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Greenhorn Clan/Blantyre
« on: Tuesday 19 July 11 04:06 BST (UK) »
Hi all,
Looking for information on the Greenhorn family of Blantyre.

My Grandmother Annie Law Greenhorn married name Joyce was born on the 17th July 1919.Blantyre.

Her parents were Thomas Hill Greenhorn born Bothwell Park 04/10/1884.
He married Jane Smart Smith on 14/07/1905. Stanefield Blantyre.
A mining family of 19 children,I have traced one other sibling Nellie who married Dan Connelly.

I still have 17 siblings to find and was wondering if any fellow rootschatters could help.
cheers,
Billy.
Anderson=Glasgow, Denny,Bathgate,Kilsyth.
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Binning= Bathgate
Miller=Kilsyth
Black, McIntyre=Ise of Lismore
Donald=Enzie
MacDonald=Denny.
Lymburner=Denny
Wright=West Lothian
Greenhorn= Blantyre,LKS.

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Re: Greenhorn Clan/Blantyre
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 19 July 11 06:09 BST (UK) »
Billy,  there was a Davy Greenhorn had a pub in Cumbernauld village, many moons ago!      Skoosh.

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Re: Greenhorn Clan/Blantyre
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 19 July 11 07:14 BST (UK) »
Hi Skoosh,
Thanks for the info,I will check it out.
cheers,
Billy.
Anderson=Glasgow, Denny,Bathgate,Kilsyth.
=USA  Alameda,New York,Boston,Illinois.
Binning= Bathgate
Miller=Kilsyth
Black, McIntyre=Ise of Lismore
Donald=Enzie
MacDonald=Denny.
Lymburner=Denny
Wright=West Lothian
Greenhorn= Blantyre,LKS.

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Re: Greenhorn Clan/Blantyre
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 19 July 11 15:24 BST (UK) »
19 children, Billy...that is a big family even by big family standards!

Hard period to research in for you. Checked to see whether there may have been any military service papers for father Thomas, but nothing (this can be a source to check for children's names/birth years for the period) but nothing unfortunately.

Hope someone recognises some of the names for you from their own research  :)

Monica
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Re: Greenhorn Clan/Blantyre
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 19 July 11 16:47 BST (UK) »
Billy, the Greenhorn's pub in Cumbernauld was the Masonic Arms, he died years ago and the pub is boarded up. Very sad, a historic old place.    Skoosh.

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Re: Greenhorn Clan/Blantyre
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 20 July 11 00:07 BST (UK) »
19 children, Billy...that is a big family even by big family standards!

Hard period to research in for you. Checked to see whether there may have been any military service papers for father Thomas, but nothing (this can be a source to check for children's names/birth years for the period) but nothing unfortunately.

Hope someone recognises some of the names for you from their own research  :)

Monica

Hi Monica,
Their father was a miner,
I got the no.19 from a book written by a cousin of my mothers who i cannot mention here,he could be out by one or two but i recon they would have taken up half the street were they lived.
Their mother would probably have been known as 'yon womin wae awe oh they weans'

Trolling Scotlandspeople is slow but i have 2 children only 17 to find,
Somebody somewhere will remember the Greenhorn Clan.
cheers,
Anderson=Glasgow, Denny,Bathgate,Kilsyth.
=USA  Alameda,New York,Boston,Illinois.
Binning= Bathgate
Miller=Kilsyth
Black, McIntyre=Ise of Lismore
Donald=Enzie
MacDonald=Denny.
Lymburner=Denny
Wright=West Lothian
Greenhorn= Blantyre,LKS.

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Re: Greenhorn Clan/Blantyre
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 20 July 11 08:44 BST (UK) »
SP has other possible siblings

1912 GREENHORN HELEN BROWN HIL at BLANTYRE /LANARK

1908 GREENHORN JANE SMART at BLANTYRE /LANARK

1914 GREENHORN JAMES SMITH at BLANTYRE /LANARK

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Re: Greenhorn Clan/Blantyre
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 20 July 11 09:41 BST (UK) »
Hi Sancti,
Thanks for these Greenhorn siblings,my gran Annie law was born in 1919 so I will search for the others  and down load them from Scotlandspeople,
If i go forward from 1905 (the parents marriage) i am sure to find all 19!
many thanks,
Billy.
Anderson=Glasgow, Denny,Bathgate,Kilsyth.
=USA  Alameda,New York,Boston,Illinois.
Binning= Bathgate
Miller=Kilsyth
Black, McIntyre=Ise of Lismore
Donald=Enzie
MacDonald=Denny.
Lymburner=Denny
Wright=West Lothian
Greenhorn= Blantyre,LKS.

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Re: Greenhorn Clan/Blantyre
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 20 July 11 11:29 BST (UK) »
Black, in his "Surnames of Scotland", lists Greenhorn as a local name from a place not known to him!
Skoosh.