Bill’s Individual Family TimeLine

Edinburgh's financial sector IT systems can now sort themselves out without Bill's expertise in software development and testing.

Goodbye finally to ...

• Aegon UK, Edinburgh (Pensions and Savings)
• Ceridian UK, Glasgow (Payroll and Pensions)
• Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh & Amsterdam (Financial Systems)
• IBM /Maersk Data, Copenhagen (Shipping Systems)
• Standard Life Assurance Company, Edinburgh (Pensions and Insurance)
• Kingston SCL, Port Glasgow, Edinburgh, Hong Kong (Mobile Billing Systems)

Norris dies in Elgin, at home.

Norris (Roger) dies in Elgin's Dr. Gray's hospital

Lizzie dies in Elgin's Dr. Gray's hospital

Brian dies in Glasgow.  Cremated at Linn Crematorium in Glasgow, service conducted by Janet Anderson, Deaconess in the Church of Scotland and friend of Bill and Karen.   

They met when Bill worked as a programmer in IT at the Queen's College, Glasgow, where Karen was a Receptionist and had worked there many years.  Karen was born in Melbourne Street in the city centre's Dennistoun area.

Following the lure of technology challenge and financial carrots, change of career to I.T. systems programmer.   First exposure to Fortran programming was with the Met. Office.

At the tender age of sixteen, thrown into 'adult' life much too young (voluntarily) straight from school when joining the Scientific Civil Service (Air Ministry) to work for the Meteorological Office.  First posting - RAF Pitreavie Castle Search and Rescue HQ, Dunfermline.

Turner Memorial Hospital Keith, home at North Bogbain farm near Keith.  

John McKay dies at Montgrew Farm (actual date is unknown currently, whereas the year is accurate).

The wedding was in Keith's Commercial Hotel in Mid Street.  Deep snow ushered in the event, and time was spent in the few days following the wedding with Ivy and Sandy Morrison (Norris's sister and her man) at Dyke in Morayshire.

Norris (Roger) is born at Montgrew Farm, the seventh child of fourteen, thirteen of whom survived into adulthood.

George McKay dies at Lockers Croft (actual date is unknown currently, whereas the year is accurate).  He is said to be the only family member who was born, lived, and died at Lockers.  It is known he travelled across the country away from home on occasion in order to trade horses and/or cattle.

John McKay is born at Lockers Croft near Newmill, which is now probably subsumed under Oxwell Farm and next to Followsters Farm.  John's mother and father (George and Mary) first knew each other as neighbours as Mary Newlands' family were in Followsters.

The year of birth is accurate, the actual date of birth uncertain currently.

The wedding was in Keith.  Mary Newlands was born in the Slateford area of Edinburgh, her Father having served as a policeman there until returning to his 'native homeland' in the Northeast to work ultimately as a cobbler or shoemaker.  Mary Newlands resided at Followsters before marrying George.

George McKay is born at Lockers Croft near Newmill, 12th October 1862,