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Hi There,

Nice to hear from you.  I'm the grandson of Tom Vallance (born 1874) and Catherine McGregor (died in 1952 was my grandmother.. 

The above TV's uncle Tom Vallance was one of the founder members of Rangers FC.  I have a book passed on to me published in 1923 about the first fifty years of the club and the book specifically mentions that point.  It also mentions the McNeil brothers, Peter Campbell and Wm McBeath.

The match reports were mistaken as he didn't have a middle name.  I have a copy  of his birth certificate.  There are other postings which indicate he was born in Shandon.  This is not the case.  He moved to Shandon as a boy years later.

I'll come back about Lydia Watson later.  Need to go.

Hi there,

Below is a copy of a post I created a couple of weeks ago, but I don't think you may have read it yet.  I'm new to this game so I may have gone about things the wrong way.  I have more detailed information if that's of any help.

Thomas Vallance moved with wife Marion to 189 Pitt Street, Glasgow where he died on 16th February 1935.
There are minor errors in the earlier postings.
He was born in 1856 at Succoth in the parish of Cardross, West Dumbartonshire.
The reference to 'Nallance' is an error as the surname is definitely Vallance.

Hope this helps.