Dear blog reader
This is the ninth 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
GLASGOW HERALD, TUESDAY 20TH JULY 1869
At the manse, Shandon, on the 17th instant, the wife of the Rev A Murray MacCallum; a son.
MARRIAGES
GLASGOW HERALD, MONDAY 15TH JUNE 1863
At Garelochhead, on the 12th instant, by the Rev Mr McCallum, MA, Shandon, Mr John Cowan, Glasgow to Agnes, daughter of Mr Peter Campbell.
PAISLEY HERALD AND RENFREWSHIRE ADVERTISER, SATURDAY 2ND JANUARY 1864
At Inellan, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev Wm Porteous, Mr Thomas Maxwell, Shandon, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Mr John McMillan, Inellan.
GLASGOW HERALD, TUESDAY 7TH FEBRUARY 1899
Keir – Murray. At Ardgare, Shandon, on the 3rd inst., by the Rev Hugh Millar, MA, Shandon Free Church, Robert Keir, to Katie, eldest daughter of the late Murdoch Murray.
DUNDEE COURIER, SATURDAY 4TH JUNE 1832
Thorburn – Troup. At Rhu Church, on 1st June 1932, by the Rev Philip W Lilley, MA, Robert Douglas, eldest son of Mr and Mrs R Thorburn, Albion Cottage, Helensburgh, to Jessie McEwen younger daughter of the late Mr James Troup, Blairvaddick Lodge, Shandon and Mrs Troup, 28 John Street, Helensburgh.
DEATHS
GLASGOW HERALD, SATURDAY 5TH NOVEMBER 1859
At Ballernich Cottage, West Shandon, on the 4th inst., Margaret, only daughter of George Robertson, engineer, Glasgow. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
INVERNESS COURIER, THURSDAY 16TH DECEMBER 1869
At the Asylum for Indigent Old Men, Rottenrow, Glasgow, on the 6th inst., James MacKenzie,aged about 80, for upwards of 30 years the much-respect servant of R Napier, Esq of West Shandon.
GLASGOW HERALD, SATURDAY 3RD MARCH 1894
Swan. At Ardchapel, Shandon, on 1st March, William Swan, LLP, Emeritus Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of St Andrews – funeral at Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh, today (Saturday), at 12.30.
GLASGOW HERALD, WEDNESDAY 7TH JUNE 1899
McKinlay. At Woodbank Place, Shandon, on Tuesday, 8th June, Duncan McKinlay, in his 80th year.
GLASGOW HERALD, WEDNESDAY 28TH JUNE 1899
Miller. At Shandon, on 27th inst., James Miller (of Wm McLaren, Sons & Co, Limited, and 21 Woodside Place, Glasgow), in his 81st year. No flowers.
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