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The Common Room / Re: Image Identification?
« on: Tuesday 12 December 17 07:40 GMT (UK)  »
I have edited the original post to make things clearer.

Unfortunately, the back of the card is completely blank, hence the appeal, though it's a very long shot!

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The Common Room / Re: Image Identification?
« on: Monday 11 December 17 22:53 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for clarifying that, JenB!

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The Common Room / Image Identification?
« on: Monday 11 December 17 20:15 GMT (UK)  »
This young lady ( http://martinsawers.co.uk/links/MysteryGirl.jpg ) is a bit of a mystery.  I would dearly like to identify her.

I have approached the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Whyte Photographic Archive and, when their experienced archivist is available, I'm sure she'll do her best to work through the 140,000 plate in the collection!

In the meantime, I thought it worth a punt to see if anyone on here recognised her!

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Stirlingshire / Re: Sconce Family and Links to Sawers
« on: Friday 27 January 17 08:53 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, and I'm also familiar with that excellent site.

It's the connections between the two families I am hoping to research.

I see from the Sconce list that someone died 1919, which leads me to hope that there may well be living relatives possibly conducting some research themselves!

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Stirlingshire / Re: Sconce Family and Links to Sawers
« on: Tuesday 24 January 17 14:14 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, Sandy.

Yes, I have that book, and very interesting it is too.

I am hoping that someone may have done some research on the family Sconce, and that further links can be made.  Wills might be useful in this regard...

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Stirlingshire / Sconce Family and Links to Sawers
« on: Sunday 22 January 17 19:40 GMT (UK)  »
I would like to find out more about the Sconce family in Stirling.  The branch I am interested is focussed around Robert Sconce, Writer, later Sheriff-Substitute of Stirlingshire:

Mentioned in 1841 Census as aged 30, Writer, at Park Lodge
Mentioned in 1851 Census as aged 41, Writer, Sheriff-Substitute of Stirlingshire, at Southfield
Mentioned in 1871 Census as aged 61, Sheriff-Substitute of Stirlingshire, at Viewfield, Springbank

Robert Sconce m, 4/6/1832 Agnes Colquhoun
Robert, b 1/5/1833
Gideon Colquhoun, b 27/11/1834
James, b 2/4/1836
Helen Colquhoun, b 26/9/1838 [? married Thomas Galbraith??] [?son William b1862?]
Robert Archibald, b 8/8/1840 [??d 1843??]

One branch of the Sawers family produced John Sawers (1790-1853), also a writer who, I’m pretty sure, formed the solicitors’ partnership Sawers & Sconce, to which a more direct ancestor of mine, Robert Sawers (1821-1879) was apprenticed as a youngster.

Is anyone researching the Sconce family?
Are you a direct descendant?
Do you have any further information about the links between the Sconces and the Sawerses?

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Census and Resource Discussion / Re: GenealogyJ new release looks good.
« on: Friday 05 September 14 12:23 BST (UK)  »
I've been using this for some time, and find it very good.  I particularly like the 'All-in'one-Chart' feature.

I recently had difficulty when the version was upgraded, as one or two features and the access to them were changed.  However, I got particularly helpful support from the developer himself, Nils Meier, which I thought quite impressive, especially as he's not a native speaker/writer of English (he's German, I believe).

Gets the thumbs up from me!

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The Lighter Side / Re: BBC 1 WDYTYA: Series 11, Episode 5, Sheridan Smith
« on: Friday 05 September 14 12:11 BST (UK)  »
You may find the actor behind the Mrs Brown character to be quite a relief.  I won't spoil it for you, but don't be put off by the Mrs Brown character - just a stage persona.

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Stirlingshire / Re: How To Confirm a Probable Tree Link?
« on: Tuesday 02 September 14 16:01 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks, Ruskie.

That gives me lots of ideas to follow up!

One bit of information about the idea of his being a weaver is from the Stirling Weavers' Guild Minute Book:

Weavers' Minute Book
Stirling 28 March 1748
The which day Jamesis Sawrers has become servant or Journeyman
to William Gillscroft and that from Candlemas 1748 to Candlemas
1749 and that he obliges himself to serve his (serve his his)
good master as a servant ought and should do

James [ ] present Deacon
Henry [ ] clerk

Records 1734- 1760 5 November 1757
Anent the bill of Entry given in by James Sawyers merchant
and weaver in St Ninians craving to be allowed to trade and
mechandise as a Gild brother within this Burgh during life,
It being verified to the Gildry that he had the qualifications
required in a person craving as aforesaid, The Gildry therefore
find him qualified, but before admission Remits him to be sworn
as a Burgess in the Town Council as usual

My James also got married in 1757.

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