THE DUNDEE COURIER & ARGUS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1872 DUNFERMLINE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE On Tuesday afternoon, Louisa Balfour or Reid, aged 43, wife of John Reid, weaver, Cairneyhill, cut her throat with a razor in the weaver’s shop. Mrs Reid has been labouring under mental aberration for some weeks past, and has been closely watched inContinue reading “Tragic Weaver’s Wife”
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James Morris Biography
THE FIFESHIRE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1887 DUNFERMLINE MEN WHO HAVE RISEN FROM THE RANKS: DR JAMES MORRIS, PARK AVENUE Of all the learned professions there is none to the student who has ambition within him, and a desire to make a name for himself in the world, no sphere which affords more simple scopeContinue reading “James Morris Biography”
Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1940
Dear blog reader Welcome to the twelfth (and final) part in a series, a list of the people, with address and occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1940. (Please see a note at the end of this introduction regarding the next series particularly for my blog readers looking for their ancestors inContinue reading “Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1940”
Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1935
Dear blog reader Welcome to the eleventh part in a series, a list of the people, with address and occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1935. In 1935 there were 147 people (a quite substantial increase on 1930) with 82 addresses specified (again a large increase on 1930) and 15 occupations (aContinue reading “Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1935”
Death Of James Morris Cairneyhill Doctor
DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, MONDAY 2ND MAY 1910 FIFE DOCTOR – ONE OF THE OLDEST IN SCOTLAND – DIES AT DUNFERMLINE TODAY Dr James Morris, Dunfermline, died this morning. By his death the burgh has lost one of its best-known and most respected inhabitants. Dr Morris was a familiar figure in the streets of the cityContinue reading “Death Of James Morris Cairneyhill Doctor”
Cairneyhill People and History 