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Re: Duich Lotts
Thanks for your very detailed information. I have no personal interest in Duich, but found your email very interesting.
Morag
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Thanks for your very detailed information. I have no personal interest in Duich, but found your email very interesting.
Morag
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Morag Fowler
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Re: Duich Lotts
There is no place called Dluich listed in the Ordnance Survey Name Books compiled in the mid-19th century. The consonants 'dl' do occu at the start of some Gaelic words, but I can't think of any other
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There is no place called Dluich listed in the Ordnance Survey Name Books compiled in the mid-19th century. The consonants 'dl' do occu at the start of some Gaelic words, but I can't think of any other
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Anne Burgess
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Re: Duich Lotts
No they were called allottments and they were behind the back fence. Allottments are very common in the UK. They rent the space.
Edie
I was born in England but we didn’t have an allotment.
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No they were called allottments and they were behind the back fence. Allottments are very common in the UK. They rent the space.
Edie
I was born in England but we didn’t have an allotment.
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Edie Mc
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Re: Thomson/Thompson in the Borders of Scotland.
Hi Ann
The different spellings for Euphans I have see in this family are Eupham, Euphana, Euphan, Euphin, Euphemia and one had Emiline. Born 11 Jan 1762 Bowden, Roxburgh
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Hi Ann
The different spellings for Euphans I have see in this family are Eupham, Euphana, Euphan, Euphin, Euphemia and one had Emiline. Born 11 Jan 1762 Bowden, Roxburgh
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Josephine Conray
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Hi Edie,
Allotments in the UK tend to be at the edge of a town, all grouped together. I think what you described behind houses would be just back gardens being put to good use.
Did you know that
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Hi Edie,
Allotments in the UK tend to be at the edge of a town, all grouped together. I think what you described behind houses would be just back gardens being put to good use.
Did you know that
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Morag Fowler
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Josephine Conray
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Re: Duich Lotts
The lotts sound a little like the Allottments that some English homes have at the back, as a lot of English gardens are small especially in the tenement type homes joined together. We rented a home
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The lotts sound a little like the Allottments that some English homes have at the back, as a lot of English gardens are small especially in the tenement type homes joined together. We rented a home
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Edie Mc
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Re: Duich Lotts
I love the information John. Thank you. This whole thread is a bit of a break through for me so I am quite excited by the many responses.
Glynn
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I love the information John. Thank you. This whole thread is a bit of a break through for me so I am quite excited by the many responses.
Glynn
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Glynn Currie
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Re: Duich Lotts
Sorry to drip-feed information. I have asked on the "Old Islay" Facebook site what at "lot" is in this context and was directed to this web page:
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Sorry to drip-feed information. I have asked on the "Old Islay" Facebook site what at "lot" is in this context and was directed to this web page:
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John Kemplen
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The union of the parish of Ashkirk to the parish of Selkirk took place in 1986 (see http://selkirkparish.church/about-us/congregation-and-parish/), so in in relation to baptisms and banns in the
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The union of the parish of Ashkirk to the parish of Selkirk took place in 1986 (see http://selkirkparish.church/about-us/congregation-and-parish/), so in in relation to baptisms and banns in the
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Anne Burgess
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Re: Duich Lotts
Thanks once again John.
Glynn
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Thanks once again John.
Glynn
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Glynn Currie
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Re: Duich Lotts
Hi Glynn
The link that Diane gave you is a good one which accurately describes Duich Lots as a group of agricultural holdings. In English terminology it might be described as a hamlet,
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Hi Glynn
The link that Diane gave you is a good one which accurately describes Duich Lots as a group of agricultural holdings. In English terminology it might be described as a hamlet,
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John Kemplen
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Re: Duich Lotts
Hi Edie,
Yes I believe it was a farm. Probably unlike any type of farm we know in Canada. It would have been a few acres, probably tilled by hand. My question is would it have been small farmer owned,
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Hi Edie,
Yes I believe it was a farm. Probably unlike any type of farm we know in Canada. It would have been a few acres, probably tilled by hand. My question is would it have been small farmer owned,
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Glynn Currie
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Thanks Josephine.
Yes this is my grandfather,John, and great grandfather, Donald. John did move to Saskatchewan in 1902 and took up a homestead. Later he became a grain buyer in three different
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Thanks Josephine.
Yes this is my grandfather,John, and great grandfather, Donald. John did move to Saskatchewan in 1902 and took up a homestead. Later he became a grain buyer in three different
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Glynn Currie
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Re: Duich Lotts
Hi Glynn,
It doesn’t sound like a farm yo me, more the name of a Town. See this genealogy pedigree chart.
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/o/w/Caroline-E-Rowe/GENE1-0006.html
Edie
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Hi Glynn,
It doesn’t sound like a farm yo me, more the name of a Town. See this genealogy pedigree chart.
https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/r/o/w/Caroline-E-Rowe/GENE1-0006.html
Edie
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Edie Mc
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Thanks Edie. That is interesting. Might have to break open the old piggy bank to rebuy the old farm!🤔
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Thanks Edie. That is interesting. Might have to break open the old piggy bank to rebuy the old farm!🤔
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Glynn Currie
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Re: Duich Lotts
There is also a house sale at Duich, Lotts. Islay, Scotland It is situated on an un named road with 15 houses on it. Could be where your ancestor lived in one of the fifteen houses.
Edie
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There is also a house sale at Duich, Lotts. Islay, Scotland It is situated on an un named road with 15 houses on it. Could be where your ancestor lived in one of the fifteen houses.
Edie
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Edie Mc
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Re: Duich Lotts
HiGlynn
Ithink Duich Lotts might be the name of the farm as all the census has the same addressDuich Lots
Didthe John below end up in Saskatchewan Canada.
Thisis below 1891 Census for
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HiGlynn
Ithink Duich Lotts might be the name of the farm as all the census has the same addressDuich Lots
Didthe John below end up in Saskatchewan Canada.
Thisis below 1891 Census for
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Josephine Conray
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Re: Thomson/Thompson in the Borders of Scotland.
That is interesting to know. It opens up more possibilities to also search in Selkirk. Thank you.
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That is interesting to know. It opens up more possibilities to also search in Selkirk. Thank you.
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ROBERT F. RIDER
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Re: Thomson/Thompson in the Borders of Scotland.
That's interesting. Thank you. I may be in luck by looking more there.
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That's interesting. Thank you. I may be in luck by looking more there.
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ROBERT F. RIDER
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