Dear Sir/Madam, Earlier in the year, you were kind enough to publish a request for assistance in finding the name of the grand-mother of an old friend. Dennis Fraser now lives in Australia. We now know that his grand-parents were Alex and Jane (aka Jean or Janet, nee Tran) Fraser living in 1, Brickrow Keilarsbrae in 1901.

We also now know that Alex’s father died in 1906, and that Janet re-married in 1909 to a James McEwan (died 1919) and lived at Holton Square 37, Sauchie.

The new couple had a son, James McEwan Jnr, born 19 December 1910.

So, my old friend had an uncle of whom he’d never known, and of whom his father never spoke.

I wonder if any of your older readers might recall whether a James McEwan of that era had lived to marry and have a family? That is, Dennis would like to know if he has any surviving cousins.

Yours sincerely Gary Turner & Dennis Fraser Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia.

Email: garysentinel@hotmail.com