A Royal connection? Robert Howard was born on 1 Jan 1537 in Syon House, London, England and died in 1598 in Allsaints Parish, Norfolk, England. He was the son of Lord Thomas Howard (1511-1537) and Lady Margaret Douglas Princess &
O Hendrefiggilt I Livorno
The subtitle of our family site has an interesting origin. It is the title of a book written in Welsh and means “from Hendrefiggilt to Livorno”. The book (in Welsh) which is written by a Welsh art expert about the
A small family from Derry
This is the title of our family site and is a pun on one of the possible origins of the Kilkie surname. One version has the name being the Irish for Small or little. In what may be complete coincidences.
Me and Jimmy
The photo was taken around 2000-2001 in Glencoe.I took my dad Thomas Kilkie and his sister (Kathleen who is named wrongly in the tree as Katherine) up to Fort William.We took a day out and went down to Glencoe. As
Jacamo
How many of you have seen the Jacamo TV Ad? Did you know that the guy with the beard in it is Lee Boyle? He is my cousin and grandson of Mary Ann Kilkie 1915 and Patrick James Boyle 1908.I
Glen Cinema disaster
In the afternoon of 31 December 1929, during a children’s matinee, a freshly shown film was put in its metal can, in the spool room, where it began to issue thick black smoke. Nitrocellulose film, as used at this time,
Football in the family
My grandmother , Jean Kilkie nee Collins’s( 1875-1949) younger brother was David Collins 1887.His son was Thomas Collins who married Isabella Young in 1930 at 84 Dixon Ave Church of Scotland and the following year Robert Young Collins was born who later went
Brian met Subo
Brian (Robertson) bumped into Susan Boyle this week in Buchanan St, Glasgow. She was launching the Poppy Appeal for 2012. She was happy to pose for a photo. They were even wearing matching colours!! Robbie Kilkie
Basketball Naismith
For anyone out there who is interested in the game of Basketball I thought I might give a brief history of my married name “Naismith” Many of you may know that the inventor of basketball was James Naismith from Almonte,
Are you dancing?
Derry Journal Published on Thursday 5 February 2009 The now retired dance teacher Lilian O’Moore recently collected a civic honour from the Mayor of Derry, Councillor Gerard Diver. The award was made in recognition of her contribution to the cultural and indeed