From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Feb 28 19:43:19 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k212hIjb023888; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:43:18 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k212hIRU010931 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:43:18 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k210DbFI013541 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:13:37 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k210Dbhf013540 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:13:37 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1SNdgFI013430 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:39:42 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2129DMW010973 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:09:13 -0700 X-Envelope-From: gpainter@adelphia.net Tue Feb 28 19:09:13 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2129Djb010962 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:09:13 -0700 Received: from mta11.adelphia.net (mta11.adelphia.net [68.168.78.205]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k212999P026880 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:09:10 -0700 Received: from georgemshome ([69.174.186.6]) by mta11.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20060301020901.DGWL17101.mta11.adelphia.net@georgemshome> for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:09:01 -0500 From: "George Painter" To: "RootsWeb" Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:09:00 -0500 Message-ID: <000f01c63cd5$1b06f820$0200a8c0@georgemshome> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcY81RqGAEsK6WfZRXiHXwJrKm7GwQ== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Mystery Photo - Scotland to Canada Maggie, Your picture shows that the gentleman is wearing a jack of the period of which I am not quite sure, but upon close up viewing he does not appear to be wearing a uniform. Besides the jacket, he has on a vest with several large buttons. The chain around his neck comes together around the top vest button and then goes across his chest to terminate at his watch in his watch pocket. There is a large letter "R" watch fob which is mounted to his watch chain. The fob was designed as a piece to grasp and pull the watch from its secure pocket. The letter "R" may be his of his initials or perhaps a fraternity, work association, etc. Good luck, George X-Message: #6 Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:18:14 -0500 From: "Maggie Barron" Subject: Mystery Photo - Scotland to Canada http://community.webshots.com/photo/115568493/1173491445053548326NUbWXO# The photo above (click on link) was passed down through the generations of the Grandmother's family. My grandmother told me before she passed away that her grandfather, James Tait Shiells told the family "never to forget who these people are (the people in the photo) and to always remember them"....she doesn't remember him ever saying who the couple were (I'm assuming they're a couple). The photo is a 'james Inglis cabinet photo' taken in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and there's no date on the photo, but James Inglis was a photographer in Montreal between 1866-mid 1880's. I was looking closer at the photo and I noticed that the man is wearing an odd-looking suit with some kind of black material around his neck that lookks as if it's attached to the suit or could be a cape of some kind. I also noticed that this material appears to be attached to some 'strings' that are draped across his chest. He's holding a rolled-up paper of some kind, although this may just be a prop and the woman is holding a bible. These ancesters of my great-great grandfather (my grandmother's grandfather) all emigrated from the Borders area in Scotland, mostly from Roxburgh. Does anyone know who these people might be or at least what kind of suit/uniform the man is wearing? The couple most likely has ties to one or several of these families: Shiells, Tait, Hislop/Hyslop, Muir, Candlish/McCandlish, Boa, Turnbull. Thanks! Maggie Barron Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ------------------------------