Silk weaving in Scotland?.....

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ninatoo
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Post by ninatoo » Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:55 pm

I somehow missed thanking the last few contributers to this thread. So....thank you all for your help!

Nina
Researching: Easton ( Renfrewshire, Dunbarton and Glasgow), Corr (Londonderry and Glasgow), Carson (Co. Down, Irvine, Ayrshire and Glasgow), Logan (Londonderry and Glasgow)
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Muriel
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Post by Muriel » Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:23 pm

My family came from Stonehouse, Lanarkshire and were silk weavers. There is a loom in the Royal Scottish Museum from Stonehouse, with a piece of silk still on it.

Co-incidentally the other side of the family came from Lochwinnoch but were cotton spinners.

Muriel
Searching Ross - Lochwinnoch & Eaglesham, Renfrewshire; Glasgow; Glover - Paisley; Macadam - Glasgow.
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