British Guyana - Alexander Bell Morrison / Charles Morrison

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Maisie
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Post by Maisie » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:37 am

Hi Haggis

Could this be your Northbank Farm - not sure where the Camerons come in to it!

http://www.cameronconnection.co.uk

Maisie

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Post by AndrewP » Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:54 pm

Maisie wrote:Hi Haggis... - not sure where the Camerons come in to it!
Hi Maisie,

It's Cameron the place name (near St Andrews), not Cameron the surname.

All the best,

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Haggis McBagpipe
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Post by Haggis McBagpipe » Wed Aug 06, 2008 1:37 pm

Yes, that's the Northbank Farm, the pieces are coming together with the Northbank Farm, the Bonnytown Farm and the plantation in Guyana . . . and it is adding up to: How the heck did they manage to lose all that before I had a chance to live at each :lol: :lol:
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Re: British Guyana - Alexander Bell Morrison / Charles Morrison

Post by gaudeamus » Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:29 pm

A few years (!) late but if you are still interested in Charles Morrison, he was an older brother of my grandfather Edward Morrison (1858-1933). Their father was Andrew Bell Morrison and his father was Alexander Morrison, Andrew Morrison owned Northbank farm or Feddinch, Edward owned Balmonth and Charles Bonnytown.
Charles and his second wife returned to Scotland with their three young children, they both died in 1897. The youngest, Elizabeth Geraldine died just short of her 100th birthday in 1998
I am not sure how to contact you but have only just joined so may not have the links.
I am keen to find out more about Charles's family and can give you more information

The contacts given in the posts have given me a lot more to do!
Gaudeamus

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Re: British Guyana - Alexander Bell Morrison / Charles Morrison

Post by Anne H » Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:43 pm

Hi gaudeamus,

A warm welcome to TalkingScot. :D

I see Haggis McBagpipe hasn't visited the site since last year but if you don't get a response to your post, you could try sending him/her a PM and hope his/her email address hasn't changed.

Good luck!

Regards,
Anne H

Haggis McBagpipe
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Re: British Guyana - Alexander Bell Morrison / Charles Morrison

Post by Haggis McBagpipe » Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:10 pm

Hello there, Gaudeamus,

What a wonderful surprise to see this! You've added a whole other estate that I didn't know about (Balmonth), and how amazing to find out that the youngest of the children survived until 1998. Who inherited Bonnytown, any idea? I know (or rather, I'm pretty sure I know) that it is no longer owned by family.

This is very exciting, after I get some of my work caught up I'll PM you with more information and my email address.

My interest in genealogy had slipped (thus my absence from this board) because I've come to so many dead ends. This is stirring up the interest again, though, so thank you. Will be in touch soon.

Cheers!

Haggis
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gaudeamus
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Re: British Guyana - Alexander Bell Morrison / Charles Morrison

Post by gaudeamus » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:55 pm

Greetings Haggis bagpipe
I haven't twigged how to PM you so please contact me and then we can exchange info
Balmonth was bought by Edward Morrison with a legacy from his mother's son by her first marriage.
Bonnytown must have been sold when Lizzie became 21 and I presume the money was shared between all surviving children, so your grandfather would have had some!

I'll try and find ut who owns it now.

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Re: British Guyana - Alexander Bell Morrison / Charles Morrison

Post by WilmaM » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:28 pm

To Private Message haggis [ or anyone else]

click the wee PM button under thier name on the right hand side of any of thier posts.
Wilma