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3rd December 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 31 Normal Place, on the 2d instant, Mrs James Wilson, a son.
At Allan Park, Stirling, on the 28th ultimo, the lady of the Rev. R Henderson, a son.
At Balaskilly(?) Manse, Perthshire, on the 26th ultimo, the wife of MB Stewart Esq., of Balaskilly(?), a
son and heir.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 29 Old Dalmarnock Road, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Allan McLean, Elizabeth, the fourth
daughter of the late Mr John Donald, portioner, Bridgeton, to Mr Thomas Cumming, salesman.
At Edinburgh, on the 28th ultimo, by the Very Rev. Dean Ramsay, John Douglas Esq., of Scotwell(?) to
Miss Jemima Mansfield, youngest daughter of the late John Mansfield Esq., of Midmar.
At West Bay Rothesay, on the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. John R Glass, Musselburgh, John Howden Esq.,
surgeon, Fleetwood, Lancashire, to Robertina Bannatyne, daughter of the late Robert Glass Esq.,
Greenock.
DEATHS [02]
At 69 Hospital Street, on the 1st instant, Helen, aged nine months, daughter of Mr Arthur Perry.
At the Maxwell Arms Inn, Pollokshaws, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs James Struthern.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT KINCARDINE – On Wednesday night last week, William Drysdale, a youth of
eighteen, while on a cartload of wood at the saw-mill in Mercer Street, assisting to unload it, slipped his foot and
fell down, with a large tree above him, which crushed his head to the ground and inflicted such frightful
confusions thereon as bereft him of life on the spot. – Perth Advertiser.
DEATH OF THE REV. JAMES RODGER OF DENINO [01] – Mr Roger, minister of the parish of Denino, near
St Andrews -a man remarkable for peculiar abilities, as well as for some peculiar manners and qualities – died
at his manse on the night of the 23d ult., in the 83d year of his age.
DEATH OF JOHN ROSS, ESQ. [abbreviated] – We regret to announce the death of this amiable gentleman, at
the residence, Berbice Cottage, near Inverness, at midnight on Wednesday last... Mr Ross was a native of
Golspie, Sutherlandshire and left his place of birth early in life and spent a number of years in British Guiana...
Mr Ross has left a widow and five promising children. His remains were interred on Monday in the Chapel
Yard, and were followed by a very large number of relatives and friends... – Inverness Courier.
SUDDEN DEATH [abbreviated][02] – On Friday forenoon, a poor woman, named Grace Crawford or Grace
Miller, was found at the door of Renfield Street Free Church in a dying condition, and almost instantly expired.
It appears that her husband, Thomas Miller, had been an inmate of the Clyde Street Hospital for some weeks,
and having no other means of support, she had resorted to the selling of apples on the streets to procure a
livelihood, and at the time referred to was on her way from the Broomielaw to Port Dundas with a basket of that
fruit... complaining of exhaustion she sat down... had a fit of coughing and soon breathed her last.... it is of the
opinion that the woman died of the effects of asthma whilst in a weak condition from want of food.
7th December 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 257 West George Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Clerk, a daughter.
At 1 Canal Street, Port Dundas, on the 6th instant, Mrs John Stevenson, a daughter.
At 27 Taylor Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Gillespie, a son.
At 1 King Street, Tradeston, on the 6th instant, Mrs Alexander Fullerton, a son.
At 112 Peel Terrace, on the 5th instant, Mrs AW Stewart, a daughter.
At western Bank Buildings, Canning Street, on the 4th instant, Mrs John Lyle, a son.
At 5 Morrison Street, Kingston, Glasgow, on the 4th instant, Mrs Alexander Harthill, a son.
At Lillyvale Cottage, Govan Road, on the 4th instant, Mrs William Mathieson, a daughter.
At Port Vale House, Hertford, on the 3d instant, the lady of Edward B Eastwick Esq., Haileybury, a
daughter.
At 54 Oxford Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs William Bogle, a daughter.
At 3 Garscadden Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs Robert Loudon, a daughter.
At 15 Lynedoch Crescent, on the 3d instant, Mrs Ronaldson, a son.
At 61 Nelson Street, Tradeston, Mrs D Morrison, a daughter.
At 74 South Wellington Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Peter McLaren, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Easter House, Old Monkland, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Black, John Morrison Esq.,
manufacturer, Glasgow, to Janet Menzies, eldest daughter of John Black Esq.
At 15 Annfield Place, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. William Symington of castle-Douglas, Matthew
Clark Esq., to Marion Brown, second daughter of the Rev. William Symington, DD., Glasgow.
At Richard Street, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Dr. King, LLD., Mr John Thomson Fraser, writer,
Glasgow, to Elizabeth Gritton, eldest daughter of the late Mr Colin Falconer, merchant, Glasgow.
At Rothesay, Bute, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Robert Craig, AM., Charles Ford, MD., son of Captain
Ford, Royal Artillery, to Jane Stephen, daughter of the late Mr Major of Liverpool.
At 102 East Regent Street, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Robert Houston, Mr James Johnston,
provision and spirit merchant, Glasgow, to Susan, daughter of Mr Alexander Martin, flesher.
At 48 London Street, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. William Anderson, United Presbyterian Church,
John Stewart, jun., Esq., cooper, to Agnes, only daughter of the late Mr John Leggat, Glasgow.
At Lochwinnoch, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. William Graham, Mr William Hendry of Auchengown,
to Jean Bartlemore.
At Aberdeen, on the 24th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Mitchell, Mr Finlay Mackinnon, teacher, St Andrew’s
Parish School, Glasgow, to Ellen, eldest daughter of David Walker Esq., Aberdeen.
DEATHS [02]
At Grace Cottage, Bothwell, on the 2d instant, Mary Ann, aged 64 years, the wife of Mr Thomas
Williams. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 8(?) Park Place, Paisley Road, on the 6th instant, Mary Waters, daughter of Mr Thomas Laurie,
colour merchant.
At 86(?) Canning Street, on the 5th instant, Robert, third son of Mr John Dick, Glasgow.
At 2 North Albion Court, on the 4th instant, Mrs Robert Dickie.
At 66(?) Bath Street, on the 4th instant, Margaret Fraser, daughter of Donald Campbell Esq., Kingston,
Jamaica, aged seven years and eleven months.
At 96 Great Hamilton Street, on the 4th instant, Janet Smellie, wife of Mr James Thomson, aged 36
years.
At 26(?) Queen Street, Paisley, on the 3d instant, of scarlet fever, James Stirling, aged five years, only
child of Mr John Campbell, writer.
At 39 Cadogan Street, Jessie, eldest daughter of Mr John Wallace, Oban.
At 35 Cleland Street, on the 2d instant, Mary Stevenson, relict of Mr William Armour, Kilmarnock.
At 8 Royal Terrace, on the 3d instant, John Adam Esq., merchant.
10th December 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 48(?) Holmhead Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs John Watson jun., a daughter.
At Hamilton Crescent, Partick, on the 8th instant, Mrs David MacGibbon, a daughter.
At 33 North Hanover Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs James Jardine, a daughter.
At 68 George Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs William Kyle, a son.
At Bumbarton, on the 7th instant, Mrs Robert Laing, a daughter.
At East Park, Garscube Road, on the 6th instant, Mrs Archibald Elliot, a son.
At 1 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London, on the 6th instant, Mrs Henry Ward, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 39 North Hanover Street, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. John W Borland, Mr Thomas
Cullen, Surveyor of Inland Revenue, Edinburgh, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Thomas Lang
Esq., builder, Glasgow.
At 107 Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 7th instant, by William Kerr Esq., pastor in Old Independent
Church, Oswald Street, Mr James Walker, machine maker, to Christina, daughter of Mr Matthew Bell.
At Trinity Church, Trinidad, on the 24th October, by the Rev. Thomas Gilbert, Rector of St Paul’s,
William Graham Esq., merchant there, to Jessie, youngest daughter of John Taylor, jun., Esq.,
merchant, Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At 10 Albany Place, on the 9th instant, Elizabeth Robertson, in the eighty-third year of her age, relict of
Mr Peter Ramsay, Perth.
At Glasgow, on the 9th instant, Mr Robert Falconer, late bookseller, Miller’s Place.
At 26 Abbotsford Place, on the 8th instant, Jane Dixon Pringle.
At 6 Blythswood Square, on the 8th instant, the infant son of John Middleton Esq.
At 71 Abercrombie Street, on the 8th instant, aged three and a half years, Jessie Herbert, youngest
daughter of Mr John Wilson.
At 24 Wilson Street, on the 7th instant, aged three years and eleven months, Arthur, second son of Mr
Samuel Porter, late Sergt. Major, HM 85th Foot.
At 24 Wilson Street, on the 7th instant, Catherine McKirdy, aged 29 years, spouse of Mr Gilbert Lang,
solicitor, in Glasgow.
At 86 Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 7th instant, of scarlet fever, John, aged three years, and James,
aged six months, sons of Mr William Lennox, slater.
At Alexandria, on the 6th instant, suddenly, of rupture of a blood vessel, Mr Hugh Crasmer(?), foreman
printer, Alexandria printworks.
At Camis-Eakan, West Lodge, Dumbartonshire, on the 5th instant, Mr Walter Irvine, aged 74 years.
At Auchenames, Kilbrachan, on the 5th instant, James Stevenson Esq., of Auchenames.
At Woodside Cottage, Hamilton, on the 1st instant, Jean Hamilton, relict of James Stuart Esq.
DEATH BY DROWNING [02] – On the afternoon of Saturday last, a man named John McNicol was found
drowned in the river, at the south side of the harbour. McNicol, it appears, had been engaged the previous
evening as a private watchman in the brig Lady Cornwall of Greenock, and as he was nowhere to be found in
the morning when the crew came to the vessel, it was supposed that he must have fallen into the river. Search
was accordingly made, when his body was found, as above stated, betwixt the vessel and the quay. McNicol was
formerly a watchman in connection with the Clyde Police, and was always much respected.
FATAL ACCIDENT – One of those distressing accidents, attended with fatal results, which are so frequent in
collieries, even when the greatest caution is employed, occurred on Tuesday night, about eleven o’clock, in No.1
pit of the Portland Iron Company, at Crookedholm. The seam of coal now working in this pit is about 11 feet
thick, and the incumbent stone forming the roof, being but thin, a portion of it gave way, and falling on the head
of John Riley, one of the colliers, killed him instantaneously. Within a few hours of the time he had left his home
in Newton, of this town, to engage in work, he was borne back by his sorrowing fellow-workmen a lifeless
corpse. The painful situation of his wife at this result may be easily conceived. Riley is a native of England,
about 30 years of age. His family consisted of his wife and two children, of whom the youngest is only a few
weeks old. – Kilmarnock Journal.
14th December 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 10 Abbotsford Place, on the 13th instant, Mrs Blyth, a son.
At 14 Woodside Place, on the 12th instant, Mrs William Smith, jun., a daughter.
At 1 Ure Place, on the 12th instant, Mrs John Colville, a son, still-born.
At the Manse, Holytown, on the 11th instant, Mrs Wilkie, a son.
At Rosemount, Airdrie, on the 11th instant, Mrs John Craig Waddell, a son.
At Helensburgh, on the 11th instant, Mrs Thomson, a daughter, still-born.
At 44 Albany Street, Edinburgh, on the 10th instant, the wife of WM Ellis Esq., a son.
At 27 Whitevale Street, on the 10th instant, Mrs John Thomson, a son.
At 9 Holland Place, on the 8th instant, the wife of the Rev. Archibald McDougall, a daughter.
At Hyde Park, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, the wife of the Rev. John Patterson, minister of Anderston, a
daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At St Andrew’s Church, Oxford Road, Manchester, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. Alexander Munro,
AM, James Gilmour Esq., son of the late William Gilmour Esq., of Oatlands, Glasgow, to Mary,
daughter of the late David Bannerman Esq.
At Stonelaw, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. Mr Munro, James Morton Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to
Ann, daughter of the late Mr William Wallace, farmer, Stonelaw.
At Dunfermline, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. John Law of the United Presbyterian Church, James
Hood Esq., Newmilns, to Sarah, eldest daughter of the late James Murdoch Esq., writer, Kilmarnock.
At Saltcoats, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. James Ellen of the United Presbyterian Church, Saltcoats,
Mr Hugh Logan, to Mary, third daughter of Mr James McMillan, Stevenston.
At Breakplough, Stevenston, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. William Pinkerton of Kilwinning Free
Church, Mr Archibald McLean, grocer, Glasgow, to Barbara, fourth daughter of Mr James McMillan,
Stevenston.
At West Kingston, Glasgow, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Struthers, David M Lamont Esq., ship-
agent, Glasgow, to Agnes, eldest daughter of Captain W Stewart.
At Nelson Street, Glasgow, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. John Graham, James McBrain Esq., to Jane,
fourth daughter of the late James Paton Esq., ship-master, Montrose.
At Ditch, parish of Erskine, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Mr Cameron, John McGee Esq., younger of
Berry Knows, to Agnes, eldest daughter of the late James Lyle Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At 129 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, on the 12th instant, William Orr Esq., of the firm of Francis Orr &
Sons. – Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
At the Red Lion Hotel, Glasgow, on the 8th instant, Mary Ann Little, late of the Garrick Tavern,
Greenock. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Bridgeton, on the 12th instant, Margaret Leslie, relict of Mr Robert Jaffrey, builder, Bridgeton.
At 37 Taylor Street, on the 12th instant, Mr John McNie.
At Renfrew, on the 12th instant, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr William Alexander, builder, Paisley.
At Great Hamilton Street, on the 11th instant, Jean Harvey, aged 31 years, wife of Mr John McLellan,
manufacturer.
At 357 Argyll Street, James Jack, third son of Mr David Wilson, teller, Western Bank, Glasgow.
At Britannia Tavern, 80 Trongate, on the 10th instant, Mrs A Hendry.
At 14 Cumberland Place, on the 10th instant, Mrs Peter McLaren.
At 13 King Street, Tradeston, on the 10th instant, Mr William Reid, architect.
At 24 Abbey Street, Paisley, on the 9th instant, Jessie Wilson, eldest daughter of the deceased John
Crawford Esq., writer, Paisley.
At Old Toll, Airdrie, on the 9th instant, Mr Thomas Main, sen., portioner, aged 74 years.
At 54 Dale Street, Tradeston, on the 8th instant, in the thirty-eighth year of his age, Mr Thomas
McMillan, late wine and spirit merchant, 41 Maxwell Street.
Suddenly, at Cliff Cottage, Millport, on the 8th instant, James Raeburn, aged eleven months, son of John
Thomson Esq.
At Braevallich, Lochawe, on the 8th instant, Janet Douglas, wife of Mr Donald McDougall.
At Blackburn, Linlithgowshire, on the 29th ultimo, Mr William Neill, late manager of the late Mr
S##ales’ Works there.
At New Orleans, on the 17th ultimo, Mr Francis Simpson, merchant, fourth son of the late Rev. James
Simpson of Potterrow Church, Edinburgh.
At Hobart Town, Van Dieman’s Land, on the 13th August, Captain Charles Edward Stanley, Royal
Engineers, Private Secretary to the Governor of Van Dieman’s Land, third son of the late Bishop of
Norwich, aged thirty years.
At East-Port, State of Maine, United States, United States, in July last, William Miller, second son of
the late Mr Francis Miller, formerly of Robertson Street, Broomielaw, Glasgow.
At 71 Abercrombie Street, on the 8th instant, Jessie Herbert, only daughter of Mr John Wilson.
FATAL; OCCURRENCE [01] – About seven o’clock on Saturday evening, a man was observed to fall over the
quay on the west side of Granton Pier into the sea, when Mr George Lumsden, Deputy-Lieutenant, who
happened to be near the spot, threw the life-buoy to the unfortunate man. Some other measures were adopted
with great promptitude for his rescue, but, from the darkness of the night, they proved unsuccessful, and
notwithstanding a diligent search of three hours, the body was not found till five o’clock on Sunday morning. It
was removed in the course of the day to Edinburgh, and was identified as the body of Andrew Anderson, a cabdriver,
who had been seen in a state of intoxication at Granton on Saturday evening.
17th December 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 12 Canning Street, Greenhead, on the 16th instant, Mrs William Miller, a son.
At 4 Washington Street, on the 14th instant, Mrs David Wallace, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Dunt##y, Wilts, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. George Augustus Bledermann, Rector, Mr George
Shand, merchant, Glasgow, to Margaret Mortimer, only child of Mr Lewis Stuart of Banff.
At Abbotsford Place, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Mr Currie, Mr Andrew Williamson, mate of the
ship Susan of Shields, to Jannet McKelvie.
At Belfast, on the 13th instant, James Aitken Esq., late of Glasgow, to Mary Ann, second daughter of
John Kennedy Esq., Belfast.
DEATHS [02]
At 24 Lynedoch Street, Glasgow, on the 16th instant, Isabella aged two years, youngest daughter of
Mr John Allan jun.
At 6 Royal Terrace, on the 14th instant, Mrs William Frew.
At 14 Salisbury Street, on the 14th instant, Mary Anderson, daughter of Mr Robert McKinlay.
At 4 Falkland Place, Renfrew Street, on the 14th instant, Isabella Jane, aged six and a half months,
daughter of Mr Robert Cross.
At 10 Steel Street, on the 14th instant, Mr John Charlton, aged 45 years, known in this city as
clown in Cooke’s Curcus.
At Torquay, on the 7th instant, Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Walker Esq., of Cloy Bank,
Stirlingshire.
At Ellerick Hill, by Biggar, on the 9th instant, Ann Weir, wife of William Ferguson.
At New York, on the 20th ultimo, after a few days’ illness, David Scott Meikleham, MD., aged 45
years, son of the late Professor Meikleham of Glasgow College.
At Havana, West Indies, on the 17th August, of yellow fever, William Pollock, aged 18 years, late
of Bothwell.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT MARYHILL [02] – A man of the name of Alexander Robertson, a block-printer by
trade, unfortunately fell into one of the basins of the Canal here on Tuesday evening and was drowned. We
believe there were some “bottling matches” locally so-called in the course of the day, and this circumstance is
strongly suspected to have led to the melancholy catastrophe.
COAL-PIT ACCIDENT [02] – On Wednesday morning, James Falconer, a boy about eleven years of age, son of
John Falconer, collier, Hurlford, was killed in one of Messrs. Sturrock and Gilmour’s pits. The boy was
employed at the time in turning the fanners, used in ventilating the pit, when the cage came down upon him and
killed him on the spot. – Thursday, about twelve o’clock, another accident occurred at the same work, by which
a collier, named David Black, had one of his limbs fractured, and otherwise so much bruised, that slight hopes
are entertained of his recovery. Black was engaged in working when a portion of a stone from the roof fell on
him. He is a married man, about 30 years of age, and has a small family. – Kilmarnock Journal.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT HAWICK – On Saturday evening a stocking maker, named James Burton, fell down a
stair at the back of the High Street, and was so much hurt that he died on the following morning. The deceased,
who was much the worse of drink at the time of the accident, was a native of Leicester, where he had a wife and
family. He has also left three children, unprotected. – Kelso Chronicle.
21st December 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At Grafton Terrace, on the 20th instant, Mrs James Anderson, a daughter.
At Eastvale Cottage, Kelvinhaugh, on the 20th instant, Mrs James Smith, a son.
At 20 Hill Place, Stirling’s Road, on the 19th instant, Mrs AB Glen, a son.
At Eastmuir, Shettleston, on the 19th instant, Mrs Robert Alexander jun., a daughter.
At 29 Lynedoch Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Gray, a daughter.
At 105 Hill Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Archibald Sands, a daughter.
At 125 Hospital Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Duncan McDonald, a son.
At Henry Shott Place, West Bridgend, Dumbarton, on the 18th instant, Mrs John Drummond, a
daughter.
At Tayside, Perth, on the 18th instant, Mrs Thomas Miller, a daughter.
At 78 Upper Ross Street, on the 17th instant, Mrs Donald Ross, jun., a daughter.
At 7 Graham Street, Airdrie, on the 16th instant, the wife of Thomas Torrance Esq., surgeon, a daughter.
At 108(?) Argyll Street, on the 15th instant, Mrs John Brown, a son.
At 18 West Burn Street, Greenock, on the 15th instant, Mrs Charles Fisher, a son.
At Cape Coast Castle, on the 17th September, Mrs William Hutchison, a daughter.
At McArthur’s Concession, Shataquay, by Montreal, on the 9th ultimo, Mrs William McArthur, late of
Glasgow, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 17 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. William Nixon of Free St John’s,
Montrose, Mr Allan C Gow, ship and insurance broker, Glasgow, to Bridget Sword, eldest daughter of
the late James Nixon Esq., manufacturer, Glasgow.
At Glasgow, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Barr of St Enoch’s Church, Glasgow, Mr Alexander C
McNee, late innkeeper at the Cape of Good Hope, to Mrs Stewart, relict of Mr William Stewart, Port
Glasgow Tavern, Glasgow.
At 5 Brunton Place, Edinburgh, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Grant of St Mary’s, Mr Thomas
martin Ewing, merchant, Edinburgh, to Christina, daughter of George Stodart Esq.
At 128 Prince’s Street, Edinburgh, on the 18th instant, by the rev. Mr Stevenson of St George’s Church,
Isaac Worthington Harrop Esq., to Agnes, daughter of the late Alexander Clapperton Esq., merchant,
Edinburgh.
At Haddington, on the 17th instant, Dr. Marshall, Whitefield House, Cambuslang, to Jessie, eldest
daughter of Mr Watson, Meadowhill.
At 57 South Portland Street, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Alexander Fraser, James Barclay, writer, to
Grace, only surviving daughter of Mr Alexander Kyle.
At Saltcoats, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. Mr Bryce, Mr Mark M Crawford, farmer, Kingarth, Bute,
to Jane, eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Crawford, farmer, Little Busby, Ayrshire.
At Red-River, Louisiana, US, on the 1st ultimo, Dr. Robert Nisbet, Shreveport, Louisiana, formerly of
Glasgow, to Victoire Emerentiene, daughter of ___ Adie Esq., Red-River.
DEATHS [02]
At Aberfoyle, on the 19th instant, Mr John Drummond, aged 86years. – Friends at a distance will please
accept of this intimation.
At 11 Hill Street, Garnet Hill, on the 20th instant, on the 20th instant, Sarah Freer, wife of Mr Stephen
Colvil.
At 79 Villafield Place, on the 20th instant, William, aged two years and eight months, fourth son of John
Reid, wright.
At St James’ Place, Paisley, on the 20th instant, Robert Cochran Esq.
At Craigie, Perth, on the 20th instant, Isabella, second daughter of the Rev. Dr Newlands.
At 6 Windsor Place, on the 19th instant, Eliza Frances, aged six years, youngest daughter of Robert
Mungal, Esq.
At Chapie, Cambuslang, on the 19th instant, Mr John R Buchan.
At 193(?) George Street, on the 18th instant, Mr John Stewart, grocer, aged 39 years.
At Ca##an Lodge, on the 18th instant, Mrs Margaret Cranford Gregory, wife of Dr. WP Alison,
Professor of the Practice of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh.
At Hollisbank, Partick, on the 17th instant, Elizabeth Adam, second daughter of Mr Campbell King,
aged twelve years and three months.
At Seafield, Greenock, on the 17th instant, Jane Barclay, wife of Robert Angus Esq.
At 21 New Sneddon Street, Paisley, on the 17th instant, Mr Alexander Cameron, coach-builder, late of
Glasgow.
At 3 Dalhousie Place, New City Road, on the 18th instant, Janet Miller, aged 61 years, relict of Mr
Walter Johnston, mason and builder.
At Bonarbridge, on the 14th instant, Sarah Munro, wife of Mr D Bethune.
At 44 Albany Street, Edinburgh, on the 18th instant, Emily, the wife of William M Elde Esq.
At Edinburgh, on the 15th instant, Mr George Hopburn, corn merchant.
FATAL ACCIDENT – On Tuesday evening, between eight and nine o’clock, a woman named Mary Paton or
Mary Quin, wife of a labourer named Nicholas Quin, residing in Old Wynd, accidentally fell down the stair
leading to her own house, and was so seriously injured that she expired shortly after 12 o’clock the same night.
24th December 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 39 Cadogan Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs JS Robb, a daughter.
At Barrowfield Works, on the 22d instant, Mrs Allan Arthur, a daughter.
At Sir Michale Street, Greenock, on the 23d instant, Mrs Archibald Johnston, a son.
At 95 Crown Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs James Beaton, a son.
At 16 Salisbury Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs Archibald Campbell, a daughter.
At 21 St. Mark’s crescent, London, on the 20th instant, the wife of the Rev. William B Galloway, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At the house of the bride’s uncle, John sage Esq., Supervisor of Inland Revenue, Glasgow, on the 21st
instant, by the Rev. Dr. Muir of St James’s Parish, Joseph William Forbes, Esq., third son of the late
Duncan George Forbes Esq., of Culloden, to Sarah, eldest daughter of David Dallas, Esq., Balneraite,
Inverness-shire.
At Strathaven, on the 20th instant, by the rev. Mr McLeod, Mr John Aiston, bookseller, to Agnes,
daughter of Mr George Kerr, portioner, Cumnock.
At Campbeltown, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Duncan Macnab of the Free Church, Mr Alexander
Ross, rector if the Free Grammar School, Campbeltown, to Helen Kennedy, daughter of the late John
Grant Esq., Lochend, Campbeltown.
At the residence of John Taylor, tertius Esq., Glasgow, on the 18th instant, by Mr John Taylor, sen.,
pastor of the Baptist Church, Paisley, Alexander Taylor Esq., calenderer, to Elizabeth, second daughter
of John Taylor, jun., Esq., merchant, Glasgow.
At 14 Holmhead Street, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh of Free St John’s, Mr Alexander
Ross, Glasgow, to Margaret Mutrie, daughter of the late Mr Munn of her Majesty’s Inland Revenue.
At 22 London Street, on the 11th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Runciman, John McArthur Esq., grain
merchant, Duke Street, to Mrs Yuill, relict of Mr Yuill.
DEATHS [02]
At Kirklandholm, Ayrshire, on the 21st instant, Mr John Gairdner, late of Buchanan Street, Glasgow. –
Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Craig-Park, on the 23d instant, Miss Mackenzie.
At 100 Brunswick Street, Glasgow, on the 23d instant, of hooping-cough, Alexander, aged five years
and three months, only child of Mr Alexander Dick, jun., writer.
At 189 West Regent Street, on the 22d instant, Frances, aged two years, youngest daughter of Mr
Joseph Reid.
At Hardgate, Duntocher, on the 22d instant, Gilbert, sixth son of Mr WG Lennox.
At Helensburgh, on the 21st instant, Archibald, son of Mr Alexander McNicol, bootmaker.
Suddenly, at 9 Stockwell Place, on the 18th instant, Helen Thompson, wife of Mr James Hilton,
upholsterer.
At the Manse of Kirkmichael, on the 10th instant, Mr John McKellar.
FATAL ACCIDENT – On Monday last, whilst John Stoba, aged 37 years, son of Mr Jacob Stoba, farmer,
Southfield, in the parish of Carlaverock, was attending the horses in the thrashing mill, some cattle came into the
stack-yard. Stoba left his horses with the intention of turning them out, but in passing out of the circle the cross
beam caught his head between it and the upright posts, killing him upon the spot. His brother, who was feeding
the mill, came out to know the cause of the sudden stoppage, and found poor Stoba completely jammed between
the beam and post. He backed the horses, and immediately extricated him, but the vital spark had fled, and he
lay a mangled corpse at his feet. The deceased was highly respected in the parish, and his sudden death has
caused a gloom over the whole neighbourhood. – Dumfries Herald.
28th December 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 145 New City Road, on the 27th instant, Mrs Archibald Henderson, a son.
At Dunoon, on the 25th instant, Mrs Galloway, a daughter.
At Willow-Park Cottage, Airdrie, on the 24th instant, Mrs James Main, a son.
At 22 Monteith Row, on the 23d instant, Mrs Andrew Mactear, a daughter.
At Rawyards, near Airdrie, on the 21st instant, Mrs John brown, a son.
At Fort Assurqhar, Bombay Presidency, on the 13th November, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Woodburn,
CB., a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Glasgow, on the 26th instant, by the Rev. JG Ryde, MA., John hare
Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Jane Atkinson, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Robert Fergus.
At Glasvar, Argyllshire, on the 25th instant, by the Rev. John McDougal, Mr John Sinclair, gas office,
Glasgow, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr Archibald McNeil, farmer and cattle dealer there.
At 55 Robertson Street, Glasgow, on the 24th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Boyd, Mr Alexander Nicol Moore,
Cumnock, to Annabella, daughter of John Begg Esq., Morben, Argyllshire.
DEATHS [02]
At No. 63 George Street, on the 26th instant, Mrs Forester. – Friends will please accept of this
intimation.
At Girvan, on the 25th instant, in the eighty-fourth year of his age, James Waddell, sen., Esq., formerly
of Balquhatston, Stirlingshire. – Friends at a distance are requested to accept of this intimation.
At 60 South Coburg Street, on the 27th instant, Mr RobertNeilson, late cooper in Glasgow, aged 78
years.
At 15 South Apsley Place, on the 26th instant, Mrs Kirkwood.
At his house, 13 Main Street, Bridgeton, on the 28th instant, Mr Edward Murdoch, wine and spirit
merchant.
At 79 Villafield, on the 26th instant, Marjory MacPherson, in the fifty-ninth year of her age, relict of Mr
Angus MacPherson, merchant, in Glasgow.
At Ayr, on the 28th instant, Agnes Bell, third daughter of Mr John cairns, Glasgow.
At Stafford Place, New City Road, on the 26th instant, Mrs William Miller, aged 26 years.
At Inverary, on the 25th instant, Grace, aged six and a half months, daughter of Mr William Hannay.
At Dumbarton, on the 24th instant, Mr Robert Bannatyne, aged 24(?).
At Ednam Street, Annan, on the 2#th instant, Mr James Dobbie, late of Glasgow, aged 80 years.
At Naples, on the 13th instant, Sit Thomas Gibson Carmichael of Skirling, Bart.
At 51 franklin Street, Bridgeton, on the 23d instant, Mr Henry McAulay.
At Springfield Lodge, Great Malvern, on the 24th instant, Patrick Fraser Tytler Esq.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT – THREE MEN DROWNED [abbreviated] – Another of those melancholy
disasters at sea, which are so frequent on our northern shores, has occurred, by which three men have been
drowned. On Thursday last, a small boat from Strathy, with a crew of five men, was returning from Thurso with
some winter provisions for their families, and had reached Sandside harbour in course of the afternoon, where
they staid for a little to take some refreshment. By the time they left, the wind had increased... the boat went
down under a press of sail, and the whole crew was immersed... A boat from the harbour succeeded in saving
two of the men, viz., George Mackay, a married man, and Angus Mackay, also a married man. John Mackay, a
married man, was drowned, also John Mackay and Robert Mackay, two single men. – John o’Groat Journal.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOODHEAD LEAD-MINES – A miner named John Bone, lost his life at these mines
on Monday last. It appears that as he was excavating, a stone, upwards of four feet in length, was suddenly
detached and fell upon him, mortally crushing him beneath its heavy weight. He was speedily extricated, and
proper remedies applied, but he only survived the melancholy accident half an hour. A widow, two sons, and a
daughter, lament his hapless fate. – Ayr Observer.
MELANCHOLY EVENT – On Friday evening, the 21st instant, Mr Robert McMillan, Palgown, on his way
home from Newton-Stewart market, fell from his horse near to the Boreland. Mr McWhae of Larg, who came
up immediately after, found him lying on the road quite insensible. He instantly rode for a doctor, who was in
attendance in a few minutes. Mr McMillan was carried into Mr McGill’s or Boreland. Dr. Erskine remained with
him all night, but all efforts to restore him were unavailing. He continued apparently quite unconscious all the
while, and expired at 1 o’clock on Saturday afternoon. Whether the pony shyed or came down with him, or how
he lost his seat, cannot be known, as he was alone at the time of the accident. The deceased was an excellent
young man, and highly respected by all who were acquainted with him; he had lately leased the farm of Cuil(?),
to which he was to enter at Whitsunday next. – Dumfries Courier.
31st December 1849
BIRTHS [02]
At 121 North Montrose Street, on the 30th instant, Mrs John Carrick, a son.
At 176 West Nile Street, on the 29th instant, Mrs Charles Moffat, a son.
At Airdrie, on the 29th instant, Mrs Robert watt, a son.
At 38 Norfolk Street, on the 28th instant, Mrs John McLaughlan, a son.
At 108 South Portland Street, Mrs JW Foublaster(?), a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Bunkle, Cambusnethan, on the 28th instant, by the Rev. William M Watt, Shotts, Mr Robert Steele,
Borrowstouness, to Frances, daughter of the late Mr John Brownlee, builder.
At 13 Bridgegate Street, on the 28th instant, by the Rev. Robert Houston, Mr Henry Crombie, to Mary,
second daughter of Mr Robert Martin, tailor and clothier, New York.
DEATHS [02]
At Govan, on the 29th instant, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, George Rankine Esq., late of
Castlehill, 50 years manager of the Caron Company’s Works at Carronbank and Grangemouth. –
Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
At Caldon Bog, Killearn, on the 29th instant, Mr William Liddell, aged 78 years. – Friends will please
accept of this intimation.
At 24 York Street, Glasgow, on the 28th instant, Amelia, in the twenty-fourth year of her age, second
daughter of Mr Peter(?) Bruce.
At Calderhead, parish of Shotts, on the 28th instant, Mr Thomas Morton, farmer, son of Mr James
Morton, merchant, Shotts Iron Works.
At the Blue Bell Tavern, Trongate, on the 28th instant, Mrs Andrew Izett.
Suddenly, at 64 Villafield Place, on the 28th instant, Robert, aged nine years, youngest son of the late
Mr Walter McIndoe.
Suddenly, on the 27th instant, John Corbett Esq., of Harestanes.
On the 27th instant, Elizabeth Granger, relict of Mr Daniel Bell, bootmaker, Glasgow.
DEATH BY DROWNING [02] – On the afternoon of Saturday, a man named Donald Cameron, a porter on the
Garnkirk Railway, and residing in Cowcaddens Street, was found drowned in the Canal, opposite Mr Gourlay’s
distillery. The body was shortly afterwards claimed by the relatives.
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