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This site is a work in progress..... :)

Dear Friends and Family,

Merry Month of May for Everyone... Wink

Thanks for checking in... :)

Up front, I warn you....

This site is a work in progress,

It is no where near,

being what it will be....:)

but I did work on it:

the 28th - 30th of April 2008... 

to update an already transcribed chapter,

of John Duncan's

We are all Margaret Haldane's Bairns,

Chapter 8

Our Duncans of Scotland

Thanks to our Wee Scottish Cousin,

Fiona (nee Stafford) Hesketh,

Great-Grand Daughter of

James & Elizabeth (nee McMillan) Duncan,

who has found us and

graciously shared with us,

some wonderful contributions,

to the Duncan History,

and for which we should all

Be Pleased to Appreciate! :)

Last month, I added 

a link to introduce,

a newly found Australian Cousin,

Ailsa Hunt,

who is also a Bairn,

of Scotland's Margaret Haldane.

Ailsa, descends from

Margaret's daughter,

Annie [nee Archibald] McColl,

who also was born in Scotland,

as daughter of 

Shoemaker, James Archibald. Laughing

Ailsa and Lindsay Hunt,

have started a new website,

and I hope you visit them too!

Ailsa was named for Ailsa Craig,

as loving sentiment of her mother,

and translated from the Gaelic,

according to one source as:

"Faeryland Rock"...:)

 and though she has her own site title,

I am affectionately dubbing her link,

that way...Sealed

Be sure to "F5" or "refresh"... : )

I also updated our Surname List...Cool

I added a photo album featuring

my daughter, Jessee Foudray.

I would normally not do this,

but she and her friends

have already shared these

photos all over the net.

I am very proud of

both of my daughters. :) 

My eldest, Erin Walsh,

is a gorgeous woman;

wonderful daughter;

devoted wife of three years;

substitute teacher,

while continuing her education

 to become a full time teacher; 

a supervisor at a

nationwide "coffee shop", 

and brand-new parent!

My youngest,

Jessee Foudray,

can be seen

 in my new photo album,

"As You Like It." 

Jess is multi-talented,

like her sister,

and I look forward to seeing

what she gets into next... :) 

More NEWS:

I recently discovered

that on my maternal line

one of our ancestors was actually

accused,

imprisoned,

tried,

convicted and

executed, by hanging,

on the 22nd of August, 1692 !!

You guessed it,

in Salem, Massachusetts,

ONE OF OUR OWN,

was victimized and murdered

by the maddness

of the Salem Witch Trials!

I hope to have more to share

in the not so terribly distant future,

regarding  Margaret Stevenson Scott.

I apologize for having

the three speeds

of a ruptured turtle,

slow, slower, and laid out..

but those are my speeds,

these days... :)

I am pulled in three directions:

Playing here all day...

Researching all day...

Putting all the data together...

Soooo..... Obviously,

nothing is getting done,

near as quickly,

as it should.... heeheee

But, each is making progress,

believe it or not...

To see the most recent updates,

on every page and every visit, 

Tap your F5 key or

click on "Refresh" View... :)

The good news is

that the surname list of our direct

and extended family members,

is really, really growing! :)

Thanks to Cousin John Duncan,

the Original Compiler of:

 "We All Are Margaret Haldane's Bairns,"

We have access to many

of our Family Histories!

With respect and appreciation,

for his contribution of sharing,

I have first transcribed

the Duncan Families,

Of Australia,

Scotland and Canada... :)

Others will follow... :)

I am eternally Grateful to the following:

Cousin David Nicholson

Son of

Anne (Stewart) and Harold Nicholson,

whose early tree inspired me.

To my  Archival Angel,

Genealogist  Deborah Robertson

of Glasgow Scotland,

who has found so much Stewart

Data for me to share with my family.

To Cousin Cynthia McAdoo,

daughter of

Phyllis (Nicholson) Gifford

and my Uncle George Clements,

for sharing photos and

for introducing me to

her Uncle David Nicholson and

to our Uncle Donald Gray,

as well as to our Scottish born,

Australian Cousin, John Duncan

who has shared "...Bairns, " 

delightful articles he has written,

family photos and through whom,

I have met

so many new Cousins,

such as John B.Robinson of England,

and Margaret Waterfall of Texas.

Also very special thank yous,

to two recently discovered

cousins through the

Haley and Cahoon lines:

They are:

Wendy L. Hawksley, my beloved new cousin, through the Haleys, who currently resides in Delaware, though originally of MA, and Duane Reynolds, also originally from MA, but now firmly settled in the freshness of Colorado, who is my cousin through the Cahoon/Reynolds connection...:)

 

"Portrait of a Friend"
by Colleen Cahoon

Cousin Wendy is an avid Genealogist and has provided us, the information on our shared Haley connection, which takes us back almost two hundred years to Dublin, Ireland!

She has also produced a book on the American Haley generations, which is available for purchase, for a modest fee which basically covers the costs of production.   Although I will be providing the Haley information here on the site, I highly recommend the purchase, so you can have a hard copy version, if you are related to Alphonse "Fons" and Martha "Mattie" Lenora (Haley) Cahoon!

Wendy has also graciously researched and shared our triple-link back to the Mayflower, via the Fullers and the Howlands!

I am also indebted to Malcolm "Mac" Jackson, of Maine, who has recently provided me information, on my maternal line, the McLaines, which takes us back again, to Scotland, to 1736!    Thank you Mac, for your kindness and sharing! 

I am so grateful to All of the above

and to all of our Poets,

for sharing PRECIOUS TREASURES,

for me to share with you... :)

THANK YOU ALL, SO VERY MUCH!

Following are some of the names of our family:


Allen, Archibald, Ballinger, Barber, Barrett, Bayne, Belbin, Bennett, Bonnar, Bonneau, Buckner, Cahoon, Cameron, Carter, Cassidy, Chrichton, Clark, Cleary, Clements, Cohoone, Colquhoun, Court, Cravin, Cowper, DeBill, Decker, Denovan, Downs, Duncan, Dunkhorn, Emery, Fletcher, Foudray, Fuller, Gell, Glick, Gorham, Gray, Greenwood, Gribben, Grigg, Haddow, Haines, Haley, Haldane, Hawksley, Harrison, Heron, Hesketh, Holdsworth, Hollier, Horn, Huntt, Hunter, Hyde, Keown, Lang, Laub, Maartensz, MacKenzie, Martin, Messervey, McAdoo, McColl, McCracken, McLaine, McMillan, Miles, Miller, Monk, Moore, Morris, Morton, Moss, Nicholson, Nixon, O'Neill, Parkin, Perkins, Perry, Petran, Reid, Reynolds, Robinson, Rocha, Rodriguez, Roxborough, Schmidt, Scott, Shalders, Shaw, Smith, Stafford, Stevenson, Stewart, Stuart, Sturgis, Sullivan, Thomas, Tilley, Tippett, Toby, Townend, Tully, Wagner, Walsh, Waterfall, Wenzel, Whiteside, Whittaker, Woodfull, Woods, and Young... Laughing 

... more will be added....

as the leaves on our tree bloom!

And hopefully,

Links to data about these names,

will not be too very far off.... :)
 

PLEASE feel free to contact

Jezzmo with your comments,

contributions of tree data,

recommendations,

art, poetry, stories or articles...

we would be delighted,

to present them here.

 

We do have...

an awesome family! :)