Thanks to
, and for suggesting this. I have started researching all of my 16 2 x great grandparents and for some of them there is more information available than others.There are lots of links to Scotland plus London and Somerset and St Petersburg in Russia.
Paternal side - England and Scotland (and St Petersburg in Russia)
Horace Aubrey Cox (1842-1918) publisher of books and magazines. Born in Lambeth, Surrey (now part of London) and worked in Fleet Street, London. He took over his uncle Edward William Cox’s publishing business (Edward is Ada’s father and I descend from him and his brother William, the father of Horace). Edward and Horace published The Field, The Law Times, The Exchange and Mart, Crockford’s Clerical Review and Queen Magazine. Horace specialised in book publishing later on.
Horace Aubrey Cox
Mary Alice Millard (1847-1923). This is a line I am actively exploring as I have DNA matches to her in Australia and New Zealand amongst other places.
Henry Bennett Edwards (1837-1914) A captain in the Indian army - his ancestors came from Saltash in Cornwall.
Henry Bennett Edwards
Ada Rosalind Cox (cousin of Aubrey above) (1845-1936). She inherited a lot of money from her father, bred fox hounds and wrote several books as “Mrs Bennett Edwards”.
Ada Rosalind Cox
John William Martin Fonblanque (1820-1891) Barrister in London. Big age difference between this couple. He was 43 years older than her.
Caroline Edith Mary Rumpf (1863-1923). See my “Emma Explores” talk for more information about her (NB she was known by several different names during her lifetime). Emma Explores on Projectkin
Oswald James Cattley (1850-1922) a merchant who traded in grain and timber in St Petersburg, Russia, he died whilst visiting one of his sons in Ogdensburg, USA. He was part of the English Merchant circle in St Petersburg.
Oswald James Cattley
Margaret Sophia Handyside (1853-1908) born in St Petersburg and of Scottish descent - I get my paternal Scottish DNA matches from her. Her father was physician to the Tsar. This line has lots of engineers and bridge builders from Scotland with Baird, Handyside and Nicol.
Margaret Sophia Handyside
Maternal side - all in Scotland
Alexander Simpson (1834-1905) born in Keig, Aberdeenshire and farmed 16 acres in Tullynessle in Aberdeenshire. Two of his children moved abroad - a son George Alexander to Massachusetts, USA and an illegitimate daughter, Eliza, to Canada. DNA matches from both of these lines and more.
Mary Malcolm (1841-84) - lots of DNA matches across the world from the Malcolm line (including to my father, indicating my parents are very distant cousins somewhere yet to be discovered!)
David Japp (1834-1902) a farmer of 400 acres at Kinnaber near Montrose.
Mark Cook Johnston (1838-1916) born in Montrose. Her father, Joseph Johnston had salmon fisheries in Montrose and the surrounding areas. He was born in Helmsdale in Sutherland and his father was a master cooper. There’s a link back to England after that.
William Dey (1848-1925). He was a policeman in Leith near Edinburgh. William Dey had two illegitimate children with Mary Robertson and then went on to marry Mary Hay Simpson and had another 8 children. DNA matches from these lines.
Mary Robertson (1847-1901) not married to William but the mother of his two eldest sons one of whom is my great grandfather also called William. She had 4 illegitimate children by 3 different fathers.
Jonathan Hosie (1838-1920) lived in Kildrummy and worked as a Master shoemaker.
Elizabeth Michie (1839-1906) born in Towie, Aberdeenshire.
This generation spans many decades with the oldest born in 1820 and the youngest in 1863 (and they married each other!) The others were all born between 1837 and 1853.
Only one couple weren’t married (Dey/Robertson).
Death dates range from 1884-1936.
A varied and quite colourful selection of people.
Are any of these people or surnames in your family tree? I’d love to connect with more distant cousins….
Wonderful details, Emma. Beautiful photos as well. I had thought I was of Scottish heritage - wrote a post recently about that. So finding this post with all those Scots - very cool!