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Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests / Scarborough- Emslie, engraver
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John Emslie and Mary Simpson, both from the Aberdeen area, married in Scarborough in 1877. They remained in the town until 1911 at least, raising four children ...
John (b1855/6 Glasgow) is a journeyman metal Engraver, with suggestions of Artist and Sculptor in census entries. Yet he is described as a Worker, so presumably in employment.
My question is: where in Scarborough was there a business or workshop which could have employed John Emslie over such a long period, and what did they make?
My interest is that John Emslie may have been my granny's father, through a pre-marital relationship with an Annie Flett. Granny's birth certificate names John Emslie, engraver, as father.
John (b1855/6 Glasgow) is a journeyman metal Engraver, with suggestions of Artist and Sculptor in census entries. Yet he is described as a Worker, so presumably in employment.
My question is: where in Scarborough was there a business or workshop which could have employed John Emslie over such a long period, and what did they make?
My interest is that John Emslie may have been my granny's father, through a pre-marital relationship with an Annie Flett. Granny's birth certificate names John Emslie, engraver, as father.