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By John, on January 15th, 2008% The following article is an extract from Oor Ain Folk by James Inglis regarding his brother Alexander Brand Inglis.
Alick, as he was known, is Roz’s direct ancestor, her great-great-grandfather. The extract below we have previously published because of that fact. I have, however, expanded it with the inclusion of a few more paragraphs which are semi-relevant.
From pages 255 to 257:
The next in rotation was Alexander, a loyal, loving soul, possessed of more than ordinary perseverance and force of character; and his story, too, would be worth the telling, had I the time . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk: Alexander Brand Inglis (1839-1886)
By Roz, on December 13th, 2006% As a History graduate (only a Desmond though: I have no pretensions to rival Starkey) I was taught to differentiate between types or classes of evidence and quality thereof. When dealing with conflicting stories or facts it is helpful to understand the order of reliance or amount of trust you can or should place upon each item.
Primary evidence is, to me, irrefutable proof of an event, its nature, and hopefully timing. Although modern digital cameras and wizardry with graphics can produce “fake” reality by messing with pixels, in general it can be replied upon that “the camera never lies”. . . . → Read More: Handy Hint #2: A Census is not Primary evidence.
By Roz, on November 25th, 2006% One of the items we received last week was the book “Oor Ain Folk” by the Hon James Inglis. It’s subtitled “Being Memories of Manse Life in the Mearns and a Crack Aboot Auld Times” and was published in 1894.
I’ve finished reading it and enjoyed it very much. It concentrates on James’s father, the Reverend Robert Inglis, and his part in the “Disruption” of the Scottish Church in 1843, as well as a collection of anecdotes about his family and other characters in and around Glenesk (or Lochlee). Most (non-family) anecdotes seem to revolve around whisky, the drinking of . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk
By Roz, on November 4th, 2006% Although John and I have successfully traced many branches of my family tree to the 1700s we are still at a loss to confirm many of the most basic details about the lives of two of my Great Grandmothers. The first is my Paternal Grandfather’s mother, one Ada Kathleen Watters. The other is my Paternal Grandmother’s mother, the elusive Daisy Douglas Crosbie Henderson.
If it weren’t for the fact that, in both cases, I have their marriage certificates to prove it, I would doubt their very existence.
Firstly, we have Ada Kathleen Watters. She was referred to as “Kathleen” by . . . → Read More: What is it about my Great Grandmothers?
By John, on October 30th, 2006% I was trying to find out more information about Alexander Brand Inglis and his wife Jessie Ann. I found a Jessie A Inglis in the 1891 census as a widow, and then found an Alexander B Inglis who died a few years earlier, in 1886. It tied in so far but wasn’t enough evidence to prove that I was looking at the right ones. On the census Jessie A and most of her children were listed as being born in India (specifically Calcutta for the children) but daughter Ethel M was born in Edzell, Scotland. This was good news as . . . → Read More: The Full Story of that Waltzing Matilda Fact
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