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Renfrewshire / Re: Bonar in Greenock
« on: Friday 15 April 11 14:50 BST (UK)  »
hi alan--
              I am not a bonar descendant but i am interested in major dan bonar mbe as he and his wife violet were family friends.
 in the 1871 census his father charles is age 2 with his grandparents --john and rose bonar at shaw street,greenock.both grandparents born ireland
and charles born greenock. since charles called his son daniel ( my major bonar,age 2 in the 1901 census) I suppose a descendant may have been daniel bonar too.
can you find these names on your bonar tree.?
                                                         from joyce

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Renfrewshire / Re: Bank Top Boys Home
« on: Thursday 07 April 11 20:20 BST (UK)  »
hi --
      I have just found 3 of the bonar boys an industrial school in greenock.
father is in lodgings and mother annie in another institution in greenock.
major dan bonar was a lifelong friend of my husband's parents--he was a lovely man and really did well in the army--considering his poor start in life.
 i have obtained a transcript of major bonar's oral history about the home
from the mclean museum-----very interesting.
it describes the day to day life in the home.
some boys were there for crimes but dan and his brothers were there as their mother was an alcoholic and their father was working so couldn't look after
them-----from joyce.

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Renfrewshire / Re: Bonar in Greenock
« on: Thursday 07 April 11 17:03 BST (UK)  »
hi ---
  my husbands parents were very friendly with a dan and violet bonar.
he was major dan and a lovely man.i have just been searching for him in the new 1911 census --aged 12---no luck at first but i found him eventually
--under dan bonar--in the industral school for boys in greenock.
he and 2 of his brothers had been put in there .
his father i found as a sugar house worker in lodgings in greenock---where was the mother?---i checked --she didn't die till1921. why were they put in care?
phoned about this oral history at the mclean museum today that major dan had contributed later in life.
turns out the mother was an alcoholic and the father couldn't work and look after them--poor things!!!!!
 you can't be descended from dan as  he had no children so it must be from some of the other bonar brothers or dan's uncles.
let me know if you need any more info-  best wishes from joyce


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