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Margaret Blower
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) :Margaret ‘Maggie’ Blower
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 8th February 1898, Maxwelltown, Dumfries
Date and Place of Death: Not known
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: Lived with grandparents aged 3, mother died around the same time. Father died when 14.…
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.…
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.…
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.…
Andrew Halliday
‘Mary Ellen’s Story: Mary Ellen Hind was born in Carlisle and lived on London Road until she was about six years old when the family moved to Annan. She began working at the Dornock Factory in 1916 at the age of nineteen, where she met and married her husband Andrew Halliday. Mary Ellen, better known as “Nellie”, was in her ninety seventh year when we spoke at her Eastriggs home on Wednesday 14th April 1993.…
Miss Margaret Handley
MARGARET HANDLEY
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 20 January 1897 Kendal District
Date and place of Death: 1950 Liverpool District
Nationality: British
Biography: Margaret grew up in Kendal with her siblings:
Eleanor Handley 1888
Holmes Henry Hadley 1891-1891
Adam Handley 1894-1894
Richard Handley 1900
Marie Handley 1906
Parents: Richard Handley married Margaret Hayes in 1887 Kendal District
Parents occupation
Richard was a clog maker
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance: Kendal High School
Place of residence at Gretna:
67 Pretoria Road, Eastriggs
Marital status: Single
Job title at Gretna: Laboratory assistant
Travels: Nil Known
Awards/recognitions: Nil known
Trivia/any other information: Once leaving HM Factory Margaret became a teacher:
From the 1939 register Margaret is living with her sister-in-law Kathleen in a house on the complex of the David Lewis Colony.…
Barbara Harkness
Name: Barbara HARKNESS
DoB: 8th June 1893
Place of birth: Middlebie, Dumfriesshire
Parents: William & Susannah (nee Anderson)
Parental Home: 1893 Broadlee Cottage, Middlebie
1901 as above
Siblings: Susannah M ((1878), Janet (1879), Elizabeth (1882-1970) Robert (1884), George (1886-1886), William (1888-) Jemima (1891-1972), Jane (1896-1990)
Spouse: James Thomas Reid
Date of Wedding: 3rd April 1921
Location: Upper Collinhirst, Ecclefechan
Children: Sydney R (1921-), Minerva E H (1923-)
Marital home(s): 27 St Ninians Place, Castle Douglas
Employment: Domestic service – servant
1911 Census: Census shows living as servant – employed by Fergus Milligan, Farmer, Merkland, nr Dunscore, Dumfriesshire
Date of death: June 1976
Location: Castle Douglas.…
Frederick Clarkson Harold
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Frederick Clarkson Harold
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: April 1883 Wood Green, London
Date and Place of Death: 22nd July 1948, Tavistock , Devon
Nationality: English
Childhood: Large family and moved around
Parents: Charles William and Mary Anne nee Rowe
Parents occupations: Supervisor inland revenue
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Not known
Occupation: Chemical engineer/analytical chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: 18 The Ridge , Eastriggs
Marital status: Married
Children: None known
Travels: Travelled professionally to South America ( Chile)
Awards/recognitions: None known
Positions held: None known
Trivia / any other information: Yes
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Today in Masonic History – William Hesketh Lever is Born (masonrytoday.com)
Port Sunlight Welcome and introduction to Port Sunlight (portsunlightvillage.com)
Biography
Frederick Clarkson Harold 1881-1948
Frederick Clarkson Harold was born in the second quarter of 1883 at Wood Green, London to Charles William and Mary Ann nee Rowe.…
Elizabeth Irving
ELIZABETH ROBINSON IRVING
‘Lizzie’
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 3 August 1897 at Annan, Dumfriesshire
Date and Place of Death:
Nationality: Scottish
Biography
3 Sisters Left to Right: Elizabeth (born 1897), Jane (born 1899), Margaret (born 1895) Irving
Childhood:
Elizabeth was born and raised in Annan. She was one of nine children.
Robert (1891)
James (1893)
Margaret (1895)
Elizabeth (1897)
Jane (1899)
Jack (1901)
Agnes (1904)
Bella (1906)
Florence (1908)
Parents: James Irving and Janet Robison
Parent’s occupations: James Irving was a Fisherman
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Nil known
Occupation: Not known
Place of residence at Gretna: 11 Sutherland Terrace, Annan
Job title at Gretna: Not known
Marital status: Not known
Children: Not known
Travels: Not known
Awards/recognitions: Not known
Trivia / any other information: Nil
Bibliography
Nil
References
Nil
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Margaret Irving
Margaret Irving
‘Maggie’
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 12th February 1895, at Annan, Dumfriesshire
Date and Place of Death: 2 April 1986, at Annan, Dumfriesshire
Nationality: Scottish
Biography
3 Sisters Left to Right: Elizabeth (born 1897), Jane (born 1899), Margaret (born 1895) Irving
Childhood:
Margaret was born and raised in Annan. She was one of nine children.…
Elizabeth Kirkup
Is mentioned as working at Gretna in Gretna’s Secret War by Gordon Routledge (Bookcase, 1999), p. 12.
Jessie Rome Latimer
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Jessie Rome Latimer
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 5 October 1891, Annan.
Date and Place of Death: 2nd Quarter 1958, Lockerbie, Dumfries-shire Scotland.
Nationality: Scottish
Biography
Childhood: Brought up in Annan Dumfries-shire. …
Stewart Dickson Lockerbie
STEWART DICKSON LOCKERBIE
Date and place of birth: 26 July 1897 Maxwelltown, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Date and place of death: 11 July 1917 Nieuport, West-Vlanderen, Flanders, Belgium (Grave unknown)
NOW REPORTED KILLED Acting – Corporal Stewart Dickson Lockerbie, 16th Highland Light Infantry, was reported missing 11th July, 1917. A communication has been received his father (Mr James Lockerbie, butcher, 46 English Street), stating that he is now presumed to have been killed on that date.…
Agnes Cummings Muir
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Agnes Cummings Muir
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 21st December 1889 Troon, Ayrshire
Date and Place of Death: 7th November 1923 Moffat, Dumfrieshire
Nationality: Scottish
Childhood: In Troon
Parents: Willam Muir and Andrina/Anderina Murdoch(k)
Parents occupations: Ships Carpenter
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Not known
Occupation: Stenographer/typist but Danger Buildings Team at Gretna /RAF
Place of residence at Gretna: Not Known
Marital status: single
Children: none
Travels: Atlantic crossing for work for 2 years
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Positions held
Trivia / any other information: yes
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Biography
Agnes Cummings Muir 1889-1923
Agnes Cumming(s) Muir was born in Troon, Ayrshire, on 21st December 1889 , the eldest of seven children to William Muir and Andrina Murdoch Muir.…
Sophie Mundell
SOPHIE MUNDELL
Date and place of birth: 20 August 1885 Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Date and place of death: 1943 Chichester, Sussex
Nationality: British
Biography: The Mundell children were raised in Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland:
Percy Irving Mundell 1884 – ?
Rebie Sketchley Mundell 1888 – 1958
George Hope Mundell 1896 – 1995
Alice Hope Mundell 1986-1955
Katherine Hope Mundell 1896 – 1955 – Married to Cyril Callister, who worked as a chemist at the factory and later invented vegemite.…
Margaret Notman
Email from Margaret’s relative: MARGARET (MADGE) NOTMAN was born 27th January 1903 at 19, Johnstone Street, Annan. She was married to Walter Henderson. She died in hospital in Northumberland. Her home at the time was in North Street, Annan.
Notman family February 1918, From left Margaret (Madge), Jane (second wife of William and stepmother to Nancy, David and Madge), Elfreda ( baby daughter of Nancy), Nancy, William (husband and father), David (in uniform) and William (son of William and Jane).
Caroline Primrose
Caroline Margaret Primrose was born on 2nd June 1879 *at 54 Irish Street, Dumfries** to William Primrose , solicitor, aged 43 *, and Caroline Elizabeth (nee Moses) **wife, aged 26.
Her father was employed and subsequently also an employer in the family firm of solicitors following in his father’s footsteps.…
Elspeth Macbeth Reid
Info sent by Elspeth’s great niece: She was my paternal Grandad’s older sister, one of 8 siblings. My Grandad’s family worked in the quarry at Locharbriggs where Elspeth was born. As I child my Grandad told me that he had a sister who had died from burns in an accident in a dairy, not sure why he did not say that it was in the Munition Factory.…
