Heading for Scotland

Long overdue trip to Scotland is about to begin!
These notes are mostly for my own purposes but can be used to check out the ancestral homes we'll be visiting.

My Paternal Grandparents

Thomas Howitt 1895-1972

 Andrina Wilson 1894-1994

Names and Places:

Howitt - my Dad's name, my maiden name  - Peebles; Penicuik
Inch     - my Dad's paternal grandmother    - Kilbucho; Biggar; Leith
Wilson - my Dad's maternal grandfather     - Canonbie; Eddleston
Meikle - my Dad's maternal grandmother   - Newton; Edinburgh

Howitt Tree:
Thompson - Traquair; Lanarkshire
Dickson     - Melrose, Roxburgshire
Dougles     - Ancrum, Roxburgshire

Inch Tree:
Dick        - Biggar
Paterson - Peebles
Mercer   - Traquair

Wilson Tree:
Wilson       - Canonbie, Dumfrieshire
Borthwick - Kirkmichael, Dumfrieshire
Martin      - Moffat, Dumfrieshire

Meikle tree:
Wallace    -
Crawford - Liberton; Glencorse, Midlothian
Gordon    - Carrington, Midlothian

Posts with place names include info on who lived there, and 'side by side' map and a link(click the name) to the 'live' map to scroll and zoom; see the changes and even use different maps on each side... an addictive tool!

Ancestors- in progress

  

Biggar

1841 - Robert Dick(4GGF1791~1851)(Sawer) and Janet Wardrobe(4GGM;1795)
Adam Inch(3GGF1811~1871) & Jean Dick(3GGM1818~1891)  

1851 - John Inch(2GGF1839-1875), siblings Robert Inch(3GU1841) and Grace Inch(3GA1845) with Janet Dick(3GGM1818)- Grandmother, Joiner's Widow, N Frunt St
1861 Janet Wardobe(Widow) N Front Street with Grace Inch, Granddaughter

Mill was a Corn Mill, not a saw mill
Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum Tu-Sa 10-5 – Joiner's Shop!
Howie's friend Alister Nimmo's bar: The Crown
The arch from Ingraston House was moved to sit opposite the lodge at Garvald House.
 It has now been re-erected in the Biggar Museum. 1997

Roberton Mains, Dolphinton
 1861 - Helen Paterson(2GGM1840-1912) Dairymaid

Romanobridge, Kaim House, Stoneyknowe, Goldies Mill

1851 – Andrew Wilson(GGF1843-1914); Kaim House; child
         - William Dickson(3GGF1796-1871); Goldies Mill; corn miller
          - wife Elizabeth Douglas(3GGM1806-1887)
1861 – Andrew Wilson; Stoneyknowe; ploughman

Near West Linton, Organic Farm Store
https://www.whitmuir.scot/

Grange, Lamancha, Newlands

1841 - Robert Paterson(3GGF1816-1905);
            wife: Janet Mercer(3GGM1815-1879)

          daughter: Helen Paterson(2GGM1840- )

St Roberts Croft, Nine Mile Burn 

Old Woodhouselee
 1841 – James Crawford(3GGF1798-1881),
            wife: Elizabeth Gordon(3GGM1803-1858),
            daughter: Elizabeth Crawford(2GGM1838-1878)
            several other children

A mystery
At  penicuikpapermaking.org
I found this image:

  Many of the men are identified, but not the man in the white shirt in the middle.

Here's a closeup:

When I put it in a collage with images of my grandfather:

I ended up flipping the above image because it looked like a better match. The resemblance seems very strong.