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Quote from: dmcnair59 on Wednesday 25 December 13 16:04 GMT (UK)

Hello Chudleigh: I am very interested in your message mentioning a photograph album of "Scottish captains who stayed in San Francisco," among them Alexander Storm (b 1848, Ayrshire). I suspect he was born in Fairlie, like my great-grandfather, Francis McNair (b 1852) who also went to sea in command of windjammers, was a friend of Alexander (I think they both married daughters of Peter Taylor, another mariner), and put in to San Francisco many times. Alexander's daughters, Bessie and Katey, remained in touch with my family well into the 1970s. There is family lore to the effect that Alexander would not go over to steam, whereas Francis did in 1896. Would you forward a scan of Alexander's image from the album? It may be that we have a photo of him, but don't know him to see him. Of course, if the album includes a photo of Captain Francis McNair, I would love to see that, too.
A Merry Christmas to you!
Don McNair (Vernon, British Columbia)

I have both Captain Alexander Storm b. 1848 and Captain Francis McNair b. 1852 on my Taylor tree. Both married to Taylor woman. I would like to know if they are the same one's you have?

incidentally the one on fountains road was Union Presbyterian - my father's parents were married there.  Phyl

I have been searching for the family of William Kelsall Tait, who is shown on the 1851 census as living in Springfield where his wife was running a school.  I assumed that this was Springfield that runs from St Anne St to Soho St until I looked at the enumerators road pattern which has it running from Lansdown Place to Walton Breck Road. - ie in Everton.  In Gore's 1843 directory 2 Springfields are given - one is Everton, but I can't find any other information.  Anybody any clues to this?

Hi Michael, great to hear from you - our fathers were cousins.  Phyl

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