hello Cynthia does the bridge have two large sections in a kind of diamond shape, made out of girders? This will be the Forth Bridge, sometimes called the Forth Rail Bridge, and not to be confused with the modern suspension bridge built in the sixties. from memory this was built in the 1880s, and several men - about nine I think - died in the construction. Those names should not be too difficult to find but you might need a researcher to look in local papers or the archives of the company which built it. the bridge would have taken quite a time to build. the bridge is at South Queensferry just outside Edinburgh. A quick search on google etc should get you a pic so you can see if it is the right one. then use google to find the National Archives of Scotland which is the most likely place to find the company records.I believe they have a new on line search facility. good luck 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: cynthia915@webtv.net (Cynthia Elschide) >To: SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [EDB] Helen Nelson Robertson >Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2001, 4:37 am > > I am helping my husband search for relatives and ancesters of his > grandmother Helen Nelson Robertson. > She was born, according to her papers, May 19, 1903. We have had SKS > look her up in the Scottish Record Office and as of today has found 20 > Helen Robertsons but none that match her birthdate. > She gave her last residence as Cowdenbeath, Scotland. She bought her > ticket to USA in Glasgow and arrived in USA through Sault Ste. Marie > Ontario Canada. She may have been on the ship named Montlaurier (Any > one having this passenger list, could I please have a look up for her to > make sure). She arrived on Sept 1, 1923. > We have pictures and few papers. We have pictures that lead us to think > that her father's name may be Bill and her mother's name may have Grace > in it. We are unsure whether this Grace is her first, middle or maiden > name. There are also 3 other female members of her family, one with the > name of Ruby (writing is not real clear but that is what it looks like) > with the name of Grace. > She may have 2 brothers or nephews by the name of Billy and Ian. > We have a picture with Edinburgh written on it, on the back. It is a > staged picture like a photo shoot with 4 men on an airplane flying in > the sky. On the back of this picture, (this picture is like a postcard) > It says Claude Low, 72 Princes Street, Edinburgh. The letter P is not > entirely clear but this is what it looks like. > Can someone give me any possible ifo about this picture? A time frame > possibly? Is Claude Low the photographer? There is no possible way this > can be a real plane in the sky the way these men are on it. They are > casually sitting and leaning on it. > Helen told my husband (she died when he was 10 years old) that the > reason she had a tablecloth withthe picture of a bridge on it is because > she had a relative that fell from this bridge wile it was being built. > At first I misunderstood and just posted on other lists that he fell > from a bridge, so I got responses about the Tay Bridge Disaster. This > is not the bridge that was pictured on the cloth. It is an expansion or > trestle bridge. > Can anyone on this list help me, with anything I have mentioned here? > The time frame for the bridge I would say is late 1800 to 1950. I feel > for the cloth to mean something that the relative had to be fairly close > to her as in great grandfather or closer. > Thanks in Advance > 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. > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >