Hi Jenny, As I recall the size of my Scottish grandparents, an thinking about a few generations back from them, this lady could have been a "giantess" at 5ft 10 inches. :) Jim -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jenny Myers" <jenm@exemail.com.au> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 8:19 PM To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [Lanark] 1851 census, Old Monkland, ED 49, pages 16-18 > Hi Jim, > I was intrigued by the last entry.......................was she a very > tall > lady or was it in relation to size?? :-)) > > Jenny > ---------------------- > 67 St John Street > James McGeechan Head Mard 23 Iron Stone Miner Do > David Martin Visitor Widr 30 Do, do, do Do > John do Do Un 9 Do > Micheal Hart Do Un 28 Founder Lanark Glasgow > John Kean Do Un 23 Iron Stone Miner Ireland > Elisabeth McGeechan Sister Un 19 House Keeper Do68 > > Henry Johnstone Head Un 21 Strolling Showman England > Ann Ewing Visitor Un 8 Do > > Ann McDonald Do Un 18 **Exhibited Giantess** Do > > > ------------------------------- > > 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