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Some time ago, when I was undertaking post-graduate study, I wrote a paper for a family history course. In this I described what I could find of the families of whom I am a representative, and attempted to set them in a historical, geographical and social context, as artisans (more or less) in Scotland during the time of industrialisation.
I have re-acquired a complete copy of the paper and will put it here, as a set of chapters. This will take some time. In the process, I'll point out inconsistencies and errors as [Ed.note: ..] , but retain the material as it was when I wrote it. Longer comments will be added to footnotes but identified as new.
Recently-found material (of which there is much more now, regarding both family members and analysis) will be linked from the document and/or this table of contents.
So here is a beginning, and some developments from it... please check back for more material, over time. And please remember that this was, initially, a paper for post-graduate credit. I hope that you, the readers, may find it useful, persist with reading it, and contribute your comments and, hopefully, further information... you can email me at jenny @ wyrdswell.co.uk.
- Initial history with updates
- New material from 2005-07 (going back to 17th c. in some lines)
- Images
Introductory note and acknowledgements
I My mother's family
- Janet Lynch, her parents and siblings and their home life
- The Pendleburys and Fishers
- The Lynch family
II My father's family
- William Blain and his parents and siblings
- The Knaggs line
- The Blain family
III From Glasgow to Dundee: my mother's story
IV Industrialisation and Change
Footnotes
References
- My mother's family: The Fishers, McCullochs and Stewarts
- My mother's family: The Whytes and others in Linlithgow Bridge and Linlithgow
- My father's family: tree pages of the ancestors of my grandfather Peter Blain
Please email with any useful information.