Cairneyhill Court Cases

DUNDEE COURIER, SATURDAY 6TH JANUARY 1877 DUNFERMLINE BURGH COURT At this Court on Wednesday, before Bailie Walker, Alex Cunningham, carter, Cairneyhill, was convicted on evidence of illtreating and abusing a horse in Pittencrieff Street, on the 9th December, and was fined 7s 6d with 4s 6d of expenses. CALLANDER ADVERTISER, SATURDAY 8TH MARCH 1947 MOTORISTContinue reading “Cairneyhill Court Cases”

Hatches Matches and Dispatches Part 6

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”

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”

Induction of William L Cunningham

DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY 19TH DECEMBER 1946 COCKERELS ‘ENTERED THE MINISTRY’ Loud, hearty laughs resounded within the crowded Institute Hall at Cairneyhill, near Dunfermline. Occasion was the induction social of Rev William L Cunningham and the laughter was the result of stories told by his ‘cronies’. Rev F M Musk, Dunbar, confessed he had beenContinue reading “Induction of William L Cunningham”

Sudden death and accident in Cairneyhill

FIFE HERALD, THURSDAY 13TH MAY 1852 SUDDEN DEATH James Cunninghame, a portioner at Cairneyhill, had gone about in his usual good health during the whole of Wednesday last, and between nine and ten o’clock had gone out with a neighbour to give an opinion of a cow in calf. On coming into his own house,Continue reading “Sudden death and accident in Cairneyhill”