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Previous | Contents | Next James Grossart Sharp (1848-1928) and Margaret Linklater (1853-1911) Heather’s great-grandparents. As I worked my way down through the generations I kept wondering what the distaff side brought to the mix. What did Agnes Mitchell and Isabel Dall contribute, back in the first half of the ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next Family history is easy today compared with even 20 years ago, when Heather got to know the helpful archivist in the Stirling library. People drew family trees by hand that I can barely conceive how to lay out now. But it’s still a tedious business, ... Read more
Previous | Contents | Next The Sisams Tottie’s paternal grandfather was English. So was his wife Caroline. Henry Sisam is recorded in the 1861 census as a miller employing six men and a boy. The Arrow Mill, on the River Arrow in Warwickshire, is “presumed” to be on the site of one mentioned in ... Read more