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Great-granny and in-laws getting first aid certificates in 1911
Another Southern Reporter newspaper report that I found, searching for Dodds and Abbey Gate, revealed that my ancestors were handy in a first aid situation! Unfortunately the report is very dark and smudged at the start, but it looks like … Continue reading
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Unearthing a stone relic near Melrose in 1864
Southern Reporter, 1864 February 4 MELROSE. A RELIC On Monday afternoon, while Mr Alex. Dodds, Abbey Gate, was superintending the draining operations which are now going on upon the fair-ground at Bowden Moor, he discovered a piece of carved sandstone … Continue reading
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An ancestor losing a collie dog in 1896
I stumbled across this newspaper advert the other day: Southern Reporter, 1896 November 19 LOST, Black and White Collie Dog; string on neck. Communicate with Hall, Gattonside Mains, Melrose. This would have almost certainly belonged to my great-great grandfather Thomas … Continue reading
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Ancestor buried with full military honours at Melrose in 1895
Another report discovered in the Southern Reporter. This time concerning the funeral of my gg-grandfather Alexander Burnett Dodds (1836-1895). I knew he was Colour-Sergeant for the local volunteer detachment, and have his medals, but had no idea that his funeral … Continue reading
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Ancestors recording meteorological observations in 19th century
Thanks to the British Newspaper Archive digitising many decades of Southern Reporter issues, I’ve just found lots of references to ancestors in the Borders. And they include some very unexpected ones, like those described in this blog post, where two … Continue reading
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Obituary of Thomas Cavers Hall (1850-1917)
Here’s another obituary of an ancestor, this time another great-great grandfather. Southern Reporter, October 4 1917 DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN FARMER.- We regret to learn of the death, following an accident, of Mr Thomas C Hall, for over 20 years … Continue reading
Obituary of Alexander Burnett Dodds (1836-1895)
Probably in the late 1980s I visited, with my Dad, the Southern Reporter newspaper head office in Selkirk, and pulled out a number of obituaries for relatives from their bound volumes of old newspapers. Here’s the first one, for my … Continue reading
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A will scribbled on the back of an envelope
I’ve looked at a lot of wills in the National Archives of Scotland (previously Scottish Record Office), both for family, and for university and work reasons. However for many I just kept handwritten notes and didn’t arrange photocopies. Getting copies … Continue reading
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Tagged farming, gattonside, gattonside mains, hall, melrose, wills, wishaw
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Family gravestones listed at Find A Grave
I’ve just been having another look at Find A Grave which has photos and a searchable database of monumental inscriptions from all over the world. Obviously it’s incomplete, and an ongoing project, but it’s always worth trying a search there. … Continue reading
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Tagged australia, california, calton, edinburgh, fiji, gravestones, melrose, new zealand, somner, usher
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More on the 1915 valuation rolls
I posted about these earlier, but didn’t mention that the rolls also include information about the value of each property, specifically the “Yearly Rent or Value”. Trouble is I don’t really know enough about these figures then and the wider … Continue reading
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