Shipwright or ships carpenter

[GAFFER1]

Hi All,
Looking back through my family tree on the Ships Carpenters/Carpenters pre 1881 Census then later on they had changed to Ships Platers, this was due to the Metal ships being brought into service.

[JAP1]

... My g.grandfather Andrew Higgie is listed as being a ships carpenter on his marriage certificate and on several of the birth certificates on some of his children in Australia, except for 2 where he states he is a shipwright. Andrew was born in Newburgh, Fife, Scotland; I would still like to find out where he learnt his trade whether it be Dundee or Glasgow. He married in Glasgow in 1870. ...

Hi June Welsby,

I'm a bit puzzled where Dundee, Angus comes into the equation. Have I missed something?

You say that he was born in Newburgh, Fife and married Jemima MCKAY in 1870 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire at which time you say he was a Ship's Carpenter and was living in Newburgh, Fife.

So why Dundee (in Angus/Forfar, the other side of the Firth of Tay)?

Best regards,

JAP