James & agnes Disher

[MonicaL]

Chris

There are a couple of death entries on SP which might be connected to children of Andrew and Agnes:

1884: Jeanie McDonald Disher aged 3 in Anderston, Glasgow (can't easily see a birth entry for her).

1884: Ada Mary Disher aged 2, Anderston, Glasgow (birth showing in Anderston in 1882).

Monica

[Christine Lockett]

Hi Monica,

I would say they would be the twins my grandmother always spoke about they died of hooping cough nine days apart so I guess when you a little and hear these stories they get a little bit distorted.
Dying around the same time isn't quite the same a being born on same day
How sad can see why their marriage didn't survive.

Have attached certificates

Chris

[MonicaL]

So, current thinking is that Agnes Ross was the wife of brother Andrew, which then gives substance to the stories of what you have heard about Agnes? Also, that son James was the son of Andrew, b. 1885 in Glasgow, but was raised by brother James and Agnes in Australia?

Monica

[Christine Lockett]

 Have tryed to send photo of Elizabeth with husband and son too big  had to crop down to Elizabeth thought would try this one of Charlotte (Dot) and husband had to crop it too.   Elizabeth 1908 and Dot 1918.

will send Dots later still too big

Chris

[MonicaL]

Thanks for posting Chris - always great to see photos of the people we have talking about 

[Lil Boy Blu]

Only recently discovered that we are related albeit distant cousins. Poor James poisoned himself in 1898 by mistaking carbolic acid for whiskey. When seeing babies or young children's death notices you often wonder what happened.  By reading the comments here - it was determined that James and Agnes' little girls passed away due to whooping cough. After James death, their children popped up elsewhere so possibly being taken in by kin.  Bit by bit, it paints a picture of life back then.

[hewett04]

Hello from Australia - I might be able to help with Disher family information. I am a descendant of Agnes McDonald Disher (nee Ross) and James Disher. My great-grandmother was Elizabeth Sutherlan McKenzie Disher who married Percy Phillips.
I am researching the travel from the UK to Australia and the US.

I will happily share any information I have.