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A personal journey |
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Patricia Fraser |
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My Niece
was doing a 2nd
world war project and was asking My Father questions about Dunkirk and the
Japanese POW camp. |
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She wanted to see his medals! |
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In the box were some papers and a wedding
Certificate & Birth Certificate! |
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History
and People are my favourite
subjects and I was very interested in the box of papers! |
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Robert, Thomas, |
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Scott Esson |
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Anderson. |
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Janet Esson born 1863 died 1893 |
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Died in the Gorbals of Glasgow aged 30 |
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She died of TB |
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Grandfather settled at Glassel and Annie Esson,
my Grandmother, went to Glassel school. Her Father went to Canada with Tom
and died there. |
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She married John Anderson of Torphins |
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Log onto
www.origins.net |
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Enter the name that you are looking for with any
details you have and click search. |
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Once you view the details, you can click onto
Search for Ancestors and put in the names of the Mother and the Father and
click search and you will get all the children registered under that
couple! |
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This site can be inaccurate so it is a must to
double check the certificates on the GRO site. |
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I searched for my Great, Great Grandmother Agnes Scott nee Railton and came up with the wrong one! |
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It took me one year plus to find the right one
and not until I had checked the son’s death certificate did I notice that
it was Agnes Shaw Scott and found
her death in 1900. |
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Once you have searched and you think you have
the correct people. |
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Check the names births and deaths on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk |
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This site you have to pay £6 for 30 credits and
use within 48 hours. To view an entry 1 credit to print 5 credits. |
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BURY YOUR GRANNY AND MOVE TO THE NEXT
GENERATION! |
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Agnes Shaw Railton the correct one! |
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The names
of my father |
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Robert Thomas Scott are found in a lot of the children’s names of the family that
I have searched! |
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As you can see I’m totally hooked on Genealogy
and with 39 first cousins it could
be a long project! |
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SINCE LAST YEAR AFTER MUCH SEARCHING, I HAVE
FOUND HIS DEATH IN A POORHOUSE IN SPRINGBURN IN THE GORBALS. |
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IF A FAMILY MEMBER WAS ILL OR WAS UNABLE TO
WORK, THEY HAD TO BE CERTIFIED AS INSANE OR AN ALCOHOLIC TO BE
ADMITTED TO THE POORHOUSE AND FOR
THE FAMILY TO GET SUPPORT. |
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IN THIS CASE HIS WIFE SAID THAT HE WAS INSANE.
WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IF THIS WAS TRUE! |
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THOMAS SCOTT MY GT.GT.GRANDFATHER WAS BORN IN
1815 IN NEWBURN IN FIFE. |
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HE WAS A JOINER TO TRADE. |
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HE DIED IN 1872 IN THE SPRINGBURN POORHOUSE AGED
57. |
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Notes