DUNDEE COURIER, TUESDAY 18TH MARCH 1884 DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL MERCER OF BALCRAIG Intimation is made of the death of Major-General Charles McWhirter Mercer of Balcraig, near Perth, which took place at Shandon, on the Gairloch, on Thursday. He had been in delicate health for some time, and left his residence at Balcraig only on WednesdayContinue reading “Major-General dies at Shandon”
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Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 7
Dear blog reader This is the seventh part in a series of Shandon hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers. I always find such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Shandon-based research. (Glossary: inst/instant means of the presentContinue reading “Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 7”
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