The Old Family

and how we got here

  • Home
  • About me
  • The People
    • Old tree
    • Anderson tree
    • Mackay tree
    • Brember tree
  • Articles
    • How Research Is Done
    • Skeletons In Cupboards
    • His Father's Eyes
    • The Name Game
    • How It Can All Go Wrong
    • The Longest Line
  • Teasers
    • Old Tree
    • Anderson Tree
    • Mackay Tree
    • Brember Tree
  • Resources
    • Read This First
    • Charts
      • Old
      • Anderson
      • Mackay
      • Brember
    • Narrative Reports
      • Old
      • Anderson
      • Mackay
      • Brember
    • Maps
    • Photos
  • Contact Me

Teasers - Old Tree

Honeyman Old was born in the bog.

She was Elder Old! From the age of 21!

He had a child by his wife's sister.

She had five Christian names and eight surnames.

He married his landlady thirty years younger than him

He owned a shop in Queen Street

She died of an opium overdose.

My g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-granny lived along the road from me.

She was born in 1837 but we have a photo of her.

We helped Robert the Bruce capture Linlithgow Palace.

He fathered fourteen children.

He was a wee Cooper who lived in Fife.