Seeking info on following: ARS (Archibald) Kennedy, born abt 1860 in Boyndie, Banffshire; married Elizabeth Campbell Cowan in Perth in 1890, and was listed in Perth in 1891 census living with his parents-in-law. In 1894 appointed chair of Dept of Hebrew and Semitic Languages at U Edinburgh (Faculty of Divinity), where he remained at least thru 1921. He had at least one daughter, listed as V.A. Kennedy on death certificate for her grandmother. If anyone is researching this family I would be grateful to hear from you; especially interested in date of death in order to obtain obit. Lynda Campbell lcampbel@carib-link.net

Cindy I phoned both the Edinburgh room and the Scottish room at Edinburgh city libraries and they said they did not think they had anything with a list of names. A friend has told me that the caretaker in the men's toilets at the library is very knowledgeable on the subject of the Forth Bridge but that line of enquiry is closed to me! if you look at the National Register of Archives website you will see that Forth Railway Company minutes are held at the National Archives in Edinburgh. So I phoned them to see if they knew if the names were mentioned and this is what they told me: 1) yes, names might be mentioned in the company minutes but they are more likely to refer to people who died operating the railway. The construction of the bridge would have been contracted out. 2) the man at the NAS agreed with the information in Stuart Laing's message in that the number of 57 probably comes from numbers arriving at 'the Edinburgh Hospital' . This most probably refers to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary but there are other hospitals which are closer to the site. The Infirmary records go 'way back' but dont hold a lot of patient information. They are in the Lothian Health Services archive which is held by the University of Edinburgh Library. (which has an online catalogue) 3) before 1895 there were no fatal accident enquiries in Scotland. There might have been a procurator fiscal's enquiry but those records were not retained. The names MAY be recorded in Board of Trade reports which are held at the Public Record Office at Kew. (again, there is an online index-but to documents, generally not to the names included). These records are brief - more than just Joe Bloggs Edinburgh aged 35, but not much more. My informant seemed to think these records were the best bet. I suppose there is a chance that the names might have been listed in a newspaper article at the time of the Bridge opening. There might be a memorial somewhere but I don't know of one. The Victorians were rather pragmatic/heartless/fatalistic about industrial injury. I wonder whether the answer is to hire a researcher to go through the death certificates for the period looking for male deaths which fit what you know? Judy >

Could some one tell me if there is a Alumni that I can look up for Edinburgh University-- For the years 1780----1850. Have family members who received their medicial training there. Regards to all Margaret

Remember that some of the casualties in hospital must have died too, if your name is not in the first 57! Cynthia Elschide wrote: > > Thank you so much for this information. 518 wow that is alot of > accidents. Now if I can get a list of the 57 names it would give me a > place to start. > Thanks again > Cindy > > ==== SCT-EDINBURGH Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, send a new email to sct-edinburgh-l-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe in the message box. Do not add any other words, text, or email addresses to the message. You will receive an email confirmation notice telling you that you are no longer on the mail list.

Hello Listers I am new to the list as my research, so just thought I would post my interests. George SCOTT (advertising agent) and Isabella CREELMAN orginally from Roxburghshire. Lived at 6 Argyle Place with their 11 children. I am descended from their eldest son George. George married Mary Darling MURRAY on 23rd April 1878. She was born on 30th Sept 1854 to John MURRAY and Euphemia McConnell (?). George and Mary’s second son John Murray Scott married Julia Tyrrell MACKAY on 24th March 1872. She was the daughter of William MACKAY and Julia TYRRELL. Does any of this sound familiar? Jacqui Wood Istanbul, Turkey Other interests SCOTT, CREELMAN in Cavers and Jedburgh DUNCAN, SHEARER, McKERRON, SINCLAIR, ROBERTSON in Aberdeenshire RANKINE in Dumfries, Liverpool and London WOOD Middlesex _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Further to Jim's note, there is a published list of medical graduates to Edinburgh University. I am not sure of the dates but certainly not recent so it could well cover that period. I know of copies in the Society of Genealogists in London and in the NAS in Edinburgh. Stuart. MARGARET MORSE wrote: > > Could some one tell me if there is a Alumni that I can look up for Edinburgh University-- > For the years 1780----1850. > Have family members who received their medicial training there. > Regards to all > Margaret > > ==== SCT-EDINBURGH Mailing List ==== > Need mail list help? Contact Carol Hepburn at chepburn@uswest.net

New to list and new to researching in Scotland. My husband's grandparents married in Edinburgh in 2 July 1912 at Newhaven, Leith. I have the original "Certificate of Proclamation of Banns" noted at the top and "Certificate of Marriage" noted at the bottom. Is there any more information than this available-or is what the Registrar would have be the same thing? The husband, Victor Hugh Lyle Smyth, was from Londonderry and his family was still there. The wife, Phoebe Annette Irvine's family was also still in Londonderry. The certificate says Phoebe was of the Parish of Newhaven, Leith which would indicate perhaps she was living in Edinburg and as an unmarried female that was raised in a family with servants-would she have been employed in Edinburgh or living with family?? What would be the custom. The certificate was mailed to the new Mrs. Smyth c/o W. E. Cowie, Esq., 29 Trinity Road, Leith. Any ideas on how to find out who W.E. Cowie, Esq. was? or if he is a relative? Thank you for your help. Julie Smyth Washington State, USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Thank you so much for this information. 518 wow that is alot of accidents. Now if I can get a list of the 57 names it would give me a place to start. Thanks again Cindy

In my previous message I got the address wrong. Is CHASSEL'S COURT Canongate Edinburgh!! Betty.

There was recent correspondence about casualties during the building. I have at last found my copy of The Forth Bridge - A Picture History (by Sheila Mackay, Moubray House Publishing, Rweedale Court, 14 High Street, Edinburgh; 1990; ISBN 0 948473 13 4; the same publishers also republished in 1989 William Westhofens book 'The Forth Bridge'). There are no names listed but 518 men were taken to hospital during construction; of these 57 died on site. The fate of the remainder is not known. Stuart.

Hi Colin Just a point of info. One of the features of Edinburgh's Old Town is the system of Wynds and Closes which open off the main thoroughfares of which the Lawnmarket is one. It is more than likely that Burnets Close does in fact open from Lawnmarket and each of the dwellings which lay behind the main road would also at some point have been given an identifying number. It is unlikely to be a separate address as such. However I am going to be working in Edinburgh tomorrow and I will check with my boss, who until very recently lived in the Lawnmarket if that is of any help. Also, Judy is very likely to be right in that the law firm your David did his apprenticeship at were Writers to the Signet, but that this is not the firm's name. Several firms were designated WS and is a reflection of their particular legal status under Scots Law. Regards Sheila > > ==== SCT-EDINBURGH Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, send a new email to sct-edinburgh-l-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe in the message box. Do not add any other words, text, or email addresses to the message. You will receive an email confirmation notice telling you that you are no longer on the mail list. >

I don't know where Burnet's Close is but from experience of reading PO directories I think this will turn out to be two separate addresses. ie this is a trade entry which also mentions where the person had his private address. As for the Signet Law Firm, is this definitely the name of the firm itself and not a reference to 'Writers to the Signet'? Judy Copywriter@tesco.net searching BRIGHT, CRUMP, WHITEHEAD, WATKISS, SHORE, HOPE EDWARDS, WRIGHT (all Salop) INSKIP (Salop/Staffs), MARTIN (Staffs), MITCHELL (SCT and CHS/Lancs), SMITH, AITCHISON, THORBURN (all DFS), McRAE (Lewis/L'pool), HOWARTH (Lancs), OLSEN (N'way,L'pool), WESTON (Salop/L'pool), EDWARDS(Flint), and VIGGOR (CHS/L'pool/Salop) ---------- >From: "Colin Darby" <colnet@optusnet.com.au> >To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [EDB] John Spence 1770++ >Date: Sat, Jan 20, 2001, 9:30 pm > > David lived at "Burnet's Close, House 312 Lawnmarket Edinburgh" (as > according to the Post Office Annual Directory 1820-1821). David and > Catharina had a son David Ogilvy who did his apprenticeship at The Signet > Law Firm Edinburgh starting on 26th July 1832,came to Australia as a > Solicitor for the British Government.

Sent this message under my old e-mail address so am sending it again under my new e-mail address in case someone sent me information and I did not receive it. Would like to know if anyone on the list would have any information about a family named McArdles (hope I spelled it right) that would have had a Fish & Chips Shop in Bo'ness around the 1940's and if there would have been a daughter by the name of Maureen that could have possibly married an American serviceman sometime in the 1940's or 1950's and if she would have come to the U.S. to stay. Hoping someone out there can give me some information on this. Thank you in advance. Pearl U.S.A. (born in Glasgow) pmyahnke@jvlnet.com

Colin : How does one get access to the "Post Office Annual Directory"? Stuart in Seattle Wa. ----- Original Message ----- From: Colin Darby <colnet@optusnet.com.au> To: <SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 1:30 PM Subject: [EDB] John Spence 1770++ > Dear Researchers, > > Require help on finding information on (1) John SPENCE (Painter) Edinburgh the father of (2) Catharina Spence who married (3)David OGILVY (Painter) from Edinburgh on 2nd July 1801 at Tolbooth Church Parish Edinburgh. David lived at "Burnet's Close, House 312 Lawnmarket Edinburgh" (as according to the Post Office Annual Directory 1820-1821). David and Catharina had a son David Ogilvy who did his apprenticeship at The Signet Law Firm Edinburgh starting on 26th July 1832,came to Australia as a Solicitor for the British Government. > > We are looking for Father & Mother & other possible children of David Ogilvy (m1801) and (4) wife and family of John Spence, Would love to here from anyone who possible feel they may have some connection with this family, or guidance to where to look for this information??? (On 1=2=3=4=) > > Regards Colin Darby (Australia) > > > ==== SCT-EDINBURGH Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, send a new email to sct-edinburgh-l-request@rootsweb.com and put the word unsubscribe in the message box. Do not add any other words, text, or email addresses to the message. You will receive an email confirmation notice telling you that you are no longer on the mail list. >

Does anyone have access to edinburgh area MIs who would be willing to do a lookup? I am looking for following: Samuel Cowan, died 18 June 1914, Cranstoun, Edinburgh Co, Scotland; and his wife, Jane Gemmel Jack, died 30 January 1917, Fountainhall Road, Edinburgh. Also interested to know if any related family might be buried in plot. Samuel and Jane had a son-in-law Archibald Kennedy who married their daughter Ella/Elizabeth Campbell Cowan, Archibald was a professor of oriental languages, so I assume associated with the University. I have no idea where they might be buried, but assumed it would be in Edinburgh area. Samuel born 1835 Ayrshire, Jane born abt 1838, Lanarkshire. Many thanks in advance for any assistance.

Dear Researchers, Require help on finding information on (1) John SPENCE (Painter) Edinburgh the father of (2) Catharina Spence who married (3)David OGILVY (Painter) from Edinburgh on 2nd July 1801 at Tolbooth Church Parish Edinburgh. David lived at "Burnet's Close, House 312 Lawnmarket Edinburgh" (as according to the Post Office Annual Directory 1820-1821). David and Catharina had a son David Ogilvy who did his apprenticeship at The Signet Law Firm Edinburgh starting on 26th July 1832,came to Australia as a Solicitor for the British Government. We are looking for Father & Mother & other possible children of David Ogilvy (m1801) and (4) wife and family of John Spence, Would love to here from anyone who possible feel they may have some connection with this family, or guidance to where to look for this information??? (On 1=2=3=4=) Regards Colin Darby (Australia)

Looking for leads on the family of Ward LAING, who married Catherine WOOD in 1848. They appear to have been living at Leopold Place, Edinburgh in December 1858 when Catherine's mother (Catherine Allan WOOD - nee BLACKADER) died, but are not found on the 1861 census at that location. The WOOD family lived at Jedburgh. The IGI lists the above marriage at both Jedburgh and St Cuthberts, Midlothian. I have presumed that the marriage occurred at St Cuthberts, because that is the later of the two dates. Is that a reasonable assumption? Any suggestions or links would be most welcome. Sincerely, Brenton Wood Adelaide South Australia _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

I'm hunting for Captain William Sharp COBB, born 1837 in Montrose, but living in Edinburgh in 1880. After the death of his first wife, he married a German girl, Marie Metelka, and had 3 more children. According to the 1881 census, he was at sea, but his new wife and children were living at 8 Graham Street, St. Cuthbert's Parish, Edinburgh. Eileen Herkes

Did Edinburgh keep records for 1806 births? I am trying to find information on John CUMMING born 17 feb. 1806 I believe it was in or around Edinburgh. Parents were Duncan CUMMING and Flora CAMERON. I appreciate any help with this major brick wall. thanks in advance Lara Cummings Martin Maine USA

I am trying to locate someone who is researching or has information on the surname Bankier. I have very little to go on, but would like to discuss. Thank you in advance. Brad