which Colliery did he work at in 1903

[ander19]

My GGrandfather John Simpson Stewart got Married in 6/2/1903 to Frances Husband I think they stayed at 7 Robertson Bank , Gorebridge Midlothian Which Colliery Did he work at ???
Cheers Ian Anderson

[dothawkes31]

Possibly ther Greenbrae Colliery at Dalkeith

[dothawkes31]

or you could write to this address and ask, are you sure he was a coal miner?

[dothawkes31]

Gorebridge and District Local History Society,
95 Hunterfield Road,
Gorebridge,
Midlothian,

01875 821247

[dundurn]

Dot - he was definitely a coalminer - this query came up under genealogy a couple of days ago - I found the marriage record on ancestry - John Stewart was listed as a 20 year old coal miner- his father-in law James Husband was also listed as a colliery labourer

[dothawkes31]

Oh ok, I could only ind that one colliery within walking distance of Gorebridge though there was the Vistoria Collery in the next town, but people didn;t walk far to get to work.

[ander19]

thanks dundurn and dothawks thanks for that . I have 3 certifcates from my gran ,
esther byres stewart - two certs have him as coal miner but the marriage cert says he is (deceased) , but my grans death cert has him in the royal scots (deceased)
I know a few coalminer enlisted into army during ww1. so I am looking for when he enlisted and where cheers Iananders

[dundurn]

Ian, www.cwgc.org lists the vast majority of the war dead of both World Wars. Unfortunately I don't think these records alone will allow you to identify your GGrandfather. The Royal Scots were increased out of all proportion to their peacetime strength during WWI. They lost over 11,000 men killed. Searching the records for J or John Stewart gives 15 names after excluding men buried back in the UK. You may be able to exclude some of the others by going into their personal records - some may have detals of wives or parents which might make them ineligible.

Rank Svce No Date of Death Age
Private 774 08/03/1915 32
Private 2328 28/06/1915 Unknown
Private 12501 25/09/1915 Unknown
Private 16439 27/09/1915 Unknown
Private 14767 18/06/1916 Unknown
Private 34831 17/02/1917 Unknown
Private 330287 02/03/1917 24
Private 22609 11/09/1917 Unknown
Private 275462 17/11/1917 Unknown
Private 376515 25/08/1918 Unknown
Private 59937 02/09/1918 Unknown
Private 11412 30/04/1915 Unknown
Serjeant 7776 12/06/1915 24
Corporal 240233 19/04/1917 Unknown
Private 20171 26/10/1919 Unknown

You may be able to get some more information from the Royal Scots - now part of the Royal Regiment of Scotland but they have their own website. Genealogical enquiries cost £15 however.

[ander19]

thank you dundurn for that list I will look into them. but the first one on the list is the right you never know it could be him
cheers and have great weekend all the best Ander19

[ander19]

I miss typed there . It should be the right aged
cheers ander19

[ander19]

I look at the list and they all came up as some else????
But I will keep trying
cheers ander19

[ander19]

I whent through that list , He is not there?
cheers ander19