My grandfather’s birth is registered as Longside, Aberdeenshire on 7 July 1874. From a database provided to me by Laura Bozzay in Fenton, Missouri, at the time of the 1881 Census George lived with his mother at Scotland Road Cottage, Lenabo, Longside – also referred to as Cottars House. On 22 December 1899 George married Maggie Buchan who was born on 4 May 1881 at Balgaveny, Ythan Wells – my grandmother.
More about my Penny grandfather and grandmother here. I have happy recollections of visiting Grandma Penny at 17 Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen as a primary schoolboy; a photograph of my grandfather in Gordon Highlander uniform looks over my shoulder in my study.
Norman J Penny - Family 