DUNFERMLINE PRESS, THURSDAY 28TH APRIL 1859 MR WEMYSS AT CAIRNEYHILL 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 servicesContinue reading “Cairneyhill Politics”
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Death of Rev William Cunningham
ST ANDREWS CITIZEN, FRIDAY 25TH NOVEMBER 1994 DEATH OF RETIRED MINISTER The Rev. William Louden Cunningham has died in St Andrews at the age of 91. A graduate of Edinburgh University, he was minister at Cairneyhill in Dunfermline before he retired to Strathkinness in 1968. Following the death of his wife he moved to StContinue reading “Death of Rev William Cunningham”
Career of Rev Bob Henderson
SOUTHERN REPORTER, THURSDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 1984 HOSPITAL’S STAFF AND PATIENTS BID CHAPLAIN FAREWELL Patients and staff at Dingleton Hospital, Melrose said their farewells last Thursday to their chaplain for the past eight years, the Rev Bob Henderson. And to mark their appreciation, Hospital Administrator Mr Tom Skinner, presented the Rev Henderson with an engraved carriageContinue reading “Career of Rev Bob Henderson”
Death in Cairneyhill
GLASGOW COURIER, SATURDAY 6TH MAY 1848 WILLS The late Sir John Halkett, Bart., of Pitfirrane, Fifeshire, in North Britain, son of the late Admiral Sir Peter Halkett, Bart., has devised his estates in Scotland and England, as are not entailed, with the estate of Pitfirrane, to his eldest son, Sir Peter Arthur Halkett, Bart., andContinue reading “Death in Cairneyhill”
Cairneyhill Church
PAISLEY HERALD AND RENFREWSHIRE ADVERTISER, SATURDAY 19TH JUNE 1858 ST JAMES STREET U.P. CHURCH Agreeably to appointment of Presbytery, a meeting of St James Street U.P. Congregation was held in the church on the 14th inst. The Rev Mr France acted as moderator. Almost unanimously, Mr Peter C Duncanson, of Cairneyhill,near Dunfermline, was chosen toContinue reading “Cairneyhill Church”
Reverend John More
Dear blog reader I would suggest that the third article below is in respect of the Reverend John More senior and the first and second articles are in respect of his son, Reverend John More junior. Jacqueline ***************************************** FIFESHIRE JOURNAL, THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 1851 DUNFERMLINE – UNITED PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL HALL We understand that Mr JohnContinue reading “Reverend John More”
Cairneyhill Centenary Service
STIRLING OBSERVER, THURSDAY 27 JULY 1854 DUNFERMLINE: CENTENARY SERVICES AT CAIRNEYHILL Cairneyhill is classic ground in the estimation of Scottish Seceders, and is associated with the early history of a body which through their own energy, or by the influence their principles have had upon others, has filled Scotland with Dissenters. The Centenary of theContinue reading “Cairneyhill Centenary Service”
Congregational Soiree
FIFE HERALD, THURSDAY 1 AUGUST 1850 CAIRNEYHILL. CONGREGATIONAL SOIREE. During the summer, the congregation here, under the Rev John More, has made very great exertions to improve their place of worship, which was about the worst and most primitive of tabernacles in all the western district. Damp, dark, ill-contrived and old-fashioned, worship in it was little betterContinue reading “Congregational Soiree”
Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 3
Dear blog reader This is the third 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 theContinue reading “Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 3”
Death of Rev William Forbes
ABERDEEN WEEKLY JOURNAL, THURSDAY 10TH JUNE 1943 47 YEARS MINISTER IN FIFE The Rev. William Forbes, a native of Aberdeen, who was minister of Cairneyhill Church, Fife, for over forty-seven years, has died at the age of seventy-nine. Mr Forbes was a son of the late Mr and Mrs Wm Forbes, 239 Westburn Road, whereContinue reading “Death of Rev William Forbes”
Cairneyhill People and History 