Thanks for taking a look at our family history.
1859 - 1922 (63 years)
| Name | Jaffray, Christian | |
| Born | 4 Apr 1859 | Hatton of Ardoyne  |
| Gender | Female | |
| Died | 12 Dec 1922 | Falher Alberta |
| Person ID | I100 | My Genealogy |
| Last Modified | 11 Feb 2004 | |
| Father | Jaffray, Leslie, b. 13 Jun 1815, Oyne , d. 16 Apr 1897, Hatton Oyne (Age 81 years) | |
| Mother | Smith, Jane, b. 4 May 1819, Bogmill C of Garioch , d. 31 Jan 1890, Hatton of Ardoyne (Age 70 years) | |
| Married | 20 Jun 1840 | Chapel of Garioch |
| Family ID | F14 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Howie, William, b. 28 Jan 1866, Bonnyton Rayne , d. 28 Jan 1954, Falher Alberta (Age 88 years) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Married | 24 Nov 1885 | Oyne |
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| Photos | | Rin 182 - 100 HOWIE_SENIOR | ||||||||||||||||||||
 | Howie Girls L to R Mary Ann Glennie Howie Jessie Glennie Howie Isabella "Tibbie"Wilson Howie Barbara Allan Howie Jean (Joanie) Smith Howie The names are written on the reverse of the photo in an unknown hand however the order appears incorrect. The order above is taken from a copy in my fathers collection. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified | 3 Jul 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Family ID | F32 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Photos |  | Howie Family at Dunnydeer Cottage |
 | Hatton of Ardoyne House This is the house at Hatton of Ardoyne near Oyne as described in the auction sale catalogue I somehow expected a property older in appearance and suspect that this must have been a replacement at some point As you head out of Oyne crossing the railway line towards Old Rayne you come to a junction with the main highway and at this point a small road immediately on the left winds it way back in the direction you came passing the Hatton properties to exit on the Oyne to Insch road close to the toll bridge | |
| RIN 182 - 100 William and Christina Howie | |
 | Christian and William Howie and Family. |
| Documents |  | My Dear Sister In 1922 she wrote home to her sister-in -law in Turriff giving a graphic description of the journey and life as a settler in the Peace River country This letter is quite outstanding In it she describes a fall through an open trapdoor. Jeff Gray provides this background ti the letter: "Please find enclosed a copy of the “My Dear Sister” letter. Sadly Christian Howie nee Jaffray died in the winter after she wrote the letter They think she never recovered from the fall through the trap door The letter was sent to her sister in law in Turriff and if memory serves the letter was with a branch of the Howie family who went to New Zealand and settled in Masterton I think Janice Morris (b 1954) had it transcribed and sent me a copy. Christian comes down very hard on her son David’s wife and our correspondent George Gour in Falher is a direct descendant His mother Elsie is the last of David’s children She is living in a residential home nearby and most interested in the correspondence It is her regret that she never did make it to the old country to see for herself. I looked up Falher Alberta on Google earth a very neat place on grid plan set amid endless farm plains I suppose I was looking for log cabins and early settlements but it was nothing like that. When my sister Olive was a child her grandmother (Isa in the dear sister letter) got her to address her letters to Canada and the name Medicine Hat stuck in her mind In her old age she used to ask me and wonder aloud “Who lived in Medicine Hat?” A most memorable name." |
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This is a work in progress to put some of my late father (Jeff Gray's) research on the Internet. The continued effort is to add the source data and photographs.
