Linthwaite Family
Frederick Linthwaite
Born 4/9/1881 in Queensland, Australia.
Married Mary Roxburgh. They had 13 children: Agnes, Thomas, Ederic, Muriel, Reginald, James, Roy, Daisy, Johnstone, Colin, Bridget, Heather, and Shirley.
Searching for our Ancestors
I am very happy that you dropped in! We have quite a few names, places, and stories for you to search through in our Dickson - Smith family tree.
I have spent the last 20 or so years researching all aspects of my family tree. I have found several secrets and some major skeletons in those cupboards. I have thoroughly enjoyed ever minute of the research even although it sometimes gets frustrating with brick walls popping up in front of you. I do my utmost to evidence any fact that I use.
I started this not only for myself, but mainly for my children to let them see where they have come from, hence why my tree comprises of both my own lineage (DICKSON) and that of my wife Joyce (SMITH), in one tree. I have discovered many facts of people from many places including Scotland, USA, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and even India.
I may only have 3000 people in my tree and my journey is only beginning but I look forward to the many surprises to come and the people, many long dead, that I can discover and bring back to life even if in name only.
We can't forget that our ancestors had dreams for their own lives which also included dreams for their families. They wanted good things for themselves and those they cared about. Sometimes they were successful, sometimes they weren't. Sometimes they had to run, sometimes they chose to stay. Sometimes they were good people, sometimes they weren't. Life was hard. Living was hard. Still is.
The sands of time keep slipping through our fingertips just like it slipped through our ancestors' fingertips. Sometimes we're so wrapped up in what we want our future to be that we overlook the present and the people that are here with us now. We need to tell ourselves to slow down and savor the moments now. We can never go back and neither could our ancestors. They did the best they could with what life gave them. This is their story as defined by their choices and other choices made for them which were beyond their control. ~Marsha 2023
We are the chosen. In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again. To tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve. Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes.
Those who have gone before cry out to us: Tell our story. So, we do. In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and had a tear in my eye? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors, "You have a wonderful family; you would be proud of us." How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say.
It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who I am, and why I do the things I do. It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying - I can't let this happen.
Researching family, both ancestors and living relatives, is a wonderful obsession hobby and most of the time you are plodding away on your own. Sometimes it is frustrating but much of the time it is super rewarding, especially when you experience those times where you have been looking for something/someone for months, maybe years, and you eventually come across the information you were looking for. There's no feeling like it.
Something else that I actually find really rewarding, is that when you can help others out, especially those in your own family no matter how distantly related. Being able to help other with their own "brickwalls" is, for me, as rewarding as when you find that bit of missing information yourself.
With that thought in mind, please don't hesitate to contact me for information. I am genuinely happy to help if I can with any problems you may have. I'd also ask that if you have anything to share with me I'd be eternally grateful too. If you have photos/documents just go to the page of the relevant person and use the "Submit Photo / Document" link under their name. You can send up to two photos or documents at one time. It doesn't always feel like it but this is a team game and I am happy to do anything that'll get our relatives out in the light one more time.A random selection of relatives from the site. Click on the tabs below to reveal a small part of their story.
Florence McGowan CONNOLLY was born on 25 April 1941, her father, William, was 21, and her mother, Mary, was 17. She married Ian Crawford DICKSON on 6 August 1966. They had two children during their marriage. She died on 29 April 2015 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, at the age of 74, and was buried there.
When Annie McKinnon MCCANCE was born on 6 May 1945, her father, James, was 40, and her mother, Marion, was 43. She married Clifton Walter SMITH and they had one daughter together. She also had one daughter from another relationship. She then married William STRATTON and they had one son together. She died on 8 December 2021 in Ayr, Ayrshire, at the age of 76.
When Janet Hannah WALKER was born on 29 July 1913, her father, William, was 29, and her mother, Elizabeth, was 27. She married William Crawford DICKSON on 11 July 1940 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire. They had one child during their marriage. She died on 26 December 1998 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, at the age of 85.
When Marion Cumming MCKINNON was born on 13 December 1901 in Ayr, Ayrshire, her father, Hugh, was 42, and her mother, Annie, was 40. She married John Templeton Kirkwood DICKIE and they had one son together. She then married James MCCANCE and they had two children together. She died on 22 May 1984 in her hometown at the age of 82.
When Robert Craig FORSYTH was born on 4 December 1884 in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, his father, William, was 22 and his mother, Agnes, was 20. He married Agnes Robertson HIND on 7 June 1912 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. They had two children during their marriage. He died on 27 November 1949 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, at the age of 64.
When Annie CONNOLLY was born on 12 August 1873 in Renton, Dunbartonshire, her father, Charles, was 25, and her mother, Margaret, was 28. She married James GALLACHER on 23 November 1892 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They had 11 children in 20 years. She died on 16 September 1916 in Largs, Ayrshire, at the age of 43.
When Cuthbert COMPTON was born on 12 February 1903, his father, George, was 27 and his mother, Isabella, was 24. He married Annie Eleanor O'CONNOR on 17 April 1924. They had one child during their marriage. He died on 13 June 1980 in Delmar, New York, USA, at the age of 77, and was buried in Colonie, New York, USA.
Duncan RENNIE was born on 31 August 1906. He married Martha Heron Crawford CUTHBERT on 25 December 1936. They had seven children in 20 years. He died on 18 March 1982 at the age of 75, and was buried in Blacktown, New South Wales.
When George WISEMAN was born on 20 June 1933 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, his father, William, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 27. He married Muriel Anne Briscoe PRICE on 20 June 1959 in Wallasey, Cheshire. They had one child during their marriage. He died on 18 December 2018 at the age of 85.
When George Brown PIPER and his twin brother William Crawford were born on 13 July 1895 in Battle Creek, Nebraska, USA, their father, John, was 20, and their mother, Susan, was 22. He had three brothers. He died on 9 April 1917 in France at the age of 21.
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Married Mary Roxburgh. They had 13 children: Agnes, Thomas, Ederic, Muriel, Reginald, James, Roy, Daisy, Johnstone, Colin, Bridget, Heather, and Shirley.
Married Esther Elizabeth Keenan. They had 2 children: John Joseph and Michael Anthony.
Married Joyce McCance Stratton. They have 2 children: Stephanie Louise and Cameron Stuart.
Married Annie McCartney. They had 11 children: Mary, Annie, Hugh, James, Janet, Maggie, Grace, David, Agnes, Alexander and Marion.
Married Elizabeth Lang Craig. They had 5 children: Alice, Agnes, Janet, Winifred, and William.
Married Annie McKinnon McCance. They had one child: Joyce.
Married Martha Heron. They had 10 children: Janet, Isabella, Catherine, James, Agnes, John, William, Thomas, Jemima, and Walter.
Married Johanna Reardon. They had 8 children: Joshua, Mary, Edward, Elizabeth, William, Margaret, Sarah, and Ellen.
I've been researching our family names for over 20 years. I found lots of information at Scotland's People, but once the internet exploded with genealogy, many more doors have been opened for me to research, including DNA, and I have jumped right in.
If you have something you would like to add or if you would like to submit documents for inclusion on this site, please don't hesitate to let me know.
I make every effort to document my research. If you have something you would like to add or discuss, please do not hesitate to contact me.
