First up is Jane Donald - your 3X great Aunt. Her parents, George Donald and Ann Matthew, are your 3Xgreat grandparents. This is on grandma's side of the family tree.
Jane was born 188 years ago today in 1831 in the Parish of Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire. She was the second child for the farming family of George Donald and Ann Matthew (your 3X great grandparents).
Next is Charles West - also on grandma's side. Charles was born 164 years ago today in 1855 in Ferryden, a fishing village in the county of Angus on the east coast of Scotland. 1855 was a very good year to be born (or be married, or die) in Scotland because it was the first year of civil registration and it was a case of a "new broom" ... great care was given to writing down all the details of the event - including ones which were not recorded after this year.Charles was the 5th child for fisherman Alexander West and Margaret Anderson but one of their children had died in infancy.
Charles is your 1st cousin 4Xremoved because his parents (Alexander and Margaret) are your 4xgreat grandparents.
And up last for January 3rd is from my dad's side of the family: Peter Fisken. Peter is your 1st cousin 3Xremoved because his grandparents Peter Fisken and Elizabeth Crerar are your 3Xgreat grandparents.
One hundred and thirty one years ago, on January 3rd 1888, Peter married Isabella McNicoll in Partick (part of Glasgow - where the Partick Thistle of your soccer shirt play!). He was 23 years old and was a forester in Luss and she was also 23 and a domestic servant in Luss. Luss is a lovely village on the shores of Loch Lomond with lovely cottages built by the laird 150 years ago for slate and mill workers. I wonder why they were married away from their home village but maybe 19 Belmont Crescent (where the wedding took place) was the home of family or friends.
Peter and Isabella's marriage produced four sons (2nd cousins twice removed to you) - including another Peter.
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