Lilian's Tree

 As I mentioned in my  Previous Post  I've been pruning ancestors. This month is it the Cameron branch. On my tree I have Ann Cameron, baptised 21 October 1827, to Alexander Cameron (1799-1879) and Ann Lamond (c1799-1885), or so I thought.  Alexander did marry Ann Lamond but AFTER, Anne b 1827 was born.  Now there is nothing wrong with that except Ann L ISN'T Ann C's mother.  READ ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR DOCUMENTS. I'll get back to the marriage, after this. On Anne C's death certificate* NO parents are listed, likewise on her marriage certificate*. I do have her baptismal  certificate* and it states that Alexander Cameron had is daughter Ann baptised on 21 October 1827, in the Parish of Lochbroom. (No mothers were listed on Old Parochial Registers. The indexes on Scotland's People are being updated to include the mother's name.) Searching Scotland's People I find four other children for Alexander from 1822 to 1830, all in Lochbroom BUT the mother is...

 Back at the start of August, when I started searching for George Galbraith, I didn't know the journey it would take me on and what I would find. Since Family History Month is over, I've continued my research and now can tie things up neatly. Firstly:  Andrew Galbraith, Samuel and Margaret's fifth son. You can read about him here;  Andrew Galbraith    Now what I have found is that Andrew did go to Australia, arriving in Adelaide on 20 September 1878 on board the Largo Bay, with 363 other Scottish Immigrants. From newspaper articles in the Kapunda Herald, South Australia Register and the South Australian Advertiser, they were 'eagerly-expected' and they all found work, very quickly. I haven't found much more on Andrew, so I don't know what he did BUT on Monday 14 August 1893, page 4 of the Evening Journal had a notice asking if anyone knew where  Andrew was as a solicitor in Ayr, Scotland was looking for him. It also mentioned that he was employed by the Mou...

                                                  FOUND HIM!   Way back at the start of this month, I mentioned that on my 2x great-grandfather's Monumental Inscription was the line also his g-son GEORGE GALBRAITH.  This has lead me on a very interesting voyage of discovery, with this branch of my tree. One I have enjoyed and plan to continue. SO WHO WAS GEORGE GALBRAITH and WHERE DID HE FIT? The only child I haven't told you about has been Samuel and Margaret's second son John b 1840 -d 1919. Searching on  Scotland's People gave me a marriage, in 1872 of John Galbraith and Helen McCulloch. He was 31 and she was 22. I then searched for any children and found five. Samuel b 1873. Helen Muirhead b 1874 Robert McCulloch b 1877. John McCulloch (Register  of Corrected Entries changed to Muirhead.) b 1881. Margaret ...

            The Elusive George Galbraith I'm having fun trying to find George, he has me searching through Ancestry, FindMyPast, FamilySearch and Scotland's People looking for any hint as to who he belongs to. Last Sunday I mentioned Agnes Galbraith and looking into her cause of death, well I found her death. Agnes died of Consumption on 17 November 1867 at the age of 25 years. Okay, she is now ruled out, fully. I have also contacted Find A Grave asked if someone is able to check the inscription, in regards to George. I hope I get a reply. I've found more information and records relating to Janet Galbraith. She is on the 1881 Scottish Census, at her mother's residence, with Thomas Gray and George Galbraith.   Had I found him? Nope, Janet and Robert named their son George Galbraith Gray. (big sigh as I thought I'd found him.)  In all Janet and Robert Gray had eight children, not just the two I thought, last week. They are; Robert b 1863 S...

The day started very well, with a delicious hot chocolate and wonderful company. The genealogy family is very welcoming. I had only met Helen, before the conference and was Facebook friends with Fran and Lee-Ann. I meet so many other lovely people and enjoyed interesting conversations. Helen, Lilian, Fran, Lee-Ann, kick starting our day! The exhibition hall, during the day. A group of Geneabloggers. You can tell us by our blogger beads. They are great conversation starters. Thanks Alona, for handling them out. Another view of the hall. My name tag and ribbons. The stamp you can see is from the craft market, that was in the next building. $5 for all day, so I had a look and caught up with some friends. My blogger beads. My purchases. Will make for interesting reading. So, apart from coffee, craft fair and shopping, what did I do? I went to an informative talk, by Ben Hollister about German name changes, both personal and place names. Some of this w...

I should be doing assignments and I did sit outside in the sun and study but searching for ancestors is much more fun! (I will do my assignments, really I will) I have been looking for both my great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers deaths. Two posts ago I mentioned that I was waiting on great-grandma's death certificate. It has arrived and I cried. She died in a hospital for the insane at Stockton after being moved from Calan Park. While it was liver cancer that killed her I am now waiting for permission to view her medical records at NSW Archives.  Why was she there and has it go anything to do with why I can't find her husband?  Will all be revealed or will I still be in the dark? Today I decided to spend time on Scotland's People as he was from Scotland. It looks very promising as I have found a death for an Arthur Galbraith in 1894 with the district give as Marine Return. It is a death at sea, which ties into the family stories that he died at sea. I will now b...