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Fife / Re: HEADSTONE INSCRIPTIONS East Wemyss & West Wemyss Cemeteries
« on: Saturday 16 July 11 01:28 BST (UK) »
Thanks so much Norrie, thats an exemplary response to my enquiry, and I can't tell you how grateful i am for that information. I've spent the past hour just staring at the results and taking it all in. From just one post I have information dating back to the 1700's.
My grandfather was Christopher Westie Patrick (b. 1887 d.1980), plasterer who did most of his apprenticeship in Dysart. It seems that one of the reasons he emigrated to Australia via the U.S. in 1906 may have been the loss of both his parents. He later worked on the first Parliament house in Canberra.
Did you get the older information from parish records and census data? I only ask in case i want to pursue it further, but perhaps we may be getting close to the limits of written records in any case.
Thanks again.
P.S. I only have the Dillon side of the family from Roscommon to pursue now
My grandfather was Christopher Westie Patrick (b. 1887 d.1980), plasterer who did most of his apprenticeship in Dysart. It seems that one of the reasons he emigrated to Australia via the U.S. in 1906 may have been the loss of both his parents. He later worked on the first Parliament house in Canberra.
Did you get the older information from parish records and census data? I only ask in case i want to pursue it further, but perhaps we may be getting close to the limits of written records in any case.
Thanks again.
P.S. I only have the Dillon side of the family from Roscommon to pursue now