Month: November 2024
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Another Disposition
After nearly a half century in the hands of a sister and brother ownership, No 7 Earlspark Avenue changed hands to an interesting clothing manufacturer whose business was in Queen Street, in Glasgow city centre, in an area know for such work. Although now, Queen Street is a street of art and clothing stores. He…
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Tracing the Carvers
I have been trying to discover the earlier generations of the Carver family, to whom I belong, in the early part of the 19th Century. My family originated in an agricultural area of Sussex, above the South Downs, between Horsham and Petersfield, in the registration district of Midhurst. There is a village near Easebourne called…
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John McKie, MN
What can I tell you about my father in law, John McKie, who died in 1986? I have yet to write about his life and times, and then that will be mostly based upon his birth and marriage records and the memories of his daughters. I knew him for only four years and the times…