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  1. 18th July 09, 09:04 AM #1
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    Found this on ElectricScotland

    In Hispanic California, for example, Hugo Reid, originally from Cardross, married a wealthy Gabrieleno woman, Doña Victoria. By this union he inherited two ranchos and two adopted sons, Felipe and José, who soon sported imported kilts and went by the surname Reid.
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    Fernec Szaz's Scots in the North American West 1790-1917 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2000) also discusses the "Scots Piasano of Los Angeles" in some detail.

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