1832 — Annus Horribilis

Ominous News and Worrying Rumours Montreal from St Helen's Island (1830)[i] The Quebec newspapers and provincial authorities had been following the progress of the Asiatic Cholera epidemic for some time as it moved from the Ganges in India through Europe and finally to Great Britain in the autumn of 1831. Some people reacted with panic. … Continue reading 1832 — Annus Horribilis →

Isabella Takes a (very) Big Step

Estuary of the Dee, Aberdeen (1838) Sooo – You are a respectable widow with, we guess, sixty-odd years of good sense behind you and now you are standing on an Aberdeen dock. What would you be thinking if it was the 1830s and you were about to spend five or six weeks crossing the ocean … Continue reading Isabella Takes a (very) Big Step →

The Andersons of Aberdeen

Bette Smith>Mildred Cameron>Stella Knox>Wm Wallace Knox>Margaret Anderson>George Anderson (my 3rd great grandfather) We know precious little about our Anderson ancestors. We do know that they were Baptists who followed their minister, John Gilmour, to Canada from Aberdeen, Scotland in 1832. George Anderson, his wife Elizabeth Philp, two children, William and Alexander, came first to Montréal … Continue reading The Andersons of Aberdeen →