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Messages - Cauther Lassie

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: The Black's of Breich Water.
« on: Saturday 08 August 15 09:42 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I've copies of all three of John Black's books and have extensively researched the family, including checking out the details given to John by his Aunt (several generations were mixed up), also information from the New Zealand and Australian Blacks.  My email is meg.stenhouse@btinternet.com if you are interested.  Also got information of the Stories (storey) etc and Waddels and Thorntons.

regards ... Meg

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: Fauldhouse Cemetery Map
« on: Saturday 14 June 14 10:08 BST (UK)  »
Yes it is - limit is 500kb, and the file is 586!!  But wouldn't want to reduce it any more....

cheers ... Meg

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: Fauldhouse Cemetery Map
« on: Friday 13 June 14 19:14 BST (UK)  »
Hello Matt

Hope this gets to you, on my third attempt, here's the cemetery plan..... hope it helps,  cheers .....  Will pm you my email address as the file is too big.................

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: Fauldhouse Cemetery Map
« on: Friday 13 June 14 09:43 BST (UK)  »
Hello Mark,

I'm at work at the moment but will send the map when I get home............   cheers ... Meg

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: William Chapman of Abercorn
« on: Wednesday 04 June 14 19:09 BST (UK)  »
Hello Dalesman,
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There is only one William Chapman who died in Abercorn, William Chapman died in Abercorn in 1883 and not in 1875, there are no William Chapmans anywhere in the West/Midlothian district who died in 1875.   There is one in Ayrshire and a few in Glasgow.

The William in Abercorn died 4/4/1883 in Woodend, Abercorn, and was married to Ann Hay.  His parents were Mungo Chapman and Agnes McKinley, his son Mungo Chapman signed the death certificate, son Mungo lived in Portobello, Edinburgh.  William died aged 67 making a birth year of abt 1816, again making his birth and death years different to the information you have given.  There is a headstone in Abercorn Churchyard to the William whose details I've given.  William was a Roadman, his father Mungo a dairyman.  I've checked the census returns and the only William I can find in Abercorn in the 1841, 51, 71, and 1881 census is the William above.

Sorry this is not the information you were looking for.    Cheers ... Meg

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: west calder death
« on: Friday 14 February 14 18:59 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Margaret,

James & Christina Doyle buried in Section O, Lair 30 in Burngrange, on Christina's burial record it states "born Ireland".  no headstone I'm afraid.    I'm in the middle of painting my livingroom, and up and down ladders tonight, will send photo tomorrow of the Fordyce headstone..

cheers ...  Meg

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West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) / Re: west calder death - Fordyce
« on: Friday 14 February 14 15:32 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Margaret

John & Elizabeth are buried in Section Z Lair 60 in Burngrange Cemetery.  I've a photograph, the headstone also commemorates their son John who was killed in action in France in 1917.  I've attached the photo
Cheers ... Meg

Ps wouldn't allow the attached photo is too large, email me offlist and I'll send it.


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Dumfriesshire / Re: Kirk family Durrisdeer
« on: Sunday 26 May 13 10:51 BST (UK)  »
Morning David,

Sadly I can't find any definite candidates for James and Elizabeth's parents, going by naming conventions of the time, James father would also be James, Elizabeth's father would be John, and her mother Margaret, there's no other daughter born that I can find, so no clue as to James mother's name.   

I can't find any Memorial Inscriptions for the family in Durisdeer, I bought the Durisdeer MI book at the Scottish Family History fair a couple of weeks ago hoping to find traces of the family that have been hiding, and there's nothing in it on the Kirk's only one MI which doesn't relate to this branch of the family.   The OPR's don't show them either, no deaths in Durisdeer so the only thing I could follow before compulsary registration in 1855 was the 1841 and 1851 census returns.

My family and the Kirks in West Calder have been friends for all of my life and before, Michael and Wullie were in the male voice choir with my Dad, Bella, Michael's wife looked after my Gt Grannie Gillespie, and writes and performs her poems and songs, two books published and I have both, I was at school with the boys (though we're all in our 60's now).

The only hope I have is that there are Burial Registers for the area, which would tell us where the family are buried as there are no headstones in the Churchyard.    I transcribed West Calder Burial Records and they were a great help as a great number of burials don't have headstones.  The later family all belonged to the Free Kirk of Scotland and I wonder if the earlier generations were Dissenters too, some of those records are hard to find.   Will keep chipping away.

cheers .... Meg

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Dumfriesshire / Re: Kirk family Durrisdeer
« on: Saturday 25 May 13 17:37 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

Sorry for delay, family happenings intervened.  Attaching what I have on the Kirk's, and as always please don't share details of living persons.  Please let me  know if this helps or if you have further information on this family.

Regards ....  Meg

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