Family History - 6 Sep 2009 ************************************************** (1) 1. James CRAMBIE / CRAMMIE ************************************************** Notes: Identified as father of John on IGI birth record Possible alternative from IGI is parents James Crambie and Margaret Legate, 1743, Auchterderran Fife. This would fit better with marriage date. Sources: LDS IGI Spouse: Margaret LEGAT/ LEGATE/ LEIGAT Marriage Date: 6 Jul 1733 Marriage Place: Strathmiglo, Fife Children: John (2) 1.1 John CRAMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 2 Nov 1743 Birth Place: Auchterderran, Fife Christen Date: 13 Nov 1743 Notes: LDS 'Ancestry" File shows parents of Ebenezer as John Crambie and Mary Ramsay. (Note "Ancestral" records are subject to confimation). SRO Marriage record for John and Mary and SRO birth record for John found. LDS IGI Ancestral Birth Record for John shows father Henry Crambie. Sources: LDS "Ancestral" record for birth of son Ebenezer SRO and LDS IGI Record for birth of John SRO and LDS records of marriage Spouse: Mary RAMSAY Birth Date: 1746 Birth Place: Kilmany, Fife? Spouse Notes: SRO Record of marriage Marriage Date: 10 Aug 1766 Marriage Place: Strathmiglo, Fife Children: John Ebenezer Helen (3) 1.1.1 John CRAMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 1772 Birth Place: Strathmiglo, Fife Christen Date: 26 Apr 1772 Christen Place: Strathmiglo, Fife (3) 1.1.2 Ebenezer CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 1776 Birth Place: Strathmiglo, Fife Christen Date: 2 Jan 1777 Christen Place: Strathmiglo, Fife Notes: LDS "Ancestral file" shows Ebenezer Crambie (sic) born Strathmiglo 1777 Parents John Crambie (sic) and Mary Ramsay, spouse Jean Pearson. No Birth record found in SRO records SRO Marriage record found. SRO Death register entry Identifies parents of James Crombie as Ebenezer Crombie and Janet Pearson 1841 Census shows family at Portmoak , Kinross. Ebenezer, Aged 60, Jean(40), Janet(30) and Ellen(30). ( Note ages in 1841 census rounded down to nearest 5. Suggests Janet Pearson may have died before 1841. Sources: LDS Birth Record. SRO Marriage Record, SRO Death record for son James 1841 Census Portmoak Spouse: Janet (Jessie) PEARSON Birth Date: ? 1773 Birth Place: Portmoak, Kinross Christen Date: ? 20 Jun 1773 Christen Place: Portmoak, Kinross Spouse Father: David PEARSON (1744-) Spouse Mother: Jean BIRREL (1735-) Marriage Date: 27 Jul 1798 Marriage Place: Portmoak, Kinross Children: Jean Magdalene Janet John David Helen Mary Ebenezer James (4) 1.1.2.1 Jean CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 1 Sep 1800 Birth Place: Portmoak, Kinross (4) 1.1.2.2 Magdalene CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 13 Oct 1801 Birth Place: Portmoak, Kinross (4) 1.1.2.3 Janet CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 29 Nov 1802 Birth Place: Portmoak, Kinross (4) 1.1.2.4 John CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 13 Jan 1804 Birth Place: Portmoak, Kinross Spouse: Isabel THOMSON Birth Date: Circa 1807 Marriage Date: 7 Nov 1828 Marriage Place: Portmoak, Kinross Children: Jean Ebenezer James (5) 1.1.2.4.1 Jean CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: Circa 1831 Birth Place: Portmoak (5) 1.1.2.4.2 Ebenezer CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: Circa 1833 Birth Place: Portmoak (5) 1.1.2.4.3 James CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: Circa 1840 Birth Place: Portmoak (4) 1.1.2.5 David CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 24 May 1805 Birth Place: Portmoak, Kinross (4) 1.1.2.6 Helen CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 3 Nov 1807 Birth Place: Portmoak, Kinross Christen Date: 22 Nov 1807 (4) 1.1.2.7 Mary CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 23 Mar 1809 Birth Place: Portmoak, Kinross Christen Date: 9 Apr 1809 (4) 1.1.2.8 Ebenezer CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 25 Jul 1810 Birth Place: Portmoak, Kinross Christen Date: 12 Aug 1810 Christen Place: Portmoak, Kinross (4) 1.1.2.9 James CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 22 Mar 1813 Birth Place: Portmoak, Kinross Christen Date: Apr 1813 Christen Place: Portmoak, Kinross Death Date: 1858 Death Place: Bannockburn Spouse: Euphemia (Elspeth) CAMPBELL Birth Date: 18 Nov 1806 Birth Place: Kettle, Fife Christen Date: 1806 Christen Place: Kettle, Fife Death Date: 9 Aug 1893 Spouse Father: John CAMPBELL (1780-) Spouse Mother: Janet WILLIAMSON (1778-) Marriage Date: 15 Oct 1841 Children: Jessie (Leslie) Magdelene Euphemia Ebenezer John Campbell (5) 1.1.2.9.1 Jessie (Leslie) CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 29 Dec 1842 Death Date: 12 Sep 1904 (5) 1.1.2.9.2 Magdelene CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 27 Nov 1844 Death Date: 1922 Spouse: Robert SAUNDERS Birth Date: 29 Apr 1842 Death Date: 1922 Spouse Father: Thomas SAUNDERS (1809-1879) Spouse Mother: Catherine CARRUTHERS (1810-1857) Marriage Date: 8 Dec 1870 Children: William Thomas James Crombie Effie (Euphemia) Robert Magdelene (6) 1.1.2.9.2.1 William SAUNDERS ************************************************** Birth Date: 1 Oct 1886 Death Date: 1 Oct 1976 Spouse: Mary MAIN Birth Date: 29 Jan 1881 Birth Place: Slamannan, Stirling Death Date: 25 Jul 1974 Death Place: London, England Spouse Father: Thomas MAIN (1833-1910) Spouse Mother: Margaret DOWNS (1832-1913) Marriage Date: 11 Mar 1911 Children: (Robert) Valentine Margaret Downs Magdalene (7) 1.1.2.9.2.1.1 (Robert) Valentine SAUNDERS ************************************************** Birth Date: 1913 Death Date: 1999 (7) 1.1.2.9.2.1.2 Margaret Downs SAUNDERS ************************************************** Birth Date: 10 Apr 1915 Birth Place: Ipswich, England Death Date: 13 Apr 2002 Death Place: Masterton, New Zealand Occupation: Teacher, Mathematics Education: MA, Dip Ed, Edinburgh Sources: Notes by son Michael. Spouse: William Brittain Rutherfurd LAIDLAW Dr Birth Date: 8 Sep 1902 Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland Death Date: 25 Jan 1975 Death Place: Leith Hospital, Leith Burial Date: Jan 1975 Burial Place: Cremation Occupation: Entomologist Education: Edinburgh Acadeny, Aberdeen University DSc Forestry Spouse Father: John Kinlay LAIDLAW (1860-1928) Spouse Mother: Flora Charlotte Jane BEDFORD (1862-1916) Spouse Notes: As a child William lived at 13 St Bernard's Crescent Edinburgh. He attended Edinburgh Academy and Aberdeen University where he was awarded a DSc in Forestry (ref "One Hundred Years of forestry teaching and research at the University of Aberdeen 1907 to 2007 by Andrew D Cameron.. He was a research scientist (forest entomology) and lecturer at the unversity in the 1920's. His scientific work took him to Ranchi India where he met his first wife. In 1941 he he married Margaret Saunders. At this time, during World War 2 he worked for the Ministry of Food in Glasgow where son Ruary was born. They then moved to Edinburgh where son Michael was born. After the war William bought a market gardedn near Eyemouth in Berwickshire before sailing for New Zealand on the P&O liner Strathnaver in 1952 to take up a post in the Zoology department at Auckland University. In 1956 he spent 3 months at the Cawthron Institute (science) in Nelson before returing to Auckloand. Latterly he took teaching jobs in various parts of New Zealand. He published 2 books "A Guide to British Hardwoods" illustrated with his own pen and ink drawings and "Butterflies of New Zealand" published by Collins NZ using his own water colour illustrations. His main hobby was water colour painting. Shortly before his death William returned to Scotland. Spouse Sources: SRO Death Certificate Notes by son Michael. Marriage Date: 14 Feb 1941 Children: Michael Rutherfurd (8) 1.1.2.9.2.1.2.1 Michael Rutherfurd LAIDLAW ************************************************** Birth Date: 1 Apr 1945 Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland Occupation: Meteorologist, Quality Manager Education: Auckland Grammar School, Auckland University, BSc Maths. Notes: Born in Edinburgh, some of Michael's early years were spent in Eyemouth where his father had a market garden Big Law Burn). Michael emigrated from Scotland with his parents in 1953 on the ship Dominion Monarch. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and graduated BSc in Pure and Applied Mathematics from Auckland University in 1966. In 1967 he moved to Wellington to follow a career as a meteorologist, firstly as a weather forecaster and later as a manager. He a did a tour of duty in Fiji as a weather forecaster in 1975-1978 during which he married Elaine. The whole family returned to Fiji 1985-1987 when Michael managed the Nadi Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre. Hobbires include Scottish Country Dancing (RSCDS certificated teacher), and gardening. In late 1999 Michael and Elaine "pre-retired" to Carterton (Wairarapa) an hour and a quarter from Wellington by Road or rail. In 2005 they moved to Masterton. Spouse: Elaine Elizabeth WILSON Birth Date: 9 Sep 1947 Birth Place: Nelson, New Zealand Occupation: Science tech., Met.Observer, Buildings Manager Spouse Father: John Vernon WILSON (1912-1992) Spouse Mother: Sarah Elizabeth LUNN (1913-) Spouse Notes: Brought up in Nelson. Elaine's first job was a laboratory technician. She then moved to Auckland and worked for a time as a Meteorological Observer before marriage. Elaine has also worked as a Real Estate office administrator and Real Estate Agen and School building project manager for the Catholic Education Management Board. Her interests include Scottish Country Dancing (RSCDS certificated teacher), Flying - prior to marriage (provate pilot's licence), 1/12th scale miniature modelling, croquet and gardening. Marriage Date: 19 Feb 1977 Marriage Place: Nelson, NZ, All Saints Church, Vanguard Street (7) 1.1.2.9.2.1.3 Magdalene SAUNDERS ************************************************** Birth Date: 1917 Spouse: Alexander CURRALL OBE (6) 1.1.2.9.2.2 Thomas SAUNDERS ************************************************** Birth Date: 19 Oct 1871 Birth Place: Saint Ninians Stirling (6) 1.1.2.9.2.3 James Crombie SAUNDERS ************************************************** Birth Date: 11 Nov 1873 Birth Place: Bannockburn Death Date: 14 Nov 1917 Death Place: Royal Infirmary Glasgow Occupation: School Teacher Education: Teaching certificate Spouse: Florence Evelyn Rollo Birth Date: 1894 Spouse Father: Peter John Rollo Spouse Mother: Fanny Jane Dennis Marriage Date: 2 Jul 1914 Marriage Place: 645 Alexandra Parade Glasgow (6) 1.1.2.9.2.4 Effie (Euphemia) SAUNDERS ************************************************** Birth Date: 14 Mar 1876 Birth Place: Saint Ninians stirling (6) 1.1.2.9.2.5 Robert SAUNDERS ************************************************** Birth Date: 1879 Birth Place: Bannockburn (6) 1.1.2.9.2.6 Magdelene SAUNDERS ************************************************** (5) 1.1.2.9.3 Euphemia CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 6 Apr 1847 Death Date: 12 Sep 1920 (5) 1.1.2.9.4 Ebenezer CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 29 Mar 1849 Christen Date: 15 Apr 1849 Death Date: 23 Jul 1865 Death Place: Bannockburn (5) 1.1.2.9.5 John Campbell CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 21 Apr 1854 Death Date: 19 Apr Death Place: 1918 (3) 1.1.3 Helen CROMBIE ************************************************** Birth Date: 1780 Birth Place: Strathmiglo, Fife Christen Date: 3 Sep 1780 Christen Place: Strathmiglo, Fife Index ************************************************** CAMPBELL, Euphemia (Elspeth), spouse of (4) 1.1.2.9 CRAMBIE / CRAMMIE, James (1) 1. CRAMBIE, John (2) 1.1 CRAMBIE, John (3) 1.1.1 CROMBIE, David (4) 1.1.2.5 CROMBIE, Ebenezer (3) 1.1.2 CROMBIE, Ebenezer (4) 1.1.2.8 CROMBIE, Ebenezer (5) 1.1.2.4.2 CROMBIE, Ebenezer (5) 1.1.2.9.4 CROMBIE, Euphemia (5) 1.1.2.9.3 CROMBIE, Helen (3) 1.1.3 CROMBIE, Helen (4) 1.1.2.6 CROMBIE, James (4) 1.1.2.9 CROMBIE, James (5) 1.1.2.4.3 CROMBIE, Janet (4) 1.1.2.3 CROMBIE, Jean (4) 1.1.2.1 CROMBIE, Jean (5) 1.1.2.4.1 CROMBIE, Jessie (Leslie) (5) 1.1.2.9.1 CROMBIE, John (4) 1.1.2.4 CROMBIE, John Campbell (5) 1.1.2.9.5 CROMBIE, Magdalene (4) 1.1.2.2 CROMBIE, Magdelene (5) 1.1.2.9.2 CROMBIE, Mary (4) 1.1.2.7 CURRALL, Alexander OBE, spouse of (7) 1.1.2.9.2.1.3 LAIDLAW, Michael Rutherfurd (8) 1.1.2.9.2.1.2.1 LAIDLAW, William Brittain Rutherfurd Dr, spouse of (7) 1.1.2.9.2.1.2 LEGAT/ LEGATE/ LEIGAT, Margaret, spouse of (1) 1. MAIN, Mary, spouse of (6) 1.1.2.9.2.1 PEARSON, Janet (Jessie), spouse of (3) 1.1.2 RAMSAY, Mary, spouse of (2) 1.1 Rollo, Florence Evelyn, spouse of (6) 1.1.2.9.2.3 SAUNDERS, (Robert) Valentine (7) 1.1.2.9.2.1.1 SAUNDERS, Effie (Euphemia) (6) 1.1.2.9.2.4 SAUNDERS, James Crombie (6) 1.1.2.9.2.3 SAUNDERS, Magdalene (7) 1.1.2.9.2.1.3 SAUNDERS, Magdelene (6) 1.1.2.9.2.6 SAUNDERS, Margaret Downs (7) 1.1.2.9.2.1.2 SAUNDERS, Robert (6) 1.1.2.9.2.5 SAUNDERS, Robert, spouse of (5) 1.1.2.9.2 SAUNDERS, Thomas (6) 1.1.2.9.2.2 SAUNDERS, William (6) 1.1.2.9.2.1 THOMSON, Isabel, spouse of (4) 1.1.2.4 WILSON, Elaine Elizabeth, spouse of (8) 1.1.2.9.2.1.2.1