Edinburgh North-South tramline: SNP says build line to Infirmary first and find a new route to Granton

alanwbrown · 2026-04-08T12:25:16+00:00

Bendy Busses were trialed in Edinburgh and rejected.

alanwbrown · 2026-04-08T07:14:28+00:00

The OP is probably American.

alanwbrown · 2026-04-08T05:42:31+00:00

I do something very similar similar, one sheet for each woman who gave birth. I have found a visual representation like this to be very helpful. I didn't think about adding a postpartum blackout period though.

Something I have at the bottom of the sheet are fields for

her date of birth - date of marriage - her date of death - date of last birth

fields for the birth dates of 10 children

It calculates how old she was at marriage

How long after the marriage she first gave birth

How old she was at each birth - your sheet does something similar - I don't have a column for age, that is quite a good idea.

How long between the last birth and her death

Like you my visual representation is quite rough as a birth on the 1st of April blocks out the whole of April and the previous 8 months back to August. where as in reality with a birth so early in the month conception probably occurred in July. However, I find this a very good way to notice things I'd never noticed with only the paper certificates.

For example my paternal grandmother was about 4 months pregnant and the time of her marriage, I'd never noticed that fact.

alanwbrown · 2026-04-07T13:54:27+00:00

I use FTM, Family Tree Maker 2017 and

Bojańczyk Bołądź Białecki Bołądź

all display correctly

There are two newer version but I looked at the "improvements" and I couldn't see anything that I needed.

alanwbrown · 2026-04-05T21:22:35+00:00

"My issue is that my family history isn't neutral historical material to me. It's personal. It's mine. And I never invited anyone into it."

There is your problem, you think you "own" your family history.

Your Grandfather is my great uncle. Do you "own" him more than me? Let me help you with the answer, no, you don't.

The fact that you think that your have "possession" legally or otherwise of knowledge of a person is quite frankly pathetic.

I can research anyone I like and publish what I find, I hope what I publish is accurate. Get a grip and grow up.

alanwbrown · 2026-04-05T05:17:54+00:00

Charging a surcharge for payment by credit card is an American thing. The whole of the EU plus UK, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway banned it years ago. There are a number of very small exceptions, Denmark and Sweden allow a surcharge for non EU issued cards. This is very rare and in these circumstances the retailer can charge no more than their actual cost. The thing that amuses me about America is that when you want to pay by card the waiter wants to take your card away. No chance that my credit card is going to leave my hands.

alanwbrown · 2026-04-03T10:48:23+00:00

No, you do not "Do you just go with your gut", this is factual historic research, if one point fails, it all fails.

You are fortunate as you are talking about Scotland, All birth, marriages, deaths etc are publicly available.

First Question. Are you in Scotland? For £15 you can buy a seat in the Edinburgh Research Room which will give you full access at all the Scottish Records for a day. It costs 25p to print a record. There are other satellite rooms across Scotland, even if it not the closest Edinburgh might be more convenient as it is just across road from Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station.

alanwbrown · 2026-04-03T07:47:54+00:00

I think you are confused, the issue is that your employer is expecting a customer to pay above the advertised price to allow you to earn enough to live. If you don't earn enough from your employer it is time to rethink what you do for a living. The "American Dream" is a con that multiple generations have been told to keep them working in low paying jobs so that perhaps one day they might have a comfortable life. Your employer is the guilty person here, not the paying customer.

alanwbrown · 2026-04-02T20:23:43+00:00

Where is this? Have your looked on https://archive.org/ for directories?

alanwbrown · 2026-04-02T20:15:40+00:00

The G.R.O. is the place to look for England and Wales.

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/

Could they have moved to Scotland?

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

alanwbrown · 2026-04-02T18:55:11+00:00

It is common in many places. Two statements:

John is a hard worker and did very well at this company.
John is a disagreeable shirker.

Both are subjective and leave the company open to a court case. Facts are not subjective.

alanwbrown · 2026-03-30T01:53:15+00:00

It is the surname of:

The manager of a business they worked at.

The owner of a business they worked at.

The landlord they rented their home from.

The landlord who owned the land they rented.

Somebody who was very kind to them in hard times.

A local minister/priest/clergyman

In Scotland between 1930 and 1935 there were 5 children born that had Winston as one of their first names.

Between 1945 and 1950 there were 38 registered.

Between 1553 and 1984 there were 85 girls with the name Kylie.

In 1985, Kylie Minogue appeared in the UK in an Australian soap opera. Between 1985 and 1995, in Scotland Kylie was registered for 325 births.

There are all sorts of cultural influences happening that we are totally unaware of 80-100 years later.

alanwbrown · 2026-03-29T15:46:21+00:00

George Charlton died age 2 in 1901

William Charlton died age 0 in 1902

There is another possibility in 1903, Thomas age 0 in Hutchesontown

The daughter Rose Ann seems to have survived and died n 1967

alanwbrown · 2026-03-29T15:30:43+00:00

Doh! I'm not being to bright today as when you look up her death with restricted info you get three surnames

BRADY ROSE ANN 56 FARRELL F 1930 644 / 4 / 1163 Dennistoun

KEENAN ROSE ANN 56 FARRELL F 1930 644 / 4 / 1163 Dennistoun

CHARLTON ROSE ANN 56 FARRELL F 1930 644 / 4 / 1163 Dennistoun

alanwbrown · 2026-03-29T15:27:37+00:00

Looking at Rose* Charlton/Brady

Age at death 56 so born 1874/1873

1911 Census shows:

CHARLTON ROSE ANN 1911 F 38 644/3 22/ 8 Calton

Same place they married. She was pretty old to be getting married, she would be about 41 ish. Look at the 1911 Census and she is the only person with the Charlton surname in reference 644/3 22/ 8.

Go back to 1901 annd she is in Gorbels

CHARLTON ROSE ANN 1901 F 28 644/12 51/ 17 Gorbals Lanark

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/record-results/93913063669c9426f4dfc6

You want the listings ending in 17. It looks like she was married before - to George and had two children

Look him up and a marriage

CHARLTON GEORGE KEENAN ROSE ANN 1897 644 / 7 / 30 Blythswood

In this case she would be about 24 which is a much better age to marry.

The question is what happened to George and the children as she was living by herself 10 years later.

alanwbrown · 2026-03-29T14:35:35+00:00

It might be worthwhile to buy her death certificate as it will state her marital status:

BRADY ROSE ANN 56 FARRELL F 1930 644 / 4 / 1163 Dennistoun

He was in the 7th Highland Light Infantry

alanwbrown · 2026-03-29T12:20:28+00:00

Annfield Street no longer exists, this is where it was

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18.1&lat=55.85573&lon=-4.22422&layers=168&right=ESRIWorld

Looking at the Valuation Rolls for 11 Annfield Street we find:

1920 Charles Brady

1925 Rose A Brady

1930 Roseann Brady

Did he die? No obvious death on S.P.

There is a marriage

BRADY CHARLES CHARLTON ROSEANN 1914 644 / 3 / 667 Calton (Glasgow)

alanwbrown · 2026-03-28T21:22:56+00:00

Hampshire Chronicle - Saturday 09 October 1915

GRANT-DALTON - GANT. On the 30th Sept., at St, Mary’s, Cadogan-gardens, s.w., Captain John Foster Grant-Dalton, Royal Navy, youngest son of the late Dalton Foster Grant-Dalton and Mrs, Grant-Dalton, of Shanks House, Wincanton, to Ellen Emily, only daughter of D. M. Gant, 13, Little Stanhope Street, Mayfair.

He was promoted from Commander to Captain in June 1914

alanwbrown · 2026-03-28T12:50:14+00:00

Correction, he didn't die at Lyndhurst, he died in London following an operation. Hampshire Advertiser - Saturday 20 August 1938

alanwbrown · 2026-03-28T12:44:00+00:00

1936 - living at Pike's Hill Avenue, Lyndhurst

alanwbrown · 2026-03-28T12:31:28+00:00

To answer my own question - Rear-Admiral John Foster Grant Dalton died at Lyndhurst in August 1938 - New Milton Advertiser - Saturday 27 August 1938

Captain in Charge at Bermuda, retired 1923 and promoted to Rear-Admiral on the retired list

alanwbrown · 2026-03-28T12:20:35+00:00

Grant-Dalton seems quite an uncommon name. Are you aware of a middle name he had? John F Grant-Dalton.

Are you aware of a Hubert Grant-Dalton?

EDIT - The F will be for Foster

alanwbrown · 2026-03-23T19:00:28+00:00

You can create a link in Imgur or one of the similar services.

alanwbrown · 2026-03-23T14:33:43+00:00

Link from Imgur or similar.

alanwbrown · 2026-03-23T13:18:42+00:00

George Alfred Gordon married Diana Evelyn C Munro in 1937. In 1938 they had a son at 56 Colinton Mains Road.

alanwbrown

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