[Magdalen] Whither Scotland?

[Heather Angus]

My grandfather Angus's people were probably from the Angus province, but by
the time I knew anything about him, the family had been living in Greenock,
down the Clyde from Glasgow. He was the oldest son, but a pretty wild one.
His father was a foreman at the shipyards in Greenock, and as a favor to my
grandfather, he hired him to work in the shipyards when the kid was home
from college one summer. As the story goes, within a couple weeks, my
grandpa had all his fellow workers on strike against his dad.

Since union organizing was illegal back then, I understand Grandpa Angus
made it to the US one jump ahead of the police.

During WWII, the Germans bombed all the British shipyards, of course. After
a bombing raid, the Anguses in Greenock would send notice (letter?
telegram?) that they were still OK, to their brother in the US. Grandpa
Angus never went back.

In my 20s, I went to Scotland and met the last of my grandpa's sisters, my
Aunt Agnes. We went out for tea and for a ferry ride and other things. What
a thrill! After deciding I was fit to be an Angus, she introduced me to a
number of cousins! Unfortunately, I've let all connections lapse.

My Grandmother Angus was born in this country, but her parents both came
from Scotland and were called Bathgate. That's a suburb of Glasgow, so I
expect they came from there.

This discussion takes me back. In my heart, I wanted Scottish independence.
In my head, I didn't really think it would happen, and certainly from a
financial standpoint, being in the UK is more prudent.

Heather

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 1:45 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Certainly not true of Ontario (only 6000 ... not more than a ripple in
> the gene pool). And they were dreadful unilingual neighbors in the
> Maritimes. Not a successful endeavor for most of them.
>
> One of our local families split in half at the time of the revolution.
> One brother fled to Canada (with St. John's silver chalice IIRC)
> while the other stayed, fought, and was elected governor.
> -M
>
>
> On Friday, September 19, 2014, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> > It's my impression that the largest group of settlers of present
> > day Ontario and Maritimes were Loyalists fleeing the USA American
> > Revolution
> >
> >
>