John BRAIDWOOD

                   BIRTH-William Patterson BRAIDWOOD
1881 Apr 12  6 Robertson Place  Edinburgh
Father:  John Braidwood   Lithographic Writer
Mother:  Christina Blackhall Patterson
Married:  1876 Dec 19  Edinburh
Dist. of St. Andrew  Entry No. 343 for year 1881
date:  89 Oct 1945

Marriage Certificate:  William P. Braidwood & Christina A. Wilson,
                         District of Newington, Edinburgh
                  

                   Mary,unlike the other six foot plus Braidwoods was only 5ft.1 or 2inches.
Died of "a growth" - cancer.
Married to Donald Kenneth McKAY
                  

                   No.889  30 Jul 1889 extract entry of birth, District of St. Andrew in the burgh of Edinburgh - Alexander BRAIDWOOD.
Alec stood 6'2" and his exact weight was somewhere between 150-160lbs.  It seldom varied so that you could test scales by his weight.  He left Scotland to find a career in Canada with his bride, Jean.  He was a lithographer and a geographical draghtsman for the Federal Government.  He drew maps using a brush with one hair.  Alec was a whiz with numbers and could add five columns of figures simultaniously.  He was involved with the Masonic Order and had a wide-spread knowledge of the world through his hobby as a falatelist. On black and white television there was a regular programme called, "College Bowl" inwhich students competed in a quiz covering several categories.  He was frequently able to answer the questions correctly, even before the competitors.  Alec travelled to work on the buses with a German chap.  Each day they would alternate which language they would speak in so that they each would learn the other's language.