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KEMNAY

James Urquhart, aged 20 years, Farm Servant, living at WELLBUSH, KEMNAY , married Mary Ann Jackson, aged 23 years, Domestic Servant, living at Little Hillbrae, Bourtie. The date was 28th April 1860, and the venue was High Street, Inverurie.
The parents of the groom were James Urquhart, Crofter, and Margaret Urquhart whose maiden surname was recorded as Gordon (this maiden surname may have been recorded incorrectly). The parents of the bride were Alexander Jackson, Farmer and Ann Jackson whose maiden surname may have been Boc---. The witnesses were George Milne and George Sim?. The minister was John Davidson of Inverurie.
Throughout the Marriage Record, the spelling is Inverury rather than Inverurie.

A memory of Kemnay, shared by R Urquhart.

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Hillhead of Kintore

My grandparents owned the croft Hillhead of Kintore, my grandfather James Kerr Argo was the manager of Kemnay quarries and rode the old road to Kemnay each day to work. I have many childhood memories of staying there.They had a well in the garden, my grandma kept hens and bees and had a herb garden and knew all the herbal cures. One Argo aunt taught at Kemnay School, the other at Woodside, Aberdeen, both sons were bank managers although the youngest (Alexander) was killed aged 18 in the First World War. As children we played in the woods at the back of the house and there was a sweety shop we used to walk to.

A memory of Kintore, shared by Margaret Chick.

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Auntie's Shop

My family ame from Inverurie but I would be 16 before I visited. Aunt Jeannie lived at Chapel Cottage, North Street and was the chiropodist. Great Aunt Magde also lived there, she owned Reid's boot and shoemakers in Market Place, this had belonged to my grandfather.

Having been brought up in West Yorkshire and all the mills, arriving in Inveruie was a breath of fresh air to me. I would walk from Market Place to Chapel Cottage and feel the fresh air and smell it. The shoe shop had its own smell, lovely leather, then walking outside and the baker's shop smell....

Oh, I would love to visit that lovely place again and find my second cousin Margaret Ewen Jim, her father was the local postie.

Dorothy Jean Newlands Anderson

A memory of Inverurie, shared by Dorothy Anderson.

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Inverurie/Inverury County of Aberdeen

James Urquhart, aged 20 years, Farm Servant, living at Wellbush Kemnay, married Mary Ann Jackson, aged 23 years, Domestic Servant, living at Little Hillbrae, Bourtie. The date was 28th April 1860, and the venue was High Street, Inverurie.
The parents of the groom were James Urquhart, Crofter, and Margaret Urquhart whose maiden surname was recorded as Gordon (this maiden surname may have been recorded incorrectly). The parents of the bride were Alexander Jackson, Farmer and Ann Jackson whose maiden surname may have been Booth. ..The witnesses were George Milne and George ?. The minister was John Davidson of Inverurie.
Throughout the Marriage Record, the spelling is Inverury rather than Inverurie.

A memory of Inverurie, shared by R Urquhart.

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Waterridgemuir Cottage

Dose anyone have any memories about my mother Betty Robb who lived at Sauchen at Waterridgemuir Cottage?

A memory of Sauchen, shared by Vicky Hutchinson.

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Going to Kinellar School

My family lived in Kinellar (Blackburn) before we emigrated to New Zealand in 1959. My sister and I went to Kinellar School, and my Dad, Bob Forbes, also attended the same school when he was a lad and has often talked about his schooldays there. I still have my Primary II report card and I remember my teacher Miss Brown and the Headmaster (or Dominie as it's called in that part of the world) was Mr Massie. We lived just a couple of doors away from school so it was just a quick walk from home. I was in the Kinellar Brownies as well, our Brown Owl was Hettie Kirkpatrick, and I remember my sister and I being presented with the gift of a bible by the Brownies when we left to start a new life on the other side of the world. My granny and grandad, John and Marjory (nee Beedie) Forbes lived just down the road and I used to love visiting them. My Granny was... Read more

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