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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: Weavers/Millworkers in Dundee (or Forfar?)
« on: Thursday 13 January 22 00:53 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Nikki

I had family who worked in Timex too. I'd think the shopping complex would be the Overgate (or possibly the Wellgate, but that's further from teh centre of town).

The names you mention are not familiar to me, but the address is!! My great grandparents lived at 4 Lawrence Street from when they married in 1907. My great grandad's sister and other family members were at 8 Lawrence Street in 1911.

I have still never figured out which mill(s) they worked in, but he was an overseer and she was a jute winder. Unfortunately the photo in this thread is not of them but (I suspect) must be someone in the family at one of the Dundee mills!!

Thanks for getting in touch, and please feel free to save the image of your great granny :)

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: Weavers/Millworkers in Dundee (or Forfar?)
« on: Monday 06 September 21 23:39 BST (UK)  »
Hi Nikki

Yes I'd agree that there are a lot of similarities between your great granny and the lady in the photo. Unfortunately all the information I have on this photo comes from the suggestions in this thread, as I found it in a collection of hundreds of photos from my grandparents and it unfortunately had nothing written on the back.

For some reason, I've always suspected that the man on the extreme right, without the glasses, is a relative. Annoyingly I have no proof of this, but a few branches of the family worked in the mills at various times and I just have a feeling about him.

One possibility is someone who worked at Ward Foundry, but he died in 1913 and I have no photos of him to compare to this one. I was hoping that this thread would help me to discover the date when and place where the photo was taken so that I could perhaps confirm whether this could be the man in question.

Do you know which mill your great granny worked in?

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: Weavers/Millworkers in Dundee (or Forfar?)
« on: Monday 18 January 21 23:26 GMT (UK)  »
Loving this colourised version, thank you!

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: Weavers/Millworkers in Dundee (or Forfar?)
« on: Thursday 20 February 20 01:11 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Douglas1379, I have his parents as William Hutcheson, a Jute Mill Mechanic and Amelia McEwan. When Thomas Dickson Hutcheson (a Hotel Waiter) married Adeline Massie (a Tin Box Maker) in 1904, he was at Benvie Road and she at Lawrence Street. Does any of this sound familiar? Thanks

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: Weavers/Millworkers in Dundee (or Forfar?)
« on: Tuesday 18 February 20 22:58 GMT (UK)  »
Hi to everyone who has responded! Unfortunately I had to take some time off from researching, but I'm back! I want to respond specifically to some of you...

Annie (Rosinish) thanks for your suggestion in reply#6, you said "You can then possibly find your relatives on census' as Mill Workers or similar & from the clothes dating find which companies were around such as Jute/Flax Mills?" and in reply#10 you said "finding out a date from the clothing would be a step forward. From that you could establish where your family were at that time & what factories were around at that time?" - unfortunately most of my family lived in Dundee and worked in the mills for several generations, and as Dundee was the jute capital of the world and had so very many factories, I'd say that it's definitely going to be a struggle, so I'm looking for another way to narrow it down. Just hoping that someone recognises the building or a person, then I can use that info to point me in the right direction.

Marjorie McLeish, you said in reply#7 "I am more then certain the gentleman on the left is my husband grandfather William McLeish! ... I have a few Pictures of him as well if you would like to see" but you didn't know how to add them - when you are replying, use the 'attachments and other options' below the text box and then attach a photo from your computer. Would love to see the man you mentioned! Also in reply#12 you said your ancestors were at 45 Cotton Road in Dundee. When was this? My ancestor's siter Mary Wilson and husband James Whyte lived at this address with their family in 1941! Any connection do you think?

Douglas Dickson, in reply#14 you said "I found your picture interesting the gentleman on the right looks like my grandads double myself and my grandad are Dicksons, my great grandfather was originally from Dundee." Well, I know of some connection to Dickson - an ancestor's sister, Adeline Massie, married Thomas Dickson Hutcheson in Dundee in 1904. They lost a 9 year old son in 1915 (fell in river Tay). Any connection at all do you think?

Thanks again to all who are making suggestions!

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: Weavers/Millworkers in Dundee (or Forfar?)
« on: Tuesday 18 April 17 00:21 BST (UK)  »
Hello Marjorie, I am very interested in contact. I have a feeling we do indeed have a connection and would love to discuss the Wilson connection too. Do you know, what Jute mill did William work in? I would like to see other photographs if you will post here? Thanks for the contact

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: Weavers/Millworkers in Dundee (or Forfar?)
« on: Monday 31 October 16 22:06 GMT (UK)  »
yes it may be weaver's scissors and needles, but it's hard to see for sure. i am hoping to identify the mill or the people by narrowing it down somehow!

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Weavers/Millworkers in Dundee (or Forfar?)
« on: Wednesday 26 October 16 22:40 BST (UK)  »
I am hoping that somebody may recognise the people or the building/background in this photo. My family held onto this in their photo collection, which has now been passed to me. There were no written notes or printer's mark on the photo. Due to my family's connection to Dundee and millwork from the late 1800s until the mid 1900s, I suspect this is probably taken in Dundee. I have many other photos and don't instantly recognise anyone who appears in other photos, perhaps someone reading this will recognise someone. My family names (and various branches) who may possible appear in the photo include Massie, Stewart, Wilson, Nicol, Ironside, Robertson, Hutcheson (but not an complete list)

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Scotland / Millam family in Angus and Perthshire
« on: Tuesday 04 February 14 00:08 GMT (UK)  »
hello. i have been working on the Millam family covering the period of 1650-1800 and some folk a little later. i have come across a lot of info on one particular family, James Millam born c.1777 in Newtyle, who married Mary Doig, which has helped me to discount some of the Millams.

I am descended from Anna Millam, b.1746 in Meigle. She married James Small in 1779 in Meigle. I believe her father was John Millam.

I have looked into as many Millam/Milliam/Millem/Millum etc as i can find, but i am struggling to fit family groups together. I have a 'jigsaw' of all Millams recorded from Perth, Errol, Kettins, Meigle, Newtyle, Alyth, Auchterhouse and Strathartine. I have now got some ideas of who may be family due to date/location.

I am trying to confirm whether I have the correct Anna, and then trying to follow her Millam line back further. There are a lot of people looking into Millams in England and USA but not many at all in Scotland.

Is anybody out there looking into the Millam name in Perthshire or Angus/Forfarshire? I am happy to help untangle things if there is someone else out there like me!!

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