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Renfrewshire / Re: John Anderson
« on: Monday 18 November 13 20:43 GMT (UK) »
Thank you both, Poozan and Monica - I'll be in touch soon!
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Renfrewshire / Re: John Anderson
« on: Monday 18 November 13 20:11 GMT (UK) »
Hello again,
John's Parents: Not absolutely certain; but two matching pieces of info from two different unrelated sources seems pretty convincing. A shame if now too late now for your book. (I should like to purchase a copy if printed for public!)
From OPR on website: John was born on 15 October 1793 in the Abbey parish of the town of Paisley. His parents are recorded as Peter/Petter Anderson and Janet Smith. He was baptised on 20 October at the Abbey. No others recorded to give a close competition for date and place.
From Story by Grandson in Liverpool: He was born in the neighbourhood of Glasgow on October 16th 1793.
Cannot think at this minute what else would help....Obituary from Singapore?....hmm...will try...
Thanks for text doc; I will check it too for extra facts. I have quite a lot on Shandon now from lots of sources both books and websites.
Like the sound of the Scotsman stuff. How do I find your email without printing it here; is it possible through your website perhaps? I am a novice on this system.
Yarty
John's Parents: Not absolutely certain; but two matching pieces of info from two different unrelated sources seems pretty convincing. A shame if now too late now for your book. (I should like to purchase a copy if printed for public!)
From OPR on website: John was born on 15 October 1793 in the Abbey parish of the town of Paisley. His parents are recorded as Peter/Petter Anderson and Janet Smith. He was baptised on 20 October at the Abbey. No others recorded to give a close competition for date and place.
From Story by Grandson in Liverpool: He was born in the neighbourhood of Glasgow on October 16th 1793.
Cannot think at this minute what else would help....Obituary from Singapore?....hmm...will try...
Thanks for text doc; I will check it too for extra facts. I have quite a lot on Shandon now from lots of sources both books and websites.
Like the sound of the Scotsman stuff. How do I find your email without printing it here; is it possible through your website perhaps? I am a novice on this system.
Yarty
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Renfrewshire / Re: John Anderson
« on: Monday 18 November 13 19:13 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for picking up this thread and for that information - I shall certainly go through those lines of your fascinating website carefully and check the details of my own sources. It was an enormous task that you did there to get all the family lines sorted so coherently. These five pages on Roots Chat of rolling-thoughts over time are most interesting.
I am confident that it is the same man, John Anderson, but not entirely sure of his ancestral history. I have his birth pinned down in Paisley in Oct 1793, to Petter/Peter Anderson and Janet Smith, (one day out from the date I had from a Macalister family story, written down by his grandson).
I am also trying to find if any sources of the records of the shipping companies he worked for (including Messrs G&J Burns, David Hutcheson in 1830-1850s).
I am confident that it is the same man, John Anderson, but not entirely sure of his ancestral history. I have his birth pinned down in Paisley in Oct 1793, to Petter/Peter Anderson and Janet Smith, (one day out from the date I had from a Macalister family story, written down by his grandson).
I am also trying to find if any sources of the records of the shipping companies he worked for (including Messrs G&J Burns, David Hutcheson in 1830-1850s).
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Renfrewshire / Re: John Anderson
« on: Monday 18 November 13 11:32 GMT (UK) »
Just chasing an old family story to do with John Anderson, master mariner, (ie Captain) of a paddlesteamer sailed from Scotland to Australia in 1850s and Google has found this thread from 2 or 3 years ago. Not sure if it is possible to join these 2 threads together. I am researching the ship and the man and trying to produce an illustrated booklet of the lives of the adventurous pair.
I also started a thread on Roots Chat last month with a query; but put Captain John Anderson as the title. They are the same man. I have had some success in his family line which matches what the earlier thread deduced too - some good detectives at work back there. I am indirectly connected to his first family, with daughter Jessie. She married a William Boyd Macalister; and he would be a somewhat distant cousin of mine.
I also started a thread on Roots Chat last month with a query; but put Captain John Anderson as the title. They are the same man. I have had some success in his family line which matches what the earlier thread deduced too - some good detectives at work back there. I am indirectly connected to his first family, with daughter Jessie. She married a William Boyd Macalister; and he would be a somewhat distant cousin of mine.
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Renfrewshire / Re: Captain John Anderson 1793 -1875
« on: Sunday 17 November 13 21:44 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for finding the thread.
I am making some progress with the family line, small pieces are dropping into place.
I am making some progress with the family line, small pieces are dropping into place.
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Renfrewshire / Captain John Anderson 1793 -1875
« on: Sunday 29 September 13 13:32 BST (UK) »
Researching old family story to do with Captain John Anderson his Scottish career and his Australian trip on board Shandon paddle steamer in 1854; and found relevant three-year-old postings from here about the family, out on the internet.
Still trying to find his parents, he is said to have been born 16 Oct 1793 near Glasgow/Paisley and died 1875 in Singapore. Also I have relatively much on his second wife and family, but little on his first. My family line is from Jessie, daughter of that first marriage, but not a direct line, mine are Macalisters. She may have been born in Belfast and she did marry William Boyd Macalister.
As a beginner to this site, unsure how to find the older postings as yet. Thanks for getting me started here.
Yarty
Still trying to find his parents, he is said to have been born 16 Oct 1793 near Glasgow/Paisley and died 1875 in Singapore. Also I have relatively much on his second wife and family, but little on his first. My family line is from Jessie, daughter of that first marriage, but not a direct line, mine are Macalisters. She may have been born in Belfast and she did marry William Boyd Macalister.
As a beginner to this site, unsure how to find the older postings as yet. Thanks for getting me started here.
Yarty
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