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Ann was born in Lanarkshire on Tuesday, 2 November 1762, the twin of Janet.  The Old Parish Records for Glasgow record the baptism on Friday, 10 December 1762, of the two daughters of John and Margaret Cunningham (nee Couper) both born on 2 November 1762, and named Ann and Janet.  John is recorded as a Workman.  The witnesses were John Duncan, a Smith, and Peter Ralston, a Glover.

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It's likely that Thomas and Ann had quite a few children and that some were simply not recorded. Hopefully as time marches on we will discover more and be able to expand on their story.

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The current known children of Thomas and Ann Harris were:

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1. William Harris born 1783

2. Mark Harris born 1785

3. Ann Harris born 1798

4. Peter Harris born 1801

5. Margaret Harris born 1807 

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1. William Harris was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1783. He joined the army and married Grace/Grisal Gilmour on the 5th of October 1806 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.They had four known children:

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- Ann Harris born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 8th of November 1807. She married John Frame  in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 25th of November 1827. The couple lived at 25 James Street, Hamilton and were still there on the 1841 census. They had two children:

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- Grace Frame born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1829. She married Alexander Cross in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 14th of February 1847. Alexander, born in Hamilton, was the son of William Cross and Mary Robertson. Grace was heavily pregnant at the time of the marriage and later gave birth to their first son. Their nine children were:

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- William Harris Cross born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1847. 

On the 1861 Scottish Census William is 14 and working as a clerk in the local gas office. He's living with his parents at 26 James, Street, Hamilton, across the street from his grandparents at number 25. In 1872 he married Mary Ramsey Barr in Larkhall, Lanarkshire. After the wedding the couple settled at  Janefield Cottage, Dalserf, Larkhall, Lanarkshire. They would remain there for many years.

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They had two children :

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- Alexander Cross born 1874. He married Catherine Fletcher and they had one daughter Dorothy Ramsey Cross who married John Main Bryson in Blythswood, Glasgow in 1937. 

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- Jeanie Gray Cross born 1878. She married William Watson in Larkhall in 1904 and had one daughter Mary Ramsey Barr Watson born 1910. On the 1939 Register of England & Wales Mary is living at High Greening, Wigton, Cumberland, England. She's married and her occupation is unpaid domestic duties. She died in Carlisle in 1989.

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- Ann Cross born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1852. There's a hidden back story with Ann. She lived in the family home at 26 James Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire as a young child before they moved to 47 Townhead Street, Hamilton . At the age of 17 she gave birth to a daughter Grace Hill. The birth certificate indicates that she is married to the child's father, Alexander Hill. Grace died aged 21 months at 47 Townhead Street, Hamilton - Her grandfather Alexander Cross signs the death certificate. There is no marriage between Ann and Alexander Hill and nothing more is heard of him. On the 9th of October 1897 Ann marries Daniel McDonald at 41 Townhead Street, Hamilton (her parents house. Daniel is a Pithead Man, born in Hamilton and living at 89 Quarry Street, Hamilton prior to the wedding. Ann is listed as a spinster. Daniel and Ann would go on to have five children:

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- Daniel McDonald born in Hamilton on the 24th of November 1878. He married Margaret and they lived in Motherwell before immigrating to Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret died in 1929 and Daniel died in 1943. They are both buried side by side in Monongahela Cemetery, Monongahela, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA

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- Alexander McDonald born 1880

- Annie McDonald born 1886 - She died before 1900.

- David McDonald born 1888. 

- Sarah Cross McDonald born the 5th of November 1891 in Dalziel, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. As a young woman she went to work as a Domestic Servant at 22 Orchard Street, Partick, Glasgow. That same year while frequenting the area she met her future husband, Andrew Slater Baird. He was a native of Partick living at 89 Hozier Street and five years her senior. They were married on the 31st of December 1913 at 16 Graham Street, Partick, Glasgow and had two children:

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David McDonald Baird born on the 30th of April 1916 at 49 Lumsden Street, Anderson, Glasgow

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Daniel Baird born on the 14th of September 1919 at 49 Lumsden Street, Anderson, Glasgow. He married Frances Hutchison at St James Episcopal Church, Station Rd, Muthill, Crieff, Perthshire on the 8th of December 1943. They had five children:

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- Dorothy Baird born in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland in 1944

- Douglas Andrew Baird born in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland in 1947 - He died in the same year.

- Daniel (Dan) Baird born in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland in 1948

- Elizabeth Anne Baird born in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland in 1949

- Morag McDonald Baird born in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland in 1957

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Daniel Baird died in Crieff in 1987, his wife Frances died in 1997. They are both buried at Muthill Cemetery, Perth and Kinross, Scotland

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Andrew Slater Baird died in Milton, Glasgow on the 27th of January 1959 from pneumonia. His wife Sarah Baird (nee McDonald) died in 1976. 

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- Mary Cross born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1854. As a teenager she worked at the Commercial Hotel Stables, 41 Townhead Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Aged 20 in 1874 she was Witness at sister Ann's wedding to Daniel McDonald. She married Alexander Finlayson at 21 Muir Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 26th of August 1881.

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- John Cross born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire the 20th of March 1856

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- David Cross born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire the 21st of June 1858. He's on the 1871 census  aged 13 working as an Apprentice Shoemaker living at the Commercial Hotel Stables, 41 Townhead Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He married Margaret Prentice in Bridgeton, Glasgow in 1886. Margaret born in 1860 was the daughter of John Prentice and Martha Hamilton.

David and Margaret Cross had three children:

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- Martha Hamilton Cross born 1886. She married William Fraser Calder Young at The Masonic Hall, Denniston, Glasgow on the 7th of June 1906. They had two daughters:

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- Margaret Prentice Calder Young born on the 3rd of March 1908 at 145 Roslea Drive, Denniston

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- Evelyn Martha Hamilton Young born in Hillhead, Glasgow in 1916.

She married Norman William Hudson on the 11th of March 1940 at the Trinity Church, Duntocher

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- Alexander Cross born 1889. He married Janet Baird Bryce in Calton, Glasgow in 1908.

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They had four children :

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- Jeanie Taylor Beatrice Cross born 1909

- David Cross born 1912

- Margaret Beatrice Cross born 1914

- Janet Bruce Bayne Cross born 1917

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- John Prentice Cross born 1891

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- Thomas Cross born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire the 22nd of September 1860

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- Grace Frame Cross born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire the 24th of May 1863. She's on the 1871 Scottish Census at the Commercial Hotel Stables, 41 Townhead Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She's attending school. In the 1881 Census she's living at 99 Quarry Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire and working as a domestic servant. She married James Shearer at 4 Mcghie Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 9th of October 1883.

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They had four children:

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- James Shearer born in Hamilton in 1884. He married Jamesina Morris Thomson at 54 Westmuir Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire on the 29th of October 1915. They had one son James Thomson Shearer born in Springburn Glasgow in 1920.

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- Alexander Cross Shearer born in Hamilton in 1885. He was on the 1891 Census living at 18 Haddow Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire aged six. In the 1901 Census he's living at 13 Goschen Terrace, Ayr, Ayrshire and training to be a music composer. 1911 sees him back in Glasgow and living at 247 Cumbernauld Road, Dennistoun. The return to Glasgow would be a fatal one. He died the following year, aged 27 from consumption. He never married.

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- Thomas Scott Shearer born at 23 Lockhart Street, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire on the 24th of December 1886. He married Christina Dunsmuir Massie on the 15th of July 1921 at 295 Golfhill Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow. Christina born in Aberdeen in 1897 was the daughter of Alexander Greig Massie and Christina Dunsmuir. Thomas was a coach painter to trade.

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They had two daughters:

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- Murial Dunsmuir Shearer born in Glasgow in 1929.  She married Alexander Leslie Ligertwood in Tradeston, Glasgow on the 31st of March 1951. They had 3 sons: John born 1952, Alan born 1955 and Graeme born 1958.

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- Irene Frame Shearer born in Glasgow in 1933. She died in 1935, aged two years. 

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- Grace Frame Shearer born in Hamilton in 1890. She married James Beveridge in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1932.

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- Alexander Cross born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire the 23rd of November 1865. He died the year later. 

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- Janet Cross born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire the 29th of January 1867. She died the following year, in 1868.

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- Margaret Harris born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1808. She married David Hart on the 23rd of August 1835 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

 

They had 4 known children:

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- James Hart born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1840. He married Ann Cross in Cambusnethan, Dalziel, Lanarkshire on the 14th of October 1861. He was 23 and a mason journeyman, she was 22 and a spinster. They first lived on Glasgow Road, Cambusnethan and then later Stonefield, Blantyre, Lanarkshire. They had one daughter Isabella Hart born in 1862.

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- Grace Hart born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1842. She married John Barr on the 19th of June 1860 in Cambusnethan, Dalziel, Lanarkshire. They had seven children:

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- William Barr born 1860 in Cambusnethan, Dalziel, Lanarkshire

- Margaret Barr born 1862 in Cambusnethan, Dalziel, Lanarkshire

- Mary Barr born on the 8th of October 1864 in Cambusnethan, Dalziel, Lanarkshire

- David Barr born 1868 in Cambusnethan, Dalziel, Lanarkshire

- James Barr born on the 11th of March 1869 in Cambusnethan, Dalziel, Lanarkshire

- Grace Hart Barr born on the 13th of March 1871 in Cambusnethan, Dalziel, Lanarkshire

- John Barr born on the 3rd of March 1873 in Cambusnethan, Dalziel, Lanarkshire

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- William Hart born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1845. On the  1871 Census he was living at 32 Scotland Street, Govan, Tradeston, Lanarkshire aged 26.

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- Margaret Hart born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1848

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- George Harris born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1814. He married Margaret Hamilton in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 15th of March 1835. Margaret was born in Hamilton in 1815, the daughter of John Hamilton and Margaret King.

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Their children were:

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- Margaret Harris born Hamilton Lanarkshire in 1837. Margaret married John Haldane at 40 High Patrick Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 22nd of September 1870. They then moved to Linlithgow, West Lothian but soon returned to Hamilton, living at Wairds Lodge.

 

They had four sons:

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- Thomas Haldane born in Bo'ness, West Lothian on the 22nd of November 1871. He married Marion Good at her parents house in Portland Park, Hamilton on 16th September 1897. They set up home at 12 Butterburn Park Street and in 1939 decided to immigrate to Canada. They left from Greenock, Scotland travelling to Montreal, Canada onboard 'The Duchess Of York'. They later returned to Hamilton.

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Their children were:

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- Margaret Harris Haldane born on the 1st of July 1898 in Uddingston, Lanarkshire. She married Frederick George Gulliford at The Glasgow Registry Office, 21 Hope Street, Glasgow on the 5th of November 1932. Frederick was originally from Midsomer Norton, Somerset, England. When they were married he gave his address as 61 Merton Hall Road, Wimbledon, London, He was an engineering company secretary. The couple moved back to England and were on the 1939 census at 65, Mostyn Road, Merton and Morden, Surrey, England. Frederick died in 1989 and Margaret died in 1991.

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- John Haldane born at 12 Butterburn Park Street on the 3rd of June 1900.

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James Good Haldane born the 27th of March 1911 at 6 Butterburn Park Street, Hamilton. James married Isabella Campbell Clark at The Glasgow Registry Office, 21 Hope Street, Glasgow on the 15th of November 1941. James died in Glasgow in 2006.

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- George Haldane born in Bo'ness, West Lothian on the 23rd of March 1873. He married Julia Williams on the 20th of August in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. They returned to Hamilton after the wedding and lived at Eastbank, Low Waters, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. They had one son :

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John Haldane born on the 12th of September 1907 at Eastbank, Low Waters, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He married Anna Slater Strang at Marlborough House, Glasgow on the 9th July 1938.

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They had two children:

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- Christopher John Haldane born in 1943 in Cathcart, Glasgow

- Joanna Julia Strang Haldane born in 1952 in Cathcart, Glasgow

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- William Haldane born at Wairds Lodge, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 26th of June 1877 (Twin to John) He died aged 3 years old from scarlet fever on the 12th of August 1880 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire

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- John Haldane was born at Wairds Lodge, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 26th of June 1877 (Twin to William) John never married and died in his sleep at 22 Townhead Street, Hamilton aged 76, on the 3rd of October 1958. He died from heart failure.

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- Grace Harris was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1839. Grace never married. She spent all of her life living on High Patrick Street, Hamilton and died at No 48 on the 19th of January 1927 aged 88 of natural causes. She is buried in the Bent Cemetery, Hamilton.

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- John Harris born Hamilton Lanarkshire in 1840. He died as an infant.

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- Jane Harris born Hamilton Lanarkshire in 1845. Jane never married. She lived with her father on High Patrick Street after her mother's death and acted as his carer. She continued to live in the house after her father's death and died in Hamilton in the early 1900's.

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- Ann ​Harris born Hamilton Lanarkshire in 1846. She married Thomas Arthur at High Patrick Street, Hamilton on the 3rd of April 1868.

He was a colliery engine keeper from Shotts, Lanarkshire.

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They had seven children:

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- Margaret Hamilton Arthur was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 28th of September 1869. She died as a baby in 1870.

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- Ottman Arthur was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 8th of January 1872. He followed in his father's footsteps as a colliery engine keeper. He married Agnes Beveridge on the 15th of July 1898 at 123 Low Waters Road, Hamilton (her parents house)

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- Barbara Arthur was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 28th of July 1874. She married Robert Hughes on the 31st of December 1894 at the Liberal Club Hall, Hamilton.

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- George Arthur born in Hamilton in 1877

- Thomas Arthur born in Hamilton in 1878

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- Annie Arthur born on the 8th of September 1879 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. She married William Weir in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 11th of July 1901. They immigrated to Clermont, Queensland, Australia where they had one daughter Anne Harris Weir born the 12th of December 1915.

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- John Harris born Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1885

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- George Harris born Hamilton Lanarkshire in 1854. He married Grace Frame at 73 Almada Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 30th of June 1876.

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Their children were:

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Agnes Paterson Harris born at 4 Beckford Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 11th of October 1876. She married Robert Ross in Glasgow on the 3rd of August 1900.

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Maggie Hamilton Harris born at 4 Beckford Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 14th of July 1878. She married William Alexander Joseph Gardiner on the 25th of July 1901 at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, Gateside Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire

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Grace Frame Harris born the 31st of October 1880 at 15 Woodside Walk, Hamilton, Lanarkshire Scotland. She immigrated to Brooklyn Ward 30, Kings, New York, USA in 1905. She married John A Cook in New Orleans, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA on the 27th of February 1921. They later moved to Chicago, Illinois. Grace died on the 10th of February 1975, aged 94 years in Manatee, Florida, United States.

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Jane Harris born the 25th of October 1883 at 15 Woodside Walk, Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

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George Harris born the 24th of August 1885 at 15 Woodside Walk, Hamilton, Lanarkshire

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Elizabeth Frame Harris born the 15th of June 1887 at 15 Woodside Walk, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. She immigrated to Brooklyn Ward 30, Kings, New York, USA aged 18 in 1905.

 

Annie Harris (twin to John) born the 10th of September 1891 at 15 Woodside Walk, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. She immigrated with the rest of the family to Brooklyn Ward 30, Kings, New York, USA in 1905. She married Sylvester Vigilante in New York, USA in 1910. They had two sons:

Albert Vigilante born New York, USA in 1911

George R Vigilante born New York, USA in 1914

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Sylvester died on the 8th of July 1970 in Ossining, Westchester, New York.  Annie died on the 8th of February 1976 in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States

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John Harris (twin to Annie) born the 10th of September 1891 at 15 Woodside Walk, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He immigrated with the rest of the family to Brooklyn Ward 30, Kings, New York, USA in 1905. He died on the 4th of May 1984 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

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- Alexander Harris born Hamilton Lanarkshire in 1856. He committed suicide on the 18th of November 1878 at 40 High Patrick Street, Hamilton, aged 22 years by shooting himself in the head. He was buried in the Bent Cemetery, Hamilton. A local newspaper published an article on the 19th of November 1878 detailing the incident - "DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A VOLUNTEER. A case of determined suicide occurred in High Patrick Street, Hamilton, yesterday forenoon. A hedger, named Alexander Harris, aged 22, since Friday last had been in a depressed state mind. did not go to work as usual Saturday and yesterday, but his condition does not appear to have caused his friends any anxiety, and yesterday forenoon his sister went out, leaving him in the house alone. On her return she found her brother lying on the floor dead, with a rifle by his side. Deceased was a member of the 16th L.R.V., and it would seem that in his sister's absence he had, after deliberately placing the rifle in an oblique position, rested the back of his head against the muzzle and drawn the trigger with the large toe of liis left foot. The bullet passed through his head, leaving ghastly wounds."

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- Matthew Harris born Hamilton Lanarkshire in 1857. He died aged 16 from smallpox on the 26th of November 1872 at 10 High patrick Street, Hamilton.

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- William Harris born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 9th of February 1815. He married Janet (Jessie) Scott on the 13th of January 1839. Jessie was born in Hamilton on the 8th of November 1816, Her parents were John Scott and Jessie Russell. The couple's first home, after they were married, was on Gateside Street, Hamilton. Jessie gave birth to her first daughter, Janet, the same year. From Gateside Street they moved to 42 John Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire and from there to 10 Ramsey Buildings, Hamilton. Their final address was 4 Blackswell Lane, Hamilton.

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William and Jessie had several children:

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- Janet Harris born 1839 at Gateside Street, Hamilton.

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- William Harris born 1841 at Gateside Street, Hamilton

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- John Harris born 1844 at Gateside Street, Hamilton. He died aged 18 at 10 Ramsey Buildings, Hamilton from consumption. He had suffered for one whole year with the illness.

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- Grace Harris born 1846 at Gateside Street, Hamilton. She married John Hamilton at 10 Ramsey Buildings, Hamilton on the 1st of December 1865. They left Hamilton after the wedding and set up home in Tradeston, Glasgow (John Hamilton was from Glasgow originally) 

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Their children:

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- James Hamilton born on the 7th of November 1866 in Tradeston, Glasgow

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- Jessie Scott Hamilton born the 21st of May 1868 in Tradeston, Glasgow. She married William Drummond on the 2nd of May 1885 in Gateshead, Durham, England . After they were married they settled in Heworth, Durham, England and had seven children - John (born 1885) Grace (1886 - died before 1895) Margaret (born 1888) Emma (born 1891) Martha (born 1893) Grace (1895) Jessie (born 1898)

William Drummond died in September 1912 in South Shields, Durham, England. Jessie died in 1940 in Gateshead, Durham, Newcastle, England.

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- Lillias Hamilton born the 20th of February 1879 in Tradeston, Glasgow

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- Grace Harris Hamilton born the 20th of January 1872 in Tradeston, Glasgow. She married William Lisle in County Durham, England

 

They had four children:

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- Archibald Eadie Lisle born the 14th of May 1907 in Elswick, Newcastle, Northumberland, England. He married Edith Holland.

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- William Lisle born 1909 in Newcastle, Northumberland

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- Marion Harris Lisle born the 31st of March 1911 in Dipton Lanchester, County Durham, England. She married Hugh Gilliland on the 14th of September 1935 at St James Church, Burnopfield. Hugh was born in Tanfield, Durham, England on the 14th of January 1909, the son of William and Lily Gilliland.

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- Joseph Allan Lisle born October 1913 in Lanchester, County Durham, England

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- John Hamilton born the 15th of April 1874 in Tradeston, Glasgow

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- Margaret Hamilton born 1877 in Tradeston, Glasgow

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- Agnes Hamilton born 1879 in Tradeston, Glasgow. She married Thomas Marsh in 1897 in Partick, Glasgow. They moved to Dumfries where he was the club manager of the Queensberry Club. Thomas died at Glasgow Infirmary aged 31 on the 13th of September 1900 from bright's disease.

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They had two children:

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- Thomas Marsh born 1898 in Milton, Glasgow

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- Grace Harris Hamilton Marsh born 1900 at the Queensberry Club, Dumfries. Grace married Albert Stewart at Merrylea Parish Church, Cathcart, Glasgow in 1923. Albert was born on High Street, Glasgow and spent his childhood living at 4 Candleriggs, Merchant City, Glasgow. He was a butcher to trade. After marrying they dreamed of living in Philadelphia USA. They departed from Liverpool onboard the SS Carmania heading to New York on the 28th of July 1923. However once in the USA they changed their plans and instead settled in New Jersey. They had two sons both born in New Jersey Albert T Stewart born 1924 and Alastair Stewart born 1928.

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- Margaret Harris born 1848 at Gateside Street, Hamilton. She married Walter Walker Lennox Smith at the Ramsey Buildings, Hamilton on the 5th of February 1869. Post marriage they settled at 2 Duke Street, Hamilton.

 

They children were:

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- Jessie Smith born at 2 Duke Street, Hamilton in 1869. She married James Finlayson on the 8th of November 1888 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

 

Jessie & James children were :

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- Margaret (Maggie) Finlayson born 1889 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire

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- Helen Harris Finlayson born the 15th of February 1891 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. She married Walter Kirkwood Stevenson at Cadzow Manse in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 28th of April 1922. 

They had one daughter Margaret Harris Stevenson born in Hamilton in 1924. She married Norman Mackenzie in Hamilton in 1950.

 

- Matthew Finlayson born 1894 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He married Jean Hewitt in 1918 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. They had one daughter Jessie Scott Harris Finlayson who married Robert Smith at Ferniegair Parish Church, Hamilton on the 25th of December 1940.

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- Jessie Finlayson born 1896 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. She married George Massey on the 25th of June 1915 at Craven Cottage, 17 Windmill Road, Hamilton.

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- Walter Finlayson born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1899.

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- Marion Finlayson born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1902.

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- Thomas Smith born the 31st of March 1871 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire

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- William Smith born at 2 Duke Street, Hamilton on the 14th of September 1873.

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- Walter Walker Lennox Smith born at 2 Duke Street, Hamilton in 1876. He never married and died aged 78 from heart complications in 1954 at Clelland General Hospital, His usual address was 22A Carlisle Road, Ferniegair, Hamilton.

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 - George Harris was born in 1850 at 42 John Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He married Elizabeth (Eliza) Abernethey at 5 Millar Street, Hamilton on the 16th of February 1872 (her parents house) Eliza was originally from Glasgow and after the marriage they moved back there and lived on  Florence Street, Govan, Hutchesontown, Glasgow. 

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They had four children :

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- William Harris born 1872 in Glasgow. He's living with the family in 1891, aged 19, at Florence Street. By 1898 he's living in Naburn Street, Gorbals, Glasgow. It was there that he would meet and marry one of his neighbours. Isabella Jane Houston Loutitt Tweedie. They married on the 24th of June 1898 at 87 Naburn Street, Gorbals, Glasgow.

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William and Isabella had four sons:

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- George Harris born the 10th of September 1903 in Govan, Hutchesontown, Glasgow. He died from a head injury at Leverndale Hospital, 510 Crookston Road, Glasgow on the 23rd of May 1968. He never married.

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- Samuel Tweedie Harris born on the 12th of September 1905 at 5 South Wellington Street, Glasgow. As a young man he joined the army and was posted in Edinburgh, living at Redford Barracks. He married Martha McKechnie at St Mungo's Halls, Moffat Street, Glasgow on the 26th of December 1930. They had one known daughter Sarah Harris born 1933.

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- David Tweedie Harris born at 175 Caledonia Road, Glasgow on the 9th of May 1907. He died the following year.

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- Thomas Abernethy Harris born 1909. He died aged 45 from carbon monoxide poisoning at 42 Hill Street, Glasgow on the 30th of January 1954. He was found dead by his friend, Hugh Brown of 143 Caledonia Road, Glasgow.

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Isabella Jane Houston Loutitt Harris (nee Tweedie) died aged 43 from spinal paralysis on the 19th of February 1915 at Govan Poor House. In 1919 William remarried in Dennistoun, Glasgow. His new wife was Janet Stewart. William Harris died at Stobhill Hospital on the 2nd of July 1944 from heart failure. Janet Harris (nee Stewart) died at the family home 8 Hutchison Square, Glasgow on the 11th of October 1952 from anal cancer. 

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- Eliza (Lizzie) Harris born 1877 in Glasgow. She appears on the 1881 census at 16, Millar Street, Hamilton aged 4. In 1891 she's 14 years old and a vest maker living with the family at Florence Street, Govan, Hutchesontown, Lanarkshire. The 1901 census places her with the family at 83, Naburn Street, Glasgow, Govan, Hutchesontown - Shes 24 years old and working as a pinafore machinist. She signed her mother's death certificate in 1923. She herself died on the 30th of March 1957 at 74 Prince Edward Street, Glasgow from heart failure. She was 80 years old. 

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- Thomas Harris born 1878 in Glasgow. He died in 1969 in Glasgow.

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- George Harris born 1881 at 16, Millar Street, Hamilton. He trained as a brass finisher apprentice. Sadly his life was cut short on the 15th of December 1904 when he died of typhoid fever at Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow. He was 23 years old and unmarried.

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- James Harris was born in 1854 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He married Mary Mitchell in West Kilpatrick in 1877. James was a master coach builder. They lived at 43 Duke Street, Hamilton.

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They had nine children:

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- Catherine McFarlane Harris was born on the 9th of March 1878 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. She died on the 10th of October 1893 aged 15, at 43 Duke Street, Hamilton from an 19 day illness of typhoid fever.

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- William Harris was born on the 26th of December 1879 at Haddow Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He died aged 16 from typhoid fever at the Combination Hospital in Hamilton on the 10th of May 1896.

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- Jessie Scott Harris was born in 1882 at Haddow Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. She died aged 21 at 10 St Johns Lane, Hamilton, from consumption on the 26th of July 1903.

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- Mary Harris was born on the 2nd of December 1884 at 43 Duke Street, Hamilton. She married David Ralston on the 29th of December 1916 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.

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They had at least two children:

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- Mary Mitchell Ralston born 1916 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire . She married Thomas Easton Lithgow Mathie in Motherwell on the 9th of July 1945. They had two children - Ross Mathie born 1946 and Marion Mathie born 1951

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- Robert Ralston born at 13 Guthrie Street, Hamilton on the 1st of February 1917. He died aged 23 at Birkwood Children's Psychiatric Hospital, Lesmahagow on the 22nd of December 1940. He had epilepsy.

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- Robert Mitchell Harris born 1887 at 43 Duke Street, Hamilton. He's in the 1911 census living in Glasgow at 18 Byres Road, West End. He married Annie (Nancy) Brady St Mary's RC Chapel, Pollokshaws on the 13th of July 1912.

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- James Harris born on the 8th of December 1889 at Ramsey Buildings, Hamilton. He married Ann (Annie) Linn Greig at Burlington House, Blythswood, Glasgow on the 9th of June 1915. He was a Police constable later promoted to inspector.

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They had one son :

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- Malcolm Mitchell Harris born on the 20th of June 1916 in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. He was named after his father's brother who died the month before in WW1. He married Isabella Ritchie Kirk in 1942 in  Carluke, North Lanarkshire.

They had 2 children. -

Robert Kirk Harris born 1943 

Sandra Kirk Harris born 1947

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Ann Linn Harris (nee Greig) died on the 25th of September 1933 aged 38. She was ran over by a car and fractured her skull. She died at Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow. James Harris remarried on the 7th of July 1944 at Holy Trinity Church, Motherwell. By this point in his life he was an inspector in the police. He married Alice Elizabeth Cambridge. She was a sergeant in the police force and 15 years his junior. James died in 1978. 

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- Malcolm Mitchell Harris was born on the  24th of January 1892 at 43 Duke Street, Hamilton. He was killed aged 24 on the 31st of May 1916. He was one of the soldiers who died in the HMS Indefatigable Sinking, in the North Sea during the battle of Jutland, in WW1. His service Number was PLY/14698. He was awarded a 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals after his death, which was presented to his father.

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- David McCall Harris was born on the 28th of March 1895 at 43 Duke Street, Hamilton. Like his brother Malcolm, he joined the army and served as Private 1574 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6th Battalion. He died three months after his brother on the 5th of August 1916, in the battle of the Somme, France. He was 21 years old. He's buried at Dernancourt Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave Ref J. 27.

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- Catherine Mitchell Harris was born on the 23rd of July 1897 at 43 Duke Street, Hamilton. She married John Graham Douglas in Hamilton in 1939. No children of the marriage.

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- Marion Scott Harris was born at 10 Ramsey Buildings, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 26th of May 1955. She married James Henderson on the 13th of July 1877 at her parents house, 10 Ramsey Buildings, Hamilton.Their children:

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- William Henderson on the 13th of July 1881 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married Mary Gilbert at  Chalmers Street Hall, Glasgow on the 29th of August 1902.

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- Marion Harris Henderson born 1886 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She married Robert McNair Hunter on the 24th of November 1910 at St Albans, Carmyle

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- James Henderson born 1891

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- Robert Henderson born the 28th of February 1891 in Camlachie, Lanark, Scotland

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- Catherine Henderson born 1896. She married William Walker at 490 Great Eastern Road, Glasgow on the 7th of September 1928

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- Harris Henderson born 1897

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- Margaret Henderson born 1903

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