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    BIG QUESTION

    Dec 14, 2021 2 minutes

    Where was Thomas Gavin born?

    GRACE SMITH hit a brick wall with her research into her great grandfather Thomas Gavin

    Q My great grandfather was Thomas Gavin. The only information I have about him is from his marriage certificate and the census. He married Mary Callan on 3 September 1875 in Lesmahagow, Lanark, and his parents are recorded as Peter Gavin), his birthplace was Ireland.

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