Lorna's family forest

BMD data on all rellies

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

— Abraham Lincoln
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

— Cary Grant
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

— E. B. White
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

— e. e. cummings
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

— Saint Augustine
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

— Mark Twain
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

— Henry David Thoreau
If two things look the same, look for differences. If they look different, look for similarities.

— John Cardinal
In theory, there is no difference. In practice, there is.

— Anonymous
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

— John Adams
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

— Abraham Lincoln
History - what never happened described by someone who wasn't there

— ?Santayana?
What's a "trice"? It's like a jiffy but with three wheels

— Last of the Summer Wine
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened

— Terry Pratchett
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

— Terry Pratchett
.. we were trained to meet any new situation by reorganising; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illuson of progress

— Petronius (210 BC)
The time we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains

— Proust
So just as it is not the desire to become famous but the habit of being laborious that enables us to produce a finished work, so it is not the activity of the present moment but wise reflexions from the past that help us to safeguard the future

— Proust "Within the Budding Grove"
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

— William J. H. Boetcker
Only a genealogist thinks taking a step backwards is progress

— Lorna
No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

— George Bernard Shaw
A TV remote is female: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.

— Anon
Hammers are male: Because in the last 5000 years they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

— Anon
The right thing to do is to do nothing, the place to do it is in a place of concealment and the time to do it is as often as possible.

— Tony Cook "The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs"
All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

— Thomas Carlyle "The Hero as Man of Letters"

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Descendants of James COLLAN/COLVIN and Ann PORTES / PORTEOUS of Duns (BEW)
See also DAVIDSON

Love to hear what happened to the shorter branches shown here

My direct line

James⁰ Collan (say 1770 - )
- Ann Portes (say 1770 - )
  - Ann¹ Collan (Jan 1793 - Nov 1863)
    - male Davidson? (say 1790 - bef. 1900)
      - John² Davidson (cir. 1817 - Nov 1900)
        Agnes Fairbairn (cir. 1818 - May 1884)
        Agnes R.³ Davidson (Mar 1840 - bet. Jun 1906 - Sep 1906)
        William Dodds (cir. 1844 - Oct 1915)
        James⁴ Dodds (May 1870 - aft. 1915)
        John⁴ Dodds (Oct 1871 - aft. 1921)
        Sarah J. Simpson (Jan 1871 - aft. 1921)
        William⁵ Dodds (Nov 1896 - aft. 1916)
        Robert⁵ Dodds (Jun 1901 - 1990)
        Isabell S. Burnett (1912 - 1995)
        Rosina H.⁴ Dodds (Jul 1874 - bet. Sep 1922 - Dec 1922)
        Robert Elliott (cir. 1872 - aft. 1911)
        Agnes⁵ Elliott (bet. Jan 1897 - Mar 1897 - aft. 1911)
        Eleanor⁵ Elliott (bet. Jan 1899 - Mar 1899 - aft. 1911)
        Robert W.⁵ Elliott (Nov 1901 - bet. Sep 1969 - Dec 1969)
        Edith M. Armstrong (May 1902 - aft. 1939)
        John J.⁵ Elliott (bet. Sep 1904 - Dec 1904 - aft. 1911)
        William⁴ Dodds (Dec 1876 - aft. 1891)
        Helen³ Davidson (Feb 1842 - Sep 1905)
        John³ Davidson (May 1844 - Jun 1915)
        Isabella Ford (cir. 1844 - bet. 1901 - 1911)
        Margaret G.⁴ Davidson (May 1867 - Sep 1939)
        Peter Ganter (Jun 1862 - Jun 1926)
        Charles L.⁵ Ganter (Oct 1888 - Jan 1963)
        Emily M. Crossthwaite (Dec 1887 - Feb 1936)
        John R.⁵ Ganter (Aug 1891 - Oct 1939)
        Rose A. Kerscher (Nov 1893 - Mar 1942)
        Walter G.⁵ Ganter (Jul 1893 - May 1961)
        Alvina L. Fehlhaber (Jun 1899 - Sep 1978)
        Francis P.⁵ Ganter (Feb 1896 - Jun 1917)
        James W.⁵ Ganter (May 1898 - Jan 1916)
        Isabella A. J.⁵ Ganter (Jan 1902 - Aug 1976)
        George E. Brightman (Mar 1900 - Apr 1959)
        Annie M.⁵ Ganter (Mar 1905 - Sep 1974)
        ?
        Goldwin N. Prain (Mar 1891 - Nov 1959)
        John⁴ Davidson (Nov 1869 - Oct 1883)
        Agnes⁴ Davidson (Mar 1872 - Jun 1937)
        James Hamilton (cir. 1865 - Dec 1936)
        John⁵ Hamilton (Oct 1893 - Apr 1955)
        Elizabeth J. Moore (say 1895 - aft. 1954)
        James E. B.⁵ Hamilton (Mar 1896 - Jun 1978)
        Thelma J. Willadsen (Jun 1899 - 1979)
        Vincent C.⁵ Hamilton (Apr 1898 - 1975)
        Elizabeth A. Lewis (say 1898 - aft. 1919)
        Rachel J. Scott (Jan 1896 - Feb 1948)
        Albert⁵ Hamilton (Nov 1900 - Nov 1908)
        Leslie⁵ Hamilton (Mar 1903 - aft. 1977)
        Ethel W. Cooper (cir. 1906 - Aug 1949)
        Roy⁵ Hamilton (Oct 1905 - bet. 1977 - 1980)
        Frances A. Smith (Aug 1906 - aft. 1980)
        Sidney⁵ Hamilton (cir. 1908 - Jun 1949)
        Lily M. Dale (say 1915 - cir. Apr 1960)
        Isabella⁴ Davidson (Dec 1874 - Nov 1909)
        James Gillies (Mar 1868 - Oct 1929)
        David⁵ Gillies (1899 - aft. 1929)
        Mary W. White (cir. 1900 - )
        John D.⁵ Gillies (1902 - Jun 1956)
        ?
        Alice J. Clark (cir. 1901 - )
        Mary A. P. Blackie (cir. 1902 - Jan 1972)
        Isabella⁵ Gillies (1904 - aft. 1911)
        Benjamin F.⁴ Davidson (1877 - Mar 1953)
        Agnes Robertson (cir. 1891 - Oct 1953)
        John⁵ Davidson (Jun 1913 - )
        Elizabeth R. Walker (cir. 1916 - )
        Mary³ Davidson (Jul 1846 - Dec 1909)
        James Jeffrey (Mar 1845 - bet. 1888 - 1891)
        Agnes⁴ Jeffrey (Oct 1869 - Nov 1945)
        George Gibb (cir. 1865 - Jun 1922)
        Mary E.⁵ Gibb (1893 - )
        Robert Black (say 1890 - )
        Agnes⁵ Gibb (cir. 1897 - )
        William⁵ Gibb (cir. 1900 - aft. 1945)
        Margaret⁴ Jeffrey (Oct 1871 - aft. 1911)
        Andrew⁴ Jeffrey (Aug 1873 - bet. 1873 - 1881)
        Mary⁴ Jeffrey (cir. 1876 - aft. 1891)
        Ellen⁴ Jeffrey (cir. 1880 - aft. 1881)
        John⁴ Jeffrey (cir. 1883 - aft. 1909)
        Jemima⁴ Jeffrey (cir. 1886 - Jun 1944)
        Alice⁴ Jeffrey (cir. 1888 - aft. 1944)
        Walter³ Davidson (Nov 1848 - Oct 1881)
        Jessie McIntyre (cir. 1854 - Dec 1915)
        John⁴ Davidson (May 1873 - Feb 1917)
        Edith Stewart (Aug 1875 - Jul 1926)
        William S.⁵ Davidson (Sep 1897 - aft. 1926)
        Jessie M.⁵ Davidson (Oct 1902 - Apr 1989)
        Hugh P. Evans (Dec 1890 - Jan 1960)
        Walter F.⁴ Davidson (Jun 1877 - Oct 1920)
        Amy F. Pope (Aug 1870 - Jan 1957)
        Hubert F.⁵ Davidson (Jun 1902 - May 1961)
        Mickey UnknownSurname (say 1902 - )
        Elba UnknownSurname (say 1903 - )
        Isabella B.⁵ Davidson (Apr 1904 - May 1977)
        Jack McEwan
        Thomas S. Houston (Apr 1899 - )
        Howard J.⁵ Davidson (Jan 1907 - Apr 1983)
        Gertrude Common
        Harold M.⁵ Davidson (Sep 1908 - May 1998)
        Margaret H. Laing (Dec 1912 - Aug 2001)
        Robert M.⁴ Davidson (Sep 1881 - Sep 1916)
        Adam³ Davidson (Mar 1851 - Sep 1920)
        Hannah O'Sullivan
        Mary E.⁴ Cooper (cir. Mar 1879 - Aug 1969)
        Alex Svenson
        Emma C.⁵ Svenson (1914 - 1988)
        Eric G. Whillans
        Isabella Bain (Jul 1857 - Oct 1915)
        John S.⁴ Davidson (Dec 1881 - Oct 1933)
        Isabella F. Crawford (Sep 1868 - Sep 1944)
        Agnes M.⁴ Davidson (Apr 1885 - Mar 1955)
        Archibald Henderson (Jan 1883 - Jan 1952)
        Isabella H.⁵ Henderson (Dec 1910 - Dec 1985)
        Leslie A.⁵ Henderson (Mar 1913 - Apr 1995)
        Jessie A. Andrews (Dec 1912 - Mar 2005)
        James F.⁴ Davidson (Apr 1887 - Oct 1929)
        Alice Clark (cir. 1886 - aft. 1929)
        Margaret³ Davidson (say 1853 - )
        George³ Davidson (Feb 1855 - Jun 1915)
        Ann Bird (cir. 1846 - bet. 1901 - 1911)
        John⁴ Davidson (Mar 1881 - Jun 1900)
        George⁴ Davidson (Sep 1882 - Feb 1949)
        Catherine Henderson (cir. 1884 - Jun 1966)
        Agnes B.⁵ Davidson (Oct 1911 - Nov 1982)
        Aitken Connochie (cir. 1911 - cir. Jun 1953)
        George Henderson (say 1910 - bef. 1982)
        Georgina⁵ Davidson (Jan 1914 - say 1992)
        Robert Wright (cir. 1906 - bet. 1965 - Sep 1967)
        Mary A. Robertson (Feb 1862 - May 1948)
        James³ Davidson (Jan 1858 - Dec 1932)
        Alice Elliott (1865 - Nov 1909)
        Barbara F. Hagen (1870 - 1951)
    - Robert Chisholm ( - bef. 1841)
      - Ann² Chisholm (cir. 1825 - )
      - Janet² Chisholm (cir. 1827 - Oct 1880)
        ?
        Janet³ Chisholm (cir. Aug 1850 - May 1881)
        Neil S. Fraser (cir. 1853 - )
  - Alison¹ Colvin (cir. 1795 - Jan 1859)
    - Adam Dickinson (say 1790 - bef. 1841)
  - James¹ Colvine (Dec 1799 - )
    - Ann Kerr (cir. 1786 - Apr 1879)
      - Ann² Colvin (Nov 1820 - Mar 1894)
        Charles Wilson (say 1820 - )
        Charles³ Colvin (Feb 1845 - )
      - Helen² Colvin (cir. 1825 - )
        ?
        James³ Colvine (cir. 1849 - )
      - James² Colvine (cir. 1826 - Dec 1900)
      - Adam² Colvine (cir. 1826 - )
        Jane Davidson (cir. 1827 - )
        James³ Colvine (Nov 1859 - Aug 1924)
        Janet Scott (say 1860 - bef. 1924)
        James⁴ Colvine (say 1885 - aft. 1924)
        Andrew³ Colvine (1861 - Dec 1917)
        Agnes Scott ( - aft. 1917)
        Adam³ Colvine (1863 - Aug 1928)
        Barbara Yule ( - aft. 1928)
      - Margaret² Colvin (cir. 1831 - Sep 1901)
        Adam Purves
        Jane³ Purves (cir. 1848 - May 1925)
        Thomas Scott (cir. 1848 - Sep 1923)
        Margaret C.⁴ Scott (cir. 1877 - )
        James Broomfield (cir. 1864 - )
        James Handyside (cir. 1811 - bef. 1901)
        James³ Handyside (cir. Dec 1860 - )
      - Alison² Colvin (cir. 1831 - )
      - William² Colvine (cir. 1835 - Oct 1880)
        Elisabeth Story (cir. 1842 - )
        Isabella³ Colvine (Sep 1863 - )
        James³ Colvine (cir. 1866 - )
        Alice³ Colvine (1867 - )
        Margaret³ Colvine (cir. 1870 - )
        Frances³ Colvine (cir. Aug 1880 - )
  - Jean¹ Colvin (Feb 1801 - )

My direct line