GRAHAM,MCEWEN,GOW,NAIRN,BROOKFIELD - DUNBLANE & GLASGOW SCOTLAND
My roots originate in Cromlix,Scotland with James Graham,Tenant farmer in Cromlix in the early 1700s his sons:
Thomas
James and possibly more.(James became Reverend in Killearn,Scotland)
Thomas (my ggggrandfather)born 1750 married Mary McEwen1775.
Their children:
James b. 1776
Johnb. 1778 (Rev. in Killearn, Scotland)
Elizabeth b. 1780
Williamb. 1783
Agnesb. 1785
Thomasb.1787
Walterb. 1789 (my ggg grandfather)mentioned below
Robertb. 1789
Maryb. 1794
Walter,Farmer,Dunblane Scotland
Married Elizabeth GOW aka FERGUSON
Children:
Agnes 1820
Mary 1826
THOMAS 1828/30 My gg grandfather
Elisabeth 1830
James
All of their children born in KILMADOCK but lived most of their life in Dunblane.
THOMAS studied in Glasgow became a Reverend
Married Catherine McKirdy NAIRN.
He was 34 yrs old she was 17. She died at 26 years of age and Reverend Thomas a few years later. Their children were:
- Catherine McKirdy Graham b. 1866 Glasgow
- WALTER (my grandfather) b. 1867 Glasgow
- Mary Mathers(molly) 1869.married Dr.Wm. Skinner in Ballendalloch,Milngavie and Died 1932.
- Elizabeth(Elsie)b.1872-High Church,Glasg
- Thomas McKirdy 1870- High Church,Glasgow
After the Rev. Thomas' death the children were senT to live with grandparents (the Nairns)and aunts and uncles. But Walter the oldest son was sent to England to an orphanage in Halifax called the Crossley & Porter orphanage which still exists today as a highschool. This must have been a specialized orphanage as my grandfather Walter was educated well enough to become a Doctor.
Walter married Francis Annie BROOKFIELD
from WestDerby, Liverpool in 1903.
They emegrated to Revelstoke, B.C. Canada then later to Vancouver B.C. where they had a practice and family:
Leslie (my father)
Dorothy
Winston (Twin)
Nana(Twin)
Geoffrey
Elizabeth(Bessie)
Genevieve
If there is a connection with your history please contact me
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