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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on Wednesday

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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on Wednesday

Comment by Ronald Drysdale on March 22, 2025 at 21:59

Excellent sleuthing Russell!

Some previously unknown and very early 'Dryfesdale' type Drysdales, who are landowners in Annandale ln 1531.

Best regards

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on March 22, 2025 at 15:51

 Andro Driuisdale, Alexander Dryuisdale, 1531

Be it kend till all men be thir present letteres ws Thomas Newale, Johnne Newale, Andro Driuisdale, Alexander Dryuisdale, Andro Croket for to have gewin the rycht and kyndnes of our malingis of Brunskath to ane honorabill man Willeame Maxvell of Blairboy; that is to say, we Thomes Newale and Johnne Newale, brether, ane fourte penneland, Andro Driuisdale [an other, I] Alexander Dryuisdale of half ane merkland, Andro Croket of fourte penneland, and grantis ws wel content and pait thairfor and quitclames the said Willeame thairof for now and euir mayr

6 Oct 1531

https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browseDetail... 

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on March 19, 2025 at 18:01

  https://douglashistory.ning.com/photo/yours-wm-drysdale

Comment by William Douglas on March 19, 2025 at 15:31

Some tidbits:

• The Castle Campbell Hall was built by William Drysdale in 1820 as a woollen mill. In 1865 it was converted into a meeting hall and was known as the Volunteer Hall.
• members of the Archibald, Paton and Drysdale families were successful in establishing increasingly large
mills in Menstrie, Alva and, especially, Tillicoultry.
• Drysdale, W.,1899. Old Faces, Old Places and Old Stories of Stirling, Mackay, John G. Harrison 118 Stirling
• https://rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RSE-Fellows-Biographi...
• there is international interest in the family name of ‘Dollar’. Said to be descendants of John Dollar, the Dollar Foundling, was Baptised ‘Dollar’ on 30th July 1742. Margaret Drysdale, wife of James Sorley, looked after the baby, who grew up in Dollar.
• ...goods sold in Drysdale’s shop in 1900 (in Dollar)

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on January 3, 2025 at 23:46

Charles Vickery Drysdale, was a Eugenicist, His type here in America labled  Native Americans and their descendants as Negro, Virginia's registrar of vital statistics at the time, Walter Plecker [also a Eugenicist] changed untold numbers of Natives records. This man met with and communicated with members of the Nazi party, while serving as Commonwealth of Virginia's  Registrar. This white supremacy view was not singular to Virginia, ''clubs'' sharing similar views popped up all around the USA. 

I am sure Bessie Drysdale as CVDrysdale's wife shared his every view. 

Comment by William Douglas on January 3, 2025 at 22:46

Drysdale House, Geelong, Australia

The circa 1891 house was built at 69 Fyans St, Newtown before it was relocated to form part of the Australian House Museum in front of Deakin University in Waurn Ponds in 1984. The historic house was then relocated to 122 High St, Drysdale in 2004 and has since been renovated and restored, transforming it into a beautiful home.

The house was built by the Herd family, who were painters, decorators and plumbers, before the 1892 depression.

Comment by William Douglas on January 3, 2025 at 22:35

• Bessie Drysdale (1871–1950) – member of the WSPU National Executive Committee, one of the 52 women arrested during a suffragette march to the House of Commons in 1907, and writer for the short lived radical feminist magazine The Freewoman (1911–1913)
• Charles Vickery Drysdale (1874–1961) – one of the founding members of the Men’s League for Women’s Suffrage in 1907

Comment by William Douglas on November 12, 2024 at 19:20

I clipped this image of the village - and captured this trailer

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