Old Photograph Wishing Well Westruther Scotland

Old photograph of the Wishing Well in Westruther, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Westruther lies in southern slopes of the Lammermuir Hills in western Berwickshire being bounded on the north by the Parish of Longformacus, on the east by the Parishes of Longformacus, Greenlaw and Gordon, on the south by the Parishes of Gordon and Legerwood and on the east by the Parish of Lauder. The parish of Westruther was formed in the 17th century by uniting to the parish of Bassendean the lands of Westruther and the ancient territory of Spottiswoode, which had belonged to the parish of Gordon.



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Old Photograph The Inn Ballinluig Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of The Inn in Ballinluig, Perthshire, Scotland. Ballinluig is a village in Perth and Kinross, located by the banks of the River Tummel and is approximately 4 miles south east of Pitlochry. It developed with the building of the Highland Railway, and sat where a branch line went off to Aberfeldy, both the branch line and Ballinluig station were closed in 1965. Ballinluig Junction is where the A827 meets the A9. Before the A9 was dualled past Ballinluig, it ran through the village on what is now the A827 spur to the southbound A9. The A827 was also on a different alignment, and arrived from the old Ballinluig Bridge, so crossing the field to the north of the modern flyover route. The two roads therefore met at a simple T Junction in the middle of Ballinluig village.





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Old Photograph Sunnyside Road Coatbridge Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and carriage, people and buildings on Sunnyside road in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Coatbridge is situated about 10 miles east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. The town, with neighbouring Airdrie, is part of the Greater Glasgow urban area.

Robert Lees, born on July 3, 1842 in Coatbridge, was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the Wisconsin State Assembly. He emigrated from Coatbridge to Cross, Wisconsin. America. Edward Lees, his father, was a member of the Assembly. During the American Civil War, Lees was a member of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army and served with the Iron Brigade. He was wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg. He was a member of the Assembly in 1873 before representing the 29th District of the Senate. He was elected Buffalo County, Wisconsin judge in 1881 and held the position until his death. In addition, he was a member of the Alma, Wisconsin School Board. Lees was a Democrat. On March 4, 1865, Lees married Mary Baertsch. They had six children. Lees died of a stroke in La Crosse, Wisconsin on September 21, 1908. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph War Memorial Garlieston Scotland

Old photograph of the War Memorial in Garlieston in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

World War I Roll of Honour

King's Own Scottish Borderers
Private, JOHN EDGAR
Private, JAMES GULLINE
Private, PETER GULLINE
Private, JOHN MAXWELL
Private, JOHN NEIL
Lance Corporal, THOMAS ORR
Private, SAM SCOTT
Lance Corporal, ROBT THOMSON
Private, PETER WATT

Royal Scots Fusiliers
Private, JAMES CAMPBELL
Private, WILLIAM HANNAH
Private, GEORGE MARSHALL
Private, ROBERT MARSHALL
Private, DOUGLAS McCALLIE
Private, WILLIAM ROBB
Private, ROBERT THOMSON

Royal Scots
Corporal, JAMES FLEMING
Private, JOHN KENNEDY
Private, SAM McCLURE
Private, GEORGE McKIE

Scottish Rifles
Private, ANDREW McCALLUM
Sergeant, HUGH McMEEKING
CQMS, WM McMEEKING
Signalman, R W STRAITON

Scots Guards
Sergeant, ROBERT BARRY
Private, ALEXANDER GIBB

Cameron Highlanders
Private, ROBERT GULLINE
Private, GEORGE KIRK
Private, SAM McCLUNE
Lance Corporal, PETER SMITH

Black Watch
Private, ROBERT HUGHES
Private, CHARLES KERR

Highland Infantry
Private, JOHN W McGREADIE
Private, FRED KIRK

Gordon Highlanders
Sergeant, ALEXR McLELLAN

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Private, JOHN MILLIGAN

Seaforth Highlanders
Lieutenant, STUART M McMONNIES

London Scottish Regiment
Corporal, JAMES ORR

Royal Marines Light Infantry
Private, DOUGLAS R M HANNAY

Royal Garrison Artillery
Private, BAIRD KIRK

Royal Navy
Able Seaman, DAVID McGLUNE

New Zealander
Sergeant, DAVID S CAVEN

Canadians
Private, JOHN D HANNAY
Private, JAMES A HIGHET
Lance Corporal, A M MILROY

AUSTRALIANS
Corporal, JAMES SMITH

Mercantile Marine
Captain, JAMES STEVENSON
Cadet, ALEX HILL

World War 2 Roll of Honour

Private, DOUGLAS WILLIAMS, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Stoker, ALEX NICHOLSON, Royal Navy
Sergeant, Navigator, DAVID R HYSLOP
Sergeant, Air Gunner, WM McC LATIMER, Royal Air Force

Garlieston is 94 miles South from Glasgow and Paisley



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Old Photograph Whithorn Priory Scotland

Old photograph of the Priory in Whithorn in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. This Scottish medieval abbey that also served as a cathedral was founded around the middle of the twelfth century by Fergus King of Galloway, Lord of Galloway Clan MacDowall, with Gille Aldan, Bishop of Galloway, in the reign of King David I of Scotland, for Premonstratensian Canons, referred colloquially in Britain as the White Canons. Some of the Priors were: Maurice, who swore fealty to King Edward I of England in 1296; Gavin Dunbar, who rose to be Archbishop of Glasgow; and James Beaton, successively Archbishop of Glasgow and of St. Andrews, Fife, and chancellor of the kingdom. Whithorn was long a noted place of pilgrimage, owing to its connection with the venerated memory of Saint Ninian. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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