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”
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”
Royal wedding celebrations
Prince Albert of Wales, the son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and Princess Alexandra of Denmark married on 10 March 1863 at Windsor Castle. Naturally there were the usual celebrations of a royal wedding everywhere in Britain and what follows are a description of the celebrations that took place in Cairneyhill. ************************************* DUNFERMLINE SATURDAYContinue reading “Royal wedding celebrations”
Cairneyhill Horticultural Society
Dunfermline Saturday Press 28 July 1860 The Cairneyhill Horticultural Society held their first exhibition for the season on Saturday in the village school – Mr Alexander Stenhouse of Pitfirrane acted as judge. The show was a very creditable one and the prizes were awarded as follows: Society’s Prizes Heaviest 36 gooseberries – Alexander Bald, 2ndContinue reading “Cairneyhill Horticultural Society”
Cairneyhill People and History 