The North Lanarkshire Poor Law Applications are now available online via Ancestry. I have visited North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre in Motherwell on a number of occasions looking for specific records and it is amazing and quite moving to see the original registers however, until I have had the time to look through the online records, … Continue reading Stories From The Poor House (Part 1)
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Died On This Day – Sarah Helferty Brawley 1921-2007
I love this photograph of my Aunt Sarah who was born on 20 May 1921. She was named after her maternal grandmother, Sarah Helferty. I remember visiting her with my son shortly after he was born and we were talking about middle names. She was laughing telling me about her "terrible" middle name. At that … Continue reading Died On This Day – Sarah Helferty Brawley 1921-2007
Prisoner of War – James Gerard Burns 1920-2000
Recently I've been reading a novel set during the time of the Fall of Singapore. Now to be honest it is not something I knew very much about so I've been trying to educate myself a bit on the subject. You can read more about it here. I remembered a story I'd heard when I … Continue reading Prisoner of War – James Gerard Burns 1920-2000
Mary Mollahan 1924-1929
I spotted this newspaper story from June 1929 reporting the death of Mary Mollahan. Mary's paternal grandmother, Ann Keenan was my great grandmother's sister. This is the only report I have found about this incident but I have added the record of her death. It doesn't say exactly what happened. Was she playing with friends … Continue reading Mary Mollahan 1924-1929
Born On This Day – Tom Dickson 1912-1913
Thomas Dickson was my paternal grandmother's little brother. He was born on 21 July 1912. I had no idea that my granny had a brother. She died before I was born but from what my father had told me my granny, Margaret Dickson had just the one sibling, her sister Annie. I found out about … Continue reading Born On This Day – Tom Dickson 1912-1913
