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By John, on January 19th, 2008% The following article is an extract from Oor Ain Folk by James Inglis regarding his brother William Burnet Inglis.
From pages 260 and 261 of Oor Ain Folk:
Willie, the next, lies in a lonely grave by the great Australian inland river. He had taken an honourable position on the London Stock Exchange, but his health breaking down, he came out to Australia. After entering the service of one of the leading banks there, he accepted the position of branch manager in the far back, pastoral, riverside town of Wilcannis [sic]. Here he was joined by . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk: William Burnet Inglis (1851-1888)
By John, on January 17th, 2008%  A second cousin, once-removed, of mine (Anne James) got back in touch recently. We’re both descendants of Edward Doyle, a Scottish miner (ironstone, coal, shale, whatever was paying him at the time) who lived between 1858 and 1937. It was his cousin who was Dan Doyle (left) of Celtic fame, who I mentioned in this post.
Anne got in touch partly to get back in touch and also to talk about a possible link between Dan and another Celtic player. This time Johnny Doyle . . . → Read More: Johnny Bhoy
By John, on January 17th, 2008% The following article is an extract from Oor Ain Folk by James Inglis regarding his brother John Knox Inglis.
From pages 259 and 260 of Oor Ain Folk:
John was next on the list. In some respect he was perhaps the best equipped, intellectually, of the whole family. He was set apart by the old couple for the ministry. He passed through his university course with distinction; took the degree of Master of Arts; received his theological training in the Free Church College, and while yet very young was appointed to the charge of the . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk: John Knox Inglis (1849-1878)
By John, on January 15th, 2008% The following article is an extract from Oor Ain Folk by James Inglis regarding his brother Alexander Brand Inglis.
Alick, as he was known, is Roz’s direct ancestor, her great-great-grandfather. The extract below we have previously published because of that fact. I have, however, expanded it with the inclusion of a few more paragraphs which are semi-relevant.
From pages 255 to 257:
The next in rotation was Alexander, a loyal, loving soul, possessed of more than ordinary perseverance and force of character; and his story, too, would be worth the telling, had I the time . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk: Alexander Brand Inglis (1839-1886)
By Roz, on November 25th, 2007% A correspondent has recently asked whether Alexander Brand Inglis could possibly be the father of John Inglis, born to Ann Taylor and Alexander Inglis, ploughman, in 1861. I found the following:
John Inglis was born to Ann Taylor and Alexander Inglis on 4th July 1860 in the Parish of Dalbog, Edzell. This would make Alexander Brand Inglis 20 to 21: around the right sort of age. Knowing that Alexander would not have been a ploughman, as he was apprenticed at the age of 13 to a draper in Edinburgh, I looked into other branches of the family nearby and . . . → Read More: A tale of two Inglis
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