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Lanarkshire / Kabul to Kandahar Veteran - Thomas MacFarlane - COMPLETED
« on: Wednesday 25 March 15 13:00 GMT (UK) »
Thank you all for your help. The article was printed in the Glasgow Eastern Standard in March 1932.
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Lanarkshire / Re: Kabul to Kandahar Veteran - Thomas MacFarlane
« on: Tuesday 06 January 15 15:05 GMT (UK) »
Tom / Monica,
The ancestry tree you refer to Iain340 is my second cousin. I have full access to that tree and have supplied some of the information there. The tree owner made me aware of the Kabul connection. The paper clipping came from one of my first cousins ( grandson of Thomas) who has been unsuccessful in finding it's source.
The ancestry tree you refer to Iain340 is my second cousin. I have full access to that tree and have supplied some of the information there. The tree owner made me aware of the Kabul connection. The paper clipping came from one of my first cousins ( grandson of Thomas) who has been unsuccessful in finding it's source.
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Lanarkshire / Re: Kabul to Kandahar Veteran - Thomas MacFarlane
« on: Monday 05 January 15 23:46 GMT (UK) »
Hi Monica,
He was in Dennistoun in 1861, Barony 1891, Blythwood in 1901 and married Jane Heggie Calder in Dennistoun in 1884. His address is given as Annfield Street in 1884. His wife died in 1929 and is buried in the same plot at Janefield.
William
He was in Dennistoun in 1861, Barony 1891, Blythwood in 1901 and married Jane Heggie Calder in Dennistoun in 1884. His address is given as Annfield Street in 1884. His wife died in 1929 and is buried in the same plot at Janefield.
William
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Lanarkshire / Re: Kabul to Kandahar Veteran - Thomas MacFarlane
« on: Monday 05 January 15 23:29 GMT (UK) »
Hi Monica,
The exact date of his death is 3rd March 1932. His address is given as 152 Duke Street and his death was registered by his son. The article had intimated that he had passed away the previous week, but there is no death notice in the Glasgow Herald in the whole of March 1932.
William
I have been given the following information re his burial plot. Glasgow Eastern Necropolis register of lairs D-CEM 1/6/3/4 cert. 11995. Thomas McFARLANE 133, Sydney St. Compartment 2 N° 1482 There are 6 people in this plot, the most recent being in 1992.
The exact date of his death is 3rd March 1932. His address is given as 152 Duke Street and his death was registered by his son. The article had intimated that he had passed away the previous week, but there is no death notice in the Glasgow Herald in the whole of March 1932.
William
I have been given the following information re his burial plot. Glasgow Eastern Necropolis register of lairs D-CEM 1/6/3/4 cert. 11995. Thomas McFARLANE 133, Sydney St. Compartment 2 N° 1482 There are 6 people in this plot, the most recent being in 1992.
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Lanarkshire / Kabul to Kandahar Veteran - Thomas MacFarlane
« on: Monday 05 January 15 22:52 GMT (UK) »
I have been given the attached newspaper clip reporting the death on Thomas MacFarlane, a Kabul to Kandahar veteran. I have tried the Glasgow Herald online archives for March 1932 without success. Thomas was born 1949 in Hamilton and died on 3rd March 1932 in Glasgow (Calton) and is buried in Janefield Cemetary in Glasgow.
Half of the article is missing and I am trying to trace the original article as there appears to be more information regarding his family. Is there any other newspapers local to Glasgow that may have carried this article.
Half of the article is missing and I am trying to trace the original article as there appears to be more information regarding his family. Is there any other newspapers local to Glasgow that may have carried this article.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Chromo2 DNA Results from BritainsDNA /ScotlandsDNA / IrelandsDNA
« on: Wednesday 19 February 14 11:03 GMT (UK) »
I take it this is for your Mather line. Do your Hamiltons include Alexander Hamilton ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton ) who was also supposedly an M253.
Yes this is my Mather line which I have gone back 6 generations. The mother of John Mather (4 generations back) was a Janet Hamilton. Her paternal line goes back to Robert Hamilton born circa 1715 in Lesmahagow. No connection to Alexander Hamilton.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Chromo2 DNA Results from BritainsDNA /ScotlandsDNA / IrelandsDNA
« on: Tuesday 18 February 14 21:16 GMT (UK) »
Hi. I have just received my Chromo2 results from ScotlandsDNA but have not yet got access to the raw data. I am Haplogroup I-M253 Subtype I-S337. I am willing to share the raw data when it becomes available.
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Lanarkshire / Re: John & William MATHER born c1700 - possibly Hamilton
« on: Wednesday 12 February 14 23:17 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sancti,
1750 Mather, William (Reference CC8/8/113 Edinburgh Commissary Court)
In William's will he bequeaths money to his brother John and also to John's children. Money is also bequeathed to his daughter Mary. There is no reference to his parents or any other siblings.
1752 Public Records Office - Catalogue Reference:Prob 11/796 Image reference 396
Mary makes a bequeath to her uncle John Mather and his wife. Also to their children.
Reference to Mary's will also appears in "The Commissariot Record of Hamilton and Campsie"
(Mather, Margaret, eldest lawful daughter to the deceased John M., merchant in Hamilton, and Katherine Strang, spouses, and cousin-german of the deceased Mary M., of the par. of St. Ann, Middlesex T. 28 Jan. 1757)
The information from both wills I feel provides sufficient evidence that John and William are brothers. There are older records in Hamilton for the Mather name but I cannot make the next step backwards until I find their parents. I have found 6 Mather births in the OPRs from 1673 to 1693 but no John or William.
There is also a marriage in 1689 between a John Mather and Jean Alston in Hamilton. John's grandson Gavin Mather married Euphemia Alston in 1831. This could just be a coincidence.
William
1750 Mather, William (Reference CC8/8/113 Edinburgh Commissary Court)
In William's will he bequeaths money to his brother John and also to John's children. Money is also bequeathed to his daughter Mary. There is no reference to his parents or any other siblings.
1752 Public Records Office - Catalogue Reference:Prob 11/796 Image reference 396
Mary makes a bequeath to her uncle John Mather and his wife. Also to their children.
Reference to Mary's will also appears in "The Commissariot Record of Hamilton and Campsie"
(Mather, Margaret, eldest lawful daughter to the deceased John M., merchant in Hamilton, and Katherine Strang, spouses, and cousin-german of the deceased Mary M., of the par. of St. Ann, Middlesex T. 28 Jan. 1757)
The information from both wills I feel provides sufficient evidence that John and William are brothers. There are older records in Hamilton for the Mather name but I cannot make the next step backwards until I find their parents. I have found 6 Mather births in the OPRs from 1673 to 1693 but no John or William.
There is also a marriage in 1689 between a John Mather and Jean Alston in Hamilton. John's grandson Gavin Mather married Euphemia Alston in 1831. This could just be a coincidence.
William
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Lanarkshire / John & William MATHER born c1700 - possibly Hamilton
« on: Tuesday 11 February 14 23:07 GMT (UK) »
I need help finding the births and parents of two brothers John and William MATHER who were born about 1700.
I have found William's death in London in 1748. He was a tailor to trade.
The brother John married Katharin STRANG in Hamilton in 1724 and died 1752-1757 (probably Hamilton) He had 10 children with births ranging from 1725 - 1743.
William's will and his daughter Mary's will ties these two brothers together.
I have been unable to find their births in Lanarkshire in that timespan. The closest that I have got is two brothers with their names born in Kelso which I have not ruled out. Any help would be appreciated.
I have found William's death in London in 1748. He was a tailor to trade.
The brother John married Katharin STRANG in Hamilton in 1724 and died 1752-1757 (probably Hamilton) He had 10 children with births ranging from 1725 - 1743.
William's will and his daughter Mary's will ties these two brothers together.
I have been unable to find their births in Lanarkshire in that timespan. The closest that I have got is two brothers with their names born in Kelso which I have not ruled out. Any help would be appreciated.