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Dumfriesshire / Re: "Annals of Sanquhar" by Tom Wilson
« on: Tuesday 22 October 19 12:27 BST (UK)  »
Good afternoon everyone,

I came across the following link whilst searching for information on my 4th great-grandfather Charles Wilson... and was directed to this thread by another user who was assisting me in finding information. Hopefully it helps some of you who were looking for information on William Wilson & Elisabeth Ramage.

https://www.carsphairn.org/CarsphairnArchive/items/show/1094

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Scotland / Re: Wilsons of Lanarkshire
« on: Tuesday 22 October 19 12:24 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Monica.

Just found some gold-dust in the Carpshairn Archives online. A full breakdown of Wilsons from Charles' grandfather William Wilson all the way down to myself, sister and first cousins! I will post the link below, as well as on that other thread you posted earlier.

https://www.carsphairn.org/CarsphairnArchive/items/show/1094

Hopefully someone else can use it as well  :)

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Scotland / Re: Wilsons of Lanarkshire
« on: Tuesday 22 October 19 10:32 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Skoosh!

Funnily enough, not sure how this escaped my Google results earlier... but I came across this 2004 newsletter from the Carsphairn Heritage Group, with an awesome write-up on my 4th great-grandfather Charles Wilson.

https://www.carsphairn.org/CarsphairnArchive/files/original/5a85832ba5fcac356cc4bc0ea9586a03.pdf

This fills in some of the gaps, and hopefully I can find more information on Charles' parents etc the more I look.

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Scotland / Re: Wilsons of Lanarkshire
« on: Tuesday 22 October 19 06:37 BST (UK)  »
Morning all,

I should have given some more details on what I had for Peter Wilson thus far!

All I had was:

Full Name: Peter Wilson
DoB: 17/02/1828
DoD: 28/05/1892
He was born in Scotland to Charles Wilson (no mother mentioned, she died when he was 5). He also got into the mining business and moved to Giessen in Germany in the 1880s. No mention of other siblings either.

His father Charles, all i know is that he was a mining supervisor for the Duke of Buccleuch at Leadhills.

I have also attempted to contact the distant relative who posted the above info to see if they have any other information on Charles. Waiting to hear back from him.

Thanks Monica, that definitely sounds promising! I am busy registering on the FamilySearch website so I can look into your links today.

Will let you know if I find out any more information.

Kind regards,

Neill

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Scotland / Wilsons of Lanarkshire
« on: Monday 21 October 19 18:24 BST (UK)  »
Good evening all,

I'm new to all this, but am trying to trace down some family history on my father's side. I have gotten as far back as my 4th great-grandfather Charles Wilson, father of Peter Wilson (who married Frederikka Thesen while he was working on a copper mine in Norway). Peter was born February 17th 1828, but there is hardly any info on his father Charles. I am wondering where else to look for info?

Kind regards from a sunny South Africa,

Neill Wilson

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