Hatches, Matches and Dispatches Part 1

Dear blog reader

This is the first part in a new series of Shandon hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers.

I have always found such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Shandon-based research.

Please note that for privacy reasons all entries will be 100 years old and over.

(Glossary: inst/instant means of the present month, ult/ultimo means of last month)

Births

Glasgow Herald 30 August 1864

At the Free Church Manse, Shandon, on the 27^th instant, the wife of the Rev A  McCallum; a son.

Glasgow Herald 15 May 1865

At Summerhill, Shandon, on the 13^th inst, Mrs Robt McCallum; twin sons.

Glasgow Herald 20 October 1865

At the Free Manse, Shandon, on the 18^th instant, the wife of the Rev A M MacCallum, a son.

Glasgow Herald 14 July 1866

At Shandon, Gareloch, on the 12^th inst, Mrs Neil Kennedy jun, 42 Kelvingrove Street, Glasgow; a daughter.

Glasgow Herald 20 September 1866

At the Free Church Manse, Shandon, on the 17^th instant, the wife of the Rev A Murray McCallum; a son.

Glasgow Herald 21 March 1868

At the Manse, Shandon, on the 19^th instant, the wife of the Rev A Murray MacCallum; a son.

Glasgow Herald 24 May 1870

At Greenhill, Shandon, on the 22^nd inst, the wife of John B Cowan, MD; a son.

Glasgow Herald 7 February 1871

At Shandon Manse, on the 4^th inst, the wife of the Rev A Murray MacCallum; a daughter.

Glasgow Herald 25 June 1872

At Shandon Manse, on the 22^nd inst, the wife of the Rev A Murray MacCallum; a son.

Dundee Evening Telegraph 5 September 1898

At Broomfield Cottage, Shandon, Dumbartonshire, on the 1^st inst, the wife of Archibald Thomson, gardener, of a daughter.

Marriages

Glasgow Herald 24 August 1849

At West Shandon, Dumbartonshire, on the 22^nd instant, by the Rev Dr Napier, William Rigby Esq of Portsmouth, to Jane, second daughter of Robert Napier Esq, of Shandon, engineer, Glasgow

Chester Chronicle 6 May 1854

25^th ult, at Shandon by the Rev Dr Napier, Graham Wilkin Esq, to Isabella, third daughter of Robert Napier, Esq, of West Shandon, Dumbartonshire

Caledonian Mercury 13 July 1857

At 2 Carlton Court, Glasgow, on the 16^th inst, by the Rev Mr Brodie, Shandon, Mr James Hutchison, New York to Mary Ann, daughter of David Wallace Esq.

Glasgow Herald 21 November 1867

At Shandon, Dumbartonshire, on the 20^th inst, by the Rev Alexander McEwen DD, John M Martin, younger, of Auchendennan, Dumbartonshire, to Isabella, second daughter of John Jamieson, Esq, Shandon

The same wedding:

Pall Mall Gazette 25 November 1867

Martin-Jamieson – At Shandon, Dumbartonshire, Mr J M Martin, younger, of Auchendennan, Dumbartonshire, to Isabella, second daughter of Mr J Jamieson, Shandon, 20th inst.

Glasgow Herald 16 September 1869

At Stuckenduff, Shandon, on the 14^th inst, bythe Rev John Laurie Fogo, Row, Mr George Harvie, chemist, Helensburgh to Joanna Thomson Hendry, granddaughter of Henry Taylor Esq, Stuckenduff

North British Daily Mail 4 August 1877

Primrose – Taylor – At Stuckenduff, Shandon on the 2^nd inst, by the Rev John Lawrie, assisted by the Rev John Webster, Mr Edward Primrose, ironmonger, to Jane, youngest daughter of the late Henry Taylor, Esq, merchant, Glasgow

Glasgow Herald 1 November 1898

McLachlan – At Laigh Bolernick, Shandon, on the 24^th Oct., William McLachlan, farmer, in his 78^th year – Funeral on Thursday from Laigh Bolernick at 1.30pm, and from the West Free Church, Helensburgh at 2.30, to Helensburgh Cemetery – Friends, kindly accept of this (the only) intimation – Australian and American papers, please copy.

Deaths

Glasgow Herald 26 May 1848

At West Shandon, on the 25^th instant, Robert Napier, jun, in his twentieth year

Caledonian Mercury 7 November 1859

At Ballernich Cottage, West Shandon, on the 4^th inst, Margaret, only daughter of George Robertson, engineer, Glasgow

Glasgow Herald 21 October 1865

At the Free Church Manse, Shandon, on the 19^th inst, the infant son of the Rev A M MacCallum.

Dundee Advertiser 24 October 1865

At the Free Church Manse, Shandon, on the 19^th inst, the infant son of the Rev A M MacCallum.

Glasgow Herald 6 January 1873

At Shandon House, Dumbartonshire, on the 4^th inst, Agnes Ritchie Miller, widow of John Jamieson Esq, of Shandon – Friends will please accept of this intimation.

North British Daily Mail 28 January 1873

Taylor – At Stuckenduff, Shandon, on the 27^th inst, Henry Taylor Esq, aged 89 years – Friends will please accept this intimation.

Glasgow Herald 1 March 1895

Cochrane – At Chapelburn, Shandon on the 27^th inst, aged 57 years, Miss Elizabeth Cochrane.

Glasgow Herald 4 March 1897

Baillie – At Shandon Cottage, Shandon, on the 3^rd inst, Violet Beith, in her 86^th year, relict of John Baillie.

Glasgow Herald 1 November 1898

Mclachlan – At Laigh Bolernick, Shandon, on the 30^th Oct, William McLachlan, farmer, in his 79^th year – Funeral on Thursday from Laigh Bolernick at1.30pm and from the West Free Church, Helensburgh at 2.30 to Helensburgh Cemetery – Friends, kindly accept of this (the only) intimation – Australian and American papers, please copy.