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Hello, I started working on my family history in 1990.
So far I have traced relations on my wife’s line and my line to Australia, Canada and the USA .
Alison and I have two children, Angela and Colin, we stay in South Queensferry, West Lothian Scotland, eight miles to the west of Edinburgh.
So far I have traced relations on my wife’s line and my line to Australia, Canada and the USA .
Alison and I have two children, Angela and Colin, we stay in South Queensferry, West Lothian Scotland, eight miles to the west of Edinburgh.
Bowie, my wife’s maiden name.
They originated in Bo’ness (Borrowstounness) and were mainly miners. One branch left Bo’ness in the mid 1800’s for the USA, still coal miners, they sought out coal to fuel the railroad as it moved west.
My wife’s ancestor moved to Edinburgh and worked in the brewery.
They originated in Bo’ness (Borrowstounness) and were mainly miners. One branch left Bo’ness in the mid 1800’s for the USA, still coal miners, they sought out coal to fuel the railroad as it moved west.
My wife’s ancestor moved to Edinburgh and worked in the brewery.
Ravie: Found in Northern Ireland at the turn of the 1800’s, originally agricultural labourers in Ayrshire. The family moved to Bathgate, West Lothian to work in the emerging oil industry in the 1860’s. Shale miners into the early 20th century. My great grandfrather served in the gordon Highlanders in India and took part in the march lead by General Roberts from Kabul to Kandihar.
Welsh: Earliest record is for John Welsh b. 1720 in Kilconquhar, Fife. His great grandson Thomas was lured to the goldfields of Victoria, Australia in 1853. Another branch moved to the USA, Bernard Welsh died in 1928 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Park: From Wallyford (St Clement Wells),. This family produced a string of talented golfers. The first British Open Champion was Willie Park snr. 1860, he won the competition at the Prestwick Golf Club, my great grand mother was Willie’s sister.
