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Boys Lilias and Theresa in the family tree
Often Scottish families in the past named their children according to a simple pattern. So eldest son after father’s father, second after mother’s father, third after father. And for daughters the eldest was often named after the mother’s mother, second … Continue reading
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Tagged bowhill, glen, inventories, jacobite, naming patterns, peeblesshire, selkirkshire, veitch
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