March 5th

On this day in 1820 James West was born.  He is your 4X great uncle - he being the brother of John West, your 3xgreat grandfather.  WEST is a Ferryden name.  James was a fisherman and lived his whole life in Ferryden.  He was the first of nine children for Alexander West and Margaret Anderson.  He married Mary Sutherland and they had eight children.

Another birth on this day - this time in 1891 - was of your 1st cousin 2x removed Adam Christie.  You are related to him through your 2x great grandfather Adam Christie.  CHRISTIE is an Aberdeenshire name.  Adam was the second of nine children for farmer George Christie and Margaret Alexander.

And lastly, on this day, Robert Christie Paterson was born in 1913.  A family surname will often be used as a middle name - so we are still in Aberdeenshire.  And for this family member we actually have a fairly recent photograph!  Robert is your 1st cousin 2X removed.  His mother was a sister of my grandfather (your great grandfather) John Christie.  Robert was born at Netherton Greeness in Aberdeenshire - the ninth of the eleven children of the farming family of Elspet Christie and Joseph Paterson.  You may remember the folks from Texas who went looking for their family in Aberdeenshire and thought they had found them until I gave them evidence to the contrary.  Well those Texans spent time with Robert - and it think it's probably from them that I have this photo.