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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

 

Parents

 

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

 

Grandparents

 

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

 

Great-grandparents

 

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

 

Great-great-grandparents

 

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.