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This site can now only be accessed by approved users following too many automated bot attacks. Genuine user requests will be granted. Our main family names are WEST and HODGSON and we come mostly from Scotland and the North East of England and we are happy to share information with other genuine Family History enthusiasts.

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Why is this site Victory4 ?

If you wondering why the site is Victory4 it is because Tom's Grandfather was a Salmon and Lobster Fisherman. His first working boat, a carvel built punt, was Victory(1), named after the training ship he started in the RNR in WW1. The punt was old when he first had it and was eventually replaced with a clinker built rowing boat Victory(2). A while after his death in 1963 my father sold Victory(2) because of the maintenance as she was only used when we were on holiday, and replaced her with a fiberglass built rowing boat Victory(3). Alas I have no boat but this website is my vessel of choice for telling our story, hence Victory4.

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1897-1900 Strachan - West
1897-1900 Strachan - West
Circa 1900 John Strachan 1843 & Mary Ann West 1852
The girl front left maybe Harriet Lawrence Strachan b1897. Its possible the older Girl to the right is Elsie West Strachan b1887. The three boys maybe some Strachan nephews as there likely ages don't fit with Thomas West Snr's grandchildren.  
1965 Portmahomack
1965 Portmahomack
Portmahomack Harbour home from a trip in Victory2 
Chipper Elsie's Shop Skelton St Peterhead
Chipper Elsie's Shop Skelton St Peterhead
Chipper Elsie's Shop Skelton St Peterhead which was formerly Thomas West Tailors Shop Skelton St Peterhead. Elise Bruce was Thomas West's great niece

The Shop went onto be Elsie's hardware store 
Chipper Elsie's Shop Skelton St Peterhead
Chipper Elsie's Shop Skelton St Peterhead
Chipper Elsie's Shop Skelton St Peterhead which was formerly Thomas West Tailors Shop Skelton St Peterhead. Elise Bruce was Thomas West's great niece.

The Shop went onto be Elsie's hardware store. Out front are her Husband Thomas Bruce and son John Bruce 

Individuals

ALEXANDER, Isabella
   b. 1876, Peterhead, Aberdeen
STRACHAN, John
   b. 1875, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
WEST, Alexander
   b. Abt 1864, Gamrie,Banff,Scotland
WEST, James
   b. 17 Aug 1868, Gamrie,Banff,Scotland
MCGEE, Elizabeth
   b. 30 Dec 1797, Old Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire
WEST, Elspet
   b. 1839
WEST, William
   b. 2 Aug 1835, Gamrie,Banff,Scotland
WEST, Alexander
   b. 2 Oct 1838, Gamrie,Banff,Scotland
HERD, Nancy
   b. 16 Nov 1912, Findochty, Bannfshire
SUMMERS, Stephen
   b. 9 Jan 1911, Peterhead, Aberdeen

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