This is a little strange. I've not been doing family history stuff for some time but I think madfrankie and I might be quite closely related.
This is what I have (capital letters show that I'm not sure yet but it's looking promising):
James Fraser c1808
James was born to JOHN and JANET in Dores, Invernesshire on 18 FEBRUARY 1808.
He married Catherine CAMERON/CHISHOLM from Dores, Invernesshire on 11 December 1839 in Boleskine. They lived at Duhallow.
They had eight children: Catherine, Flora, John, James and Donald, William, Jessie and Elizabeth
James was a carpenter and by 1851 he had taken on an apprentice, 20 year old Finlay McGillivray from Dores.
They had one servant, 16 year old Catherine McCrae also from Dores.
John Fraser c1847
John was born to James Fraser, a joiner, and Catherine Cameron/Chisholm in Dores, Invernesshire, Scotland on around 1846/47.
He had two older sisters: Catherine and Flora; three younger brothers: James, Donald and William; and two younger sisters: Jessie and Elizabeth
John grew up in Dores until his early 20s when he left to be a traffic weigher in various iron works in Wales and Scotland
John met Elizabeth Griffith in Glynneath where they married on 16 May 1873 and lived together on Oddfellows Stret.
John and Elizabeth had four children.
His first three children: Catherine, Rees Griffith (named after Elizabeth’s father) and James were born in Wales. However, the family moved to Tradeston Street (then Dale Street) in Glasgow city centre in the early 1880s and this is where Margaret was born in 1883.
By 1891 the family had moved out of the city to Westburn Drive in an area of Glasgow called Cambuslang, where they had a lodger.
By 1901 the family was back in Wales and living in 7 Sanquhar Street in Cardiff but by this time Catherine was no longer living at home DON'T KNOW IF SHE MARRIED/DIED/OTHER.
James Fraser
James was born to John Fraser and Elizabeth Griffith on Christmas Eve 1877 in Landore, Plasmarl, north of Swansea.
By his third birthday he had been moved to Glasgow with his older siblings: Catherine and Rees Griffith (named after Elizabeth's late father).
James lived in Scotland from infancy until his early 20s when the family returned to Wales, this time to Cardiff. He followed his father as a weigher.
James met Sarah Ann Allen at some time around 1905 with their son John James Allen being born around this time. They got married a few years later on Christmas Day, the day after James’ 31st birthday in 1909 by which time he had become a yard foreman.
By 1911 James, Sarah and their son John were living at 36 Singleton Road in Splott.
Their second son, Hector was born four years later.
Hector was my grandfather (although he died before I was born).
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