wcgs2002
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saunders
« on: Monday 07 September 09 17:41 UTC (UK) » |
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looking for surname saunders do not know first name.
all i know is he died in either 1923 or 1924 before september he was killed by a steamroller while working for the highways
what i would like to do is find a newspaper article about this but not sure where to start.
i know two places where it may have happened kirkgunzeon or beattock
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Gadget
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Re: saunders
« Reply #1 on: Monday 07 September 09 17:53 UTC (UK) » |
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Hi
The D & G Archives would most likely have the newspapers:
http://www.dumgal.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2300
Nothing showing on SP for an adult male S*der* in Kirkcudbrightshire or Dumfriesshire in those years. I'll do a wider search.
Gadget
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wcgs2002
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Re: saunders
« Reply #2 on: Monday 07 September 09 17:58 UTC (UK) » |
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thanks will check the link
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KirstyG
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Re: saunders
« Reply #3 on: Monday 07 September 09 18:46 UTC (UK) » |
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Scotland's People is only showing 18 deaths for the whole country of male "Saunders" 1920-1925. aged between 15 and 60.
It could be worth spending a couple of credits to get a list of possible names. there are free credits available: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,353206.0.html
Hope this helps
Kirsty
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hume
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Re: saunders
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 08 September 09 04:18 UTC (UK) » |
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Hi wcgs, Gadget and Kirsty,
Could this be him?  A few years after your date, wcgs.
William McRobert Saunders, d. 20th September 1929 near Craigie-? Lodge, Water Road, Moffat (usually residing at Gotterbie, Lockerbie). Aged 26 and parents William Rogerson Saunders, shepherd (deceased) and Jane Saunders m.s. McRobert.
Death looks like lower ribs on both sides fractured. Both lungs severely injured. 
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hume
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Re: saunders
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 08 September 09 04:21 UTC (UK) » |
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I have checked out the RCE (Register of Corrected Entries) attached to the cert. on ScotlandsPeople,and it confirms William died around 11:50am on the Moffat-Selkirk Road, near to Craigieburn in Moffat. Death verdict was crushed/injured rupture of the lungs and shock, sustained in the course of his employment.
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wcgs2002
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Re: saunders
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 08 September 09 06:49 UTC (UK) » |
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not sure if this is right will have to check as i understand he died before september 1924 ?
but iwill check this information thanks for your help as i am getting nowhere trying to find newspapers that may of covered the accident
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hume
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Re: saunders
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 08 September 09 18:05 UTC (UK) » |
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Hi wcgs,
Where did the approximate date of his death appear from? If it has been passed down the family, perhaps details have became wrong. As so often happens! 
Are you related to the Saunders? If so, you could check for your definite known relative and check for brothers (or other male relatives) to see what became of them.
hume 
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wcgs2002
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Re: saunders
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 08 September 09 18:15 UTC (UK) » |
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from a relative i am going to check info when i see them , but they seem sure it would be before september 1924.
the only different thing i have found out is it could have been a tractor rather thana steamroller only just found this out?
is there a way of find newspapers for these years to check any storys about what happened
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Gadget
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Re: saunders
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 08 September 09 18:21 UTC (UK) » |
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Hi
I gave this reference earlier.
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wcgs2002
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Re: saunders
« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 08 September 09 20:25 UTC (UK) » |
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trying the link but not having much luck finding anything
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Re: saunders
« Reply #13 on: Monday 14 September 09 10:26 UTC (UK) » |
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is there a way of finding any brothers and sisters for william Mcrobert saunders
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Gadget
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Re: saunders
« Reply #14 on: Monday 14 September 09 11:06 UTC (UK) » |
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Hi
His parents married in 1901 in Hutton & Corrie, so you could check up on the births on SP from then on.
It could prove a wee bit expensive.
Gadget
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