The following is information taken from the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company Personnel Records fro 1865 to 1914. Calumet and Hecla was a copper mining company on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. There are 22 records that have birthplace in a place I am fairly certain were in Dumfriesshire. There may be other towns that I don't know. These do not contain names where the birthplace is listed simply as Scotland unless I know the name has been associated with Dumfries. Data on the records is self-reported. Dates are in American format. Records contain the following fields: Last name, First name, Pay record number, Date began work, Position, Birth date, Birth place, Immigration date, Marital status, Spouse, # of Children, date of death, Cause of death, Place of death, Last employment, Reads/writes, Comments, Speaks English. Graham, John B., 11257, 7/7/1903, Hecla mine miner, 6/27/1871, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, 6//1903, s, , farmhand in Scotland, , never/not underground, yes Stewart, John B., 5950, 8/13/1898, Calumet contr. Miner, 3/8/1872, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, 8//1898, s, , , , , , Scotland, yes, , yes Wilson, William, 5952, 8/3/1898, Calumet contr. Miner, 11/25/1865, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, 8//1898, s, , , , , , Scotland, yes, , yes Wright, James, 2008, 5/11/1868, Overseer of Hecla surface, //1826, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, , m, , 5, 2/6/1900, , , , yes, private ledger, yes Wilson, William Wylie, 8550, 10/21/1899, Hecla contr. Miner, 4/9/1867, Sanquhar, cotland, 10/16/1899, m, , 1, , , , Scotland, yes, , yes Cowan, James, 3929, //1868, engineer, Frontenac, //1836, Scotland, , m, , 2, 4/31, heart disease, , , yes, , yes Grierson, James, 2003, 6//1868, overseer, Calumet surface, //1821, Scotland, , m, , 10, 4/5 1897, strangulated hernia, , , yes, , yes Grierson, William, 7757, fall 1888, machinist, //1857, Scotland, , m, , 3, 3/6/1912, , Calumet Ave. @ 6 p.m, , yes, , yes Hoatson, James, 3252, //1870, in mine, 8/6/1846, Scotland, , m, , , 6/9/1898, , , Montana, yes, private ledger, yes Lorimer, Charles, 12328, 494, S. Hecla miner, 12/1/1876, Wanlochead, Scotland, 456, s, , , , , , goldfields in Nevada, yes, McMillan, Thomas Watson, 1477, 1018, S. Hecla, 6/16/1886, Wanlochead, Scotland, 648, s, , , , , , Wanlochead, yes, never/not underground, yes Slimmon, William, 12968, 677, Red Jacket Shaft, 12/24/1877, Wanlochead, Scotland, 666, m, , 1, , , , Scotland, yes, , yes Slimmon, William D., 12964, 673, S. Hecla contr. Miner, 4/19/1875, Wanlochead, Scotland, 10//1905, m, , 1, , , , Wanlochead, , yes, , yes Williamson, Thomas, 7721, //1899, S. Hecla miner, 8/3/1877, Wanlochead, Scotland, 6/24/1899, s, , , , , , clerk in grocery store in Scotland, yes Waddell, William, 1956, 253, S. Hecla, 12/2/1880, Wanlocheed, Scotland, 247, s, , , , , , Scotland in mine, yes, , yes Dalziel, William Scott, 1476, 1018, S. Hecla mine accountant, 9/2/1878, Wanlochhead, Scotland, , s, , , , , , Lead mine, yes, , yes Kerr, Alexander, 3078, //1881, Calumet mine, 7/8/1853, Wanlockhead, Scotland s yes, loosing time drinking, yes Miller, James, 12610, 577, Calumet contract miner, 4/3/1882, Wanlockhead, Scotland, 571, s, , , , , , Scotland in mine, yes Wilson, Matthew, 10203, 1/2/1901, Hecla contr. Miner, 3/12/1866, Wanlockhead, Scotland 12//1900 m, Mary, 2 lead mine, yes, , yes Cowan, James, 16963, 2583, Osceola, 11/10/1880, Waterside, Ayrshire, Scotland, 12//1908, s Butte, MT, yes, , yes Mackay, John, 10379, 5/18/1901, machinist, 2/28/1872, Waterside, Scotland, 8/1881, m, , 1, , , , Tamarack, yes, , yes Hoatson, Thomas, 1478, 5/1/1871, head Captain of C& H mines, 3/13/1825, Waulockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, fall 1852, m, Grace Lorimer, 9, 12/19/1897, , , Ridge Mine, Ontonagon, yes, in Scotland, his name was Thomas McMillan Howatson, yes ==== DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Mailing List ====