Gourdon - Sea Pie An' All That - Guestbook Archive 10

Gourdon 1938

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Guestbook - Archive 10

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Ian O. Ritchie ian_raedykes@yahoo.co.uk	11-08-2002 - 00:35 - from ppp-0-112.glas-b-2.access.uk.tiscali.com John, Have just come back from the Johnshaven fish festival. We had a great day getting stuck into some dressed crabs - somehow not as satisfying a whole one which you have to wrestle with to get all the juicy bits! Met a few locals: May Ritchie fae Gourdon who married Francie McBey, John Craig who's just made himself a fantastic little clinker build dingy and my cousin Vally Stewart. Her mum, Lizzie Anne is the only one of that generation of "Vulties" still surviving. My dad, Charlie was the only one of the brothers (Andy, Valentine and Alex) who didn't go to the sea. He started as a baker with Bannermans and had his own shop in Johnhaven for a time in the 50's. (I'm a "Johner douper", nae fae Gurdon!) In his younger days Charlie was centre-half for Gourdon (Selbie?). He was a stalwart of the doo club laterly. Is it still on the go? I know that our branch of the Ritchies got our nickname from my Deddie, Valentine but what's the origin of "Burry" and "Brimy"? I was in the same class at Mackie Academy as Ian M. Ritchie, a Brimy. Keep up the good work, Ian O. Ritchie
Esther Handy essiemae@tcc.on.ca	26-07-2002 - 05:50 - from tcc-218.tcc.on.ca Hi John...great site my mother came from Gourdon Ross's they lived on Queen Street before moving to Hillfoot Terrace what a wonderful place to have grown up in keep up the good work & I will be a frequent visitor...next best thing to being there Esther
Teresa Wilson	23-07-2002 - 13:49 - from 193.130.11.35 John, Whilst using the internet for the first time i came across your page. You can not imagine how exited I was to find such a wealth of info. on the village I have lived in for 2 years but never really knew anything about. Beautiful paintings, what a talent! ( From Teresa, Hannah's mum - 1 Brae Road )
Esther Handy essiemae@tcc.on.ca	04-06-2002 - 04:02 - from tcc-210.tcc.on.ca finally found a site I can relate to...although I live in Canada I have visited Gourdon a few times....as my moms family all came from there...do any of your visitors no Nancy Ross...or "Bessie" Ross ...I have bookmarked this page and plan to visit it often
Aileen Fortin nee Fotheringham	12-05-2002 - 03:34 - from anhr178cy35hj.bc.hsia.telus.net Hi John Ritchie: I am the cousin of John Ritchie and discovered this page while visiting my daughter and son in law. Hi to Jackie and Hi to Ann & Gordon. Hope everyone is well.
dotbrown dotbrown3093087@aol.co.uk	14-04-2002 - 20:23 - from spider-loh-tf012.proxy.aol.com i have just startd to research my family tree and came across your website my fathers name was skinner and he was born in Johnshaven my mother was freeman and was born in gourdon i was born in montrose in 1946 small world indeed my brother lester still lives in montrose and another brother jimmy lives in Edinburgh myself i live in somerset. i look forward to visiting your site again regards dot
Chris Souter c.souter@tinyworld.co.uk	14-04-2002 - 19:40 - from pc2-rugb5-0-cust207.oxf.cable.ntl.com Enjoyed your site - the towns and villages of the Kincardineshire coast remind me of my native Morayshire. My GGGGG grandfather, Robert Souter, allegedly moved from Johnshaven to Lossiemouth around 1790. I wonder if your mate Roy Souter was connected in any way to the family that became one of the main fisher families of Lossiemouth??
Antonio Vidal Gómez a-vidal@teleline.es	15-03-2002 - 21:31 - from 193-152-144-237.uc.nombres.ttd.es Hola to everybody. Please excuse my english. I'm born in Madrid (Spain). My father was born in León- North of Spain).- My mother was born by circumstancies in Mexico D.F- All her family was from Santander, north of Spain. Now comes the important matter. The seconf family name of my father was GORDON. I have made some research and found out that the Gordon family came from a small village called GOURDON (France), in Provence- Alps Maritime,Cot d´Azur, between Cannes and Nice, very close to what it is now MONACO. Ialdo know that at the end of XII century the GORDON clan moved to the North of France and from the cost of Britanny salied though the North Sea to a point in the east coast between Aberdeen and Dundee.- Now if this is exact, then they named this point GOURDON HARBOUR. I know also that some of the clan moved further west and the namned other village as GORDON, south of Edinburgh in Berwickshire. Atention to this : I also know that much later, in France, the GOURDON name become GORDON. I continue looking for more details of history. Thank you to anyone that reads this and has any suggestion. My fondest regards to every GOURDON and GORDON.
John Ritchie jritchie@mc.net	13-03-2002 - 21:59 - from 162.mube.chcg.chcgil24.dsl.att.net I am looking to the Scottish connection. I can trace our American roots to early 1800s in North Carolina.
Rae Palin rae.palin@ntlworld.com http://www.my-cambridge.co.uk	03-03-2002 - 20:27 - from inktomi4-cam.server.ntl.com I love your water colours, these are excellent quality. I greatly admire your skill. RP