McWilliam gathering ca. 1912

Best guess for the date of the next two photographs is about 1912 - again in front of Glencorrie farmhouse  – by now a bit more covered in ivy (as Helen remembers it). 

The occasion seems to have been the visit of some friends or possibly family members who have done pretty well for themselves in some other part of the country - or of the world. First we have a posed group photo in front of the house, and then we have 8 or so of them posing in the back of a very early car – or charabanc. I am guessing that they maybe arrived in Dufftown by train and then hired a vehicle (and driver) to take them out to Glencorrie.

There are some unidentified faces here, but in the standing photograph those we know, from left to right, are: Alex, Great Granny Elizabeth, Jean, Jimmy, unknown lady in hat, unknown pipesmoking man in hat, Mary (also in hat), Great Grandfather Robert (well-bearded and also with pipe), Maggie, unidentified pipesmoker, unidentified girl, Grandad Rob  - and probably with his arm around young James at the front. The older boy at the front is also unidentified.

Note that some of the hats are well secured for a charabanc ride! I thought that the youngish pipe-smoker at the back on the RHS might be Peter, but Helen thinks not.
Great-grandad Robert died in 1915; so that helps us date the picture a bit.

It is mostly the ladies from the group who are pictured in the charabanc, but a new unidentified man (in a raincoat) has appeared. A man in a flat cap is lurking behind, and young pipe-smoker is standing to the side.

And now, from cousin Kathleen I have another version of this charabanc photo which shows Grandfather Rob leaning on the fence to the left, and a front view showing Great grandfather Robert in the front passenger seat!

Final bit of speculation here is that the man sitting in the back of the charabanc might be Willie - on the occasion of his one return visit from New York! Helen did meet him one time (a few years later in 1956).