AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT
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FATHER
MOTHER
WIFE
Margaret Hardesson
In 1851 "James Gillamour" born about 1798 in Dunfermline is living with
Margret Gillmour on High Street in Dunfermline. He is a Hand Loom Damask Weaver
and the couple have a young girl named Elesabeth Wilson, aged 14, living with
them as a servant.
Ten years later in 1861 the couple, James Gilmour and Margaret are aged 64,
living on Pilmuir Street. He is a Damask Weaver.
James Gilmour died six years later on Feb 3, 1867 in the poorhouse in
Dunfermline. aged 69 years. On the death record he was listed as Damask
Weaver, widower of Margaret Hardesson.
You can read more about the Poorhouse at Dunfermline at http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Dunfermline