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I lived in that area when I was young , I always knew it as Parkhouse school for the deaf , I did read recently that it was another kind of school way back , I lived in that area from 1969 on wards , didn't know it changed its name again , it's been closed a good few years now

i cant remember who his parents were , there is a big family reunion in stranraer this summer for all the decendants of the lowe family , the person named kelshan is organising it , who is your aunt and are you from johnstone coz i know my dad had 3 cousins from there and they used to visit my nan sometimes x

hi gary , not been on this for a while , seen your post about william hillain rice ...that was my nans brother , she spoke about him often, they were separated when they were young because there mother died and the father couldnt look after the kids , my nan was put into a convent to be looked after by nuns , she never new she had a brother because she was so young going into care  till later in life when he came to her door and said ..hello im your brother ...her nieces came up to visit her from johnstone a few times , she loved them all dearly , my nan passed away in 2000 , my nan was mary (rice) west , she was taken out of the convent when she was around 11 or 12 so she could look after her grandparents , she had a miserable childhood coz she had to do all the washing and cleaning for the grandparents and the aunts would get her to do some odd jobs as well ,on top of that she would go out washing stairs to bring money into the house...she lived to the good age of 88 and 11 months ..still miss  her x

hi...i looked at my nans birth certificate...her father was WILLIAM HILLAIN RICE ...married to ....MARY RICE (LOWE)... they where married in stranraer 12th august 1907...mary rice,s mother was ANNIE LOWE ... il get back when i have more info....hopfully soon

fotgot to say i have the forsyth in the family aswell ....i think its on my nans birth lines ....il have a wee look at the stuff ive got