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Started by Ronald Drysdale. Last reply by Ronald Drysdale Feb 25. 7 Replies 2 Likes
"...... As William the Conqueror advanced through England, he built motte-and-bailey castles to fortify key positions to secure the land he had taken."...... it’s thought that around 1000 motte and bailey castles were built in England during this period of history.…Continue
Tags: Brus, Applegarth, Jardine, Dryfesdale, Drysdale
Started by Ronald Drysdale. Last reply by William Douglas Feb 4. 1 Reply 2 Likes
Dear all,I've been trying to draw together all the diverse Annandale & Drysdale strings I've been researching & I've drawn up a summary document, with a timeline.Comments and criticism welcomePicture below & pdf with hyperlinks attached…Continue
Started by Ronald Drysdale Jan 31. 0 Replies 1 Like
The poll-tax roll of 1377 for Carlisle lists one Johanna de Drynysdale as Head of the family there:Ref: Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society 58 (series 2). Vol 58…Continue
Tags: Moffat, Carruthers, Brus, Carlisle, Dryfesdale
Started by Ronald Drysdale. Last reply by Ronald Drysdale Jan 1. 3 Replies 1 Like
Hi all, I recently came across some impeccable sources for 2 separate Richard Druesdales [not Trusdales!] in England as follows:Richard de Druesdale - served in France (Battles of Crecy & Calais) in Edward III's army in the years 1346/7https://archive.org/stream/CrecyAndCalais/Cr%C3%A9cy_and_Calais_djvu.txt…Continue
Started by Russell Lynn Drysdale. Last reply by Ronald Drysdale Aug 10, 2024. 9 Replies 1 Like
https://drmarkjardine.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/the-majestick-like-colossus-of-fife-in-1674/The curious report of a colossus standing astride the Lomond Hills in Fife is recorded in the manuscript memoirs of John Blackadder, an outlawed field preacher. He refers to the…Continue
Started by William Douglas. Last reply by Russell Lynn Drysdale Aug 13, 2021. 1 Reply 1 Like
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Started by Russell Lynn Drysdale. Last reply by Russell Lynn Drysdale Jul 19, 2020. 2 Replies 0 Likes
The Scots Magazine :volume 52Deaths Aug 14 1789 At Bombay Lieut James Rattray in the East India Company's service Oct At Madras David Graham Esq Dec On board the Valentine on his voyage from China Mr John Stuart second son of James Stuart Esq of St James's Square Edinburgh Jan 4 1790 At Nassau New Providence Mr John Simpson merchant Fcb On board a vessel in the river Savannah in Georgia John Struthers Esq of Glasgow Slanb 4 At Ifle of Skyc Flora Macdonald spouse to Captain Allan Macdonald late…Continue
Started by Russell Lynn Drysdale Aug 15, 2019. 0 Replies 2 Likes
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189963011/orvin-dick-drysdaleOrvin Dick Drysdale Jr born April 10, 1934, died at the age of 84 on May 10, 2018 due to complications of old age.Orvin Dick Drysdale Jr is survived by his * current wife *Connie [Allen] Drysdale his Children: Russell Lynn Drysdale…Continue
Started by Russell Lynn Drysdale Jul 20, 2019. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Will of Andrew Thomas Drysdale from Newfoundland will books volume 6 pages 602-603 probate year 1900Last will and Testament of Andrew T. Drysdale of Harbour Grace Post Master deceasedKnow all men by these presents that I Andrew Thomas Drysdale of Harbor Grace, Newfoundland Post Master, being of sound disposing mind memory and recollection do make publish and declare this to be my last will and Testament. (1) I revoke all former wills made by me (2) I will devise bequeath and give to my wife…Continue
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Started by William Douglas. Last reply by Russell Lynn Drysdale Feb 8, 2019. 2 Replies 1 Like
ANDREW DOUGLAS DRYSDALE M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.).Age: 23Lieutenant 225941 Royal Army Medical CorpsTicket No. 312Destination: Cape TownSon of Peter Finnie Drysdale and Annie Bonar Drysdale, of Edinburgh. Andrew was a passenger who lost his life when SS Ceramic was sunk by a U-boat mid-Atlantic on 6th December 1942.On November 23, 1942 the Ceramic left the Mersey for Australia, independently routed, with 378 passengers. Her subsequent complete disappearance was at first little publicised at home, due…Continue
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William Douglas,I concur with your findings,
I have as well sent a suggestion to the person managing Sir William Drysdales memorial on find a grave -and your suggestion was noted , but the birth day month and year have been locked by the person who controls it. - In my eyes the book references many other people whereas the stone is a singular representation , made by a craftsman, with pay dependent on end product, and math never hurts... been over a month and no acknowledgement of the request even being recieved.
I would have thought that the gravemarker was a reasonable bit of evidence, but perhaps not
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Thank you Ronald Drysdale for the General Register Link , I probably should have followed up on that, and I didn't.
Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on May 28, 2019 at 3:15
Martha , I don't have the subscription to access the fullness of the information or possibly lack there of .
An old comment from Russell about Asylum Registers perhaps, but the site below does have quite a bit of free useful information on both Drysdale & Douglas in-patients on their General Register of Lunatics:
https://www.oldscottish.com/asylum-patients-donovan---duffy.html
The info is in text format with the possibility of purchasing images.
The site also has other records, generally dating from the 1800s
Regards
The Drysdale story as told in a 1989 Australian newsletter: That's that guys opinion, myself I maintain a different opinion, basically - a fairytale is a fairytale.
I have no knowledge of the namesake for Drysdale Street in London . However, Just off Drysdale street , is a Drysdale place . Apparently Drysdale Court is a building - Bertha Drysdale is a wealth of information connected with the Badsey and Wickhamford communities , Her family are the ones the LDS constantly connect my line to her John James Drysdale relative ... William do Medical Doctors raise their children to feed cattle and sheep or produce charcoal ? Once again LDS failure at dictating the narrative on who is who .
When in London earlier in the week I came across Drysdale Street and Drysdale Court. So far, I have found no information as to why they are so named, but did turn up a couple of interesting histories:
• Bertha Drysdale 1861-1943: https://www.badseysociety.uk/people/drysdale/bertha-john-mortimer-r...
• Drysdale and Co of Bon Accord Works, Ferry Road, Yoker, Glasgow: Drysdale and Co of Bon Accord Works, Ferry Road, Yoker, Glasgow
The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.
Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.
Professions also help.
'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.
Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?
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