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Date Posted: 11:08:39 03/10/06 Fri
Author: Vicky Vlaanderen
Subject: Re: Russell's of Motherwell
In reply to: J. M. Kelly 's message, "Russell's of Motherwell" on 08:50:25 02/13/03 Thu

>I am looking for ancestors of my great grandmother,
>Elizabeth Russell Brownlie MacLetchie. Granny's
>maiden name was Russell. She was born in 1865 in
>Motherwell. Her father owned the Russell Boilerworks
>and they were also the owners of a street in
>Motherwell. Granny married Lockhart Brownlie, who was
>a sculptor, in 1888 and they had a son, my
>grandfather, William, that same year. He was an only
>child. They immigrated to America sometime in the
>early 1890's and he died at the age of 31 of TB.
>Granny married James MacLetchie about 1895 (when
>Gramps was 6 or 8 years old and was living in Scotland
>with his grandparents). Lockhart had a brother,
>William. I do not know if he married. I do know that
>Gramps told me one time that he lost a lot of his
>cousins in WWI at the Battle of Bimmy Ridge.
>
>Hope this is something to go on. Hope that there is a
>relative out there looking for the American relatives.
> I do know that my mother was the last of the
>Brownlies stateside.

I am replying to the above message. My grandmother, Mollie Russell, was born in Motherwell, late 1800's, and immigrated to the US when she was 13. Her father was a Lutheran pastor, and they settled in our state of Iowa. I would appreciate any info. I know we had a great aunt Elizabeth, who also lived in Iowa.

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