News, announcements and general information

Former President visits Bathurst

Posted by: Ray MacRae, Mon 5 Sep, 2011

Mr. Kenneth MacRae, former President of the Clan MacRae, spent the weekend (3/4 September 2011) at Bathurst in the company of ordinary member Ray MacRae and our current President Alan McRae.

Ken came to renew old acquaintances and develop new ones. During Saturday he enjoyed a luncheon at a picturesque farm at Rock Forest followed by a walk around the lovely Bathurst town square completed by a quaint coffee and cake at a well known Bathurst restaurant. Bathurst made us proud by putting on a perfect spring day.

Slight changes to upcoming events

Posted by: Ray MacRae, Wed 31 Aug, 2011

The two upcoming events in October and November have ever so slight alterations please note. Thanks.

August 2011 Quarterly Clan MacRae Meeting

Posted by: Ray MacRae, Thu 25 Aug, 2011

Our quarterly meeting of the Clan MacRae was held in the Combined Services RSL Club, 5 – 7 Barrack Street, Sydney on Wednesday 17th August 2011.

 Alan McRae, President (Bathurst), Elma McRae, Secretary (Ashfield), was in attendance, also ordinary members Sue Catterall and Tony McRae both of (Sydney) and Ray MacRae (Bathurst).

Helping to connect families 2

Posted by: Ray MacRae, Thu 5 May, 2011

Elizabeth Thompson:

To connect to Christopher MacRae, Wagga Wagga

Hello Allan,

Sorry I missed your clan meeting at Glen Innes new it was on but didn’t know when.

I’m sending this to you as I’m a direct descendant of a Christopher MacRae & Ellen/ Elena Noble.

My Grandmother was the eldest born to them. Her name was Christina MacRae born 21st Jan 1880 at Wallenbeen she had lots of siblings. Unfortunately I never got to know her as she passed away before I was born; she married my grandfather James Madden, son of Thomas Madden & Catherine Madden, nee Harrington from Tipperary Ireland.

Helping to connect families 1

Posted by: Ray MacRae, Fri 29 Apr, 2011

This new section is for family members to reach out and find connections. Please send information to raymacrae@hotamil.com if you have information that can help or add to the following:

[From: Neil Mc Coulter]

This is from my mums side. Her name is Marion and she has two sisters and a brother. My grandmother was Jessie White Macrae (maiden name) 1913-1989. She had a sister Majery.

They arrived from England in the 1920s. Her parents were Alexander Macrae and Mary Maconnachie. Jessie was born in Yorkshire UK. Jessie spent most of her life in Gladesville (Sydney). She married in 1942 to Thomas W Bromley. She died in Mudgee NSW in 1989.

I'm trying to trace her lineage back. I can't find any info about her parents except from mum's (Marions) memory.

50 Years Down Under

Posted by: Ray MacRae, Thu 7 Apr, 2011

Ian McCrae C.B.J.P

Away back in 1960 I arrived is Sydney on the ship S.S. Oronsay. I remember very well, the high temperatures, they were unbearable. I believe it was about 25 degree Celsius. Has the climate changed or is it me that has become customised to OZ.

Madison (MacRae) Wright's Baptism

Posted by: Ray MacRae, Sun 20 Mar, 2011

Today, at St. Mary's Church in Orange a gathering of MacRae's and Wright's came together to baptise our youngest Grandchild Madison Wright.

It was a day of good weather and good cheer. We repaired to the Cafe Latte in Summer St., Emma and Aarons resturant, for luncheon.

We all have stories of our life, please share yours.

Posted by: Ray MacRae, Wed 16 Mar, 2011

Please send your story or stories to raymacrae@hotmail.com and I will upload on to your site for all to enjoy. They do not have to be a Shakespearian classics, just the facts, the readers will let you know much they enjoyed it.

User registrations and roles

Posted by: macrae-admin, Mon 7 Mar, 2011

While we went live with this site, as scheduled, we're still working to include additional features, access and information for new members.

We encourage new member registrations, with the default newsletter subscription -- this will enable us to keep everyone informed of latest developments.

Presently we're expecting to fine-tune a number of roles for new members, which will essentially be as follows:

Weekend stays

Posted by: Ray MacRae, Sat 26 Feb, 2011

Plums in seasonThe photo gallery is of a friend of mine (Patrick Bradbery) who offers farm-stay weekends (or will be in the near future).

Activities will include bushwalking, bush survival, or various farm activities as desired.

We're also planning for guests to be able to do craft work in the fully-equipped wood-working facility.

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