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Lanarkshire / Re: James DUNCAN WW1 1918
« on: Thursday 09 October 25 12:28 BST (UK) »
That's good news. Glad I was able to help after all! 
Best wishes
Rockford
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Rockford
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Lanarkshire / Re: JAMES DUNCAN WW1 1918
« on: Thursday 09 October 25 00:08 BST (UK) »
Hello,
Looks like James had an older brother Archibald who died in 1903 aged 16/17, and who is buried at Neilston Cemetery. There are other Duncans, but no James.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220062560/archibald-duncan
I don't know if the cemeteries team at East Renfrewshire would be able to confirm if anyone else is buried in the same plot.
https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/article/3835/Contact-the-Cemeteries-and-Burials-team
Best wishes
Rockford
Looks like James had an older brother Archibald who died in 1903 aged 16/17, and who is buried at Neilston Cemetery. There are other Duncans, but no James.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220062560/archibald-duncan
I don't know if the cemeteries team at East Renfrewshire would be able to confirm if anyone else is buried in the same plot.
https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/article/3835/Contact-the-Cemeteries-and-Burials-team
Best wishes
Rockford
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Lanarkshire / Re: JAMES DUNCAN WW1 1918
« on: Wednesday 08 October 25 18:58 BST (UK) »
Hello
There isn't an obituary or death notice jumping out at me from the British Newspaper Archive, but the address is just over a mile from the Southern Necropolis. There's no matching record for James in the Southern Necropolis on Findagrave, but it could be that there isn't a headstone or the indexing is still incomplete.
Do you have any information on the dates/places of death for his parents or any places they may have lived prior to Annette Street? If they had a previous bereavement and already had a grave plot somewhere else, they might have used that.
The Glasgow City Archives hold the burial registers for the time period you are looking for, so it could be a matter of trawling through them to see if you can find him. I'd start with the Southern Necropolis, and then any cemeteries near to any other addresses where Charles and Margaret might have lived since their marriage.
Sorry I can't be more help!
Best wishes
Rockford
There isn't an obituary or death notice jumping out at me from the British Newspaper Archive, but the address is just over a mile from the Southern Necropolis. There's no matching record for James in the Southern Necropolis on Findagrave, but it could be that there isn't a headstone or the indexing is still incomplete.
Do you have any information on the dates/places of death for his parents or any places they may have lived prior to Annette Street? If they had a previous bereavement and already had a grave plot somewhere else, they might have used that.
The Glasgow City Archives hold the burial registers for the time period you are looking for, so it could be a matter of trawling through them to see if you can find him. I'd start with the Southern Necropolis, and then any cemeteries near to any other addresses where Charles and Margaret might have lived since their marriage.
Sorry I can't be more help!
Best wishes
Rockford
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Hello
It means that he would have been an elder within his Church of Scotland congregation, and would have been a member and eligible to participate in the kirk session, which was the local governing body for the parish.
https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/get-involved/serve/office-bearers/eldership
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Rockford
It means that he would have been an elder within his Church of Scotland congregation, and would have been a member and eligible to participate in the kirk session, which was the local governing body for the parish.
https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/get-involved/serve/office-bearers/eldership
Best wishes
Rockford
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Lanarkshire / Re: Stookie Matha
« on: Friday 29 August 25 13:00 BST (UK) »
This seems to have appeared in the Wishaw Press on 20 April 1990.
There only seems to be one other reference to "Stookie Matha" available through the British Newspaper Archive, which is a passing reference to him and his donkey in a reminiscence piece that appeared in the Wishaw Press on 6 September 1963.
Best wishes
Rockford
There only seems to be one other reference to "Stookie Matha" available through the British Newspaper Archive, which is a passing reference to him and his donkey in a reminiscence piece that appeared in the Wishaw Press on 6 September 1963.
Best wishes
Rockford
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Lanarkshire / Re: mines in Airdrie
« on: Wednesday 27 August 25 22:46 BST (UK) »
Hello
Airdrie and Coatbridge were surrounded by mines, and as most of the workers lived in tied housing provided (at a rent) by their employers, it meant that anyone considered as causing trouble for the company could be put out of work, meaning the would also be evicted from their homes.
If you have Joseph or his family in the 1861, 1851 and 1841 census, they might be recorded living at the colliery / mine as a lot of housing was right on the mines doorstep. Looking at the old maps on the National Library of Scotland site at www.nls.uk/maps can help locate the mines that existed around the places folk were living.
The newspapers of the time might also report on any industrial unrest at particular places. I have used the British Newspaper Archive in the past for access to the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser and other Lanarkshire papers, and depending on where you are, your local library might have access. It's probably unlikely that any record of the blacklisting of individual miners would exist now.
In his book "The Mineworkers" Robert Duncan discusses a strike in 1842 that saw 12,000 miners in the Monklands area stop work (Coatbridge was in the parish of Old Monkland and Airdrie in the parish of New Monkland), with the local Sheriff declaring a state of emergency with police summoned from Glasgow.
The book reports that strikes were a feature of the Lanarkshire coalfields and it's a really good read if you are interested in the history of mining across Scotland.
Best wishes
Brian
Airdrie and Coatbridge were surrounded by mines, and as most of the workers lived in tied housing provided (at a rent) by their employers, it meant that anyone considered as causing trouble for the company could be put out of work, meaning the would also be evicted from their homes.
If you have Joseph or his family in the 1861, 1851 and 1841 census, they might be recorded living at the colliery / mine as a lot of housing was right on the mines doorstep. Looking at the old maps on the National Library of Scotland site at www.nls.uk/maps can help locate the mines that existed around the places folk were living.
The newspapers of the time might also report on any industrial unrest at particular places. I have used the British Newspaper Archive in the past for access to the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser and other Lanarkshire papers, and depending on where you are, your local library might have access. It's probably unlikely that any record of the blacklisting of individual miners would exist now.
In his book "The Mineworkers" Robert Duncan discusses a strike in 1842 that saw 12,000 miners in the Monklands area stop work (Coatbridge was in the parish of Old Monkland and Airdrie in the parish of New Monkland), with the local Sheriff declaring a state of emergency with police summoned from Glasgow.
The book reports that strikes were a feature of the Lanarkshire coalfields and it's a really good read if you are interested in the history of mining across Scotland.
Best wishes
Brian
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: War photo
« on: Wednesday 27 August 25 22:28 BST (UK) »
It looks like it could be "Spud Murphy" - if it is, the "M" of Murphy's a bit flamboyant though!
Best wishes
Rockford
Best wishes
Rockford
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Antrim / Re: Cannot read handwriting on Belfast death entry
« on: Thursday 14 August 25 18:30 BST (UK) »
Hello
Going by the shape of the word rather than the specific letters (and the registration being made on the 10th), I'd suggest the date of death is Ninth October 1870.
Best wishes
Rockford
Going by the shape of the word rather than the specific letters (and the registration being made on the 10th), I'd suggest the date of death is Ninth October 1870.
Best wishes
Rockford
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Parents name Scotland 1903 Marriage
« on: Friday 08 August 25 11:16 BST (UK) »Hello Rockford, Just had confirmation the name is Jean (Johan) Duncan Campbell from another source as well as yourself Rockford. Many thanks to all the wonderful people who helped this this puzzle.
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Glad you've had it confirmed, and happy to have helped!
Best wishes
Rockford