Hi Listers: I am looking for information regarding a relative of my husband. The only information I have on him is his death certificate which states that James GILLIES, mechanical engineer, died of myocardial degeneration on Jan 6, 1940 at 9 Norfolk St., Peterborough. I have tried the various engineering institutes and the Universities at Glasgow and Edinburgh without any luck. My husband thought he was a civil engineer but the death certificate says different. He seems to have spent part of his career abroad as my husband remembers seeing a photograph of him standing under a palm tree. Family members say he was born in Scotland, so as a last resort, I tried the 1881 census for Scotland and found 2 James GILLIES of approximately the right age. One was James F. GILLIES age 14, born Rothesay, Bute, living with his grandmother Helen FINNIE, farmer's widow age 76, born Kingarth, Bute. They were living at 21 Guilford St. Cumbrae, Bute. There were also 2 unmarried brothers, John F. GILLIES, age 27, born Rothesay, Bute, metal merchant and George GILLIES age 23, born Rothesay, Bute, joiner, living at the same address. The other was James GILLIES, age 14, scholar, born Kilmartin, Argyll, living with his father Hugh GILLIES, age 55, gardener (journeyman), born Kilmartin, Argyll at Village of Slockvullin, Kilmartin, Argyll. Also living there were Mary GILLIES, age 23, daughter, housekeeper, born Glassary, Argyll; Jane GILLIES, age 20, daughter, General Servt. Unemployed, born Kilmartin, Argyll; Alice GILLIES, age 17, daughter, General Servt. Unemployed, born Kilmartin, Argyll. If anyone has any information about any of these GILLIES, I would appreciate hearing from them, if only to cross them off my list of possibles. If anyone could suggest any other places where an engineer would have got his credentials in the late 1800s, I would also appreciate hearing from them. Regards Anne Anne Toll Warren, RI