West, as you likely know by heart by now, means we're in Ferryden with our fishing families which is where Catherine was born - the 5th child of Alexander and Margaret's nine children.
Another April 1st birth occured in 1847 when James Morice was born in Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire. James is your first cousin 4x removed. Your 4xgreat grandparents Alexander Matthew and Mary Byres are James' grandparents.
James was the son of John Morice and Margaret Matthew. He was the 9th and last child for them. The family lived on Greystone Farm.
Next we have a marriage. Robert Christie, your 3xgreat uncle married Helen Angus. Robert is the son of your 3xgreat grandparents John Christie and Helen Gordon.
Robert was a crofter in Banffshire, Scotland. He was a 50 year old bachelor when he married Helen in 1869. Helen was 30 and a domestic servant. Despite Robert's advanced years the couple had seven children!
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| Somewhere in Banffshire |
And lastly this day Robert Stewart West was born. Robert is your 2xgreat uncle and he was the son of your 2xgreat grandparents, Alexander West and Jemima Coull. He was born on April 1st 1881 in Ferryden. He was the third of the five children. Their mother, Jemima, died young when Robert was five years old.
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