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From: "D. A. M. Grierson" <>
Subject: Rockhall Picture & other items -
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:37:09 -0500


Picture of Rockhall

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Subject: From mothers Application for Relief,Glasgow No.19271.October 1908.


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From mothers Application for Relief,Glasgow No.19271.October 1908.
Elizabeth 33 born Snizort married no children to William Ferguson,assistant
gardener with Mr.Cross M.P. Beattock near Dumfries.Earns 18/- per week.
From M/C 1907:A domestic servant living at Rock Hall,Mousewold which is about
seven miles east of Dumfries on the Annan road.She was married at
83 Yorkhill Street,Glasgow probably her mothers home.Her sister Dolina was a
witness.
Rockhall House is just along from Mousewall village on the high road to Annan.It still stands and is now Rockhall House Hotel(2001}
Have photograph taken in Alloa during World War One showing William in uniform with Betsy and five children.
After death of first husband in 1917 did not remarry until 1926 when she was living at 3 Park Lane,Tillicoultry.
The witnesses at her second marriage were her sons Donald and Thomas both in their late teens and also living at 3 Park Lane.
When Betsy died in 1961 she was once again a widow.Her son James signed her D/C.
Anne remembers visiting her and her daughter Margaret in Alva.
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Sources: (1) England & Wales Civil Registration Index, 1837-1983 of 1,396 matches at the time of this enquiry.

ALEXANDER DAVIDSON GRIERSON
Record Type: Marriages
Quarter: September
Year: 1882
District: Woolwich
County: Kent, London
Volume: 1-D.
Page: 1,551.

Note: He is of the family of Rockhall, Mouswald, Scotland.










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