"I did look at that record but couldn't quite match him to the Thomas Twidale/Twidle I'm looking for so it's onwards and upwards but thank you for your efforts and contribution."
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"Hi again,
I think that the pension record I posted previously may not be the clue you are looking for as it would seem that this particular Tweedle, was 53 years old in 1811, had rheumatism, had retired from HMS Fame with a full life pension of…"
"Thank you for the information. Most kind. I am particularly interested in the last part of your message regarding him receiving a pension so I shall look further into that. Kind regards"
"Welcome to the Douglas Archives!
Regarding your search:
I've looked on the Familysearch website and there seem to be a quite lot of Thomas Twidles and multiple variations spread around the UK.
However I did notice that Elizabeth Ruth Watkins…"
"Anne, a quick look around shows that Dugald Drysdale 1856 - 1938 is on the Familysearch website tree with an ID of LDZF-KM2 - you can pick up some source data from this site - a part print of the tree is shown below. He's also listed…"
"Hi Anne,
Welcome to the Douglas Archives, I see that you are researching Dugald Drysdale of Australia (b. 1856) - good luck with your research - you may like to visit the Drysdale section of this site - click on groups at the top of the page…"
"Some further light reading about (Jasper Dryfesdale) James Drysdale & Mary Queen of Scots:
While Scott's 'The Abbott' was supposed to be a work of fiction (but based on historical fact) Henry Glassford Bell's account of James…"
"Yes William,
The Lady Archivist was very helpful (unusual nowadays) and as well as being the resident archivist at the Dollar Academy she runs the Dollar Museum:
"I am also the Hon. Curator of Dollar Museum where we have a lot of…"
"Dollar Academy is about 45 minutes from my home, so I may arrange a visit.Better if they were online!"
"Hi William,
I was recently in touch with the Dollar Academy Archivist (carolan-j@dollaracademy.org.uk) and she sent me an electronic copy of this magazine, also see below re further research:
"Thu, 21 Mar at 16:40
Hi Ron
For your information…"
"Congratulations on finding the Dollar Magazine.
I think that other editions may well help with Douglas and Burns family research."
"Hi Pauline.
I have recently come across a publication that contains an article which may be of interest to you:
The Dollar Magazine March, 1909 (Vol. viii., No. 29).
This publication contains an article titled "The Drysdales of Dollar and their…"
"Hi again Pauline,
I seem to recognise the partial tree from Ancestry that you have posted - it corresponds with the Familysearch tree that existed about 1.5 years ago. Sorry to put a dampener on your genealogical journey but unfortunately, I think…"
"Also, your Alexander Drysdale and Christian Donaldson couple are about 100+ years down the line.
regards
Ron"
"I have a different set of ancestors for Alexander Drysdale, who married Christian Donaldson.
https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I143430&tree=tree1
I am not sure that they were 'Sir' and…"
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Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 12:09 on April 19, 2024,
A Chapman said…
I did look at that record but couldn't quite match him to the Thomas Twidale/Twidle I'm looking for so it's onwards and upwards but thank you for your efforts and contribution.
- At 16:31 on April 18, 2024,
Thank you for the information. Most kind. I am particularly interested in the last part of your message regarding him receiving a pension so I shall look further into that. Kind regards
- At 22:20 on March 22, 2024,
William Douglas said…
Dollar Academy is about 45 minutes from my home, so I may arrange a visit.
Better if they were online!
- At 10:10 on March 22, 2024,
Congratulations on finding the Dollar Magazine.
I think that other editions may well help with Douglas and Burns family research.
- At 10:29 on March 16, 2024,
I have a different set of ancestors for Alexander Drysdale, who married Christian Donaldson.
https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I143430&tree=tree1
I am not sure that they were 'Sir' and 'Lady'.
William
- At 4:50 on March 16, 2024,
Pauline Baker said…
Thanks for the reply. Here is everything that populated on Ancestry.com after I added my DNA result and while I still had an active subscription. I can't afford it now unfortunately, but it did preserve the people that it found. The workings of this, I am unsure of.
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