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Old 15-11-13, 09:00 AM
fimacmorris fimacmorris is offline
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Hi Colin thanks for the information.

He was actually born in Shotts, Lanarkshire in 1878 but his father was from Duirnish and his mother from Kilfinichen, Argyll. By the time of his marriage in 1903 He was living in Bannockburn and had previously lived in Whitburn W Lothian.

By the 1911 census he is a coal miner living still in Bannockburn; both he and his wife are identified as speaking both Gaelic and English - so perhaps highland heritage was significant to him?

On his death in 1921 (not 19 as stated before) he was still (or once more) a coal miner. I had assumed the photograph was taken before his marriage in 1903, I had also assumed that miner was a reserved occupation in WW1 as it was in WW2. If you know of any online photographic resource for the Seaforths that would be very welcome.

Fiona
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