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Peeblesshire / Re: HARCOMBE family in Peebles?
« on: Saturday 10 December 11 21:37 GMT (UK)  »
James born Knowetop, Hamilton, Lanark....?  He & Jane had  daughters Helen Dougall & Jane Watson?  That's about all i have -- any additional info would be GREATLY appreciated.

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Inverness / Re: Inverness-Shire Gravestone Photo Offer
« on: Tuesday 05 May 09 14:33 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, ghostwhisperer!!!!  And you too, Lynn!!   This had slipped my mind.  Will be sending these photos along  to the Harcombe relatives here in the States, and posting them to the Find_a_Grave database.   At least over here, gravestones aren't really "monumental" any more; just a flat slab with name, DoB & DoD.

Again, thank you very much!
Kenneth Thompson
 Moline Acres (north StLouis County) MO USA

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Peeblesshire / Re: HARCOMBE family in Peebles?
« on: Monday 09 February 09 16:57 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Terry, and thank you very much!

Yes, that's the family, all right.  Evidently James Sr moved around a bit -- he was originally from Ditcheat, Somerset.  He later ran the Waverley Hotel, in Inverness.  Helen had one more child (William); James remarried after she died.

James Jr came to America, ran a few restaurants in the New York City area.
William came over also; he had a number of "mens' furnishings" stores in Wyoming and Utah.

Ken Thompson

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Inverness / Re: Inverness-Shire Gravestone Photo Offer
« on: Sunday 08 February 09 02:16 GMT (UK)  »
I'm hoping your offer still stands?  One of my wife's gg-grandfathers and some other kin are buried in Tomnahurich.  Per an email from Fiona Morrison, they are in Section D, Lairs 367 & 368; surnames HARCOMBE, KROUSE or KRAUSE, THRIFT.  The family ran the Waverley Hotel back in the 1860s. 

Kenneth Thompson
 Moline Acres (north StLouis County) Missouri USA
 (near the confluence of the Missouri & Mississippi rivers)

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Peeblesshire / HARCOMBE family in Peebles?
« on: Saturday 07 February 09 15:36 GMT (UK)  »
Greetings from across the pond!

I'm trying to locate the burial place of my wife's gg-grandmother, one Helen (Cumming) HARCOMBE, b. 5 Jan 1827, Black Hillocks, Banff., d.  27 May 1858, High Street,  Peebles (per SR 1858 Deaths District of Peebles, County of Peebles, p11.).  Burial place given as "Peebles Churchyard".  Is this the common burial ground for the city / county, or associated with some parish, or ???  Any information would be appreciated.
 Also -- trying to find birthplace for Helen's children,  wife's g-grandfather (John James HARCOMBE b. May 1848), his sister Ann (b. Nov 1846), and brother William (b. Apr 1853).  We had thought they were all born in Inverness, but now think they may have been born in Peebles.  Who would i contact for records?

Kenneth Thompson
 Moline Acres (north StLouis County) MO
 (near the confluence of the Missouri & Mississippi rivers)

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