Elvis ancestral home is Scotand

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:34 am

From the BBC. Elvis's ancestry has been traced back to Scotand:

Elvis roots 'lead to Scotland'
Elvis Presley's roots can be traced back to a village in Aberdeenshire, according to a Scottish author.
Allan Morrison, from Greenock, said he had discovered that the musical icon's ancestors lived in Lonmay in the 1700s.

"I am an Elvis fan myself so it has been a joy to trace back their past and establish that the Presleys were of Scottish origin," he said.

Scotland was also the location for The King's only visit to the UK, a brief landing at Prestwick Airport in 1960.

Mr Morrison said the first Presley in America was a man called Andrew Presley who arrived in North Carolina in 1745.

I was able to trace his family tree - and when it got back to Lonmay it was like striking gold
Allan Morrison
The 61-year-old said records showed that his father, also Andrew, married Elspeth Leg in Lonmay in 1713.
The Presley roots in America could be traced right up to 1933, when Elvis's parents married. The singer was born two years later.

Mr Morrison said he started looking into the Presley ancestry in 1998 after hearing rumours that he had Scottish links.

"I was able to trace his family tree - and when it got back to Lonmay it was like striking gold," he said.

He discovered that most of the Presleys living in Scotland during the 18th and 19th centuries could be found in Aberdeenshire.

'Enduring icon'

They were based in Lonmay and the nearby villages of New Deer, Old Deer and Tarves.

His as yet unpublished book, The Presley Prophecy, covers the adventures of Andrew Presley during the Jacobite rebellion.

Paul Downie, a spokesman for Scotland's 40-year-old Elvis Touch Fan Club, said the news would delight Elvis fans.
"For years fan have thought there was a connection with Presley and Scotland and I have always thought his roots came from the Aberdeenshire area," he said.

"I would think fans will want to visit Scotland and Lonmay - I imagine there will be an upsurge."

Ian Dunlop, chief executive of Aberdeen and Grampian Tourist Board's chief executive, said it would be great news if the claims were true.

"He is an enduring icon more than a quarter century after his death and we would be delighted to welcome Elvis fans here to Aberdeen and Grampian to search out his roots," he said.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/s ... 559331.stm

ELvis has left for Scotland!

MarkB

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:44 am

Yep, it's true. I've visited Grouseland myself, just outside Aberdeen.

spittin_in_the_wind · Post by **spittin_in_the_wind** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:52 am

Probably 95% of the people from that region of the U.S. can trace at least some of their roots to Scotland.

Robin

tomcat · Post by **tomcat** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:56 am

ah elvis, that brings up one of my favorite stories. we had just moved to memphis. elvis had died quite awhile before we got there. the city was still abuzz about "the king." as an outsider, it was hard to understand. i made the mistake of sharing this with a local family while eating dinner at their house.

it got very quiet in the room and then the husband and wife exchanged knowing glances and broke out into laugther. the wife stood up and asked me to follow her. she opened a door to a room that was covered with elvis memorablia - everywhere, posters, ribbons, napkins, you name it.

she went on to relate that she had actually gone to high school with Priscilla and had been in the long, long line to view the body at Graceland. She then related that she fained a faint so the parameds would carry here to the front of the line where the medical station was, experienced a miraculous recovery and was able to pay her respects right away since she had advanced ahead of all.

oh my, put my foot in my mouth did i???? its a good thing they were laughing about it. must admit her shrine rivaled anything i ever saw.

IDAwHOa · Post by **IDAwHOa** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:49 am

spittin_in_the_wind wrote:Probably 95% of the people from that region of the U.S. can trace at least some of their roots to Scotland.

Robin

Is that because they are all VERY related to each other????

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 11:56 am

Does anyone know if Elvis was also part Native American?

selkie · Post by **selkie** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:43 pm

Aye he was Scottish descended. Didnae ye ken?? Blue Suede shoes would have gone richt weel with the Blue St Andrews Cross.

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:55 pm

Paul, we all know Elvis was born in the U.S.A. which would make him a Native American

Oh! Those Native Americans.

I don't think Blue Suede Spats would have worked in a song!

MarkB

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 7:26 pm

I always thot he was Welsh, because of the Preseli mountains and his singing ability. I haven't yet met a Welsh person (or predominantly Welsh-American) who could not sing a song or at least tell a great story. I know its a stereotype but yet to be disproven to me. So I made the incorrect assumption (happens all too often).

I never thought of Presley as a Scots-origin name. But the Geno stuff makes perfect sense. Right time, right place. NC had an influx of Highlanders (Cape Fear area) while Ulster Scots and Border folk came MOSTLY thru Pennsylvania then traveled aboot.

Considering the Jacobite last stand right around then, it's all the more interesting.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 1:14 am

The Weekenders wrote:
Considering the Jacobite last stand right around then, it's all the more interesting.

Last stand my eye. Mel Gibson and Billy Connolly have joined me in plotting the next one. Haven't our bagmen made it to your door yet Lance?

70,000 drunken Glasgow Celtic supporters can't be wrong, at least, I wouldn't try telling them they are.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 9:58 am

Well, they did get that rock back anyway, Wombly. Hey, I'm all for it..