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Daniel [Dan] Ramsay 1986-1988
Parents: Jack Ramsay
Marital Status: Edna Ramsay
Siblings: Maud
Children: Max, Tom and Madge
Occupation: Retired

Born and raised in Erinsborough, Dan Ramsay's father 'Black' Jack Ramsay was a local pioneer who had twice been mayor. Dan was enormously proud of his father's contribution to the area, and considered half of Erinsborough to be in debt to the Ramsays. He married his childhood sweetheart, Edna Wilkins, and they had three children, Max, Tom and Madge (or 'Maggie' as Dan always called her). But then Dan lost his job and the family moved to Brisbane where Dan brought up his children to be as outspoken and cantankerous as he was himself.

He always wanted what was best for Madge, and was delighted when she began seeing the respectable and dependable Harold Bishop, as opposed to the roguish Lou Carpenter. But Madge shocked Dan by marrying the philandering Fred Mitchell and moving to Coff's Harbour. After the marriage ended, Madge returned to Erinsborough to live in Ramsay Street - named after Dan's father.

Dan soon followed Madge to Erinsborough after Edna threw him out for flirting with Rosie Jacobs at the local bowling club. Dan quickly made his presence felt around Ramsay Street, reminding the residents of his family's claim on the street, and clashing with the family's rivals, the Robinsons, at every opportunity. Edna arrived down from Brisbane looking for a divorce, having had enough of Dan's eye for the ladies. Madge desperately tried to resolve her parents marriage difficulties, but things were made worse when Edna discovered that the marriage had never been legal in the first place because Dan had forgot to file their wedding certificate. Dan was determined to make amends with Edna, and after wining and dining Edna, they married officially before returning to Brisbane.

Despite the uniting of the Ramsay and Robinson clans after the marriage of Dan's precious granddaughter, Charlene, to Scott Robinson, Dan continued to cause numerous rows with the Robinsons whenever he visited Ramsay Street, most notably the time Scott infuriated him by insisting the street should actually have been named after the Robinson family. Scott had discovered the Robinson family's historic claim on the street after reading one of his great grandfather's diaries, in which he accused Black Jack Ramsay of cheating in the card game that decided who the street would be named after. Dan was disgusted at his grandson-in-law for bringing up the old feud, and was livid when Todd and Katie Landers changed the Ramsay Street sign to read 'Robinson Street'. It was eventually decided to resolve the matter once and for all by holding another card game between a Ramsay and a Robinson - this time Henry and Scott, in the neutral territory of the Clarke house. But Dan was so determined that the Ramsay's retain their claim on the street, he arranged for Charlene to fix the cards so that Henry would win. Afterwards, Scott demanded that the cards be checked, and it turned out that Henry would have won regardless - much to the relief of Dan, who could continue to bask in his pride at having the street named after his father.

After suffering a heart attack in Brisbane, Dan was unwell for several months, and was forced to miss Madge's wedding to Harold, after the couple had been reunited. He did make it down to Erinsborough a few months later, however, to offer Charlene and Scott a house he had bought for them in Brisbane. And as a thank you to Dan, the couple later named their first son, Daniel, after him - thus ensuring that, although carrying the Robinson surname, a piece of the Ramsay legacy would live on into the next generation.

Biography by Moe

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