Mill House Mill Pictures

From Jack Nivison on back of Mill Manager photo:

This is an enlarged copy of a photo post card, post marked 19
The arrow indicates the mill manager’s home. This would be where the Robert Nivison + Margaret Boe Nivison lived while Robert was Mill Manager. He was still the manager when he unexpectedly died in 1902. The buildings to the upper left were part of the mill. The cart/pedestrian bridge was known as the “inner bridge”. Traveling the road in the direction from where photo was taken would take you to Leuchars – about 1.5 miles distant.

The Thistle Club is a club for Scottish Americans which is still active today (http://www.thethistleclub.com/).

From description:

Standing (middle) (Robert Nivison)
Standing (left) (Helen Thom)
Standing (right) Robert)
Sitting (middle) (Margaret Boe Nivison)
Infant (Annie Boe)
Sitting (left) (John Alexander)
Sitting (right) William)
Front (on floor) (David Boe)

Note: photo taken before the birth of youngest child, James in 1888

Margaret would die after giving birth to James in 1888. She was only 34 years old! Robert, the father, would die unexpextedly in 1902 at the age of 49. At the time, he was still the mill manager of the Guardbridge Paper Mill (1853-1902).

Note: his father, Robert, died same year (1902) at either age 78 or 79.

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“2 great papermakers”

Bub and Conk

Date on back of original May 20, 1946.

“Bub” would retire in 1951; Dad in 1977

Both worked over 40 years; Bub whole time spent as H+W. Dad was H+W until merger with Scott Paper in 1953-1954.

From Jack Nivison letter:
This postcard photo is the Nivison home designed by David Boe Nivison. It was built on the west side of Guardsbridge. Notice on the photo side of the card the word in quotes, “Westerton”, and in the upper left side the two words, “my home”. I am not positve (sic) of the meaning of “Westerton”. I did ask David S. Nivison if he had any information on the meaning. He did not. In doing some additional reseach (sic) I did find that there is a Westerton village in the area of Glasgow and that there was and still is a very old Westerton Bed & Breakfast. In comparing the old architecture of that Bed & Breakfast and the new Nivison home, there are very similar architectural lines to both buildings, so maybe “Westerton” might have had something to do with the architectural style?

The two words, “my home” would have been written on the card by our grandfather, John Alexander. If you examine the date stamp on the card it reads; June 6, 1904. The address is the boarding home in Winslow where he lived about 5 years (1904-1909)… With the stamp date of June 6, 1904, “Bub” received this photo card about two months after he had arrived in Winslow.