March 10th

On this day David Kilgour Campbell was born in 1861.  He was the second child for Duncan Campbell and Catherine Kilgour.  The family lived at 26 Hanover Street in Glasgow.  Dad was a porter at the post office in Glasgow.  David was your 1t cousin 3X removed.    Sadly David did not live long.  He died of croup the following January when he was just 10 months old.


Also, on this day, Alexander John Millar Fisken was born.  He is your 2nd cousin 2X removed.  He was born in Luss (the lovely village on Loch Lomond) the first child of John Millar Fisken and Isabella Thompson.  His dad worked as a labourer on the roads.  The family lived in the Toll Cottage in Luss.

The Old Toll Cottage at Luss today

Our Fiskens are usually from Perthshire but some eased their way west and ended up in Dumbartonshire.