Collection of Pictures.

Brief picture notes have been provided. The Pictures in this section are supplemented by the Picture Galleries.

Where did the Ritchie's Live?

1/ Fintry Lived or Died
2/ Killearn Marriages, lived.
3/ Balfron Lived around the 1840-60 GrandDad and Grannie.
4/ Drymen Many records from here.
5/ Buchanan Annie McLachlan McCallum Born and Married.
6/ Stonefield Several families stayed here.
7/ Windygates Several families stayed here.
8/ Malling A farm where several worked and Lived and Died.
9/ Buchlyvie Granny Ritchie Born, Urquarts lived.
10 Aberfoyle. Ritchie lived about here for 25 years to 1915.
Port of Menteith is the Parish that covers most of this map. Many persons are only identified with a general description of Port. Some are buried in the Churchyard, lived about here in 1817 and after.
Balfron was where the Perth Ritchie's actually started, by way of Canada and Aberfoyle.

View of Port of Menteith. View from the landing stage for the Abbey, shows Port Church Steeple, the Hotel and some boats for fishing. Hidden in the trees to the left is Menteith House, estate owners, and the Village proper, about ten houses and a District School.

Gravestones of Ritchie's in Port Churchyard. William and his wife Elizabeth with behind Margaret and her husband.

Stonefield Cottage sounds like a barren kind of place, in reality it is a small house hidden in a sea of greenery. In fact there are two cottages, the other is just visible and has been completely rebuilt. These cottages have been home to several Ritchie families from time to time. In 1881 five different families lived here.

Windygates Cottage stands on a rise just off the Aberfoyle to Glasgow road. It could well have earned its name, exposed on high with no shelter. But a motely collection stayed here.

Ballachulish Slate Quarry, William Ritchie worked here from 1868 to 1880 Approximately.

This is the only known picture of Jeannie.

Helen Mcintosh. The actual date of this Photo is not known but is thought to be near the end of her life.
It is inscribed on the rear with a handwritten verse,

Love is indestructible
Its holy flame for ever burneth
From Heaven it came to Heaven return
So oft on earth a troubled guest
At times decieved at times opprest
It here is tried and purified
Then hath in heaven its perfect rest
It soeth here with toil and care
But the harvest time of love is there.

If someone recognises the verse would like to know where it came from.

Several of these have been extracted from larger wedding photos, see the set of wedding pictures for complete shot.

Janet Sage and James McKechnie as Bridesmaid and Best man.

Wedding Photo of John Ritchie and Christina Sage.

GrandPa and Grannie Sage, Cake cutting at Golden Wedding, 1954.

Aunt Effie Sage as a bridesmaid at John Ritchie and Christina wedding.

Rear George, Effie, David, Janet, Edgar. Center group Granny, Christina, Grandpa.

Anderson and Ritchie family group.