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Eight months later, GNS signed another family death certificate 500 miles south in Liverpool. In this register, a blunt pen nib widened the handwritten letters, loops straying outside the box lines. The brief entries were dated two days after the event, when George N Stewart, the brother in attendance from Lybster, reported the details. HisContinue reading “1885”

Entry 59 recorded James Innes Stewart, married to Catherine Sutherland, died on August Twenty Sixth, 6 h. 15 m. A.M., 1884, in the Village of Lybster, age 61 years. Parents both deceased. Then Cause of Death, Duration of disease, and Medical Attendant, by whom certified, Signature & Qualification of Informant, and Residence, If out ofContinue reading “1884”

On 12th of September, 1906, George Neil Stewart married Katherine Louise Powell at Saint Saviour’s Church, Pimlico, London. Who was she ? KLP was born into circumstances more straightened than GNS’s. We find it hard to understand poverty, until experienced firsthand, particularly at a level where it locked people into their neighborhood, attitudes and possibilities.Continue reading “1906”

In this blog, I’m looking for coverage of my grandfather beyond what Wikipedia provides on George Neil Stewart, a thorough synopsis of what he accomplished. This resume or curriculum vitae might be submitted to the awards committee. Now it’s an obituary listing degrees, discoveries and awards, the what and when of journalism. The “great person”Continue reading “1851”