Does the surname McCreadie mean anything to you?!

[Davawills]

Hi

My name is David McCreadie. I am a grandson of David McCreadie who was born in the parish of Minnigaff in 1876 in Glasgow, and whose father and mother were William & Jessie McCreadie respectively. David migrated to Kenya in the early 1900s and lost contact with his extended family in Scotland.

My mothers name is Mercy McCreadie and she would like to trace her ancestory. Her sisters and brothers names are as follows:

Jesse McCreadie
Florence McCreadie
Elizabeth McCreadie
Mercy McCreadie
Mary McCreadie
David McCreadie
John McCreadie
Boswell McCreadie

I have an old address for my grandfathers niece called Beryl McCreadie, her details are as follows:

38 Robslee Road
Orhcard Park
Thornelie Park
Glasgow
Scotland.

I would be grateful if anybody has any information to help in my search.

regards,
David McCreadie
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[delmarco]

David:

I know Ive seen a few posts regarding McCreadie's on this board, go up to search and they'll come up.

happy hunting
Karen

[nelmit]

Hi

My name is David McCreadie. I am a grandson of David McCreadie who was born in the parish of Minnigaff in 1876 in Glasgow, and whose father and mother were William & Jessie McCreadie respectively..................snipped.

regards,
David McCreadie
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Hello David,

Minigaff is in Kirkcudbright and not Glasgow.

From the IGI -

WILLIAM MCCREADIE Male

Marriages:
Spouse: JESSIE MCDOWALL
Marriage: 19 JUN 1874 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

Kind regards,
Annette M

[Russell]

Hi David

Welcome to TalkingScot
Its helpful if you can give approximate dates to go with the family names, whether they are for Births, Deaths or Marriages.
The time period you are looking at is, unfortunately, just outside the 1875 date when free searches on IGI can be done so the best way of finding them has to be on http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk (you can find the link at the top of the page)
It is a pay to view site but Scottish records are quite detailed and the cost is relatively modest.
I looked for the McCreadie family in Minigaff in 1851 (on http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/historicalindexes/census.aspx ) but none showed up. There are other families in various parishes in that area though and some of the family names may ring bells with you. There were about 70 entries with the McCreadie name across Dumfries & Galloway.
Perhaps one of our posters with access to the 1881 census CD may be able to help.

Russell

[Jean Jeanie]

Hello David

This looks like the family in 1881:-

Dwelling: Minnigaff Village
Census Place: Minnigaff, Kircudbright, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0224058 GRO Ref Volume 876 EnumDist 1 Page 16
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
William MC CREADIE M 29 M Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Rel: Head
Occ: Leadminer
Jessie MC CREADIE M 31 F Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Rel: Wife
James MC CREADIE 6 M Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
David MC CREADIE 4 M Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Rel: Son
William MC CREADIE 2 M Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
Rel: Son

Best wishes
Jean

[emanday]

Hi David,

I had a look at the 1881 Census on Ancestry for McCreadies in Minnigaff and got 24 of them...

• Name Parent or spouse names Estimated birth year Birthplace Relation Civil parish
  Agnes Mary McCreadie, George & Mary abt 1881 Minnigaff, Kircudbright Daughter Minnigaff
  Andrew McCreadie, John & Isabella abt 1863 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Son Minnigaff
  Andrew McCreadie, John & Elizabeth abt 1870 Rerwick, Kirkcudbright Son Minnigaff
  David McCreadie, William & Jessie abt 1877 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Son Minnigaff
  Elizabeth McCreadie, John abt 1849 Rerwick, Kirkcudbright Wife Minnigaff
  George McCreadie, Mary abt 1846 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Head Minnigaff
  George McCreadie, George & Mary abt 1879 Minnigaff, Kircudbright Son Minnigaff
  George McCreadie, John & Elizabeth abt 1875 Rerwick, Kirkcudbright Son Minnigaff
  Isabella McCreadie, John abt 1821 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Wife Minnigaff
  James McCreadie, William & Jessie abt 1875 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Son Minnigaff
  Jessie McCreadie, William abt 1850 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Wife Minnigaff
  John McCreadie, Wilhelmina abt 1827 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Head Minnigaff
  John McCreadie, Isabella abt 1820 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Head Minnigaff
  John McCreadie, Elizabeth abt 1848 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Head Minnigaff
  Maggie McCreadie, abt 1867 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Visitor Minnigaff
  Maggie McCreadie, John & Isabella abt 1865 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Daughter Minnigaff
  Mary McCreadie, George abt 1845 Penninghame, Wigtown Wife Minnigaff
  Robert McCreadie, John & Elizabeth abt 1872 Rerwick, Kirkcudbright Son Minnigaff
  Sarah McCreadie, John & Elizabeth abt 1879 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Daughter Minnigaff
  Thomas McCreadie, John & Isabella abt 1861 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Son Minnigaff
  Wilhelmina McCreadie, John abt 1836 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Wife Minnigaff
  William McCreadie, George & Mary abt 1867 Minnigaff, Kircudbright Son Minnigaff
  William McCreadie, Jessie abt 1852 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Head Minnigaff
  William McCreadie, William & Jessie abt 1879 Minnigaff, Kirkcudbright Son Minnigaff

[Doug31]

Hi David
I am Doug Saunders the grandson of John McCreadie your grandfathers brother. Beryl was my aunt and her sister Jessie my mother.
I think Mary wrote to Beryl about coming to Glasgow to attend school but I was not really involved although I did see a photograph.
I live in Melbourne Australia and my email address is dougsaunders31[at]yahoo.com.au .
It is great to find out you are tracing family members. Another brother Willie was living in Minigaff back in the seventies and his family were mostly in Glasgow but they still owned Rose Cottage the original family home. That was however a long time ago. My phone number is 0395236554 and 0410513001
Hoping to hear from you.
Doug

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[D.Willis]

I'm also of Mccreadie clan from Minnigaff
My gut got grandfather was Andrew McCreadie married to Elizabeth Crawford married in1834
Son William born in 1854
Iv been unable to trace any death records for him or Elizabeth.
ANY INFO WOULD BE HELPFUL
His dad was William n his mum was Hamilton Maxwell
Dot Watson

[SarahND]

Hello Dot and a warm

This is a very old post and several of the posters haven't been back since they posted... but fingers crossed either they or other McCreadie researchers will find yours! In the meantime, have a good search of the forum to see if any other information is useful to you.

Best wishes,

Sarah

[Elwyn 1]

I'm also of Mccreadie clan from Minnigaff
My gut got grandfather was Andrew McCreadie married to Elizabeth Crawford married in1834
Son William born in 1854
Iv been unable to trace any death records for him or Elizabeth.
ANY INFO WOULD BE HELPFUL
His dad was William n his mum was Hamilton Maxwell
Dot Watson

There’s some trees on Ancestry with this family eg the Shepherd family tree. They show Andrew as born in Minnigaff in 1829, married 20.11.1852 and dying 20.5.1882. (Buried Miles Platting, Manchester). Elizabeth Crawford b 1827, died 1879 (Whithorn, Wigtownshire).

I can see the 1852 marriage on Scotlandspeople. Minnigaff Church of Scotland records 876 20/159. Andrew’s surname is recorded as Credie.

I see a death for Elizabeth McCredie (mn Crawford) registered in Whithorn 1879 GROS ref 900/27. That certificate is viewable on-line and should show whether Andrew was still alive. In which case you might want to search for a death in the Manchester area in 1882.

There's an Andrew Creadie listed in the 1851 census for Minnigaff aged 21, GROS ref 876/7/23.