A Long Shot

[SarahND]

I wonder if you could tell me what area you found Francis living with William O'Neil in the 1901 census

Hi Frances,
Looks like they are at 56 Baird's Sq, Holytown, Lanarkshire in 1901. Francis is 16.

All the best,
Sarah

[Rockford]

Also managed to find Francis's death at the early age of 44 in an accident at the Clydesdale Iron & Steel works at Holytown

Hi Frances,

What date did this happen? I can have a wee look on a couple of newspaper sites for you......

Best wishes

Brian

[frances]

Hi Brian,

That would be great.

Francis died 25th August 1893 aged 44 years as the result of an accident in the Clydesdale Iron & Steel Works. He was crushed between the buffers of two railway waggons ..

Incident was referred to the Procurator Fiscal's Office.

Thanks for offering to look into this.

Regards

Frances

[Rockford]

Hi Lesley,

I've just spent a bit of time searching the Scotsman Archive and the Glasgow Herald [19th Century Newspapers] and, unfortunately, I haven't been able to turn up any information about Francis' accident. The 25th was a Friday and it might be the case that other news over the weekend affected what was reported on the Monday.

Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Brian

[frances]

Hi Brian,

Thanks for looking anyway.

Frances