Bennett family – Shandon People and History

Funeral of Rev Bennett’s Wife

DUNDEE COURIER, MONDAY 20TH JANUARY 1936 WIFE OF FORMER EAST WEMYSS MINISTER FUNERAL OF MRS BENNETT The funeral took place on Saturday of Mrs Helen Bennett wife of Rev George Bennett, from the Manse, Shandon, Dumbartonshire, to Wemyss Cemetery. Mrs Bennett was well known in Wemyss parish, where her husband was minister of St George’sContinue reading “Funeral of Rev Bennett’s Wife”

Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 8

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 presentContinue reading “Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 8”

Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 7

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 presentContinue reading “Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 7”

Church Day Out

THE FIFE FREE PRESS, SATURDAY, 21 JUNE 1947 DISTRICT NEWS – EAST WEMYSS WORK PARTY DRIVE Members of St George’s Church Ladies’ Work Party and friends, numbering thirty took part in a very enjoyable bus drive to Oban on Monday. They passed through the picturesque countryside surrounding Lochearnhead, where a brief halt was made. ObanContinue reading “Church Day Out”

Death of Reverend George Bennett

FIFE FREE PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1956 EAST WEMYSS DISTRICT NEWS – TRIBUTE TO FORMER MINISTER The Rev. Alex. Macrae paid tribute to a former minister of the Church, the Rev. George Bennett, at the morning service in St George’s on Sunday. Mr Bennett, who died recently, was minister of St George’s from 1916 toContinue reading “Death of Reverend George Bennett”