Janet Smith
PO Box 80024
Fairbanks, AK 99708
USA

Query:

Would like information on an organization called:
Daugthers of the British Empire.

John BRIDGES (1814-?) and Elizabeth HOGG (about1817-?)

Location: Lived on Burns Street, Leith, SCOTLAND

Children: John, David, Walter, Robert, Jane, William Mills, Archibald (all born between 1839 and 1855, Leith, SCOTLAND)

Searching for: Death certificates or any other information.

Note: John was born in Haddington, East Lothian, SCOTLAND and Elizabeth was born in Roxburgh Co., SCOTLAND

John BRIDGES(1853-about 1909) and Margaret BOYD (?-?)

Married: Brooklyn, USA

Location: Lived at 3 Taylor Place, Leith, SCOTLAND 1877-1881

Children: Unknown

Searching for: Any information

Note: John was a sea captain--Anchor Line

David BRIDGES (1840-?) and ?

Location: Lived at 31 Beacon St., Leith, SCOTLAND, 1860s-1870

Children: Unknown

Searching for: Any information

NOTE: David was probably son of John BRIDGES (b. 1814). He was a sea captain sailing in the East Indies for the Anchor Line.

William EGGLESTON (1862-1922) and Ida HILL ? (1870-about 1900)

Location: Lincoln Co.>Boone Co.>Fayette Co.>Kanawha Co., WV, USA

Children: Kate (b. 1891), Jefferson (b. 1893), Thomas (b. 1895), Mame (b. 1899)

Searching for: Any information on EGGLESTON family. Other spellings are AGGLESTON, EAGLESTONE, EAGLESTON.

Alexander WEST (1817-?) and Isabella WILKIE (1819-?)

Location: Victoria Road (?), Kirkcaldy, Fife, SCOTLAND

Children: David (b. 1843), William (b. 1845), Mary BRIDGES (b. 1847) [husband, Robert], Alexander (b. 1850), Ann (b. 1853), James (b. 1856) [wife, Elizabeth DUFF], Isabella (b. 1860), Janet BRIDGES (1863-1951) [husband, William Mills]

Searching for: Any information

NOTE: WESTs were married on 10 Jan 1842, Dunfermline, Fife, SCOTLAND. Alexander was a bootmaker - "King Boots". Both may be buried in a cemetery in the center of Kirkcaldy, near the gate.

Jessie WEST (?-?) and W.D.F. WESTGATE (1886-1987)

Location: Marine Parade, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA (late 1980s)

Searching for: Any information

NOTE: Jessie was the grand daughter of James WEST of Kirkcaldy, Fife, SCOTLAND. He was an employee of Victoria Cabinet Works in 1928.