Maggie (Watson) Stern-McJannet
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The biography for Mysie Georgina Watson is empty. What can you add? I put my biography in the sources section. And have been told to copy and paste it into sources but alas I seem to have a mental block re learning how. To cut and paste,,,,it's been on my to do list for years
I was born with the name Mysie pronounced (Myzee) which is Gaelic for Margaret or Marion(?),,,anyway at the age of 30 or so I went with "Margaret"
I was born in Toronto,Ontario Canada, January 25th,1948 to William Angus E.Watson and Jean Grace Brodie) Murphy.
I was told that it was a name passed down in the matriarchal line,,,,for example my mother referred to my Aunt Marion Craig (Brodie) Murphy as your "Auntie Mysie". I was also told that it was a name given to the oldest girl, and my older sister Lynda said she is grateful she didn't get it because my mother was sick when she was born and my father William Angus E Watson named her Lynda.
Mysie is my legal first name on my birth certificate so I was surprised to see that my Auntie 'Mysie's' legal first name is Marion.
The first time I ever heard my name referenced to someone else (other than myself or my Aunt) was at the age of 19 when I was watching a movie about Bonnie Prince Charlie(actually the tv was just running in the background while I was doing something else and WOW,,,,what an experience to actually hear my unique name within that context. Mysie(in the movie) was a servant girl,,,alas no relation to 'Charlie.......update March 20,2020....it would seem I indeed might be related to Bonnie Prince Charlie along with a whole slew of Royal Toffs and notables!!!
Now that I have become so overwhelmed with the plethora of my mostly paternal ancestors which reach back thru decades of double digit generations.......I am thinking it's time to spend more time on the more challenging task of tracing my children's Jewish roots.
It is sometimes a sad and frustrating journey but I promised my husband's grandmother approx 50 years ago that I wouldn't let my children forget who they were and where they came from,,,,,,
Perhaps I can start an Ostroweic (pr. Ostrovitz) Poland project
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Maggie is 26 degrees from Herbert Adair, 25 degrees from Richard Adams, 22 degrees from Mel Blanc, 29 degrees from Dick Bruna, 25 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 35 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 24 degrees from Sam Edwards, 22 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 22 degrees from Marty Krofft, 18 degrees from Junius Matthews, 20 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 20 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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I think you are referring to my Hamil Family Tree on Ancestry. You and I were corresponding about the Hamils in 2012 and 2013. My tree isn't gone, I've just changed the name to Hamil-Smith (I've started adding my dad's side to the tree, so I changed the tree name to reflect that). My Ancestry account is under p_crossno1, whereas my WikiTree account is using my maiden name of Smith, so my name here may not look familiar. I tried emailing you some years ago, but never heard back. Glad to reconnect :-)
Patricia
Isn't interesting what you can find on Wikitree? What is Eleanor's profile number? I would like to visit her. On my Mother's side, Edward Plantagenet (Longshanks, Hammer of the Scots), Plantagenet-2, is my 22nd G Grandfather. Robert de Brus, Bruce-129, is my 23rd Cousin.
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Thanks for contacting me. Let me know more about your Orr ancestors. My Orr's came from County Down NI and my Great Grandparents settled in Goderich, Ontario, Canada.
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Welcome to the family! Were really glad youre here.
Margaret