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3rd January 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At 33 Paterson Street, Kingston, on the 2d instant, Mrs John Webster, a daughter, still-born.
At 177 West regent Street, Glasgow, on the 1st instant, Mrs Peter Aikman, a daughter.
At Heath Bank Cottage, Dunoon, on the 1st instant, the wife of Captain Johnston, a daughter.
At 45 North Hanover Street, on the 1st instant, the wife of Dr. Gibson, a daughter.
At Windsor Terrace, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs John McDonald, a son.
At 21 Wellington Lane, Wellington Street, on the 31st ultimo, Mrs George Arthur, a son.
At 47 Oswald Street, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Adam McLellan, a daughter.
At 206 Albert Place, Thistle Street, Hutchesontown, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Allan McLean, a
son.
At 54 Gibson Square, London, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Robert Greenlees, a daughter.
At Town’s Hospital, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs James Ross, twins, a boy and girl.
At Maybole, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs JM Gibson, a son.
At Quay Street, Saltcoats, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs James Fullerton, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 563 Gallowgate, on the 31st instant, by the Rev. Robert Gillan, Mr Thomas Clarke, teacher, to
Margaret, youngest daughter of the late Lundey Johnston Wright, RN.
At Wigtown, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. RC Black, Vicar of St Mary’s, Huntingdon, William
James McHaffie Esq., eldest son of Colonel McHaffie, of Torhousemuir, to Isabella, eldest
daughter of John Black Esq., banker, Wigtown.
At Annfield Place, on the 30th ultimo, by the Rev. Dr. Runciman, Mr James Pollock, grocer, to
Isabella, youngest daughter of the late Captain Lewis Lamb, Port Dundas.
At St Andrew’s, Holborn, on the 28th ultimo, by the Rev. Dr. Toogood, WC Galloway Esq., of
Glasgow, to Maria, youngest daughter of the late Richard Stephens Taylor Esq., of Grays Inn,
London.
At 48 Oxford Street, on the 27th ultimo, by the Rev. Dr. Paterson, Free St Andrew’s, Mr George
H McMillan, to Henrietta Mitchell, daughter of Mr John Kirkpatrick, Dee Bridge.
At Kirkintilloch, on the 24th ultimo, by the Rev. David Cunningham, Mr William Ward, druggist,
to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Mr William Shaw, Johnstone.
At Saltcoats, on the 23d ultimo, by the Rev. James Gibbs(?), Mr Robert Bennett, clothier,
Glasgow, to Jane, only daughter of Mr Hugh Galt, shoemaker.
DEATHS [02]
At 128 South Portland Street, on the 1st instant, Elizabeth Clark, widow of the Rev. William
Smart, Paisley. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 51 West Regent Street, on the 3d instant, after a short illness, Mr Andrew Naismith, surgeondentist,
aged 33 years.
At Doonbrae Cottage, Ayr, on the 3d instant, Mr Richard O Auld.
At St Ninian’s on the 1st instant, Mr James Mitchell.
At his uncle’s house, 26 South Portland Street, Glasgow, on the 31st ultimo, James Blackie, jun.,
aged 25 years, son of Mr James Blackie, Links Gardens, Aberdeen.
Suddenly, at 16 Monteith Row, on the 31st ultimo, Mr Alexander Miller aged 75 years.
At Lennox Mill Cottage, on the 31st ultimo, Gordon, youngest son of Mr Gordon Wilson.
At 18 Hanover Terrace, London, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Jane Grahame, in her seventy-eight
year, widow of Archibald Grahame Esq., banker, Glasgow.
At 99 Douglas Street, Glasgow, on the 28th ultimo, Mr William Napier, Professor of Music.
At Balmaghie House, on the 26th ultimo, James Murray Gordon Esq., Rear-Admiral of the Red.
At his residence, Melville Place, Edinburgh, on the 26th ultimo, Alexander Goldie Esq., of
Broomlee, for upwards of half a century a member of the Writers to the Signet Society.
DEATH OF LORD PITMILLY [abbreviated][02]
In our obituary will be found a notification of the demise of David Monypenny Esq., of Pitmilly, late one
of the Senators of the College of Justice, in the eightieth year of his age.... – Fifeshire Journal.
6th January 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At Sauchie Land, Long Govan, on the 4th instant, Mrs Peter Reid jun., a daughter, still-born.
At 20 Union Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs John Lockhart, a daughter.
At 27 Port Dundas Road, on the 2d instant, Mrs James Galbraith, a daughter.
At 177 West Regent Street, on the 1st instant, Mrs Peter Aikman, a daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At St Mary’s, Glasgow, on the 3d instant, Mr James Campbell, to Mary, third daughter of Mr
John Sharp, Pegswood, Northumberland.
On the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. Mr Spence, Mr Duncan Clarke, Free Church teacher, Kilbirnie, to
Jessie, daughter of the late Mr Laird, farmer, Barrhill.
At Paris, Canada West, on the 15th November, by the Rev. David Caw, William Charles McLeod
Esq., merchant, Woodstock, to Eliza, seventh daughter of the late William Orr, Esq., of Kaim,
Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
DEATHS [02]
At 127 Argyll Street, on the 4th instant, Miss Maxwell. – Friends are requested to accept of this
intimation.
At Kerr Street, Kirkintilloch, on the 5th instant, Mary Scott, wife of Mr John Paterson.
At 84 North Hanover Street, on the 4th instant, Mr James Ewing, aged 35 years.
At Falkirk, on the 4th instant, Mrs Robert Muirhead.
At 161 Largo Place, New City Road, on the 3d instant, Grace Stevenson, wife of Mr Thomas
McEwen.
At 1 Drummond Place, New City Road, on the 3d instant, Jean McLean, relict of Mr Matthew
Weir, painter.
At 120 Stobcross Street, Anderston, on the 3d instant, Euphemia McNaughtan, wife of Alexander
McNaught, engineer.
At 26 Duke Street, on the 2d instant, Mr John Wilson, aged 65 years.
At Stirling, on the 1st instant, Mrs Mary Hasluck, relict of Robert Campbell Esq.
t Old Kilpatrick, on the 1st instant, Magdalene Campbell, aged 81 years, relict of Mr Walter
Colquhoun, portioner, Hale.
Suddenly, at Bellshill Inn, on the 1st instant, Margaret McVean, wife of Mr Thomas Hay.
At Johnstone, on the 30th ultimo, Daniel Ferguson, aged three years and seven months, youngest
son of Mr William Stevenson, mill manager.
At 56 Jamaica Street, on the 29th ultimo, Frederick John, infant son of Mr RS Harding.
Suddenly, near Liskeard, County Cornwall, on the 26th ultimo, captain John Harding, late of the
Donegal Militia, aged 81 years.
DEATHS FROM INTOXICATION [02]
An elderly man named Noble, was found lying dead in a stair in Cowan’s Close, East Crosscauseway,
early on Friday morning. He had been seen going about for some days apparently the worse of liquor, and
when in that condition, he seemed to have fallen in the stair – his head being cut and bleeding. On
Thursday night, William Penn, chimney-sweep, Causewayside, Edinburgh, was found lying in a close in
Dalkeith, in a state of utter insensibility from the effects of liquor. He was carried to the County Police
Station, Dalkeith, and medical aid was called in, but the wretched man expired in about half an hour. Drs.
Lucas and Jefferies, who were called in, attributed his death to excessive drinking accompanied with cold.
– Courant.
MELANCHOLY BOAT ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF LIFE [abbreviated][02]
Whilst Peter Allan, blacksmith, and David Inglis, joiner, both belonging to St Davids, were proceeding on
Monday afternoon in a boat from that place to Cramond with scrap iron.... a sudden squall struck the boat
off Barnbougle...she immediately filled and went down... Inglis tried to keep his friend’s head above
water proved unavailing...has left a widow and six children... – Courant.
MAN FOUND DEAD IN WALLACETOWN [abbreviated][02]
..On Sunday morning, about five o’clock, a man named Arthur McQueen or Quin, was discovered by
some individuals lying in Cross Street, a little to the north of where it is intersected by Kilmarnock
Street... the body was still warm... the deceased resided with his father at the Townhead, and he usually
worked about the steamboats...- Ayr Observer.
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT AT CRAMMOND [abbreviated][02]
Early yesterday morning, Mrs Cadell, wife of Alexander Cadell Esq., of Cramond Iron Works, met her
death in a distressing manner...while returning home about one o’clock in the morning, from the ball
annually given in the village, accompanied by two young servant girls carrying her children, she selected
a short cut homewards, alongside a mill-lade on the Almond River...accidentally stumbled, fell into the
lade, and was carried over the sluice into the river. A search was made but the body had not been
recovered – Courant of Thursday. We understand that up to Friday forenoon the body has not been
recovered... – Courant.
10th January 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At 1 Pollok Street, Pollokshaws, on the 9th instant, Mrs Dr. Cuthbertson, a son.
At Spur-Inn, Cumbernauld, on the 8th instant, Mrs Robert Greenhorn, a daughter.
At Bonnymuir Cottage, on the 8th instant, Mrs AR Thomson, a son.
At Cockmuir Cottage, on the 7th instant, Mrs Harvey Hilliard, twin sons.
At 111 Hill Street, on the 7th instant, Mrs T Somervail, a daughter.
At 9 Jane Street, Blythswood Square, on the 7th instant, Mrs John Somerville, a son.
At High Street, Airdrie, on the 7th instant, Mrs Thomas Buchanan, a son.
At 39 Netherfield Road North, Liverpool, on the 6th instant, Mrs William B Macalister, a son.
At Kilchoan, Argyllshire, on the 3d instant, Mrs martin, a son.
At 5 Gloucester Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs Robert Woodside, a son, still-born.
At Spittal, on the 3d instant, Mrs Andrew Jackson, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Sandyford House, on the 9th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Buchanan, Mr Thomas W Brown,
merchant, Glasgow, to Esther, youngest surviving daughter of the late Lieut. John Blair, R.A.D.
At 94 Great Hamilton Street, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Barr, Mr David Wilson, merchant,
to Janet, only daughter of the late Andrew Thomson, surgeon.
At Hill Place, Stirling’s Road, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Dr. Smyth, Free St. George’s, Mr
Hugh Watt, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late Mr William McEwan, Glasgow.
At Wigtown, on the 31st ultimo, by the Rev. RC Black, Vicar of St Mary’s, Huntingdon, William
James McHaffie Esq., eldest son of Col. McHarlie of Torhousemuir, to Isabella, eldest daughter
of John Black Esq., banker, Wigtown.
DEATHS [02]
At Woodend, New Monkland, on the 9th instant, James McCulloch sent., late contractor,
Glasgow, aged 84 years. – Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At 61 Grove Street, on the 9th instant, Amelia Baxter, relict of John Speirs Esq., manufacturer,
Glasgow. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 46 Graeme Street, on the 8th instant, Margaret, aged four years and four months, eldest
daughter of Mrs Duncan McDonald, tobacconist.
At 166 Castlemilk Place, on the 8th instant, Mr William Crawford, senr, wright and builder.
At his father’s house, Shandon, on the 6th instant, Mr Thomas Weatherley, wine and spirit
merchant, Glasgow, aged 27 years.
At Wickham, Durham, on the 6th instant, the Rev. William Rattray, of the UP Church, Swalwell,
in the 63d year of his age, and 36th of his ministry.
At 14 Glebe Street, on the 6th instant, Mr James Baird, student of Philosophy, in the 23d year of
his age.
At 21 Canning Place, Glasgow, on the 5th instant, Henrietta Brown, aged eight and a half years,
third daughter of Mr Thomas Murray, bookseller, Glasgow.
At St Cuthbert House, Catrine, on the 5th instant, Mr George Barclay, cashier and book-keeper,
Catrine Works, in the 27th year of his age.
At Wilton Crescent, London, on the 5th instant, George Drummond Esq., of Charing Cross.
At Westertown of Glorat, Campsie, on the 4th instant, Mr William brown.
At Clapton Terrace, Upper Clapton, on the 4th instant, Joshua Milne Esq., late Actuary of the Sun
Life Assurance Society, in the seventy-sixth year of his age.
At 92 Renfield Street, on the 3d instant, Sophia Stedman, aged two years, daughter of the late Mr
Robert MacAulay.
At the Union Hotel, Cockspur Street, London, on the 2d instant, Mr John Wilmot, of Isleworth,
the eminent horticulturist, President of the Market Gardener’s Society.
At Dartmouth Villas, Lewisham, on the 3d instant, Margaret Carr, wife of Commander
Popplewell, R.N., and ninth daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel George Mackay of
Bighouse, Sutherlandshire.
At Saltcoats, on the 31st ultimo, Mary, only surviving child of the late Captain William Scott,
lately drowned from on board the Lion of Ardrossan, off Fleetwood, along with his wife, child,
and all of the crew.
At Wavertree, near Liverpool, on the 30th ultimo, Margaret Bayly, eldest daughter of Mr William
Routledge, aged 26 years.
At Hallglenmoor, parish of Auchinleck, on the 30th ultimo, after a lingering illness, Mr Andrew
McCrone, aged 77 years.
At 18 Hanover Terrace, London, on the 30th ultimo, Mrs Jane Graeme, aged 78 years, widow of
Archibald Graeme Esq., banker, Glasgow.
At Pleasance, Falkirk, on the 29th ultimo, Mr James Hastie, wright, aged 75 years.
At 99 Douglas Street, on the 28th ultimo, Mr William Napier, aged 49 years.
At High Street, Dumfries, on the 27th ultimo, Mr William Wallace, grocer, aged 49.
At Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, on the 5th November last, John Graham son of the late
James Graham Esq., Hornbank.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT [02] On Wednesday afternoon, a servant of the Caledonian Railway Company, named James Lyle, met with an
accident at the Buchanan Street Station, by which it is feared he will lose his right leg. The unfortunate
man was engaged uncoupling one of the trucks, and accidentally missing his footing, fell over on one of
the line of rails. Before he could recover himself the tender of a carriage passed over the limb, mutilating
it dreadfully. He was speedily removed to the infirmary. It is thought amputation of the limb will be
necessary. Lyle is unmarried, and resided in Cowcaddens.
BODY FOUND [abbreviated][02]
On Wednesday, between one and two o’clock, the body of a female, of rather respectable appearance, was
found by the police constable on the beat lying in a shallow pool of water, in a vacant piece of ground
between Jane Street and the rear of the Glasgow Academy, Elmbank Place. ..identified as Elizabeth Eadie,
a young woman of rather weak mind, but respectably connected, who had left her lodgings in North
Paterson Street, about three o’clock the previous day... the woman was subject to epilepsy and lost her
way in the dusk of the evening...
FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SALTCOATS SEAMAN AT DUBLIN [02]
On New year’s day evening, while William King, a seaman, belonging to the schooner Jean and Grace of
Saltcoats, presently lying in Dublin, was crossing the plank of that vessel there, he accidentally missed his
footing, fell into the water, and was drowned. He belonged to Saltcoats, and has left a widow and three
children there. – Ayr Observer.
MELANCHOLY DEATH – CAUTION TO PATENTS [02]
On the night of Tuesday last, a boy of seven years of age, named Robert Aiken, son of James Aiken,
labourer, St Michael’s Street, went into a neighbour’s house when there happened to be some young
people preparing for first footing. They foolishly each gave the child a portion of their whisky, and the
poor little fellow, on returning home, went to bed, where he died four hours afterwards. He had had
measles shortly before this, but appeared to be quite well previous to being dozed, through a fearfully
mistaken kindness. The father is a poor man, and lost another son previously by accident. – Dumfries
Courier.
FATAL ACCIDENT [02]
On Tuesday morning, while a lad named Alexander McLeod, apprentice to White and Henderson,
plumbers and gas-fitters, Sauchiehall Street, was engaged in making some repairs on the top of a house in
Renfrew Street, he missed his footing and fell to the ground, a distance of four stories. He was
immediately carried to the shop of Dr. John Reid, Sauchiehall Street, but he only survived about quarter
of an hour. The deceased resided with a widowed mother in Gallowgate, by whom his loss will be
severely felt.
BODY FOUND [02]
On Monday forenoon the body of a young man, about twenty-five years of age, in the garb of a carter or
labourer, was found in the Monkland Canal, near the St Rollox bridge. The only article found in his
person was a soda-water bottle half full of whisky, the contents of which, it is feared, has had its share in
precipitating the unfortunate man into the canal, and thereby causing his death. The body was removed to
the Central Police Office, and claimed in the afternoon as that of Archibald McLellan, a carter, residing in
Gallowgate Street, who was in the employment of Mr Robert McCallum, contractor. He has only been
missing for a few days, and has evidently fallen a victim to drinking at the new year.
17th January 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At Larkfield, on the 16th instant, Mrs Thomson, a daughter.
At 34 Buccleugh Street, on the 13th instant, Mrs Dr. James Adams, a daughter.
At 68 Upper Crown Street, on the 12th instant, Mrs James Simpson, a daughter.
At Johnstone, on the 12th instant, the wife of Mr John Thomson, Black Bull Inn, a son.
At Westmuir Place, Rutherglen, on the 11th instant, Mrs John F Wood, plumber and slater,
Glasgow, a son.
At Rothesay, on the 11th instant, Mrs John McMillan, a son.
At 112 Great Hamilton Street, on the 11th instant, Mrs Alexander Brown, a son.
At Aberdeenm on the 11th instant, the wife of Professor Clark, MD., of Marischal College, a son.
At Castle Willington, Armagh, Ireland, on the 6th instant, the wife of John M Wilson Esq., a son.
At Bacchus Marsh, near Melbourne, South Australia, on the 4th August last, the wife of the Rev.
Alexander Macnicol, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 17 South Portland Street, on the 16th instant, by the Rev. Mr Burgess, Mr Alexander Paton,
merchant, Glasgow, to Margaret, second daughter of Andrew Gray, Esq.
At St Mary’s Eposcopal Church, Glasgow, on the 15th instant, by the Right rev. The Bishop of
Glasgow, George Main Esq., writer, Kelso, to Margaret, eldest daughter of the late John Slater
Esq., of Birkenshaw.
At Rothesay, Bute, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. Robert Craig, George Edward Hunt, Esq., of
Manchester, to Janet, eldest daughter of the late James Duncan, Esq., of Rothesay.
At Selkirk, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. John Campbell, William Whyte Esq., younger of
Kilmardinny, to Agnes Wilhelmina, daughter of the late Robert Henderson Esq., writer, Selkirk.
At Bridgeton, on the 13th instant, by the Rev. John Edwards, Mr James Thomson, flesher, to
Elizabeth McEwan, relict of Mr William Johnston.
At Schenectady, New York, on the 11th ultimo, Mr William H Campbell, late of Glasgow, to Miss
Angelica B Schermerhorn, niece of Colonel Campbell, Schenectady.
At Duke’s Garden, near Philadelphia, the residence of William J Johnson Esq., on the 10th
ultimo, by the Rev. William Blackwood, William Glugas Esq., formerly of Dominica, West
Indies, to Margaret, daughter of the late David Stedman Esq., Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At 4 Stanley Place, Glasgow, on the 15th instant, Janet Munro Mackenzie, aged 57 years, relict of
Mr James McMillan, Rothesay. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Torquay, on the 14th instant, John Sharpe Esq., merchant, Glasgow. – Friends will please
accept of this intimation.
At 4 Stanley Place, Glasgow, on the 7th instant, Jessie, aged 24 years, daughter of the late Mr
James McMillan, Rothesay. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Rivet Bank Cottage, Kilmun, on the 12th instant, Mrs George Manson, aged 58 years. –
Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 10 India Street, on the morning of the 15th instant, Alexander Brown Esq.
At 55 College Street, on the 15th instant, Janet Taylor, aged six years and two months, only
surviving daughter of Mr John bell, tobacconist.
At Peter’s Hill, on the 15th instant, Alexander Campbell Esq.
At Bridge-of-Weir, on the 14th instant, Margaret Walker, aged 48 years, wife of Mr Thomas
Buchanan.
At 36 Warwick Street, on the 14th instant, Sarah McFarlane, wife of Mr James Somerville.
On the 13th instant, Mr James Barleigh, of the Star and Garter Hotel, Linlithgow.
At Charleston Cottage, Alexandria, on the 13th instant, Mary, fourth daughter of the late Mr
Alexander Brown.
At 18 Crawfurd Street, Glebe, Greenock, on the 13th instant, Mr William Steel senr., in the 75th
year of his age.
At Helensburgh, on the 13th instant, Mr Robert Wallace, late of her Majesty’s Customs.
At 12 Monteith Row, on the 12th instant, Mrs Jane Graham, relict of Mr John Scott,
manufacturer, Glasgow.
At Lanark, on the 12th instant, Robert Thomson Esq., of Castleyett.
At his son’s house, Fintry, on the 11th instant, Mr John Pollock, aged 60 years, Dalry, Ayrshire.
At Tours, France, on the 9th instant, Jessie Davidson, wife of Robert Kevan Esq., Ibroxholm,
Glasgow.
FATAL ACCIDENT [abbreviated] [02]
A woman named Margaret Wallace, who had no fixed place of residence, was accidentally killed on
Tuesday afternoon in an eating-house in Bridgegate Street, kept by a man of the name of Thomas
Williamson....she stumbled and fell headlong down a stair into a cellar...
20th January 1851
BIRTHS [02]
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At 23 London Street, on the 18th instant, Mrs Hugh McCormick, a daughter.
At 48 George Square, on the 17th instant, Mrs Robert Whyte, a son.
At Kirkconnell, Dumfriesshire, on the 17th instant, the wife of Mr James Couper, railway
contractor, a daughter.
At New Monkland Poor-House, Airdrie, on the 16th instant, Mrs Alston, a daughter.
At 1 Laird Street, Greenock, on the 16th instant, Mrs James Morton junr, a son.
At Dovecot Hall, Barrhead, on the 16th instant, Mrs John Opray, a son.
At Tranmere, Cheshire, on the 16th instant, Mrs J Smythe Whyte, a daughter.
At Bishopton House, on the 12th instant, Mrs Robert Alexander Kidston, a daughter.
At Port Glasgow, on the 26th ultimo, Mrs John Livingston, a son and daughter.
MARRIAGES [02]
At 68 Maitland Street, Glasgow, on the 17th instant, by the Rev. Mr McDougall, of Argyll Free
Church, Mr Nicol Macphail, Easdale, to Annie, third daughter of Mr Peter McIntyre, Luing.
At Tor Church, Torquay, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. R Fayle, John Campbell Esq., of Possil,
Lanarkshire, to Helen, eldest daughter of Colin Campbell Esq., of Colgrain, Dumbartonshire.
At Ayton, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Daniel Cameron, Mr Andrew Landells, merchant,
Airdrie, to Agnes, youngest daughter of Mr John Mennon, Ayton.
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DEATHS [02]
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At 1 Montague Place, on the 18th instant, James Robert Dennistoun Esq., after a few days illness.
– Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Greenock, on the 17th instant, Mrs Robert Leitch. – Friends will please accept this intimation.
At Blackfriar’s Inn, East Regent Street, on the 18th instant, Mr John Marr.
At 2 Forth Street, Edinburgh, on the 17th instant, Mrs Katherine Donald, aged 87 years, widow of
John Macalister, Esq., of Auchincarroch, Dumbartonshire.
At Milton, Campsie, on the 16th instant, Mr James McIndoe, aged 60 years.
At 3 Sandyford Place, West, on the 16th instant, Alexander Ravenscroft Stange Esq., son of the
Hon. Robert Strange, of Fayetteville, North Carolina.
At Port Glasgow, on the 15th instant, Christina Wotherspoon, wife of Mr John Livingston.
At Temple Hill, near Dublin, on the 13th instant, Margaret Sill, wife of Robert Gray Esq.
At Linlithgow, on the 12th instant, Mr Alexander Law, in the sixty-second year of his age.
At 4 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, on the 11th instant, Mrs Margaret Mitchell, wife of Robert Ellis
Esq., WS.
At Dundee, on the 24th ultimo, Mr Donald McFarlane, officer of Inland Revenue.
At the British Factory, Bangkok, Siam, on the 30th September last, Mr Daniel Brown, of the firm
of Brown Brothers & Co., of that place.
MELANCHOLY EVENT AT JEDBURGH [02]
Mr Alexander Lillico, son of Mr Lillico, Buckham Walls, in consequence of injuries received by his horse
falling and rolling on him some time during last week, came to Jedburgh on Saturday for the benefit of
medical advice. His injuries had been more serious than what was contemplated, for he became gradually
worse, and died on Wednesday night. – Kelso Chronicle.
24th January 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At North Montrose Street, on the 20th instant, Mrs Walter Baxter, a son.
At 10 Sandyford Place, on the 22d instant, Mrs William D’Esterre Roberts, a daughter.
At 108 Castlemilk Place, on the 22d instant, Mrs William Wilson, a daughter.
At 23 dale Street, Tradeston, on the 21st instant, the wife of Mr Neil Robertson, shoemaker, a
daughter.
At 30 Charlotte Street, on the 20th instant, the wife of Captain Ingleton, of the “Borneo”, a
daughter.
At Campbeltown, on the 19th instant, Mrs A McCorkindale, a daughter.
At Fraserburgh, on the 13th instant, the wife of the Reverend Doctor Lockhart, a daughter.
At Langside Cottage, on the 13th instant, Mrs Hill, a son.
At Belize, Honduras, on the 4th December, the lady of Thomas Stuart Esq., a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Adelphi Works, on the 22d instant, by the Rev. Dr. Muir, of St James’s, Mr Kohn Muir Wood,
to Helen Kemlo, fourth daughter of Mr John Stephen.
At Ayr, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. John Graham, Mr William Bryson Kennedy, of Glasgow,
to Frances, eldest daughter of John Paterson Esq.
At Springhill Place, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, Samuel Wilson Esq., merchant,
Glasgow, to Janet, second daughter of George Knox Esq., merchant, Glasgow.
At Edinburgh, on the 20th instant, by the Rev. Mr McCletchie, Mr John Bryce, flesher,
Coatbridge, to Jane, eldest daughter of Robert Forgie Esq., Causeyend, Linlithgow.
At San Francisco, Upper California, on the 5th November last, by the Rev. Mr Warren, of the
Presbyterian Church, George James Robertson Esq., late of Govan, to Matilda, third daughter
of Thomas B Baillie Esq., MD., Sacramento City, and granddaughter of the late General Bailie
of Carnbroe, near Glasgow.
DEATHS [02]
At 1 York Place, on the 23d instant, Mr John Anderson, merchant, in the 74th year of his age. –
Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 112 Deanside Place, Glasgow, on Tuesday the 21st currant, aged 22 years, Donald A Maclean,
student of medicine, Glasgow University, youngest son of the late captain A Maclean, HP, 56th
Regiment, Western Mull. – Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At Brighton, near Melbourne, Port Phillip, South Australia, on the 19th of August last, Robert P
Cunningham Esq. – Friends are requested to accept of this intimation.
At the house of Dr. Lorrain, 131 Hope Street, Glasgow, on the 23d instant, Dorothy Scott, relict
of William Lorrain, LL. D.
At 7 Park’s Place, on the 23d instant, Mrs Isabella Forsyth.
At 89 High John Street, on the 23d instant, Margaret Hislop Reid, youngest daughter of Mr
Robert McFarlane.
At 8 South St Mungo Street, on the 23d instant, Janet, daughter of Mr George Robertson.
At No. 73 High John Street, on the 22d instant, John, infant son of Mr William Shaw.
At Poldar, Perthshire, on the 22d instant, Mr William Blair, officer of Excise.
At Renfrew, on the 21st instant, John, eldest son of Mr Robert McAslan.
At Row, on the 21st instant, Neil, fourth son of the late Mr Peter McAuslan, Innkeeper there,
aged 20 years.
At Gonachan, Fintry, on the 20th instant, Peter Campbell, Esq., late parish schoolmaster.
At 96 Regent Terrace, on the 20th instant, Mr Michael Johnston, of the firm of Jno. Clapperton
and Co., merchants, Glasgow.
At 51 Eldon Street, Greenock, on the 19th instant, Mr Colin Lamont, senior, late teacher of
mathematics, in the 97th year of his age.
At Fintry, on the 18th instant, Isabella, daughter of the late John McGilchrist Esq., Glasgow.
At Johnstone, on the 18th instant, Isabella Robertson, wife of Mr R Souter, officer of Inland
Revenue.
At Stony-flatt, Kirkintilloch, on the 17th instant, John Moffat, Esq.
At 8 Surry Street, on the 12th instant, Mr Dugald McLauchlan, aged 32 years.
At Edinburgh, on the 17th instant, Mrs Anne Jane Borland, widow of the late John Murray Esq.,
WS., agent for the Church of Scotland.
At Montego Bay, Jamaica, on the 19th ultimo, of cholera, which was then raging in that town,
Agnes Currie, wife of the Rev. Adam Thomson, Presbyterian Minister.
DEATH OF THE REV. DR. BLACK OF THE BARONY [abbreviated][02]
...the demise of the Rev. Dr. Black of the Barony Parish of Glasgow... he departed this life at Florence at
9pm on Wednesday the 15th current....
BODY FOUND [ABBREVIATED][02]
On the 17th current, the body of a man was deposited in the Town Hall Girvan, having been thrown out,
by the waters of the Girvan, on the holms of Enoch, during the spate of the previous day. It was soon
ascertained to be that of a man who has been amissing from Dailly since the night of Christmas...the body
was decently interred in Girvan churchyard...went by the name of “Arthur Downie”, though his proper
name is understood to have been McCormick or ward. He is a native of Dolly’s brae – well known as the
scene of some famous Orange riots. He moved to the neighbourhood of daily, from Kilmarnock, about
two years ago... Ayr Observer.
FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT [01]
On the morning of Friday last, while a young man about twenty years of age, named Archibald Thomson,
was driving a wagon, in an ironstone pit at Ainslie Colliery, parish of Cockpen, the wheel by some means
went off the rails, and came in contact with one of the wooden props supporting the roof. The shock was
attended with so much violence, that the post was knocked down, and a mass of the mineral, about a ton
in weight, fell with a fearful crash on the poor lad’s head and shoulders, killing him on the spot. No blame
is attached to any person.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN DUNCAN MCDOUGALL [02]
It is with the deepest regret that we have to record the death of a Peninsular veteran, Captain Duncan
McDougall, late of the 61st regiment, who served with his regiment in Spain in several engagements, and
had the honour of receiving a medal for the battle of Talavera. He died at the age of seventy-eight, on the
24th December 1850, at his residence, Baluchnan, Argyllshire.
27th January 1851
BIRTHS
At 151 Buccleuch Street, on the 26th instant, Mrs George Shand, a son.
At 141 Walmer Place, on the 25th instant, Mrs Alexander Bowman, a son.
At 27 Abbotsford Place, on the 24th instant, Mrs Joseph A Wright, a son.
At 27 Union Street, on the 24th instant, Mrs John Millar, a son.
At High Street, Airdrie, on the 23d instant, Mrs Thomas Leggat, a son.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Beith, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. James martin, Mr Walter Stewart Kennedy, Glasgow, to
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Mr James Jamieson.
At Leith, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. JA White, of the Episcopal Church, Francis Darby Syme
Esq., merchant, at Amoy, in China, to Mary, eldest daughter of John Murdoch Esq., SSC.,
Constitution Street, Leith.
At Port Glasgow, on the 21st instant, by the Rev. James Morrison, of the Free Church, Mr John
Brown, perfumer, Glasgow, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Mr John Cuthbert, Roseyard.
DEATHS [02]
At Claremont park, Leith, on the 25th instant, Archibald Geddes Esq. – Friends will please accept
of this intimation.
At Dumbarton, on the 25th instant, Charlotte Starkie, aged 24, eldest daughter of Mr Edmund
Taylor, drysalter, Glasgow. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
At 54 Renfrew Street, on the 23d instant, Malcolm, son of the late Mr James McInnes. – Friends
will please accept of this intimation.
At 7 Fitzroy Place, on the 26th instant, William Sparks Esq.
At 36 Abbotsford Place, on the 26th instant, after a short illness, Anne, third daughter of Hugh
Tassie Esq.
At 121 Clarence Place, on the 26th instant, William Spence Pringle, MD.
At 148 High Street, on the 26th instant, Mr Hugh Munn, calenderer.
At Lily Bank, on the 25th instant, Helen, aged 16, daughter of the late Dr. Peter Macfarlane.
Suddenly, at 84 South Wellington Street, on the 25th instant, Mr James Barron, aged 23 years.
At Largs, on the 25th instant, Jessie Rhind Thomson, wife of Mr Charles Fraser, druggist there,
and youngest daughter of the late William Thomson Esq., Newfoundland.
At 9 Stirling Street, on the 25th instant, Mr William McVicar, muslin singer.
At Renton, on the 24th instant, Isabella Colquhoun, wife of Mr Robert Meikleham, in the 72d
year of her age.
At 7 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh, on the 24th instant, Jane, infant daughter of Robert Horn
Esq., advocate.
At Dalmeny Park, on the 23d instant, the Lord Dalmeny, eldest son of the Earl of Rosebery.
At Gourock, on the 22d instant, John McNab Esq., late of Callander, Perthshire.
At Cambuslang, on the 19th instant, Margaret Gibb, aged 54 years.
At Kilsyth, on the 18th instant, William Wallace Esq.
At Florence, on the 15th instant, the Rev. William Black DD, of the Barony Parish, in the 50th
year of his age.
At Roseau, Dominica, on the 11th ultimo, William Crawford, Esq., of the firm of McFarlane,
Crawford & Co. And late of Glasgow.
At Kilmarnock, Alexander Hood Esq., surgeon, in the 70th year of his age.
31st January 1851
BIRTHS [02]
At 30 Pollock Street, Paisley Road, on the 30th instant, Mrs Richard Batty, a daughter.
At 60 North Frederick Street, Glasgow, on the 29th instant, Mrs John Robertson, a son.
At 2 Monteith Row, on the 29th instant, Mrs Andrew Tod, a son.
At Windmill Road, Hamilton, on the 27th instant, the wife of the Rev. John T McFarlane, a
daughter.
At Springvale, on the 27th instant, Mrs Alexander Turner, a daughter.
At Mountview, Dunoon, on the 27th instant, Mrs G waddle, a son.
At 286 Albany Terrace, Garnethill, on the 27th instant, Mrs J Macnab jun., a daughter.
At Rutherglen, on the 26th instant, Mrs Beckett, a son.
At Mavisbank Cottage, Airdrie, on the 25th instant, Mrs John Cross, a son, still-born.
MARRIAGES [02]
At Kilmarnock, on the 28th instant, by the rev. Mr Jamieson, Mr William Brown, confectioner,
Glasgow, to Isabella Mary Ann Muir, youngest daughter of Mr Andrew Muir, Stair.
At Millhole, on the 28th instant, by the Rev. Robert Leishman, Clunie, Mr John McLaren, draper,
Blairgowrie, to Susan, youngest daughter of Mr John McLaren, farmer, Millhole.
At West Kingston, on the 28th instant, by the Rev. Robert Wright, of Luss, Mr Peter Turner,
Auchengavin, to Christina, daughter of Mr Robert Stewart, Luss.
DEATHS [02]
At Mavisbank Cottage, Airdrie, on the 27th instant, Agnes Durroch, wife of John Cross, writer. –
Friends at a distance will please accept of this intimation.
At Keir Mains, near Bunblane, on the 26th instant, Mr Charles Cunningham Thomas, factor to
William Stirling Esq., of Keir, aged 38. – Friends at a distance will please accept of this
intimation.
At Blochairn House, on the 30th instant, James, eldest son of Surgeon James Cross, late 83d
Regiment of Foot, aged 24 years.
At 9 Mains Street, Glasgow, on the 30th instant, Adam, infant son of Mr Adam Blair, ironfounder.
At Orr Square, Paisley, on the 29th instant, William Bissland, Esq.
At Coatbridge, on the 29th instant, Mary Young, aged seventy-five, wife of the late Mr John
Cairns, coalmaster.
At Trades’ Building, Pollokshaws, on the 29th instant, Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr
William White, Sheriff officer.
At his father’s house, Greenhead, on the 28th instant, James Dunlop, son of Mr William
Cunningham.
At Shamrock Street, Glasgow, on the 26th instant, after a short illness, William Augustus, second
son of the late John Alleque Beckles, and grandson to the late President of Barbados.
At 42 Belgrave Square, London, on the 25th instant, Lady Shaw Stewart, aged 52.
Suddenly, at 10 Stirling Square, on the 25th instant, Mr Andrew Lithgow.
At Johnstone, on the 24th instant, John, eldest son of Mr John Thomson, Black Bull Inn.
Drowned, from on board the bark Warrior, of London, on a voyage to Valparaiso, on the 21st of
July last, Mr William McNeil, one of the mates of that bark.
On the 26th ultimo, Mary Anne Howorth, wife of Mr William Howorth, paper dealer, Ashtonunder-
Lyne, near Manchester, and daughter of the late Mr John Williamson, merchant, Glasgow.
At Acapulco, on the 25th November last, Captain Alexander Stuart, of the ship Diamond, of
London, third son of the late Captain Archibald Stuart, of Ayr.
On his passage home from America, on the 11th ultimo, Hercules Robertson, son of the late
William Robertson Esq., of the island of Malta.
FATAL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT AT FORDEL [abbreviated][02]
About ten o’clock on the night of Thursday last, an accident occurred at No. 4 pit of the Fordel Colliery...
as James Anderson, bottomer, was engaged in putting the loaded coal tubs upon the cage to be raised to
the surface... the poor man and the tub of coals were precipitated to the bottom, a distance of a hundred
and ten feet, where he was killed on the spot... – Fifeshire Journal.
CHILD DROWNED AT NORTH QUEENSFERRY [02]
On Friday last, as William Green, a child about six years of age, was playing on the pier, in company with
some other children, he incautiously approached too near the edge of the building, where by some
accident, he slipped his foot, and in falling, tumbled into the water. An alarm was instantly given, and
several of the boatmen were speedily on the spot, and succeeded in getting the body out of the water. Life,
however, was quite extinct, although the poor little fellow had not been more than five of six minutes in
the water.
BODY FOUND [abbreviated][02]
On Tuesday morning the body of a young man was found floating in the canal, Port Dundas. From the
appearance of the corpse, it has been a considerable time in the water. On the person of the unfortunate
deceased was found a watch, and a small sum on money in silver....the remains were identified as those of
Dugald McColl, a young man belonging to Campsie where he had been employed as a farm servant...
about a month since he disappeared...
FATAL ACCIDENT [02]
On Monday morning, about eight o’clock, as Alexander McLean, fireman, on board the steamer Apollo,
was walking along the breast of the North Quay of the harbour, at the Dublin shed, he stumbled and fell
into the water. Before assistance reached him he was so much exhausted that he expired almost
immediately after being got out. He was the worse of liquor. He belonged to Bridgeton, and has left a
widow and small
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