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From: Dutch Thompson <>
Subject: Re: [D-G LIST] Need help with photograph from Dumphries
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 14:32:31 -0300
In-Reply-To: <20020920103744.QJWC3351.mta2-svc.business.ntl.com@[62.253.8.245]>


Hi-
Some gravestones here in Prince Edward Island, eastern Canada have
..."born in N.B." engraved on them- which is confusing as there is a nearby
province called New Brunswick...shortened to N.B. One graveyard in
particular in Wood Islands in SE PEI was founded around 1820 by Scots, some
from Colonsay.

cheers Dutch Thomson

>NB: in the 19thC there was a (failed) attempt to rename Scotland as North
>Britain.
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>Judy
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>>From: dee brundoll <>
>>To:
>>Subject: [D-G LIST] Need help with photograph from Dumphries
>>Date: Sat, Sep 14, 2002, 4:25 pm
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>> I have a thin 4x6 photo of a man thatlooks like it is
>> pasted onto a cardboard backing, a little larger than
>> the photo.
>> At the bottom, on the cardboard, it says "Alexander"
>> on the left and "Dumphries" on the right, in gold,
>> cursive lettering. I was hoping that Alexander was a
>> photographer in Dumphries and someone would have some
>> info on him or his studio.
>> This man appears to be the same man who is in an 8x10
>> photo of him in his casket. It says "Grand Pa" and
>> "Beloved Father" on some of the flowers.
>> I am sure this one has to be from before 1950. I am
>> trying to figure out if the casket photo was from
>> Scotland or the U.S. I have no idea who this man is.
>> When my gggrandmother (born in Wigtownshire) died in
>> Chicago, IL in 1955, they photographed her in her
>> casket. Is this a common practice in Scotland? Would
>> they have used those words on his casket if he died in
>> Scotland?
>> Does anyone know of a website I could go to to see if
>> I can date this photo by the suit he is wearing? I
>> would appreciate ANY help.
>> I have another photo of a man and woman on a large
>> cardboard and on the bottom right corner it says "J.
>> Cook," in cursive, and AYR, "N.B." Does anyone know
>> what the N.B. stands for or know anything about J.
>> Cook?
>> Thank you so much,
>> Diane
>>
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