A place of quiet charm
Acknowledgement: Dave Tough
Auchindoir
Auchindoir is in the presbytery of Alford and synod of Aberdeen. It is a peaceful location, surrounding landscape of hills and forests providing a beautiful backdrop, with the remains of the 13th-century Auchindoir Church serving as a reminder of the area's long history.
My findings start with the Scottish Family of Tough’s living in small settlements in the Parish of Auchindoir and Kearn: Boghead, Whitehillock and Woodside from 1754.
Their professions included farmers, mason journeyman, sheep dealers, carpenter and game keeper.
In 1871 my Great Grandad, William Tough lived at Corbaidy, Forgue, prounced ‘Fork’.
Corbaidy
Cobairdy ia a settlement of Strathbogie in Aberdeenshire and comprises an estate with a mansion house and farms. The farm of Boghead of Cobairdy is situated in Forgue Parish.
Forgue
Forgue is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire. It lies 35 miles north west of Aberdeen and 8 miles north east of Huntly. The hamlet is surrounded by the lands of Bognie Estate, which have been held by the Morisons of Bognie since 1635.
Between 1841 and 1931, three quarters of a million Scots settled in the rest of the United Kingdom. Rural Scots moved to the industrial cities of Scotland and England. Many Scots moved to England as they had skills that could be used in farming and industry there.
Some of our Scottish ancestors emigrated to Vancouver, Canada. There were government schemes offering cheap fares and land ownership promoted emigration to countries such as Canada and Australia. Canada was very popular in the second half of the 19th century, with many Scots settling in Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Canada became more popular than the USA by the 1920s. New towns were growing and the Scots would be central to their development.
