Amelia Skewes: Scotland & USA 1880s--->
Looking for any information on the family of "Amelia Skewes" who would have been born in the 1880's or so.Her mother's maiden name was likley Smellie (or Smealie or Smiley) and from near Glascow, Scotland.Amelia apprears in old family photographs between 1903 and 1910 as "our American Cousin--Amelia Skewes".Amelia's grandparents appear to be Richard and Janet (Wilson) Smealie who were married 10 June 1853 (license issued 29 May 1853) at Old Monkland, Lanark Co., Scotland.Amelia's aunt Elizabeth Smellie married Thomas Hamilton of Glascow (from whom I descend by their daughter Waltina who maried and moved to Ohio, USA after WWI).The Smellie-Hamilton family had a retreat home called Holmwood at Sandbank, Dunnoon, Argylshire.Anyone related?
--Nick Sheedy,
John Day, Oregon