Suprising family .....

[DavidWW]

I have John Holmes and Agnes Laurie's marriage 14 Aug 1868.I can't quite make out what William's occ is."Machine " something.Agnes' father John Lawrie is a Shawl weaver.I'll post the marriage cert. if someone wants a look.

I don't have anything beyond William's marriage date from SP which I just got today so i don't have parents or sibs sorry.
HK

William's occupation is "Engineers Manager". Given that parentage, it's likely that John's occupation of "Pattern Maker" is the very highest grade of mechanical technician, - in other words he made tools or "patterns" from which other tools were made.

Davie

[HeatherH]

Thanks Davie,1 of 3 isn't in tonight and I can't seem to put up the image.What's the word between Engine( ? ) Maker.John is indeed a pattern maker for a time but moves on to coal salesman .I have this from his son Matthew's death cert which John signed.
HK

[HeatherH]

Hi Jack,I managed to post the cert .
Hk

[DavidWW]

Thanks Davie,1 of 3 isn't in tonight and I can't seem to put up the image.What's the word between Engine( ? ) Maker.John is indeed a pattern maker for a time but moves on to coal salesman .I have this from his son Matthew's death cert which John signed.
HK

There isn't one!

The full occupation and script on the line is "Engineers' Manager (decd)"

No "...maker".............

David

[AndrewP]

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-97

[DavidWW]

Hi Jack,I managed to post the cert .
Hk

Heather

Either your printer needs a clean or a new ribbon/cartidge, or your scanner glass needs a clean, as the "original" from SP is nothing like as streaky and messy as the one that you uploaded.

Davie

[NancyinNJ]

Could you tell me where to view these certs. etc that are uploaded..thank you.

[mesklin]

Heather

Either your printer needs a clean or a new ribbon/cartidge, or your scanner glass needs a clean, as the "original" from SP is nothing like as streaky and messy as the one that you uploaded.

Looked at certificate in Gallery.

Please, please do not convert B&W TIFs to JPG. It fuzzes up the appearance and makes interpretation very difficult. JPG should only be used for colour pictures. If you wish to show colour aspects of a certificate, use PNG.

Mesklin

[DavidWW]

Heather

Either your printer needs a clean or a new ribbon/cartidge, or your scanner glass needs a clean, as the "original" from SP is nothing like as streaky and messy as the one that you uploaded.

Looked at certificate in Gallery.

Please, please do not convert B&W TIFs to JPG. It fuzzes up the appearance and makes interpretation very difficult. JPG should only be used for colour pictures. If you wish to show colour aspects of a certificate, use PNG.

Mesklin

Heather

From Dave's comments looks like it might not be your printer or scanner.....

Davie

[DavidWW]

Could you tell me where to view these certs. etc that are uploaded..thank you.

Nancy

In the Gallery............

Davie