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Henry Bough
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Henry Bough
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1884 (2)
Date and Place of Death: Unknown
Nationality: Unknown
Biography
Childhood:
According to his marriage certificate he was born in 1884 but not sure where.…
Douglas Anderson Bowack
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Douglas Anderson Bowack
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 29/ 09/ 1880 at St. George, Middlesex (1) (4)
Date and Place of Death: 28/05/1964 at Queen Alexander Hospital, Southwick Road, Cosham, Portsmouth.…
Helen Hart Whitton Brown
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Helen (Nellie) Hart Whitton Brown
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 31st October 1885, Glasgow
Date and Place of Death: N/K
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: One of 8 children.
Parents: John Fraser and Martha nee Hart
Parent’s occupations: Tinsmith
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Clerkess
Place of residence at Gretna: 40 Annan Road
Job title at Gretna: Clerkess
Marital status: Unmarried
Children: N/K
Travels: Crossed the Atlantic to live in Chester, Pennsylvania where her brother resided
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Trivia / any other information:
Helen (Nellie) Hart Whitton Brown was born on 31st October 1885 in Glasgow to John Fraser and Martha nee Hart.…
Robert Gordon Brown
Gretna Fire Brigade 1915 – 1925
Professional fire brigade members
Research Project led by Nigel Compton
Service and Personal details
Name: Robert Gordon Brown
DoB: June 30 1870
Place of birth: High Street, Kirkcudbright
Parents: John and Maxwell nee Middleton
Parental Home: High Street, Kirkcudbright
Siblings: Jessie (1873), Alexander (1875), Agnes (1877), Peter (1878), William (1878), Thomas (1886), David (1888)
Spouse: Phebie Grierson Marshall
Date of Wedding: 28 June 1895 – Greyfriars Manse, Castle Street, Dumfries
Children: John (16 March 1896, died 18 August 1886), Robert Marshall (1897) Alexander Marshall (1899) John (Jock) Marshall (1901) Jessie Thompson Maxwell (1906), Mary Marshall (1909), Isabella Phoebie (1919)
Marital home(s): 33 Millburn Street, Kirkcudbright – 1897 15 Queensbury Square, D’fries, 1899 145 High Street, Dumfries – 1901 38 Queensbury Square, Dumfries, 1911 Flexholm, Leadhills
Employment: Journeyman Tailor
1911 Census: Census shows 6 children, 5 still alive – Living in Leadhills
Date of Death: December 8 1927 Location: Kingston Hospital, Ontario
Gretna details
Name: Robert Gordon Brown
Clock No
Date joining: 1918
Date leaving: 1920/21
Station: Annan Road
Addresses: 17 Annan Road, Gretna – U 1 East, Gretna (shows Robert as tailor)
Rank on start: Fm
Promotion: None identified
Newspapers: None found
Career after Gretna: Tailor in Dumfries, unknown employment in Kingston, Ontario
Addresses after Gretna:
39 Swans Vennel, Dumfries -101 Queen Street, Kingston, Canada
Some of the family moved to 19 Lower University, Kingston after 1927
Additional information
No confirmed military service in Great War for any family members, investigating
No confirmed further details of Robert Marshall Brown
No photographs have yet been located but given the number of family trees this family
appear on, further investigation is underway
RMS Regina
John Brown last address 39 Swans Vennel, Dumfries sailed on Regina (White Star Line) from Greenock to Quebec/ Montreal on 29 May 1926.…
John Browning
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): John (N) Browning.
Gender: Male.
Date and Place of Birth: September 7th 1882, Glenboig, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
Date and Place of Death: 27 April, 1946, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Nationality: British.…
Beatrice Victoria Campbell
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Beatrice Victoria Campbell
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 2nd December 1898 Cupar, Fife
Date and Place of Death: 30th May 1918 Abbeville QMAAC camp
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: Attended Castle Hill Primary school from 1906 ( Admission book)
Parents: John Johnston(e) Campbell and Annie Dewar Morgan
Parents occupations: Fish dealer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Primary school as above
Occupation: Unsure .…
Dr Peter Murray Carlyle
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Dr Peter Murray Carlyle
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 10/12/1873 Middlebie, Dumfries
Date and Place of Death: 04/12/1952 Langholm, Dumfries
Nationality: Scottish
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: John Calvert and Margaret Little (nee Murray) Carlyle
Parent’s occupations: Farmer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance:
Edinburgh Univ.…
William Caw
Email on Special Brigade Royal Engineers: ‘William was born in Crieff, Perthshire in 1889/1890. The 1911 Scotland Census shows he was a chemistry student lodging at an address in Springburn, Glasgow. I cannot find him the Glasgow University Roll of Honour, which records those who served as well as those who died – however there are omissions in these type of records.…
Ernest Mark Cheetham
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : ERNEST MARK CHEETHAM
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 1892. Hackney, London
Date and Place of Death: 2nd October 1971.…
Ellen Irving Clark
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Ellen Irving Clark
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 17th February 1897, Howgill, Annan
Date and Place of Death: 10th May 1967 , 214, Parliamentary Road,Glasgow
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: Illegitimate. Mother went on to have further children
Parents: Janet Clark and step father Thomas Clow ( also in data base)
Parents occupations: Domestic servant
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Munitionette
Place of residence at Gretna:Not known
Marital status: Married
Children: None known
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Positions held: N/K
Trivia / any other information:
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Mini Biography
Ellen Irving Clark 1897-1967
Ellen Irving Clark was born on 7th February, 1897 at Howgll , Annan to single domestic servant Janet Clark.…
Rose Corcoran
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Rose Corcoran
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 29th October 1898 in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
Date and Place of Death: 14th April 1974 in Crawcrook, Tyne and Wear
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood: Rose was the eldest child.…
Dr Agnes Marshall Cowan
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Agnes Marshall Cowan
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 18th April 1880 Edinburgh
Date and Place of Death: 22nd August 1940 Cambridge
Nationality: Scottish
Biography
Childhood: In Edinburgh
Parents: Sir John and Lady Cowan
Parent’s occupations: Father is industrialist in Edinburgh
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Edinburgh University Medical School
Occupation: Doctor
Place of residence at Gretna: Not known
Job title at Gretna: Assistant Medical Officer April 1917-18
Marital status: Single
Children: No
Travels: Manchuria
Awards/recognitions: MB ChB MRCOG
Trivia / any other information: Missionary in Manchuria between the wars
Timeline
Born 19th April 1880 in Edinburgh
At school
Medical Student at Edinburgh University
Graduated from Edin Univ.…
Hector McIver Crozier
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Hector Iver CROZIER
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 4TH June 1896. Newry, Armagh, Ireland
Date and Place of Death: 1990.…
William Crozier
WILLIAM CROZIER
Date and place of birth: 13 May 1887 in Newcastleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Date and place of death: June Quarter 1948 registered in the Border Region of Cumberland.
Nationality: British
Biography: The Crozier family were originally living in Newcastleton, Scotland but in 1890s they moved to Carlisle. William was one of 5 children born to his parents:
Theodor Crozier 1890
Isabella Crozier 1892
George Pickering Crozier 1897
Another child who died in infancy.…
Cissie Cunningham
Mentioned in Chris Brader’s PhD thesis Timbertown Girls (Microsoft Word – WRAP_THESIS_coversheet (warwick.ac.uk)) on p. 43.
Euphemia Culbert Cunningham
EUPHEMIA MILLER CULBERT CUNNINGHAM
Known as ‘EFFIE’
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 6th June 1892 at Abbey Hill, Edinburgh
Date and Place of Death: 2 August 1989 age 97 years at Wellington, NZ
Nationality: Scottish – but lived in New Zealand for the majority of her life.
Biography
Childhood: Effie was one of 10 children:
She had 2 step-brothers, William born 1878 and Joseph born 1880.…
Catherine Scott Cuthbertson
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :Catherine Scott Cuthbertson (married name Little)
Gender: female
Date and Place of Birth: 15 Jan 1899 Ashley Bank Lodge, Langholm
Date and Place of Death: 1997
Nationality: Scottish/British
Biography
Childhood: 4 sisters ( Agnes b1885, Lizzie m.…
Brymor Hugh Davies
BRYNMOR HUGH DAVIES
Date and place of birth : 25 March 1893 in Cymmer, Glamorgan, Wales
Date and place of Death : 3 December 1961 in San Antonio, Texas, USA
Nationality: British
Biography: Brynmoor grew up in Wales. In the 1911 Census his parents were recorded as having had 6 children with 5 still living. Brynmor was the youngest child.…
James Edward Davies
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : James Edward Davis
Gender Male
Date and place of birth 16th May 1893, Airth, Stirlingshire
Date and Place of Death: 19th July 1958, Dumfries Infirmary.
Nationality: British – Scottish
Childhood 2nd of 4 children
Parents George Nathaniel Davis and Elizabeth nee Irving
Parents occupations Police sergeant
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation Police constable then tram conductor
Place of residence at Gretna: Gaitlebridge, Kirkandrews on Esk
Marital status Married
Children At least 1
Travels N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
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Mini Biography James Edward Davis 1893-1958
James Edward Davis was born on 16th May 1893 at Airth, Stirlingshire to George Nathaniel and Elizabeth nee Irving 1901 – living at Laurieston Road, Parkview Cottage, Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.…
