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Dunbartonshire / Re: Robert LATTA b cir 1816
« on: Sunday 15 October 23 08:43 BST (UK)  »

Hi as someone before me said there is a Latta Street in Dumbarton and the local libary will be able to provide you with the history of that.
 I also went to school in Dumbarton and there was a Robert Latta in my class, he will be in his 50s now. Might be an idea to go onto the Dumbarton Memories page on Facebook and ask around there about the RLs of Dumbarton :)

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Reference Library / Re: DBSIG: British Home Children.
« on: Tuesday 12 September 23 09:26 BST (UK)  »
How can I see the lists? I am looking for a little boy named William Craig who went off to Australia at the beginning of last century?

Thanks ,
Anne :)

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Dunbartonshire / Re: Lennoxtown Cemetery
« on: Sunday 10 September 23 23:30 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for the message ..worth a try I cant say I know them but theres an angela sullivan from here too...son of John who is the brother of george and david...

This sounds like the family of an old friend whom I am no longer in touch with. John, George and David had a sister Marie who sadly passed away in 1988 and who is also laid to rest at Lennox Castle Cemetery. Their parents were Vine and John Sullivan.
 

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Dunbartonshire / Re: Millburn Churchyard Cemetery
« on: Sunday 10 September 23 23:06 BST (UK)  »

Yes, Dumbarton Libary Archive holds a full register of those buried at Milburn.
 I know this for sure because I have held it in my hands and used it in my own research. Its an amazing piece of documentation.
 Sadly the number of children buried there is mindblowing. Most of the little ones under a year old don't even have their names recorded, just the word teeth or tooth which means I believe they are under 6 months old.
Also if I remember correctly, some graves were only held as family grave for I think 7 years before someone else was popped on top and in doing this the who is where question can become confusing and not every single person laid to rest there is in the large Millburn grave register .
But yes Dumbarton Library is where you will find A register maybe two. Good luck.

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Scotland / Sweeney.
« on: Saturday 26 March 22 20:11 GMT (UK)  »
Hi I have been researching the members of the Sweeney family in Ireland , Scotland and the US for a good few years now.
 I would really like to hear from anyone who has also researched the Sweeney family who desend from, David Sweeney and Kate Heggerty  and their son Denis sweeney who married Mary Boyle. Denis and Mary moved to Dumbarton in Scotland in the 1880s. I am the great grand daughter of Annie Sweeney (later Porterfield) who was the youngest of Denis and Marys children.

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Dunbartonshire / Re: John Patton in Dumbarton 1940
« on: Wednesday 01 January 20 23:42 GMT (UK)  »
Hi , thank you for the information . I have viewed the valuation roll on SP and I intend to go and view the local papers and the valuation rolls from the late 1930s at the local archive . Thanks for the information on the register of sansies , I will look into that too. I am really interested to learn more about the Patton family who lived there . There is more to the story for me which was confirmed by the 1940 roll . When the houses were first built my grandfather was offered number 84 and the other address of Mr Brown ,I think 76? My grandparents turned the houses down because they were happy where they were in Renton plus my grandfather didn't like the idea of a house with electric clocks! My grandfather worked for the Torpedo factory in Alexandria as did Mr Brown I believe, so the story with Ministry of Supply link has been confirmed.  Years later in the late 1950s my aunt (grandads daughter) coincidentally bought number 84 on her return from Singapore. In the 1980s my dad bought the house from his sister and my family still own this house today . I remember well Mr Brown and his wife and the Duncan family who still live 2 doors away . I remember Alice Duncan as a very elderly lady . One of our other neighbours has lived in her house since she was a child in 1947 . My parents house still has some original features which makes me really happy . Thanks again.

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Dunbartonshire / John Patton in Dumbarton 1940
« on: Monday 30 December 19 01:51 GMT (UK)  »
 Hi all , thought I do a wee quick project ( if there is such a thing) and try to look into the history of the house I grew up in . My parents reckon it was built in the 1930s but looking at SP I can only find a John Patton living there in 1940 ,nothing in earlier valuation rolls . I have searched SP for Pattons living at Dumbuck Road Dumbarton but nothing is showing up . I would love to know if they were the first owners or were there others before them and when did the Patton family or John leave? . Thanks x

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Dunbartonshire / Re: The Craig Family from Renton
« on: Thursday 15 March 18 16:13 GMT (UK)  »
Looking forward to it ! I have sent a message to Leanne. We can set up a group chat and compare notes haha . So so happy to have heard from you .  :D


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Dunbartonshire / Re: The Craig Family from Renton
« on: Thursday 15 March 18 14:41 GMT (UK)  »
Yeah just to add Leanne is Annie's grandaughter and they knew each other very well .

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