http://rootsroutes.com/the-lawless-gallery daily 0.75 2015-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1406133435220-H6NCYD9YOUABZJO1LEQM/RR_Lawless+Gallery-3.jpg The Law Gallery - The Knox/Law Family Photograph taken in Scotland before they left for NZ in January 1922 as William (Willie) had died by the time the family emigrated. Flora the youngest to travel was born in August 1911 and was 10 years old in 1922 as seen on the Pakeha Steam Ship Passenger list. This photo dates from approximately 1915. Back Row: Left to right John, Janet, James (GF), Christina, Thomas, Margaret Front Row: Left to right Alexander, Florence (Flora), Thomas (my GGF, sitting), Sam, Janet Myles (GGM) sitting with Willie on knee, Robert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1406133435220-H6NCYD9YOUABZJO1LEQM/RR_Lawless+Gallery-3.jpg The Law Gallery - The Knox/Law Family Photograph taken in Scotland before they left for NZ in January 1922 as William (Willie) had died by the time the family emigrated. Flora the youngest to travel was born in August 1911 and was 10 years old in 1922 as seen on the Pakeha Steam Ship Passenger list. This photo dates from approximately 1915. Back Row: Left to right John, Janet, James (GF), Christina, Thomas, Margaret Front Row: Left to right Alexander, Florence (Flora), Thomas (my GGF, sitting), Sam, Janet Myles (GGM) sitting with Willie on knee, Robert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410427797033-T489FD3KOQU1U1P3AW2U/RR_Lawless+Gallery-1.jpg The Law Gallery - Father and sons Left to right - Thomas, Thomas Law (father, my GGF), James. Thomas (father) is wearing the uniform of the RAMC, Royal Army Medical Corp. in which he served in WW1. Photo taken in Scotland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410359036604-3SPSEE98YYKULFKFANAG/JamesGF_MargaretDryden.jpg The Law Gallery - James Myles Knox Law and wife Margaret Dryden James Law (my GF) and Margaret at the wedding of their daughter Annie, in 1948 in NZ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410359054908-MQW4I35WMXM61SECZWT0/Marg_Dryden.jpg The Law Gallery - Margaret Law (Dryden) at another social occassion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410427827001-OH4S3XI9X5EZ36BIT48I/RR_Lawless+Gallery-5.jpg The Law Gallery - Musical Laws! This was a posed shot as not everyone in it could play! Most likely Alex on Banjo, Robert (Bob) with violin, Flora with Mandolin, unsure who was holding the Cello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410426354384-9UPP7DYNLCG0UF10ODHW/Janet.jpg The Law Gallery - Musical Laws - Dunedin Sons of Thomas Law (GGF) played in a band in Dunedin, e.g. Alex and Thomas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1406133431311-KBWT5TQSEL0SS7G8ZNZI/RR_Lawless+Gallery-2.jpg The Law Gallery - Janet Myles (wife of Thomas Law GGF) on left. Thomas Law and Jean (McBeath) at their wedding in 1952 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1406133441043-LT7TFMZBYGGSTY3R2BNH/RR_Lawless+Gallery-4.jpg The Law Gallery - Young 'children' of James Myles Knox Law Left to right: Thomas (Tommy), Jim and Annie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1406133445768-PJHTH0JI5QT1CGWT0SVG/RR_Lawless+Gallery-6.jpg The Law Gallery - 'Children' of James Myles Knox Law (my GF) Left to Right Janet Dickson, Margaret Irvine, Annie Richards, James (Jim) Law, Thomas Knox Law   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410355619127-NMCOWLIUVJRFBCBIYW1I/Janet+%28Myles%29+and+daughter+in+law+Lizzie+%28wife+of+John%29.jpg The Law Gallery - Janet Law (Myles) and daughter in law Lizzie (wife of John Law) They both came to NZ aboard the Pakeha steam ship in 1922 with the rest of the family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410355472870-2UHPFPCO4RD2QW8YCLSB/Flora+Bob+and+Janet+%28Jnr%29.jpg The Law Gallery - Flora Law, Robert (Bob) Law and Janet Law jnr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410355488967-SZLYQVBNQP01HBR6NPFU/Alex+and+Bob.jpg The Law Gallery - Alex and Bob https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410355579819-SCQ1L7U6VVV8NNQDY44M/Janet+%28Jnr%29+and+Bob.jpg The Law Gallery - Janet Law (jnr) and Robert (Bob) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410355548285-XYWL0JN9NVYU2278LZ53/Janet+%28Junior%29.jpg The Law Gallery - Janet (Law) jnr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410355506211-4S8ER3H1GMXMT20DUA8S/Alex+and+Flora.jpg The Law Gallery - Alex and Flora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410356054128-4UNOXY1E6E17LF2Y2LI9/Sharon+Harris072.jpg The Law Gallery - Wedding Alexander Law (son of GGF Thomas Law) and Iris Hutton in Dunedin NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410355774622-PIWCBZ32KLMKJO9QOO1X/Sharon+Harris070.jpg The Law Gallery - Wedding Thomas Law (son of Thomas Law GGF) and Catherine (Kate) Beall in Dunedin NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410355927619-X1QD0V9FXNK889IBZCSN/Sharon+Harris071.jpg The Law Gallery - Wedding of Robert Law (son of GGF Thomas Law) and Alice Robson in Dunedin NZ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410355639606-D97X5JTRDO12382KPKAF/Janet+Myles+with+John+%28son+of+Flora%29.jpg The Law Gallery - Janet Law (Myles) with John, son of Flora http://rootsroutes.com/sir-james-condi daily 0.75 2014-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1371023044650-PCUQNPMSG2AQLQ800YS9/RR_My+Story-Lawless+3.jpg The Mcbeaths xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1349722563007-P51L1NEVDRVOR4GBVDX1/ships.jpg The Mcbeaths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1349579553855-8KWLGVUCLAE1ZN7QX6LX/Violet+9.jpg The Mcbeaths http://rootsroutes.com/index daily 0.75 2017-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1394718060561-KDEQEUPZ1ECKL7H4GNCL/image-asset.jpeg My Story The Knox/Law Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1394718301479-GFT5X46XIAB7UY5HFL8D/image-asset.jpeg My Story James Myles Knox Law https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1418229103710-0U4YY3IJOXJJ50WH9Q7S/NZ_Passport1978+%282%29.jpg My Story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395147752580-3VUDHGDRCXS9819CL4TH/image-asset.jpeg My Story James Myles Knox Law - Death Certificate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395148508820-AJT4P8KRUOMQWTMJIRP9/image-asset.jpeg My Story James Myles Knox - Birth Certificate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395485092256-P30GCNJWPUEHYBTP8TYK/image-asset.jpeg My Story 6 Gladstone Road Cottage, North East Valley, Gardens, Dunedin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395228739510-BT6C6QNYYP11UKL2AXV3/image-asset.jpeg My Story 'Pakeha' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395485372270-R64M1Z1GM29U6MWOU6EE/image-asset.jpeg My Story Pakeha - Shaw Savill Shipping Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395489755775-MAP8VRCPAWTX4GNB2WIS/Sharon+Harris004.jpg My Story Pakeha - further shot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1406198397599-QES8RNWL5N0OBM5HN6MW/image-asset.jpeg My Story The Law Family Crest and Coat of Arms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1406199102929-HH8SHGZPK83K0PAJDLHN/Dalry1_NewSt.jpg My Story Dalry Ayrshire, New Street, the principle street, begins at Biggart's Mill, seen in the distance and ends at the Cross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1407328174282-669YT6HJO2MC2EWQKOB1/image-asset.jpeg My Story Cross in Dalry Square. It was used at the farmer's market place and annual fair held on 31 July. The Church was built in 1857, now known as Trinity Church. In front is the fountain donated by Thomas Biggart, woollen mills owner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1407328632252-AA8UAF0XMS9ICRBQOEUE/image-asset.png My Story Dalry Square, the Parish school used to be on the site and is now the local library, on left. The King's Arms on right hand side was once the town's main coaching inn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1407413208833-X5CM23OBXBX84ZUGRT90/image-asset.jpeg My Story No.55 New St. a boot shop built in 1845. It was taken over in 1855 by Henry Taylor and is still an Iron Monger's shop today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1407413769797-X3VK835ZFJVY4OLIKZZD/image-asset.jpeg My Story A typical example of a Miners Row, Stoopshill Row near Peesweep, Dalry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1407414991899-PMX9OUSIC972LPA89YU1/image-asset.jpeg My Story Miners' Rows (housing) in Dalry showing Peesweep Row, Stoopshill Row, Furnace Row. Thomas Law GGGGF, wife Margaret Knox and children were living in Peesweep Row in 1851. Margaret also died in Peesweep in 1863 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1407415829395-LDNED0B4AFDXMBJ36QM2/image-asset.jpeg My Story Ironstone Pit Workers c1907. Thomas Law GGGGF and sons John and Alexander Law were Ironstone miners in Dalry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1407416519122-RP7SJHFB68XQ4RLUMQLT/image-asset.jpeg My Story Spinning Mills opened by Thomas Biggart in 1876. Later this became the biggest employer in Dalry. The Bridgend Mill, wool and later weaving, was the largest mill in Dalry in the 1890's https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1407416788580-XIW5DIKPS4CEKGIANJW1/Sharon+Harris004.jpg My Story Dalry Square https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1407416844724-WESTRIKH4SJSQP2RKGBR/image-asset.jpeg My Story Blair Estate Gates - Blair House and woodlands for walking. (Blair was previously a Mining company owner) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1407416897902-JIO4NBEVQZ6HWHF410DP/image-asset.jpeg My Story Dalry Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408356897743-LJ1S4HWGPFGVG5NFFN20/DalrySignsfrom+BlairEstate.JPG My Story Leaving Dalry from the Blair Estate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408356951299-JGDZXBJW9J6EWG5FZ0FL/Kilsyth_Backbrae.JPG My Story Kilsyth, Main Street, Stirlingshire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408357076202-KJIEIAG8EAUWTLV233VD/image-asset.jpeg My Story Kilsyth Hills, Stirlingshire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408357181840-JZCGM8VRQY7KCRE7Y91U/image-asset.jpeg My Story Backbrae - the area where John Law and Janet Jameison lived and Janet died. Rebuilt housing today 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408357287764-8KCM1BIXQCVB9XKUP9LI/image-asset.jpeg My Story Backbrae, Stirlingshire today, 2014 - School and Parish church at end of the road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408357686754-YIMD3XSS4835K0NDGTAG/image-asset.jpeg My Story Parish Church in Backbrae but Janet Jamieson married John Law in 1871 in the Wesleyan Methodist church now demolished. Followers now meet at the Old Library, Burn Green, Kilsyth on Sundays. 'Law' family ancestors were normally Church of Scotland (Presbyterians) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408359536471-RXBF1B5J74II47C1ZM0A/image-asset.jpeg My Story Handloom weaving - the occupation of Janet Jamieson's family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408359667597-AEKONRZLKONGJGIY284R/image-asset.jpeg My Story Miners Memorial, Kilsyth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408361038010-6HXAODZAAYEQOXXPM9UD/image-asset.jpeg My Story Barhill Roman Fort ruins near Kilsyth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408620158780-SO1RMUGSDTBUD67VUBAT/image-asset.png My Story Stirling Castle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408362827486-HYEK1U68JAOPQXB1BS17/Twechar_War+Memorial.JPG My Story Twechar, Kirkintilloch, War Memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408535841742-MGWTN8G3QUL8HOVKI2IZ/image-asset.jpeg My Story Twechar Miners' Rows, Kirkintilloch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1418736294551-8YKSMY5WYVJQUQRRMUID/image-asset.png My Story Twechar - Barrhill Miners' Rows, Kirkintilloch, further shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408538476804-1E7BB254U4195RFPDQXW/image-asset.jpeg My Story The Summerlee Iron Works Museum, Coatbridge, Lanark In memory of all those who 'Lost their Lives at Work' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408540886309-0PQQ0KPX6EX6FVY7DZ49/image-asset.jpeg My Story Main Street in Harthill, Lanark looking to the west. This street was for many years the main road between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Horse-drawn carts make up the traffic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408541320348-SO67UURC74YWMGJNUFBV/image-asset.jpeg My Story Main Street Harthill White-aproned shop assistants posing for the photo. Little road to left of shops led to the former central bus depot now the funeral parlour. Victoria Street is close by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408541871790-L5PNZGQA8R630DXQ8L5S/image-asset.jpeg My Story Victoria Street, Harthill, Lanarkshire, where GGGF John Law died in 1899. Many of Harthill's Miners' rows were situated here. Victoria Street is named after Queen Victoria who reigned 1837 - 1901. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408547990305-YJSLNMMY5M7905FET7QH/image-asset.jpeg My Story Victoria Street today, Harthill - the old Miners' rows are now demolished and replaced with more modern housing, but still grey.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408548539278-3FGQ3YCF5VSJIY3V0W96/image-asset.jpeg My Story Harthill Public School. This is the second school in Harthill. Stone walls and with slate roof, it was erected in the 1870's by the Shotts School board. An Act of Parliament in 1872 made schooling compulsory from the ages 5 to 12 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408551635352-SE04C5O1DVZ4843BR9B3/image-asset.jpeg My Story Shotts Cemetery, near Harthill, GGGF John Law is said to be buried there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408551864966-QU8GV6CML2MA2MP7WWLG/KirkofShotts_Cemetery1.JPG My Story Shotts Cemetery, near Harthill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408554751026-EYL0UNE7OQ1ILRW0GQ0R/image-asset.jpeg My Story The Industrial Heritage Project - Miners' Monument Harthill, Lanarkshire, April 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408616596532-PR3TLEP1S0GUX61QI0F8/image-asset.jpeg My Story Map of Hill of Beath, Fife 1896. Thomas Knox GGF and wife Janet Myles lived here and had x3 children, John, James GF, Christina during this time. The Miners' row housing was built by the Fife Coal Company. The map also shows the Football ground, School and Fire Clay works https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408616873079-X21T9FN7SLQJAEC35AE0/image-asset.jpeg My Story A typical Miners' Row, Cowdenbeath near Hill of Beath, Fife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408617086374-OCVSNKTCUEGO36VJ01UO/image-asset.jpeg My Story A typical Miners' Row, Fife, with washing on lines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408617262346-GUNSMPBGSA6ND5NE9YN7/image-asset.jpeg My Story A typical Miners' Row - rear view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408617466575-S7XIF479LLEZL22MY0BL/image-asset.jpeg My Story Hill of Beath School, Fife - extended in 1893 for up to 200 pupils. The first school in 1890 took 70 pupils and was built by the Fife Coal Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408617667543-2BPJRQFJHOL267Z71889/image-asset.jpeg My Story The Church was built by the Fife Coal Company in 1901 and in the early years was known as the Beath Mission Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408618022888-LJCCMZG7SRHMQV3S5QIZ/image-asset.jpeg My Story Hill of Beath Today 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408618132774-TCKR88458L21WF7RK3F6/image-asset.jpeg My Story The 'Hill' of Beath, Fife 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408618227246-OHNRYYC1PG3O8BDG20WC/image-asset.jpeg My Story Hill of Beath Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408618484590-9KBE0FANMFH7NXOKPH5Z/image-asset.jpeg My Story Hill of Beath Cemetery - Burial (Lair) Registers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408619114102-9AZSL02MTX8KLYV9M8RW/image-asset.jpeg My Story Beath Parish Burial records https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408619404473-32H9LM7QH7HCQCR0Z186/image-asset.jpeg My Story Kirkcaldy, Fife. 68 Overton Road was the last address of the LAWS before they left for New Zealand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408619645802-18WY2KUOT3K7SII34GO6/image-asset.jpeg My Story Kirkcaldy today - the view down Overton Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408622724484-KJVTZYU8OC2T7FSYXQVA/image-asset.jpeg My Story The corner of Charlotte Street on the left - Janet Myles lived in Charlotte Street. Looking east along the Esplanade in 1903. The canons belonged to the Kirkcaldy section of the 1st Fifeshire Royal Garrison artillery formed when the govt. decided towns should raise volunteer forces in the wake of the Crimean War (1853-1856) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408623408446-K1LQOGZEZDTND1D29S3H/image-asset.jpeg My Story Kirkcaldy Old Kirk - Church at the top of Kirk Wynd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408623594517-595SM8BK89G5CLB5YJX9/image-asset.jpeg My Story Old Kirk Wynd - Kirk means Church, Wynd means a narrow street or alley. The Kirk (Parish church) at the top of road was consecrated in 1244. The lighter coloured dwelling on the right-hand side was the home of the Myles family, no. 32 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408624686110-WJ0411NY18CIH8RVRIQ8/image-asset.jpeg My Story Kirk Wynd today 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408624890429-W27XW2LHFKBQBOE7C3MC/image-asset.jpeg My Story Kirk Wynd no. 32, previously the home of the 'Myles' family, is now a shop, Kirk Wynd Highland House, kilt makers and a place to hire kilts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408625304086-9O0WJ3RTG68CF6Q1PLF3/image-asset.jpeg My Story Kirkcaldy Harbour - once a busy commercial Port with ships bringing in cork and linseed oil for the linoleum industry and clay for the potteries. Cargoes of coal were exported. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408625717700-V4T93U1968WEZ2O3KA0F/image-asset.jpeg My Story Merchant House opposite the Harbour - now restored (left-hand shot). Prominent shipping families included the 'Laws' but no relation!!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408626247508-AC5SH4Q6O07R75IE2KB3/image-asset.jpeg My Story Masonic Lodge, Forth Avenue, Kirkcaldy. GF James Law was a Mason of the Royal Arch Chapter, No. 97 in Kirkcaldy. The original stone building is no longer used and due to 'current economics' masons now have a simple 'abode' in Forth Avenue where all Chapters meet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408626782420-JH9FV7J4MITVJR3BJ0D1/image-asset.jpeg My Story Scottish girl spinning Flax with a spindle. A distaff or pole is tucked under the arm which has a cone or 'cage' at the top. Later in the 18th century the use of spinning wheels and machines were used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1408627570469-4IU1LK04EPSK49NZZ8UJ/image-asset.jpeg My Story Linen Factories were set up at the beginning of the 19th century. Power looms were used but they proved difficult for linen due to the inflexibility of the fibre. The shuttle was automatically thrown backwards and forwards and young girls were employed to tend the looms, mend broken warp threads and keep the shuttles supplied with spools of weft yarn. Janet Myles was a Linen factory worker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410266950171-VDIAL5NPZB4F0X8USD5G/NZ_DomesticServants.jpg My Story NZ was in need of farm, domestic labour, skilled workers e.g. in 1900 - 1915 when the first 'Law' ancestors emigrated, Janet Gardner (Law), daughter of GGGF John Law and sister of Thomas Law, GGF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410267914171-M5690U8QKCGNRGLJZE72/EmigrationPakehaThomasLaw1922.jpg My Story Pakeha ship Passenger List showing the 'Law' family (Thomas Law GGF and wife Janet Law (Myles) and children Sam, Florence, Robert) were living at 68 Overton Road, Kirkcaldy before they left for NZ, 19 January 1922. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410268309578-RQS8IVTOOI5AK88GRNMH/NZ_Womenbyships.jpg My Story Families waiting to depart at the docks near their ship.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410269364562-P1ZHLHYIFMR6Y7WHPY19/NZ_Map_Flag.jpg My Story Next stop Wellington, New Zealand and a new life! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1416325102972-DVEL1AB4X0BIDCBUGUGK/image-asset.jpeg My Story The Photobook of the above Ancestral Journey in Scotland 'Law Family'. Please Contact me if you wish to order a Copy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1463583016711-ZQI2J9UIOJL1D0VGD1DG/antrim_CoatofArms%21.png My Story The Antrim Coat of Arms "Through Trials to Triumph" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464170018667-BTW4GOXTI546C249X1X8/Ulster_oldmap_ireland_1808.jpg My Story County Antrim: Baronies (red) and Parishes (black) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464170214328-RT9E2CXNFR0H5NJBXF8Q/Antrim_Baronies%26Parishes.png My Story Ireland - old map 1808. The four historic regions, Ulster (blue), Leinster, Connaught, Munster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1463584641041-QVH6SB941R8UDVN38I5Q/image-asset.jpeg My Story Northern Ireland - Port Donaghadee Port Patrick -Scotland How Scottish Immigrants may have travelled - it was only 20 miles across the Irish sea by boat from Port Patrick, Scotland to Port Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland. Antrim was the county North of County Down (Belfast also being in County Antrim) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464170604943-SQ8S5KYPO3SYIVBBCNBI/image-asset.jpeg My Story Port Patrick - Scotland, Donaghadee's sister Port. The presence of cutters suggests this view predates 1825 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464170898746-B0IV2PGIGU24PZ20PTN7/image-asset.jpeg My Story Donaghadee Harbour - County Down, Northern Ireland. After 1849 large steamers were rarely seen and the port's glory days were over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464171660444-0BWUC79X7DBHOYXX5WH2/image-asset.jpeg My Story Donaghadee Famous Limestone Lighthouse - on the night of 11th January 1836, a fixed light shone at the end of the south pier for the first time. It has been regularly painted white for about a century, the first in Ireland to be electrified. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464175270921-U99VOD266ILJIH93GC8K/image-asset.jpeg My Story First Ballyeaston Presbyterian Church, Ballyeaston, C0unty Antrim (taken 2015) where GGG GF Thomas Law married Margaret Knox in 1842. The first meeting house was built in 1676, another building replaced this which remained until 1834. The present day church was built on the same site which has remained to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464175592463-YWE18NJ7V20HD0SORDZ6/image-asset.jpeg My Story View from First Ballyeaston Presbyterian Church overlooking the Six Mile Water https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464175728522-IAGZZNVLX8QY66U5P262/Sharon+Harris004.jpg My Story Reverend William James Raphael - Pastor of the First Ballyeaston Presbyterian Church for 44 years, 1821 - 1865. He was much loved by his flock, highly respected and likely to have performed the marriage between Thomas Law and Margaret Knox in 1842. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464175783901-WV7OU05DJESH3VNX3WX5/image-asset.jpeg My Story First Ballyeaston Presbyterian Church Marriage Entry - 11 February 1842 - Thomas Law Glenwhirry, Margaret Knox, Kilbride (parishes in County Antrim) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464176412258-7WTVSGXNWDW84QV7UEQ2/DalrySignsfrom+BlairEstate.JPG My Story Glenwherry (Glenwhirry) Presbyterian Church is very near the principle road through the Parish of Glenwherry, the A36 from Ballymena to Larne on the east coast. GGG Grandfather Thomas Law came from Glenwherry but when he married Margaret Knox in 1842, there was only a Meeting House for worship, the above church had not been constructed and they married at First Ballyeaston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464175915264-VJT2DJB4BXGFJN7MMZ5L/Kilsyth_Backbrae.JPG My Story Kilbride Cemetry, County Antrim. John Knox, father of GGG Grandmother Margaret Knox, who died in 1868, is buried in the Kilbride old graveyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1464175943460-N9065O8E7BQRJEL4NEDO/image-asset.jpeg My Story A typical post - Irish potato famine eviction scene in rural areas in the 1850's. After the worst of the famine had passed, it was common to see families camped out in the ruins of their house. Between 1849-1854, 250,000 - 500,000 mainly rural people, were forced from their homes usually for rent arrears. 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RootsRoutes - help to trace Ancestors in UK/Ireland http://rootsroutes.com/blog/category/Press monthly 0.5 http://rootsroutes.com/events daily 0.75 2013-04-01 http://rootsroutes.com/events/vd3u7v0fi6ccps4ncwaidfj2gdtaoq monthly 0.5 2013-04-01 http://rootsroutes.com/dana-buckley daily 0.75 2014-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1392655837654-6MT4738LPS413Z6OKPXW/Knox+Family+%282%29.jpg 'MYSTERIES MOTIVES AND A LAWLESS PAST' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1392655837654-6MT4738LPS413Z6OKPXW/Knox+Family+%282%29.jpg 'MYSTERIES MOTIVES AND A LAWLESS PAST' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1394196066397-550EUD8P5NWH9MDMS7ZW/JamesMylesKnox.jpg 'MYSTERIES MOTIVES AND A LAWLESS PAST' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1394196112547-F48KVF55P1U5R5MIVS8C/pakeha.jpg 'MYSTERIES MOTIVES AND A LAWLESS PAST' - 'Pakeha' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1394196138552-P34LF70NGV46KHYEQFO1/ShawSaville.jpg 'MYSTERIES MOTIVES AND A LAWLESS PAST' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1392656890819-3HU66ATKY722TH8GEE98/Pakeha_PassList_BT27_1004000016P0001F.jpeg 'MYSTERIES MOTIVES AND A LAWLESS PAST' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1392655659939-4K0CEOW3IAFNRWE7LD5P/B3DB.jpg 'MYSTERIES MOTIVES AND A LAWLESS PAST' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1394196090941-URUDBX07AIA3JSGTZE44/ThomasKnoxLaw.jpg 'MYSTERIES MOTIVES AND A LAWLESS PAST' http://rootsroutes.com/mysteries-motives-and-a-lawless-past-2 daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1394718060561-KDEQEUPZ1ECKL7H4GNCL/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past The Knox/Law Family - Thomas Law GGF, wife Janet Myles and children - Names in Law Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1394718301479-GFT5X46XIAB7UY5HFL8D/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past James Myles Knox Law, GF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395148295162-U7966JT4C03UMD0JNF2P/NZ_Passport1978+%282%29.jpg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past New Zealand Passport 1979 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395147752580-3VUDHGDRCXS9819CL4TH/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past James Myles Knox Law, GF - Death Certificate Grandfather, 1951 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410272123841-RQ87N7LX8PJC7HZNWGDQ/image-asset.png NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past James Myles Knox GF - Birth Certificate 1894. All children born to Thomas Law GGF and Janet Myles in Fife, Scotland were registered in surname 'Knox'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395485092256-P30GCNJWPUEHYBTP8TYK/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past 6 Gladstone Road Cottage, North East Valley, Gardens. One of the addresses where the Laws' lived in Dunedin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410301021100-HHB4CHSQXQOY8183AECL/Thomas_JanetMylesMarriage_1892.jpg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Marriage Certificate Thomas Knox (GGF, really Law) marries Janet Myles, Kirkcaldy, Fife, 1892. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410301326996-M1RDQ06VLQNFF0II02Q0/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past John Law GGGF and father of Thomas above marries Janet Jamieson, Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, 1871. This is 10 months after the birth of their son 'Thomas' GGF - see birth certificate below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410302207229-XWOS2BQZT7BVWFSHRJUV/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Thomas Law GGF birth certificate, states 'illegitimate', born Backbrae Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, 1870. The first son of John Law and Janet Jamieson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410302867745-TO8612QJ586OVX8SGN03/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past First Scottish Census 1851 after the Laws returned from Ireland. Thomas Law GGGGF, Margaret Law (m.s. Knox) and children John, Ann, Alexander all born in Ireland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410344411829-U9W6EHDESLQ32WTWWR23/Knox_1901_Census.jpg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Scottish Census 1901, Thomas Law GGF and family now all Knox. Janet (wife) is Head as Thomas not there and x5 children, including James GF age 6yrs. They are living in 15 Stewarts Lane, Kirkcaldy, Fife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410303476061-856BYVM7KLIFWMF6GETO/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Scottish Census 1911, Thomas GGF, wife Janet and x9 children, surname is still Knox. My GF, James Knox is 16 years old and a coal miner along with his father and brother John. They are living in 23 Smeaton St. Kirkcaldy, Fife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410428111463-BW0HNNCGEV6CFT2DJU1C/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past GF James (Knox) is now using James Law as seen on his Demobilization Certificate from the Royal Highlanders in 1918. He enlisted on 9 August 1918 and was discharged 14 December 1918, a lucky, short stint as a 'Private' before the war was over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410429170996-8I36OFLV7A67MSC7HZVD/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past GF is James Knox Law as seen on his life membership certificate of the Kirkcaldy Masons, Royal Arch Chapter No. 97 in 1920. Further evidence of the name change back to Law https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410303851840-5X2IROA1240SXGI09ZXM/NominatedImmigration.jpg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past The Law family were said to have been helped to come to NZ by Thomas (GGF's) sister, Margaret Law (Gardner) and her husband's family the Gardners https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410304172032-TGK3Y3S6DB21ZAWSXOSO/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Margaret (Law) Gardner emigrated most probably on the Remuera steam ship, operated by the NZ Shipping Company Ltd, on 19 December 1912 from the Port of London with children, John, Robert, Thomas and daughter Margaret, listed separately. The route went via Tenerife (Canary Islands), Cape Town, Hobart then on to the NZ Ports. The Panama Canal had not yet opened and was used by other Shipping Lines from 1916. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410304681014-UAURF9UUJRJODB7ZJX7O/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Early emigration advertising by the NZ Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410304930155-IXPL8DX9MKC29DJSXZHV/NZ_Emigration.jpg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past This type of advertising may have been tempting for immigrants to NZ. Margaret (Law), Robert Gardner (husband) and older children came first to Wellington. 1900 - 1915 were boom years for NZ immigration prior to WW1. 120,000 came of which two thirds were from Britain and over 20 per cent of these were Scottish. GF James and GGF Thomas Law, I am told, did not have a free passage to NZ, they paid their own way. in 1922. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395228739510-BT6C6QNYYP11UKL2AXV3/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past 'Pakeha' steam ship which brought the Laws Thomas GGF, James GF and family to Wellington, NZ, They left from Southampton, UK on 19 January 1922. Three daughters were on a different ship, the Athenic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395485372270-R64M1Z1GM29U6MWOU6EE/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Pakeha - owned by Shaw Savill & Albion Shipping Company Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1395489755775-MAP8VRCPAWTX4GNB2WIS/Sharon+Harris004.jpg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Pakeha - further shot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410306056391-30DPIVDO6RSHVRQNOKQG/PakehaPassengerListThomasLaw1922_enlarged.jpg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Pakeha Passenger List, 1922. Janet Law, Sam, Florence, Thomas Law GGF, Robert are listed at the top of the page. All are third class passengers and 68 Overton Rd is their last address in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410306565913-VC1CSIY0GGETAHIR2RMS/PakehaPassengerListJas_HLaw1922_enlarged.jpg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Jas (James) Law GF is listed on the Pakeha Passenger list on his own, passenger 481, age 27yrs, miner. 68 Overton Rd his last address in Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410306808917-9VD7YGZZ61L5N1ICZ4XB/Athenic_Ship.jpg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past 'Athenic' steam ship. Margaret Law 20, Janet 22, Christina, 25 yrs. the x3 older daughters of Thomas Law GGF left on this ship a week earlier, than the rest of the family, 12 January 1922 from Southampton to Wellington, NZ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410346169353-XL08I69S6O1WAYNE9SAG/image-asset.jpeg NewMysteries Motives and a Lawless Past Passenger List, Athenic steam ship. The three older daughters of Thomas Law GGF, Margaret, Janet and Christina, came together on the Athenic. 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(The Floating Brothel by Sian Rees) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1410778281634-FAZK55K0QFTRZGRKXO3L/RR_9.jpg History The Barrowdale - storeship of the First Fleet to Australia in 1788. Between 1788 - 1868 over 168,000 men, women and children were transported as convicts from Britain on board over 1000 converted merchant ships. The Barrowdale is seen as a fully rigged ship, 270 tons, built in Sunderland in 1875. Artist Francis Holman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1371713907967-PN00U28U6M3I2W998R12/RR_8.jpg History Sailing ships were a common site in 'early settler' times - Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1414334263105-OXZH2XKM57CD2XBYVYOS/Nelson_sailingship_1874.jpg History The Nelson sailing ship carried 'early settlers' to New Zealand. A vessel of 1,247 tons, she was one of six clipper ships built in 1874 by Robert Duncan for Patrick Henderson. The Nelson was especially built to carry passengers and traded to the colony from 1874 - 1902. She ran in opposition to Shaw - Savill Company at first but after the amalgamation sailed under their flag. She made several very fast journeys to Dunedin, NZ of 75 and 77 days, Her first voyage of 75 days was in 1874 from Glasgow to Port Chalmers, Dunedin with 317 passengers. She made over 20 voyages and never but once exceeded 100 days. This was to Wellington in 1892 when she took 106 days. The Nelson did some remarkable sailing - when home bound from Dunedin in 1875 she ran the distance between the Otago Heads and Cape Horn in 19 days. She had many narrow escapes on the seas due to tremendous gales. mountainous seas and rocks. See White Wings Vol 1, White WIngs Vol 11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1414332186671-RGPF98NFNBL7O3AUPTWF/pakeha.jpg History The Pakeha steam ship on route to New Zealand in 1922. A 7,899 tons ship, built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast in 1910 for Shaw Savill & Albion Line. Used on the UK - Wellington service. In 1939 it was sold to the Admiralty and converted into an imitation of the battleship HMS Revenge. In 1941 it reverted to a cargo ship for the Ministry of War Transport and renamed Empire Pakeha. In 1945 it was hired by the Ministry of Food as a meat store ship. In 1946 it was repurchased by Shaw Savill & Albion and reverted to Pakeha. In 1950 it was scrapped at Briton Ferry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1414332088942-LFI955U1SPE9GGQXGN0X/image-asset.jpeg History The Athenic steam ship was built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Ireland, 15,187 tons. Operated by Shaw - Savill & Albion Co. Ltd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1414331952204-OREOSSAZEQMDM3VC6C94/image-asset.jpeg History The Remuera, operated by the New Zealand Shipping Company, was the first passenger steam ship to pass through the Panama Canal from New Zealand to London. http://rootsroutes.com/laws-go-irish daily 0.75 2018-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1509729109433-E5RVIWPQI1QRO31K6W6K/RobertHarcus1.jpg Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Robert Harcus, the man with the long white beard who lived in Moonlight, Macraes Flat, New Zealand. He left Eday, Orkney in 1874. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1509885028162-SLA78OEDZPACXXXJM1MK/Orkney_Map2.jpg Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) The Orkney Isles. Eday lies in the centre of the Northern Isles. Between Westray and Stronsay and north of Shapinsay. The Ferry to many island including Eday leaves from Kirkwall, the main transport hub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1510820401551-T2QW21GA8SY3JDJO94SV/SkaraBraeShaillHouse.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Skara Brae, situated on the Bay of Skaill, is a neolithic farming settlement from circa 4,500 years ago. It is the best preserved prehistoric village in Northern Europe as the houses still contain the main items of furniture. Today 7 houses and a workshop remain, built mainly of stone, these are linked by passages to form a tight-knit community. Skaill House is in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1510820551468-Q8ZJ856J8ROEZT1DLEAU/RingofBrodgar.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) The Ring of Brodgar, a neolithic henge and circle of standing stones about 6 miles NE of Stromness on the Mainland, the largest island of Orkney. It is probably the finest known, truly circular, late neolithic or early bronze age stone ring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1510820669496-E9W8G5NPNR6YAA03PV30/StMagnusCath.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, was founded in 1137 by norse Earl Rognvald, (nephew of St Magnus). Sandstone from Eday was used in its construction and when first built it was part of Trondheim in Norway. When Orkney became part of Scotland in 1468, the cathedral was given to the people of Kirkwall by Scots King James 111. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1510821172722-CN655FUNNSD5PMZGTFHK/HarbourFerryEday.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Ferry from Bay of Backaland, Eday to Kirkwall on the Mainland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1510846031876-E2LV6598L2627YG0F05X/HarbourviewfromboatEday.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Bay of Backaland, Eday from the Ferry. Harcus ancestors lived in the Southeast in the 1840's (Skaill, Backaland, Veness), not far from the Bay of Backaland and then Gutterhole and Parkhead on the West side district of the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1510846278969-WEWIZEK3RJIEIDSJXEMV/Croft_stromness.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) A typical Croft, farmhouse, found on the Orkney Islands. Harcus ancestors would have lived in this type of dwelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1510848844150-S4OOZO4BLWE35K3U2Z13/StennessSToneEday.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) The Stone of Setter. Approximately 17 foot high, at the North end of Eday, between the Bay of Calf Sound and Mill Loch, it is probably one of the finest prehistoric single standing stones in Orkney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1510849015561-7EW88XR4IOY3Y3EEO2UA/FishingHerring.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Herring Fisherman, Robert Harcus was a Fisherman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1511869817852-HVVG5UZ7BZ8UI2N3AOI9/Fishingbarrels.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Women were also employed in the fishing industry in the Orkney islands to gut the fish and pack them with salt in barrels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1510849332677-3S0IEUTH3HT80V94464S/Fishingboats_Stromness.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Typical small Fishing Boats in Stronsay, Orkney Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1511869467518-P5PPEXD3PQ8PNS5UIZNO/OldKirkyard_sea.JPG Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) The Old Kirkyard (burial ground) at Skaill, Eday where Robert Harcus's mother Jane Reid is buried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1511871707160-GVFTJCYWBGYZJKA59Q22/JaneReid_headstone.jpg Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Robert Harcus erected a Headstone in the Old Kirkyard in Eday, in loving memory of his Mother, Jane Reid who died 8th March 1868, aged 60 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1511872059948-PGICT8Z7DUD59V51U3PU/Nelson_sailingship_1874.jpg Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) The Nelson - the sailing ship who brought the Harcus family and other immigrants from Scotland to the colony, New Zealand in 1874. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1511912337137-QU6PRAM5LIACLIU1MT5M/Immigrants_arriving+1870s.jpg Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Typical scene of Immigrants arriving due to government Assisted Immigration Schemes to New Zealand in the 1870's. Thousands of immigrants arrived e.g. at Port Chalmers, Dunedin and Lyttelton, near Christchuch, South Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1511873053827-JJVEOGL9FHNI6DIS8YVR/MacraesFlat_MainSt.jpg Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Main Street Macraes Flat, Otago, New Zealand, circa 1900 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1511873424568-E4FIZEVBB5ZUAO2URU9N/NenthornRdGoldClaims_Macraes.jpg Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) Map of Macraes Flat and surrounding Districts showing the location of various Gold-Mining Claims *. Robert Harcus lived in Moonlight and had land near the Road to Nenthorn close to Macraes Flat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1511912541045-7Q5ZWPJX6BRMOF9PCK0O/GoldMine_Macraes.jpg Ancestral Roots in Eday, Orkney (copy Laws go Irish) An example of a Macraes Flat drive in type Gold-Mine as apposed to gold mining using water sluicing. This 'gang' of men are sitting on approximately 100 tons of scheelite. http://rootsroutes.com/ancestral-roots-in-eday-orkney-copy-laws-go-irish daily 0.75 2020-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1540392872763-LBHHUEQCV8ON0IX8F882/JamesHarcusWW1+%283%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism James Harcus - WW1 1914 - 1916. He enlisted in the Otago Infantry Regiment, No. 8/1000, 1st Battalion, 14th South Otago Company. Otago Witness Newspaper, 2 June 1914 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1540394079252-13GX53Z0SCIM55UW34S8/NZR.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism The New Zealand Government Railways - James Harcus was a Surfaceman for NZR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1540393418001-M59J7RW8JSYPSLDS6Z6X/CapBadge_OIB+%282%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism James Harcus - Cap Badge of the Otago Infantry Battalion, OIB, 14th South Otago Company. Description: The regimental number XIV within a wreath of the red rose, shamrock and thistle, the Kea on top. Motto Ake kia kaha (Forever Be Strong) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1539875314410-SMS5TJ72RIGYT5M7U64N/RMS+Ruapehu_Google+%282%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism RMS Ruapehu was seconded by the Admiralty in WW1 to become a troop ship, His Majesty’s NZ Troopship, like most British passenger liners. She made two transports with reinforcements during WW1. HMNZT-05 to Egypt via Albany, Australia, departed October 1914 and HMNZT-79 to Devonport, England on March 1917. James Harcus left on the Ruapehu from Port Chalmers, Dunedin on 22 September and the troop ship departed from Wellington, NZ on 16 October 1914. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1539876036262-00B4ZMY7R8HV0P63K9VG/RMS-Ruapehu-Trooper-Excercise-on-deck_Google+%282%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism RMS Ruapehu, troopers exercising on deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1539875826154-XWFVBHE8B51A204W46UN/RMS-Ruapehu-Trooper-sleep-on-deck-1915-16_Google+%282%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism RMS Ruapehu, troopers sometimes preferred to sleep on deck due to the hot weather conditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1539876116877-CM87TCUV7IMBMNKBJPJJ/Anzac-day-the-fighting_googleuk.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism James Harcus was part of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps, ANZAC, who fought on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915. Google image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1540799852879-XMVL2IAHD14D48D5N2BO/GallipoliLandings25April1915_NZHistory+%282%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism Gallipoli Landings, Anzac Cove, 25 April 1915. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1539876434141-9PALL4JEE27S1456JA5T/gallipoli-invasion-1000_Map_NZHistory.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism The Gallipoli Campaign began in February 1915 with a Naval attack which failed to force a way through the Dardanelles Straits and capture Constantinople (Istanbul). The Land invasion followed by the ANZAC on 25 April 1915. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1540391418406-TFPO984AT4E3LO1UVAQQ/Taking+wounded+off+the+beaches_Gallipoli_IWM+%283%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism Stretcher bearers taking the wounded off the beaches, Gallipoli 1915. Hospital ships were waiting out at sea but these vessels were often overcrowded and the wounded had long delays for treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1540911536312-A6U4RFHLMOHP61VIPGAM/JamesHarcus_Cairo_OW19150728.2.72.7.7-a1-c32+%282%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism James Harcus, second row from back, second on left. Gun shot wound right foot, seen here convalescing in hospital in Cairo 1915. Otago Witness Newspaper, 28 July 1915. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1539877015016-85KMZIUK0XKA5ACLYXED/SS+WIllochra_arrivingWellgtn1918woundedsoldiers_Google+%283%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism James Harcus was returned, invalided home to Dunedin, NZ on the SS Willochra troopship, arriving on 30 October 1915. Google image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1539877152559-QG692JCMSSEF3IP3IXDN/WW1_HospitalshipMaheno_PortChalmers.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism Two NZ Hospital Ships were funded by the NZ Government and the Public, the Maheno and Marama due to the increasing number of casualties at Gallipoli. They were converted Union Steam Ship Company trans Tasman passenger steamers. The above ship is the Maheno arriving in Port Chalmers with wounded soldiers later in 1915. She also carried thousands of wounded soldiers to nearby Greek islands Lemnos and Imbros from Anzac Cove during the Gallipoli Campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1539879540189-LY7K5UNH1V8715YHZS41/WW1_ReturnedWoundedSoldiersOzNursesDn+%282%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism Examples of wounded soldiers who returned to Dunedin in 1915. James Harcus did not require nursing care and was referred to Outpatient treatment at Dunedin Public Hospital but he did not attend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1539879590425-MS919AFTBG3VWRGD33VD/WW1_22Reinforcements%2C+Dunedin+19101916_Hocken+%282%29.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism Dunedin 1916 WW1. Reinforcements were needed to join the New Zealand Expeditionary Force overseas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1540396548339-1VGEQWUFQLIRUIMEK7KI/JamesHarcus_RuruLawn+Cemetery_ChchGoogle.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism James Harcus died in 1870 and is buried in Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Bromley, Christchurch, Block 44 Plot 377. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1540402151522-ZO4SES35F4SHGEXMTJWW/NZ_Poppy_RSAwebsite.jpg Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism The New Zealand RSA Poppy. Every year on ANZAC day, 25 April, we remember those who fought or served at Gallipoli and in other wars. Lest we Forget… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1540402468284-GR9E2DOM8FXI6MBC5UEO/Poppy_melbourne2018_Wall+%282%29.JPG Private James Harcus - A Tale of Everyday Heroism WW100. 11 November 2018 marks the one hundredth anniversary of the end of the Great War, WW1. http://rootsroutes.com/private-james-harcus-a-tale-of-everyday-heroism daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568822390966-910088I0M5VFQP88PRBO/RobertHarcusjnr_Trooper_NinthNZContingentofMacFlat+%282%29.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Robert Harcus junior - Trooper, Service No. 7773, 9th Contingent, D Squadron, South Island Regiment, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, NZMR, Second Boer War, 1902. Photo printed in the Otago Witness Newspaper, 30 July 1902. He was the second son of Robert Harcus, my GG GF. Born in Eday, Orkney, he was only eight months old when the family travelled by sailing ship to NZ and was fortunate to survive the long sea journey. They lived in Dunedin first, then settled in Macraes Flat, East Otago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568806188729-FKI2AUJCG6ZJUOB6LZNW/Seacliff_LunaticAsylum+%282%29.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Seacliff Lunatic Asylum, Dunedin. Robert Harcus junior was a patient from 1909 - 1912. It was sometimes referred to as a ‘fantasy castle’ due to its Gothic revival design. Sir Frederick Truby King turned it into a ‘Farm Asylum’ and patients were encouraged to do meaningful work and grow their own food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568717476433-U8M6WBGXHYSXNNAZEXA3/SouthAfrica1899_1902-+TroopsatOval_Hocken+%282%29.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Troops gathering at the Oval Dunedin before departure for the Second Boer War from Port Chalmers, Dunedin. Hocken Library Dunedin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568646856500-MNJJ2LJ3XPO0WDW5OYAW/SSKent_BoerWarAustralianWarMemorialphotoweb+%283%29.JPG The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Robert Harcus was in the South Island Regiment and departed from Port Chalmers, Dunedin on the SS Kent troopship on 12 March 1902. The North Island Regiment left from Auckland on the SS Devon. Australian War Memorial photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568647321812-QFO9A8PIQ02P55LOMZ41/BoerWar_departureFirstContingent_Horses_NZhistory_govt_nz+%282%29.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Example of a Troopship with Troopers and horses departing NZ for the Second Boer War in S0uth Africa. NZ History on line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568647620860-46W2IV0FXXNIWLUFYU6P/boer-war-map+%281%29.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Key Battles where the Second Boer War was fought in South Africa 1899 -1902 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568647951824-239KPU9Y4P1KZV10TF6G/BoerWar_FourthContingentonParadeSA_NZhistory_govt_nz+%282%29.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Example of a NZ Contingent, Mounted Rifles, on parade in South Africa during the Second Boer War. This was the 4th Contingent. Google image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568718483326-52LTUPLSDGIBGK0ZE1ZN/SouthAfrica1899_1902VolunteerswaitingTrooperssReturnDunedin_Hocken+%282%29.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Awaiting Troopers returning to Dunedin from the Second Boer War, July/August 1902. Hocken Library Dunedin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568718655292-XR7CWIPGJJHYWH0U3P8T/SouthAfrica1899_1902PortChalmers_Hocken+%282%29.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Port Chalmers, Dunedin, where Robert Harcus departed and returned from the Second Boer War in 1902. Hocken Library Dunedin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568723385130-84GY6MNUGH5UKZST0H6E/TrubyKing1_UnfortFolk.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Sir Frederick Truby King, Medical Superintendent at Seacliff Mental Asylum from 1899 - 1920. As well as making ground breaking changes by turning Seacliff into a working ‘Farm Asylum’, he was well respected in NZ and closely associated with infant welfare and the Plunket Society, for the health of women and children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568727829855-L0C5MM6S18NVX6XU5J0W/Seacliff1_Hocken+%283%29.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Seacliff Mental Asylum was NZ’s largest Mental Asylum and sometimes referred to as a ‘fantasy castle’ due to its towers and turrets on every corner. Hocken Library Dunedin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568726260987-W5YJ2H5BONX9KWBUK22U/SeacliffNurses1900_Hocken1.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Seacliff Nurses in 1900. Hocken Library Dunedin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568726323032-F0RHB4JATCMYDP6DA8DW/SeacliffAttendantStaff_Hocken.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Seacliff male attendants. Hocken Library Dunedin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568802117945-L6KOUJ17LX6TZAJ7WQU1/Syphilis_BlackPlagueArticle.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior In 1910 NZ Parliament was very aware of the increase and spread of Syphilis other contagious diseases. The Government wanted to educate and help protect NZ society. Papers Past NZ, Wanganui Herald, 9 November 1910 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/51b2051fe4b0d47e950febc7/1568802511708-FY84Q5XQ3JGSVWYKVY0I/MacraesFlat_MainSt.jpg The Delusions of Robert Harcus junior Macraes Flat, East Otago. Robert Harcus junior died in Seacliff in 1912 and at the request of his father, Robert Harcus to the Dunedin Magistrate, he was laid to rest in Macraes Flat Southern Cemetery No. 2, in the same plot as his brother John. Other members of his family were also buried in Macraes Flat Southern Cemetery No. 1.