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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / German translation needed
« on: Saturday 05 November 16 02:03 GMT (UK)  »
This is the grave marker of my ggg-grandfather in Dusseldorf.  Please disregard the sloppy photography of my brother-in-law and the freckled forehead of my youngest sister.

 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Jane McCallum 1819 Shotts Lanarkshire
« on: Monday 15 August 16 04:34 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Rosinish on Sunday 14 August 16 22:58 BST (UK)
Mairead Jane McCallum would be Margaret Jane

Mairead being gaelic for Margaret

Annie

Thank you, Annie.  I will definitely pass that on to my daughter (now in her mid twenties) who has always been known to family and friends as "Maggie" although she was named Margaret in honor of my grandmother, a woman who was loved and cherished by all who had the good fortune to know her.  That lovely woman was also known as Maggie to her many friends. 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Jane McCallum 1819 Shotts Lanarkshire
« on: Sunday 14 August 16 23:49 BST (UK)  »
Thank you again, CF1981.  As a fifth generation Texan, you may regard me as quite deficient in my knowledge of Scottish language and custom, although as their eldest grandson, I was well acquainted with with my father's Glaswegian parents.  I am attempting to correct that deficiency and this forum has proved invaluable.  Last July I was able to visit Glasgow, Kilsyth, Edinburgh, and London.  That was my first trip to the UK.   

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Jane McCallum 1819 Shotts Lanarkshire
« on: Sunday 14 August 16 22:32 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, CF1981.  Scotlands People gives the date of baptism as 1819.  Burn appears to be the name of the house.  Latin phrases are quite common in the writing of lawyers, and Presbyterian and Episcopal clergy of this period.  I have adherents to both faiths among my Scottish ancestors, but no Roman Catholics that I know of.  A working knowledge of Latin was a requirement of most university curricula in the era.  Jane was the older sister of Grizel or Grace McCallum who was my direct ancestor.  I have attached the record of Grace's baptism record.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Jane McCallum 1819 Shotts Lanarkshire
« on: Sunday 14 August 16 07:51 BST (UK)  »
This information confirms and consolidates what I know of the family history.  My grandmother, Margaret Gordon Dunsmore (1892 London-1967 Houston) was the daughter of a commercial traveller for a lace manufacturer and grew up in Milngavie as the oldest child and only daughter in a family that included five surviving sons.  The 1911 census shows her to be a scholar of singing,  Press clippings from 1912 and 1915 show her as winning awards in singing competitions.     

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Jane McCallum 1819 Shotts Lanarkshire
« on: Friday 12 August 16 01:51 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to all of you for your kind assistance.

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Stirlingshire / Re: Alexander Rennie in Kilsyth - grave marker
« on: Monday 11 July 16 05:16 BST (UK)  »
The following link will take you to a view of the old churchyard in Kilsyth on the day of our visit. My cousin is 6' 6" and my wife is a foot shorter.  The Alexander Rennie and Rev. Dr. Robert Rennie markers are on the right side of the frame adjacent to each other and set into the ground in the horizontal plane. 
  https://www.flickr.com/photos/124304610@N07/27503105014/in/dateposted-public/

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Stirlingshire / Re: Alexander Rennie in Kilsyth - grave marker
« on: Sunday 10 July 16 22:42 BST (UK)  »
I don't think that is likely, Skoosh.  I have mined the Trades House material extensively and I  dont find a mention of Alexander.  Alexander Rennie was the tenant farmer of Alanfauld.  Alexander was however closely associated with the Reverend Doctor Robert Rennie, D.D whom he referred to in correspondence as "my brother".  Robert Rennie's second wife was Isabella Auchincloss who was the daughter of Robert Auchincloss.  Robert Auchincloss served as Deacon Convener of the Guild of Coopers (1781-1782), Trade Counselor (1787), and Member of the General Session of the Directors and Managers of the Town's Hospital in Glasgow.

Isabella Auchincloss was also the widow of James Mathie who was Clerk of the Trades House of Glasgow from 1790 until his  death in 1795.  James Mathie was succeeded as Clerk by his brother Benjamin who held the office from 1795 until 1831.  Benjamin was also part owner of the Glasgow Herald and author of 'View of the History, Constitution, and Funds, of the Trades' House of Glasgow' (1827).  Their father was David Mathie who served as Preses of the Grand Antiquity Society of Glasgow (1776).

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Stirlingshire / Re: Alexander Rennie in Kilsyth - grave marker
« on: Sunday 10 July 16 18:12 BST (UK)  »
The first line appears to read "AM AC 1745".  I don't know what this refers to.
The second line reads "AR EK 1796".  AR would be Alexander Rennie and EK would be Elizabeth Ker, his wife.  I do not know what the 1796 date refers to.  They were married in 1787.  Their eleven children were born from 1788 to 1809.  The next line reads "In Memorium".  The next two lines read "Alexander his son who died 12th Nov 1836 aged two years".  This refers to the son of John Rennie, 2nd son of the Deacon, who married Grace Young on 17 Aug 1830.  The next two lines are "Grace Young his wife (illegible) 9 Apr 1888 aged 89 years".  She was born 13 Dec 1799. 

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