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David (jnr) was a ‘farmer of 28 acres’ and a ‘widower’ with eight young children in 1851. Both parents were still alive in 1841 with David working as an ‘agricultural labourer’ at ‘Bentfield Farm’.
email from Greg McKie 20.3.2007
David (jnr) was a ‘farmer of 28 acres’ and a ‘widower’ with eight young children in 1851. Both parents were still alive in 1841 with David working as an ‘agricultural labourer’ at ‘Bentfield Farm’.
email from Greg McKie 20.3.2007
David (jnr) was a ‘farmer of 28 acres’ and a ‘widower’ with eight young children in 1851. Both parents were still alive in 1841 with David working as an ‘agricultural labourer’ at ‘Bentfield Farm’.
email from Greg McKie 20.3.2007
email from Greg McKie 20.3.2007
David (a ‘retired weaver’) and Ann were living in Whitburn in 1851 with their unmarried children Catherine, Margaret and James. David died before 1861 because Ann was then described as a ‘widow’ whilst living with her grandson.
email from Greg McKie 20.3.2007
David (a ‘retired weaver’) and Ann were living in Whitburn in 1851 with their unmarried children Catherine, Margaret and James. David died before 1861 because Ann was then described as a ‘widow’ whilst living with her grandson.
email from Greg McKie 20.3.2007
In 1861 Christian (Thomas’ wife) was a ‘muslin tambourer’, Thomas, Christian, Alexander and William were ‘cotton weaver’s’. Margaret and Catherine were ‘muslin labourers’. A ‘tambourer’ stretched silk for embroidery. James was an ‘ironmonger’. The unmarried children: Margaret, Catherine, William and James all lived in Catherine’s house on the Edinburgh-Glasgow road in Whitburn.
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a 'weaver'
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In 1851 James was a ‘road labourer’ living in High Street Linlithgow.
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In 1851 James was a ‘road labourer’ living in High Street Linlithgow.Elizabeth, who never married, was a ‘house servant’ living in the same street.
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Barbara’s father was a ‘merchant’ in Edinburgh.