Cairneyhill People and History

Cairneyhill Deaths

DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 1905

WELL-KNOWN DUNFERMLINE MAN DEAD

A well-known personage belonging to Cairneyhill, near Dunfermline, name Campbell Drysdale, retired coal agent, died suddenly last night.

During the day he had as usual been in Dunfermline, and on returning to his home in Cairneyhill he was seized with a shock and expired.

Deceased was well-known in Dunfermline and district.

DUNDEE COURIER, FRIDAY 19TH JANUARY 1940

BOY KILLED ON FIFE ROAD

A boy was killed in a road accident near Dunfermline yesterday.

The boy was 13-year-old James Murdoch McDonald, only son of John McDonald, Main Street, Cairneyhill. The accident occurred at the overhead railway bridge on the Torryburn-Newmills road.

The lad was crossing the road, when he was knocked down by a bus. He was taken to a first-aid post nearby, but was found to be dead.

James’s parents formerly resided at Bankhead, Cairneyhill.

DUNDEE COURIER, SATURDAY 23RD JUNE 1945

FIFE CHILD KILLED BY MOTOR VAN

Robert Turner Beattie, the two-year-old child of George Beattie, railway worker, Station House, Cairneyhill, was instantaneously killed by being knocked down and run over by a motor van in Station Road, Cairneyhill, yesterday afternoon.

Myrend Farm

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 13TH AUGUST 1864

GROWING CROP AND HAY FOR SALE AT MYREND NENAR CAIRNEYHILL

Mr Brown has been instructed by Mr James Bardner, to sell by public roup, on the farm of Myrend of Pitfirrane, on Wednesday, 17th August current.

The way-going crop consisting of 23 acres of oats, 16 acres of barley, 8 acres of wheat.

Also about 700 stones of rye-grass hay.

The turnips and potatoes will be exposed to public sale on a future day, of which due notice will be given.

Roup will begin at two o’clock afternoon, and credit given on approved security.

John Brown, auctioneer. Dunfermline, August 12, 1864.

THE SCOTSMAN, SATURDAY 22ND MARCH 1924

Immediate occupation – Cairneyhill, Dunfermline.

For sale or to let, desirable self-contained house, 2 storeys, 3 public rooms, hall, 3 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, other conveniences, about half-acre walled-in garden, outhouses, ample space for garage.

Mrs J Erskine, Myrend Farm, Cairneyhill, Dunfermline.

THE SCOTSMAN, SATURDAY 17TH FEBRUARY 1934

DEATH OF WEST FIFE FARMER

The remains of Mr John Erskine, a prominent personality in farming circles in West Fife, were interred in Cairneyhill churchyard, near Dunfermline, yesterday.

He became tenant of Myrend, Cairneyhill, on the death of his brother, Mr David Erskine, nearly forty years go. Latterly, he had been proprietor of the holding, which he farmed with great success.

He was 66 years of age, and is survived by his widow and a family of four sons and two daughters.

Cairneyhill Accidents

LEVEN ADVERTISER & WEMYSS GAXETTE, TUESDAY 20TH AUGUST 1935

FIFE MINER’S FATAL FALL – CYCLING ACCIDENT NEAR DUNFERMLINE

John Redmond Stewart, Mansion Buildings, Cairneyhill, a 30-year-old miner, was fatally injured as the result of a fall from his bicycle on the outskirts of Dunfermline on Saturday.

Stewart had been at the football match in Dunfermline and was returning home at night when the accident occurred.

Midway down the brae known as Urquhart Cut, on the Dunfermline-Crossford road, he swerved and applied his brakes in order to avoid a woman pedestrian. He was thrown from the machine and rendered unconscious.

People in the vicinity came to his help, and he was rushed in the ambulance to Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital, where he was found to be suffering from a fractured skull. He died in hospital on Sunday.

Stewart is survived by his widow and a child.

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, THURSDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 1937

FIFE DRIVER’S OFFENCE

A fine was imposed at Dunfermline Sheriff Court today on Malcolm Livingstone, motor van driver, 92 Lumphinnans Road, Lochgelly, for driving a motor van without due care and attention on the Dunfermline-Cairneyhill road whereby it collided with and damaged a motor lorry driven by Hugh Wallbanks, motor lorry drive, 16 Edina Place, Easter Road, Dunfermline.

Fires in Cairneyhill

DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, MONDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 1906

FIFE ROAD SCENE. HAY CART ON FIRE.

Excitement was occasioned near Cairneyhill on Saturday by a cart of hay going on fire. A cart belonging to Mr Charles Beveridge, farmer, was proceeding along the highway, and when near to Cairneyhill the hay was observed to be on fire. Before the flames could be extinguished the hay, valued at £3 10s, and the cart at £14, were both destroyed. The fire is supposed to have been caused by a match having been thrown amongst the hay.

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, MONDAY 20TH DECEMBER 1937

FIFE FARM FIRES. DUNFERMLINE BRIGADE’S BUSIEST DAY.

Dunfermline Fire Brigade had a busy day yesterday, answering calls to two farm fires.

In the morning the brigade received a call to Waulkmill, Charlestown, where two stacks of hay in a field were destroyed. They were summoned in the evening to a fire at Bankhead, Cairneyhill, about two miles north of Waulkmill. A barn and other buildings were destroyed.

Sabbath School Picnic

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS – SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 1881

CROSSFORD – PICNIC

Through the kindness of L Dalgleish Esq, and Mrs Dalgleish, of Keavil and Pitfirrane, the children attending the day and Sabbath schools of Crossford and Cairneyhill had their third annual picnic on Saturday.

The place selected was a park in front of Keavil House. The party, numbering nearly 200, reached the appointed place about three pm. After a few preliminary games had been heartily enjoyed, an excellent tea, with abundant accompaniments, was served out to the children, under the superintendence of Mrs Dalgleish, who, along with a number of lady friends, exerted themselves to the utmost to make the young folks perfectly happy.

Thereafter, a varied programme of games and amusements was entered upon, and carried out with great spirit, for which a large number of useful and ornamental articles were given as prizes. Hymns and songs were sung at intervals, led by their respective teachers.

The weather was excellent, and all enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Before leaving the grounds, very hearty votes of thanks were awarded by the children to Mr and Mrs Dalgleish for their renewed kindness in giving the picnic, and to the ladies who had so ably assisted them in carrying out successfully the different arrangements.

Woman Injured by Explosion

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY 30TH DECEMBER 1961

WOMAN INJURED BY EXPLOSION IN FIFE HOUSE

Mrs Gwendoline Redwood (22) who was injured in an explosion in her home in Cairneyhill, near Dunfermline, yesterday, was stated today to be satisfactory in Bangour Hospital.

The explosion occurred after Mrs Redwood and her husband, a leading seaman aboard the submarine Thermopylae, at Rosyth, returned to their home in Main Street, Cairneyhill, yesterday morning after their Christmas holiday in the south.

Mr Redwood went straight to his ship, and Mrs Redwood lit the fires in the living room and bedroom. Shortly afterwards, the whole fireplace in the living room was blown out and Mrs Redwood received the full blast.

Mrs Redwood, her face covered with soot and blood, ran out of the house and stumbled into a neighbour’s home. She was taken by ambulance to Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital and later transferred to Bangour.

Deaths in Cairneyhill

Dear blog reader

I do hope you find this compilation of reports of Cairneyhill deaths interesting.

Best wishes

Jacqueline

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EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1937

FATALLY BURNED IN WASHHOUSE

Charlotte Skeel (60), who resided at Main Street, Cairneyhill, has died in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital from burning injuries received on Tuesday morning.

Her clothing became ignited while she was lighting her washhouse fire. Neighbours extinguished the flames by wrapping a rug round her.

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940

WEST FIFE FATALITIES

Two fatalities occurred in West Fife yesterday. The victims were James Murdoch McDonald (13), Main Street, Cairneyhill, who was knocked down by a bus near Torryburn School, and James Herd, miner, 43 Midfield Terrace, Steelend, who was knocked down by a lorry near Saline.

EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1961

FATAL SEIZURE

A 74-year-old retired miner, Mr Peter Hogg, of Main Street, Cairneyhill, who collapsed in Queen Anne Street, Dunfermline, yesterday afternoon, died on his way to hospital

Cairneyhill 1841 Census Part 3

Dear blog reader

Below is part 3 of my series on the Cairneyhill censuses, pages 9 to 11 of the original schedule for the 1841 census, thus completing the 1841 census for the south side of the street in Cairneyhill.

I do hope all of you with Cairneyhill ancestors will find this useful.

Jacqueline.

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Cairneyhill – south side of the street.

Page 9 of the schedule.

Name	Age	Profession	If Scottish if born in county	Whether foreign , English or Irish
Peter Keir	1		Yes
Ann Keir	35		Yes
Robert Kirk	55	Linen weaver hand loom	Yes
James Kirk	14	Linen weaver hand loom apprentice	Yes
Janet Kirk	25		Yes
Margaret Kirk	15		Yes
George Turnbull	40	Agricultural labourer	Yes
Jean Turnbull	40
Margaret Turnbull	15		Yes
John Turnbull	15	Linen weaver hand loom apprentice	Yes
William Turnbull	13	Linen weaver hand loom apprentice	Yes
George Turnbull	13		Yes
Robert Turnbull	8		Yes
Jean Turnbull	4		Yes
David Deas	40	Agricultural labourer	Yes
Margaret Deas	15		Yes
Catherine Deas	8		Yes
Annie Deas	3		Yes
Robert Kay	50	Linen weaver hand loom	Yes
John Kay	15	Linen weaver hand loom	Yes
Margaret Kay	50		Yes
Margaret Kay	15		Yes
Margaret Finlayson	4		Yes
John Bald	35	Linen weaver hand loom	Yes
Sophia Bald	35		Yes

Page 10 of the schedule.

Name	Age	Occupation	If Scottish if born in county	Whether foreign , English or Irish
Janet Bald	15		Yes
James Bald	20		Yes
Alexander Bald	8		Yes
Matilda Bald	6		Yes
John Bald	4		Yes
William Bald	2		Yes
Margaret Wightman	80		Yes
Margaret Wightman	40		Yes
Mary Rennie	40		Yes
Robert A Rennie	11	Grocer’s apprentice	Yes
Helen Rennie	8		Yes
Robert Calderhead	45	Linen weaver hand loom	Yes
James Calderhead	20	Linen weaver hand loom	Yes
William Calderhead	14	Linen weaver hand loom	Yes
Robert Calderhead	12	Linen weaver hand loom	Yes
Jane Calderhead	18		Yes
Helen Calderhead	10		Yes
Eliza Calderhead	8		Yes
Jenny Calderhead	50		Yes
John More	50	Minister of the Gospel	No
Jane More	45	Teacher	No
Eliza More	20		Yes
Isabella More	15		Yes
Jane More	14		Yes
John More	11		Yes

Page 11 of the schedule.

Name	Age	Occupation	If Scottish if born in county	Whether foreign , English or Irish
Catherine More	9		Yes
James More	7		Yes
Mary More	4		Yes
Isabella Blyth	15			English
Janet Deas	15		Yes
Margaret Rae	15		No
Christian White	15		No
Ann Campbell	14		No
Elizabeth Richardson	15		No
Mary Richardson	13		No
Ann Neil	14		No
Agnes Baird	15			English
Helen Baird	15			English
Mary Ferrier	15		No
Margaret Ferrier	15		No
Elizabeth Kerr	8			Foreign
Jean Thomson	30	Female servant	No
Isabel Keddie	20	Female servant	Yes
Helen Reid	15	Female servant	Yes
Robert Anderson	45	Pianoforte Maker	No
Robert Anderson	8		No

Crime in Cairneyhill

Dear blog reader

I do hope you find this compilation of reports of Cairneyhill crime interesting.

Best wishes

Jacqueline

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FIFE HERALD, THURSDAY 31ST OCTOBER 1844

ASSAULT

On Sabbath evening as a respectable person was coming home from Cairneyhill, he saw two men fighting by the wayside, one of whom was down; he took off the assailant, only, however, to be assailed himself by the fellow, who, being assisted by another comrade, beat him unmercifully about the head and face, and then made off. The police are on the search for the cowardly rascals.

THE SCOTSMAN, WEDNESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 1897

THE GUN LICENCE

Before Sheriff Gillespie, at Dunfermline yesterday, John Downie, mason, Cairneyhill, was charged with having used a gun for the purposes of killing game without having taken out a licence. He was convicted on evidence, and fined £2, with the alternative of ten days’ imprisonment.

LEVEN ADVERTISER & WEMYSS GAZETTE, SATURDAY 19TH JANUARY 1929

STOLE FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILDREN

Sentence of seven days’ imprisonment for the theft of 14 lb of potatoes was imposed by Sheriff Umpherston at Dunfermline on Monday on Thomas Sneddon, miner, Cairneyhill, who gave as an excuse that he was unemployed, and stole the potatoes for the sake of the children.

The potatoes were stolen on Saturday in a field on South Pitdinnie Farm, Cairneyhill, belonging to the Dunfermline Co-Operative Society.

Sale of Muirside Stock and Implements

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 14TH OCTOBER 1882

MUIRSIDE DISPLENISHING SALE

DAY OF SALE ALTERED

To be sold by public roup, on Saturday, the 28th day of October 1882, the whole stock, crop and implements, on the farm of Muirside, near Cairneyhill, consisting of:-

Stock: 4 work mares, 1 work horse, 1 two-year-old colt and 1 foal.

Cattle: 3 milch cows, 9 six-quarter cattle, all home-bred, 1 bull in good condition, and suitable for breeding purposes, 4 calves and 1 brood sow.

Crop: about 15 acres turnips (yellows and swedes), a good crop, a quantity of early and champion potatoes (in pits) and a small quantity of barley straw.

Implements consisting of: 4 coup carts, 3 corn carts, 4 common ploughs, 2 drill ploughs, 1 grubber, 2 drill grubbers, 2 rollers, 1 brake harrow, 2 pair iron harrows, 1 pair wooden harrows, 1 Norwegian harrow, 1 pair saddle harrows, 1 self-delivery reaping machine, in excellent working order, 1 combined reaper and mower, 1 turnip slicer, 1 weighing machine, 5 sets harness (good), a six-horse thrashing mill, barn and dairy utensils etc etc.

Roup to begin at twelve o’clock. The usual credit on approved security. John Brown, auctioneer.