I like hearing about different places around the world with the name Blantyre. Here’s a little story kindly put together by my friend and history colleague, Gordon Cook. “Peter Paterson and his wife Jean Fraser brought their sons David, John, and Peter from Blantyre, Scotland, and settled in Little York (or as they called […]
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1950 MacFarlane Family Visit
Answering a knock at her door one evening in October 1950, Jean MacFarlane of 55 Craig Street, Blantyre received the happiest surprise of her life. Standing on the doorstep were her 2 daughters Helen and Anne, who live in Toronto, Canada and her 3 year old granddaughter Patricia, whom she had never met before. The […]