Old Photograph Horse And Carriage Minard Castle Scotland

Old photograph of a horse and carriage and people outside Minard Castle on the North western shore of Loch Fyne near Inveraray, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Young Woman Auchtermuchty Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a young woman in Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Young Woman Brechin Scotland

Old photograph of a young woman in Brechin in Angus, Scotland. The town of Brechin stands beside the South Esk river, in the area of Strathmore set against the eastern Grampian mountains. Brechin was the site where in 1296 John Baliol handed over lordship of Scotland to King Edward I, represented by the Bishop of Durham. Brechin became a royal burgh in 1641.



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Old Photograph Husband And Wife Ellon Scotland

Old photograph of a husband and wife outside a cottage in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Ellon is in the ancient region of Formartine. Its name is believed to derive from the Gaelic term Eilean, an island, on account of the presence of an island in the River Ythan, which offered a convenient fording point. After Robert the Bruce defeated Comyn's son, John, at the Battle of Barra on 24 December 1307, there followed the Harrying of Buchan and Ellon Castle was destroyed by fire. A stone bearing the Kennedy arms is set into the ruins.



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Old Photograph Family Wishaw Scotland

Old photograph of a family in Wishaw, Scotland. A large Scottish town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, Wishaw is located on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles south-east of Glasgow. The main areas of Wishaw are: Cambusnethan, Coltness, Craigneuk, Gowkthrapple, Dimsdale, Greenhead, Wishawhill, Netherton, Pather and Waterloo. Thomas Canfield Pomphrey was born on 29 November 1881, in Wishaw. He was a pupil at Hamilton Academy, and later a student of architecture at The Glasgow School of Art in 1903 and 1904, after which he trained under Alexander Cullen, the Glaswegian architect. He left Scotland in 1906, emigrating to Toronto, Canada. He moved to New York in 1909, returning to Toronto in 1912. Pomphrey fought in the First World War as a member of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces, retiring in July 1947, after which he returned to Scotland. In June 1916, he suffered an extensive injury to his right shoulder from a shell fragment, which also broke his right hand. As a result, he spent a year in various hospitals in France, England and Scotland. In 1931, Pomphrey became a member of the Ontario Association of Architects. He died on 8 March 1966. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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