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Stirlingshire / Re: Marshall - Kilsyth & Denny 1800's Brick wall
« on: Tuesday 13 January 15 09:04 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Lady Jean, i guess this won't help with your search, but just to let you know i think we have a family connection through the Marshalls. Margaret Marshall married into my family,the Sneddons, some time in 1830 or so. I also have connections to Burns and Hay. Haggs/Hollandbush was a small mining village, so most people were probably related to each other in some way.

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Ayrshire / Lodge Farm, Lochranza Arran
« on: Tuesday 21 October 14 09:52 BST (UK)  »
Hi, In the early 1920s my great uncle, then 14,  was sent from Quarriers Home, Bridge of Weir to work at Lodge Farm at Lochranza. I wonder if anybody has any information about the place, and whether it took in other boys as workers.
Thanks.

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Stirlingshire / Re: Stirling District Lunatic Asylum Minute book
« on: Wednesday 18 December 13 22:11 GMT (UK)  »
 :)

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Stirlingshire / Stirling District Lunatic Asylum Minute book
« on: Monday 16 December 13 22:20 GMT (UK)  »
For people interested in the information contained in the Minute Book of the asylum 1890-1907 (as discussed on another post) you can now find this in the Archive Department at Stirling University Library. I purchased it from Ebay and donated it to the Archives so that everyone can access it. The archivist says the uni hopes to digitise the records in the future, which will be great news for family historians.

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Stirlingshire / Re: Taylor and Welsh families - Denny
« on: Wednesday 23 October 13 20:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi Billy, i haven't come across William Welsh in my research so far, but then it is still early days for me. It's perfectly possible there is a connection though, so i would be very interested to share any information with you!Please PM me, best wishes.

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Ayrshire / Re: Alexander Sneddon in Arran 1921
« on: Tuesday 22 October 13 14:46 BST (UK)  »
Just a quick update to say that i have discovered that Alec died at Ochil Hills Sanatorium in 1931, from TB. Sad way to solve the mystery, but at least we know.

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Antrim / Re: William Campbell/Ann McFall 1884 Clintyfinnan
« on: Tuesday 22 October 13 12:43 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for that information. I have also located the Scottish death cert for William, which lists his father, also William, as a farm labourer. It also gives his mother's maiden name as Robertson. He died following a stroke in 1939.

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Antrim / Re: William Campbell/Ann McFall 1884 Clintyfinnan
« on: Monday 21 October 13 15:37 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Elwyn, i appreciate your help. Out of interest, when 'type of tenancy' refers to Bog, does this mean the named person had the right to cut peat, or does it mean something entirely different?
Thanks.

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Antrim / Re: William Campbell/Ann McFall 1884 Clintyfinnan
« on: Monday 21 October 13 14:28 BST (UK)  »
Hi, i have looked through the Valuation Revisions Book and i have a few more questions. Firstly, each volume of the valuation records cover quite a number of years, and i can't see if there's a way to narrow down information to a particular year. For example, William Campbell is listed in the 1897-1913 book, though his name is scored through and replaced with another, presumably because he has moved on. Secondly, this is probably not 'my' William Campbell, because he is recorded as being in Ballycregagh as late as 1897-1913, when William and Ann are on the 1891 census in Lanarkshire, so i fear i may not be further forward, unless anyone can suggest another avenue? :)

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