by sweet caroline » Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:49 am
Just looked at his tree in Ancestry. Quote below taken from his tree.
On 28 March, two days prior to taking leave the CCRC paymaster at Bramshott Camp paid him £15. Every one was required to take leave prior to departing England; it was built into the demobilization program. In Russell’s Black Diary at the back of the book he writes that he took 8 days leave to Scotland from 31 March to 8 April. His father Jonathan Courtney, was born in Ireland but his mother Mary Breathat was born in Glasgow, Lanakshire, Scotland in 1870 emigrating from there in 1880. Glasgow is situated in the central part of Scotland and the current day driving distance from where he was in Bramshott, England is 463 miles or roughly 7.5 hours. The two addresses he lists in his diary are: Mrs. Wm. Sinclair, 38 Wall Park Road, Saltcoats, Scotland and Mrs. Janet McClulchen, 10 Castle St., Paisley, Scotland. Paisley is 9 miles west of Glasgow and Saltcoats is 24 miles west of Paisley. Saltcoats is located on the west coast of Scotland on the North Channel. I mention all this because, for him to take this trip there would have to be some compelling reason to travel those distances by train, which, even with the efficiency of the British Rail system likely would have taken him a whole days travel each way with many transfers. Who were these people he traveled so far to see? In all my research of our families, neither of these two names appears anywhere. My guess is they were relatives of his mother and that his mother gave him the instructions “If you get an opportunity to go visit do so”. But who were they?
Mary Breathat
Birth 3 Apr 1868 in Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, Scotland Death 30 Dec 1945 in Toronto, York County, ON
Would have to do his full tree ,to find if a connection with Sinclair exists.
SC
Just looked at his tree in Ancestry. Quote below taken from his tree.
On 28 March, two days prior to taking leave the CCRC paymaster at Bramshott Camp paid him £15. Every one was required to take leave prior to departing England; it was built into the demobilization program. In Russell’s Black Diary at the back of the book he writes that he took 8 days leave to Scotland from 31 March to 8 April. His father Jonathan Courtney, was born in Ireland but his mother Mary Breathat was born in Glasgow, Lanakshire, Scotland in 1870 emigrating from there in 1880. Glasgow is situated in the central part of Scotland and the current day driving distance from where he was in Bramshott, England is 463 miles or roughly 7.5 hours. The two addresses he lists in his diary are: Mrs. Wm. Sinclair, 38 Wall Park Road, Saltcoats, Scotland and Mrs. Janet McClulchen, 10 Castle St., Paisley, Scotland. Paisley is 9 miles west of Glasgow and Saltcoats is 24 miles west of Paisley. Saltcoats is located on the west coast of Scotland on the North Channel. I mention all this because, for him to take this trip there would have to be some compelling reason to travel those distances by train, which, even with the efficiency of the British Rail system likely would have taken him a whole days travel each way with many transfers. Who were these people he traveled so far to see? In all my research of our families, neither of these two names appears anywhere. My guess is they were relatives of his mother and that his mother gave him the instructions “If you get an opportunity to go visit do so”. But who were they?
Mary Breathat
Birth 3 Apr 1868 in Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, Scotland Death 30 Dec 1945 in Toronto, York County, ON
Would have to do his full tree ,to find if a connection with Sinclair exists.
SC