Milton House Primary School Class Portrait 1910
1910
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Mary Freer McFarlane (back row, fifth left).
“She was born 28th May 1904, at Malloch’s Close, off the Canongate. Her father Stephen tragically died in the Glasgow lodging house blaze on 19th November 1905. He had been working as a mason’s labourer in Glasgow.
“Mary married James Nisbet on 28th Dec 1923. She worked as a bookbinder prior to the marriage. She died on 24th Sept 2002.” – Vivienne Nisbet
Donor number: 0110-004
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