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Daphne Sayer
Daphne Edith Nora Sayer
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 21 October 1901 in London
Date and Place of Death: 1997 At Colchester, Essex
Nationality:British
Biography
Childhood: Daphne grew up in London with her brother and sister:
Gladys Linda Sayer (1892-1989) who was a world renown pianist
Frank Bernard (1893-1940) who died when his ship was sunk by enemy action.…
Egerton Sayer
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Egerton Sayer
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: Baptism: 20th October 1864. St George Brandon Hill, Bristol, Gloucestershire.
Date and Place of Death: 1927 April Quarter.…
Margaret Clara Scharina
Information supplied through Research Project led by Nigel Crompton.
Name: Margaret Clara Scharina
DoB: 14 February 1880
Place of birth: Charlton, London
Parents: Wilhelm Edward Herrmann & Janet (nee McKay)
Parental Home: 1881 – 4 Delafield Road, Charlton, London
Siblings: Millicent Wilhelmina (1882-1970 ), Marion Alice (1885-1931), Archibald McKay (1884-1885), Hermann McKay (1889-1942)
Spouse: Never married
Date of Wedding: Not applicable
Children: None identified
Marital home(s): Not applicable
Employment: Governess
1911 Census: Living at home: Mount Park, Victoria Park, Gourock, Scotland
Date of death: 12 December 1957
Location: Bevendean Hospital, Brighton, Sussex.…
Millicent Wilhelmina Scharina
Information supplied through Research Project led by Nigel Crompton.
Name: Millicent Wilhelmina Scharina
DoB: 16 July 1882
Place of birth: Charlton/ Woolwich, London
Parents: Wilhelm Edward Herrmann & Janet (nee McKay)
Parental Home: 1880’s – 4 Delafield Road, Charlton, London
Siblings: Margaret Clara (1880-1957), Marion Alice (1885-1931), Archibald McKay (1884-1885), Hermann McKay (1889-1942)
Spouse: Stuart Bell
Date of Wedding: 21 September 1928
Children: None identified
Marital home(s): 27 Bentinck Drive, Troon
Employment: Stenographer
1911 Census: Living at home: Mount Park, Victoria Road, Gourock, Scotland
Date of death: 18 November 1970
Location: 27 Bentinck Drive, Troon
Gretna details
Name: Millicent Wilhelmina Scharina
Clock No
Date joining: Not confirmed
Date leaving:Not confirmed
Addresses: Women’s Police Barracks, Eastriggs
Rank on start: PC
Promotion: None confirmed
Career after: Private Secretary
1921 Census: 23 Bentinck Street, Kelvingrove, Glasgow
Addresses after Gretna:
1921 – 23 Bentinck Street, Kelvingrove, Glasgow
1925 – 14 Crown Gardens, Hillhead, Glasgow
1928 – 5 Buckingham Terrace, Glasgow
1970 – 27 Bentinck Drive, Troon
Additional information
Millicent was born in Charlton, although the registration district was Woolwich South London in 1882 into the family of Wilhelm & Janet Scharina where she had 4 siblings.…
Ellen Scholfield
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Ellen Scholfield nee Green.
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 25 March 1883, Cornforth, Durham.
Date and Place of Death: N/K
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood:
Census 1901: Ellen Green, Housemaid domestic, living at 8 Belle View Park, Thornhill, Sunderland in household of Deborah Doxford.…
Janet Corse Scollay
Email from grandson: ‘I have reason to believe from family stories that my grandmother originally born in Orkney but worked in Dumfries at the start of WW1, may have worked in the Gretna factory. Her name was Jane/Janet Corse Brown (nee Scollay).
So my grandmother was Janet/Jane Corse Scollay (spelt Schollie, Scholley and other) Born in Kirkwall Oct 13 1897, orphaned in 1907 when both parents died of TB.…
Jenny Scorer
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Jenny Scorer
Gender: Female
Place of residence at Gretna: Boadicea House, Gretna
Trivia / any other information:
Jenny wrote in an autograph book from H.M. Factory Gretna on 11th December 1918. She listed her address as Boadicea House, Gretna.
William Leonard Scotcher
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : William Leonard Scotcher
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 7th May 1890, Millwall
Date and Place of Death: 1982, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Nationality: British
Childhood: East end, overcrowded
Parents : Ernest William and Priscilla nee Gray
Parents occupations : Metal turner
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Not clear but must have studied Chemistry before 1915
Occupation: Analytical chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: No 6 Staff Quarters.…
Clara Gladys Bramley Scott
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Clara Gladys Bramley Scott
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 13th November 1892, Penrith, Cumberland
Date and Place of Death: 21st January 1975, Carlisle
Nationality: British
Childhood: Eldest of at least 4
Parents: William Robert and Elizabeth Jane nee Naylor
Parent’s occupations: Chemist and Druggist
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Munition works supervisor
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Munition works supervisor
Marital status: Unmarried
Children: None known.…
Frederick Percy Scott
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Frederick Percy Scott
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 17th July 1899, Carlisle, Cumberland
Date and Place of Death: July 1978, Skipton, Yorkshire
Nationality: British
Childhood: Youngest of 3
Parents: George and Sarah nee Scott
Parent’s occupations: Railway goods porter
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Storekeeper at Gretna then Station Master at Skipton
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Job title at Gretna: Storekeeper at Gretna
Marital status: Married Mary Melissa
Children: N/K
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Trivia / any other information:
Frederick Percy Scott was born on 17th July 1899, Carlisle to George and Sarah nee Scott.…
Thomas Henry Scott
Appeared in Dumfries and Galloway Standard; Dec. 8, 1917, under the heading More Gretna Cases.
J Scully
Info from relative of fellow worker, August 2021: I am attaching the two photos. On the back of one are written the names of the people in the picture. They are as follows:-
Dumfries and Annan
April 1918
Wilfred Edmondson gravitier (‘My wife’s husband’)
W Falcolner foreman
Tom Harris dips
W D Macrae blower
W Gaunt foreman
C Franks chargehand
Reginald Keen (farmer) fireman
J Simmons shift chemist
J Scully charger
J Maxwell blower
Photographer Frank Holbrook, Alexander’s Studio, Dumfires and Annan
Ernest Henry Sealey
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Ernest Henry Sealey
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 6th January 1871, Dovercourt, Essex
Date and Place of Death: 24th April 1949, 4 Meriden Street, Coventry
Nationality: British
Childhood: 6th of 7 children
Parents: George and Eliza nee Paddle
Parents occupations: Builder employer
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: General foreman at Gretna.…
Charles Seeley
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Charles William Seeley
Gender: Male
Date and Place of Birth: 19/11/1884 at Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire (1) (4) (6)
Date and Place of Death: 16/12/1976 at Macclesfield, Cheshire (8)
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood:
Charles had two sisters, Edith Harriet, born 27/12/1887 and Gertrude Ann, born 08/12/1890.…
James Sellars
Appeared in Dumfries and Galloway Standard; Nov. 21, 1917, under the heading ‘Alleged Gambling in
Working Hours.’
Appeared in Dumfries and Galloway Standard Oct. 10, 1917, under the heading ‘An Army Veteran’s Case.’
Sarah Hall Seymour
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) Sarah Hall Seymour
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: October 1895 Easington, Co.Durham
Date and Place of Death: 3rd March 1945, 17 Ash Terrace, Murton Colliery, Co Durham
Nationality: English
Biography
Childhood: Spent childhood in coal mining community, Murton Colliery, Easington.…
Stuart Gordon Farquhar Shand
STUART GORDON FARQUHAR SHAND
‘Captain Shand’
Date and place of birth: 1869 Beau Bassin, Mount Stewart, Mauritius
Date and place of death: 31 May 1934 Gretna, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Stuart is buried in Lockerbie Graveyard, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Nationality: British
Biography: Stuart’s mother died when he was a very young child. He was sent to boarding school in England, and appears in the 1881 census at a school in London.…
Miss Helen Mary Shannon
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by): Miss Helen Mary Shannon
Gender: Female
Date and Place of Birth: 11/07/1894 Liverpool as Ellen Maria Shannon
Date and Place of Death: 1977 Q4 Liverpool
Nationality: British
Biography
Childhood:
Parents: Edward and Ellen (nee Fisher) Shannon
Parent’s occupations: Cotton Broker (father)
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Personel Manager in Textile Factory in Bolton in 1939. …
Henry Shannon
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Henry Shannon
Gender: Male
Date and place of birth: 1879, Carlisle
Date and Place of Death: Burial 23rd November 1934 at Maryport cemetery, address Skiddaw Avenue, Maryport
Nationality: Both parents Scottish
Childhood: N/K
Parents: John and Mary nee?
Parents occupations: Police sergeant
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: N/K
Occupation: Mineral sampler metallurgical chemist
Place of residence at Gretna: N/K
Marital status: Married
Children: Yes
Travels: N/K
Awards/recognitions: N/K
Positions held: N/K
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Mini Biography
Henry Shannon 1879- 1934
Henry Shannon was born in 1879 in Carlisle to John and Mary, both Scottish.…
