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Northumberland / one big family???
« on: Tuesday 20 February 07 19:17 GMT (UK)  »
I think I'm going mental...

here it goes:
great grandfather WILSON leaves Scotland - lives in JAMAICA and writes a letter to his sister, lamenting the death of her husband Eric. There was only one Eric, married to a Wilson female, who died in Scotland in 1866 - and since Agnes came from Dundee I kind of supposed that I found the right family.

Great grandfather marries and then dies in Jamaica and widow moves to England - her son Billy meets GRANT girl from Walbottle and they marry.

Grant girl's maternal grandfather is an Edward BURKE/BURGH from JAMAICA, but he marries in Haydon Bridge and lives in Acomb. Why was Edward Burke/Burgh a naturalised British subject? Why were his parents in Jamaica? When did he come to England?

Now I find that Elizabeth Lawson ANDERSON, who is a full cousin of Billy (daughter of aforementioned Eric), died in The Farm in WALBOTTLE on 25 August 1921. What was she doing there?  Billy and his wife were living in London...

Is this a conspiracy to drive me mad? 

In 1901 Elizabeth is still happily living in Elgin Scotland. Her mother died in 1920 - so why did she go to Walbottle? Please don't tell me that there is an Anderson - Grant connection, as well as an Anderson Wilson one.

Could it be that Elizabeth was just travelling and happened to pass away in Walbottle?

Does anyone have any suggestions that could save my sanity??

Greenvalley

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Stirlingshire / Elder family, Old Raploch farm
« on: Sunday 18 February 07 18:28 GMT (UK)  »
I'm researching the ELDER family who worked on Old Raploch Farm near Stirling. Thomas ELDER, born in Balquhidder in 1779, died there in 1863. He was staying with his son Peter ELDER, who was born at Port of Menteith in 1810 and died at Raploch farm bewteen 1881 and 1891.

Peter's death does not appear on the Scotlands people site.

other members of the same family are Thomas Elder, born in Menteith in 1801, grocer in Kilsyth. John Elder, Menteith 1812, colliery grieve in Polmont in Stirling.

Anyone with more info on these members of this particular ELDER family, please let me know.  Especially if you know who the parents of Thomas Elder are - the mother is Alexandrina WAKINSHAW, but was he illegitemate?

Charlotte

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Staffordshire / Chances glassworks Harborne
« on: Sunday 18 February 07 14:44 GMT (UK)  »
some of my GRANT ancestors worked for Chances Glassworks in Smethwick. On the 1851 census James GRANT is living in Scotch Row with his wife Harriett and the 2 year old John. Their son James Joseph was born in April that year.
What stumps me is that they then disappear. I can't find any of them in 1861, but they appear again in 1871, apart from James.
Harriett (nee Atkinson) is living in Newburn, Northumberland, where the Grants and Atkinsons came from.  Her son John is in Wiltshire and James Joseph is living with his aunt in Newburn.
How would I find out what happened to the family in the intervening years? Scotch Row no longer seems to feature as an address in Harborne after 1851 census
Meanwhile other GRANTs relatives are still in working and living in Smethwick. I know that there is quite some stuff on the glassworks, but is there any info of what it was really like to work there as a glas cutter?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

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Worcestershire / Grant Glass workers for Chances Glass works
« on: Friday 16 February 07 20:27 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there,

some of my ancestors worked for Chances Glassworks in Smethwick. On the 1851 census James GRANT is living in Scotch Row with his wife Harriett and the 2 year old John. Their son James Joseph was born in April that year.
What stumps me is that they then disappear. I can't find any of them in 1861, but they appear again in 1871, apart from James.
Harriett (nee Atkinson) is living in Newburn, Northumberland, where the Grants and Atkinsons came from.  Her son John is in Wiltshire and James Joseph is living with his aunt in Newburn.
How would I find out what happened to the family in the intervening years? Scotch Row no longer seems to feature as an address.
Meanwhile the other GRANTs are still in working and living in Smethwick. I know that there is quite some stuff on the glassworks, but is there any info of what it was really like to work there as a glas cutter?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Charlotte

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