I have been working on a branch of my great great grandmother’s family tree. She was one of ten children and had six children herself. One of her brother’s went even further and had fourteen children. It is his line I am currently working through.
As was not unusual, there were some in the family that emigrated. Canada, Australia and New Zealand were common destinations for Scottish families in the nineteenth century (although I have found branches in South Africa and Brazil also). The line I am working on today went to Canada where I have discovered his great granddaughter married a man whose family were also of Scottish descent, originating in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
The original emigrant from Inverurie, the grandfather, was, according to information gathered by other genealogists, known as Big Red Joe. I can’t help but wonder if this nickname was because of his hair, complexion or politics. I kinda hope it was because of his politics and I would have liked to have met him!
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