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    1. Re: BIGGINS name in Clydebank and area.
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WeC.2ACI/979.1.1.2 Message Board Post: The James and Mary Biggins you refer to are my great grandparents. When they first came to Scotland they stayed in the east end of Glasgow before moving to Millar Street in Clydebank. My grandfather was Thomas (born 1900) and as far as I know he was a young adult at the time of the move when he went to work in John Brown's shipyard. His brother Patrick (Paddy) remained in the Bridgton area of Glasgow with his own family (I think). My father was James Biggins and he had sporadic contact with his east end cousins until his death in 1992 aged just 68. My great aunt the lovely Nancy Biggins, who was married to John Biggins, died last year aged 97 the last of her generation. I have James and Mary's marriage cert, they were married at St Mary's RC Church Pollokshaws in 1891 as well as Mary's birth cert from 1866. I have great photo of them as a young couple holding Paddy. The radio broadcast that was referred to came from my uncle Benny's house in 1971!! Benny, Tommy (dece! ased) and Patrick (deceased) are my father's brothers.

    08/19/2006 09:31:47