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Ancestor killed at Flodden
30/10/2017 14:54
2nd Lord John Hay of Yester (1470-1530) who was killed in
Flodden
The Battle of Flodden on 9th September 1530 was the largest battle between Scotland and England. About 15,000 Scottish lives were lost including King James IV and very many of the nobility.
I discovered...
The Sharp line
25/09/2017 21:21
Recently I've been exploring the Sharp line. Traced it back to the 1500s - John Sharp (1594-1638)
Elizabeth Sharp Born on 23 March 1857 at Kinnaird, Larbert, Stirlingshire. Died 3 August 1938
Married James Vannan
They had five children including my grand-mother Isabella Jane...
Isabella Bowhill Main - photo
01/06/2017 11:09
My great-great Grandmother (1836-1922) - Married to Robert Johnston (1835-1909)
Found on another site a photograph of her (seated on right) with daughter (Margaret Johnston), grand-daughter)
Jasper Paterson
23/04/2016 19:03
Jasper Younger Paterson
His grandfather, James Paterson (1802-1891), was my great great great grandfather.
Jasper was born on 5th August 1882 in Morebattle, Roxburghshire. The family&nb
David Paterson - death notice in Scotsman
21/04/2016 23:39
Discovered today David Paterson - death notice in Scotsman
on 11 August 1916
His story can be found here
Found new photograph today
15/04/2016 20:52
I think it is of Paterson family members outside 2 Church Street in Earlston.
I don't know the date or exactly who they are. I think the date is probably between 1890 and 1915.
Anyone able to help identify.
Edited some pages over last few days
17/02/2016 20:02
Particularly
Me
and
Earlston Connections
Added a few pages over past couple of days
08/02/2016 19:28
Here they are:
Family Connections - First World War - read
My Connections with Earlston - read
A page about myself - read
Robert Johnston, the Tailor of Innerleithen
07/02/2016 14:06
[PDF Version with pictures] The Tailor of Innerleithen.pdf (240807)
Robert Johnston, my Great Great Grandfather, was born In Berwick-upon-Tweed in on 14th August 1835.
He married Isabella Bowhill Main (born in Kelso in 1836) in 1856. In the 1851 census Isabella...
My Connections with Earlston
06/02/2016 18:18
[The houses which Stewart Paterson (my great grat grandfather) had built about 1870, this photo taken in 2012. The tower of the church is visible behind the houses.]
My family has close connections with Earlston in the Scottish Borders. Earlston is about...