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My ancestor boarded a ship in Glasgow, Scotland in 1851. There is no record of the town they came fr

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September 1, 2020 edited February 8, 2021 in Search
My ancestor boarded a ship in Glasgow, Scotland in 1851. There is no record of the town they came from other than my Great Grandmother's pension application for her deceased husband who was a Civil War Veteran. The town recorded was Curfin, Scotland??

Has anyone heard of this town? Curfin.

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  • Brett .
    Brett . ✭✭✭✭✭
    September 1, 2020 Answer ✓

    @Dee Ide​ 

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    As an aside ...

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    Question: Could "Curfin" actually be "Carfin".

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    Carfin, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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    WikiPedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carfin

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    'Google' "Maps"

    https://www.google.com/maps/place/Carfin,+Motherwell,+UK/@55.8049944,-3.9684011,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x48886c9a48c7d639:0xe2dddefa4e8cd7d9!8m2!3d55.8039736!4d-3.961203

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    Just a thought.

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    Plus ...

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    I am "Tagging" this 'Question' of yours in a few of 'Groups' in this Forum:

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    - Scotland Genealogy Research

    - British Isles Family History Research

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    I hope this helps.

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    Brett

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    @Scotland Genealogy Research​ 

    @British Isles Family History Research​ 

    @Temple & Family History Callings UK/IR​ 

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  • Christine Fulfit Reid
    Christine Fulfit Reid ✭
    October 21, 2020

    Are you able to give us the link where you have seen the name Curfin? It could well have been transcribed incorrectly, as Brett says above Carfin is a little village near Motherwell

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