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Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 1 Send Message	Katharine M	Report	20 Sep 2007 19:30
Member Since: June 2006 Posts: 1 Send Message	Hi I'm hoping this rings a bell with someone... I don't have a lot of info so really am struggling!! My maternal Great Grandfather was John Anderson b 1883 his father was also JOHN - Year of Birth not known. My Gr Grandfather was killed 1st Battle of the Somme 1916. We think he was in the Gordon Highlanders. Some one traced a John Anderson Killed September 1916 to LERWICK Shetlands. I have found a family that lived in Lerwick in Market Street ( I think) Both Johns were Stone Masons as far as I know in 1905 - my great grandfather was a stone mason on the Carnegie Library being built in Kendal Westmoreland England - which is how he met my great grandmother. He was known as Jock. He married Margaret Bainbridge Halliwell in Kendal parish Church 1905. They had 2 children Lesley ( son ) I think he was baptised Thomas Lesley & Stella ( my grandmother). Can any one help. Please Kath