James Wallace Scott, of Lockport, Niagara Co., NY. Born in Aberdeen Scotland in 1830 to William and Anne Scott, came to Ontario as a child, then ran away to Lockport, NY at age 17. Married Lucinda Phillips. His son Burt Phillips Scott was the only of his children to have offspring.
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Lifelong interest in history, especially as it relates to my family tree. Always looking for more than just names and dates, and am especially interested in old photographs.
A few of the names I'm researching are:
JACOB, WOODARD, SCOTT, BOSSENBERGER, MAC DONALD (MCDONALD), LAUTERWASSER, SCHECHTERLE, WILSON, PHILLIPS, GOODMAN, LOMAS, DUFF, THOMPSON, NEUBAUER, CRADDOCK, CRABBE (Dutch/German), THOMPSON and many more.
Other names not in my direct line, but of interest to me are:
LACEY, SPURR, MCBERTY, WILLARD, UTIGER, MCBRIEN and so on.
Most of my family lived in:
MICHIGAN, ONTARIO, NEW YORK STATE, OHIO, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND and GERMANY.