Dear blog reader This is the fourth 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 presentContinue reading “Hatches Matches and Dispatches part 4”
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Public breakdown of a Shandon marriage
THE SCOTSMAN, SATURDAY 20 JULY 1940 UNHAPPY MARRIAGE – WOMAN GOLFER’S ACTION – ALIMENT REFUSED An action by Mrs Sybil Messum or Fleming, Harrow Lodge, Baldslow, St Leonards-On-Sea, Sussex – runner-up in the West of Scotland Ladies Golf Championship in 1938, and winner of the Renfrewshire County Championship in 1939 – who sued for separationContinue reading “Public breakdown of a Shandon marriage”
Sale of Linnburn in 1859
GLASGOW HERALD, 4TH APRIL 1859 VILLA ON THE GARELOCH To be sold, by public roup, within the Faculty Hall, Saint George’s Place, Glasgow, on Wednesday the 20th day of April, 1859, at one o’clock afternoon (if not previously sold by private bargain). The villa of Linnburn, near Shandon, in the parish of Row and countyContinue reading “Sale of Linnburn in 1859”
Sale of the Shandon collection – part 10
Dear blog reader. Here is the tenth part of the series on the sale of the contents of Shandon House, also known as the Shandon collection. This blog post describes Robert Napier’s picture collection and the remains of his library which were sold on the 3rd day of the sale of the contents of ShandonContinue reading “Sale of the Shandon collection – part 10”
Sale of the Shandon Collection – part 9
Dear blog reader. Here is the ninth part of the series on the sale of the contents of Shandon House, also known as the Shandon collection. This blog post describes the remains of Robert Napier’s porcelain which was sold on the 2nd day of the sale of the contents of Shandon House. ****************************************** THE GLASGOWContinue reading “Sale of the Shandon Collection – part 9”
Search for two in Gareloch
ABERDEEN PRESS AND JOURNAL, 18 SEPTEMBER 1964 SCOTS LOCH SEARCH FOR TWO BOATMEN Screams for help sent a launch racing to where a lonely figure clung to an upturned boat in a Scottish loch yesterday. And as 42-year-old Mr Charles Watson of Millvaig Drive, Farnhill, Rutherglen, was hauled from the Gareloch half-drowned, he gasped outContinue reading “Search for two in Gareloch”
Embezzler Found in Shandon
EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1957 BANK TELLER EMBEZZLED £2980 ON WEDDING EVE A 26 year old bank teller who embezzled £2980 two days before his wedding day went to London for a period of ‘highly riotous existence’, the Procurator Fiscal, Mr Robert MacDonald, said in Glasgow Sheriff Court today. A month late heContinue reading “Embezzler Found in Shandon”
Shandon Valuation Roll 1940
Dear blog reader Welcome to the twelfth and final part in a series, a list of the people, with house names where known, who were connected with Shandon in 1940. (Please see a note at the end of this introduction regarding the next series particularly for my blog readers looking for their ancestors in Shandon.)Continue reading “Shandon Valuation Roll 1940”
DEATH OF JOHN MACFARLAN
DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1900 DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN CATTLE BREEDER Mr John MacFarlan, JP, Faslane, Gareloch, died yesterday morning at the age of 92. He was confined to bed for only a few days, and the more immediate cause of death was failure of the heart’s action. His grandfather owned property inContinue reading “DEATH OF JOHN MACFARLAN”
Ordination At Shandon
GLASGOW MORNING JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1862 ORDINATION AT SHANDON On Thursday last the Free Presbytery of Dumbarton met in the Church, at Shandon, for the purpose of ordaining the Rev A Murray McCallum, who had been the unanimous choice of the people, as pastor of that Church. The Rev Mr Tait, of Dumbarton, moderatorContinue reading “Ordination At Shandon”
Shandon People and History 