Dear blog reader
This is the seventh part in a series of Shandon hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers.
I always find such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Shandon-based research.
(Glossary: inst/instant means of the present month, relict means widow, ult/ultimo means of last month)
BIRTHS
NATIONAL ADVERTISER AND EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW GAZETTE, SATURDAY 8TH APRIL 1848
Mrs James Dunlop, a son; at West Shandon, on the 1st inst.
GLASGOW HERALD, THURSDAY 30TH JANUARY 1868
At Shandon, Gareloch, on the 28th instant, Mrs Alex McCallum; a son, still born.
DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY 22ND AUGUST 1894
At West Shandon, Dumbartonshire, on the 20th inst., Mrs Charles Neaves, of a son
MARRIAGES
STIRLING OBSERVER, THURSDAY 29TH OCTOBER 1846
At Shandon, on the 29th instant, Charles Wilson Browne, Esq., to Ellen, daughter of Walter Buchanan, Esq., of Shandon, Dumbartonshire.
DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 1891
At the parish Church of Row, on the 9th inst., by the Rev J M Webster, MA, Captain Coldstream James Carden, the Connaught Rangers, fourth son of the late Sir John Carden, Bart. of Templemore Abbey, County Tipperary, to Rose Margaret Ponton, youngest daughter of the late David Johnstone, Esq., of Croy, Shandon, Dumbartonshire, NB.
DUNDEE COURIER, WEDNESDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 1902
Twaddle-McTaggart – At UF Curch, Shandon, on the 14 inst., by the Rev Hugh Miller, MA, George Twaddle, son of Thomas Twaddle, Cathkin, to Maggie Isabella, youngest daughter of Alaexander McTaggart, The Schoolhouse, Shandon.
(Also see next entry).
THOMSON’S WEEKLY NEWS, SATURDAY 22ND NOVEMBER 1902
Geddes-McTaggart – At UF Church, Shandon, on the 14th inst., by the Rev Hugh Miller, MA, JohnGeddes, eldest son of the late James Geddes, Boharm, Banffshire, to Grace, eldest daughter of Alexander McTaggart, The Schoolhouse, Shandon.
(Also see previous entry).
OBAN TIMES AND ARGYLLSHIRE ADVERTISER, SATURDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 1938
MacDonald-MacGillivray – At the Manse, Shandon, on the 19th November 1938, by the Rev George Bennett; John Roderick, eldest son of the late Mr Angus MacDonald and of Mrs MacDonald, Balmaqueen, Kilmalung, Skye, to Annie, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs John MacGillivray, Ballymeanach, Gribun, Mull.
DEATHS
STIRLING OBSERVER, THURSDAY 6TH MAY 1852
At Brandon Place, Glasgow, on the 28th ultimo, Christina Laura, wife of Walter Buchanan, Esq., of Shandon, and eldest daughter of Jas. Smith, Esq., of Jordanhill.
DUNDEE COURIER, SATURDAY 15TH MARCH 1884
At Shandon, Gareloch, on the 13th inst., Major-General Charles MacWhirter Mercer, Royal Artillery (Bengal) aged 55.
DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY 22ND APRIL 1890
At Shandon, Gareloch, on the 18th April, Charles Leslie Gordon, beloved third son of Major-General Grant.
THE SCOTSMAN, THURSDAY 18TH JUNE 1903
Brown – At Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, suddenly, on Sunday, 14th June, William Lochore Brown, of Linnburn. Shandon, in his 64th year. Friends please accept this (the only) intimation.
Shandon People and History 