119. Henry Gilchrist – Quarriers’ Home Child

Published on 18 May 2023

Learn how the purchase of two antique charcoal portraits in the Ottawa Valley led the author to identify a family of Scottish pioneers who had settled in Lanark County. Discover how the young British “home child” they informally adopted grew up to build a successful life for himself as a pioneer Prairie farmer. Written by Bryan D. Cook.

This paper was originally précised in the fall 2008 issue of Anglo-Celtic Roots, the quarterly journal of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO). ISBN 978-1-998054-01-5. May 2023.

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Created Date:	05-18-2023
Last Updated Date:	05-19-2023
Author:	Bryan D. Cook
Copyright:	May 2023
Catalogue:	ISBN 978-1-998054-01-5
Pages:	56 pages
Document history:	Author's note: For anyone researching roots in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the Inverclyde Library collections are valuable resources. So too are "Greenock from Old Photographs" by Matt Anderson and Joy Monteith (Inverclyde District Library Publication 1980 ISBN 0 9500687 1 3 in the possession of this author, Bryan Cook) and the "Old Greenock Series" by George Williamson, 1886-1894, readable and downloadable at The Online Books Page of the University of Pennsylvania.