James Barclay

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James Barclay & twin William Walker Barclay Added by deanna_shouse <http://www.ancestry.co.uk/community/member/profile.aspx?cba=deanna_...; on 20 Mar 2009 According to stories my grandfather Oscar Leonidas Barclay (O.L.) told, his grandfather, James Barclay b. 1828 in Scotland d. 1910 in Missouri, had a twin brother. The story went that James, as a young boy, had problems with some bullies that would torment and beat him up. One day the bullies were doing there usual thing but I guess the bullies got the worst end of the deal. They picked on the twin William. Said James never had any problems after that. Name Suffix: Twin BIOGRAPHY: Census Records: 1851 Paisley Low Church, Renfrew, Scotland Film #1041091 ED ll, pg. 3 William Barclay 22 Paisley,Renfrew, Scotland Mary 23 Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland BIOGRAPHY: 1861 Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada Film #0349271 pg. 9 Line 33 William Walker Barclay Carpenter 33 Scotland Mary 34 Scotland Mary 7 Canada James 5 Canada Margaret3 Canada Walter 1 Canada Matthew Barclay Carpenter 22 Scotland (Brother of William) BIOGRAPHY: 1871 Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada Film #0349163 No record found for William Walker or Mary Barclay. Children found living with other families as listed below: Mary Barclay Student Age 16 Scotland (Pg. 5) Living with Charles Book and Family Walter Barclay Canada Age 11 (pg.49) Living with John Harwood and Family in Syndenham, Grey, Ontario 1881 Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada Film #1375897 Pg. 6 Walter Barclay(Barcley) age 21 Living with John Harwood MARRIAGE: Marriage recorded on Parish Record for Low Church, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland on Film #0102051 and Fiche #6901702 FHL SLC, UT. Biography: According to a biography written about James Barclay, son of William Walker Barclay, William and his son James went to Panama to help build the locks on the Panama Canal 1877-78. Walsh Heritage 973.418 Pg.288.