Lost Scotts

Kathykins · Post by **Kathykins** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:03 am

I seem to have misplaced some more relatives!

Charles Scott was born in Panbride on Sept 4th 1868 son of John Scott and Mary Dargie (Mary also goes by the name Agnes for some bizarre reason). I've got records of him up until 1881, when he was 13 and living at home. After that though, I can't find him on any of the census records or a marriage/death certificate for him.

I do have a photo of him in the gallery - if anyone could tell me when it was taken it might help me narrow the range down.

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... ?pos=-1326

He had two sisters I've been unable to trace as well - Jessie b 1865 in Forfar and Margaret b 19 Jun 1870 in Lochee. These two appear on the 1891 census then vanish. I think they might have married, but again, I can't find a marriage certificate or death certificate for either of them.

I'm 90% sure that Charles has living descendants - there's someone on Genesreunited who shares nearly all my Scott relatives, but he doesn't seem to use GR any more - he never answers my messages anyway!

Any suggestions?

Gallery URL added - AndrewP

Post by **HeatherH** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:00 pm

Hello Kathy,
Dating photos from mens clothing can sometimes be difficult as there wasn't much change over the years in the suits they wore. However, you have 2 features that stick out for me in these photos the long neckties and the boater hats. The hats were most commonly in use between 1880-1920. The long Tie came into fashion in the late 1850s but with the addition of the boater hat became all the more fashionable as many men would add a strip of fabricarout the hat to match the tie in support of their rowing team at college. I don't believe any of these gents are attending uni so I would lean towards the 1900s when it was more common for men of middle or working class to wear a boater as their head cover of choice.
This looks like a picture of 3 gents wearing their best dress for a group sitting. I would wonder what the occasion might be .
Hope this helps in narrowing down the time frame.
What a lovely family keepsake.
Happy Hunting,
HeatherH

Kathykins · Post by **Kathykins** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:58 am

Hi Heather,

Thanks very much for that! It's been puzzling me for a while. The man seated in the centre is my great great grandfather, and he died in 1914, so that's narrowed the time frame quite considerably.

I've often wondered what the occasion was as well, and why the other son, George Scott, isn't on it. Certainly that seems to have been the first and last time that my Uncle William wore a suit!