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cathy52
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could someone help me my gt gt grandfather commited suicde on the 11th oct 1895 by jumping out of a window the story is in the scotsman news paper dated friday 11th oct page four, i cant find it, can anyone see if they can find it. thnks
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AndrewP
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Re: suicide
Hi Cathy,
From The Scotsman, 11th October 1895, page 4.
Last article in column 7 (2nd last column).
AndrewP
From The Scotsman, 11th October 1895, page 4.
Last article in column 7 (2nd last column).
- SUICIDE IN GLASGOW
An iron-moulder named Walter Scott, aged 59 years, residing in Cornet Drive, Stevenston, Ayrshire, committed suicide yesterday in Glasgow by throwing himself from a window four storeys high, at 60 Cooper Street, the house of his son-in-law. He sustained frightful injuries, and died in the Royal Infirmary during the afternoon.
AndrewP
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Reason: age corrected: was 58, now 59 years
Reason: age corrected: was 58, now 59 years
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cathy52
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Re: suicide
thank you andrewp for the information you have given me. 
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q98
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Re: suicide
Hi cathy52
Visit www.threetowners.com select Forum then select Family Research (Genealogy) and place an enquiry there for any further information. Stevenston is one of the "three towns" as they are known locally.
Although born and raised in Saltcoats, another of the "three towns", I have never heard of Cornet Drive. Perhaps there was a name change?
Visit www.threetowners.com select Forum then select Family Research (Genealogy) and place an enquiry there for any further information. Stevenston is one of the "three towns" as they are known locally.
Although born and raised in Saltcoats, another of the "three towns", I have never heard of Cornet Drive. Perhaps there was a name change?
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AndrewP
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Re: suicide
Hi Cathy and Jim,
I went back to the article in the Scotsman Archives. On magnifying it to almost fill the screen, the age is 59, not 58 as I said before. But the street is definitely given as Cornet Drive.
On looking at an online Ordnance Survey map from 1939, there is a street shown which I would say is almost certainly the one you are seeking: Carment Drive.
http://maps.nls.uk/os/25inch-2nd-and-la ... 2=82863087 (towards the SW corner of this map, just south of the railway station)
All the best,
AndrewP
I went back to the article in the Scotsman Archives. On magnifying it to almost fill the screen, the age is 59, not 58 as I said before. But the street is definitely given as Cornet Drive.
On looking at an online Ordnance Survey map from 1939, there is a street shown which I would say is almost certainly the one you are seeking: Carment Drive.
http://maps.nls.uk/os/25inch-2nd-and-la ... 2=82863087 (towards the SW corner of this map, just south of the railway station)
All the best,
AndrewP