Hi listers, I am related to the WRIGHT family who were Grocers/Coal Merchants in Rothesay from about 1825 in Montague St. They lived in Rothesay but built a new home called "Braeside" near Loch Ascog in 1851....... Robert WRIGHT married Helen THOM in Rothesay 1825 (I am their ggg granddaughter) Helen's father was John Thom and her mother was Elizabeth TAIT. They married Craigie by Kilmarnock 1805 Helen was born in Tarbolton c1805 and had a sister Jean who I think married Adam DICK (but I'm not 100% sure if she was Helen's sister). There was a brother John also. So I'm stuck here trying to link them up. John Thom (Helen's father) had three brothers: Robert, William and James (all born in Tarbolton I think). Robert Thom was a cotton spinner but became a civil engineer and the owner of Rothesay Cotton Mills. He also worked on maximising the water power to drive the cotton mills in West Lothian and Rothesay and gained a reputation as an excellent hydraulic engineer. He was commissioned to design the domestic and industrial water supply to Greenock They lived on a farm in Ascog Tower, Kingarth. William was a surgeon and moved to Annan James was also a civil engineer Robert THOM married Catherine PRENTICE 1814 in Edinburgh. Her brother was Archibald Prentice the soon to be Manager of the Rothesay Cotton Mill. They had 6 children - only 3 survived - Robert, Catherine and Eliza Robert died at 34 - not sure if he married Catherine moved to Logie, Perth - never married Eliza married James ANNAN and raised 3 children in Ascog but later moved to Stirling, Roseneath and later West Kilbride, Ayr I would appreciate any help or information on any of the above. Many thanks, Liz Larsen Coffs Harbour Australia (ex New Zealand)