Robert McColl

Name
Robert /McColl/
Type of name
birth name
Given names
Robert
Surname
McColl
Birth
yes
Death of a father
Death of a mother
Death
yes
Family with parents
father
mother
Religious marriage Religious marriage
himself
brother
Father’s family with Jean Smith
father
stepmother
18551888
Birth: January 30, 1855 25 22 Loudoun
Death: 1888Loudoun
Religious marriage Religious marriageAugust 20, 1875Loudoun
half-brother
18751892
Birth: August 22, 1875 20 20 Darvel
Death: 1892London
3 years
half-sister
3 years
half-sister
18811881
Birth: May 22, 1881 25 26 Darvel
Death: May 30, 1881Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland

Summary

In a letter 4th Jan 1915 Hugh Smith writes

"It is most sad about Robert McCol, and I feel sure his people will feel the present calamity. I wish I had lost my absent limb on the battle-field, instead of the undignified manner which was employed. Robert like myself will get used to his one handed life, and will forget sometimes that there were two. One loses a lot when a limb is lost, but not so much as one thinks. Selfish thinking is a most dangerous thing, and its from this source that so much misery comes."