Groat Family History

• Reference:GB 241 D1/419
• Dates of Creation:1994
• Name of Creator:
  Lawrence, Marigold (1994-1994), Family historian
  Shearer, Dougie (1920-), Local historian
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
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• Scope and Content

  Photocopies: transcript of memo from Captain John Calder regarding the family history of the Groats of Canisbay and the Groats of Westray, 1911, 1994; other family history notes, linking the Groat family with Australia, 1994; transcript of extract from a Caithness newspaper with obituary of Captain John Calder, December 1914, 1994

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Captain John Calder (d.1914), Chinese Navy, British Mercantile Marine, lived in Caithness and carried out researches into the Groat family. His mother Annie Geddes was the daughter of Annie Richy and Alexander Dunnett, her first husband, and the stepdaughter of Donald Groat, Annie Richy's second husband.

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