Hi Bob, I have been following the messages about the Vice Consul to Poland. Although I have nobody in a similar position I thought that this might be of interest. Simon Forrest was born at Crawfordjohn in 1825. He became a teacher and eventually retired to Newport in Fife. He had a son, also Simon, whose occupation was variously - ship broker, secretary, shipping agent. In a 1908 Dundee Directory I found that Simon, junior, was the Swedish Consul in Dundee. In 1925 he was the German Consul and the Swedish Vice Consul. I had presumed that these were honourary posts but perhaps not. Any thoughts on this are welcome. Janet

Though I'm in the North Island, thank you Jenny for your kind thoughts for those suffering in Christchurch. Power is back on, water, nearly though sewerage is disrupted. Thankfully it happened at the weekend and the CBD was mostly empty. Jean -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Myers Sent: Sunday, 5 September 2010 8:18 p.m. To: LANARK@rootsweb.com Subject: [Lanark] NZ EARTHQUAKE To our New Zealand family of researchers......especially those on the South Island my thoughts go out to you in the aftermath of your devastating earthquake. Luckily there was no loss of life but so much destruction of buildings and homes. Our city of Newcastle recovered after the quake in 1989 you will do the same.... Jenny ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3112 - Release Date: 09/05/10 06:34:00

To our New Zealand family of researchers......especially those on the South Island my thoughts go out to you in the aftermath of your devastating earthquake. Luckily there was no loss of life but so much destruction of buildings and homes. Our city of Newcastle recovered after the quake in 1989 you will do the same.... Jenny

1812 David Lees coalier at Knownoble & Jane Cowan Spouse had a Son born there the Eleventh day of march being Wednesday & Baptized here the 12 April and Named James Lees 1812 James Orr of Budds and Elisabeth Orr Spouse had a Son born there upon Saturday the Twenty Eighth day of March & Baptized here the 12 April and Named Thomas Orr 1812 Alexander Reid coalier residing at Longacres and Mary Barr Spouse had a Son born there upon the fourteenth day of March being Saturday and Baptized here the 12 April and Named James Reid 1812 William Jack coalier residing at Omoa Foundry & Janet Marshall Spouse had a Son born there upon the Eleventh day of April & Baptized here the 3d May & Named William Jack 1812 Alexander Lochhead tenant in Easter Baton & Mary Young Spouse had a Daughter born there the nineteenth day of April and Baptized here the 3d May and Named Mary Young Lochhead Page 77 1812 William Stevenson farmer Spring Bank of Wester Moffat and Agnes Lochhead Spouse had a Daughter born there the third day of May and Baptized the Eighth day of that Month and named Jane Stevenson 1810 Ann White in Bothwellshields upon the first day of October 1800& ten brought forth a Daughter to Robert Waddell in the Parish of Slamanan and was Baptized & Named Jean Waddell 1812 Andrew Kay servant to Mr Walker Tenant of South Rigg & Margaret Hamilton Spouse had twins born there upon the twentieth day of April and Baptized the Eldest a Girl Named Margaret Kay the youngest a boy Named Andrew Kay 1812 John Scott cocker at Omoa Iron Works and Jean Gardner Spouse had a Son born there upon Sunday the tenth day of May and Baptized here the 31st of that Month and Named James Scott 1812 John Russell servant to John Dalziel farmer in Swinstie and Marion Martin Spouse had a Daughter born there upon the Eigth day of March and baptized & Named Elisabeth Russell 1812 Hugh Bennet coalier at Shotts Iron Works & Mary Ewing Spouse had a Son born there upon the Eighteenth of April & Baptized the 12th May and Named Alexander Bennet 1811 William Graham flax Dresser at Harthill and Jean Bishop Spouse had a Son born there upon the Eighteenth day of February & Baptized and Named David Graham 1811 John Binning labourer Harthill and Marion Strathearn Spouse had a Daughter born there upon Monday the fourteenth day of January & Baptized and Named Janet Binning 1812 John Agnew smith at Shotts Iron Works & Christian Rennie his Spouse had a daughter born there upon the nineteenth day of May & Baptized the 21st June and Named Isabella Agnew 1812 Thomas Steell road Maker at New Turf and Catherine Love Spouse had a daughter born there the twenty fourth day of May & Baptized the 21st June & Named Margaret Steell Page 78 1812 John Baillie toll Keeper Raiziehill Toll Bar and Margaret Meek Spouse had a Son born there upon the twenty ninth day of May and Baptized the 21st June and Named David Baillie 1812 James Neilson labourer Pleasance Moffathills and Jacobina Smith Spouse had a Son born there the Twelfth day of June and Baptized the 21st same Month and Named James Neilson 1812 Ritchie Letham farmer Upper Blairmuckhole and Mary Johnston Spouse had a Son born there upon (blank) the (blank) day of (blank) and Baptized the 21st June and Named Ritchie Letham 1812 James Smith farmer in Glenmeadow and Janet Shaw Spouse had a Son born there upon the twenty third day of March and baptized and Named James Smith 1812 Robert Davidson in Murdoston Flax Miln and Elisabeth Lowden Spouse had a Daughter born there upon the Twenty first day of May and Baptized and Named Christian Davidson 1812 Thomas Russell session Officer of Shotts and Margaret Young Spouse had a Son born at Girdhimstrait upon Thursday the Second day of July and Baptized the 19th of that month and Named Gavin Young Russell 1812 John Torrance labourer at Shotts Iron Works and Martha Wilson Spouse had a Son born there upon the 29 April and Baptized here the 5th July and Named William Torrance 1812 Walter McQueen coalier residing in Knownoble and Mary Millar Spouse had a Daughter born there upon the Twenty Second day of July and Baptized here the 2d Augt and Named Helen McQueen 1812 John Sym tenant in Merchant hall & Janet Smart Spouse had a Daughter born there upon the Twenty first day of July & Baptized here the 2d Augt and Named Agnes Sym 1812 Robert Barr coalier in Salisburgh and Margaret Black Spouse had a Son born there upon the Twenty first day of July and Baptized here the 2d August and Named William Barr Page 79 William Russell of Birniehill and Marion Watson Spouse had a Daughter born at Meikle Harshaw upon the third day of February and baptized and Named Janet Russell 1812 Hugh Millar furnace Keeper at Omoa Iron Works and Agnes Johnston Spouse had a Daughter born there upon Wednesday the Twenty Second day of July & Baptized here the ninth day of August and Named Janet Millar 1812 James Russell labourer in Old Toll or Quarrelheads and Margaret Waddell Spouse had Son born there upon Thursday the Twenty fifth day of June and Baptized here the 16th August and Named James Russell 1812 William Rankine coalier Omoa Foundry Bothwell and Agnes Young Spouse had a Daughter born there the fourteenth day of Augt & Baptized here the 13th Septr and Named Agnes Rankine 1811 William Hamilton farmer Bogfoot & Ann Jack Spouse had a Son born there upon the twelfth day of Augt and baptized and Named James Hamilton 1811 John Smith Mercht at Omoa New Town & Margaret Gardener Spouse had a Son born upon the 18th Septr Baptized & Named John Smith

Hi Nivard, As promised the outcome was that yes this is my man. Thank you very much. The informant of the death was his "nephew" who was born in Glasgow in 1918 at a private maternity clinic. He was the son of JCW's brother-in-law, who was married in Moscow and he also was a Mining Engineer. So this opens up another Russian conundrum to be investigated but it looks like they got out of Russia at about the same time as JCW. At least we now know JCW's wifes maiden surname. I've still to find out anything about the Vice Consul part but as Ken said in his reply, he could have been some sort of quasi-official. Perhaps the Vice Consul part was put into the court case to crank up the compensation being sought for the rail crash. If anyone on the list knows of where info on ex Consular/Embassy staff can be founf I'd greatly appreciate it. As you said Nivard, a very elusive chap Once again, many thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> To: lanark@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:40 Subject: Re: [Lanark] Vice Consul to Poland Hi Bob An elusive chap it seems I take it you are sure the 1925 sailing is definitely he? He is listed as an Engineer not Timber Merchant The only thing I could find regarding the name is :- (from the London Gazette) azette Issue 42979 published on the 26 April 1963. Page 80 of 104 WINNING James Cochrane ddress he Holm, Station Road, Woldingham, Surrey ining Engineer (Retired) died) 17th February 1963 ravers Smith Braithwaite & Co, 4 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2, Solicitors National Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited) laims by 1st July 1963 Which does tally age wise with yours Is this your man? =

.. I was looking for the emigration of James Bryce and family of Lanarkshire after the 1851 Census.. and found lots of Glasgow immigrants. Fortunately it also covers Australian Immigration Records which was a surprise Cheers Gay > > USA Immigration Records are FREE for Labor Day Weekend... Ancestry is > offering their entire American Immigration record collection for free > this weekend. You can access the records by using the link found at > http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/09/usa-immigration-records-free-for-labor.html

Do not know if this will help anyone but seeing such an unusual name, it stuck and I just found this: 23 Caird drive, Partick, Mrs Agnes Froude, tenant Glasgow Valuations Rolls 1913-4, Ward 31, p112, available at http://www.theglasgowstory.com/valsearch.php jay

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That makes me a connection too because the first of those Alexander Aitkenheads is the brother of my great-great-great-grandmother Margaret Aitkenhead. Anne > Ann Sinclair Frood's (daughter of > Alexander Frood and Ann Sinclair) father > in law's (James Dickie) great aunt's (Janet Watt) father in > law's (Alexander > Aikenhead) nephew's (Alexander Aikenhead) son's (Robert > Aikenhead) > grandson's (Robert Aikenhead) wife is Grace Agnes Clayton > (my granny). > > So I am related to the Froods in a round about way :-) > > Pamela Harrow > > > > That gave me a chance to slip in my Scots ancestors > quite nicely. > > I spotted the name Frood in your post Frank and > wondered if you or any > > other LANARK posters had done much research into this > family. Your post > > reminded me of one of my lines where my research has > not yet been too > > successful. > > > > I have quite a distant tenuous link to this 'unusual' > name in that one > > of my great grandfather's brothers, Gavin Murray > Cowan, married a > > Catherine Sinclair Turnbull on 26 Feb 1904 in Glasgow. > The family > > shortly afterwards emigrated to Canada and I haven't > been able to find > > out much more. Catherine's parents were John Turnbull > and Catherine > > Sinclair. > > > > The Frood connection is through Catherine S Turnbull, > whose aunt and > > uncle were Ann Sinclair and Alexander Frood. > > > > Have any Lanark researchers got any connections to any > of these > > families? > > > > Alan Cowan > > > > Disclaimer > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This > > >   > ------------------------------- > > LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST > > > LIST TOPIC:  The discussion and research of genealogy > or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any > point in its history. > > WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most > of the earlier message before you post any reply > > LIST INFORMATION PAGE:  Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; > or to search the list archives, get information on > subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful > information to help you use the list more effectively, > please click on the following link to the list information > page online: > > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >

Hello Listers I have Rachel Watson b1710 Carnwath Lanarkshire -her parents Mungo Watson and Jane/Jean Gray Rachel Watson had a spouse Robert Crighton/Crightone I wonder if anyone on the Lanarkshire List has Watsons or Grays on their F Tree please. Does anyone have access to very early burials in Libberton or Carnwath ? I have looked at Sheila Scotts MIs Many thanks Joan Carmody jr_carmody@clear.net.nz

Ann Sinclair Frood's (daughter of Alexander Frood and Ann Sinclair) father in law's (James Dickie) great aunt's (Janet Watt) father in law's (Alexander Aikenhead) nephew's (Alexander Aikenhead) son's (Robert Aikenhead) grandson's (Robert Aikenhead) wife is Grace Agnes Clayton (my granny). So I am related to the Froods in a round about way :-) Pamela Harrow > That gave me a chance to slip in my Scots ancestors quite nicely. > I spotted the name Frood in your post Frank and wondered if you or any > other LANARK posters had done much research into this family. Your post > reminded me of one of my lines where my research has not yet been too > successful. > > I have quite a distant tenuous link to this 'unusual' name in that one > of my great grandfather's brothers, Gavin Murray Cowan, married a > Catherine Sinclair Turnbull on 26 Feb 1904 in Glasgow. The family > shortly afterwards emigrated to Canada and I haven't been able to find > out much more. Catherine's parents were John Turnbull and Catherine > Sinclair. > > The Frood connection is through Catherine S Turnbull, whose aunt and > uncle were Ann Sinclair and Alexander Frood. > > Have any Lanark researchers got any connections to any of these > families? > > Alan Cowan > > Disclaimer > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This

Hi Bob All as is in the book. Regards Gavin John Palmor s of Janet Ritchie in flats 29 8 1790 9 Wm Ritchie late tenant Netherhouses 27 11 1833 83 Jas R 15 6 1790 2 Ann R 3 4 1796 6 Grizel R 26 2 1831 51 chn to said Ritchie and....(rest of inscription bd) John s of Wm Ritchie tenant Drumalbon 25 6 1795 13 By Jas Tennant/Dyke farm d 10 7 1889 64 to da Jessie Newbigging 6 9 1887 24 s Daniel Tudhope 22 8 1868 2y 6mth w Janet Todd 4 1 1914 84 s Thos 17 7 1926 67 Jas Todd tennant d Dyke farm 30 4 1931 70 w Jane Monteith Ritchie 22 12 1945 87 s Ebenezer Ritchie tennant 3 10 1961 63 Janet Watson relict of Thos Ritchie 28 12 1829 82 Mary Ritchie w of Wm Wallace d Glasgow feb 1814 63 (TS) John Sandilands farmer Howgate 1 10 1823 77 w Mary Sommerville 9 12 1811 61 da Jean 23 8 1840 59 da Janet 23 3 1844 64 Grizal Ritchie w of Jas Sandilands 27 9 1843 61 (TS) By John & Jas Forrest to fa John tenant Sandilands 27 11 1708-6 12 1798 mo Marion Sandilands 8 11 1800 51 Janet Ritchie w of John F who ed this stone 20 5 18(44) 57 John F late farmer Sandilands 1 2 1866 77 s Jas late farmer Sandilands 9 5 1875 61 (On back, square & compasses) Jas Richie late weaver Dramalbon 7 12 178(3) 70 John Ritchie late mason Drumalbon 23 12 1792 53 w Margt Jack 7 2 1819 70 Jas Ritchie late mason Hyndfordbridge 19 2 1852 82 w Margt Reat 17 7 1857 75 s Wm 16 3 1840 21 By Michael Rae/Drumalbin to s Gilbert 27 11 1840 1y 10 m s Gilbert 1 11 1857 15 w Marion Mitchell 13 9 1875 59 Michael R d Woodville Biggar 15 7 1885 70 > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 10:18:05 -0700 > From: Bob Mitchell <forestrail@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Lanark] MIs or burials for Carmichael Kirkyard > To: lanark@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimu8yYxub-8JDYFcJviq-3CXkRvXJOjTJo3gdUg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Gavin > > I am looking for RITCHIES and MITCHELLS in the Carmichael Kirkyard before > 1850. > > Nivard > > The Lanarkshire Geological Society publishes a book of Mortcloths for > Carmichael, Symington, and Wandell&Lamington. There are 15 LAMBs in > Carmichael. I could send a PDF if you don't have access to the book. > > Bob > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 9094 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

    Hi I also have a large amount of Frood's in my husbands tree that I am willing to share Regards Rachel

Hi Fraser & Alan: I invite you both (or anyone else wanting information on the Frood line) to e-mail me off line. I might be able to help. I certainly have information on Ann Sinclair and Alexander Frood. One thing people MAY be missing is that a generation or two prior to My 3rd GH grandmother Margaret Frood the surname was generally spelled FRUID. Regards Frank Easton Sherwood Park Alberta +21c

Hi Fraser, As far as I know the Froods in my line were still in Scotland until the late 1800s. The Cowan side, (my own link), were found in Toronto in the 1911 census after having two+ children born in Scotland, two+ further were born in York (Toronto), Ontario in 1913 and 1915. Alan -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Fraser Forrest Sent: 02 September 2010 13:53 To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] FROOD SINCLAIR COWAN TURNBULL Alan, There were Froods in the Ottawa Valley, Upper Canada, in the mid 1800s, some of whom married into my family. Do you have any more information? Fraser Forrest Alan Cowan wrote: > I spotted the name Frood in your post Frank and wondered if you or any > other LANARK posters had done much research into this family. Your post > reminded me of one of my lines where my research has not yet been too > successful. > > I have quite a distant tenuous link to this 'unusual' name in that one > of my great grandfather's brothers, Gavin Murray Cowan, married a > Catherine Sinclair Turnbull on 26 Feb 1904 in Glasgow. The family > shortly afterwards emigrated to Canada and I haven't been able to find > out much more. Catherine's parents were John Turnbull and Catherine > Sinclair. > > The Frood connection is through Catherine S Turnbull, whose aunt and > uncle were Ann Sinclair and Alexander Frood. > > Have any Lanark researchers got any connections to any of these > families? > > Alan Cowan > > ------------------------------- LANARK, SCOTLAND MAILING LIST LIST TOPIC: The discussion and research of genealogy or history information pertaining to Lanark, Scotland at any point in its history. WHEN REPLYING to any list post please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any reply LIST INFORMATION PAGE: Contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com; or to search the list archives, get information on subscribing or unsubscribing, or to obtain other useful information to help you use the list more effectively, please click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Disclaimer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email message has been scanned for viruses by Mimecast. Mimecast delivers a complete managed email solution from a single web based platform. For more information please visit www.mimecast.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Scottish Genealogy Society, mentioned by Janet, has purchasing online facilities http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/ and so may well be worth a look as they have numerous publications. Best wishes, Sheena Ireland

Apologies to you all for only cutting out part of the previous post. I hope it is still understandable. Properly edited this time hopefully. Alan I spotted the name Frood in your post Frank and wondered if you or any other LANARK posters had done much research into this family. Your post reminded me of one of my lines where my research has not yet been too successful. I have quite a distant tenuous link to this 'unusual' name in that one of my great grandfather's brothers, Gavin Murray Cowan, married a Catherine Sinclair Turnbull on 26 Feb 1904 in Glasgow. The family shortly afterwards emigrated to Canada and I haven't been able to find out much more. Catherine's parents were John Turnbull and Catherine Sinclair. The Frood connection is through Catherine S Turnbull, whose aunt and uncle were Ann Sinclair and Alexander Frood. Have any Lanark researchers got any connections to any of these families? Alan Cowan Disclaimer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email message has been scanned for viruses by Mimecast. Mimecast delivers a complete managed email solution from a single web based platform. For more information please visit www.mimecast.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Alan Cowan Thank you very much. It would appear that I do have several relatives buried here and I still have some work to do on that family. The Frood family . My 3rd G Grandmother was Margaret Frood and therefore I am a Frood, besides being an EASTON, DICKSON, STEEL, NEILSON, WEIR, YOUNG, SYMINGTON< HOW, BROWN and GARDNER. That gave me a chance to slip in my Scots ancestors quite nicely. I spotted the name Frood in your post Frank and wondered if you or any other LANARK posters had done much research into this family. Your post reminded me of one of my lines where my research has not yet been too successful. I have quite a distant tenuous link to this 'unusual' name in that one of my great grandfather's brothers, Gavin Murray Cowan, married a Catherine Sinclair Turnbull on 26 Feb 1904 in Glasgow. The family shortly afterwards emigrated to Canada and I haven't been able to find out much more. Catherine's parents were John Turnbull and Catherine Sinclair. The Frood connection is through Catherine S Turnbull, whose aunt and uncle were Ann Sinclair and Alexander Frood. Have any Lanark researchers got any connections to any of these families? Alan Cowan Disclaimer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email message has been scanned for viruses by Mimecast. Mimecast delivers a complete managed email solution from a single web based platform. For more information please visit www.mimecast.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Alan, There were Froods in the Ottawa Valley, Upper Canada, in the mid 1800s, some of whom married into my family. Do you have any more information? Fraser Forrest Alan Cowan wrote: > I spotted the name Frood in your post Frank and wondered if you or any > other LANARK posters had done much research into this family. Your post > reminded me of one of my lines where my research has not yet been too > successful. > > I have quite a distant tenuous link to this 'unusual' name in that one > of my great grandfather's brothers, Gavin Murray Cowan, married a > Catherine Sinclair Turnbull on 26 Feb 1904 in Glasgow. The family > shortly afterwards emigrated to Canada and I haven't been able to find > out much more. Catherine's parents were John Turnbull and Catherine > Sinclair. > > The Frood connection is through Catherine S Turnbull, whose aunt and > uncle were Ann Sinclair and Alexander Frood. > > Have any Lanark researchers got any connections to any of these > families? > > Alan Cowan > >

Hello Frank, >Thank you, look forward to it. Just a side question. Is one of >your "loads of Ancestors" the Smith family that owned Fauldhouse in >Lesmahagow? Sorry, no Smiths in Lanarkshire. My own surname is Robertson - originally from Fochabers. My husband's Smiths were from Perth. But I did have problems with one of my Lanarkshire Callans. In 1837 Jane Callan & James Whyte had a son James Whyte. When he married his father was stated as 'landed proprietor' - he was James Whyte of Neuk, Lesmahagow. In 1843 Jane Callan married a James Whyte but he turned out not to be the same James Whyte! That took ages to sort out. Cheers, Janet Jane Callan & James Whyte of Neuck, Lesmahagow had: JAMES 41/ 51/ 61/ 71/ 81 91 01 born 13 Feb 1837 bp 23 Apr Douglas