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1st November 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At Solagirth(?), Kirkintilloch, on the 21st ultimo, Mrs Samuel McDouall Stuart, a son.
At 198 Stirling’s Road, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs William Lindsay, a son.
At 1 Albert Place, Kingston, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs William Sharp, a son.
At 170 Saltmarket Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs William B Seal, a daughter.
At 278 Sauchiehall Street, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs James Fleming, a son.
At Lillyburn Cottage, Campsie, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs AQ Macnab, a daughter.
At Portland Place, Manchester, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs David Gibson Fleming, a son.
At 13 Lawn Street, Paisley, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs John Anderson, a son.
At 12 Warwick Street, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs John McLeod, a son.
At Brisbane Street, Greenock, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs Ivie Scott, a daughter.
At 7 Bank Street, Greenock, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs Robert Blair, a son.
At Lochgilphead, on the 26th ultimo, Mrs Thomas Coulter, a son.
At Ardeer House, on the 25th ultimo, the wife of Patrick Warner Esq., of Ardeer, a daughter.
At Tinwald Park, on the 23d ultimo, Mrs Jardine of Lariston, a daughter.
At Auchineruive, on the 20th ultimo, Lady Louisa Oswald, prematurely of a son, still-born.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Govan Colliery, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. John Guthrie, Peter McLaren Esq., merchant, Glasgow, to Mary Watson, third daughter of James Allan Esq.
At 1 Scotland Street, Edinburgh, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. Alexander Davidson, North Leith, the Rev. John Blaikie, minister of Abbotshall, to Helen, youngest daughter of the late Mr David Bett, merchant, Leith.
At Castlegate, Lanark, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. P McFarlane, AB, Mr Daniel McIvor, to Janet, only daughter of Andrew Fleming Esq., Provost of Lanark.
At St James’s, Paddington, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. John R Roper, MA., James Ewing Mathieson Esq., of Glasgow, to Letitia, eldest daughter of Joseph Maynard Esq., of Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park.
At Kilgramuie, Dailly, on the 29th ultimo, by the Rev. Alexander Russell, Mr Walter Kennedy, Glasgow, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Alexander Thomson Esq., Muirkirk.
At Dunlop, on the 28th ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Gebbie, Mr James McKean, Dam, to Agnes, youngest daughter of James Stevenson Esq., merchant.
At Shikapore, on the 19th August, Lieut. JH Henderson, 29th Bombay NI., to Georgiania Caroline, daughter of G Wood Esq., Deputy-Collector, Upper Scinde.
DEATHS [02]
At Inverary, on the 30th ultimo, George Bowman Leech, Esq., writer. – Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At 9 East Lane, Ferguslee, Paisley, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs Janet Symington, aged 63 years. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
Suddenly at 22 Struthers Street, on the 30th ultimo, Isabella, eldest daughter of Mr George Simpson, baker, Stevenson Street, Calton.
At Mr J Macnaughtan’s, Newfield, Rutherglen, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Elizabeth Fulton, aged eighty years.
At New Sneddon Street, Paisley, on the 30th ultimo, Helen, aged 29 years, eldest daughter of Mr William Muir, and wife of Mr Robert Wilson, Londonderry.
At 475 Gallowgate, on the 29th ultimo, Elizabeth, aged 14 years, only daughter of the late Alexander Leckie Esq., flesher, Hutchesontown.
At 24 Portugal Street, Glasgow, on the 28th ultimo Jane Mills, aged twelve months, twin daughter of Mr E Malcolm, printer.
At 6 South Coburg Street, on the 28th ultimo, Mr Robert Brown, late of Dublin.
At 52 Stewart Street, Cowcaddens, on the 27th ultimo, Mr David Anderson, spirit merchant.
At France, Kilmarnock, on the 27th ultimo, Mr James Blair, farmer, in the 92d year of his age.
At Campbeltown, on the 27th ultimo, Mary Catherine, daughter of Mr Archibald McKechnie, Greenock.
4th November 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 201 Elgin Place, Madame Assolari, a daughter.
At Myrtle Cottage, Govan, on the 3d instant, Mrs John Ferguson, a son.
At 52 Taylor Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs john Kay, a son.
At 58 Taylor Street, on the 2d instant, Mrs James Dawson, a son.
At 62 Cambridge Street, Glasgow, on the 2d instant, Mrs James Mackenzie, a daughter.
At 2 Grafton Square, on the 1st instant, Mrs Lauchlan Mackay, a son.
At 83 Govan Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs Andrew Aird, a son.
At Dunblane, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs James Todd, a son.
At Darnick Cottage, N.B., on the 26th ultimo, the wife of Commander Gilbert B Rutherford, RN., a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 9 Hopetoun Place, Stirling’s Road, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. David Menzies, AM., Mr Alexander Wotherspoon, of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr James Heggie, cabinetmaker, Glasgow.
At East High Street, Airdrie, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Archibald Milligan, Mr James Russell, wright and builder, Glasgow, to Jane Thomson, eldest daughter of the late Bailie Fleming.
At Crosshill, Cathcart, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. JS Taylor, Mr Andrew Ballantine, to Agnes, second daughter of Mr William McCue, merchant, Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At Mains, Eastwood, on the 1st instant, John Freeland, aged 12 years, second son of Alexander Govan Esq. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 168 West Regent Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs Henry Alexander.
At 68 Crown Street, on the 3d instant, Stephen, aged three-and-a half years, son of Mr William Yuill.
At 43 Abbotsford Place, on the 2d instant, Mr Walker Campbell, engraver and lithographer.
At Saltcoats, on the 2d instant, Mr Hugh Ferguson, late steward on board the Glow Worm steamboat.
At 10 South Portland Street, on the 1st instant, Eliza Watts, daughter of Mr K Ross.
At Bridge of Weir, on the 1st instant, Ellen King, aged 42 years, relict of Mr RT Chick, Tradeston, Glasgow.
At Stanley Place, Laurieston, on the 27th ultimo, Helen, youngest daughter of Mr Alexander Buchanan.
At her uncle’s house, Langrow, Campbeltown, on the 27th ultimo, Mary Catherine, aged nine months, daughter of Captain A McKechnie.
At Campbeltown, on the 3d September last, Elizabeth Gilkerson, wife of Mr James Dow, late collector of excise.
AYR – MAN KILLED – A young man of the name of Edward O’Brien, about twenty years of age, and a native of Kilmarnock, was accidently killed at the Ayr Foundry, on Thursday last. He was employed as a moulder, and while engaged shoving one of the stove carriages into the stove, three of the boxes fell, two of which alighted on his abdomen, breaking his thigh, and otherwise severely injuring him. Medical assistance was procured in a short time, but without avail, as he died in about three=quarters of an hour. – Kilmarnock Journal.
SUDDEN DEATH OF DR. ALEXANDER WALKER, H.E.I.C.S. [abbreviated] – The melancholy duty devolves on us of recording the sudden death of Dr. Alexander Walker, at Bolarum, India, on Thursday the 5th September, occasioned by a fall from his horse... Dr. Walker was the second son of the late Rev. Alexander Walker, minister of Elgin, and latterly of Urquhart, he left this country in 1833, and was attached to the Nizim’s army in 1836. For some years back he was engaged in making a statistical survey of the Nizim’s country, for his reports on which he had recently received the thanks of the Governor-General. – Elgin Courier.
8th November 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 77 Hill Street, Garnet Hill, on the 7th instant, Mrs James Young, a daughter.
At 111 Hill Street, Garnet Hill, on the 7th instant, Mrs George Johnston, ason.
At 28 Abbotsford Place, on the 6th instant, Mrs James Fleming, a son.
At 424 Parliamentary Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs John McKinnon, a son.
At 4 Great Hamilton Street, on the 6th instant, Mrs Archibald Haig, a son.
At Mill Bank, Haugh of Urr, on the 5th instant, Mrs William Bennett, a son.
At 20 Oxford Street, on the 5th instant, Mrs William Paterson, a daughter.
At Stoneacre House, Hamilton, on the 4th instant, the wife of James B Wharrie Esq., MD., a son.
At Dundyvan, on the 4th instant, Mrs Peter B Johnston, a son.
At 168 West Regent Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs H Alexander, a son.
At 19 Victoria Court, Glasgow, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs John Urie, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 114 Trongate, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Taylor, Mr William Boreland, to Joan Scott, relict of Mr Mathew Anderson, baker on Glasgow.
At St Jude’s Episcopal Chapel, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Charles Popham Miles, Robert Knox jun., Esq., to Mrs Mary Goff Cooke, Barbados.
At Dumfries, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Duncan, A Mercer Adam Esq., Glasgow, to Marion, only daughter of the late George Blount Esq., merchant, Dumfries.
At Argyll Free Church, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Archibald McDougall, Alexander Buchanan Esq., wine merchant, Glasgow, to Mary, eldest daughter of William Dempster Esq., Argyllshire.
At Millheugh, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. S Paterson, W Sadler Esq., Oonoogal-oya Plantation, Ceylon, to Miss Roberts of Glenavon.
At 70 Buccleuch Street, on the 4th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh of Free St John’s, John Blackie sen., Esq., to Margaret Frame, relict of David Ferguson Esq., Glasgow.
At 38 Trongate, on the 5th instant, by the Rev. Principal Macfarlan, Mr Daniel Campbell, cloth-tapper, to Jean, third daughter of Mr Arthur Forber.
DEATHS [02]
At Cloverhill Cottage, near Strathaven, on the 7th instant, Duncan Stewart Esq., surgeon. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Craigmore, Rothesay, on the 3d instant, William Wilson Esq., writer, Glasgow, in his eighty-ninth year. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 63 High John Street, on the 7th instant, Mary Ker, widow of Mr Rice Jones, in the eighty-fourth year of her age.
At 7 Killermont Street, on the 6th instant, Thomas Andrew, aged seven years, only son of Mr Thomas Dudgeon, painter.
At 230 Holm Street, on the 6th instant, jane, eldest daughter of Mr James Addison.
At 9 Guildry Court, Glasgow, on the 6th instant, John Frost, aged three years and seven months.
At 417 Gallowgate, on the 3d instant, Alexander Grant, vinter, aged fifty-four years.
At Netherlee House, Cathcart, on the 5th instant, Robert, aged six years, youngest son of Daniel Crawford Esq., Netherlee.
At Spring Bank, Hawick, on the 5th instant, Mr Alexander Laing, senior partner of the firm of Dicksons & Laings, Wilton Mills.
At Camnethan House, on the 4th instant, Robert Lockhart Esq., of Castlehill.
At Lochgilphead, on the 4th instant, Mrs Lachlan Maclean, late of Glasgow.
At 100 Stirling Street, Airdrie, on the 3d instant, Miss Isabella Shearer.
At Auchenblain, Kirkoswald, on the 3d instant, in the eighty-eighth year of her age, Margaret Campbell Kerr, relict of Mr John Dick, Kirkmichael.
At 140 Hospital Street, on the 1st instant, Mr Hugh McMoneagle, senior.
At Victoria Court, Gallowgate, on the 1st instant, the infant daughter of Mr John Urie.
FATAL ACCIDENT – TAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE [02] – Last week an engine driver named James Sheills, while on duty was severely crushed betwixt two carriages, and was taken to the infirmary where he died in Wednesday night from the injuries then received. We learn that in this case, an insurance had been effected with the “Railway passengers’ Assurance Company” only a few months previous for Ł500, which now falls to deceased’s widow, thus rendering her to a certain extent independent of grants from the railway company, on petitions for support of herself and family. This case is in striking contrast with that of the guard, killed a few weeks ago, who not being insured, left a widow and family totally unprovided for. Cases like these bring out the advantages to be derived from life insurance, and we are glad to learn that it is in contemplation by some railway companies, to make it imperative on all their servants to insure, as the premium is so trifling as not to inconvenience to lowest paid servant, in comparison with the advantages secured in case of accident.
11th November 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 20 Woodlands Terrace, on the 10th instant, Mrs William Somerville, a daughter.
At 136 Stirling’s Road, on the 9th instant, Mrs William Black, a son.
At 20 Nelson Street, on the 9th instant, Mrs HM Strain, a son.
At 29(?) Stirling Street, on the 8th instant, Mrs John Young, a son.
At Coatbridge, on the 8th instant, Mrs James Gardner, a son.
At 57 Garnet Hill Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs William Marchbank, a son.
At Trochrague House, on the 7th instant, the wife of Major Giffard, a daughter, still-born.
At Milliken House, Renfrewshire, on the 6th instant, prematurely, the Lady of Robert Milliken Napier Esq., twins, a son and daughter, who survived only a few hours.
At 3 Windsor Street, New City Road, on the 5th instant, Mrs Duff, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 122 Hill Street, Garnet Hill, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Roxburgh of Free St John’s, Mr William Thomson, bookbinder, to Mary, eldest daughter of Mr George Miles, letterpress-printer.
At 34 Spring Place, Hutchesontown, on the 6th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Boyd, Mr Thomas Goold, Drygate Toll, to Agnes Clementson, relict of Mr John Jack, Douglas.
At the Parish Church of Rosedale, Yorkshire, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Robert Skelton, Mr John Hunter, Westerdale, to Miss Elizabeth, only daughter of William Knaggs Esq., Rosedale.
DEATHS [02]
At Larkvale, Partick, on the 10th instant, Jessie Blair, wife of Mr Henry Taylor, tertius. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Bridgeend Manse, Dumbarton, on the 7th instant, Helen Lindsay, wife of the Rev. WS Thomson.
At Greenbank, Pollokshaws, on the 7th instant, William, eldest son of Mr John Blair.
At 77 Renfrew Street, on the 5th instant, Elizabeth Steven, wife of Mr Allan McDougall.
At Nethertown, Cambushine(?), Perthshire, on the 4th instant, Emily Stirling, wife of Mr James Reid, farmer.
At Aldham Rectory, Essex, on the 31st ultimo, in her sixty-eighth year, Janet Findlay, relict of John Bannatyne Esq., of London.
BODY FOUND [02] – On Friday the body of a man, named John McDougall, a seaman, belonging to Carronshore, was found in the Canal at Port Dundas. The deceased had been missing since Monday, when he was last seen proceeding in the direction of the Canal. The body was claimed by the deceased shipmates.
DEATH OF SIR DONALD CAMPBELL OF DUNSTAFFNAGE, BART. – Accounts have been received of the demise of this gentleman, who lately filled the office of Governor of Prince Edward’s Island. The melancholy event, it appears, took place at Charlotte Town. The deceased was born April 1800, and was created a baronet in March, 1836. He married, in 1825, Caroline, second daughter of Sir William Plomer, of Snaresbrook, county of Essex, and has had issue four sons and a daughter. His eldest son Angus succeeds to the title and estates. – Inverness Courier.
FATAL ACCIDENT – We regret to have to record a very melancholy accident which took place near Dalpowie Toll-bar, on Thursday evening last. David Taggart, who had been a chaise driver to Mr Fisher for thirty years, was driving an empty barouche from Perth, when, at the place mentioned, he met two carts loaded with long trees, and though he was on his own proper side of the road, one of the trees struck Taggart so violently about the stomach as to press him from his seat in through the front of the carriage, inflicting such severe injury that he died on Sunday last. – Courant.
15th November 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 9 Gilmour Street, Paisley, on the 14th instant, Mrs William Gillespie, a son.
At 148 Randolph Terrace, on the 13th instant, Mrs Forrest Frew, a daughter.
At 20 Stanley Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs Richard Ovington, a daughter.
At Old Kilpatrick Manse, on the 11th instant, Mrs Reid, a daughter.
At 260 Renfrew Street, on the 11th instant, Mrs Bryce, a son.
At 87 Stockwell Street, Mrs John Richmond, a daughter.
At Greenhill, Shandon, on the 10th instant, Mrs George Martin, a daughter.
At the Admiralty, on the 10th instant, the wife of James Coutts Crawford, Esq., of Overton, Lanarkshire, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 30 Rose Street, Garnet Hill, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, Mr John Anderson, manufacturer, to Jessie, daughter of the late Mr David Beveridge.
At 68 Villafield Place, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Ralph Wardlaw, DD, Mr William McKellar, merchant, to Jane, eldest daughter of James Miller Esq.
At Dalvait Cottage, Vale of Leven, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. John McKinlay of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, Renton, Mr John Merrylees, jun., manufacturer Paisley, to Agnes, daughter of James Nairn, Esq.
At 5 Kirk Street, Calton, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Mr Mitchell, Free St Luke’s, Great Hamilton Street, Mr Andrew Wilson, to Mrs Watt, widow of Mr John Watt, grocer there.
At 23 Oxford Street, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Mr Bremner, Mr James Templeton, merchant, Helensburgh, to Anne Kemp, youngest daughter of Mr Samuel Munro, Rosebank, Dornoch, Sutherlandshire.
At Ivy Bank, Port Glasgow, on the 12th instant, Mr William Caird, to Catherine, youngest daughter of the late Mr William Thomson, Wamphray, Dumfriesshire.
At 1 Sydney Street, on the 8th instant, by the Rev. James Meiklem, AM., John Robertson Esq., surgeon, to Elizabeth Eddie, relict of Dr. Hatrick.
At St Mark’s Church, Liverpool, on the 5th instant, A McLellan Esq., surgeon, formerly of Glasgow, to Jessie, youngest daughter of the late W Leaf, Esq., Liverpool.
DEATHS [02]
At Dunoon, on the 6th instant, Malcolm McGregor Esq. – Friends at a distance will be please to accept of this intimation.
At 20 Charlotte Street, Port Dundas, on the 13th instant, Mr John Miller, sen., aged 67 years.
At the house of his brother, 15 Ronald Street, on the 11th instant, Mr Peter Wilson, aged 63 years.
At Inistrynich Island, Loch Awe, on the 11th instant, Mr Donald Macarthur.
At Hartfield Place, St Rollox, on the 16th instant, Elisabeth Gourlay, aged 27 years, wife of Mr Alexander Blair.
At Berry Burn Cottage, Dunoon, on the 9th instant, Eilen Gemmill, aged 18 years.
18th November 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 108 Douglas Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs Archibald Arrol, a son.
At Falkirk, on the 15th instant, Mrs D Flett, High Street, a daughter.
At North Street, Airdrie, on the 15th instant, Mrs Landless, a son.
At Fleetwood, on the 13th instant, Mrs James Stewart, a son.
At 26 Nelson Street, on the 10th instant, Mrs Thomas Gray, a daughter.
At Balernock, Dumbartonshire, on the 13th instant, Mrs Pater Turner, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 95 St James’ Road, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Alexander Duncan, Mr Henry W Cochran, ironmonger, Falkirk, to Priscilla, youngest daughter of William Carswell Esq., of North Provanside.
At Christ’s Church, North Shields, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. J W Toft, BA, Mr James Ogilvie Mack, jun., writer, Ardrossan, to Mary Jane, second daughter of Robert Cleugh Esq., North Shields.
At 35 Charlotte Street, on the 12th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Muir of St James’, Mr John Gilchrist, Glasgow, to Margaret, youngest daughter of the late James Watson Esq., Glenfalloch.
At Morant Bay, St Thomas, in the East, Jamaica, on 30th September last, by the Rev. SH Cooke, Rector, John Frederick Gardiner Danvera Esq., of Blue Mountain Valley, to Elizabeth Anne, daughter of Hugh Paterson Esq., of Bellevue.
DEATHS [02]
At 77 Garscube Road, on the 16th instant, Ann Brown, wife of Mr John Walker, wine and spirit merchant.
At Hillhead, near Glasgow, on the 15th instant, Mrs Hannay, sen., of Rusko, aged 72 years.
At 36 Sidney Street, Manchester, on the 14th instant, Mr Thomas Lawrie, formerly of Glasgow in his twenty-sixth year.
At Carrick Vennal, Ayr, on the 13th instant, Hugh, son of Mr William Napier.
At Kilmarnock, on the 4th instant, Mrs Wyllie, of the Commercial Inn, aged 72 years.
DISTRESSING AND FATAL OCCURRENCE [abbreviated] [02] – On Monday evening about seven o’clock, while Peter Wilson, one of the workers in Colinslie Printworks, was assisting in cleaning a pig close to an open copper, containing at the time a large quantity of boiling water, he suddenly lost his grasp of a limb of the animal by which he was holding and fell backwards into the copper, and was almost totally immersed in the boiling liquid... death terminated his painful sufferings next evening about ten o’clock... the deceased was near sixty years of age, and has left a wife and family...
DEATH BY BURNING AT BLAIRGOWRIE [abbreviated] – On Saturday last, a little girl, about three years of age, daughter of John Chalmers, mason, residing in New Rattray, came by her death by burning... the mother had been washing and to get some of the clothes hurriedly dried, had lighted a fire in an empty house adjacent...into this house the child had found its way... some sparks had caught its dress... a mason was attracted by a strong smell of burning... he opened the door and to his horror discovered the little creature lying with every particle of the clothes burned off its body, which presented a dreadful spectacle. The child was quite insensible, but in life, and only survived about half an hour. – Perth Courier.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT KETTLE – A melancholy and fatal accident occurred at the underground quarry of Forthar Lime Works on the morning of Thursday week, whereby a young man, of the name of James Rattray, lately belonging to Cupar, lost his life. He was in the act of pulling at the rock, when a huge block of stone, weighing nearly two tons, fell upon him, which caused instant death. When he was got out, it was discovered that both his legs were broken, and his body otherwise dreadfully mutilated. Deceased was unmarried and about 25 years of age. – Fifeshire Journal.
22nd November 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 29 Stanley Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs William Christie, a son.
At 64 Nelson Street, on the 21st instant, Mrs William Blackwood, a son.
At Corseford House, near Johnstone, on the 20th instant, Mrs Thomas Neilson, a daughter.
At Windsor Place, Partick, on the 20th instant, Mrs John Anderson, a son.
At 21 Eglinton Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs Alexander Wiseman, a daughter.
At 99 Renfield Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs John Turner, a son.
At 8 Royal Terrace, on the 19th instant, Mrs George Thomson, of twins, a son and daughter.
At 25 Warwick Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs PF Slater, a son.
At 114 Green Street, Calton, on the 19th instant, Mrs John Lyle, twin sons.
At Clyde Grive, on the 19th instant, Mrs Hutchison, a son.
At 52 Maxwell Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs Matthew Jack, a son.
At Otley, Yorkshire, on the 19th instant, Mrs SH Kerr, a daughter.
At 12 Athol Crescent, Edinburgh, on the 19th instant, the lady of John More Nisbett Esq., of Cairnhill, a son.
At 7 Broughton Street, Belfast, on the 17th instant, Mrs James Aitken, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Falkland Place, 328 Renfrew Street, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. John Boyd, West Kilbride, Mr Archibald M Boyd to Mary Thorn, daughter of the late James Douglas Esq., Hayne, South Molton, Devonshire.
At 306 Argyll Street, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. Dr. Smyth, John Spiers Esq., to Agnes Frances, youngest daughter of the late Captain John Poe.
At Edinburgh, on the 30th instant, by the Very Rev. Dean Ramsay, Dugald McPhail, jun., Esq., Greenhead, Glasgow, to Helen Mary Marshall, daughter of the late Lachlan Maclaurin Esq., merchant, London.
At 310 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Napier of the College, PB Buntem Esq., to Janet, daughter of Peter Mackenzie Esq.
At Alloa, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. William Jeffrey of Riccarton, Mr James Younger, brewer, to Janet, eldest daughter of the late John McEwan Esq., shipowner, Afloat.
At Bannockburn, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Robert Frew, Mr James Maxwell, merchant, Douglas, to Jane, only daughter of the late Mr William Gourlay, merchant, Bannockburn.
At 3 Dixon Street, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. JS Taylor, Thomas Edmond Esq., merchant, Bombay, to Helen Roy, second daughter of John Campbell Esq.
At Falkirk, on the 18th instant, by the Rev. William Welsh, of the West United Presbyterian Church, Mr William Welsh, writer, Dunse, to Mary Agnes, only daughter of the late Rev. William Anderson, Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire.
At New York, on the 10th ultimo, Mr Peter Miekle, to Isabella, second daughter of the late Mr John Walker, St Andrew’s, Scotland.
At Graham’s Town, Cape of Good Hope, on the 8th of August, by the Rev. J Heavyside, Colonial chaplain, Walter Henry Gill Esq., Cape Mounted Riflemen, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of JC Saunder, Esq.
DEATHS [02]
At 136 Renfrew Street, on the 21st instant, Elizabeth Routledge, sister of the late Very Rev. Dean Routledge, aged 77. – Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At 33 North Hanover Street, on the 21st instant, Mr John Stephen, architect. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 104 Abercromby Street, on the 21st instant, Herbert, youngest son of David Bell, surgeon.
At 127 Clarence Place, on the 21st instant, Alexander Brown, aged six years, youngest son of John Long Esq.
At 3 Clyde Place, on the 20th instant, Angelina McCulloch, aged forty-two years, wife of Mr John Buchanan of the Temperance Hotel.
At Ardrishaig, on the 30th instant, Mrs Captain Hugh Smith.
At 473 Gallowgate, on the 19th instant, John, third son of Mr Robert Speirs, spirit merchant there.
At 53 Clyde Buildings, Tradeston, on the 19th instant, William Watson, spirit merchant.
At 20 Candleriggs Street, on the 16th instant, Helen, daughter of Robert Pender, spirit merchant.
At Huntly Lodge, Aberdeenshire, on the 16th instant, Miss Mary C Gordon, second daughter of the late Mr James Gordon, messenger-at-arms, Glasgow.
On the 12th instant, Robert Cochran Esq., Portencallie, Kirkcolm, aged 73 years.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT [abbreviated] - ... occurred on the river on Sunday afternoon. About two o’clock, four young men put off in a small sailing boat from Cartdyke, with the intention of accompanying one of the party, named William Miller, to the opposite shore where he resided... when out some distance in the stream, the boat capsized and the whole party thrown into the water... by the time assistance reached the scene, two of the party, Miller and a young man named Thomas Cameron, a moulder in the employment of Messrs. Smith and Tulloch, had sunk to rise no more... Cameron for a while held on by the keel of the boat, but was ultimately washed off by a wave... Miller was a ploughman... – Greenock Advertiser.
25th November 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At 38 South Portland Street, on the 24th instant, Mrs James Stewart, a son.
At 10 College Street, on the 24th instant, Mrs George Dowie, a son.
At 1 North Ure Place, on the 24th instant, Mrs Chandler, a son.
At Rothley Vicarage, Leicestershire, on the 22d instant, the wife of the Rev. William Arworth, a son.
At Victoria Street, Rothesay, on the 21st instant, Mrs Matthew Thomson, a son.
At 125 Hospital Street, on the 22d instant, Mrs James Herbertson, a daughter.
At Cathkin, on the 21st, Mrs James Gilmour, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 8 Carnarvon Street, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. A McDougall of Argyll Free Church, Mr Malcolm McNeil, joiner, Glasgow., to Miss Mary Crauford.
At Mount park, Greenock, on the 19th instant, by the Rev. Archibald Ferguson of the Free Church, Alyth, Mr James Ferguson, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, to Eliza Ann H., second daughter of the late Captain Lindsay, Greenock.
DEATHS [02]
At her grandfather’s residence, Saltcoats, on the 23d instant, Robina aged six years, only child of the late Mr Robert Young. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Lanark, on the 19th instant, William, son of Mr William Hilston, druggist. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At no. 6 Irish Street, Dumfries, on the 20th instant, Anna McKnight, wife of John McDairmid, of the Dumfries and Galloway Courier.
At 4 Woodside Place, Glasgow, on the 23d instant, Caroline Filce, wife of Mr David Chapman, merchant.
At Garnetdale, on the 23d instant, Mr David Dinwoodie, late of Moffat, aged 72 years.
At 42 York Street, on the 22d instant, Mary Allan, youngest daughter of Mr Adam Primrose.
At Sydenham, on the 22d instant, in the forty-first year of his age, Mr John Johnson, of the firm of Robert Johnson & Nephew, London.
At the County Buildings, Dumbarton, on the 21st instant, Mrs Peter Macfarlane.
At 338 Gallowgate Street, Glasgow, on the 18th instant, in the forty-ninth year of his age, Mr William Richardson, spirit-dealer.
At Barbados, on the 24TH October, Mr John Stevenson, formerly of Glasgow.
FATAL ACCIDENT [abbreviated] – On Saturday morning last, an accident of a distressing kind happened to a young man, at a new coal pit which is being sunk by Archibald Finnie Esq., near the farm of Kirkland, Thornton... while drawing off a barrel of water, he missed his footing and fell to the bottom of the pit, about 25 fathoms, causing instant death. The young man is named James Morrison, and is a native of Paisley.... his body has been removed to the bereaved parents in Paisley. – Kilmarnock Journal.
DUMFRIES [abbreviated] – We are deeply grieved to have to record the death of Mrs McDiarmid, wife of John McDairmid Esq., of the Dumfries Courier. She died here on Wednesday morning at half-part five o’clock. In autumn last, Mrs McDiarmid visited France, in company with Mr McDiarmid and one of their sons, and returned home struck with the disease which has ended in her lamented death... – Dumfries Herald.
29th November 1850
BIRTHS [02]
At Western Bank Buildings, Canning Street, Calton, on the 28th instant, Mrs William Reid, a son.
At 20 Oxford Street, on the 28th instant, Mrs McDonald, a son.
At 52 Renfield Street, on the 27th instant, Mrs Coats, a son.
At Blackburn, on the 26th instant, Mrs Henry Wilson, a daughter.
At 12 Albany Place, on the 28th instant, Mrs William Robertson, a son.
At Houstoun Square, Johnstone, on the 25th instant, Mrs Richard Steven, a daughter.
At Auchingrament House, Hamilton, on the 25th instant, Mrs Keith, a daughter.
At 385 Argyll Street, on the 24th instant, Mrs John Gibbons, a daughter.
At 1 Windsor Street, Edinburgh, on the 23d instant, the wife of Mr William W Foster, a son.
BIRTHS [02]
SUDDEN DEATH [02] – About two o’clock yesterday, the constable in High Street, had the body of a man who expired suddenly in the shop of Messrs. Kilpatrick & McDonald, spirit merchants, conveyed to the Police office. It appears that the man, whose name it has been ascertained is Thomas Keerly, belonging to Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, has gone into the shop soliciting charity, and after having sat for a few minutes on the window sill, he complained of a pain in the stomach, and almost immediately thereafter expired. Dr. Dick was called in, but life was extinct. Deceased was poorly clad, and in very destitute circumstances. The body still lies in the Police office unclaimed.
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