On this day, January 29th in 1870, your 4X great grandfather, Alexander West, died. Alexander was a Ferryden fisherman who was married to Margaret Anderson and they had nine children. He died in Ferryden at age 74 of apoplexy (stroke).
Also on this day - in 1889 - Isabella Henderson - was born. She is your 2nd cousin 2X removed because your 3Xgreat grandfather, John Christie was Isabella's great grandfather.
Isabella was born in Banff, Scotland to Isabella Christie and James Henderson. I really don't have any info about her but her father was a mole catcher!
And on January 29th 1904 Isabella Christie married David Campbell. Isabella is your 1st cousin 2X removed. Your 3X great grandfather, Adam Christie (yes him again) is Isabella's grandfather. We're in Aberdeenshire again.
Isabella and David were married in Stoneywood Hall in Newhills, Aberdeenshire. David was a cable car driver in Edinburgh. She was a domestic servant in Dyce which is on the outskirts of the city of Aberdeen.
They had one son, Robert. The marriage was not a long one as David died within five years.
And the last entry for January 29th is about the death of my uncle - your great uncle - Leslie Christie. Grandma's brother. Mum told me many times of when she saw Leslie off at Newcastle Central Station after a war-time leave that when she said see you on your next leave he replied, no, this time I won't be coming back. And he didn't. On this day in 1944 he along with his six comrades on a Lancaster bomber were shot down over Germany - in Hennickendorf. Uncle Leslie was a air gunner. The mission was part of the Battle of Berlin. They were buried where they fell but later, after the war, they were moved to Berlin where they remain in the Commonwealth War Graves.
Uncle Leslie was 33.
Also on this day - in 1889 - Isabella Henderson - was born. She is your 2nd cousin 2X removed because your 3Xgreat grandfather, John Christie was Isabella's great grandfather.
Isabella was born in Banff, Scotland to Isabella Christie and James Henderson. I really don't have any info about her but her father was a mole catcher!
And on January 29th 1904 Isabella Christie married David Campbell. Isabella is your 1st cousin 2X removed. Your 3X great grandfather, Adam Christie (yes him again) is Isabella's grandfather. We're in Aberdeenshire again.
Isabella and David were married in Stoneywood Hall in Newhills, Aberdeenshire. David was a cable car driver in Edinburgh. She was a domestic servant in Dyce which is on the outskirts of the city of Aberdeen.
They had one son, Robert. The marriage was not a long one as David died within five years.
And the last entry for January 29th is about the death of my uncle - your great uncle - Leslie Christie. Grandma's brother. Mum told me many times of when she saw Leslie off at Newcastle Central Station after a war-time leave that when she said see you on your next leave he replied, no, this time I won't be coming back. And he didn't. On this day in 1944 he along with his six comrades on a Lancaster bomber were shot down over Germany - in Hennickendorf. Uncle Leslie was a air gunner. The mission was part of the Battle of Berlin. They were buried where they fell but later, after the war, they were moved to Berlin where they remain in the Commonwealth War Graves.
Uncle Leslie was 33.
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