Teacher – Cairneyhill People and History

Education in Cairneyhill

SCOTTISH PRESS, FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST 1853 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. DUNDEE COURIER, TUESDAY 11THContinue reading “Education in Cairneyhill”

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. ************************************************Continue reading “Cairneyhill 1841 Census Part 3”

Carnock Parish in the Dunfermline Register: part 2

Dear blog reader This is part 2 of my series on the Dunfermline Register, which was printed periodically from 1829 to 1859, contain voter’s details, teacher’s details, heritor’s details, transport details and some extras. I would describe this series as a combination of local and family history. This particular blog post is the Carnock entryContinue reading “Carnock Parish in the Dunfermline Register: part 2”

Cairneyhill Temperance Society in 1836

Dear blog reader Cairneyhill Temperance Society held annual soirees which were often reported on in detail in the newspapers and below is the report of the Cairneyhill Temperance Society’s annual soiree in 1836. I do hope you find this interesting. Jacqueline ************************** FIFE HERALD THURSDAY 31 MARCH 1836 DUNFERMLINE In exercise of our correspondence, itContinue reading “Cairneyhill Temperance Society in 1836”

Cairneyhill teacher interferes with father’s effects

DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS 8 MAY 1880 INTERMEDDLING WITH A FATHER’S EFFECTS At the Dunfermline Sheriff Small-Debt Court on Tuesday – Sheriff Gillespie presiding- an action was heard at the instance of Colin Mathewson, clothier, against Andrew Roberts, teacher, Cairneyhill, near Dunfermline, on the ground of, as alleged, intermeddling with the goods of his deceased father,Continue reading “Cairneyhill teacher interferes with father’s effects”

Cairneyhill Scholarships

FIFE HERALDTHURSDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 1847 DUNFERMLINE – THE NEW SCHOLARSHIPS The United Presbyterian Church lately provided a fund of £400 to institute a few scholarships for the most deserving of the students in Divinity attending their hall, and issued subjects for study, on which competitors were to be examined. The competition took place a shortContinue reading “Cairneyhill Scholarships”