Saturday, March 28, 2009

D. W. P. Borthwick

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The following brief article was published after Uncle David was rescued from the North African desert, but presumably before the militar...
Monday, March 23, 2009

Mosspeeble

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According to the meticulous notes left to us by our great-great-grandfather, Alexander Hay Borthwick, his forebear, William Borthwick of Gle...

The Borthwicks of Raeshaw

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In times of merriment, my late father used to enjoy tormenting Mum by referring to her, and her Borthwick forebears as “filthy lowlanders.” ...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

Lieutenant-Colonel William Borthwick, V.D.

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Like their wives, our maternal great-grandfathers, William Borthwick (above) and William Pearson, were lifelong friends and neighbours n...
Saturday, March 21, 2009

My dear Friend

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Our two maternal great-grandmothers, Sophie Pearson (above) and Ada Borthwick, were lifelong friends, long before our grandparents, Soph...
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The bridegroom

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Our maternal grandfather, William Arthur Borthwick, the fourth son and namesake of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. William Borthwick of Sale, Ea...

Granny’s wedding

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Weddings BORTHWICK—PEARSON A wedding which aroused a considerable amount of district interest, affecting as it did two of ...

Da

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Our great-grandmother, Ada Maud Mary, Mrs. William Borthwick, was the daughter of Edward Connor Bell and his wife Katherine Anne ( née W...

Lieutenant Keith A. Borthwick, 8 L.H.R., A.I.F.

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CHARGE TO CERTAIN DEATH. AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE’S SUPERB DEED. IMPASSABLE FIRE ZONE. LINE AFTER LINE SHOT DOWN, BUT NO CHECK. The charge of ...
Monday, March 16, 2009

Commander Hugh Pearson, R.N.

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This is a portrait miniature ( c . 1815) of another member of our not particularly exclusive club of thirty-two great-great-great-grandparen...