Thank you all for your assistance with Clockmakers. I have a working clock that was made by Geo. Dunn, I think about 1750-1780 that has been been in my family since at least 1810. Tracy On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 1:00 AM, <midlothian-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Clockmakers of Edinburgh (TRACY MCCALLUM) > 2. Re: Clockmakers of Edinburgh (archie gilbert) > 3. Re: Thomas ROBERTSON (Murray Robertson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:49:15 -0600 > From: TRACY MCCALLUM <corsair@wildblue.net> > Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Clockmakers of Edinburgh > To: midlothian@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <903e10b61003210749s45634f3dt285859860364804c@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dear Listers > > Does anyone know of a resource for Clock makers in Edinburgh or Douglas? > > I am trying to research a George Dunn, clockmaker in Douglas, and Andrew > Fairbairnof Edinburgh, both in the mid 1700s. > > With much gratitude > > Tracy McCallum > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:46:06 -0000 > From: "archie gilbert" <agillbert@tiscali.co.uk> > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Clockmakers of Edinburgh > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <D335E14A0B2240FE86EC7F1226F4C2CD@D6QSMM2J> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Tracy, > I had a look at this website, but could not find George Dunn. > There is a reference to Andrew Fairbairn, but only because he had died and > his shop was up for sale. > > http://www.archive.org/stream/oldscottishclock00smitrich/oldscottishclock00smitrich_djvu.txt > > Archie Gilbert > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TRACY MCCALLUM" <corsair@wildblue.net> > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:49 PM > Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Clockmakers of Edinburgh > > > > Dear Listers > > > > Does anyone know of a resource for Clock makers in Edinburgh or Douglas? > > > > I am trying to research a George Dunn, clockmaker in Douglas, and Andrew > > Fairbairnof Edinburgh, both in the mid 1700s. > > > > With much gratitude > > > > Tracy McCallum > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:22:07 +1300 > From: "Murray Robertson" <murray.robtsn@xtra.co.nz> > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Thomas ROBERTSON > To: <sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> > Cc: midlothian@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <D140D13F76E9474291B7AFCDD12F6705@owner3ff004449> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Thanks Rhoda for your reply. My research on Thomas Masson indicates that he > probably died as an infant as did 2 of his sisters and they are all buried > in St Andrews Monastery graveyard together with other family members. It is > my thinking that if my Thomas (my great grandfather) used a false identity > to join the Sappers & Miners it could well be that of Thomas Masson. > > Thanks again, > Murray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <sct-edinburgh-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 8:01 PM > Subject: SCT-EDINBURGH Digest, Vol 5, Issue 30 > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Thomas ROBERTSON (Murray Robertson) > > 2. Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Thomas ROBERTSON (CandROverson) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:43:39 +1300 > > From: "Murray Robertson" <murray.robtsn@xtra.co.nz> > > Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Thomas ROBERTSON > > To: <sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> > > Cc: midlothian@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <B3DA2BDFE7C04678AEC2AEB2BC41F971@owner3ff004449> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > > > > > I have a Thomas ROBERTSON attested for the Royal Sappers and Miners at > > Glasgow on 28 September 1841 and using the name Thomas ROBERTSON b c1820 > > in St Andrews, Fife. We have found no proof that he was born with that > > name or that he existed prior to 1841 and he does not appear in the 1841 > > Census which were taken earlier than September. Thomas always maintained > > that he was born c1813 and while he stated he was born in St Andrews it > > could have been in Fife or Edinburgh (or anywhere else). Has anyone a > > missing ancestor who disappeared after the 1841 Census? > > > > Murray Robertson, > > New Zealand > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 19:59:31 -0000 > > From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> > > Subject: Re: [SCT-EDINBURGH] [MIDLOTHIAN] Thomas ROBERTSON > > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com>, <sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> > > Cc: SCT-FIFE@rootsweb.com > > Message-ID: <F4A3FEC5A17347D49D2406F8BBFDD3CA@Chris> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > > reply-type=original > > > > Hello Murray > > > > The birth index on Scotlands People has the record of only 1 Thomas > > ROBERTSON born in St Andrews between 1810 and 1825. He was born/baptised > > on > > 3 May 1818 as Thomas Masson ROBERTSON, the son of John ROBERTSON and > Agnes > > KEY. > > > > Have you discounted him? > > > > Rhoda > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Murray Robertson" <murray.robtsn@xtra.co.nz> > > To: <sct-edinburgh@rootsweb.com> > > Cc: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:43 PM > > Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] Thomas ROBERTSON > > > > > >> > >> I have a Thomas ROBERTSON attested for the Royal Sappers and Miners at > >> Glasgow on 28 September 1841 and using the name Thomas ROBERTSON b c1820 > >> in St Andrews, Fife. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To contact the SCT-EDINBURGH list administrator, send an email to > > SCT-EDINBURGH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > > > To post a message to the SCT-EDINBURGH mailing list, send an email to > > SCT-EDINBURGH@rootsweb.com. > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SCT-EDINBURGH-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the > body > > of the > > email with no additional text. > > > > > > End of SCT-EDINBURGH Digest, Vol 5, Issue 30 > > ******************************************** > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MIDLOTHIAN list administrator, send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MIDLOTHIAN mailing list, send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MIDLOTHIAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 26 > ***************************************** >