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The Andersons of Candacraig |
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The Scottish Highland estate of Candacraig at Strathdon in Upper Donside,
Aberdeenshire, along the River Don and not far from Balmoral, was home to ten
generations of our family's Anderson ancestors from the 1500's through the
mid-1800's. The 9th Laird of Candacraig, Alexander Anderson (1752-1817), was my
great grandfather William Davie
Anderson's great grandfather. Alexander's daughter, Jean Anderson (sister to the 10th and 11th
lairds John Anderson and RobertAnderson), married her half cousin Alexander Anderson (both were grandchildren
of the 8th Laird of Candacraig, Charles Anderson), with whom she and six
of their eleven children emigrated to Canada in 1833. Their son, Alexander Anderson (1805-1869), the 12th
Laird of Candacraig, sold the estate to Sir Charles Forbes in 1866. His
younger brother, Adam Gordon Anderson
(1819-1894), was my great great grandfather.
I dedicate these pages to the loving memory of my mother, Marcia Jeanne (Anderson) Thomson, whose feisty Scottish spirit and spunk was molded by generations of her forebears, and hopefully passed on in some measure to her children.
October, 2001 |
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"The Andersons of Candacraig"
1581-1985 Published by Mabel Manz |
| Anderson Lairds |
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Scotland Trip
August 2005 |
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Clan Anderson Society Article
Spring 2002 |
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Valuation of the County of Aberdeen for the year 1667 |
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Will of Alexander Anderson
9th Laird of Candacraig |
| Candacraig Photos |
| Candacraig Maps |
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