Tag: Emmigration

  • Colin Campbell a trilogy

    The story so far … I have been looking for source documents to link these two families. Colin CAMPBELL (1) Colin CAMPBELL1 of Grove Street married Margaret MIDDLEMISS in Glasgow on 29 December 1916, he cited his father’s name as Peter CAMPBELL (deceased) and his mother’s name and maiden surname as Elizabeth DUNCAN. Colin CAMPBELL…

  • Emigration – Why would you?

    John and Julia Kidd emigrated to Australia sometime between 1907, when Clarissa was born in Durham, England1 and 1913, when Selwyn was born in South Australia2. After extensive research, no record of either departure or arrival can be found3. One thing that records cannot reveal, is what motivated this nineteenth-century couple to emigrate to the…