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Stott family - 1881 Eyemouth Fishing Disaster
« on: Monday 08 June 09 07:56 BST (UK) »
William Stott lost his three sons Robert, James and John and also his son-in-law Andrew Collin on board the Press Home boat during this storm.
Does anyone have access to the book "Children of the Sea" by Peter Aitchinson or any other information that may help with information with regard to this particular family??

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Re: Stott family - 1881 Eyemouth Fishing Disaster
« Reply #1 on: Monday 08 June 09 08:17 BST (UK) »
hi  :)

some info. here -

http://www.geocities.com/scotborder/Eyemouth.html

i have done some research on this subject before(smith family - i think)
looking at scottish census records for 1881 eyemouth really brings home
what a disaster this was for some families  :'(

ev

ps it mentions the book and a contact for the author
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Re: Stott family - 1881 Eyemouth Fishing Disaster
« Reply #2 on: Monday 08 June 09 10:44 BST (UK) »
I have Children of the sea. I also have a tree for a number of Stotts and related families. I did a tree for a friends wife she was a Stott before marriage. William was her 2g grandfather as was his brother James :o  The Stotts married into both sides of her family :)

Terry
g grandfather Thomas Borthwick 11/11/1882 - KIA 25/9/1915 aged 33 Kings Own Scottish Borderers

Brothers & cousins to Thomas (Both KIA same day)
Robert Johnstone Borthwick 1898 - KIA 24/3/1918 aged 21 North Staffordshire Regiment

George Lowden Borthwick 1899 - KIA 24/3/1918 aged 19 Royal Scots Fusiliers

gr Uncle Walter Combe b1893 - KIA 12/7/1915 aged 22  Kings Own Scottish Borderers

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Re: Stott family - 1881 Eyemouth Fishing Disaster
« Reply #3 on: Monday 08 June 09 12:24 BST (UK) »
Black Friday by Peter Aitchison.

Press Home.
Six men lost in the East entrance to Eyemouth Bay.
Andrew Collin, aged 36. Left a widow Elizabeth Stott, sister to the three brothers drowned on the boat.  Andrew was also the brother of Joseph Collin, drowned on Fiery Cross.

Leonard Dougal, aged 18.  No noted dependants. His brother James Dougal was lost on the Lily of the Valley.

George Windram, aged 25.  No noted dependants.  Two of his brothers John and James died on the Six Brothers.

Robert Stott, aged 26.  Left widow Ann Ready who gave birth to a girl, Bridget on 17 February 1882.

John Stott, aged 22. No noted dependants.
James Stott, aged 20. No noted dependants.

The three above were brothers.  Their father William Stott sailed and survived the Disaster.  None of the bodies of the Stott brothers were ever found.
 
Scottish Borders - Wait Binnie Aitchison Whitelaw Sligo Fairgrieve Fairburn Robinson Plenderlieth Robson Broadwith Park Dickie Kerr Wilson Lockie Oliver Brown Scott.
Ross & Cromarty, Forsyth Bain.
Kincardine, Forsyth Lownie.
Staffordshire - Smith Steele Hallmark Colclough Dunn Booth Frost.
Shropshire - Tennant.
Sheffield - Savage England Corn Trippett.
Lincolnshire - Savage Smalley Allitt Booth Addison Kirton.
Huntingdonshire - Corn Connington Randall Baxter Booth .


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Re: Stott family - 1881 Eyemouth Fishing Disaster
« Reply #4 on: Monday 08 June 09 19:17 BST (UK) »
Thank you for all the information.  Unfortunately the email to the author doesn't work any more.

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Re: Stott family - 1881 Eyemouth Fishing Disaster
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 30 January 11 12:48 GMT (UK) »
Hi not sure if this is still an active enquiry but the following link is an archived resource of the Geocities page listed previously.  A great resource for the names of the crews who perished in the Eyemouth Disaster also the boat names, from which harbour the boats came from and also details of the boats and crews that survived

Code: [Select]
http://www.oocities.com/scotborder/Eyemouth.html
Coulter (Fife)
Currie, Duncan (Buteshire)
Dolphin (Shropshire)
Hunter (Clackmannanshire & Glasgow)
MacGibbon, Macqueen, Squyre, Stewart (Perthshire & Stirlingshire)
Morrison, Muir (Lanarkshire)
Neilson (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Nisbet (Lanarkshire)
Smith (Linlithgowshire)
...and variants for the above

Also interested in:
Buteshire Constabulary 1830-1871;
PoW Camp 165 Watten;
Lanrick Estate (Kilmadock);
Ayrshire Hill Villages - Benwhat & Corbie Craigs

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Re: Stott family - 1881 Eyemouth Fishing Disaster
« Reply #6 on: Monday 31 January 11 10:57 GMT (UK) »
Scottish Borders - Wait Binnie Aitchison Whitelaw Sligo Fairgrieve Fairburn Robinson Plenderlieth Robson Broadwith Park Dickie Kerr Wilson Lockie Oliver Brown Scott.
Ross & Cromarty, Forsyth Bain.
Kincardine, Forsyth Lownie.
Staffordshire - Smith Steele Hallmark Colclough Dunn Booth Frost.
Shropshire - Tennant.
Sheffield - Savage England Corn Trippett.
Lincolnshire - Savage Smalley Allitt Booth Addison Kirton.
Huntingdonshire - Corn Connington Randall Baxter Booth .

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Re: Stott family - 1881 Eyemouth Fishing Disaster
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 15 April 14 11:11 BST (UK) »
William Spouse was my great x 3 grandfather, skipper of the progress. His son was John was Roy's old man and Roy is Stan Spouse's old man, my maternal grandfather. Thomas Spouse went down too sadly. Many did, many grieved. Man if great great great grandad Bill went down that day, I'd never have been here to give everyone the s**ts lol. Very frank man my grandfather, friendly too. Some of it probably ended up here. Family legend says about 9 or 10 Spouse family members went the way of the ancients that day. I don't see the record for it. Try looking up Spouse though and see that you don't get Mary, spouse of Arthur etc. A piece of Eyemouth dwells here in Adelaide, Australia. We ended up here because grandad Roy moved to Kalgoorlie Western Australia where my grandfather Stan Spouse was born. Feel free to see the pics of Roy and John. Roy is standing beside his mate about 1912 and grandpa John looks like a wooly bush ranger.