I am Looking for relatives related to Robert and Ann (nee Souter) Law. They lived and died in Rhynie Scotland in the ?1870's all their children left Scotland for Canada, Australia, USA, South Africa and New Zealand.
My great grandfather Robert Souter Law and his wife came to New Zealand about 1880's. The family names included James, William and Alexander.

My name is Karolyn Anne Law and I live in New Brunswick Canada.My great grandparents came from Scotland.My grandmother's name is Edna and I know her father's name was James.I will ask to find out other information.We have quite a family here in Canada.So I hope you will Email me and we can discuss this more in detail when I find out more info.
Sincerely,Karolyn Law

Karolyn. Many thanks for your reply. I don't have all the details of the family that went to North America but am seeing an elderly aunt next week. I will try and get more info, keep in touch.
Susan

Karolyn, I made an error on my first message. The name of my ancestors in Scotland were James Law born 6/6/1825 died 16/12/1879 and Ann Souter born 1/11/1822 died 12/6/1883. They are buried with their son William born 3/6/1852 died 21/8/1872.
Apparently at least 3 sons and 2 daughters headed to North America. One daughter died in transit and the other one never married she was Bella (or Isabella) Law, she lived in Lyndon New Jersey.
My e-mail is susanjlaw2000@yahoo.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you.
Susan

Further information to my first message. The children of James and Ann Law from Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland are
Mary Ann Booth died in transit to the USA,
William Souter Law died in Scotland,
Robert Souter Law emigrated to New Zealand,
James Law emigrated to North America was ? a Dr in New York,
Alexander Law emigrated to North America,
Helen Law, Isabella Law, Elizabeth Law emigrated to North America, Issabella lived in new Jersey

could you tell me if your mothers name is ? email me at bri@scotlandmail.com

Could you please tell me if you were born in scotland as we have a missing sister called carolyn law if you were where were you born andyour date of birth if you aint then sorry for bothering you

best wishes bri

Susan,
Was surfing the net and I found your listing for James Law.My gr.gr.gr grandfather was James Law born in Rhynie in 1772.He married Elizabeth Wisely.They had children Mary b1805 Margaret b 1809 James b 1811 and Alexander b 1818. James married Helen Massie in Rhynie in 1845. After his parents died he left Scotland with his family and his sister Margaret in 1855 and settled in Canada.
Do you think we can make a connection
Linda Williams
Duncan BC
deerholme@telus.net

Dear Linda,
There may be a connection but my relatives were James and Ann (Souter) Law. Their son James born 1854 went to New York and worked as a Doctor. He married Annie Cameron.
I have had another message from someone else in Canada but I didn't keep it ,so am unable to pass it on to you. I think they mentioned Helen Massie also. it was from a young woman called Karen (I think) so you may already know her.
I have visited Rhynie and went to the cemetary, there were a lot of Law graves. I found my gr gr grand parents and one of their sons.
They also seemed to have used many of the same names which of course make find info difficult. As we also have an Alexander in our family history.
Happy hunting.
Susan Law

I was browsing the Rootsweb site when I came across postings from 2000 and 2006. I hope Susan is still taking an interest in her Scottish family as I am fairly sure her Rhynie family come from the parish of Auchindoir and Howmill in particular.
My interest in this family arrises from the marriage of William LAW, b 1766 Howmill to Elizabeth LAW, b 1771 Cloghill in parish of Newhills. I have not been able to prove it but I think I am from Elizabeth's side of the family and probably related to both branches.