Dear Editor:
In 1835 Alexander Dingwall-Fordyce emigrated from Aberdeenshire in Scotland to Nichol near Fergus and in 1856 became the local superintendent of Common schools for the Northern Division of the County of Wellington.
I am interested to know more about his descendants and whether they are still based in the Fergus area. His father – also Alexander – had joined him in Nichol and lived at a farm he called Lescraigie. He became a magistrate, and was the first warden of the County of Wellington, dying in 1852 at his property of Belsyde near Fergus.
I am interested to know if there are any living descendants of either of these gentlemen as I would be keen to get in touch.
I live in Aberdeenshire in the north of Scotland where the Dingwall–Fordyce family originate from. During our lockdown in the UK I have been doing some research into my family and it would be fascinating to learn about those who moved to Canada in the 19th century.
Andrew Dingwall-Fordyce,
Aberdeenshire, Scotland