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Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] SCT-WIGTOWNSHIRE Digest, Vol 1, Issue 76
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:37:40 +1100
In-Reply-To: <mailman.24983.1163751208.32208.sct-wigtownshire@rootsweb.com>
Thank you Mary for the lead on the immigration records. My ancestor John
McQuinn and family "disappeared" after the 1851 census for Port William Mochrum
where he was a shoemaker (born in Kirkinner in 1821). Like you within minutes
I found the whole family John, Isabella and five children on the Western
World arriving in New York in August 1852. Now to find the American descendents.
WigListers you really are the best
barbara wilson (mcquinn)
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>Today's Topics:
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> 1. Fwd: RootsWeb Review, 15 Nov 2006 / McBRATNIE, MARTIN
> (Mary Richardson)
> 2. Obituary for Centegenerian (Linda)
> 3. Re: Obituary for Centegenerian (DIANA HENRY)
> 4. Re: Scottish Bank notes (Gallahill)
> 5. Scottish Bank notes (Pamela Gibson)
> 6. MUIR (DIANA HENRY)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:48:07 -0500
>From: Mary Richardson <>
>Subject: [WIG LIST] Fwd: RootsWeb Review, 15 Nov 2006 / McBRATNIE,
>MARTIN
>To: "Mail list: WIG" <>
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>>From: "RootsWeb Review" <>
>>Subject: RootsWeb Review, 15 November 2006, Vol. 9, No. 46
>>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:09:17 -0000
>>...
>>NEWS. Ancestry.com recently announced the completion of a three-year
>>project to digitize and post online all available U.S. passenger lists
>>from 1820 through 1960. This project covers more than 100 ports of
>>arrival and 100 million names. The collection includes 7 million
>>passenger list images and a thousand ship images.
>>...
>>To commemorate the launch of the collection, Ancestry.com
>>(http://www.ancestry.com/) offers free access to its entire
>>"Immigration Collection" through the end of November.
>
>
>You've heard me crow before about the New York immigration lists at
>http://www.castlegarden.org/. I've had a lot of success there, but
>I've also been stymied there as well. I just couldn't find the rest
>of my Kirkinner McBRATNIEs till I took advantage of Ancestry.com's
>immigration records. In less than 30 seconds, I'd found them on an
>1852 ship to New York -- just where and when I thought they should
>be. (I still can't find them at the Castle Garden site, nor can I
>find their fellow passengers there either -- something's missing.)
>
>The Castle Garden site only offers an index and transcripts, but
>Ancestry has images as well as an index. I found discrepancies
>between the two sites' indices with Ancestry's being more accurate in
>my case. As always, being able to see the original image is a big
>help. I used Ancestry to recheck what I'd already learned about my
>Kirkinner McCULLOCHs' 1834 immigration. Imagine my surprise when I
>found John MARTIN's name immediately following my ten McCULLOCHs. He
>had the same origin and destination (fortunately specific --
>Michigan), and he was only a year older than Jane MARTIN McCULLOCH,
>who was on board. Until this time, I'd never heard of John because,
>to my knowledge, his birth wasn't recorded. (Neither was Jane's -- I
>know who she was from her marriage OPR.)
>
>Not to advertise, but a freebie is a freebie. If you're like me -- a
>Wig descendant in the U.S. -- do take advantage of Ancestry.com's
>November offer.
>
>Mary Richardson
>
>P.S. I wasn't so lucky with some of my other Wig relatives. Darned
>those PARKERs! They've always had a habit of eluding me -- so at
>least they're consistent :-)
>
>
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>Message: 2
>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:13:47 -0500
>From: "Linda" <>
>Subject: [WIG LIST] Obituary for Centegenerian
>To: <>
>Message-ID: <000c01c70989$70494cd0$>
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>Hello Everyone,
>
> I was wondering if anyone on this list had access to
>any newspapers for the Stanraer area. A gg uncle of mine, Walter John
>SCOTT, died on the 1st of Sept, 1965 and his death was registered at
>Stanraer. He had turned 100 years old the previous January, on the 5th.
>
>
>
>I am wondering because of his age would there have been an article when
he
>celebrated his birthday, and / or if there was an obituary for him.
>
>
>
>I am not sure why he was in Stanraer, I can only surmise he was living with
>a son or a daughter of which I know nothing about. He was born in
>Banffshire, and his wife, Ann Morrison, pre-deceased him in 1929 in Glasgow.
>
>
>
>I would appreciate it if anyone is willing to check the appropriate
>newspaper for an article and obituary.
>
>
>
>Thank you,
>
>Linda
>
>
>
>
>
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>Message: 3
>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:08:48 -0000
>From: "DIANA HENRY" <>
>Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Obituary for Centegenerian
>To: "Linda" <>
>Cc: "" <>
>Message-ID: <003c01c70991$1f9254a0$>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Linda" <>
>To: <>
>Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:13 PM
>Subject: [WIG LIST] Obituary for Centegenerian
>
>
>Hi Linda, I am sure if this gentleman reached 100 years there will be an
>
>obit. in the Wig. Free Press. Since you have given the date I should be
>
>able to find it, anyway I will have a try.
>Diana
>
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone on this list had access
to
>> any newspapers for the Stanraer area. A gg uncle of mine, Walter John
>> SCOTT, died on the 1st of Sept, 1965 and his death was registered at
>> Stanraer. He had turned 100 years old the previous January, on the 5th.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am wondering because of his age would there have been an article when
>he
>> celebrated his birthday, and / or if there was an obituary for him.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am not sure why he was in Stanraer, I can only surmise he was living
>
>> with
>> a son or a daughter of which I know nothing about. He was born in
>> Banffshire, and his wife, Ann Morrison, pre-deceased him in 1929 in
>> Glasgow.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would appreciate it if anyone is willing to check the appropriate
>> newspaper for an article and obituary.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Linda
>>
>>
>>
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>Message: 4
>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:18:11 -0000
>From: "Gallahill" <>
>Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Scottish Bank notes
>To: "bill copland" <>,"Pamela Gibson"
><>
>Cc: WigtownList <>
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>The British Linen Bank in Stranraer used to be in Church Street next to
the
>Parish Church
>Fiona
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:
>[mailto:]On Behalf Of bill copland
>Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:33 AM
>To: Pamela Gibson
>Cc: WigtownList
>Subject: Re: [WIG LIST] Scottish Bank notes
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>
>
>You are correct in thinking that they were made of Linen. One of the
>Banks which existed in Scotland until the 1970s was called the
>British Linen Bank. My father worked for it, and at one point all
>the staff received a glossy book about the bank's history.
>
>If I remember correctly it was originally called the British Linen
>Company Bank, because a linen-producing company called the British
>Linen Company wanted to diversify, and as it produced all sorts of
>linen-based artefacts they thought it would be simple to produce
>banknotes, and so they opened a Bank.
>
>My father had kept a number of the big, white, cloth-based British
>Linen five pound notes, a few of which were still in circulation in
>the 1950s.
>
>
>
>On 14 Nov 2006, at 15:20, Pamela Gibson wrote:
>
>> Could someone tell me which fibre the first Scottish Bank notes were
>> made from? I'm guessing linen rags because my McWILLIAM ancestors from
>> Wigtownshire were skilled at raising flax and preparing the fibres. An
>> inventory of their household in Saratoga County, New York lists flax
>> tools. Would someone on the list know a source of this information or
>> perhaps a story or two around the topic? I've learned we have great
>> storytellers on this list! I am a weaver and handpapermaker and thus
>> interested in this sort of thing.
>>
>> Pamela
>> Southwestern Colorado, USA
>>
>> McWILLIAM McCRAKEN MILROY
>>
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>Message: 5
>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:38:33 -0700
>From: Pamela Gibson <>
>Subject: [WIG LIST] Scottish Bank notes
>To: WigtownList <>
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>May I just say a public thank you to the many who generously responded
>to my query about the fibres used in Scottish bank notes. I appreciate
>the stories and the facts everyone took time and effort to send. One of
>these days I'll have a go at making my own faux notes and I'll follow
>suit by using linen rag for the pulp. Rest assured mine will not be
>mistaken for the real thing!
>
>
>Pamela Gibson
>weaver & papermaker
>Colorado USA
>
>searching McWILLIAM MILROY McCRAKEN
>
>
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>Message: 6
>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:13:05 -0000
>From: "DIANA HENRY" <>
>Subject: [WIG LIST] MUIR
>To: "" <>
>Message-ID: <001b01c70a20$368eade0$>
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>"The Way We Were"
>WFP 13th November, 1856
>Compiled from the Free Press archives by Patrick Knox.
>
>The strike of the journeymen shoe makers of Stranraer may be said to be
drawing
>to a close. Some of the masters have compromised matters with the men,
and
>have agreed to advance 3d per pair for making men and women shoes. Mr John
>Muir, boot and shoemaker, Church Street, met with his workmen on the evening
>of Monday last in the Albion Hotel, and afer entertaining them in a kindly
>manner, offered them an advance in wages of 3d per pair in all kinds of
work,
>which men at once agreed, and resumed their work on the following morning.
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