CHARLES ALLEN DUNFERMLINE.....

maggie69 · Post by **maggie69** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:32 pm

Thanks Ted. Someone found me the death cert of Charles. Just waiting to hear back from her so will have a look and compare the 2.

regards

margaret

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:05 pm

Care for a wee wager that it is the same guy?

Ted

maggie69 · Post by **maggie69** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:51 pm

If I was a gambling canadian scot I would bet my bottom dollar that it is not the same person!!. However if I win my favourite candy in Scotland used to be Oddfellows and I have never been able to find them much to my disgust. If you win I owe you a pint!!!

regards

Margaret

Post by **AnneM** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:45 pm

Hi there

Margaret wins her bet!

Anne

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:11 pm

Looks like you need to find a supplier of oddfellows, Ted!

Jars only here.... bit dear!! And I'm informed by a connoisseur that these are nae good anyway - its gotta be Kings, allegedly!
http://www.thesweetieshop.co.uk/acatalo ... _Jars.html

Best wishes
Lesley

Ted · Post by **Ted** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 12:29 pm

Hi Folks

OK, OK - I admit defeat here - still - what were the chances of 2 Charles Allens (note that it is most unusual for that surname spelling in far north of Scotland - I have lots of Allan ancestors from Aberdeenshire and Orkney and all are spelled Allan) both being ministers and both having married women with Mary & Elizabeth in their names. I now have a new dilemma - for curiosity sake I'll now have to find what happended to the one who got married in Shetland - that's genealogy for you!!

Margaret - I will of course honour the bet - if you would wish to PM me with some details and I'll get your Oddfellows off to you. Personally I hated them as a kid - the taste of cloves was always too much for me.

Lesley and Anne thanks for joining in the humour.

Best regards

Ted

Post by **AnneM** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:44 pm

Hi Ted

Don't forget the female surname beginning with H which is another co-incidence. Sadly I can vouch for Margaret's being the victor as I looked up the DC for her.

When I was a child I did not like oddfellows much either but there was an old man in the village (given my age then he was probably about the age I am now!) who always gave us oddfellows. I'm sure he had a name but I certainly can't remember it as we always called him Mr Oddfellow.

Anne