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My great-great-grandparents show up, at Turriff, in the Scotland Census of 1851 :- Address: Bridgend of Gask (I wonder where this place/croft was?). The Head of the Household was James Urquhart ,'Farmer of 4 acres and Day ...Read more

A memory of Turriff by R Urquhart

Robert (Bob) and Margaret (Maggie) Urquhart left the Parish of Boharm for the Parish of Grange, about 1916. They possibly had more than one address in the Parish, according to what I have ...Read more

A memory of Grange by R Urquhart

"I left for London. Bill left for a place called Slamannan. Walter left for Leicester and all three of us became Policemen." William Dey Urquhart, known as Willie or Bill. Policeman at Falkirk, Stirlingshire. Born 'Calternach', Boharm, Banffshire, 4th August, 1911. Died At Falkirk, 25 January 1983.

A memory of Slamannan in 1930 by R Urquhart

Robert (Bob) and Margaret (Maggie) Urquhart, and family, occupied a croft named Drywells, at Bodinfinnoch, Parish of Botriphnie, County of Banffshire. One of the Urquhart boys later described Drywells as: 'The most miserable ...Read more

A memory of Drummuir in 1920 by R Urquhart

My grandmother, Margaret Stuart, was born 26th December 1875, at Fife Street, Dufftown. Her father was George Stuart, Blacksmith. Her mother was Isabella Stuart, nee McIntosh. The couple were married at Botriphnie, 20th March 1872.

A memory of Dufftown in 1870 by R Urquhart