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”
Shandon Valuation Roll 1915
Dear blog reader Welcome to the seventh part in a series, a list of the people, with house names where known, who were connected with Shandon in 1915. In 1915 Shandon had 75 households listed, a slight decrease on 1905. In 1905 Shandon had 82 households listed which was a vast increase on the anomalyContinue reading “Shandon Valuation Roll 1915”