by Warren Nunn
Isobel Menzies Silver (1860-1934) lived with her brothers at Harvieston Farm before getting married later in life (aged 46) to a widower named John Duncan, who was the brother of Alex Duncan who’d married her eldest sister Helen and moved to England. There is a...
by Warren Nunn
Alexander (Sandy) Silver (1858-1907) with his wife Helen Jane Watt and the three children who survived to adulthood. Top right is Alexander (Sandy) junior, and below is John. Both these brothers died in World War 1 and only James was not called up. He moved to...
by Warren Nunn
James Silver came to Australia in 1892 where he was later joined by his fiancee Janet Todd. They married in Brisbane, Queensland, before moving more than 200km west to Kooroongarra where they raised their family. They later returned to Brisbane where James continued...
by Warren Nunn
By Aberdeenshire Silver descendant Warren Nunn John Silver is a bit of mystery man. An older, unmarried brother of my great grandfather James Silver, he is an interesting character to investigate but his final resting place is uncertain. John and his brother Alexander...
by Warren Nunn
John Silver (6 Apr 1856-unknown) did not marry and farmed at Harvieston, near Stonehaven, with his brother Alex. Alex (Sandy) died in 1907. Even though John left Scotland and headed to Australia, no death record is yet found for him there. However, there is a 1920...
