The Ramsay Clan
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family came to Finland (in that time a part of Sweden) in 1577. The
first Ramsay,Joan, belonged to the Dalhousie Ramsay Clan in Scotland.
First the Ramsays were officers fighting for Sweden in the Baltic
countries and at that time family members were moving with the
soldiers. As the Swedish King could not pay the Ramsays in cash, they
got land in Finland as compensation for fighting the enemy.
There are two teories why the Ramsays have stayed in Finland for 422 years, the first is that summers in Finland are so nice that you do not want to go anywhere but the winters so hard that you have no means to go anywhere. The second teory is that the Ramsays wanted to live as far as possible from sackpipes! |
| Here you can see some of my ancestors; |
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| My father, Henrik 1904-1977 | Grandpa, Wilhelm 1865-1928 | Carl, August 1791-1855 | August 1859-1947 |
Anders,
Johan 1744-1811 |
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| Johana, Barbara 1769-1845 | Alexander, Wolter 1825-1891 | Anders, Erik 1645-1735 | Alexander, Wilhelm 1680-1761 |
Coat of Arms |
| Ramsay tartans red, blue and festive (Dalhousie) and Ramsay red (the one to the right). Click for bigger pictures. | |||
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To
the left the Dalhousie Castle from where all the Scandinavian Ramsays
descend. |
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Clan in USA
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© Mac
Ramsay 
16.12.2001