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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: spalding
« on: Sunday 17 October 21 17:04 BST (UK)  »
Thank you very much for replying. Perhaps I should explain what this is about. These girls don't belong to my family. I have (and have always had since I can remember) two samplers on my bedroom wall, which my mother picked up probably in an antique shop in the 50s or 60s probably in Angus (although that is not sure). I was looking at one of them the other day and thought that I might be able to find out who made them.  The larger one has two names on it: Jane Spalding aged 14 1827 and Elizabeth Spalding aged 13 1839. I have now noticed that besides the alphabet and pictures of crowns, animals, trees etc there are quite a lot of what I took to be random letters but in actual fact I think that they are probably initials of close family members, especially because there are so many Ss (presumably for Spalding).  I am going to write down all the "random" letters and see if I can work out something about who the family was. I thought that this might be a wonderful find for someone researching this family.The smaller one has only one name on it (Hutcheson) but I will look into that at a later date. Susan

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Angus (Forfarshire) / spalding
« on: Saturday 16 October 21 17:12 BST (UK)  »
Does anybody know anything about Jane Spalding born around 1813 and Elizabeth Spalding born around 1826. I have very little information but I think they may have been sisters and they may have had connections with Angus.
Susan

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Scotland / Re: Death at sea
« on: Tuesday 16 February 16 16:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Alan,
I have tried to get in touch with you via your email on your website but it doesn't seem to be working. Have you been in touch with Craig Stringer? He knows a lot about the event. having researched it. I know what I have read in the newspapers of the time. I can tell you a bit about my grandparents (Tom and Cecilia Burns), who lost their lives in the tragedy and also about my great-aunt's husband Alexander Clark, who survived. I was in touch with a woman once who lost relatives too. Perhaps I can dig out her email for you too.
If I can't get to you through your site I will send you a personal message through this one.
Susan

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The Common Room / Re: Name gatherers on Ancestry......an amazing complicated link
« on: Monday 17 February 14 12:51 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, it makes me mad, .....I had one chap who went from only a few people to a few thousand in less than a week.....what is the point??? I never get in touch with people who have thousands of people on their tree....it isn't possibile. On the other hand I have come across some great people who are genuine relatives.
Susan

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Re: Jute Mills & Iron Works Dundee
« on: Sunday 12 January 14 12:06 GMT (UK)  »
hi!
You should remember that a huge number of men from Dundee went to work in the mills in India. Also I have relatives who went from Dundee to Fife to work in the flaxmills.
Good luck with your jute workers Heritage...it's really fascinating!
Susan

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Fife / Re: can't read the header
« on: Friday 02 August 13 10:54 BST (UK)  »
I enlarged it and I think it says Muirdrum, which is a fairly common place name.

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Fife / Re: Who lived there? Crail Fife 1898
« on: Tuesday 30 July 13 05:33 BST (UK)  »
Thank you

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Fife / Re: Who lived there?
« on: Monday 29 July 13 15:47 BST (UK)  »
Thank you CailleanMac....I'll have a look
good luck in your research
Susan

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Fife / Who lived there? Crail Fife 1898
« on: Monday 29 July 13 14:56 BST (UK)  »
Hi!
How would I go about finding who exactly was living in a house in Crail in Fife in 1898? I only have the address, no names.
Thank you!!
Susan

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