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 My granny Maggie Lawrence Elphinstone McKay
Was the youngest of 10 children all born in New Pitsligo between 1864=1883?
Parents were William McKay and wife Ann Riach. By the time my granny
was 5 years old both her parents were dead. It appears Maggie and her
sister Elisa went to stay with their older married sister Jane McLeod for
for a short time during which time Jane`s husband William McLeod took
ill and died in 1891, this appears to have resulted in Maggie and Elisa
being taken in to live with a Mrs. Ann Smith( ms Ironside) in High St
New Pitsligo.Its not known what happened to Elisa but Maggie appears
to have lived with Ann Smith up untill Ann`s death in 1908 aged 90yrs
as it was Maggie who registered her death. Maggie was a lace maker
and it is thought she was also a teacher of lace making in New Pitsligo.
Maggie went to Glasgow in 1911 for an exhibition and this is where she
met her husband Thomas Milne, she married in 1913 in Glasgow..
Family stories say that after she was orphaned she was raised by a Rev
or Bishop Chrichton.. and that her parents were killed in a horse and
trap accident but death records show this can’t be,,,, her father died
in 1887 and her mother died in 1888 both in New Pitsligo.
Census records appear to show she lived with Ann Smith from the
age of 7 until the age of 25 (when Ann died.)
The only time there is no trace of Maggie is in 1901 census, where.
Could she have been then??.
There is so much info to find and sadly no one left alive to tell it.
Maggie died in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire in 1964 aged 80 yrs
i have attached a photo which has been restored.
Thank you for the wonderful site. Flo
I have attached a photo of my Granny Maggie

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