Ross, James Andrew
Photo credit to Ross and Cromarty Heritage (link) James Andrew Ross was born on 9th July 1882 at the Schoolhouse in Wemyss, Fife. This is not as specific as it could be, there being East Wemyss, West Wemyss and Coaltown of Wemyss, but checking the 1881 Census somebody has helpfully written across the page listing…
Read MoreReid brothers – Robert and David
Robert Reid was born on 13th November 1888, the son of William Reid and Jeannie Hoog, who had married two years earlier. This took place at Canal Street, Grangemouth, an address that barely exists today but was once at the eastern end of the Forth and Clyde Canal: That his parents were here was due…
Read MoreKennedy, William Alexander
William Alexander Kennedy was born in St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada around 1897 to 1898. His parents were Scots who had emigrated to start a family. His father, Thomas Clark Kennedy (1855-1939), was from Kirkcowan near Wigtown, and worked in wholesale grocery. William’s grandfather was a farmer in Kirkcowan (Kildanoch Farm of 1000 acres) and while…
Read MoreDouglas, John
I started this search knowing John Douglas was among the First World War names on the memorial. The CWGC website found 15 men of the same name but either they seemed linked to other places (Rutherglen, Hawick, Aberdeen) or no further info was provided. Fortunately, Scottish Military Research Group have transcribed war memorials in Scotland…
Read MoreMcCabe, James
James McCabe was born on 20th December 1885 ay 26 Williamsburgh, Paisley. (Many thanks to Margaret for finding this information; James’s subsequent Census records say he was born in New Kilpatrick.) In 1923 this property was renumbered as 92 Glasgow Road In 1891 the young family was at 3 Baynes Street in Stirling – sadly,…
Read MoreChalmers, John
John Robert Thorburn Chalmers was born over 50 miles from Bearsden, on the other side of Edinburgh at Dalkeith, on 13th March 1887. The house he was born in was called Woodbrae on Park Road – in 2024 number 23 Park Road is called West Woodbrae so it is a candidate for being the Chalmers…
Read MoreMcFarlane, James Arthur
James Arthur McFarlane was born on 30th January 1896 at Lochgarry Lodge in Lenzie; I believe this was on modern Garngaber Avenue. His parents, Archibald and Marie Wilson, were nine days past their tenth wedding anniversary. They had seven children, James was fifth oldest. Archibald was a “Laundry and Domestic Machine Maker” (according to the…
Read MoreDuvoisin, John
James Hurll Duvoisin was born on 5th February 1891 at 6 Broomhill Avenue – in modern terms just on the Partick side of the junction of Crow Road and the Clydeside Expressway: His unusual surname was because his father, Emile Francois Duvoisin was Swiss by birth, but living in Glasgow for over twenty years (more…
Read MoreTwaddle, David
Many thanks to Margaret for the photos.David Twaddle was born at West End, Garscube, on 24th February 1889. His father, George, was a forester presumably employed on the estate. His mother was Margaret Watt and he was the third of her six children. This is an extract from a map of the time – Canniesburn…
Read MoreReid, Robert
Thanks to Margaret for providing the photo above. I am indebted to Fettes School for providing access to photos available from their archive; thank you to Mr David McDowell for facilitating this but I understand the original source was Mr Charles Frater who arranged the photos and generously supplied them to the College. Robert Robertson Reid…
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