Moving 10 years on, she was married to a Gaelic-speaking crofter in the west of Scotland. She must have continued to work in service. though. One of my uncle's said she was a ladies maid at 'the big hoose'. However, in 1911, she was recorded as a 'crofter's wife'. Still haven't managed to figure out how she met my great-grandfather. Did she move to Scotland and work there? Or did she meet him when a family she worked for took their servants to Scotland for the shooting season?"
Shona; have you tried a bit of research for the Christy family? I am sure you know that it is a Scottish name (I have Scottish friends with that name) so maybe they were the employers who took her to Scotland and finding out more about them and their houses may give you some clues as to how your gt. grandparents met.
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