And my grandmother Effie from Benbecula was a boarder in Irvine, that day in the household of unmarried Elizabeth Todd (age 53 & 2 months), and her brother, unmarried David Todd (age 50 & 3 months), and a nephew Henry (age 20 & 8 months. Perhaps they were neighbours, and she was next doo...

Great info. Am just making a note so I can find this thread again, and to refer forwards to a 2022 thread “Nobel Coasters from Irvine to Hamburg”. Also, I just bought a copy of the SS Lady Gertrude Cochrane postcard online, from what was originally a German website, but is now international. I wonde...

Hullo all, I see this thread and another similar one. My grandfather, Duncan Black from Lismore, was 2nd mate for a while, I have no idea how long, on Lady Gertrude Cochrane, and was the only one on board on the day of the 1921 census. Captain Campbell: was he the guy with the beret in Lismore in th...