Author: Douglas McCreath
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Meeting with Adrian Moore from Perth, Australia
On 24 August 2018 I travelled to Belfast aboard the Stena Line ferry from Cairn Ryan (near Stranraer) to meet Adrian Moore from Perth, Australia. He has McCreath ancestors. We spent a pleasant afternoon in Brennan’s Bar discussing matters genealogical.
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The Death of Michele Falchetta
It was with great sadness that I learned today of the passing of a valued friend, Michele Falchetta.His death was announced on 27 February 2018 Michele was a founding partner in 1993 of Nice Spa, now a successful and well-known businesses that produces control mechanisms for the home. His departure was announced in a…
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‘McCreath family comes together for reunion- Berwick Advertiser’
I was interested and pleased to discover that when entering ‘ McCreath Family’ on a Google search, ‘A McCreath Miscellany’ now appears as number 5 and number 6 in the listings. I was also interested to note that number 9 on the list was ‘McCreath family comes together for reunion- Berwick Advertiser’ This was a…
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Back in Belmonte!
Back in Belmonte again! Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting Christian Santangeli, the son of one of our neighbours. A charming and jovial young man, Christian, the owner of Hamlets Fish Bar in Dover, Kent, is home on holiday. A consummate entrepreneur, he cooks haggis for discerning (mainly Scottish) clients; and also a…
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Visocchi gathering occasioned by visit of Anthony Visocchi from USA.
This photo was posted by Anna Maciocia on Facebook on 30 August 2017. She commented: “Here we are in Daria’s garden enjoying The company of cousins and friends all here to celebrate brother Antony’s visit back to Scotland. Four of the Brothers families were present, Peter my grandfather was represented by myself, Daria and…
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Genealogy with boot soles and the internet.
Yesterday (27 March 2017), because it was unseasonally sunny and warm, I decided to head off to Sandhead, Wigtownshire where I have a caravan; to get it ready for summer occupancy. En route, I decided to pop in to The Auld Kirk at Alloway to take photographs of the two McCreath headstones in the kirkyard…
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Visit to GRO, Edinburgh on 22 March 2017
Visited GRO in Edinburgh yesterday (22 March 2007) primarily to provide details with which to identify living relatives of three families: Relatives of Margaret McCreath (1844-1917), the ninth of the fourteen children of William McCreath and Margaret Crichton, who married Thomas William Glen. A member of this family Mary Crichton ‘Molly’ Glen is credited with…
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Presenting Robert McCreath’s MBE to the RSPBA
I attended the AGM of the Royal Scottish Band Association at Trades House Glasgow on Saturday 11 March 2107 to present my Uncle Robert’s MBE to the Association. There is a commemoration room which bears his name in the Headquarters in Washington Street. It seemed appropriate that the framed MBE and Certificate be housed there.…
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Funeral of Cousin Robert (Robin) McCreath Arkle (1943-2017)
It is with great sadness that I record attendance at the funeral of my cousin, Robin Arkle, at Stoney Stratford, Milton Keynes on Tuesday 7th February 2017. Robin passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on 24th January. Robin’s mother, my aunt, Margaret Shaw (Peggy) McCreath (1912- 1959) was the only daughter of the nine children of…
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My McCreath Ancestors
MY McCREATH LINE – FROM ROBERT McCREATH AND BARBARA JAMIESON, MY GREAT, GREAT,GRANDPARENTS. Although it begins with Robert McCreath and Barbara Jamieson, this account does not provide a systematic, sequential unpacking of our branch – generation by generation, first to last born and so on. Its structure more reflects the process by which the tree’s…