an apprentice of Messrs Nimmo and Son, publishers, where he spent his spare time poring over a Greek lexicon. He obtained an M.A. at the University of Edinburgh, intending to enter the ministry of the Free Church of Scotland. On delivering his trial sermons, a huskiness in his voice was such an impediment to his delivery that he withdrew. For some years Joseph Train Gray was engaged as a tutor, and then entered the service of the Messrs Nelson, publishers. Beginning in the ranks, he worked his way to the top of the publishing business as confidential advisor to Mr. Thomas and Mr. William Nelson. Joseph Train Gray continued his interest in church affairs as an active member of the Free Church Publishing Committee and in the examination, missionary, and philanthropic business of the Church. Joseph Train Gray, 1846-1898 Joseph Train Gray was an elder of Mayfield Free Church, an active party politician being a firm believer in Mr. Gladstone, was president of the Southside Liberal Association, and secretary of the East of Scotland Liberal Association where he was a man of weight, a friend of Lord Roseberry, Lord Tweedmouth, Munro Ferguson, and other men of prominence on that side of the political arena. Joseph Train Gray was also a member of the Municipal Public Library Committee. On July 10, 1873, he married Bella Barbara Bisset, born June 16, 1853, died June 2, 1881, daughter of Edinburgh merchant Archibald Bisset and Isabella Davidson of 29 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh, witnessed by Alex Hay and Jemima Bisset. Joseph Train Gray and Bella Barbara (Bisset) Gray lived at 18 Restalrig Terrace, South Leith. 1. George Archibald Gray, born April 14, 1874, a diesel engineer, died April 17, 1927 at Manchester, England, married Elizabeth Rankin Turner, born 1875, died Nov. 2, 1950. 1.1 Elizabeth Maxwell Gray, married September 3, 1928, Barnwood, Gloucester, to Denys Cyril Hubert Matthews, born 1899, died September 13, 1964. 1.1.1 Roger George Matthews, born July 24, 1935. 1.1.1.1 Adrian Denys Anthony Matthews, born February 19, 1962, Nottingham. 1.1.1.2 Toby Angus Matthews, April 18, 1963. 1.1.2 Nigel John Matthews, born August 16, 1945. 1.2 Josephine Nora Gray, married Maurice Boigent Darling, March 10, 1938 at Leicester, England. 1.2.1 Elizabeth Anne Darling, March 1,1944. 1.3 Martin Train Gray, born 1906, died January 2, 1964, at Gloucester. 2. Francis Joseph Gray, MB, CM, born 1877, died July 11, 1921, Earlstown, Lancs, buried at Newton le Willows, Lancs. 3. Wilfred James Gray, born 1879, died August 11, 1896. 4. Josephine Mary Gray, born April 30, 1881, died January 25, 1882. Bella Barbara (Bisset) Gray died a month after the birth of this baby. Gray-Rutherford Christina Jane Rutherford, daughter of Charles Dickson Rutherford, was born in Edinburgh, December 20, 1860, died July 16, 1950, at Gloucester, England. On September 30, 1884, she married Joseph Train Gray of 16 Hope Terrace, Edinburgh, a widower with four small children. She also had four more children with Joseph Train Gray and took care of her niece, Christina Smart Rutherford, from 1905 to 1910. Her marriage was witnessed by Wm Gray and Helen Charlotte Rutherford. In the fall of 1900, Christina Jane(Rutherford) Gray bought 9 Chalmers Crescent from her widowed mother who had moved to London with her youngest son, James Rutherford. Aunt Tina - Christina Jane (Rutherford) Gray 1860-1050 Joseph Train Gray and Christina Jane travelled extensively in India, South Africa, Canada, the United States and Europe. She had a very pretty singing voice but never sang again after her son, Charlie Rutherford Gray, was killed in World War I. The children of Joseph Train Gray, with Christina Jane (Rutherford) Gray were: 1. Charles Rutherford Gray, born June 20, 1885, died Nov. 23,1917, a shoe factor (wholesaler) in Edinburgh in partnership with James Smart Aikman. Charles Rutherford Gray won a typography medal at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, in 1905-06. In World War I he enlisted as a cavalry lieutenant in the Scots Greys Regiment, was posted to Salonica, Greece, transferred to the Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, posted to France, killed in action November 23, 1917 at Chateau Thierey, and is buried at Farnspuaix, near Arras. 2. Joseph Train Gray II, born June 15, 1887 at Edinburgh, died April 4, 1962 at Vancouver, B.C. He was a chartered accountant, with Peat Marwick Mitchell, Edinburgh, was sent to their New York office and thence to Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina and finally Calgary, where he later joined P. Burns Company Ltd, meat packers. He returned to Scotland in October, 1914, enlisted as a lieutenant with the 8th Royal Scots Regiment. On a troop ship on its way to France, he met Agnes Phyllis Riordon, nursing sister with the 8th General Hospital, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, the first Canadians in France. Her father, an Ontario farmer and house builder in Ottawa, died in 1916. Joseph Train Gray II and Agnes Phyllis Riordon were married March 4, 1916 at Folkstone, England. After the war he returned to Calgary as treasurer for P. Burns and Company, and later was investments and properties manager for P. Burns. He retired in 1954 and moved to Vancouver where he died in April, 1962, and Agnes died in November 1968, both from heart attacks. 2.1 Charles Train Gray, born January 27, 1919, graduated Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, 1939, Major in Royal Canadian Engineers in World War II, serving in Italy and Northwest Europe. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. On October 4, 1945, at All Saints Cathedral, Halifax, he married Norma Lorraine Fay, born December 15, 1917, daughter of William Brubeck Fay and Selena Bauld, both of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Charles Train Gray graduated BSc in Mining, Queens University, Kingston, 1948, was mining engineer in Matachewan, Northern Ontario, through 1951. In 1952 he joined Imperial Oil, and later the Union Oil Company of Canada, based in Calgary, retiring in 1982 as drilling manager, took contracts with Canada Oil Lands Administration in Halifax as off-shore engineering manager, returned to Calgary in 1985, did consulting work, mainly for Lavalin Inc. for whom he went to Pakistan and Bangladesh, and ten times to Russia. In September, 1987, he went to the Arctic, European Siberia, and to within 85 kilometers of the Bering Sea on a project associated with the development of Khariaga Oil Field, now on hold pending the securing of the estimated $4.6 billion development cost. 2.1.1 Joseph Train Gray III, born January 14, 1947, at Kingston, Ontario, MSc in Metallurgy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, metallurgist with Ipsco, Regina, married Lynn Jackson in September, 1968. 2.1.1.1 Christina Gray, born May 3, 1971, Edmonton. 2.1.1.2 Shannon Gray, born Sepember 1974, Sault Ste Marie. 2.1.1.3 Kimberley Gray, born Sept. 1976, Sault Ste Marie. 2.1.2 Charlene Sheila Train Gray, born September 8, 1949, Matachewan, Ontario, married Donald Edey, September 6, 1969, lives in Calgary. 2.1.2.1 Jocelyn Edey, born January 7, 1972. 2.1.2.2 Brian Edey, born February 27, 1975. 2.1.3 Kelly Lorraine Train Gray, born September 17, 1957, Edmonton, Alberta, dental hygienist at University of Alberta, m. Robert Shillabeer, December 31, 1986, Calgary. 2.2 Christeena Sheila Train Gray (Neena), born July 17, 1920. On May 16,1942, at St. Mary's Cathedral, Calgary, she married F/O Sidney H. Davies of Wales, who trained in Canada during World War II, moved to Vancouver after the war. 2..2.1 Brian Coslett Davies, b. June 20, 1944, m. Lenore Ann Jensen February 15, 1969 at St Andrews Church, Vancouver. 2.2.1.1 Jeffrey Thomas Davies, born March 26, 1975. 2.2.1.2 Christine Rhian Davies, bornAugust 23, 1976. 2.2.1.3 Karyn Louise Davies, born March 11, 1978. 2.2.2 Ian Davies, born April 15, 1948, married Paula. Daughter: 6.2.2.1 Devon Davies. 2.2.3 Christine Margaret Davies, born June 13, 1951, 2 children. 2.2.4 Sidney Eric Davies, born Feb. 22, 1953, 3 children. Christeena and Sidney Davies divorced. She went to England, married again and lived in Hastings. 3. Christine Mary Train Gray, born Nov. 28, 1889, died Dec.17, 1891. 4. William Train Gray, born March 10, 1893, Edinburgh, died January 9, 1979 at Knox House, Kilconquhar. He served throughout World War I in the Royal Scots Regiment, was wounded early in 1915, taken to the 8th General Hospital, where Agnes Riordon, later Mrs. Joseph Train Gray, was a nursing sister. William Train Gray became a chartered electrical engineer after the war, lived for many years at Altrincham, England, worked with Vickers ship building and heavy machinery firm in Manchester. April 20, 1935, at Pollokshields Trinity Church, Glasgow, he married Kathleen Thornton Hart, born December 8, 1902, died May 21, 1979 at Dollar. She was a daughter of Thomas Hart, civil and mining engineer and his wife Mabel Thornton. Following retirement, William Train Gray and his wife, Kay, moved to Knox House, Kilconquhar, Fife. 4.1 Mabel Gillian Train Gray, born February 7, 1937, died March 12, 1937 at Darroch, Altrincham, Cheshire. 4.2 Ian Hart Train Gray, born June 24, 1938, civil engineer, graduate of St Andrews University, Fife. On September 11, 1965, at St Ninion's Church, Corstorphine, married Janet Frances McClung daughter of G. McClung. They live at Dollar, Clackmannanshire. 4.2.1 Katherine Elizabeth Gray, born June 20, 1966. 4.2.2 Fiona Jane Gray, born August 12, 1968. 4.2.3 Jennifer Marjorie Gray, born February 4, 1972. 4.2.4 William Thomas Train Gray, born February 20, 1974. 4.3 William Donald Train Gray, born September 18, 1940, came to Canada, was a geologist with Mobil Oil. On December 18, 1965 at l'Eglise Ste Etienne de la CitŽ, Perigueux, France, he married Janine Jacqueline Feuillarde who was with the French Government Oil Company. Donald joined Union Oil of California as a well site geologist on their first off-shore well in the North Sea, the discovery well for the Heather Gas Field, then as chief production geologist in Indonesia and Thailand. They now live in Bangkok. 4.3.1 Christopher Eric Train Gray, born March 2, 1967. Notes NotesSleigh The Sleighs are believed to be descendants of the Anglo-Saxon race, a fair skinned people from North Germany who settled England from about the year 400 AD. The surname Sleigh, in its many forms, is found first in Derbyshire where the "Sleths" had been seated as Lords of the manor of Ashe in the 13th century AD. Many spellings of the name have been found such as Sleich, Sleach, Sleech, Sliach, Sleath, Sleith, Sleth, Sleight, Sley, Slye, Sly and Slie, variations occurring even between father and son. In one graveyard there lies a father and eight sons, no two headstone spellings alike. John Sleth was a Burgess of Aberdeen in 1271, followed by Andrew in 1275, and Thomas Sleth possessed land in Aberdeen in 1317. Jeanna Sleigh was the heiress of the Cumliche in Berwickshire in 1574. The family branched south into Kent, England, at Eton Bridge, and in Sussex at Little Hampton, and at Windsor. Reverend Richard Sleech was Prebendary of Windsor, and his son Stephen was Chaplain to King George II. The Reverend Polwhele, a historian of Devon, wrote a poetic tribute to the Sleech family. Sir Samuel Sleigh, of Derbyshire, was the last direct male heir of the senior line in 1679. Sleighs sailed with the White Sails armada which plied the Atlantic during protestant migrations and banishments to the New World. In North America, included amongst the first migrants were James Sleight who arrived in Virginia in 1610, William Sleeth who settled in Jamaica in 1684, Robert Sleeth who arrived in Philadelphia in 1802, William Sleigh who arrived in New York in 1803, and Robert Sleigh who settled in Philadelphia in 1870. In Britain, family notables included Sir John Sleight, Sir Ernest Sleight, Professor Peter Sleight, and Sir Hamilton Sleigh. A Coat of Arms granted to the family is red with a chevron between three silver owls. Either this one, or another Coat of Arms, granted to General James Wallace Sleigh, CBS, commander of Her Majesty's 11th Dragoon Guards and of the 9th Royal Lancer Hussars, and his brother Francis Sleigh, born at Hanworth near Middlesex, London, 1st Lieutenant in his Majesty's Navy, Commander of HMS Russell of 74 cannons, denotes that they were of royal blood and related to the hero King Wallace of Scotland and Stephen, King of England. The family crest is considered by some to be a lion holding a cross, but in Fairbairn's Crests of Great Britain, it is an eagle's head with the motto: "Unalterable". The closest allusion to a possible Sleigh in the Domesday Book of 1086 is the name of Robert de Gresleye. Far out but whether the first Sleighs settled in England in the year 400, as suggested above, or if they came over with William the Conqueror in the year 1066, as some firmly believe, one should expect to find some trace of the family in the Domesday Book. A parish called Sleights in the North Riding was recorded in 1223. A hamlet called Slighshouses in Berwickshire consisted of land granted to Patrick Sleich, son and heir of Richard Sleich, in about the year 1525. John Sleigh was Mayor of Berwick for many years between 1636 and 1655. In Haddington, John Sleich was Provost in 1690, his grandson William Cockburn was Provost in 1695, and Patrick Sleich was Town Clerk in 1722. In 1883, John Sleigh wrote the History of Leek, Staffordshire, supposedly the home of the original Sleigh in the 11th century. A largish nose seems to be characteristic of the Sleighs. The surname Sleigh is believed to mean "one who was dexterous or skilled." And one last bit of Sleigh trivia: Roy Rogers, the singing cowboy of filmdom, was born Leonard Slye! Sligh-Shiel Peter Sligh, feuar in Preston, born 1716, died November 1776, married Janet Shiel, born 1728, died July 11, 1813, buried in the Old Churchyard, Preston, Berwickshire. 1.Janet Sligh, baptized April 1, 1753 at Bunkle. 2.Thomas Sligh, christened April 1, 1756. See Sligh-Wightman. 3. Janet Sleigh, born Sept. 26, 1757, bap. at Bunkle, Oct. 3, 1757. 4. John Sleigh, baptized at Bunkle, April 2, 1758, grieve at Coldingham, Berwickshire, married Janet Darling May 20, 1785. 4.1 Peter Sleigh II, farmer, estate manager, born February 19, 1786, baptized at Slighshouses February 26, 1786, died December 18, 1869 at Deveron St, Turriff. He married Elspet Sim, February 15, 1822 at Ellon, Berwickshire. 4.1.1 Jean Sleigh, born May 2, christened May 4,1822. 4.1.2 Ann Sleigh, born March 19, 1824, married John Taylor, February 24, 1850 at King Edward. 4.1.3 John Sleigh II, born January 4, christened Jan. 26, 1826, land surveyor and factor to a Mr.Bain at Strichen, Aberdeenshire, died January 27, 1918 at Strichen Mains. On October 28, 1858, at Cabra, Parish of Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, John Sleigh married Anne Gall, born May 19, 1833, died November 10, 1926. She was the daughter of John Gall, farmer, and Elizabeth Davidson. Their children were all born at Strichen: 4.1.3.1 Cecilia Sleigh, born January 12, 1860, died 1942, married John A. Philip born at Strichen, died 1907. 4.1.3.2 Eliza Anne Sleigh, born May 13, 1861, d. 1946. 4.1.3.3 Charles William Sleigh, b. April 27,1863, d. 1949. On Aug.14,1895, he m. Agnes Carnegie Manson, born at Lasmahagow in 1872, died at Strichen in 1926. 4.1.3.3.1 James Charles Sleigh, born January 21, 1897 died 1965, a doctor, married Hilda Scott Ogilvie. 4.1.3.3.1.1 Lorna Manson Sleigh, born 1922, married Horace Wright. 4.1.3.3.1.1.1 Jane Wright, married a Sands. 4.1.3.3.1.1.1.1 Wendy Sands. Lorna Manson Sleigh's second husband was John Townsend. 4.1.3.3.1.1.2 Jill Townsend, m.Stephen Perry. 4.1.3.3.1.1.3 Michael Townsend, joined army. 4.1.3.3.1.1.4 Julie Townsend, twin-Michael. 4.1.3.3.1.1.5 Ian Townsend. 4.1.3.3.1.2 Agnes Sleigh, m. Michael Gillies. 4.1.3.3.1.2.1 Susan Gillies, m.Richard Winter. 4.1.3.3.1.2.1.1 Jessica Winter. 4.1.3.3.1.2.1.2 Andrew Winter. 4.1.3.3.1.2.2 Jacqueline Gillies. 4.1.3.3.1.3 Eliz. Sleigh, b.1927, m.Phil. Picard. 4.1.3.3.1.3.1 John Picard, born 1964. 4.1.3.3.2 John Manson Sleigh, born 1899, died 1981, lived in Kent, married Helena Davidson. 4.1.3.3.3 Frederick Roberts Sleigh, b. May 13, 1900, lived in Biggar, Lanarkshire, married Winnifred. 4.1.3.3.3.1 Rosemary Sleigh, m. Dr. Patterson. 4.1.3.3.3.2 Charles Frederick (Derek) Sleigh, born 1929, chartered accountant in Edinburgh. 4.1.3.3.3.2.1 Jacqueline Sleigh, born 1958. 4.1.3.3.3.2.2 Fiona Sleigh, born 1960. 4.1.3.3.3.2.3 John Charles Sleigh, born 1963. 4.1.3.3.3.3 Allison Sleigh. 4.1.3.4 Louisa Jane Sleigh, born Sept. 23, 1865, d. 1943. 4.1.3.5 John Patrick Sleigh, born July

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