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Isle of Man / John James Caine (1858 _?1928)
« on: Friday 25 March 22 00:07 GMT (UK)  »
John James Caine was my husbands great great grandfather. He was a mariner, but in later life was crippled and became known as John the Matmaker. My grandmother-in-law told me that there was some kind of accident at sea and he ended up in the freezing water (possibly trying to save someone). The 1911 census gives his occupation as Mariner, but in 1921 he was Disabled Fisherman. Does anyone know how I can find out anything more about him. (His wife was Emma Amelia nee Gregor)
thanks. Janice Caine

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Other Countries / G. Mackintosh in Thailand/Burma 1910 -1923
« on: Friday 23 March 18 06:26 GMT (UK)  »
I have a strong DNA match with c Danny Mackintosh, who was born in Burma c 1960's (now deceased); his nephew is communicating with me.  G. Mackintosh (Scottish)was working for a forest department or a mining company in Ranong Thailand which is near the border of Burma(Myanmar) and Thailand around 1910.
He married a Burmese lady, named (Daw In) she lived in Kanbauk village Dawei, Burma (Myanmar) and they had a child (Donald Mackintosh) was born in 1918 Ranong Thailand.

Kanbauk is a Tin mining village. Later Donald was working as a mining engineer and settled down with his wife and children including Nellie and Danny.

G. Mackintosh left his wife and his 5 year old son (Donald Mackintosh) and returned to Scotland in 1923. He gave information and documents for his wife & 5 year old son to keep in touch. However  those documents and information have been lost.

I presume my DNA match is through my mother, Born Jean Lawson Mackintosh, & her father William Urquhart Mackintosh, born Tradespark, Nairn in 1874. He had a brother George b 1867 who may be the one in question but not sure. Does anone have NY IDEAS

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Ireland / Jemima Jenkins
« on: Monday 28 April 14 02:12 BST (UK)  »
Jemima Jenkins was born c 1973, daughter of John Jenkins, farmer & Deborah nee Walmsley as per her marriage cert when she married Peter Lawson, widower with 4 children, in Paisley, Scotland in 1902. She is listed as a spinster, though family members say she had a daughter, Margaret Jenkins, and a son who later went to south Africa. I have tried for ages to find anything about her, without luck, until recently in the 1911 Scotland Census I found that she was born in Ireland, as well as Maggie, dau aged 19 born in Ireland (the surnames are all Lawson in the census). Margaret Jenkins later received a certificate for long service from Brown & Polsons, where many of the Lawson family worked. Does anyone have any ideas of what to try next?
Thanks

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Nairnshire / Urquhart/Bain families
« on: Sunday 15 September 13 06:10 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to track down my Urquhart / Bain ancestors. My great grandmother, Margaret Urquhart married John Mackintosh in Nairn on 13 December 1861. Her parents are given as John Urquhart, stone quarrier, and Emily Bain. One of the witnesses is William Bain. She died in 1912 & her father is again given as John Urquhart, Crofter, deceased & her mother as Emily nee Bain, deceased.
I have found a death cert for John Urquhart in 1892 (aged 92), widower of Emily Bain, but cannot find a death cert for Emily. (His parents are given as Alexander Urquhart & Grace Boyd)

I have had trouble trying to find birth for Margaret, but think I have found it on Family Search, with father John Urquhart, mother Amelia Bain for 20 May 1841.
Other children to this couple are Jane, b 9 Feb 1829; Sarach, b 1 Mar 1831; Grace, b 12 July 1832; Amelia, b 14 Sept 1834; William, b 11 Apr 1836; Alexander b 12 July 1843; Agnes, b 3 July 1845 & John, b 7 Mar 1847 (d 1867)

i thought I found John Urquhart's father's death in 1868, but it turned out to be Alexander Urquhart, 3 year old illegitimate son of Grace Urquhart, of Delnies, Nairn. The death was registered by his grandfather, John Urquhart. (Johns own address on his death cert was Newlands of Delnies, Nairn.

I'm hoping someone can give me a clue as to what to do next - I've searched for death cert for Amelia Urquhart nee Bain with as little luck as for Emily. She was not listed as deceased when Margaret married in 1861.
Am I right in thinking that Emily and Amelia are probably the same person?
Any advice welcome.
Janice

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Bedfordshire / William Wright, Butler of Bedford
« on: Sunday 25 August 13 12:02 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for any info on William Wright, whose occupation was listed as 'Butler' on his daughter's marriage cert. at St Pancras, London in 1839. he himself married Hannah Pearson 14 July 1812 at St. Margaret's, Westminster, but as he died 8 Feb 1850 in Bedford and was buried 16th Feb at St John's, Bedford, I presume that is where he originally came from. I have copies of letter written to his daughter by his future son-in-law dated 1836 & 1837 to 27 Warren St, Fitzroy Square (London). A check of the 1841 census doesn't show any of the family at that address. Some of the letters imply that he didn't always reside with his family - possibly in service of his employer.
Does anyone have any idea who his employer might be, or any info about Wrights in Bedford?

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / William Ware of Nunnington
« on: Saturday 24 August 13 05:52 BST (UK)  »
Seeking any info on William Ware b c 1787, Nunnington, m 1811 Mary Pearson. Children Bethel Ware, James Ware & William Ware. He was a grocer & draper. he owned a freehold house & shop & 3 cottages with gardens. he died London 1866. Bethel Ware married Elizabet Ann Wright in London who was his cousin - his mothers sister, Hannah was her mother. The sons were all in the drapery/ hat manufacturing trade. Bethel emigrated to NZ.
would love to know more about Nunnington

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I need help dating this photo - it has been pasted into an album, but on the back was written 'Dinah'.
My aunt told me it was of Dinah Lawson & she was 'a cousin' . cant find where she fits into my Lawson family of Paisley. The ONLY Dinah Lawson I found on Scotlands People was born Feb 27 1899, parents Peter Lawson & Jane, nee Dougall in Kirriemuir. The photo has 'Sharps Studio, Kilmarnoch.
Any help welcome - the dress looks unususal - perhaps a uniform?

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Renfrewshire / Lawson Family - Brown & Polsons
« on: Tuesday 04 June 13 11:07 BST (UK)  »
Seeking info on the Lawson family of Paisley, many of whom worked for Brown & Polsons. My g.mother Elizabeth Hart Lawson (b 1875) was a clerk there & was given a clock when she left to get married in 1906. Her brothers Peter (b 1866) and Robert (b 1868) also worked there (& possibly brother John) - My branch of the family emigrated to Australia c 1924, & some time later was sent a newspaper cutting where Peter & Robert received certificates for 50 years service - unfortunately no name & date for newspaper.
I'd like to find out more about the family who stayed in Paisley. Peter Lawson married Mary McMillan c 1885 & had son Robert (b1889) and daughter Mary (b1891) (dau Mary married William Tait, who left her - she had a son George who was killed in WW2, & he had a son Lawson. I have a travel diary of a family member who visited Mary Tait & her grandson Lawson in 1950 - she was living at 12 Bute St, Glen Burn, Paisley.
Peter's first wife Mary must have died before 1902, as he was a widower when he married Jemima Jenkins in August 1902. I have a photo with Peter & Jemima with Robert & Mary, plus 2 sons & 2 daughters from the second marriage. I have not been able to find birth certificates for them - & I'm not really sure of names, though I'm told they are Alec (Alex?) Bertie, Dinah & Elizabeth the girls are the youngest, and one of the boys is in uniform, but don't know when the photo is taken - youngest would be about 5yrs.
Robert Lawson married Annie Knox Nov 1888 & had children Elizabeth H (1890), Robert (1892), Hugh Knox (1897), John Lawson (1900) .
Any info much appreciated - would love to find some new relatives!

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Nairnshire / William Urquhart Mackintosh
« on: Thursday 16 May 13 05:58 BST (UK)  »
This is my very first post. yesterday I looked at posts from Nairnshire, Scotland, but now can't get back to them - I've already seen them. How do I see them again?
So, my grandfather, William Urquhart Mackintosh was born 24.10.1874 in Tradespark, Nairn, Scotland. He left home at 14 (apparently 10-14 children in the family), he was a Gardener, and married Elizabeth Hart Lawson in Paisley in 1906 & they later emigrated to Australia 1924-25 with their children.
His parents were John Mackintosh and Margaret, nee Urquhart. I also have in my possession his brother Colin's birth certificate, b 30 May 1881 (however his father's name is spelt John McIntosh - I believe the names are interchangable), and a wooden box of Colin's with his name & birthdate written inside, and also 'Mrs J Mackintosh, 119 High Street, Nairn' - I presume his mother. I don't know how we came to be in possession of the box, as Colin emigrated to Canada. I believe there was also a brother Andrew, as well as other siblings whose names I don't know.
This is what I know as fact.
Several years ago (1993) a cousin (now deceased) sent me info to say that William Urquhart mackintosh's father, John McIntosh, stone mason's labourer, was born c 1835, and married Margaret Urquhart (b 1841), domestic servant, on 13 12 1861 in Nairn. (Margaret Urquhart was the daughter of Jon Urquhart and Emily Bain).
I was also told that John McIntosh's parent were Daniel Main Mackintosh, b 1811 in Nairn, Ticketed as a Merchant Seaman in 1845 . He was married to Anne Ross, and died 1854-61
I have since found  'matches' with another Daniel Main Mackintosh who married an Anne Ross, but he was born in 1822. Now I don't know what info to trust & how to go about finding it. Can anyone help please?

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