2.3.2.4. Susan Dundas (1894-1994)

Susan Dundas was born on 3 August 1894 at 5 Garngad Road in Glasgow to John Dundas and Ellen (Miller) McLachlan, who was a widow. Her parents were not married at the time of Susan's birth. Her birth was later re-registered in the District of Proven on 2 March 1948 for some unknown reason.

In 1901 Susan was living with her uncle and his wife, Daniel and Catherine Dundas, at 89 Carrick Street in Glasgow. They had no children of their own at the time. When the 1911 census was enumerated, Susan was a working as a servant for Mrs. Mary R. F. Smith, who lived at Springfield House in Rosemarsh, Dumbartonshire.

Sometime before 1918, Susan made her way to East Kilbride Parish and at the time of her marriage was working as a domestic servant. She married John Findlay, a water committee employee and Private in the Highland Light Infantry, on 8 June 1918 at the Manse in East Kilbride, according to the forms of the Church of Scotland.

She and John had four known children.

On 4 September 1950, Susan and her youngest daughter, Jessie Dundas Findlay boarded the Donaldson Line's S/S Lismoria in Glasgow. They arrived in Montreal on 12 September. When they crossed the border of the United States, they indicated their destination was 4540 -- 34th Street, San Diego. Susan and John Findlay's son, John Riddell Findlay, had immigrated to Canada in 1944 and was living in British Columba at the time of their trip. Perhaps they met him and his family for a vacation?

Donaldson Line's S/S Lismoria

Susan and her daughter returned to Montreal and boarded the Donaldson Line's S/S Laurentia in October. They traveled first class and arrived in Glasgow on 16 October 1950. The family lived at 8 Kirkton Park in East Kilbride at the time of the trip.

John died in 1972 and Susan died on 8 February 1994, a few months before her 100th birthday. She had been living with a daughter and son-in-law, Thomas and Jessie (Findlay) Mabbott, at 6 Kirkliston Road in South Queensferry before her death.  However, she died at 14 Muirhouse Parkway in Edinburgh, which is now the site of Silverlea, a residential elder care facility. Susan (Dundas) Findlay died of congestive cardiac failure.

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"Donaldson Line, S/S Lismoria," Rhiw.com
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Dundas, Susan (Census 1901 644/07 009/00 0440)
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Dundas, Susan (Census 1911 502/01 001/00 016)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1894 Dundas, Susan (Statutory Births 644/03 1635)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1918 Findlay John R - Dundas, Susan (Statutory Marriages 643/00 0003)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Deaths in Scotland 6514711 CE
UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Class: BT26; Piece: 1257; Item: 249
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, Class: BT27, 1950 Findlay Susan
US, Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, M1464, 1950 Findlay, Susan

2.3.2.4. John Findlay (1893-1972)

John Findlay was born on 28 November 1893 in the village of Kirkton, East Kilbride. He was the fourth child of Charles and Henrietta (Riddell) Findlay. In 1901 he was living with his family on Strathaven Road in the village of East Kilbride and in 1911 at 10 Main Street.

Some time after 1916, he was drafted as a private in the 1/5 Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry. The regiment was part of the 157th Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Division during the Great War. The division served in Gallipoli, Palestine, and France, but we do not know exactly when John Findlay was called to serve.

We do know he was in the military when he married Susan Dundas on 8 June 1918 at the Manse in East Kilbride. John was 24 at the time of his marriage and also worked for the parish water committee. Susan was 23 and work as a domestic servant.

John and Susan and four known children between 1919 and 1926.

John died on 17 January 1972 at the Lauriston Kirkliston Homes in Queensferry, West Lothian. He was 78 years old and he died of lung cancer. His wife lived until 1994.

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1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Findlay, Charles (Census 1901 643/00 002/00 009)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 2; Page: 9; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1901_262
1911 Scotland Census 02/04/1911 Findlay, Henrietta (Census 1911 643/00 002/00 014)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1893 Findlay, John (Statutory Births 643/00 0117)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1918 Findlay, John R - Dundas, Susan (Statutory Marriages 643/00 0003)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Deaths in Scotland 651471 CE
Thompson, R. R. The Fifty-Second (Lowland) Division 1914-1918, (Glasgow:MacLehose, Jackson & Company, 1923)

2.3.2.3.2.1 Charles Ian Cherrie (1960-1993)

Charles Ian Cherrie was born in the Milton area of Glasgow to Charles Findlay and Marie Josephine (McDonald) Cherrie.

He died in February 1993 at Camborne-Redruth, Cornwall, England.

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Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1960 Cherrie, Charles Ian 644/00 0082
UK, England & Wales Death Index, 1916-2007, 1993 Cherrie, Charles Ian 3551/81

2.3.2.3.2. Charles Findlay Cherrie (1926-2006)

Charles Findlay Cherrie was born on 19 March 1926 at his parents home at 55 Hunthill Road in Blantyre Parish. He was the second son of William McMurdo and Mary (Findlay) Cherrie.

His father killed himself when Charles was 13 years old and his older brother died of leukemia in 1956.

Charles married Marie Josephine McDonald in 1957 in the Kelvin area of Glasgow. They had one known son, Charles Ian Cherrie, in 1960.

Sometime after their son's birth, the family moved to England. Charles Findlay Cherrie died in April 2006 at Torbay in Devonshire, England. Torbay is called the English Riveria and is a retirement mecca.

Coastline of Torbay; photograph courtesy of LAL Language Centres

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Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6501154 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1957 Cherrie, Charles F - McDonald, Marie Josephine 644/07 0113
UK, England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007, 2006 Cherrie, Charles Findlay 422/1C 230

2.3.2.3.1. James Cherrie (1924-1956)

James Cherrie was born on 24 October 1924 at the County Hospital in Bellshill, East Kilbride Parish. He was born a month after his parents, William McMurdo and Mary (Findlay) Cherrie's marriage.

James' father killed himself at the family home at 50 Glebe Street in East Kilbride in 1939 when James was 15 years old.

In 1956 James was working as a grocer's assistant and living with his mother at 18 Lefroy Gardens in the Westwood area of East Kilbride.  He died four days after his 32nd birthday at Law Hospital in Carluke of acute myeloid leukemia. He never married.

Law Hospital was built during World War II to receive and treat soldiers. It consisted of 83 structures, mostly of the prefab variety. It was eventually demolished to make way for a housing estate.

Law Hospital before it was demolished by E. Nicholson and Sons;
photograph courtesy of Nicolson (Contracts)

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Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1956 Cherrie, James (Statutory Deaths 629/00 0515)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6501287 CE

2.3.2.3. William McMurdo Cherrie: Register of Corrected Entries

The Register for Corrected entries for William McMurdo Cherrie's death provided additional details and and confirmed his death was a suicide.

Register of Corrected Entires for William McMurdo Cherrie

2.3.2.3. William McMurdo Cherrie (1893-1939)

William McMurdo Cherrie was born on 22 August 1893 at Braehead, Blantyre Parish, to James and Julia (Paton) Cherrie. He was the youngest of two children. In 1901 the family lived in the village of Muirhall and in 1911 they lived at 55 Hunthill Road in High Blantyre. William worked as an above ground laborer for a colliery.

On 27 September 1924 William married Mary Findlay by declaration in Glasgow. William worked as a colliery wagoner and lived with his parents at 55 Hunthill Road. Mary lived with her father in East Kilbride. The couple had two known children, James and Charles Findlay Cherrie. James was born a month after his parents married.

On 5 March 1939 William hung himself. He and Mary lived at 50 Glebe Street in East Kilbride. He was last seen alive at 10:00 a.m. and found dead at 1:00 p.m. His wife never remarried and was left to raise their boys -- 15 and 13 years old at the time of their father's suicide.

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1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Cherrie, William (Census 1901 624/00 003/01 047)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 3; Page: 47; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1901_245
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Cherrie, William (Census 1911 624/00 004/00 029)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1893 Cherrie, William McMurdo (Statutory Births 624/00 0400)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1924 Cherrie, William McMurdo - Findlay Mary (Statutory Marriages 644/10 1715)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1939 Cherrie, William McMurdo (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0017)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1939 Cherrie, William McMurdo (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0017) (RCE)

2.3.2.3. Mary Findlay (1892-1964)

Mary Findlay was born on 19 May 1892 in the village of Kirkton, East Kilbride. She was the third child of Charles and Henrietta (Riddell) Findlay. In 1901 the family lived on Strathaven Road in the village of East Kilbride. Mary's father worked as a road surface man. By 1911 Mary was employed as a live-in servant in the home of Robert Eglinton in Airdrie. He was a hotelkeeper.

On 27 September 1924, 32-year-old Mary Findlay married 31-year-old William McMurdo Cherrie, a colliery wagoner living at Hunthill Road in High Blantyre. Mary Findlay lived at home with her father in East Kilbride at the time of her marriage. The couple married at 27 Oswald Street in Glasgow by declaration in front of two witnesses.

A month after their marriage, their first son, James Cherrie was born in East Kilbride. A second son followed in 1926. William Cherrie killed himself in 1939 in East Kilbride. Mary never remarried.

Her oldest son, James Cherrie, died in 1956 of leukemia. He was 32 years old.

Mary (Findlay) Cherrie died on 19 January 1964 of broncho-pneumonia and a cerebral vascular incident at Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride. She was 71 years old and lived at 86 Dalrymple Drive at the time of her death.

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1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Findlay, Charles (Census 1901 643/00 002/00 009)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 2; Page: 9; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1901_262
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Findlay, Mary (Census 1911 651/00 022/00 013)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1892 Findlay, Mary (Statutory Births 643/00 0037)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1924 Cherrie, William McMurdo - Findlay, Mary (Statutory Marriages 644/10 1715)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Deaths in Scotland 6491345 CE

2.3.2.1.4. Isabella Laird Muir Findlay (1918-1986)

Isabella Laird Muir Findlay was born on 7 October 1918 at Burnside Cottage in Springwell, Blantyre Parish. She was the fourth child of Charles and Isabella Laird (Muir) Findlay.

In 1943 she married John Boyd in Blantyre. I have found no definitive birth registration index listing for John Boyd nor have I found a death registration index listing.

In 1960 Isabella married Alexander Hill in Blantyre. He was born in the Govan area of Glasgow in 1915. His middle name begins with "McK."

Isabella (Findlay) Hill died in 1986 in Blantyre. The other surname on her death registration index was listed as Boyd. Her second husband, Alexander, died in 1990 in Glasgow.

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Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6491357 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1915 Hill Alexander 644/21 0171
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1943 Boyd, John - Findlay, Isabella Laird 624/00 0054
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1960 Hill, Alexander - Findlay, Isabella Laird 624/00 0036
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1986 Boyd, Isabella Laird (Findlay) 574/00 0012
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1990 Hill, Alexander 609/00 1098

2.3.2.1.3.1. Elizabeth Morrison Doran (1941- )

Elizabeth Morrison Doran was born in 1936 in Blantyre Parish. Her parents were William and Jessie Jackson (Barnhope) Doran.

She married Charles Findlay on 28 December 1964 at the Livingston Memorial Church in Blantyre. She was 23 at the time of their marriage and lived at 9 Barnside Crescent.

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Scotland Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1941, Doran, Elizabeth Morri 624/00 0325
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Marriages in Scotland 6512329 CE

2.3.2.1.3.1. Charles Findlay (1936- )

Charles Findlay was born in 1936 in Blantyre Parish. He is the only known child of John and Annie Dawson (Fultston) Findlay.

On 28 December 1964 he married Elizabeth Morrison Doran at the Livingstone Memorial Church in Blantyre. He was 28 at the time of their marriage, lived at 22 Auchenraith Terrace, and worked as an industrial factory machine operator.

David Livingstone Memorial Church; photograph
courtesy of Wikipedia and taken by Chris Upson

The statue of David Livingstone, situated in the recess at the front of the church, was unveiled in 1913 by a daughter of the famous missionary and explorer.

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Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1936 Findlay, Charles 624/00 0186
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Marriages in Scotland 6512329 CE

2.3.2.1.3. Annie Dawson Fulston (1918-1992)

Annie Dawson Fulston was born in 1918 at Blantyre Parish to George and Jane (Dawson) Fulston.

On 27 March 1936 she married John Findlay at the Manse in Blantyre according to the forms of the Church of Scotland. She was 17 years old and worked as a domestic servant. Before her marriage, she lived with her parents at 79 Baird's Rows. Her father was a coal miner.

She died in 1992 at Hamilton.

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Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1936 Findlay, John - Fulston, Annie (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0038)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1918 Fulston, Annie, 624/00 0407
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1992 Findlay, Annie (Fulston) 577/00 0509

2.3.2.1.3. John Findlay (1915-1977)

John Findlay was born on 6 November 1915 at Burnside Cottages in Springwell, Blantyre Parish. He was Charles and Isabella Laird (Muir) Findlay's third child.

On 27 March 1936 he married Annie Dawson Fulston at the Manse in Blantyre according to the forms of the Church of Scotland. He was 20 years old and worked as a contractor's carter like his father. Annie was 17 and a domestic servant. Her father, George Fulston, was a coal miner and the family lived in Baird's Rows.

The Manse at Blantyre; photograph courtesy of ScotlandsPlaces

They had one known child, named for his paternal grandfather, Charles Findlay, in 1936 in Blantyre.

John died in 1977 at Blantyre.

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Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1936 Findlay, John - Fulston, Annie (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0038)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland, 6491354 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1977, Findlay, John, 574/00 0089

2.3.2.1.1. Mary Ann McDermott (1909-1952)

Mary Ann McDermott was born on 18 October 1901 in the district of Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland. Her father was a coal miner from Ireland and her mother was born in Blanytre. Her father enlisted in the Highland Cyclist Corps in 1916 at the age of 39. He was transferred to the Black Watch Regiment and experienced the last two years of the war in an infantry division.

On 7 January 1938 Mary Ann married Charles Findlay, who was a private serving in the Royal Scot Fusiliers. He was stationed at North Camp in Aldershot, England. They were married in St. Joseph's Church in Blantyre, which was a Catholic church.

May Ann died on 17 February 1952 at Shotts Sanatorium of pulmonary tuberculosis at the at of 41. At the time of her death she and her husband lived at 202 Station Road in Blantyre.

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1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 McDermott, Mary Ann (Census 1911 405/02 008/00 016)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1909 McDermott, Mary Ann (Statutory Births 405/02 0336)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1938 Findlay, Charles - McDermott, Mary Ann (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0014)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1952 Findlay, Mary Ann (Statutory Deaths 626/0B 044)
UK, British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, John McDermott, 1876

2.3.2.1.1. Charles Findlay (1912-1986)

Charles Findlay was born on 25 April 1912 at 9 George Street in Hamilton Parish, Lanarkshire. His parents were Charles and Isabella Laird (Muir) Findlay and he was at least the fourth in a long line of Charles Findlays who named their son Charles.

On 7 January 1938 he married Mary Ann McDermott at St. Joseph's Church in Blantyre. St. Joseph's was a Roman Catholic church. Mary Ann was 28 years old and three years older than Charles. Her parents were John and Mary Ann (Boyle) McDermott and they lived at 45 Nursery Place, Blantyre.

At the time of their marriage, Charles was serving as a private in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Scot Fusiliers. He was stationed at North Camp in Aldershot, England, some 30 miles southwest of London. I have not been able to locate details of Private Findlay's military service during World War II, but the 2nd Battalion served with 17th Infantry Brigade. The brigade was sent to France in late 1939 as an independent unit to join the British Expeditionary Forces and had to be evacuated from Dunkirk. Many men were captured and spent the rest of the war in German prisoner of war camps.

Those from the brigade that escaped Dunkirk then joined the 5th Infantry Division and spent the next two years performing home defense duties.

British troops under fire on the beaches Dunkirk; photograph of
Wikipedia

The brigade was detached from the 5th Division and sent to Africa where they fought in the battle of Madagascar. They rejoined the division and next saw service in Italy, participating in the fierce and bloody fighting at Anzio in 1944. In July of that year they were transferred to Palestine to refit. In early 1945 they were sent to Belgium to join General Barnard Montgomery's 21st Army Group. They participated in the invasion of Germany near the end of the war.

Charles Findlay worked as a steel worker in the 1950s. He lost his wife, Mary Ann, in 1952 and never remarried. He died at the Royal Infirmary in Glasgow of renal failure and hypothermia on 27 January 1986 at the age of 73. He was a retired cleansing laborer and lived at 101 West Graham Street in Glasgow before his death.

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Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1912 Findlay, Charles (Statutory Births 647/00 0581)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1938 Findlay, Charles - McDermott, Mary Ann (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0014)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Deaths in Scotland 6512324 CE
UK, British Artillery Attestations, 1883-1942, Findlay, Charles, Army No. 1434223

Children of Charles Findlay and His Wives

2.3.2.1.1. Charles Findlay (1912-1986)

The lives of Charles Finlay and his wife, Mary Ann McDermott, will be included in future posts.

2.3.2.1.2. Christina Findlay (1913-unknown)

Christina Findlay was the second child of Charles and Isabella Laird (Muir) Findlay. She was born on 30 November 1913 in at Burnside Cottage in Springwell, Blantyre Parish.

2.3.2.1.3. John Findlay (1915-1977)

The lives of John Findlay and his wife, Annie Dawson Fulston will be included in future posts.

2.3.2.1.4. Isabella Laird Muir Findlay (1918-1986)

The lives of Isabella Laird Muir Findlay and her husbands, John Boyd and Alexander Hill, will be included in a future post.

2.3.2.1.5. Henrietta Riddell Findlay (1920-unknown)

Henrietta Riddell Findlay was the fifth child of Charles and Isabella Laird (Muir) Findlay. She was born on 20 June 1920 at Burnside Cottage. She was 8 months old when her mother died.

2.3.2.1.6. Mary Parker Findlay (1925-unknown)

Mary Parker Findlay was the only known child of Charles and Martha (Walker) Parker. She was born on 26 November 1925 at Burnside Cottage. She was 6 months old when her mother died.

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Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1913 Findlay, Christina (Statutory Births 624/00 0626)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6491354 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6491357 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6491358 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6491352 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, Isabella Laird Muir (Findlay) Boyd, 1986

2.3.2.1. Martha Walker (1903-1926)

Martha Walker was Charles Findlay's second wife. He married her after the death of his first wife, Isabella Laird (Muir) Findlay.

Martha Walker was born on 23 January 1903 in Mill Gatehouse, Blantyre, to Robert Donald and Mary (Parker) Walker. She was the youngest of four children. Her father was a coal miner like so many of my Blantyre ancestors. In 1911 the family lived at 37 Hall Street and her 20-year-old, older brother had joined her father in the mines.

On 25 April 1924 Martha married Charles Findlay, who was a 35-year-old widower. She was 21 and was not working. They were married according to the forms of the Church of Scotland. Their only daughter, Mary Parker Findlay, who was named for her maternal grandmother, was born on 26 November 1925 at Burnside Cottage in Springwell.

The next year Martha (Walker) Findlay died on 5 May 1926 at the County Hospital in Motherwell of meningitis pyogenic, which is a brain fever or cerebrospinal meningitis caused by bacteria. She was 23 years old at the time of her death, leaving her husband with a 6-month-old infant. Charles Findlay never remarried.

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1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Walker, Martha (Census 1911 624/00 007/00 010)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1903 Walker, Martha (Statutory Births 624/00 0087)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1924 Findlay, Charles - Walker, Martha (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0046)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1926 Findlay, Martha (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0260)

2.3.2.1. Isabella Laird Muir (1891-1921)

Isabella Laird Muir was born on 16 October 1891 in Blantyre Parish. She was the illegitimate daughter of Christina Muir, a cotton factory worker. Isabella's father's name was not listed on her birth registration. She had an older half-brother, William Gartshore, who was also illegitimate. Christina had another illegitimate daughter, who was named Elizabeth in 1897. It is not known if she was a full or half-sister to Isabella.

In 1901 Christina and her three children lived in Fore Row, which was housing for Blantyre Works employees. No occupation was listed for Christina at the time the census was taken. In 1905, Christina's younger sister died, leaving her husband, Joseph Barr, with three young children.  Christina began keeping company with her brother-in-law and had a child with him in 1907. They married three years later. In 1911 the blended family lived at 293 Glasgow Road and Isabella was working as a weaver in a factory.

On 14 July 1911 Isabella Laird Muir married Charles Findlay at her mother and step-father's home. She and Charles had five children between 1912 and 1920. Isabella died on 8 February 1921 in the family's Burnside Cottage home, of myocarditis, which is often caused by a viral infection. She had been sick for four months before her death.

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1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Muir, Isabella (Census 1901 624/00 006/01 026)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 6; Page: 26; Line: 21; Roll CSSCT1901_246
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Muir, Isabella (Census 1911 624/00 004/00 011)
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Isabella Lourd Muir, 1891
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1891 Muir, Isabella (Statutory Births 624/00 0451)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1911 Findlay, Charles - Barr, Isabella (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0054)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1921 Findlay, Isabella Laird (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0026)

Military Service Act of 1916

Poster published by Parliamentary Recruiting Office; image copyrighted
by the Imperial War Museum

The Military Service Act, 1916, applies to unmarried men, who on August 15th, 1915, were 18 years of age or over and who will not be 41 years of age on March 2nd, 1916. All men (not excepted or exempted), between the above ages who, on November 2nd, 1915, were unmarried or widowers without any child dependent on them will, on Thursday, March 2nd, 1916 be deemed to be enlisted for the period of the war. They will be placed in the Reserve until called up in their class.

Men excepted: Soldiers, including Territorials who have volunteered for foreign service; men serving in the Navy or Royal Marines; men discharged from Army or Navy, disabled or ill, or time-expired men; men rejected for the Army since August 14th, 1915; clergymen, priests and ministers of religion; visitors from the dominions. Men who may be exempted by local tribunals: Men more useful to the Nation in their present employments; men in whose case military service would cause serious hardship owing to exceptional financial or business obligations or domestic position; men who are ill or infirm; men who conscientiously objet to combatant service. If the tribunal thinks fit, men may, on this ground, be (a) exempted from combatant service only (not non-combatant service), or (b) exempted on condition that they are engaged in work of National importance. Up to March 2nd, a man can apply to his local tribunal for a certificate of exemption. There is a right of appeal. He will not be called up until his case has been dealt with finally. Certificates of exemption may be absolute, conditional or temporary. Such certificates can be renewed, varied or withdrawn. Men retain their civil rights until called up and are amenable to civil courts only.

Do not wait until March 2nd. Enlist voluntarily now. For fuller particulars of the Act, please apply for Leaflet No. 64 to the nearest Post Office, Police Station, or Recruiting Office.

2.3.2.1. Charles Findlay (1889-1951)

Charles Findlay was born on 27 February 1889 in the village of Kirkton, East Kilbride. He was the oldest child of Charles and Henrietta (Riddell) Findlay. His mother died in 1904; and when the 1911 census was enumerated, he was a boarder in the home of Joseph and Christina Robson at 51 Pollack Street in Hamilton. The home had two rooms with one or windows and that living space was shared by ten people. Charles worked as a colliery carter.

Three months later, Charles married Isabella Laird Muir. She was a 19-year-old domestic servant and lived with her stepfather, mother, and half-siblings at 293 Glasgow Road in Blantyre. Charles and Isabella were married in her home according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland.

After their marriage, they lived at 9 George Street in Hamilton where their first son, yes, another Charles Findlay, was born. By the time their daughter, Christina, was born, they lived at Burnside Cottage in Springwell, Blantyre Parish. Charles Findlay lived there until his death.

By the time his daughter, Isabella, was born in 1918, Charles had been drafted into the British Army. He served as a private in the 5th (R) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.

Isabella (Muir) Findlay died in 1921, leaving Charles with five children under nine years old. He married Martha Walker, a 21-year-old woman, who lived at 17 Netherfield Place. Her father was a coal miner. They married according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland at the church manse in Stonefield. Charles and Martha had one daughter, Mary Parker Findlay in 1925. Martha, his second  wife, died in 1926. Charles never remarried.

Old Parish Church Manse circa 1970; photograph courtesy of ScotlandsPlaces

Charles died at home on 18 January 1951 of a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 61 years old.

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1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Findlay, Charles (Census 1891 643/00 001/00 017)
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1891_237
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Findlay, Charles (Census 1901 643/00 002/00 009)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 2; Page: 9; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1901_262
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Findlay, Charles (Census 1911 647/00 026/00 020)
1915 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1915 Findlay, Charles (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 305 601)
1920 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1920 Findlay, Charles (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 340 / 224)
"5th (R) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry" post, Great War Forum
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1889 Findlay, Charles (Statutory Births 643/00 0020)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1911 Findlay, Charles - Barr, Isabella L (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0054)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1924 Findlay, Charles - Walker, Martha (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0045)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1951 Findlay, Charles (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0014)

Children of Charles and Henrietta (Riddell) Findlay

2.3.2.1 Charles Findlay (1889-1951)

The lives of Charles Findlay and his wives, Isabella Laird Muir and Martha Walker, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.2.2 Martha Jane Mair Findlay (1890-1972)

Martha Jane Mair Findlay was born on 8 July 1890 in the village of Kirkton in East Kilbride. She was Charles and Henrietta (Riddell) Findlay's second child. She 14 years old when her mother died. When the 1911 census was enumerated, Martha Jane lived with her father and some of her siblings at 10 Main Street in the village of East Kilbride. She never married and died on 8 Jun 1972 in Hairmyres Hospital of peripheral circulatory failure, acute myocardial infarction, and urinary tract infection. She was 81 years old. Before her death, she had being living at Belmont House on Tasman Drive in East Kilbride. She was a retired office cleaner.

2.3.2.3 Mary Findlay (1892-1964)

The lives of Mary Findlay and her husband, William McMurdo Cherrie, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.2.4 John Findlay (1893-1972)

The lives of John Findlay and his wife, Susan Dundas, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.2.5 Henrietta Findlay (1896-1983)

The lives of Henrietta Findlay and her husband, John Turner, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.2.6 Alexander Findlay (1900-1917)

Alexander Findlay was born on 18 October 1900 in the village of Kirkton, East Kilbride, to Charles and Henrietta (Riddell) Findlay. He was their youngest child. Before he was a year old, the family had moved to Strathaven Road in the village of East Kilbride.  Alexander lost his mother in 1904. Seven years after that tragedy the family lived at 10 Main Street in East Kilbride Village. After his schooling was completed, Alexander worked as a compositor. He died on 4 November 1917 at Shotts Sanatorium in Calderhead Parish. He suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis and tubercular peritonitis for several months, but two weeks before his death, he came down with the most virulent form of consumption -- tubercular meningitis. He had turned 17 years old the month before his death.

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1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Findlay, Charles (Census 1891 643/00 001/00 017)
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 9; Roll CSSCT1891_237
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Findlay, Charles (Census 1901 643/00 002/00 009)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 2; Page: 9; Line 4; Roll: CSSCT1901_262
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 2; Page: 9; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1901_262
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Findlay, Henrietta (Census 1911 643/00 002/00 014)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1890 Findlay, Martha Jane Mai (Statutory Births 643/00 0050)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1900 Findlay, Alexander (Statutory Births 643/00 0081)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1917 Findlay, Alexander (Statutory Deaths 626/0B 0101)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland

2.3.2. Charles Findlay (c1847-1927)

Charles Findlay was born about 1847 in East Kilbride Parish to Charles and Mary (Russell) Findlay. His father was a hand loom weaver and by the age of 14 Charles was also weaving cotton on the looms in the family home. Charles lived his entire life in the parish of East Kilbride in the villages of Kirkton and East Kilbride. Looms powered by steam idled many weavers in what previously had been a cottage industry. By 1881 Charles was a general laborer and no longer weaving cotton.

He married Henrietta Riddell just weeks after her father's death on 17 February 1888 in the village of Kirkton according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland. He was 41 years old and working as a road surface man.

In 1891 the family lived on Main Street in the village of East Kilbride and had two children, Charles and Martha. They followed the Scottish convention for naming children:

Four years later Charles Findlay paid 2 pounds 10 shillings annual rent for their cottage on Main Street. The owner was a stationer who lived in Berwick. By 1901 the family had moved to Strathaven Road. Charles continued to work as a road surface man.

Martha Riddell died in 1904, leaving Charles with three children under 10 years old. In 1911 Charles and four of his children were living at 10 Main Street. He continued to live there until his death on 28 October 1927 at the age of 80 years old. The cause of death was listed simply as senility. He was retired at the time of his death.

2.3.2. Henrietta Riddell (1855-1904)

Henrietta Riddell was born on 20 August 1855 in the village of Kirkton, East Kilbride, to John and Martha (Muir) Riddell. She was their second child. In 1861 the family was on Main Street in the village of East Kilbride and another child had joined the family.

Ten years later, Henrietta was 15 years old and worked as a servant in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ogg in Glasgow. Mr. Ogg was a master draper and employed 50 people. The family had two live-in servants, including Henrietta.

Her mother died in 1876 and Henrietta returned to East Kilbride sometime after that. When the 1881 census was enumerated Henrietta lived with her father and three younger brothers, Robert, Francis and Thomas. She was employed as a domestic servant.

Her father died on 26 January 1888 and just a few short weeks later, at the age of 32, Henrietta married Charles Findlay, a 41-year-old bachelor from East Kilbride, who had come from a weaving family and had been a weaver in this youth. At the time of their marriage and because of the decline of the hand loom weaving industry, he was a general laborer. I have wondered if Henrietta's father did not approve of Charles Findlay.

Charles and Henrietta had two children by the time the 1891 census was taken. The family lived on Main Street in the village of East Kilbride.  Four more children were born between 1892 and 1900. In 1901 the family lived on Strathaven Road in East Kilbride.

Henrietta (Riddell) Findlay died on 28 October 1904 of cardiac disease. She was 49 years old and had suffered from heart troubles for three years. Her youngest child, Alexander Findlay was 4 years old at the time of her death.

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1861 Scotland Census, 07/04/1861 Riddell, John (Census 1861 643/00 001/00 017)
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 18; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1871 Scotland Census, 02/04/1871 Ogg, Robert A (Census 1871 644/08 091/00 021)
1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 91; Page: 21; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT_138
1881 Scotland Census, 03/04/1881 Riddell, Henrietta (Census 1881 643/00/001/00 019)
1881 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 19; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1881_213
1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Findlay, Charles (Census 1891 643/00 001/00 017)
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1891_237
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Findlay, Charles (Census 1901 643/00 002/00 009)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 2; Page: 9; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1901_262
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1855 Riddle, Henrietta (Statutory Births 643/00 0079)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1888 Findlay, Charles - Riddle, Henrietta (Statutory Marriages 643/00 0002)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1904 Findlay, Henrietta (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0072)

2.3.1.2. John Riddell (1877-unknown)

John was born on 26 April 1877 in the village of Kirkton, East Kilbride to John and Helen (Bain) Riddell.  He was their third child, but only his sister, Margaret, was still living at the time of his birth. In 1881 the family lived in the village of East Kilbride and four years later moved to Cambuslang Parish.

When the 1891 census was enumerated the family lived in Vicarfield Terrace in the village of Cambuslang. At the age of 13, John was already working in the coal mines. His father died in 1897 and by 1901 John, his mother, and brother, Robert, were living in the village of Bishopbriggs, in Cadder Parish. Also living with them was a 5 year-old granddaughter of John's mother, named Ellen. John and Robert were listed as being single. My assumption is Ellen was the illegitimate child of John's older sister Margaret, but I can find no registration record for the child's birth.

On 6 October 1904, John Riddell and his friend, Thomas Sorbie, boarded the Anchor Line's S/S Furnessia. They traveled in the steerage section and landed in New York on 18 October. Both John and Thomas were miners. John lived in Glenboig before leaving Scotland and Thomas had lived in Dalserf.  Thomas Sorbie's parents were John and Margaret (Hamilton) Sorbie. Interestingly, John Riddell's grand uncle, Thomas Muir's first wife was a Sorbie, Janet Sorbie (1844-1870). Perhaps Thomas Sorbie was a cousin of John's.

Anchor Line's S/S Furnessia; photograph courtesy of ClydeSite

When they arrived in New York, they told U.S. immigration officials their destination was Imperial, Pennsylvania. Imperial was in Allegheny County about 17 miles west of Pittsburgh. Underground was the northern tip of the Pittsburgh coal seam, the thickest and most extensive bed of coal in the Appalachian Basin.

During first decade of the 1900s, when John Riddell and Thomas Sorbie arrived in Imperial, mining companies were sinking new mines at a rapid pace. The growth of mining was so massive and so intertwined with coke production for the iron and steel industry that the era was called the "Golden Age of King Coal, Queen Coke, and Princess Steel." By 1910, however, the golden age was fading, new coke production technology used a lower quality of coal than that of the Pittsburgh seam, which greatly reduced demand.

Pittsburgh coal seam; map courtesy of Wikipedia

Regardless of the reasons why John Riddell left Imperial, he was not there when the 1910 U.S. federal census was enumerated and has not been found in any U.S. documentation after his arrival.

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1881 Scotland Census, 03/04/1881 Riddell, Jno (Census 1881 643/00 001/00 012)
1881 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 13; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1881_213
1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Riddell, John (Census 1891 627/00 005/00 027)
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Cambuslang; ED: 5; Page: 27; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1891_229
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Riddell, John (Census 1901 626 A1 003/00 017)
1901 Scotland Census, Pairsh: Cadder; ED: 3: Page: 17; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1891_250
"Anchor Line's S/S Furnessia," ClydeSite
"Pittsburgh Coal Seam," Wikipedia
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1877 Riddell, John (Statutory Births 643/00 0050)
UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Class: BT26; Piece: 258; Item: 26
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, John Riddell, 1904
US, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Year: 1904

Children of John and Helen (Bain) Riddell

2.3.1.1 Margaret Riddell (1875-unknown)

Margaret Riddell was born on 18 January 1875 in East Kilbride to John and Helen (Bain) Riddell. She was born two months after her parents marriage. She lived with the family in the village of East Kilbride in 1881; and in 1891 lived with the family in Cambuslang Parish, working as an agricultural worker. I can find no record of her marriage, death, or possible immigration to another country after that time.

2.3.1.2 Unnamed Riddell (1876-1876)

An unnamed daughter was born premature on 14 May 1876 in Kirkton village to John and Helen (Bain) Riddell. She died within hours.

2.3.1.3 John Riddell (1877-unknown)

What I know about the life of John Riddell will be covered in a future post.

2.3.1.4 David Riddell (1878-1878)

David Riddell was born on 20 June 1878 in East Kilbride parish to John and Helen (Bain) Riddell. He died in the evening hours of 21 October 1878 in Kirkton village of tabes mesenterica, which was tuberculosis of the lymph glands inside the abdomen. An illness of children caused by drinking milk from cows infected with tuberculosis. He was 4 months old at the time of his death and had been sick for two months.

2.3.1.5 Robert Riddell (1879-unknown)

Robert Riddell was born on 14 October 1879 in Kirkton village to John and Helen (Bain) Riddell. He lived with the family when the census was enumerated in 1881 and 1891. After his father's death in 1897, Robert, his brother, John, and his mother lived in the village of Bishopbriggs in Cadder Parish, Lanarkshire. Robert worked as an engine man. No definitive record of his marriage, death or possible immigration to another country has been located.

2.3.1.6 David Riddell (1881-1881)

David Riddell was born on 27 August 1881 in Kirkton village to John and Helen (Bain) Riddell. He died on 29 November 1881 of bronchitis from which he had suffered for three days.  He was three months old at the time of his death.

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1881 Scotland Census, 03/04/1881 Riddell, Jno (Census 1881 643/00 001/00 012)
1881 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 12; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1881_213
1881 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 13; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1881_213
1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Riddell, John (Census 1891 627/00 005/00 027)
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Cambuslang; ED: 5; Page: 27; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1891_229
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Cambuslang; ED: 5; Page: 28; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1891_229
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Riddell, John (Census 1901 626 A1 003/00 017)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Cadder; ED; 3; Page: 17; Line: 13; Roll:CSSCT1901_250
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1875 Riddle, Margaret (Statutory Births 643/00 0005)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1876 Riddell (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0036)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1878 Riddell, David (Statutory Births 643/00/0054)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1878 Riddell, David (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0058)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1879 Riddell, Robert (Statutory Births 643/00 0103)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1881 Riddell, David (Statutory Births 643/00 0087)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1881 Riddell, David (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0053)

2.3.1. Helen Bain (1849-unknown)

Helen Bain was born on 6 August 1849 in the village of Doune, Kilmadock Parish, Perth, Scotland, to David and Margaret (McLean) Bain. David was a journeyman mason. In 1851 Helen was the youngest of three children. In 1861, Helen and her brother James were boarders in the home of Daniel and Janet Ferguson, who lived in the village of Doune. Daniel Ferguson was an umbrella maker.

I have been unable to find anyone in the Bain family in 1861 Scotland census. Helen Bain somehow made her way about 40 miles south to East Kilbride where she likely met John Riddell. They were married on 27 November 1874 in the village of Kirkton in East Kilbride parish. Helen had six children between 1875 and 1881. Only three lived past infancy.

Before 1885 the family moved to Cambulang parish and in 1891 were living at Vicarfield Terrace in the village of Cambuslang.  Helen's husband, John Riddell was a laborer in a steel works.  He died six years later in 1897 of tuberculosis.

In 1901 Helen (Bain) Riddell was living in the village of Bishopbriggs in Cadder parish, Lanarkshire. She and her two sons, John and Robert lived in a house with two rooms with one or more windows. Living with them was Helen's 5-year-old granddaughter, Ellen. The census form indicated Ellen had been born in Springburn parish, but no record of her birth or who her parents are has been found.  John and Robert were working as coal miners at the time the census was enumerated.

No other trace of Helen, sometimes known as Ellen (Bain) Riddell has been located in the available documents.

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1851 Scotland Census, 30/03/1851 Bain, Helen (Census 1851 362/00 006/00 011)
1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Fyvie; ED: 6; Page: 7; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_45
1861 Scotland Census, 07/04/1861 Bain, Helen (Census 1861 362/00 004/00 026)
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Fyvie; ED: 10; Page 4; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1861_28
1881 Scotland Census, 03/04/1881 Riddell, Jno (Census 1881 643/00 001/00 012)
1881 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 12; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1881_213
1891 Scotland Census, 06/08/1891 Riddell, John (Census 1891 627/00 005/00 027)
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Cambuslang; ED: 5; Page: 27; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1891_229
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Riddell, John (Census 1901 626 A1 003/00 017)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Cadder; ED: 3; Page: 17; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1901_250
Scotland, Old Parish Registers, 1538-1854, 06/08/1849 Bain, Helen (OPR Births 362/00 0050 0231 Kilmadock)
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Helen Bain
Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, John Riddle and Helen Bain
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Riddle, John - Bain, Helen (Statutory Marriages 643/00 021)

2.3.1. John Riddell (1853-1897)

John Riddell was born on 30 August 1853 in village of Maxwelton, East Kilbride Parish. He was the oldest child of John and Martha (Muir) Riddell.  By 1863 the family had moved to the village of East Kilbride in the same parish and were living on Main Street. When the 1871 census was enumerated John was 17 years old and working as a farm servant.

He married Helen Bain in the village of Kirkton in East Kilbride Parish on 27 November 1874. One of the witnesses to their marriage was John's first cousin, George Cassels. John worked as a laborer and Helen was a servant at the time of their marriage. Helen was sometimes called Ellen on various documents.

They had their first child, Margaret, two months after their marriage in January 1875. A baby girl was born premature on 14 May 1876 and died the same day. She was never named. A son named John was born in 1877. Another son, David, followed in 1878 but died in October of the same year at 4 months of age. A third son, Robert, came next in 1879. Their last child, another son they named David, after Helen's father, was born in 1881. He lived only three months.

The decennial census was taken the same year. John, Helen, and their three children, who were still alive, lived in the village of East Kilbride and John worked as an agricultural laborer. By 1885, the family had moved to 12 Silverbanks Row in Cambuslang Parish.

In 1891 the family lived at Vicarfield Terrace in the village of Cambuslang and John was a laborer at a steel works. He died on 20 August 1897 at the age of 43 of phthisis pulmonalis, or tuberculosis. He was a brick layer at the time. The family was living in the Camlachie district of Glasgow at the time of John's death. He had been working as a laborer at a brick works.

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1861 Scotland Census, 07/04/1861 Riddell, John (Census 1861 643/00 001/00 017)
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 18; Line 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1871 Scotland Census, 02/04/1871 Riddell, John (Census 1871 643/00 001/00 016)
1871 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 16; Line 3; Roll: CSSCT1871_122
1881 Scotland Census, 03/04/1881 Riddell, Jno (Census 1881 643/00 001/00 012)
1881 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 12; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1881_213
1885 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1885 Riddell, John (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 111 / 440)
1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Riddell, John (Census 1891 627/00 005/00 027)
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Cambuslang; ED: 5; Page: 27; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1891_229
Scotland, Old Parish Registers, 1538-1854, 30/08/1853, Riddle, John (OPR Births 643/00 0030 0156 East Kilbride)
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, John Riddle
Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, John Riddle
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1874 Riddell, John - Bain, Helen (Statutory Marriages 643/00 0021)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1897 Riddell, John (Statutory Deaths 644/02 0672)

Children of John and Martha (Muir) Riddell

2.3.1. John Riddell (1853-1897)

The lives of John and his wife, Helen Bain, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.2. Henrietta Riddell (1856-1904)

The lives of Henrietta Riddell and her husband, Charles Findlay, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.3. Oswald Dykes Riddell (1859-1935), born Robert Riddell

The lives of Oswald Dykes and his wife, Ann "Annie" Cowie, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.4. Robert Riddell (1861-1944)

The lives of Robert Riddell and his wife, Catherine McCormick, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.5. Elizabeth Riddell (1863-1926)

The lives of Elizabeth Riddell and her husband, Robert Forsyth, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.6. Francis Riddell (1866-1942)

The lives of Francis Riddell and his wife, Janet "Jessie" Kerr Riddell, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.7. Thomas Riddell (1868-1957)

The lives of Thomas Riddell and his wife, Margaret Brownlee or Smith, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.8. Margaret Riddell (1871-1879)

Margaret Riddell was the youngest child born to John and Martha (Muir) Riddell. She was born on 5 August 1871 in the village of Kirkton in East Kilbride Parish, Lanarkshire. When she was five years old her mother died of tuberculosis. Margaret died on 5 February 1879 of whooping cough and purpura, which was a purplish discoloration of the skin caused by burst blood vessels. Usually purpura was caused by the violent coughing associated with whooping cough. She'd had whooping cough for a month before her death.

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Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Margaret Riddell
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1871 Riddell, Margaret (Statutory Births 643/00 0082)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1879 Riddell, Margaret (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0006)

Limestone or Cement Mining

In Scotland limestone has been quarried and mined since at least Roman times. Mixing shale with the correct amount of lime forms cement. John Riddell's occupation when various census were taken every ten years was frequently "cement miner." This likely meant he mined limestone that was destined to be made into cement.

Lim Kiln Ruin Recently Rediscovered in East Kilbride; photograph courtesy
of Wikipedia

Limestone mining was at its peak when coal was king in Lanarkshire. Ground limestone, or marl, was used in the mines to cover up fine coal dust, which help prevent coal dust explosions.

Rev. Henry Moncrief wrote about the geology of East Kilbride Parish in 1840, "Limestone rocks abound in this parish...occur chiefly in plies or beds from 3 to 7 to 10 feet in thickness...There are lime works at Braehead, Linnekilns, Thornton, Thornton Hall, and elsewhere...Roman cement is found in various places and is worked to a considerable extent."

2.3. John Riddell (1826-1888)

John Riddell was born on 4 April 1826 to John and Margaret (Wrightman) Riddell in the village of Maxwelton, East Kilbride. He was baptized on 23 April. John's father was a cotton hand loom weaver. When the 1851 census was taken on the night of 30 March, John Riddell was 25 years old; lived with his paternal grandparents, John and Janet Riddell; and worked as an iron stone miner.

He married Martha Muir on 7 August in 1852. Their marriage was recorded in the parish church. That church was built in 1774 and still stands today. By the time the 1861 census was enumerated the family had moved into town of East Kilbride and lived on Main Street. They had three children. John Riddell's occupation was listed as cement miner. East Kilbride was known for its “Roman cement” and an 1816 map of the parish showed 15 limekilns or quarries in the area. The watermill in the village was also used for crushing limestone, and limestone mines undermine the eastern end of the present day town center.

1816 Map of East Kilbride with several lime quarries and works; image
courtesy of ScotlandsPlaces

Much was the same ten years later. The family was still living on Main Street and John was still mining cement. Their youngest child, Margaret was born four months after the 1871 census was taken on 5 August.

There was some sadness for John during the next decade. His wife Martha Muir died on 6 June 1876 and their youngest daughter on 7 February 1879 of whooping cough and purpura. Purpura are hemorrhages under the skin that cause a purplish discoloration. These hemorrhages may frequently be caused by violent coughing. Margaret was 7 years old when she died.

When the census was enumerated in 1881, John still mined cement and still lived in East Kilbride. John died on 26 January 1888 at his home in the village of Kirkton. He died of chronic bronchitis, which was common among stone miners, and was 61 years old.

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"1816 Map of East Kilbride," ScotlandsPlaces
1841 Scotland Census, 06/06/1841 Riddel, John (Census 1841 643/00 004/00 003)
1841 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 4; Page: 4; Line: 659
1851 Scotland Census, 30/03/1851 Riddell, John (Census 1851 643/00 013/00 004)
1851 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 13; Page 4; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1851_152
1861 Scotland Census, 07/04/1861 Riddell, John (Census 1861 643/00 001/00 017)
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1871 Scotland Census, 02/04/1871 Riddell, John (Census 1871 643/00 001/00 016)
1871 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 16; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1871_122
1881 Scotland Census, 03/04/1881 Riddell, John (Census 1881 643/00 001/00 019)
1881 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 19; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1881_213
1885 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1885 Riddell, John (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 112 / 153)
1885 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1885 Riddell, John (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 112 / 154)
1885 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1885 Riddell, John (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 112 / 157)
Scotland, Old Parish Registers, 1538-1854, 23/04/1826 Riddell, John (O.P.R. Births 643/00 0030 0031 East Kilbride)
Scotland, Old Parish Registers, 1538-1854, 07/08/1852 Muir, Martha (O.P.R. Marriages 643/00 0030 0221 East Kilbride)
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Elizabeth Riddell
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Francis Riddell
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, John Riddell
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Robert Riddell

Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Robert Riddell

Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Thomas Riddell

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1888 Riddle, John (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0008)

2.3. Martha Muir (1830-1876)

Martha Muir was Robert and Henrietta (Brown) Muir's third child. She was born on 2 September 1830 in Glassford Parish, Lanarkshire. In 1841, when the census was enumerated the family had moved to East Kilbride Parish. Ten years later, Robert and Henrietta's children were enumerated in the 1851 census and lived in the village of Kirkton, East Kilbride. Martha's older sister, Elizabeth, was listed as head of the household. The three oldest daughters -- Elizabeth, Martha, and Jean -- worked as farm servants.

Martha married John Riddell the next year on 7 August in East Kilbride.

East Kilbride Street Scene. You can see the parish church in the background;
photograph courtesy of  Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical
Monuments of Scotland

When the 1861 census was taken, the family was living on Main Street in East Kilbride; John worked as a cement miner; and they had three children -- John, Henrietta, and Oswald. Ten years later the family was still living on Main Street. Two of their children, Henrietta and Oswald, had left home, but four more children had been born: Robert, Elizabeth (born nine days before Aunt Elizabeth, died), Francis, and Thomas.

Their youngest child, Margaret Riddell was born in 1871 after the census was taken.

Martha Muir died five years later on 6 June 1876 in the village of Kirkton of phthisis pulmonalis, or tuberculosis. She was 45 years old. Her husband never remarried and died 12 years later.

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1841 Scotland Census, 06/06/1841 Moore, Henrietta (Census 1841 643/00 001/00 001)
1851 Scotland Census, 30/03/1851 Muir, Elisabeth (Census 1851 643/00 015/00 016)
1851 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 15; Page: 16; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1851_152
1861 Scotland Census, 07/04/1861 Riddell, John (Census 1861 643/00 001/00 017)
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1871 Scotland Census, 02/04/1871 Riddell, John (Census 1871 643/00 001/00 016)
1871 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page 15; Line 2; Roll: CSSCT1871_122
Scotland, Old Parish Registers, 1538-1854, 02/091830 Muir, Martha (OPR Births 645/00 0020 0017 Glassford)
Scotland, Old Parish Registers, 1538-1854, 07/08/1852 Muir, Martha (OPR Marriages 643/00 0030 0221 East Kilbride)
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Elizabeth Riddell
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Francis Riddell
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, John Riddell
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Martha Muir
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Robert Riddell
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Robert Riddell
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Thomas Riddell
Scotland, Statutory Registrations 1855-2013, 1876 Riddle, Martha (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0044)

Riddell and Muir Name Origins

John Riddell married Martha Muir in 1852. People with their surnames most frequently live in these areas in the United Kingdom today:

Riddell Surname

Muir Surname

These maps were produced using http://named.publicprofiler.org/.

The Price of Coal

Deep down in the bowels of this beautiful earth,
Oh his dark throne sits King Coal
He calls for his revenue every day,
Caring neither for body nor soul.
When to the grim monarch the miner descends,
He remembers the saying devine;
Not one of knows what a day may bring forth,
So true of the lads in the mine.

Deep down in the bowels of this beautiful earth,
Death lurks unseen, unheard;
Till with a roar, or a blinding flash,
On the lives of the men he has fared
'Tis then that faith and valor combine,
In deeds that are known but to God and themselves --
So true of the lads in the mine.

Deep down in the bowels of this beautiful earth
We sat, my mate and I,
To plan our work; yet little we thought
In a moment one would die.
O God, 'twas a cry I shall never forget
As my mate paid his price at the shrine;
A price that is sought by the monarch of coal
From the lads who toil in the mine.

Deep down in the bowels of this beautiful earth,
Down in that dark domain;
Men grovel and toil for the treasure it holds
Their bodies oft aching with pain.
As you sit by your fireside in comfort and warmth
And watch the firelight twine;
Give a thought to the price that's paid for in lives
Of our lads who work in the mine.

By Matthew Brown c1936, as published in Black Faces and Tackety Boots: True Stories from the Coal Mines of Lanarkshire by Wilma S. Bolton

Volume II Introduction

The descendants of Robert and Henrietta (Brown) Muir's second daughter, Martha Muir, and her husband, John Riddell, encompass 253 known ancestors across five generations. They scattered throughout lowland Scotland, leading lives in increasingly industrialized times. Some emigrated, settling in Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Several became property owners in their native Scotland or adopted countries. By in large Martha (Muir) Riddell's descendants worked with their hands either underground, out of doors, or in large factories and shipyards. They experienced great sadness and I am sure great joy.

They buried children before their time; committed suicide when life seemed unbearable; died of barbiturate poisoning (a drug overdose in 1950?); and AIDS before the dreadful disease pricked the conscious of Western cultures. They worked in hazardous occupations sometimes paying with their lives. But many were willing to take risks and face the vast unknown in search of "better conditions." They married, stayed married through thick and thin and raised large families. This is their tale.

If you are related to anyone mentioned in this volume, please contact me using the contact form located here: http://robertmuirfamily.blogspot.com. I would love to include your family memories, stories, or photographs in this volume.

I hope you enjoy reading about our shared ancestors, the descendants of John and Martha (Muir) Riddell!

Writing a Book about the Descendants of Robert Muir (c1800-1869)

I am writing a book about the descendants of Robert Muir (c1800-1869), my great great great grandfather. He married Henrietta Brown (died bef 1856) in Avondale, Lanarkshire in 1828 and they had 13 known children:

• William Muir (c1826-unknown)
• Elizabeth Muir (c1829-1863) married Matthew Cassels
• Martha Muir (1830-1876) married John Riddell
• Jean Muir (1834-bef 1837)
• Henrietta Muir (1836-bef 1841)
• Jean Muir (1837-1856)
• Robert Orr Muir (1839-1917) married 1) Jane Paton Loudon and 2) Mary Watson Shaw
• Henrietta Muir (1841-1929) married James Williamson and immigrated to Australia
• Thomas Muir (1842-1901) married 1) Janet Sorbie and 2) Isabella Moore
• James Muir (1844-bef 1848) 
• John Muir (1846-1923) married Lilias Weir
• James Muir (1848-1926) married 1) Margaret Semple and immigrated to USA and 2) Margaret (McIntosh) Greenbank
• Nathaniel Muir (c1850-1923) married 1) Janet Shaw and 2) Christina Ure

This volume, Volume II, is about the descendants of Martha Muir and her husband, John Riddell.

If you are a descendant of any of these people and would like to contribute stories, photos, or memories of your ancestors, I would love to include them in the book. The book will be free and will be available for download in PDF format from this website.

Simply comment below or use the comment form to the right, and I will be in contact with more information. Or contact me through my public Facebook genealogy page: Tangled Roots and Trees.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Volume I Sources

This is a list of sources used to research the specific people, places and events listed in Volume I  of The Descendants of Robert Muir. A list of general sources used in my research may be found at the end of the last volume of the book when it is published or Sources.

Databases

1891 Canada Census, Census Place: Calgary, Alberta, Territories; Roll: T-6425; Family No: 186
1906 Canada Census, Census Place: 9, Calgary, Alberta; Page: 10; Family No: 2
1911 Canada Census, Census Place: Calgary, Calgary, Alberta; Page: 6; Family No: 67
1916 Canada Census, Census Place: Alberta, Calgary East, 05I; Roll: T-21948; Page: 34; Family No: 419
1921 Canada Census, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 3; Census Place: Calgary, Calgary East, Alberta; Page Number: 22
1841 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 4; Page: 10; Line: 1149; Year: 1841
1851 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 13; Page: 8; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1851_152
1851 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 15; Page: 16; Line: 15; Roll; CSSCT1851_152
1851 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 15; Page: 16; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1851_152
1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Linton; ED: 2; Page: 12; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1851_202
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Dalserf: ED; 6; Page: 34; Line: 13; Roll CSSCT1861_95
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 3; Page: 4; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 3; Page: 4; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 3; Page: 4; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1861_95

1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 3; Page: 4; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1861_95

1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 3; Page: 4; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 3; Page: 4; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1861_95
1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Eccles; ED: 4; Page: 13; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1861_136
1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 8; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1871_118

1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 9; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1871_118

1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 9; Line: 3; Roll: CSCCCT1871_118
1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Bothwell; ED: 8; Page: 25; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1871_118

1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 79; Page: 6; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1871_138
1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 2; Page: 35; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1881_202

1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 6; Page: 4; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1881_202

1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 8; Page: 5; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1881_202
1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 8; Page: 5; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1881_202

1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 8; Page: 5; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1881_202

1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 8; Page: 5; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1881_202

1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 8; Page: 5; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1881_202
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 3; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1891_223

1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 33; Line 23; Roll: CSSCT1891_223
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 33; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1891_223

1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 33; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1891_223

1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 34; Line: 1; Roll CSSCT1891_223

1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 34; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1891_223

1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 34; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1891_223

1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 34; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1891_223

1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 7; Page: 12; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1891_223

1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 3; Page: 21; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1901_245
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 3; Page: 37; Line: 21; Roll: SCCCT_245

1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 4; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1901_246
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 4; Line: 18; Roll CSSCT1901_246
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 4; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1901_246
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 5; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1901_246
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 5; Line: 5; Roll:CSSCT1901_246

1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 5; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1901_246

1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page 5; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1901_246

1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 37; Line 23; Roll: CSSCT1901_246

1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 37; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1901_246

1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 38; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1901_246
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 44; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1901_246

1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5; Page: 44; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1901_246

1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Blantyre; ED: 5A; Page: 10; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1901_246

1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Glasgow Kelvinhaugh; ED: 54; Page: 17; Line: 15; Roll:
CSSCT1901_307
Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, Thompson, Eva McPhail, 1982
Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, Eva McPhail Thompson, 1977
Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, Eva McPhail Thompson, 1980

Canada, British Columbia, Death Index, 1872-1990, 1957 Martin, Martha Lillian
Canada, British Columbia, Death Index, 1872-1990, 1958 Martin, Louis Verral
Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, 1911 Moore, James

Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, 1912, Moore, Hannah
Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, 1912, Moore, Henrietta
Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, 1912, Moore, John
Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, 1912 Moore, Martha
Canada, Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, 1912 Moore, Mary
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 1957 Calgary, Alberta, Henrietta Krenelka
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 1958 Calgary, Alberta, Henrietta Krenelka
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 1957 Calgary, Alberta, Henrietta Krenelka
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 1963 Calgary, Alberta, Henrietta Kingston
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 1965 Calgary, Alberta, Henrietta Kingston
Canada, Voters Lists, 1335-1980 1972 Calgary, Alberta, Henrietta Kingston
Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 1974 Calgary, Alberta, Henrietta Kingston
Global, BillionGraves.com Burial Index, 1994 Wilson, Gordon Vernon

Global, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Henrietta Torrance

Global, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Thomas Torrance

Global, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, William Lively

Ireland, Baptismal/Birth Records for Ireland, 1871 Moore, James

Ireland, Church Baptisms, Donegal Ancestry, 1799 Muir, Robert

Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, 1911 Moore, James

Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, 1834  Jean Muir
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, 1837 Jean Muir
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, 1844 James Muir

Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, 1858 Margaret Cassels

Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, 1861 Martha Cassels
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, 1863 Elizabeth Cassels

Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, 1881 Martha Brodie

Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, 1874 William Brodie and Henrietta Cassels
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1915 Paterson, James Lively (Statutory Births 624/00 0227)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2014, 1919Morrison, John (Statutory Births 624/00 0576)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1919 Semple, Andrew (Statutory Births 647/00 1071)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1920 Wightman, Annie Fisher (Statutory Births 647/00 0118)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1923 Thomson, Mary (Statutory Births 624/00 0159)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2014, 1923 Paterson, Henrietta (Statutory Births 624/00 0283)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1932 McKillop, Eva McPhail, (Statutory Births 644/21 544)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2014, 1943, Morrison, John - Paterson, Henrietta (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0079)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1943 Paterson, John - Wightman, Annie (Statutory Marriages 625/03 0046)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2014, 1946 Morrison, Alexander Paterson (Statutory Births 624/00 0339)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2014, 1951 Morrison, Elizabeth Brodie (Statutory Births 624/00 0221)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2014, 1955 Morrison, Norman (Statutory Births 625/03  0961)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1960 Stewart, William Edward - Torrance, Henrietta C B (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0062)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1960 Thompson, Benjamin James - McKillop, Eva McPhail, (Statutory Marriages 644/08 0256)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1967 McKillop, Eleanor (Statutory Deaths 500/01 0132)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1973 Paterson, John Burnside (Statutory Deaths 574/00 0013)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2014 Gibson, Marion (Death 574/00 0058)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1991 Paterson, Annie Fisher (Statutory Deaths 574/00 0110)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 1993 Boyd, Agnes (Statutory Deaths 577/00 0795)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 2000 Torrance, Thomas (Statutory Deaths 577/00 0492)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations Index, 1855-2013, 2005 Semple, Mary (Statutory Deaths 574/00 0101)
UK, British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, William Lively, 42292
UK, British Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 895001-896500; Reference: 548
UK, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Grave Registration, Index No. M.R. 18, Soissons Memorial, Part Two (G-M), Lively, William, 42292

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1911 Moore, James

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1912 Moore, Hannah
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1912 Moore, Henrietta
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1912 Moore, John
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1912 Moore, Martha
UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960, 1912 Moore, Mary
UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, William Lively, 42292
UK, WWI Service Medals and Awards Rolls, 1914-1920, William Lively, 42292

US, Border Crossings, Canada to U.S., 1895-1956, 1938 Wilson, Gordon Vernon

US, California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Date: 1972-12-22
US, California, Death Index, 1940-1997, Date: 1986-04-14

US, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, 1994 Wilson, Gordon Vernon
US, Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005, Hawkins, Ernest William - Wilson, Betty Lou
US, Oregon Death Index, 1898-2008, 1994, Wilson Gordon
US, Public Records, 1993 Wilson, Gordon Vernon
US, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Name: Florence Athena Hillberg; Issue State: Texas; Issue Date: Before 1951
US, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Number: 565-34-4803
US, Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Number: 568-32-9155
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, 568-32-9155, California
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number 550-36-2548; California

US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number 573-26-2453; California
US, Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Number 568-32-9155, California

Documents

1841 Scotland Census, 06/06/1841 Chassells, George (Census 1841 643/00 004/00 009)
1841 Scotland Census, 06/06/1841 Moore, Henrietta (Census 1841 643/00 0001/00 0001)
1851 Scotland Census, 30/03/1851 Bradie, William (Census 1851 796/00 002/00 012)

1851 Scotland Census, 30/03/1851 Cassels, George (Census 1851 643/00 013/00 008)
1851 Scotland Census, 03/03/1851, Muir, Elizabeth (Census 1851 643/00 015/00 016), pages 1-2
1861 Scotland Census, 07/04/1861 Bredie, William (Census 1861 737/00 004/00 013)

1861 Scotland Census, 07/04/1861 Cassels, George (Census 1861 643/00 003/00 004)
1861 Scotland Census, 07/04/1861 Muir, Robert (Census 1861 638/01 006/00 034)
1871 Scotland Census, 02/04/1871 Brady, William (Census 1871 757/00 001/00 015)
1871 Scotland Census, 02/04/1871 Cassels, Henrietta (Census 1871 624/00 005/00 009), Pages 1-2
1871 Scotland Census, 02/04/1871 Lively, James (Census 1871 625/01 008/00 025)
1871 Scotland Census, 02/04/1871 McKillop, John (Census 1871 644/08 079/00 006)
1881 Scotland Census, 03/04/1881 Brodie, William (Census 624/00 008/00 005
1881 Scotland Census, 03/04/1881 Cassells, Archibald (Census 1881 624/00 002/00 035)
1881 Scotland Census, 03/04/1881 McKillop, John (Census 1881 644/11 056/00 003)
1881 Scotland Census 03/04/1881 Sneddon, James (Census 1881 624/00 006/00 004)
1885 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1885 Cassells, Matthew (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 111 / 96)
1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Brodie, William (Census 1891 624/00 005/00 033)
1891 Scotland Census 05/04/1891 Lively, Elizabeth (Census 1901 624/00 005/00 003)
1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 McKillop, John (Census 1891 646/03 029/00 043)
1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Moore, James (Census 1891 624/00 034)
1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Paterson, Alexander (Census 1891 624/00 003/00 030)
1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Thomson, Nathaniel (Census 1891 624/00 007/00 012)
1895 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1895 Brodie, William (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 153 / 55)
1895 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1895 Lively, James (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 153 / 56)
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Brodie, William (Census 1901 624/00 005/01 037)
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Lively, Elizabeth (Census 1901 624/00 005/01 005)
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Lively, Nettie (Census 1901 639/00 033/00 003)
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 McKillop, John (Census 1901 624/00 005/01 004)
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 McKillop, John (Census 1901 646/03 026/00 017)
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Moore, Martha B (Census 1901 624/00 005/01 044)
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Paterson, Alexander (Census 1901 624/00 003/01 037)
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Potter, Annie (Census 1901 644/10 054/00 017)
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Thomson, Thomas (Census 1901 624/00 005/02 010)
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Torrance, Thomas (Census 1901 624/00 003/01 021)
1905 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1905 Brodie, William (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 224 /334)
1905 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1905 Lively, James (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 224 / 342)
1905 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1905 McKillop, John (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 227 / 656)
1905 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1905 Moore, James (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 224 / 340)
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Brodie, William (Census 1911 624/00 007/00 018)
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Gibson, David (Census 1911 624/00 003/00 005)
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Lively, Mowin (Census 1911 625/01 001/00 039)
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 McKillop, John (Census 1911 646/026/00 017)
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Moore, Hannah (Census 1911 624/00 003/00 046)
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Paterson, Alexander (Census 1911 624/00 003/00 040)
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Potter, Eleanor (Census 1911 646/02 029/00 002)
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Thomson, Nathaniel (Census 1911 624/00 007/00 001)
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Torrance, Thomas (Census 1911 624/00 007/00 031)
1915 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1915 Brodie, William (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 305 / 547)
1915 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1915 MacKillop, John (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 1095 / 136)
1915 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1915 Paterson, Alexander (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 305 / 680)
1915 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1915 Thomson, Nathaniel (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 305 / 599)
1920 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1920 Brodie, William (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 340 / 170)
1920 Scotland Valuation Rolls, 1920 MacKillop, John (Valuation Rolls VR107 / 1281 / 132)
Canada, British Columbia, Certificate of Death, Registration No. 1957-59-008269, No. 26033985
Canada, British Columbia, Registration of Death, No. 57-09-008269
Canada, British Columbia, Registration of Death, No. 58-09-006897
Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1538-1854, 10/02/1812 Brown, Henrietta (O.P.R. Births 644/01 0210 0036 Glasgow)
Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1538-1854, 26/01/1828 Muir, Robert (O.P.R. Marriages 621/00 0040 0232 Avondale)
Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1538-1854, 08/04/1834, Muir, Jean (O.P.R. Births 621/00 0040 0088 Avondale)
Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1538-1854, 14/02/1836, Muir, Henrietta (O.P.R. Births 643/00 0030 0085 East Kilbride)
Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1538-1854, 05/11/1837, Muir, Jean (O.P.R. Births 643/00 0030 0096 East Kilbride)
Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1538-1854, 22/08/1844 Muir, James (O.P.R. Births 643/00 0030 0124 East Kilbride)
Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1538-1854, 13/12/1851 Muir, Elizabeth (O.P.R. Marriages 643/00 0030 0220 East Kilbride)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1854-2013, 1856 Muir, Jane (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0038)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1858 Cassels, Margaret (Statutory Births 643/00 0093)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1861 Cassels, Martha (Statutory Births 643/00 0008)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1863 Cassels, Elizabeth (Statutory Births 627/00 0073)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1863 Cassels, Elizabeth (Statutory Deaths 627/00 0073)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1863 Cassels, Margaret (Statutory Deaths 627/00 0050)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1864 Cassels, Elizabeth (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0003)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1867 Lively, James (Statutory Births 652/02 0514)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1868 McKillop, John (Statutory Births 644/08 2080)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1869, Muir, Robert (Statutory Deaths 656/00 0018)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1870 Cassells, Matthew - McKay, Margaret (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0011)

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1874 Brady, Elizabeth (Statutory Births 624/00 0204)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1874 Brodie, William - Cassels Henrietta (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0038)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1875 Cassels, George (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0068)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1876 Brodie, Mary (Statutory Births 624/00 0226)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1876 Cassels, Martha (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0016)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1879 Brodie, James (Statutory Births 624/00 005)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1881 Brodie, Martha (Statutory Births 624/00 0312)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1883 Brodie, James (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0004)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1884 Brodie, William (Statutory Births 624/00 0147)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1886 Paterson, Alexander (Statutory Births 624/00 0234)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1886 Thomson, Nathaniel (Statutory Births 624/00/0228)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1887 Cassels, Matthew - Allardice, Margaret C (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0021)

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1890 Cassels, Matthew (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0183)

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1892 Brodie, Henrietta Cassels (Statutory Births 624/00 0311)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1892 Lively, Henrietta (Statutory Births 624/00 0174)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1892 Lively, James - Brodie, Elizabeth M (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0010)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1893 Brodie, Henrietta (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0216)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1893 Lively, James (Statutory Births 624/00 0516)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1894 Brodie, William - Campbell, Mary (Statutory Marriages 647/00 0186)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1894 Lively, James (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0038)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1896 Lively, James (Statutory Births 624/00 0390)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1897 Moore, James - Rinn, Christina (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0066)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1897 Torrance, Thomas (Statutory Births 624/00 0208)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1898 McKillop, John (Statutory Births 646/03 1130)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1898 McKillop, John - Brodie, Mary (Statutory Marriages 646/03 0117)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1898 McPhail, Eva Hood (Statutory Births 656/02 0449)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1899 Lively, William (Statutory Births 624/00 0172)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1901 Moore, Henrietta (Statutory Births 624/00 0597)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1901 Moore, James - Brodie, Martha (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0039)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1903 Brodie, William (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0072)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1903 Moore, John (Statutory Births 624/00 0526)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2014, 1905 Gibson, David (Statutory Birth Registration 624/00 0120)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2014, 1905 Lively, Marion Sneddon (Statutory Births 624/00 0067)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1905 Moore, Mary Brodie (Statutory Births 624/00 0025)

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1906 Lively, James (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0129)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1906 Lively, James (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0129) (RCE)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1908 Moore, James (Statutory Births 624/00 0391)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1910 Lively, Elizabeth (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0134)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1910 Moore, Hannah (Statutory Births 624/00 0630)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1910 Moore, James (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0134)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1912 Paterson, Alexander - Lively, Henrietta (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0032)

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1912 Paterson, John Burnside (Statutory Births 624/00 0571)

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1914 Thomson, Nathaniel - Brodie, Henrietta Casse (Statutory Marriages 644/10 1853)

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1919 Thomason, Nathaniel (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0099)

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1920 Brodie, William (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0179)

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1927 Torrance, Thomas - Brodie, Henrietta Casse (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0005)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2014, 1928 Gibson, David - Lively, Marion Sneddon (Statutory Marriages 624/00 0092)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1929 McKillop, John - McPhail, Eva Hood (Statutory Marriages 644/11 0193)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1944 McKillop, John (Statutory Deaths 644/17 0439)

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1944 McKillop, Mary (Statutory Deaths 644/05 0281)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1944 Paterson, Alexander (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0039)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1944 Paterson, Alexander (Statutory Deaths 624/00 0039) (RCE)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1948 Paterson, Henrietta (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0120)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1953 Torrance, Thomas (Statutory Deaths 643/00 0109)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1960 McKillop, John (Statutory Deaths 644/01 0816)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6473851 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6473852 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Deaths in Scotland, 6473853 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Marriages in Scotland 6501447 CE
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland 6501450 CE

Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Marriages in Scotland 6501461 CE

UK, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Commemorative Certificate, Lively, William, 42292

UK, Statutory Registrations, 1837-2013, 1918 Lively William (Statutory Deaths SAW 039673)

US, Application for Social Security Account Number, 550-36-2548

US, Federal, Certificate of Citizenship, Application No. 230-50-110 651 142

Maps

1843 British Ordnance Survey of East Kilbride, ScotlandsPlaces
1845 Map of Lanarkshire, Statistical Account of Lanarkshire, 1841
1858 British Ordnance Survey of Govan, ScotlandsPlaces
1896 British Ordnance Survey of Middle Ward Hospital in Dalziel Parish, ScotlandsPlaces
1897 British Ordnance Survey of Dixon's Rows, ScotlandsPlaces
1910 British Ordnance Survey of School Lane, High Blantyre, ScotlandsPlaces
Glasgow Subway, Mike's Railway History
Ireland counties subject to plantations, Wikipedia

Newspapers

Aberdeen Evening Express, 9 Feb 1887
Birmingham Gazette, 29 May 1918
Dundee Courier, 30 May 1918
Glasgow Herald, 10 February, 1887
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 24 Nov 1903

The Birmingham Mail, 28 May 1918

Photographs and Images

12 Clavus Road, Corio, Victoria, Australia, Google Maps
1896 Opening of the Glasgow Subway, BBC
82 Logan Street, Blantyre, Google Maps
Administration Block of Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, ScotlandsPlaces
Aerial View of Baird Rows, Britain from Above
Aerial View of the Clyde River Overlooking Govan and Partick, Glasgow History
Annie Fisher (Wightman) Paterson and John Burnside Paterson; Susan Hughes
Baptismal Font at Old Church, Skankill, Library Ireland
Blantyre Priory, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Burning Bush Emblem, Wikipedia
Causeystanes, Blantyre c1905, The Blantyre Project
Coal Miners, Kentucky Coal Mining History
Craonne After the Fighting, 1/4 Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales, Own Yorkshire Regiment
Current Day Housing on Netherton Road, Glasgow, Google Maps
Dixon's Rows, Auld Blantyre
East Kilbride Old Parish Church, Scottish War Memorials Project
Fight Tuberculosis Poster, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Glasgow Road c1910, The Blantyre Project
Glasgow Trams c1953, Dewi Williams Home Page
Handloom, "Spinning and Weaving: Scotland's Past in Action, by Enid Gauldie
Hunthill Road c1915, The Blantyre Project
Hyndland Street c1910, The Glasgow Story
Main Street of Blantyre in 1904, The Blantyre Project
Memorial Monument for Thomas Torrance and Henrietta Brodie at High Blantyre Cemetery, Find a Grave Member Elizabeth Grieve
Old Victorian print of 1877 Blantyre Mining Disaster, Amazon.com
Plan of Hamilton, Bothwell and Blantyre, Angus McPherson Handbook of Hamilton, 1862
Rev. Morrison's Pamphlet Title Page, Internet Archive
Silk Handloom Weaver, Sorbie Family Website
Soissons Memorial, Commonwealth Graves Commission
S/S Grampion, Gjenvick-Gjonvik Archives
S/S Lake Erie in the Clyde River, Clyde-built Ships Database
Stonefield Road, Blantyre, The Blantyre Project
Strathaven Castle, Wikipedia
The Disruption Assembly (painting by David Octavius Hill), Wikipedia
The Lanarkshire Miners' Agitation, Aberdeen Evening Express
The Muir - Moir - George Cheyne Connection, via electronic mail dated 1 Sep 2014
Victory and British War Medals, Online Medals

Poems

A Coalminer's Prayer, Brenda Graham