Speirs/Watson help please.

[Anderson]

Thanks for all your help. We hope to get to Scotland, Ireland & England this year and hope to see if I can trace any info on people who worked at the mines.
Anderson

[seekthem]

When  you do visit Elderslie/Johnstone, the Morrison supermarket in Johnstone has a small room set aside within the supermarket as a museum which is very interesting.
Liz

[Anderson]

Thanks Liz,  I see that there is a local family history group but the web site didn't have contact details. Just wanted to find out if there were other Speirs or Watson family members around the area today & if any are doing their family tree.
Anderson

PS
Was it an open cut coal mine Ann?. You were  lucky your house didn't fall into the mine by the sounds of it.

[AllanWD]

Hi Ann,

I am a brand new member - not even sure if I am doing this right.  Anyway, your name has come up with respect to the FULTON surname and you seem to have links with the Johnstone area. Do you have any links to Fultons who lived in Johnstone and came originally from Kilbarchan and before that from Ireland?

My maternal grandfather was James Fulton and he was born in Johnstone and lived in the Thorn area. His father was William, also born in Johnstone. His father was Joseph, born in Kilbarchan in 1826, and he was the son of Hugh Fulton, born in Ireland around 1790.

I have information on several more Fultons who came from Ireland but I can't link them although I have strong suspicions that some are related. This is what I'd like to pursue.

If you have any interest in this or can help me in any way, please let me know.

Thanks,

AllanWD

[virsonlia]

Hi AllanWD,
I am a new member to this wonderful platform.
Presently I am investigating Lemon and McAteers of Co Tyrone Ireland and I noticed your post. Specifically, I have discovered 2 Fulton's in my tree.
My paternal gr father***married in 1852 Dorothea Fulton, daughter of Hugh Fulton
Also discovered in same family a marriage in 1852 between Mary Jane McAteer and William Fulton, son of Hugh Fulton.
I have very little  information on Hugh Fulton and his family. If you are interested in sharing, please let me know
thanks  Virsonlia