"Martin Elliget" wrote in message
Sincere thanks Martin. I will file the info with my BAIN folder, just in case something later confirms a connection to any the data you posted in your message.
William's grandfather was also a William BAIN, but of course his occupation is not listed on David's marriage cert. I know of no connections to Wire and Sheet Mills, although the area of Glasgow is certainly close to where other BROWN family were residing. As to the horticulturist, the closet our BAIN group (only as per my own findings) can claim is that William's father David was listed as a "Flower's buttistant" when he married William's mother ("Book Cover") Thomasina BROWN. Know some the BROWNs were greengrocers, which in the UK also sold flowers, plus some had-were heavily involved with bakeries. Still not entirely certain if they owned them or just worked in them. Have no idea if the BAINs were the same or not.
Using the 25 years between generations for men, the grandfather William's birth would have been c1864+--, which is about 10 years younger than Thomasina's father. Not unusual unlikely ... my in-laws were each 20 years senior to my parents. The info didn't say how old the horticulturist was, but takes us back to 1875 when he became head gardener. Of course our senior William BAIN could have been born much earlier than 1864.
Borstel Lads to Au 247I have his parents' marriage cert, which was 1907. Birth date for William was posted by his daughter's friend. I did look up the births of the...
Borstel Lads to Au 248Lenore Frost" wrote in message a few), I should have really known the Norminal Rolls would probably only state next-of -kin. Within the full service records is...
We do have one Edinburgh connection via the BROWNs. Thomasina's father was born in Edinburgh, as were so many thousand of others! I'd better not speculate, until I have 'hard facts'. Easier said than done, for me!
Your help is truly appreciated.
Toni ~ Ontario
