Dear blog reader
This is the eighth 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
Renfrewshire Independent, Saturday 3rd September 1864.
At the Free Church Manse, Shandon, on the 27th ult., the wife of the Rev A M McCallum, a son.
The Scotsman, Tuesday 11th August 1891.
At the Free Church Manse, Shandon, on the 9th inst., the wife of Rev Hugh Miller, MA, a daughter.
MARRIAGES
Greenock Advertiser, Friday 28th April 1854.
At West Shandon, on the 25th inst., by the Rev Dr Napier, Graham Wilkin, Esq., London, to Isabella, daughter of Robert Napier, Esq., of West Shandon.
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 Johnston, Esq., of Croy, Shandon, Dumbartonshire, NB.
SILVER WEDDINGS
Leven Mail, Wednesday 17th March 1971.
On 15th March, 1946, by the Rev James Lee BD, William Meldrum Allan, to Elizabeth Boyter MacKenzie. Present address, 6 Woodlea Crescent, Shandon, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.
DEATHS
The Scotsman, Wednesday 11th May 1842.
At Shandon, Gareloch, Dumbartonshire, on the 2nd inst., Mrs Walter Buchanan.
Dundee Courier, Monday 23rd October 1865.
At the Free Church Manse, Shandon, on the 19th inst., the infant son of the Rev A M MacCallum.
The Scotsman, Friday 26th November 1926.
Miller. At the Manse, Shandon, on the 24th instant, Annie Scott, beloved wife of the Rev Hugh Miller, MA, and daughter of the late Walter MacLellan, JP, of Blairvaddick, Row. Funeral service in Shandon Church on Saturday (tomorrow) at 2.30pm. Cars will await at Helensburgh the arrival of the 1.10pm train from Queen Street, Glasgow. Friends desirous of attending please notify Waldie & Co, Helensburgh. This is the only intimation and invitation.
The Scotsman, Thursday 16th January 1936.
Bennett. At the Manse, Shandon, Dumbartonshire, on 15th January 1936, Helen Bennett, wife of Rev George Bennett. Service in Shandon Church at 10am on Saturday. Interment at East Wemyss Cemetery at 3pm. Friends please meet cortege there.
Fifeshire Advertiser, Saturday 8th September 1956
Bennett. At Glasgow, on Sunday, 2nd September, the Rev George Bennett, late of Shandon, and minister of St George’s, East Wemyss, 1915 – 1926.
Shandon People and History 
My mother was very fond of Rev Bennett and always went to see him when on leave from the ATS during the war. In 1948 he married my parents.
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Lizanne, that’s a lovely connection. There should be more blog posts on the Bennett family soon. Jacqueline.
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