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myself and any other person i've asked about this are pretty fine with anyone (with lineage or not) wearing a kilt, so long as they a) don't make up shite about their ancestors having fought in x battle or lived in y castle etc and b)wear it properly
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My great grandmother was a Campbeltown Mitchell.
I shall be using this information to claim my American Scottish passport.
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Not to be a pedant ol' boy but Parkside Street is in the St Leonards part of the city, right along side what was the first every railway station in the city. (One building remains and the "Innocent Railway" that connected to it, is now a very handy cycle path"
The map is from 1888 to 1913 apparently and No. 16 (Where the grey pin is on the google image) is to the far right of the old map image. The street remains much like it was back then but is now surrounded by lots of newer builds where the station and railways would have been.
I love all this shit.
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My mum (who has been mapping the family tree) just sent me this:
Your great, great grandfather, John Grant lived in Edinburgh. In the 1871 Census his family was living at 16 Parkside Street, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh. John was a joiners apprentice and his father, James, a coal agent.
In 1861 the family was in Muirpark Cottage, Humbie, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Scotland. John was only 5. His father was then a County Police Constable.
Which, if I were to be an American, would make me eligible for a kilt, bagpipes etc etc.