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[Marie]

Hi I lived in Fleming cres no 67 there was me obviously Tom Alec(deceased) and Albert Alec was killed on the Dalry Rd! Family name Stevenson would love to hear from anyone that remembers us!

[Lynda]

Hi marie

Yes I remember you.The McKinleys were next door to you and the thompsons at the other end of your house.We all played together after school.There was me linda farrell,rena anderson,margret sweeny,susan little and more.I remember when your brother got killed as well.That was a sad day.I hope you are well.

linda

[Marie]

Hi Lynda

My goodness those are names from the past! Hope you're well. Do you remember the day when me and Margaret Sweeney moved one of the concrete blocks form the rd and put it back on the green and it fell on my foot? ouch! Ah those were the days.

Marie

[Lynda]

Im fine and still in saltcoats staying.We got up to alsorts in those days but it was all in fun .kick the can chap door run.we knew whose door to go to and whose to miss out

[isabel p]

alex stays in st abbs, alan is the one who was at my mums every week-end, in fact most days, alan still lives in saltcoats, david,nickname stookie, lived in london, but has now died and then myself, oldest isabel

[sheenaj]

The Pettigrews I know lived at the corner of Fleming Cres and Burns Ave. I lived at 37 Burns Ave.I remember Alex as he was around my age.If memory serves me I remeber my parents saying they were related to our Seggies thru marraige but have not come across the info in my research.
I well remember 'kick the can'-got in some trouble with that once A neighbour- did not approve and chased me all the way back to my house -I got a right telling off

[isabel p]

we were the pettigrews who lived in fleming cres., next to dalry road. we are related to the seggies . my grand mother annie pettigrew was grace seggies sister, their maiden name was blair, originaly from crawfordjohn , so my dad was david pettigrew and wiff and grace seggie were his uncle and aunt

[sheenaj]

Hi Isabel .That sounds about right,I thought it was Grace but not 100%. Great to hear form you.do you by chance know the names of Grace and Annie's parents?

[sheenaj]

Hi Isabel it's ok I found the info I was looking for turns out Annie Blair and Grace were half sisters.

[isabel p]

annie(my grandmother) and grace were half sisters, they had the same father, graces mother had been his housekeeper. he had been married three times and had a family with each wife, in fact annies mother was his second wife, and had only been dead few weeks when he married graces mother. my gran told me they had many brothers and sisters and lived on a farm in crawfordjohn, i think it was called blair house..are you related to grace,s side or her husbands ?

[sheenaj]

Hi Isabel. I am related thru the Seggie /Stewart line.My Gran was Rachel Seggie -Wilfred's was her nephew. So I guess that makes him my 1st cousin 1x removed or something.She married John Stewart [of A1 buses!] They lived on Border Ave.

I think the last time I saw Grace was late 90's.i visited her and Fiona with my young son Iain.Had to watch him like a hawk due to all Grace's lovely knick knack's in their living room-I was scared he'd break something,[it was NOT child proofed:-)] I liked Grace she had not had it easy with Fiona and Lillian! It was thru Wilfred I got a lot of the startup for my Genealogy-he had started looking into his Seggies-and there were a lot!!

Gen. is my obssesion I did find a bit about your Blairs -if your interested?
Robert's 1st wife was Jane Fletcher they had 3 children-Maggie James and Archie.2nd wife was Catherine King[where Annie's middle name came from!]She brought 2 children from prev marriage-John and Gavin McKay:Robert and she added Katie,Annie and Robert to their family-They seem to be in the Dalzeil/Motherwell area.Then he married #3- Grace Chalmers, she had a prev child Catherine Brown.And Robert and she had Grace.In 1911 census they lived at 25 Blairhill Crawfordjohn.
So you were right about the 'many Brother and sisters'!

As I said if your interested I do have a tree listed on Ancestry .com.and most of my findings are there.
' Stewart/Jarvis tree' It's a combination of my Paternal and Maternal line, also my husband's -rather larger Paternal/Maternal line.
Sheena

[isabel p]

all of your info is so interesting. i have all the info of robert blairs marriages, but not all of the children, thanks thats great. i remember some of them, maggie from his first marriage, she made all the wedding cakes in the family, wonderful cakes to...my grans full sister emigrated to new york with the husband, my dad met her often as he was in the merchant navy and in new york often.and robert was such a lovely man..graces child catherine was called kate by the family and she to went to america.my father was born dalzeil/motherwell. thank you for your info. i will look up your findings..isabel