Tag: Saltcoats
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Williamina
A Welsh Family Post There is little to know about Williamina. Not one of her descendants known to me who are living in Scotland have any real knowledge of her. She has left neither footprint of her life that I can find, nor any photos. We know her parents, her brothers and sisters, her nephews…
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Mr and Mrs Welsh Come to Saltcoats
Saltcoats is a coastal town in Ayrshire. It is part of what is known as the Three Towns: Stevenston, Saltcoats and Ardrossan. The history of this coastline is built upon coal, iron, shipbuilding, dynamite, and trains. It was possibly one of the busiest industrial hubs of Scotland at the turn of the 19th Century with…
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The Stevenston Seaman
The Nicol family were so well established in their community that each of Peter and Elizabeth’s children made roots in Stevenston and surrounding towns. Stevenston, Ardeer, Saltcoats, Irvine and Ardrossan are the lifeblood towns of my wife’s family. Many second generation children of the Nicol family may have settled in the area but it was…
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The Nicol Dynasty
A number of things have happened since writing about Peter Nicol and his arrival in Ayrshire. I realised how little my research was on Peter and his family and started exploring in more detail. As a result I have been discovering a number of events and facts that make his life and times a really…