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Essex / Re: Mills
« on: Friday 25 July 25 22:51 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Ken S on Friday 13 May 11 17:34 BST (UK)
My great . step grandfather was a Harry Mills .. who I remember as a kid. He lived in Caradoc Township, Ontario Canada (at Christina). As a young man of about 20 yrs old he had come alone (at least I think it was alone) to Canada .. and got a job working for a Caradoc farmer ... met a neighbor girl .. who had lost her husband .. and was trying to raise a small son .. and keeping house for a relation..... they married here in Ontario Canada in 1915 .. with the marriage information giving Harry's parents (back in England) as George Mills & Mary Dale. Harry was down as 26 yrs old.
 It was always know in the family that Harry had been from in and around London, England ... but it was also said that he did not keep in touch much, with relations in the old country. I believe he had one brother in the Eng. Army .. there is thought to be a picture of him in uniform .. in India?
 Harry shows in the Canadian 1911 Census .. as 21 yrs old .. having imigrated to Canada in 1910.
 If I am on the right track .. I have him born at Plaiston, Essex ... but I am looking for any additional information that could be found on this family.

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Essex / Re: Mills
« on: Friday 25 July 25 22:45 BST (UK)  »
 I think I did that by mistake .. sorry

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Essex / Re: Mills
« on: Friday 25 July 25 22:07 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Ken S on Friday 13 May 11 17:34 BST (UK)
My great . step grandfather was a Harry Mills .. who I remember as a kid. He lived in Caradoc Township, Ontario Canada (at Christina). As a young man of about 20 yrs old he had come alone (at least I think it was alone) to Canada .. and got a job working for a Caradoc farmer ... met a neighbor girl .. who had lost her husband .. and was trying to raise a small son .. and keeping house for a relation..... they married here in Ont in 1915 .. with the marriage information giving Harry's parents (back in England) as George Mills & Mary Dale. Harry was down as 26 yrs old.
 It was always know in the family that Harry had been from in and around London, England ... but it was also said that he did not keep in touch much, with relations in the old country. I believe he had one brother in the Eng. Army .. there is thought to be a picture of him in uniform .. in India?
 Harry shows in the Canadian 1911 Census .. as 21 yrs old .. having imigrated to Canada in 1910.
 If I am on the right track .. I have him born at Plaiston, Essex ... but I am looking for any additional information that could be found on this family.

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Roxburghshire / Re: Andrew Douglas & Mary Tait
« on: Monday 06 May 24 18:33 BST (UK)  »
I have a William Douglas .. baptised at Yetholm 1798 ... then went up to Sutherland and married Ellen Paterson at Tongue, Sutherland. His father was Thomas Douglas and mother Oliver Young (a lady). And came to Canada in about 1840

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Sutherland / Re: DOUGLAS Family at Farr Sutherlandshire 1820-1860s
« on: Wednesday 01 February 23 17:25 GMT (UK)  »
 When John's mother (Oliver) died in 1855. Her son John was the Informant

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Sutherland / Re: DOUGLAS Family at Farr Sutherlandshire 1820-1860s
« on: Wednesday 01 February 23 17:22 GMT (UK)  »
 Just under Loch Naver (Farr parish, Sutherlandshire) on the east end there is a small cemetery (10 stones) .. stone # 4: John Douglas shepherd of Alteleard 11.5.1864 age:65 , Ellen Douglas 4.12.1864 age: 64. The cemetery is called Achness. I was sent this info on Facebook: County Sutherland, Family History 'Group'

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Roxburghshire / Re: Thomas Douglas of Yetholm
« on: Wednesday 30 March 22 18:10 BST (UK)  »
Sunlaws .. thanks for that .. I did not know that Herd was scotish for shepperd. My Thomas Douglas married Oliver Young )Oliver died in Sutherland in 1855 and there is quite a long record on that death. Their oldest son William came to Canada in about 1839 ... and I am descended from that William (William married Hellen Paterson at Tongue Sutherland in 1824.
 Hence my Moms maiden name was Douglas

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Roxburghshire / Thomas Douglas of Yetholm
« on: Sunday 27 March 22 19:42 BST (UK)  »
 On Scotlands people a birth entry reads .... Thomas Douglass.. Herd? in Shotton & Oliver Young his spouse had a son born and baptised 21 first James ... May 10 1805 Yetholm because of the old hand writing some of this is hard to read .. what I am thinking is 'herd' might mean (and I know he was a shepherd) that he lived in or near Yetholm but his sheep herd was in Shotton Northumberland ????
 He moved (with his family) up to Sutherland in about 1819 and is buried up there.

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: George Scott and Mary Francis, Hull
« on: Thursday 03 March 22 18:46 GMT (UK)  »
 When my ggg Grandmother died at Strathroy Ontario Canada in 1897 .. her obit in the Strathroy newspaper stated .... "Mrs Stephenson was born at Cottingham Yorkshire and was of a family of 16. Of  her brothers and sisters only 2 survive .. Edward Scott, Jeweller of Hull England and Richard at Cottingham the old home."
 Mary Scott was born in 1819 to parents William Scott of South Cave and Mary Twidle of Ellerker


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