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Armed Forces / Re: Royal Horse Artillery WW1
« on: Sunday 26 August 12 10:59 BST (UK)  »
British Postal Appointment Book Aug 1908 Alexander T Duncan in Stirling appointed as
SC & J(could be a T) Dont know what the acronym stands for. Could be the reason he was transferred to the Signals
Eddie

SC & T stands for Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist, think you are correct in your assumptions and the Telephone/Telegraph experience was in demand.

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Armed Forces / Re: Royal Horse Artillery WW1
« on: Saturday 25 August 12 20:44 BST (UK)  »
Brilliant, my thanks to everyone.
Yes he did live at James Street, Stirling and 11 Waverley Crescent so you have the right man.
Did stay on in the occupation army after war family gossip said, maybe did some admin in London before he was discharged. He would obviously have to have had some time in London or he would not have met my grandmother who stayed near West Green. Tooting possible but it is South of the River, dont know how he met my grandmother but she was partially blind from her twenties.
He did work for the Post Office and worked in the telegraph office to begin with, finished as deputy head of PO in Stirling. Thought he was a Lieutenant through family info (all now deceased) but was not sure.
Many thanks again, now much more I can put on his tree as fact and not just rumour or speculation. 

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Armed Forces / Royal Horse Artillery WW1
« on: Saturday 25 August 12 16:17 BST (UK)  »
Hi, I am trying to trace my Grandfathers war record but unfortunately know so little. He was (I believe) in the Royal Horse Artillery and stayed on after victory with the occupation army. Guess he was done by 1921 as he married in West Green, London in that year and moved back to Scotland with his new wife. He finished as a Lieutenant and that is all I know. Not really enough to stand a good chance of getting some info on his record and thats before the Germans bombed the records in WW2. Have attached two photos of him in uniform in the hope that the knowledgeable can gleam some information from his uniform which is beyond my capabilities. His name was Alexander Thomas Duncan, b. 6/10/1889 in Fala, Scotland.
I would be grateful if knowledgeable people could pass on information to me, eg regimental badge etc from these photos.
Stayed with him when young teenager while parents lived in remote Scotland and wish to do him justice on the family tree as he was a big influence on me.
Thanks, Alan.

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Canada / Re: May H Stewart - Port Dalhousie - Ontario - Canada
« on: Sunday 29 January 12 23:18 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you both for your reply.
I do off course want to hear from people who may have information on May Stewart and her family but another reason I post on this site is it is so good on a search for the individual I am looking for information on and I live in hope that her/their living relatives will do a search on her and connect with me enabling us to share information.
Thanks again to both of you, I did not know the 1921 census was out next year nor the Port Dalhousie library option.
_Alan

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Canada / May H Stewart - Port Dalhousie - Ontario - Canada
« on: Wednesday 25 January 12 09:44 GMT (UK)  »
Looking for a marriage of May H Stewart probably in Port Dalhousie, Ontario.
Last record of her is in the Port Dalhousie public school records in 1917 as M Stewart, born Scotland 1904, mother Isabella Stewart, Main Street, Port Dalhousie. Her mother is know to have been in Port Dalhousie in 1932 so suggests May would have got married in the area.
Her family is listed on the 1911 census in Thorlold, Ontario under STWART with the E missing. John M Stewart is given as her father though she was born four or five years before her parents were married. So many possibilities, Her father was married twice, her mother married twice, adopted, conceived before her father went to Canada on his own before coming back to marry her mum and bring them both to Canada in 1911, he killed in WW1, 1916 (I have all info).
He came to Canada in 1910, marriage 1909. Still think she would marry under the Stewart name though. If anyone has any knowledge of her I would love to hear from them.

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Canada Lookup Request / Re: Stewart White in Merritton Ontario WW1
« on: Tuesday 11 October 11 20:45 BST (UK)  »
Polar Bear,
Thanks for your efforts, I did check for children born in Scotland before emigration to no avail. Guessing that they had been in Canada for some time before John enlisted in 1915 as they had become Canadian citizens before he enlisted. Do you know if there are records kept for citizenship ?
I have been through the 1911 census (all Canada) and had no luck. Was hopeful the St Catharines area would have been a lot easier to research as the population around 1915 seems to have been about 15,000 as opposed to 130,000 today but not proving easy. I have applied for the full military record of John in the hope it might give a precise address or mention family but will have to wait a while for that to be sent to me. Really hopeful of getting in touch with family members we never knew existed but it looks like its not going to be easy.
Thanks again,
Alan.

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Canada Lookup Request / Stewart White in Merritton Ontario WW1
« on: Tuesday 11 October 11 08:29 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find out about the family of the brother of my grandfather who was killed in WW1.
He is remembered on the Merritton cenotaph but his wife seems to have moved to Port Dalhousie when he enlisted. They could well have had children in Merritton.

He is John Stewart, born Edinburgh, 25/06/1879 and married to Isabella Frew White born Dalziel, Motherwell, 01/10/1878. Parents of John were John Stewart and Margaret Hendry and parents of Isabella were James White and Elizabeth Rowley. They were married in Edinburgh on 1909 and emigrated to Canada where they became Canadian citizens.

John was killed in Belgium, dying of wounds on 13/04/1916, his army papers give him as a Canadian, bricklayer, Presbyterian, red hair, married. Private, No. 406941, 1st Btn, Canadian Infantry (CEF). His burial place is also listed.

He had a sister who I know lived in Kingston, Ontario for a time she was also Isabella b. Edinburgh 1881 and married to Peter Campbell with an adopted girl Muriel, I have nothing else on them.

Would really like to connect with living relatives if possible and am more than willing to do some Scottish research in exchange for a Canadian looking into my relatives, will be going up to Edinburgh in the next week so please get in touch ASAP.

My grandfather Hendry the brother of the above John was killed in the Somme a few months after John's death so I am afraid there was actually no knowledge of John in my family, he only came to light while researching in Edinburgh during the last twenty years and the Canadian information is a week old.

Alan (Dumfries, Scotland)

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Lanarkshire / Re: coal miner in govan?
« on: Monday 23 May 11 09:42 BST (UK)  »
Seems the Govan colliery was a bit of a magnet for miners from the Leadhills area, I have Stewarts and Gordons move to Govan from Leadhills/Crawford area.

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East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) / Re: East Lothian MIs - Offer
« on: Saturday 02 April 11 11:56 BST (UK)  »
Colin,
Could you please look up the West Byres listing for me and let me know about the Stewart and Gordon listings for that graveyard. I know my paternal 3gt grandparents are buried there and their daughter my 2gt grandmother but not a clue where and with who else.
They were James Stewart d. 1860 the schoolmaster from Drem who retired to Ormiston, his wife Annie Gordon d. 1873 and their daughter Agnes Stewart who died under that surname in 1859 (b.1821) but could be buried under the Whitton name.
She had three children one, John, who took the Whitton name early in life but reverted to Stewart after his first child was born, never traced any detailed information on the father of John, but know his name was William Whitton. Would be interested in other Stewarts/Whitton names that may be listed for West Byres.
Have been in touch with the local council and they say they have no information on this graveyard from that time.

Alan.

thanks for the look up offer.

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