Bill and Nina married 25/9/1943 Kensington, London.

Grandparents
James Wilson KEAY b.1874 Kinclaven, Scotland; d.1916 Bonnyrigg (accident). Engineering fitter 1901 Census. Commercial traveller when died. Winner of 1912 Gilchrist Cup, Broomieknowe Golf Club.

+ Mary Ann Anderson WALKER b.1873 Dundee, Scotland; d.1948 Bonnyrigg, Scotland. Boot and shoe saleswoman, employed by Jenners in Edinburgh prior to her marriage, then again after husband James died.
    James and Mary married 1908 Edinburgh.

Frank MOSS b. 7/2/1883 Dukinfield (Ashton-u-Lyne); d.1946 London. 1901 census: soldier/drummer 4th Manchester Regiment then 12 years with The 50th (Queens Own) Royal West Kent Regiment. Mail carrier when joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in Vancouver 1914. Security officer/flats caretaker in Kensington at time of death.

+ Harriet Julia ("Eva") DONOGHUE b. 5/3/1887 Deptford, London; d.1932 Dist Bristol. Governess at time of marriage. Red Cross worker when living in Canada.

  Frank and Harriet ("Eva") married 13/12/1909 Ashford, Kent.

They had one living child, Virginia MOSS.

Great Grandparents (8)

Highlighted - 4 grandparents.

Highlighted - 8 great grandparents.

William James (b.1867 Kinclaven). William was a gardener; employed for some years at Strathtyrum House, St Andrews, Fife.    

 +Jessie LOBBAN (b.1870 Huntly; d.1900 Westerlee, St Andrews [puerperal fever]). They married 1898 Huntly.

They had one child Jessie Ross (b.1900 Westerlee).

1901 Census: William was a gardener, living in the gardener's house at Westerlee. His baby Jessie was with her grandmother Barbara SMART at Bogenhill, Forglen, Banffshire. (Grandfather Alexander LOBBAN was deceased). No further record.

Mary McPherson (b.1871 Kinclaven; d. 1936 Omaha, Nebraska). 1901 Census: bakery assistant in Edinburgh. Draper's assistant at time of marriage.

+Neil McCallum DOW (b.1863 Perth; d.1950 Omaha). They married 1907 Edinburgh. Witnesses: James Wilson KEAY and Ann Brown (Keay) STORIE.

      They had one child Rachel J (b.1907 Edinburgh; d.1935 Omaha)

Mary and Neil were cousins by marriage. The family emigrated to Omaha City, Nebraska July 1909 aboard the Caledonia out of Glasgow. On the manifest Neil's occupation was farmer but on his MC he was a master slater and by 1930 US Census he was a roofing superintendant no doubt in the National Roofing Co, which was presided over and probably started by his brother John Malcolm DOW, who had immigrated 1886.

+Charles Alexander THOMSON (b.1877; d.1942 Peebles). They married 1898 Peebles. Charles was a coachman, ostler. Sometime after Janet's death he boarded with a Johnston family in Peebles who had adopted his orphaned twin son William. Another Johnston family adopted the other twin, Robert.

Their children were Janet (Jessie) (b.1893 Peebles [illegitimate; father George DICKSON]), Mary Kay (b.1900), twins Robert Stewart (b.1903 Peebles; d.1962 Tranent) and William Keay (b.1903 Peebles; d.1972).

They had one child James (Jim) emigrated to Canada pre-1973.

William KEAY'S first wife was Ann McPHERSON (b.1835 Kirriemuir, Forfar; d.1865 Kinclaven [puerperal peritonitis]). They were married 1855 Glentairie, Kirriemuir.

Their children were Margaret (b.1856 Rattray), Ann Brown (b.1857 Kinclaven; d.1912 Edinburgh), John (imbecile) (b.1862/d.1874 Kinclaven), Helen McPherson (b.1865 Kinclaven).

David WALKER b.1842 Alyth, Perthshire; d.Edinburgh. He was a slater (roof tiler)  in Dundee and became a master builder in Edinburgh. His grandfather and uncles were also slaters.

+ Susan MAXWELL b.1846 Dundee; d.Edinburgh. MC: Susan was a power loom weaver.

   David and Susan were married 1867 Dundee.

Their children were -

Betsy (b.24/9/1868; d.~1945 Edinburgh). No children.

Susan Maxwell (b.1/11/1870). She married (John?) PATTERSON.

Mary Ann Anderson (b.5/4/1873 Dundee; d.1948 Bonnyrigg)

Henry Maxwell (Harry) (b.1877 Dundee). He married Jessie SKINNER and had at least one son David.

(David b.1880. 1 yo in 1881 census. Presume died)

Helen (Nellie) (b.1883 Dundee; d.1971 Paris). She married Georges SBRIGLIA, Paris. No children.

Allen (b.1889 Dundee) (injured WW1). Emigrated to Canada or US, never married?

Eliza Jane (b.1867 Brisbane, Australia). Marriage (1) 1888 Ashton, to Frank DUCKWORTH (b.1869/d.1893 Ashton). Marriage (2) 1900 Ashton, to Tom WARING.

     William (b.1888 Ashton-u-Lyne), Rose (b. before 1894 Ashton)

Rose (b.1869 Devonport, England). Married Paul Thomas PHILLIPS (b.1870, Chorlton) in 1892, Ashton. 1901 census: paper hanger/painter.

Mary L (b.1871 Aldershot) Died? No further record.

Alfred Ernest (b.1878 Edinburgh). He married Dora (surname?) had one child, Marcia (b.1909). She married a Frenchman and had at least one child.

William George (Bill) (b.1880 Maidstone, Kent; d. 23 Aug 1916 Flanders WWI). 1901 census: cellarman in Ashton.

Daniel DONOHUE b.1855 Tottenham, London; (d.1899 Poplar, London?) MC - boiler maker. 1881 census: bricklayer's laborer. 1891 census: gen laborer. Scaffolder foreman at time of death.

+ Isabella OLIVER b.1858 Dover, Kent; d.1943 London. 1891 census:  laundress.

Mary (b.1893/94 Deptford). Died after 1901? No further record.

Denis (b.1896 Deptford). Lance Sergeant, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment, killed in action on the Western Front July 31, 1917.

Margaret (b.1831; d.1915 Perth). She married Thomas WATSON (b.1814; d.1902 Perth), retired butler, at Myreside Cottage 1877. In 1861 Census she was a housemaid Ballathie Cottage, Kinclaven.

      William (b.1833). William's mother Janet died 6 months after his birth.

Olivia m. George BURNS in 1867, ch Elizabeth, John, George who all lived and died in Scotland.

James, gamekeeper, m. Jessie LAWSON in 1868, ch John William, Robert, Mary Jane who all died Scotland except Robert (unknown)

John KEAY had an illegitimate daughter Ann (Lamb) KEAY b.1838, mother Elizabeth LAMB.

James WILSON b.1809? Kirkurd, Peeblesshire; d.1890 Stirling. MC - gardener/land agent. 1871 census: widower; gardener/overseer at Tullybelton House, Auchtergaven living with daughters Mary and Charlotte. Dairyman on Mary's MC.  1881 census: retired land steward in household of daughter Mary McIntyre.

+ Elizabeth COULTHARD b.1807 Tinten, Yorkshire; d.? Ireland?

Their children were -

Isabella ("Esebelah") (b.1834 Ireland)

Archibald (b.1835 Ireland)

John (b.1836 Ireland)

William (b.1838 Ireland)

David (b.1840 Ireland)

Rachel (b.1841 "Tinten", Romaldkirk, Teesdale)

[Elizabeth? Died?]

Mary Knox (b.1849? Ireland; d.1921 Stirling, Scotland). 1871 census: housemaid-in-charge Tullybelton

Charlotte (b.1849? Ireland; d.1899 Caputh, Scotland). 1871 census: housemaid Tullybelton

Mary Knox m. John McINTYRE 1879 Kippen. Their children were Elizabeth Coulthard (1880) m.Adam IRONS; William (1882; d.1883); James Wilson (1884; d.1948) m.Helen BINNIE and had one child John; Mary Wilson (1886; d.1918) m.William DENNISTOUN; John Archibald (1888) m.Mary JARVIE; Rachel Wilson (1894) m.William MILLER.

Charlotte m. Francis McDONALD 1872 Tullybelton House. Their children were Elizabeth Coulthard (1874; d.1948), Francis (1877; d.1885), Isabella Petrie (1880; d.1885), James (1883), Herbert (1886).

Peter MONCUR (b. ~1820) and Elizabeth (Betsy) WALKER (b.Alyth, Perth 1821; d.after 1881) MC of David WALKER and Susan shows Peter was a laborer, Betsy a laundry maid. 1871/81 censuses: Betsy unm, seamstress in Alyth.

Henry MAXWELL married Isabella McINTOSH 1845, Dundee. On MC David and Susan, Henry was a jute mill overseer.

      They had at least one child Susan (b.1846 Dundee)

Richard BRACKEY (b.1823/24 Ayr, Scotland; d.1886 Isle of Wight) Richard was in The 42nd Regiment until ~1860. 1861/1871/81 censuses: laborer/army pensioner at Carisbrooke, Newport, I of W. Died Aug 1886 in The Workhouse, Carisbrooke. Cause of death: dementia.

+ Eliza SCOVELL (b.1820 Chale, Isle of Wight; d.1902 Newport, I of W). 1861/71/81/91 - laundress/mangler.

Their London-born children were Daniel (1855 Tottenham), John (1857 Deptford), Julia (1860 Tottenham), Harriet Elizabeth (1864 Pancras).

(No members of this family except Daniel were in any English census after 1861 - they may have returned to Ireland before 1871 census).

Isabella (b.1857/58 Dover)

William (Willie) (b.1859 Dover)

Laura (b.1863 Dover)

Anne (b.1865/66 Dover)

Roseta (b.1869 Dover)

Great Great Great Grandparents (32)

Highlighted - 32 great great great grandparents.

Peter (b.1785 Harrietfield, Longiealmond; d.1856 Logiealmond). He married Catherine McDONALD 1814 Methven. He was a master mason.

Margaret (b.1787). She married William CAMERON 1802.

Bathia (Bethia?) (b.1789)

Betty (b.1793)

Robert (b.1795)

John (b.1797)

Archibald (b.1799)

       David (b.1790)

       Peter (b.1792)

       Margaret (b.1795)

       Janet (b.1798)

       Agnes (b.1802)

Archibald WILSON married Rachel MARTIN  1795 Fintry, Stirling, Scotland.

Their children were -

Jane (b.1809 Bowes)

John (b.1811 Bowes)

Thomas (b.1813 Bowes)

Timothy (b.1815 Bowes)

William (b.1817 Bowes)

Isabella (b.1821 Romaldkirk, Yorks)

Alice (b.1823 Romaldkirk)

Robert (b.1825 Romaldkirk)

?Peter MONCUR married Elizabeth ROBERTSON?

      They had at least one child Peter (b. ca.1820)

?Henry MAXWELL married Helen IMBRIE?

They had at least one child Henry (b.1817 Auchtermuchty, Fife)

Isabella McINTOSH no further information.

Their children, all b.Ashton and christened in St Michael's, were -

Charlotte (b.1794)

Sally (b.1796)

Lucy (b.1798; d.1803)

Hamlet (b.1800)

Mary (b.1801)

Eliza (b.1804)

Ermina (b.1807)

Lucy (b.1809)

Patience (b.1811)

Joseph (b.1813)

George HIGGINBOTTOM married ? In 1839 he was a stone mason.

      They had at least one child Sarah

Richard BRACKEY no further information.

Mary (REARDON?) no further information.

Thomas WARD married Elizabeth? In 1843 he was a smith.

And even further back than that  -

The parents of David ALEXANDER (married Janet SOUTAR) were James ALEXANDER (b.1732 Muirside, Kinclaven) and Margaret TAYLOR (b.1732), they were married 1751 Scotland.

Their children all born Nebs, Kinclaven were James (b.1752), Catharine (b,1755), Jean (b.1758), David (b.1760),  Margaret (b.1763)

The parents of Janet SOUTAR (married David ALEXANDER) were John SOUTAR (b.1730 Caputh) and Christian SANDERS(b.1735 Blairgowrie), they were married 1756 Blairgowrie.

    Their children were James (b.1720), John (b.1722), Margaret (b.1727)

The parents of James ALEXANDER (married Margaret TAYLOR) were William ALEXANDER (b.1704 Scotland) and Elizabeth MEASON (b.1708 Scotland), they were married 1729 Kinclaven.

Their children all born Kinclaven were Silvester (b.1728), James (b.1732), Alexander (b.1737), William (b.1738), Patrick (b.1739), Stewart (b.1732)

The parents of Joseph MOSS (married Betty WHITEHEAD) were Joseph MOSS (b.1750 Ashton-u-Lyne) and Mary. (Parents of Joseph b.1750 may have been Samuel MOSS b.1710 and Mary. All life events registered in St Michael's)

The parents of William SCOVELL (married Jane [GREEN?]) may have been Thomas SCOVEL and Mary.

 Their children all born Chale were William (1795), Martha (1797), Thomas (1799), James (1803), Elizabeth (1804).

Brackey

A rare surname. Variants/typographical errors include Brakey, Brackee, Bracky, Brickee, Brekay. There's an area called Brackey between Sixmilecross and Drumnakilly Bridge, Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It may be the same as the village Brackey which existed at least until the 1860s in the parish of Beragh. A Brackey Mills, Co Tyrone, was a place name in the 1790s. Further west on the Atlantic coast, Brackey is associated with several place names near the village of Ardara, Co Donegal. One is the river Brackey which is a well known fishing spot, then there is Brackey beach and the districts of Brackey and Lower Brackey.

Coulthard

Several variants including Coulthart, Coltherd. First recorded 1272 in the valley of the River Ouse, Yorkshire. By the 1500s the surname had spread throughout the border counties of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham and Northumberland in northern England and Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Ayr, Lanark, Selkirk, Roxburgh, Berwick, East Lothian and Midlothian in southern Scotland.   The original Coulthards may have come from Coudehard in Normandy as servants to the Percy and Lucy families from the same area, who were granted lands in Yorkshire after the Norman invasion of 1066. In early records appears as "de Coulthart". (From: http://www.coulthart.com/)

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Gilbert

English (of Norman origin), French, and North German from Giselbert, a Norman personal name composed of the Germanic elements gisil ‘pledge’, ‘hostage’, ‘noble youth’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This personal name enjoyed considerable popularity in England during the Middle Ages, partly as a result of the fame of St. Gilbert of Sempringham (1085–1189), the founder of the only native English monastic order. (From Ancestry.com name meanings)

Higginbottom

Habitational name from a place in Lancashire, northern England, now known as Oakenbottom (Bolton). The history of the place name is somewhat confused, but it is probably composed of the Old English elements ǣcen or ācen ‘oaken’ + botme ‘broad valley’. During the Middle Ages this name became successively Eakenbottom and Ickenbottom, the first element being associated with the dialect word hicken or higgen (rowan tree or mountain ash) or the personal name Higgin. Several variants including Higginbotham, Hickinbottom. (From surname information on Ancestry.com).

Other sources say (1) known in Cheshire/Derbyshire since at least the 1500s; (2) a corruption of the German Ickenbaum.

Imbrie

From Old French names Amauri and Emaurri, in turn from the Old German name Amalric meaning work-rule. Recorded since early times in Perthshire, Scotland. Variants include Imrie, Imray, Imbray, Imry.

Keay

Marshall

1. English and Scottish. Master of the horse, or in ancient times, one who had command of all people not higher ranked than princes.

2. Occupational name from Middle English, Old French maresc(h)al ‘marshal’. Germanic in origin (compare Old High German marah ‘horse’, ‘mare’ + scalc ‘servant’). Originally a man who looked after horses, but by medieval times it denoted on the one hand the most important servants in a great household (in the royal household a high official of state, one with military responsibilities), and on the other a humble shoeing smith or farrier. It was also an occupational name for a medieval court officer responsible for the custody of prisoners. Variants include Marshal, Marshale. (From Ancestry.com name meanings)

1. Many possible countries of origin, but probably from the personal Latin name Martinus, a derivative of Mars, the Roman god of fertility and war. Mars in turn may derive from mar meaning gleam. Martin of Tours was a famous 4th-century saint responsible for the popularity of Martin as a name throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
2. English habitational name for any of several places called in Old English ‘settlement by a lake’ (from mere or mær ‘pool’, ‘lake’ + tun ‘settlement’) or ‘settlement by a boundary’ (from [ge]mære ‘boundary’ + tun ‘settlement’), principally in Hampshire, Lincolnshire, and Worcestershire. (From Ancestry.com name meanings)

Maxwell

The Maxwell family has figured prominently in the history of Scotland and at times enjoyed great power and wealth. The founder is considered to be Maccus or Max, a man of noble blood who lived in the early 12th century and owned a great deal of land around Melrose and Roxburgh Castle in the Scottish Borders. His name lived on in two places: one was a small town on the banks of the river Tweed called Maxtown, the other was a fishing pool at the place were the rivers Teviot and Tweed meet which was called Max’s weil or the Maxweil, also written as Maccusweil or Macchwel.  Both these places survive today, the first as Maxton and the other in the village of Maxwellheugh on the high river bank above the ancient fishing pool. (From http://www.maxwellsociety.com/History/Historypage.htm)

McIntosh

Pictish origins from west coast of Scotland. Derived from Mac-an-Toisich (son of the toiseach), the toiseach being the chief cadet, chieftain, thane or leader of the clan. McIntosh is one of the clans forming the Clan Chattan Confederation. Variants include MacKintosh, Mackintosh, Macintosh, MacIntosh.

Meason

English, perhaps originally Meacham or Machen, which in turn were variants of Mason, an occupational name for a stonemason. Mason is from the Anglo-Norman French machun, a Norman dialect variant of Old French masson (mas[s]on), a stonemason.  Other variants include Maison, Maissone, Maissoun, Masone, Masoun, Masoune, Masson, Massoun, Mayssone, Measone, Measoun, Measoune, Meassone.

Moncur

The Moncurs of Dundee may all be descendants of Michael de Moncur, an armourer of Frankish parentage who was born about 1165 somewhere in the Holy Land. David, Earl of Huntingdon and brother to the King of Scots, supposedly met up with Michael de Moncur in one of the crusader-held cities and was so impressed with his work that he asked him to come to Scotland and establish an armoury in Dundee. Michael did this and his descendants continued the legacy, becoming famous as armourers to the Scottish royal family. Other Moncurs rose to prominence as burgesses, bailliffs and provosts of Dundee, remembered today in various street and place names in the city. Some married into the aristocracy.

Moss

1. Topographical surname from Lancashire for people who lived near peat bogs, also known as peat moors or mosses (from Old English mos).  Mossland once covered a large part of low-lying Greater Manchester, Merseyside and southern Lancashire, in fact was a real obstacle to the expansion of industry and agriculture. While most of these areas were converted to agricultural or development land and/or dug for peat, several examples have survived and are known as the Manchester Mosses. Variants of the surname Moss include Mosse, Moos, Mooss, Mos, Mose.
2. Variation of the Jewish name Moses.

Oliver

1. Catalan (Spanish) and southern French topographic name meaning olive tree, sometimes olive branch, the offering of peace.

2. A personal name of unknown meaning from the old French Olivier, possible origin Alvaro, taken to England by the Normans.

3. Portuguese and Galician habitational name from oliveira, meaning olive grove.

(From Ancestry.com)

Rait

Probably from the place name Rait, a very old and picturesque village in the Central Carse area on the road between Perth and Dundee. Far less likely is a connection with the de Raits and Rait Castle in the Inverness area, which is much further north. Rait Castle was built in the 13th century and came to be owned by a Norman family called Cummings who also took possession of the adjoining lands of Raite. They later dropped their surname and simply called themselves de Rathe or de Raite in the Norman fashion.

Sanders

1. English, Scottish, Dutch, German, Swedish: from Sander, a diminutive of Alexander (see above).

2. German: topographic name for someone who lived on sandy soil, from Sand + -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant. (From Ancestry.com)

1. The most likely origin for the Isle of Wight Scovells is Escoville in the Normandy region of France. They would have come across with the Norman invasion 1066 and settled on I of W. The first recording of the name in England is for a Ralph de Scoville (~d'Escoville?), a Norman knight in 1194.

2. Scouville or Scoville is a hamlet near Mohiville in French-speaking Belgium.

3. Records exist that men "from Escobal" were amongst the few survivors of the Spanish Armada ships wrecked off the west coast of Ireland in 1588. Some Hampshire Scovells believe these Spanish sailors are their ancestors, that they married into the local population and later in the 1600s moved to coastal areas around the Solent, perhaps following the fishing.  Many variants including Scovel, Schovel, Scobel, Scovill(e), Scuvell, Scofield.

Taylor

English and Scottish: occupational name for a tailor, from Old French tailleur ( from Latin taliare ‘to cut’). Very common surname in the UK and Ireland. Variants include Tailor, Taylour, Taylur, Tailler etc.

Thompson

A son of Thomas or Thom. From toma, an Aramaic word meaning twin. Not the same derivation as Thomson (no "p"), which is a Scottish Clan name originally MacThomais.

Walker

English and Scottish. Occupational surname for a fuller, a person who walked on wet woolen cloth to clean and thicken it. Middle English walkcere = a fuller of cloth, from Old English wealcan, to walk or tread. Also a translation of the Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’. Variants include Waulker, Walcar, Walkar, Valker, Waker, Walkere, Walkir, Wallker.

Ward

1. Occupational name for a guard or watchman. From Old English weard = guard.

2. Geographical name for people living near a fortress or guardhouse. Variants include Warde, Wardman, Wordman, Wards.

A nickname that became a surname for people with hair so fair it appears white or snowy.  Derived from Old English hwit = white, and heafod = head. Known in Lancashire since before the Norman conquest. Variants include Whytehead, Whited, Whitted, Whitehedd.

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Alyth

Ashton-under-Lyne

This town in the Greater Manchester area of England has existed as a settlement since before the Norman invasion of 1066. It was a fort guarding a crossing point on the Tame river, then a market town. Later the coal mining industry saw the development of canals and railways allowing easy transportation of the coal and all materials associated with the booming cotton spinning industry. "Ashton" probably means a settlement near ash trees, while "lyne" could be a corruption of lyme, a type of Roman road built over marshy areas. (From http://www.ashton-under-lyne.com/history.htm)

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