Dear blog reader Welcome to the fourth part in a series, a list of the people, with occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1885. In 1885, there were 98 people listed with 17 occupations comprising 10 weavers, 2 Church ministers, 2 blacksmiths, 2 joiners and one farmer. . This compares with 75Continue reading “Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1885”
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Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1875
Dear blog reader Welcome to the third part in a series, a list of the people, with occupation where known, who were connected with Cairneyhill in 1875. In 1875, there were 75 people listed with 22 occupations comprising 14 weavers, 2 Church ministers, 2 wrights, 3 farmers and one joiner. This compares with 65 peopleContinue reading “Cairneyhill Valuation Roll 1875”
Builder killed by collapsing wall
Dear blog reader The family concerned in this article is a family that is still in Cairneyhill decades afterwards. ***************** DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 1931 BURIED BY COLLAPSE OF WALL – BUILDER KILLED NEAR DUNFERMLINE Buried by the collapse of a wall William Templeman (69), a master builder, who resided at Cairneyhill, nearContinue reading “Builder killed by collapsing wall”
Cairneyhill Fatal Accident Inquiries
DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH 1 OCTOBER 1931 INQUIRY INTO FIFE TRAGEDIES WALL’S COLLAPSE ON BUILDER Sheriff Umpherston and a jury at Dunfermline to-day conducted inquiries into six fatal accidents in West Fife [2 of which concerned Cairneyhill]. The first enquiry was into a motor accident in Cairneyhill on 11th July, the victim of which was Joan,Continue reading “Cairneyhill Fatal Accident Inquiries”
Hatches, Matches and Dispatches Part 1
Dear blog reader This is the first part in a new 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. Please note that forContinue reading “Hatches, Matches and Dispatches Part 1”
Cairneyhill People and History 