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Offline ritchiewilk

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G-Grandfather or G-G-Grandfather
« on: Tuesday 06 December 11 11:59 GMT (UK) »
Great-Grandfather died in 1931, G-G-Grandfather died in 1882.  Which one is in this photograph?
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Cairncross, Roxburghshire/Peeblesshire
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Re: G-Grandfather or G-G-Grandfather
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 06 December 11 13:30 GMT (UK) »
I don't think it was common for people to smile in photographs in the 1880s, so I'd say it was your great grandfather.

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Re: G-Grandfather or G-G-Grandfather
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 06 December 11 13:39 GMT (UK) »
Agree with Hibee,it's your great grandfather.Clothing,pose and informality of the photo all point to it.
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Re: G-Grandfather or G-G-Grandfather
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 06 December 11 15:23 GMT (UK) »
That was what I was thinking, but I thought I would get a second and third opinion.

Thanks for your help

Ritchie
Wilkinson, Roxburghshire/Lincolnshire/Nottinghamshire
Cairncross, Roxburghshire/Peeblesshire
Edmondson, Roxburghshire/Cumberland
Bowie, Roxburghshire
Young, Berwickshire/Roxburghshire/Selkirkshire
Hogg, Roxburghshire
Briggs, Nottinghamshire
Caldwell, Stirlingshie
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