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My Great Great Grandfather John Weir

Col John Weir was my Great Great Grandfather. He was born on May 14th 1852 to parents John Weir and Jane Gillies. He had two brothers and two sisters: James b. 28/5/1856, Sarah b. 16/2/1858, George b. 29/1/1862 and Jane b. 30/7/1864. John married Catherine Plant 10/11/1873 and had a son Robert Duncan b. 6/6/1876. John and Catherine later divorced and he married Hattie Mallinson and had three more children, Harold, Mary and Beatrice. Robert Duncan married Nellie Archer and had eight children, my Grandmother was the 2nd born. Col John was the President of the Nevada-Utah Mines and Smelters corporation and during the Spanish-American war he was appointed Quartermaster-General by President McKinley.
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