Wanderer Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 So my sister was researching family geneology its quite interesting actually surprisingly, so came up with this idea for a thread, places of birth only unless you can or want to put in yearsM: Mothers Place of birthMM: Mothers Mother's place of birthMF: Mothers Fathers Place of BirthMGM: Mothers Grandmothers place of birthMGM: Mothers Grandfathers Place of birthF: dads Place of birthFM: dads Mother's place of birthFF: dads Fathers Place of BirthFGM: dads Grandmothers place of birthFGF: dads Grandfathers Place of birthM: AberdeenMM: AberdeenMF: AberdeenMGM: Aberdeen, TrondheimMGF: Ullapool, ElginF: LiverpoolFM: LiverpoolFF: LiverpoolFGM: Liverpool, CorkFGF: Liverpool, Fahmagusta 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 M: WombourneMM: WombourneMF: BirminghamMGM: Wolverhampton, BirminghamMGM: Wolverhampton, BirminghamF: BirminghamFM: LangholmFF: DenholmFGM: Langholm, HawickFGF: Langholm, Hawick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 M: LanarkMM: GlasgowMF: GlasgowF: TorphinsFM: Cheadle HulmeFF: Laurencekirk1/4 Kincardineshirian, 1/4 Sassenach, 1/2 Weegie That's all I know and I'll be damned if it ain't that interesting. Hopefully I'll find out more and ascertain I've got a tint of the Slovak and the Zulu in me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 M: NetherleyMM: The MearnsMF: The MearnsMGM: The MearnsMGM: The MearnsF: DrumlithieFM: The MearnsFF: The MearnsFGM: The MearnsFGF: The MearnsFuck all you incomers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 M: EssexMM: CornwallMF: CornwallMGM: CornwallMGM: CornwallF: DundeeFM: Arkhangel (Russia)FF: DundeeFGM: DundeeFGF: Dundee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 All of them - Aberdeen.I'm with Chris on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 M: NetherleyMM: The MearnsMF: The MearnsMGM: The MearnsMGM: The MearnsF: DrumlithieFM: The MearnsFF: The MearnsFGM: The MearnsFGF: The MearnsFuck all you incomers.Christopher Grassic Gibbon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TelecasterSam Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 M: GlasgowMM: GlasgowMF: GlasgowMGM: ?MGF: ?F: GlasgowFM: GlasgowFF: GlasgowFGM: InvernessFGF: DingwallFGGF Kirkwall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Owl PhD Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 West Wycombe, BucksWest Wycombe, BucksWest Wycombe, BucksWest Wycombe, BucksMoreton-in-Marsh, GloucsSpring Hill, GloucsLondonSpring Hill, GloucsLondonI think I might be an outsider round here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 AberdeenPeterhead areaAberdeenBuchan somewherePoss. Cruden BayLaurencekirkStonehavenLaurencekirkLaurencekirkLaurencekirkAgain.....not very rivetting, but I recently found out my Laurencekirk Grandad was in the Inniskillen Rifles, which was a bit of a shock, as it's a wee bit out of the way. The rest of my family never seem to have wandered more than 30-odd miles from here Both Great-grandad's were ploughmen, then one ended up at Rubislay Quarry, and the other was 'town's officer' at Laurencekirk (swept the streets, rang a bell & shouted news, worked in the jail etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Both Great-grandad's were ploughmen, then one ended up at Rubislay Quarry,.Wonder if they'll find him when they drain it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 M: StrichenMM: FraserburghMF: StrichenMGM: StrichenMGM: StrichenF: Colac, AustraliaFM: Melbourne, AustraliaFF: Yarawonga, AustraliaFGM: Wexford, IrelandFGF: Eniscorthy Ireland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Wonder if they'll find him when they drain it..I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few bodies in there........but my great-grandad is buried at Allenvale, I think. The granite dust fucked his lungs, so he eventually moved to a job at the Hazlehead nuseries (where he was nearly machine-gunned to death). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soda Jerk Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 M: Dewsbury, West TorkshireMM: Salford, Greater ManchesterMF: Salford, Greater ManchesterMGM: Salford, Greater ManchesterMGM: Salford, Greater ManchesterF: Batley, West YorkshireFM: Batley, West YorkshireFF: Batley, West YorkshireFGM: Batley West YorkshireFGF: Somewhere in EIRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gladstone Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 M: StrichenMM: FraserburghMF: StrichenMGM: StrichenMGM: StrichenF: Colac, AustraliaFM: Melbourne, AustraliaFF: Yarawonga, AustraliaFGM: Wexford, IrelandFGF: Eniscorthy IrelandDid you grow up in Strichen??I don't know further back than my grandparents, but looks like this:M: GlasgowMM: New DeerMF: AberdeenF: New DeerFM: New DeerFF: New Deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stichman Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Is is strange that I have absolutely no idea where my grandparents were born? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few bodies in there........but my great-grandad is buried at Allenvale, I think. The granite dust fucked his lungs, so he eventually moved to a job at the Hazlehead nuseries (where he was nearly machine-gunned to death).I'm sorry but you can't leave us hanging and not tell that story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Are you sitting comfortably?,...Then I'll begin........There was a German air-raid on Aberdeen, and whe it was over my Gran was waiting anxiously for the various members of the family to return home. She was particularly worried about my mum who was working at the harbour (in an office!) and my auntie who was dowtown with pals. Turns out my mum was on a tram making her way home when the 'plane strafed Union St....all the folk dived off the tram and sheltered in 'The Monkey Hoose' doorway (which was then a bank). After the 'all-clear' she toddled home, to be greeted with relief. Gradually other family members arrived and my gran relaxed. The only person she wasn't concerned about was her father who was working at the nuseries at Hazlehead, assuming it was so far out of the town centre it was perfectly safe.Needless to say, she was wrong......the plane had machine-gunned up Union Street and continued out along Queen's Road.....reaching the Hazlehead area just as my great-grandad was toddling home for dinner. Recognising him as a potential threat, and enemy of the Reich, the plane opened fire. Great-grandad was an old man, but found a reserve of strength to quickly loup the roadside dyke and avoid getting ripped to bits, tearing a ligament in his leg in the process. Afterwards he limped home, swearing loudly, and was somewhat disappointed to learn that nobody had been worried about him.The End 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Are you sitting comfortably?,...Then I'll begin........There was a German air-raid on Aberdeen, and whe it was over my Gran was waiting anxiously for the various members of the family to return home. She was particularly worried about my mum who was working at the harbour (in an office!) and my auntie who was dowtown with pals. Turns out my mum was on a tram making her way home when the 'plane strafed Union St....all the folk dived off the tram and sheltered in 'The Monkey Hoose' doorway (which was then a bank). After the 'all-clear' she toddled home, to be greeted with relief. Gradually other family members arrived and my gran relaxed. The only person she wasn't concerned about was her father who was working at the nuseries at Hazlehead, assuming it was so far out of the town centre it was perfectly safe.Needless to say, she was wrong......the plane had machine-gunned up Union Street and continued out along Queen's Road.....reaching the Hazlehead area just as my great-grandad was toddling home for dinner. Recognising him as a potential threat, and enemy of the Reich, the plane opened fire. Great-grandad was an old man, but found a reserve of strength to quickly loup the roadside dyke and avoid getting ripped to bits, tearing a ligament in his leg in the process. Afterwards he limped home, swearing loudly, and was somewhat disappointed to learn that nobody had been worried about him.The EndThat is quite cool, but bloody scary at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Stu Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Is is strange that I have absolutely no idea where my grandparents were born?Could be. I'm the same though, I know very little about my family history. My (maternal) Granny was a Kennedy which is the only local ancestry I have. My dad's side is from London... beyond that it's very vague. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Mum's Side all AberdeenF VirginiaFM VirginiaFF virginaFGM North Carolina, VirginiaFGF Pennsylvania, New Yorkinterestingly if you go back a few generations on the American side you get Nairn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christy Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 M: MunchenMM: MunchenMF: MunchenMGM: Tottenham, LondonMGM: Dundee, Tannadice RoadF: LondonFM: DundeeFF: MunchenFGM: MunchenFGF: Tannadice RdCouldnae resist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Couldnae resist Suck ma boab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 More interestingly Alan's story, how on earth have i never heard of an air raid over aberdeen before? that sounds the kind of thing that would leave all kinds of stories?Er, it did. Aberdeen was the most bombed city in Scotland during World War 2.Just the other month there was national publicity for a display of photographs from the police archives showing the aftermath of German raids on the city.BBC News - Aberdeen Blitz bombing images from 1943 unveiled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid Posted March 2, 2010 Report Share Posted March 2, 2010 Er, it did. Aberdeen was the most bombed city in Scotland during World War 2.Just the other month there was national publicity for a display of photographs from the police archives showing the aftermath of German rBBC News - Aberdeen Blitz bombing images from 1943 unveiledaids on the city.AIDS ruined your link... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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