Introduction

In 2014 the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, Cumnock History Group began researching the names on the Cumnock War Memorial plus other men and women with Cumnock connections mentioned on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or in the Cumnock Chronicle of the time. The research is not limited to those who died but also to men and women who served, using family history information.

The group would like to appeal to individuals with knowledge of family members for photographs of the soldier, either in uniform or not, and photos of medals or other memorabilia eg letters sent home from the Front. If you would be prepared to share these on this site, please email the web manager info@cumnockhistorygroup.org The group is willing to share any copies of documents found with the soldier's descendants.

Thursday, 19 June 2014

McEwan brothers in Canada

I was tracing descendants of John McKinnon, a snuff box painter.  His granddaughter Jane McKinnon married John McEwan of Catrine. They moved to Kilwinning about 1890. Several of their children and Jane herself went to Canada from about 1910.

Son Duncan McEwan, a baker, enlisted in the Canadian army in 1917. See his papers here. He was living in Edmonton, Alberta. He was in the Forestry Battalion. He was blind in one eye.

Duncan's younger brother William McEwan had been killed in France the previous year. William enlisted in June 1915. See his papers here. His teeth were to be fixed. He died at the Somme on 15 Sep 1916.

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