Dear blog reader This is the sixth 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 6”
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Death of a Cairneyhill Minister
IRVINE HERALD, FRIDAY 25 APRIL 1902 DEATH OF DALRY MINISTER The news of the death of the Rev. George Morris, the venerable and senior minister of Courthill United Free Church, Dalry, will be received with widespread regret. Ten days ago, while on a visit to his brother-in-law at Meiklemyre Farm, he was seized with aContinue reading “Death of a Cairneyhill Minister”
Hatches, Matches and Dispatches part 4
Dear blog reader This is the fourth 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 4”
Cairneyhill Soiree
FIFESHIRE JOURNAL, THURSDAY 23RD JANUARY 1845 CAIRNEYHILL SOIREE We have attended several soirees this season, but we have not been present at any other social meeting of the kind which gave such general satisfaction as the one at Cairneyhill on Friday the 17th inst. We were first attracted by the young ladies who managed theContinue reading “Cairneyhill Soiree”
Tragic Weaver’s Wife
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”
School Presentation
FIFESHIRE JOURNAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1846 PROVINCIAL DUNFERMLINE PRESENTATION Mr George Morris, student of Divinity, and teacher of the Subscription School at Cairneyhill, on Christmas last, or on a day about that time, received from his pupils a present of books, in testimony of the respect and esteem in which he is held both byContinue reading “School Presentation”
Carnock Parish in the Dunfermline Register: part 1
Dear blog reader Welcome to the start of another series – I would describe this series as a combination of local and family history. The entries for Carnock parish in the Dunfermline Register, which was printed periodically from 1837 to 1859, contain voter’s details, teacher’s details, heritor’s details, transport details and some extras. I thoughtContinue reading “Carnock Parish in the Dunfermline Register: part 1”
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 