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THE ANCESTRY OF RAMSAY MACDONALD
1 James
Ramsay MacDonald
b 12
Oct 1866, Lossiemouth, Moray
d 9
Nov 1937, at sea
2 John
MacDonald, agricultural labourer
b
d
Not married to Anne Ramsay
3 Anne
Ramsay
b 4 Aug 1843, Elgin, Moray
d
11 Feb 1910, Lossiemouth
4
b
d
m
5
b
d
6 William
Ramsay of Elgin, baker
b
27 Jan 1812, Urquhart, Moray
d
m 10
Dec 1840, Elgin
7 Isabella
Allan
b
14 Apr 1810, Elgin
d 4
Feb 1893, Lossiemouth
8
b
d
m
9
b
d
10
b
d
m
11
b
d
12 William
Ramsay of Urquhart, blacksmith
b
d
m Dec 1802, Urquhart
13 Ann Brown
b 16 Jun 1775, Urquhart
d 27 Mar 1859, Urquhart
14 Alexander Allan of Elgin, farmer
bap 25
May 1769, Elgin
d
Mar 1832
m
27 Jun 1805, Elgin
15 Isabella Lamb
b Elgin, bap 16 Mar 1783, Elgin
d 8 Jul 1871, Forres, Moray
16
b
d
m
17
b
d
18
b
d
m
19
b
d
20
b
d
m
21
b
d
22
b
d
m
23
b
d
24
b
d
m
25
b
d
26 Alexander
Brown of Urquhart, farmer
b
d
m
27 Janet Brander
b
d
28 James Allan of Elgin, farmer
b ca
1732
d 11
Dec 1808
m
29 Elspeth Duncan
b
d Jun
1818
30 Alexander
Lamb of Elgin, farmer
b ca
1730
d 25
Mar 1816
m
31 Christian
Hay
b ca
1741
d 5
Sep 1788
Sources
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
David Marquand, Ramsay MacDonald (London, 1977)
Statutory
death registers, Drainie, Anne Ramsay
Statutory
death registers, Drainie, Isabella (Allan) Ramsay
Statutory
death registers, Urquhart, Ann (Brown) Ramsay
Statutory
death registers, Forres, Isabella (Lamb) Allan
Elgin
parish registers (online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)
Urquhart
parish registers (online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk)
1851
census returns, Drainie
1851
census returns, Urquhart
1861
census returns, Elgin
LIBINDX (Moray Local
Heritage Service)
Probate
record for James Allan (National Records of Scotland, CC16/4/9)
Notes
The
parents of Ann (Brown) Ramsay are given in her 1859 death record as William Brown
and Janet Brander. However, this appears to be an error for Alexander Brown and
Janet Brander, who are the parents in the 1775 baptism record of Ann Brown.
There was also a Peter Brown who died at Urquhart in 1858, whose death record
identifies his parents as Alexander Brown and Janet Brander.