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From: "Anne Burgess" <>
Subject: Re: [MORAY] Sangster Elgin/Forres/Findhorn
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:38:02 -0000
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> Can anyone tell me anything about 293 High Street, Elgin and 37 High
Street, Forres > between 1920 and 1935. I believe my g/grandfather Thomas
Sangster was a
> hairdresser between these dates and I am trying to establish if there were
2 shops or if > one address was his home. I also believe there was a
connection with 57 Findhorn, I > know this house does not exist any longer
but I do know that my g/father, g/aunts and > uncles spent some time there,
but why?

Hello Linda

I was in Elgin yesterday and I had a look at the valuation rolls.

293 High Street, Elgin is listed as a house only. The proprietor at the time
was the executors of Mrs Thomina Anderson and the tenant occupier in both
1926-7 and 1935-6 was Mrs James Macdonald. I did not notice Thomas Sangster
mentioned in connection with that or adjacent properties.

37 High Street, Forres is listed as a shop. The proprietor in 1932-33 was
James Duncan, mechanic, 84b High Street, Forres and the tenant occupier was
Lewis S Duncan, dairyman. I did not notice Thomas Sangster mentioned in
connection with that or adjacent properties.

57 Findhorn is listed as a house. In 1918-19 the tenant occupier was James
Davie, salmon fisher. In 1931-32 the proprietor was the heirs of the late
Alexander McGregor, Africa, and the house was unoccupied and uninhabitable.
I did not notice Thomas Sangster mentioned in connection with that or
adjacent properties.

The only other reference I found to Thomas Sangster was that supplied by you
to the index in the Local Heritage Centre.

I don't know where they are now, but there were shelves of old registers of
electors in the basement of Woodhill House at one time. The relevant ones
are not available in Grant Lodge. You are better placed than I am to look
for the ones which may still be in Aberdeen.

Best wishes

Anne

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