The Lightbody Family

Albums

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1		An English Family at War The Brothers Hubbard go to War - but with a happier ending than in Band of Brothers.	4
2		Career Women from the 18th Century to the 20th Century Three career women acoss the years, each taking a different path, each very successful for their time in history.	6
3		From Working Class to the Professional Classes In three generations this Branch of the Lightbody family moved from a Farm Worker to a son, a Miner and later an Artist, to grandsons who became Company Directors and Company Proprietors in two continents and then to further generations who also prospered.	2
4		Important Lightbody's beyond the UK A Victorian Lightbody emigrates to the USA where he establishes himself and his family. Later an Edwardian Lightbody does the same. Both establish substantial Lightbody branches.	4
5		Military Engineering Excellence - Cold War and Falklands War Highly advance weapons technogy developed immediately following WWII and through the Cold War that was still being used in the Falklands War.	2
6		Military Engineering Excellence - WWII The little known story of the Aberdeen (Tullos) Shadow Factory that was set up in a year towards the end of WWII to support the war effort by one of Scotland's leading engineers.	2
7		Motto, Coats of Arms and Lightbody Dispersal Worldwide Overarching aspects of the whole Lightbody family are described in this album including the family Motto, two Lightbody Coats of Arms and statistics that show the spread of the family out of Scotland to England and across the globe (mainly the English speaking globe).	2
8		The Lightbodie/Lightbody Clockmakers of the 18th and 19th Centuries First published in Clocks magazine and article about the Lightbodie Clockmakers of Lanark - researched and written by a later Lightbody family member.	1
9		The Paintings of Alexander Lightbody 1855 - 1905 Selected paintings by Alexander Lightbody who had his studio in Carluke in the late 19th Century.	28
10		Wartime Gallantry - First World War and Prior Examples of WWI bravery from the family, three went out and only two ever returned to their families in the UK.	5
11		Wartime Gallantry - Second World War Two examples of WWII bravery in unusual circumstances.	4