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Messages - morageckford

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Moray (Elginshire) / Re: Edinkillie cemetery
« on: Thursday 31 October 24 21:51 GMT (UK)  »
Thankyou for looking up 'Tom's' cause of death. Poor young man - the cold of Scotland wouldn't have helped! You've all answered my questions - who was he, how did he come to be in Relugas and how did he die. I'm constantly surprised at what I find in cemeteries when I'm photographing war graves.
 I came across a man who died in the Tay Bridge disaster which set me off reading about it all.

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Moray (Elginshire) / Re: Edinkillie cemetery
« on: Thursday 31 October 24 18:32 GMT (UK)  »
Calleva, thankyou for the extra information. I suppose C.F. Wood and his valet were visiting Relugas.

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Moray (Elginshire) / Re: Edinkillie cemetery
« on: Thursday 31 October 24 18:30 GMT (UK)  »
I took a photo too but don't knw how to post it here. (Don't ask!) I wondered if his death certificate gives his cause of death?

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Moray (Elginshire) / Re: CF Wood of Relugas
« on: Tuesday 29 October 24 21:52 GMT (UK)  »
Thankyou all for looking for Tom and Mr Wood. The grave was an interesting find. I have come across slave graves but Tom is apparently not a slave. I came across him quite by chance while photographing war graves.

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Moray (Elginshire) / Edinkillie cemetery
« on: Tuesday 29 October 24 16:46 GMT (UK)  »
In Edinkillie cemetery there is a grave of KOPURI, 'TOM' native of the island of ROTUMAR in the South Pacific Ocean. Faithful and attached servant of C. F. Wood Esqu. Tom died at Relugas House aged 22 in 1877 -  he was born about 1855, so not a slave. His death certificate says he was a valet. Does anybody know more about him?

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Scotland / Robert Bryden McGeorge
« on: Thursday 03 November 22 22:00 GMT (UK)  »
CaroleW and monicaL - I get totally lost on this website, it's a wonder I get anything posted at all. I'm not very techie! I wish it was easier to use - simpler instructions would help. Sorry!

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Scotland / Robert Bryden McGeorge
« on: Thursday 03 November 22 18:20 GMT (UK)  »
I have been looking for information about Robert Bryden McGeorge who has a war grave in Eckford Cemetery. I was looking for his cause of death - it was influenza and pneumonia in 1919 when he was still in the army. Thankyou to those who helped.


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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Robert Brydon McGeorge
« on: Monday 24 October 22 21:24 BST (UK)  »
According to his gravestone his service number is 28955 and he was in the Royal Army Vet Corps.
 rosie17 I've been flailing around in scotlandspeople and can't see where to look for Ref 787/A3 so I think I'll have to give up on that one!
Is Mary Agnes McKie his widow left behind?

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Robert Brydon McGeorge
« on: Monday 24 October 22 21:06 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou for your help.

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