Born in Dundee, 5th of 7 children, immigrated to the US in 1887, married Kathryn Murray in 1894 in Jersey City, NJ, worked for many years in a wood shop in the Panama Canal Zone, settled in Baltimore near son Andrew after retiring in 1926, died one year later.
The engraved year of birth is incorrect, possibly due to the fact that he consistently shaved some years off of his age during his employment in Panama perhaps in an effort to gain employment and to postpone retirement. His family probably lost track of his actual age.
The engraved year of birth is incorrect, possibly due to the fact that he consistently shaved some years off of his age during his employment in Panama perhaps in an effort to gain employment and to postpone retirement. His family probably lost track of his actual age.
Born in Dundee, 5th of 7 children, immigrated to the US in 1887, married Kathryn Murray in 1894 in Jersey City, NJ, worked for many years in a wood shop in the Panama Canal Zone, settled in Baltimore near son Andrew after retiring in 1926, died one year later.
The engraved year of birth is incorrect, possibly due to the fact that he consistently shaved some years off of his age during his employment in Panama perhaps in an effort to gain employment and to postpone retirement. His family probably lost track of his actual age.
The engraved year of birth is incorrect, possibly due to the fact that he consistently shaved some years off of his age during his employment in Panama perhaps in an effort to gain employment and to postpone retirement. His family probably lost track of his actual age.
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