Robert Anderson BAIN {M} [P3] = Alice Jane MCKAY {F} [P2]

Married Wednesday 17 March 1920, Huntly
Robert Anderson BAIN:

Born Sunday 14 July 1895, 6 West Park Street, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Died Thursday 26 March 1942, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Buried 1942, Huntly cemetery, Aberdeenshire
Age at death: 46
6 West Park Street, Huntly.

Alice Jane MCKAY:

Alias Alice Jane BAIN (Wednesday 17 March 1920)
Born Thursday 2 June 1898, Johnshaven, Kincardineshire
Died Saturday 21 August 1982, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Buried 1982, Huntly cemetery, Aberdeenshire
Age at death: 84

Jean BAIN {F} [P6] = Eric GRAY {M} [P31] > Family [F2]

Jean BAIN:

Alias Jean GRAY
Alias Jean BARR
Born Tuesday 5 April 1921, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Buried South Africa
Jean had Alma in Scotland and then went over to South Africa to start a new life. Granny Bain raised Alma. In South Africa Jean married and had two more daughters, both of whom still live over there.

= Eric BARR {M} [P244] > Family [F84]

Married Johanasburg, South africa

James Irvine BAIN {M} [P4]

Born Friday 2 February 1923, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Died Sunday 8 November 1987, Dartford, Kent, England
Buried ABT November 1987, Huntly cemetery, Aberdeenshire
Age at death: 64
Jimmy spend a long time in the Navy as an engineer, a profession he stayed in until he died. At some point he moved down to Dartford in Kent.
He never married although he was in a long standing relationship with Margaret Fraser (lives in Aberfeldy) at the time of his death.

Jimmy had a strong love for fishing and would often come up and stay with Granny Bain and go fishing on the rivers around Huntly. This was help by being schoolboy friends with a number of people in the Huntly area who had access to the rivers.

His loves also extended to keeping and racing pidgeons and looking after ferrets.

Norman Mckay BAIN {M} [P5] = Mary DONALD {F} [P8] > Family [F3]

Married Friday 19 January 1951, Huntly, Scotland
Norman Mckay BAIN:

Born Friday 25 December 1925, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Died Monday 5 May 1969, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Buried Huntly cemetery, Aberdeenshire
Age at death: 43

Mary DONALD:

Mary trained as a nurse and worked for a number of years at Huntly hospital.

A number of years after Norman died Mary married a chap called Robert Ord and moved out of Huntly to Kirkney. Bob was a builder and rebuild the house that they moved into. Unfortunately Bob developed liver cancer and passed away within a six month period.

Mary Helen McKay BAIN {F} [P160] = James Christie LORNIE {M} [P159] > Family [F53]

Married Saturday 27 December 1958, St Stephen's Church, Ponson, by Auckland, N.Z.
Mary Helen McKay BAIN:

Alias Mary Helen McKay LORNIE (Saturday 27 December 1958)
Born Tuesday 25 August 1931, Huntly, Aberdeenshire
Glass Primary, Glass, Huntly
Donbank Primary, Woodside, Aberdeen - Class teacher (1967 - 1972)
Culter Primary, Culter, Aberdeen - Remedial teacher (1972 - 19 )
Fernylee Primary / Springbank Primary, Aberdeen. Remedial teacher
Cove Primary, Cove Bay, Aberdeen. Relief remedial teacher
Westhill Primary/Academy / Crombie Primary, Westhill, Aberdeen. Remedial (1982 - 1991)
Mum trained as a teacher and has worked in various schools around Aberdeenshire.
When mum retired from teaching it gave more time to partake in her other many and varied leisure activities. These include hillwalking, gardening and running after her family.

James Christie LORNIE:

Born Tuesday 18 December 1928, 180, South Street, Perth
Western District, Craigie, Perth
Balhousie Boys School, Perth
Birth was registered on 31st Dec 1928.

In the Army for a long time doing National service.
Went to New Zealand as a mechanic. Carried on in the same vein until he got a job as a storeman. Latterly with Marks & Spencers from where he retired in 1993.
Seems to share mums love for hillwalking, caravaning, gardening and running after the family.
Aberdeen Motors, Aberdeen - mechanic
National Carriers Ltd (affiliated to British Rail), Aberdeen - mechanic
Royal Mail, Aberdeen - mechanic
Gas Services (diving company), Westhill, Aberdeen - storesman
Stafford Associates (diving company), Dyce, Aberdeen - storesman
PMM (gas turbine company), Dyce, Aberdeen - storesman
Marks & Spencers, Aberdeen - storesman

16 Castle Street, Huntly (19?? - 1936)
5 West Park Street, Huntly (1936 - 1982)
Granny Bain rented the ground floor of a two floored building, she shared the back garden with Annie upstairs. The house used to have four rooms and the kitchen, these being the the two day rooms at the front of the house and the bedrooms a the back. The day rooms were split by a communual hall at the front. At some point in the 1970's a bathroom was added to the back of the house.
Granny generally used the right hand side of the house which gave her full access to the kitchen and bathroom. The left hand side (day room and bedroom) was used by Uncle Jimmy on one of his frequent visits or by anyone else spending the night.
This house was next door to where Uncle Alf and Auntie Mary [F23] lived (6 West Park Street), Uncle Alf used to own no. 5 West Park Street.
Granny Bain for a time worked in the kitchens at the Gordon Schools in Huntly and latterly worked as a cleaner in an office in Huntly.