March 1st

March 1st is St. David's Day.   We don't have any Welsh folks on our tree but I love daffodils.  And leeks are good too!

So, on this day in 1833 we have two events.

In 1833 Elspet Donald was born.  She is your 3X great aunt.  Maybe you're getting the hang of the surnames.  Donald is one of the Aberdeenshire names.  Elspet was the third child of the eleven or so off-spring of farmer George Donald and Ann Matthew.


Then in 1940 your 2X great uncle George Christie died.  George was the nephew of the above Elspet.  George was a farmer who lived in Aberdeenshire all his life.  He was married to Margaret Alexander with whom he had nine children.  He died at Little Northburn in Monquhitter parish.  Cause of death was coronary thrombosis.  He was 70 years old.  He is buried in the kirkyard at Cuminestown.