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Old Photographs Greenlaw Scotland
Old photograph of Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland. Greenlaw was first made the county town of Berwickshire in 1596, and was the first town to take on the role since the English took Berwick in 1482. At that time, Greenlaw was situated about a mile south of the present village, atop a hill, the Green Law. This area is now known as Old Greenlaw. Thomas Gibson was born in Greenlaw on 8th of January 1825, the son of Thomas Gibson, and his wife Helen Lunham. He was educated at the free church school in Greenlaw. He came to Canada West in 1854. He served as reeve for Howick Township for 7 years. He ran unsuccessfully in Huron North in 1867. The township of Gibson, now part of the Township of Georgian Bay in the Muskoka District, was named after him. He died in January 1901 and is buried in Wroxeter, Ontario with his wife Elizabeth.
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