On Friday night Mr Wemyss addressed the electors of Torryburn, Cairneyhill and Crossford, in the U.P. Church at Cairneyhill. The Rev John More, having been called to the chair, introduced Mr Wemyss to the meeting, in a feeling and complimentary speech, alluding to the services of his late father, who had so long and so faithfully represented them in parliament, and expressing his conviction that, from all he had heard of his son, he would prove no unworthy successor to him.
Cairneyhill Church
Mr Wemyss then gave a clear and distinct statement of his opinions.
After satisfactorily answering various questions put to him by electors and non-electors, a motion was proposed, and carried by acclamation, that Mr Wemyss was a fit ad proper person to represent the county in parliament.
A vote of thanks was then cordially given to Mr More for his conduct in the chair; and the meeting dispersed – large numbers accompanying Mr Wemyss to his carriage with hearty cheers.
The annual exhibition of the Cairneyhill Society took place in the school room there on Friday the 19th ult. It consisted of vegetables, fruits and flowers, and a number of very superior specimens were produced in each department. Prizes were awarded to those who brought forward the most superior articles, by Mr Boston, gardener, Pitfirrane, Mr Halley, gardener, Craigflower, and Mr Crombie, Cairneyhill.
West End, Cairneyhill
After the exhibition upwards of thirty of the members of the Society with the judges sat down to an excellent dinner. After the usual loyal toasts, the health of Sir John Halkett, Baronet of Pitfirrane, of the Rev John Moir and family,and A Alison, Esq, of Blair and Oakley, were given and drunk with three times three. The evening was spent in the most agreeable manner, and the excellent singing of several gentlemen present added much to the hilarity of the meeting.
This is the seventh part in my series of Cairneyhill hatches, matches and dispatches that have appeared in the newspapers.
I have always found such finds very exciting in my own 30 years of family history research and I hope this helps anyone doing similar Cairneyhill-based research.
(Glossary: inst/instant means of the present month and ultimo means of last month).
MARRIAGES
FIFE HERALD, THURSDAY 21ST OCTOBER 1847
At Cairneyhill Manse, on the 13th curt., by the Rev John More, the Rev David Winton, who has been recently ordained as a missionary for Jamaica, to Ellen, second daughter of the late Alex Baird, Esq, MD, Liverpool.
DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 2ND AUGUST 1884
Hunter – Cousin. At Torryburn, on the 22nd ult., by the Rev Mr Gall, Joseph Hunter, to Margaret Cousin, widow of James Bennet, and eldest daughter of the late John Cousin, Cairneyhill.
DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 30TH AUGUST 1884
Anderson – Erskine. At Cairneyhill, on the 27th inst., by the Rev J Muir, Andrew Anderson, innkeeper, Torryburn, to Isabella, daughter of the late Mr Alex Erskine, Cairneyhill.
DUNDEE COURIER, FRIDAY 27TH DECEMBER 1861
At Queen Anne Street Manse, Dunfermline, on the 25th inst., by the father of the bride, assisted by the grandfather, the Rev John More, Cairneyhill – the Rev William Salmond, MA, UP Church, North Shields, to Jane Paxton, eldest daughter of the Rev James Young.
DUNDEE COURIER, MONDAY 20TH OCTOBER 1902
Beveridge – Butters. At Masterton, Dunfermline, on the 16th inst., by the Rev. Robert Stevenson, MA, Dunfermline Abbey, assisted by the Rev William Forbes, Cairneyhill, Charles Herbert Beveridge, Crombie, Dunfermline to Susan Taylor, eldest daughter of Hugh Butters.
Cairneyhill Church and Manse
DEATHS
DUNDEE, PERTH AND CUPAR ADVERTISER, FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST 1862
At Fort Hamilton, New York, on the 30th June, in the 39th year of his age, George, second son of the Rev John More, Cairneyhill, Dunfermline
DUNDEE COURIER, SATURDAY 23RD DECEMBER 1871
At Pleasants, Cairneyhill, by Dunfermline, on the 20th instant, Mr Thomas Duncanson, builder, in the 63rd year if his age.
DUNDEE COURIER, FRIDAY 25TH JULY 1873
Sadler – Duncanson. At York Lodge, Trinity, on the 21st inst., by the Rev Wm Graham, John Sadler, lecturer on botany in the Royal High School, and assistant to the Professor of Botany and Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, to Kate Faulds Duncanson, youngest daughter of the late Thomas Duncanson, builder, Cairneyhill, Fifeshire
EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY 8TH MAY 1875
At 50 India Place, Edinburgh, on the 7th inst., Jane Hodge, relict of the late William Hodge, Cairneyhill, Fifeshire, aged 46 years.
DUNDEE COURIER, TUESDAY 25TH APRIL 1879
At Cairneyhill, Dunfermline, on the 15th inst., Mr James Smeaton, aged 73 years.
EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, THURSDAY 8TH DECEMBER 1949
THE NEW LAMPS FOR THE OLD
Yesterday marked the change of a lifetime for many residents in the old-world village of Cairneyhill, Fife, when the newly installed electricity supply was switch on.
Mr and Mrs Reid
Mrs Reid
Top picture shows Mr and Mrs Reid of Cook’s Buildings, Main Street, Cairneyhill, cleaning their oil lamp for the last time: they had used only paraffin for 20 years. Below – Mrs Reid knits by the light of her new electric table-lamp.
District of Dunfermline, road meetings and tolls to let.
Notice is hereby given, in terms of the Act 1st and 2d William IV Cap. 43, that a Special General Meeting of the Trustees of the Turnpike Roads in the district of Dunfermline, will be held in the townhouse there, on Monday the 6th August next, at twelve o’clock noon, for the purpose of determining on a proposal for removing the check bar on the statute labour road, leading northwards from the turnpike road near the village of Cairneyhill to Saline.
An ordinary general meeting of said trustees will immediately thereafter be held, when the tolls and duties leviable at the following bars will be exposed to let by public roup, for one year after Martinmas 1838, viz:
Gillanderson, North Ferry, Crossford, Pittencrieff, Ladysmill, Rumblingwell, Dander Inn check, Torryburn, Crossgates, Towngreen, Stewart’s Arms, Hospital, Inverkeithing Bridge.
Offerers are particularly requested to have their cautioners present at the roup.
Articles and conditions of the lease of the several bars will be seen by application to Mr John MacDonald, treasurer to the trust, Mr Drysdale, surveyor, or to Rob. Douglas, clerk.
Dunfermline, 10th June 1838.
Cairneyhill Railway Station
BRIDGE OF ALLAN GAZETTE, SATURDAY 21ST JUNE 1930.
The London and North Eastern Railway Coy. intimate that the passenger train services on the Dunfermline and Kincardine, and Alloa and Kincardine branch lines will be withdrawn on and from July 7th, 1930. The stations affected are Cairneyhill, Torryburn, Culross, Clackmannan and Kennet, Kilbagie, and Kincardine. Parcel traffic will, however, continue to be dealt with at these stations, but the company will not be able to deal with horse-box traffic at any of them.
The Horticultural Society here held its second exhibition for the season in the village school-room on Friday 17th September. Mr Alex Stenhouse, Pitfirrane and Mr James Grandison, Valleyfield acted as judges and awarded the prizes as follows:
Best 4 dahlias – 1st James King, 2nd James Clark. Best 3 spikes hollyhocks – 1st James Clark, 2nd Alex Deas. Best 3 African marigolds – 1st James Clark, 2nd William Black. Best 4 French marigolds – 1st James Swan, 2nd Andrew Dobbie. Best 4 heaviest apples – 1st John Robertson, 2nd James Duncanson. Best 4 jargonelle pears – 1st Henry Arnott, 2nd John Robertson. Best 2 cauliflowers – 1st Thomas Reid, 2nd Henry Deas. Best 12 pods beans – 1st John Downie, 2nd James Clark. Best 25 pods peas – 1st W Black, 2nd James Clark. Best 6 spring sown onions – 1st Andrew McNair, 2nd H Deas. Best 4 leeks – James Clark and James Swan equal. Best 1 savoy – 1st W Black, 2nd Andrew Dobbie. Best 3 carrots – 1st Alex Deas, 2nd Angus Hodge. Best 2 Swedish turnips – 1st Henry Deas, 2nd James Swan. Best 6 potatoes – 1st Henry Deas, 2nd James Kay. Best 1 late cabbage – 1st John Downie, 2nd Alex Deas. Best 1 savoy – Andrew Dobbie. Best 12 pods peas – James Clark and Alex Deas equal. Best 6 onions – W Black. Best 1 red cabbage – 1st James Swan, 2nd Henry Deas.
Myre End Farm
Best 3 carrots – 1st Angus Hodge, 2nd Henry Arnott. Best 12 calico potatoes – Peter Deas. Best 6 blue kidney potatoes – W Black. Best 2 Swedish turnips – Alexander Bald. Best 3 heaviest stalks rhubarb – W Black. Best 6 onions – Alexander Deas. Best 6 onions – 1st W Black, 2nd Henry Deas. Best 4 jargonelle pears – Henry Arnott. Best 6 dahlias – 1st James Kay, 2nd James Clark. Best 3 asters and 3 French marigolds – James Kay. Best 3 spikes hollyhocks – James Clark. Best 1 stock of German greens – 1st James Kay, 2nd James Clark. Best 6 dahlias – 1st James Kay, 2nd James Clark. Best 4 herbaceous – Alexander Deas. Best 6 hollyhock blooms – 1st James Swan, 2nd James Clark. Best 4 asters – 1st James Swan, 2nd James Kay. Best 3 phloxes – James Swan. Best 3 stalks love lies bleeding – 1st Alex Deas, 2nd Angus Hodge. Best 1 hand-bouquet – Peter Deas. Best 4 asters – 1st James Kay, 2nd Andrew McNair. Best 4 stocks – 1st Peter Deas, 2nd James Swan. Best 4 asters – 1st James Kay, 2nd ANdrew McNair. Best 4 asters – 1st James Swan, 2nd James Kay. Best 6 French marigolds – 1st Andrew Dobbie, 2nd James Clark.
After the exhibition closed, the members and judges, with a few friends, sat down to an excellent dinner, to which they did ample justice; and after enjoying themselves for a few hours with songs and recitations, they separated in peace and soberness, although MacKenzie durst not interfere.
FIFESHIRE – FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY, THE DESIRABLE RESIDENTIAL SPORTING AND AGRICULTURAL ESTATE OF KEAVIL AND PITFIRRANE.
The estate lies about two miles to the west of Dunfermline and extends, including feus in the villages of Crossford and Cairneyhill, to about 1,800 acres.
The Mansion House on the estate, known as ‘Keavil House’ is commodious, and there are attractive gardens and policies, and a very substantial home farm steading. The estate is very easily accessible from all parts, the station being Dunfermline.
Pitfirrane West Lodge, Cairneyhill
The various farms on the estate comprise good agricultural land, and are let to substantial tenants. There is good partridge shooting and the coverts are capable of holding a good head of pheasants.
Keavil Mansion House with the home farm steading and about 150 acres of grass parks round nit might be sold separately. The rental of the estate is £2,614.
For further particulars apply to Messrs MacKenzie, Innes & Logan, WS, 25 Melville Street, Edinburgh.
The retirement of the Misses C and N Flint, postmistresses, has ended a family connection with Cairneyhill village post office, near Dunfermline, lasting for 64 years. The Misses Flint have received a public presentation.
Church and Manse, Cairneyhill
SOUTHERN REPORTER, THURSDAY 15TH MARCH 1984
REVEREND’S PROGRESS
In recent weeks, BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Let US Worship’ has been following the progress of the Rev. Robert Henderson who moved from Melrose to the linked charge of Limekilns and Cairneyhill in Fife.
On Sunday, March 18, the Rev. Murray Leishman chaplain at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and a friend of the Hendersons, preaches Mr Henderson into his new charge and commends him to his new congregation.
Wanted – a teacher for the village school at Cairneyhill.
He mus be qualified to teach English reading, writing, arithmetic, geography and Latin.
Application to be made to Mr John Bruce, Feuar, Cairneyhill, by Dunfermline, within a month from this date.
Cairneyhill, August 22nd 1853.
Pitfirrane West Lodge, Cairneyhill
DUNDEE COURIER, TUESDAY 11TH OCTOBER 1881
DUNFERMLINE
NEW SCIENCE AND ART CLASS
On Saturday Mr Andrew Roberts, teacher, Cairneyhill, who holds a master’s certificate from the Science and Art department, South Kensington, opened a class in the Industrial School for the instruction of pupil teachers and others in the subjects of electromagnetism and electricity.
The class will be superintended by the Committee of the Government science and art classes conducted elsewhere in the town.
Cairneyhill People and History 