Jocelyn, SI Marriages Male S'name Graham - Given Name Samuel - F'male S'name McKechnie NO GIVEN NAME Year - Selected between 1880-1892 then reduced years until 1887 became the only year with a marriage using the above info Selected various Counties around Renfrew - Lanark was the one that verified the 1887 marriage - You will have to remember that there were changes to boundaries of Counties/Shires so not always found in the one you might think, and also depended upon where one was living to where a child may have been born. SI Births S'name Graham - Given Name John McKechnie Year - Selected between marriage year of 1887-1895 then reduced to find exact year SI Death S'name Graham - Given Name John McKechnie - No entries came up using Mother's Name details and only John so changed criteria to the 2 Given Names and NO Mother's details. As above selected between various years then reducing until the 1955 became apparent, then again selecting various Counties around Lanark, Dunbarton became the obvious place. Here again there were boundary changes around Lanark and Dunbarton. Have fun downloading... Jenny -------------------------- I can find credits for that. How did you find them? I searched, and I am a good researcher. Jocelyn On ScotlandsPeople.......... In 1887 there is a marriage between a Samuel GRAHAM + McKECHNIE in County of Lanark In 1892 there is a birth of a John McKechnie GRAHAM County of Lanark In 1955 there is a death of a John McKechnie GRAHAM in Dunbarton Sorry, didn't have any credits available to download them. Regards Jenny

Hello Jocelyn Born in Renfrew town, I am interested in reading about shipyards, foundries and industries around the Clyde. Recent posts have been interesting. Might be worth looking for clues around John's employment as a draftsman/designer with Weir Pump. Draftsmen often started out from a trade. Weir Pump, is now a big company. In Johns time he may have started out as a tradesman fitter in a shipyard or locomotive or boiler works and would have lived close to such places. Maybe did a trade at Weir Pumps, Cathcart, then moved in to a drawing office. Google in 'Weir Pumps history' and see Wikipedia entry. See poster of ad. Weir Pump made pumps for ships and locomotives and stationary boilers. A trade guild might have some record but I have no local knowledge. His 'indentures' would have been in the form of a contract with his employer so no government records for that. His father, bothers or uncles may also have worked in engineering trades eg fitters, blacksmiths, platers, riveters, etc. Maybe his father, if he too worked at Weir Pump, 'got him in' as an apprentice. Any marriage certificates may show employment type. If John's fathergot his son in to a trade there he probably lived nearby to Cathcart. A trade plus drafting experience was sufficient to become a detail draftsman but as John became a 'designer' he may have gone to a nearby college at night to gain more skill. I don't know what local college there might be except a central technical college in Glasgow itself. Not much help but some things to keep in mind. Maybe others can expand on this. Robert Campbell in Brisbane

Hi I found Samuel and his family in the census in 1901 and 1891 1901 GRAHAM, Samuel Head Married M 41 1860 Bookkeeper & Secretary Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire GRAHAM, Joan Wife Married F 36 1865 Busby, Renfrewshire GRAHAM, Willie Son M 11 1890 Scholar Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire GRAHAM, John Mckichnie Son M 9 1892 Scholar Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire GRAHAM, Samuel Son M 6 1895 Thornliebank, Renfrewshire Piece: 622 Folio: 20 Page: 10 Registration District: Shettleston Civil Parish: Glasgow Municipal Borough: Address: 2, York Terrace, Glasgow County: Lanarkshire 1891 GRAHAM, Samuel Head Married M 31 1860 Clerk (India Rubber Manufrs) Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire GRAHAM, Joanna Wife Married F 26 1865 Busby, Renfrewshire GRAHAM, William Son M 2 1889 Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire Piece: 562 Folio: 8 Page: 29 Registration District: Eastwood Civil Parish: Eastwood Municipal Borough: Address: King Street, Eastwood, Pollokshaws County: Renfrewshire Irene