The lists below are in order in which they were published in their respective newspapers. They may not be in strict chronological order. The majority of articles are from The Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser. Where another newspaper was sourced, the date and name of the publication will be listed.
Note - birth announcements of the time did not mention the child's name or the first name of the mother. The mother is usually listed as 'Mrs John Smith'. If widowed, the mothers name will be mentioned. Sometimes the mother's name will be listed simply as 'Mrs Smith' without a first name.
Text in [brackets] has been added by us to aid and clarify the information offered.
MARRIED: At the Spanish Legation, on the 10th of August, by the Right Rev. Mr. McGill, Bishop of Richmond, Jose Maria Magallon Y. Campuzano, of Madrid, present by his proxy, the Spanish Minister, to Agrippina, third daughter of Alexander Norman Macleod, Esq., late of Harris, Scotland. (The New York Society Library www.nysoclib.org)
On Christmas night [1852], three Scotchmen, brothers named John, William and Alexander McDougal, at Pittston Pa., were shocklingly beaten and mutilated by a party of drunken Irishmen. This is not the first affair of the kind that the assailants have been engaged in at Pittston, and the citizens of that place hint "lynch law" pretty strongly, if occasion offers again. - 7th January 1853 - New York Times
The Scotsman (Edinburgh) - Saturday 1st January 1853
DEATH OF MR ROBERT FORREST, SCULPTOR: - We have to record the death of this gentleman, which took place on Wednesday [29th December 1852], after an illness of about six week's duration. Mr Forrest, who was in his sixty-third year, was a native of Carluke, Lanarkshire. He was entirely a self-taught artist, and was bred as a stone mason, in the quarries of Clydesdale. His first public work was the statue of the "Wallace wight", which occupies a niche in the steeple of Lanark parish church, and was erected in 1817. He was subsequently employed to cut the colossal figure of the first Viscount Melville, which surmounts the pillar in the centre of St Andrew Square here; and he was also the sculptor of the well-known statue of John Knox in the necropolis of Glasgow. One of his most admired efforts is the statue erected in 1843 to the late Mr Ferguson of Raith, at Haddington. In 1832 Mr Forrest opened his public exhibition of statuary on the Calton Hill, with four equestrian statues, under the patronage of the Royal Association of Contributors, to the National Monument. In progress of time the gallery was extended to about thirty groups, all executed by the indefatigable sculptor himself. Mr Forrest's figures all display remarkable boldness of attitude, and minute attention to detail. several of them are strikingly original in their design, as well as display great skill in their execution. In private life Mr Forrest was highly esteemed.
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION: - On Saturday afternoon last [Saturday 25th December 1852], one of the boilers in connection with Kinneil blast-furnace burst suddenly while the engines were in full operation. It is supposed that the engine-man had allowed the water to become too low in it, when the plates became hot, and that having admitted a supply of water into the boiler when in that state the rapid generation of steam in consequence caused the explosion. Most of the brickwork of the furnace beneath the boiler was blown away along with the burning coals in the furnace. A quantity of these struck the fireman, James Kerr. ans also Daniel Logan, who had carried up his dinner (it being the dinner hour). Kerr was burned and scorched severely on the face and arms and is still confined to bed. Logan was dreadfully scorched and scalded, and was carried home. he died in the course of the evening, leaving a widow and two children, one of whom had been only born that morning. The engine-man is in custody, and the matter is undergoing investigation. (Falkirk Herald)
BIRTHS:
At Mount, on the 27th ultimo [December 1852], Mrs Hope Pitcairn, of a daughter.
At the Manse of Flisk, on the 22d ultimo [December 1852], Mrs Fisher, of a daughter.
At Central Bank, Newburgh, on the 24th ultimo [December 1852], Mrs Andrew Brown, of a son.
At Aberdeen, on the 27th ultimo [December 1852], Mrs Davidson of Inchmarlo, of a daughter.
At Shrewsbury House, brixton, Surrey, on the 27th ultimo [December 1852], the wife of George Grant Esq., of a son.
At Wavertree, near Liverpool, on the 10th ultimo [December 1852], Mrs Drummond, widow of the late Ralph Drummond Esq., Kirkcudbright, of a son.
MARRIAGES:
At St George's, Hanover Square, on the 28th ultimo [December 1852], by the Rev. Dr Bull, Sir Michael Robert Shaw Stewart, Bart., to the lady Octavia Grosvenor.
At 78 George Street, Edinburgh, on the 30th ultimo [December 1852], by the Rev. JR Campbell, Alexander Gillespie Ramsay, Colonel Life Assurance Company. Calcutta, to Margaret Scott, daughter of the late Mr David Wright.
At Musselburgh, on the 28th ultimo [December 1852], by the Rev. James R Scott, Creetown, Mr Alexander Scott, Master of the Grammar School, Selkirk, to Isabella, only daughter of Mr Kirkwood, Dalrymple's Loan.
At Perth, on the 29th ultimo [December 1852], by the Rev. Alexander Falcomer of St Paul's parish church, Mr Robert McDonald, farmer, Shearglass, Blair Athole, to Hellen, daughter of Henry Cochrane, Edinburgh.
At Peebles, on the 28th ultimo [December 1852], by the Rev. Patrick Booth of Innerleithen, Robert Stirling Esq., British Linen Co., Peebles, to Jessie Halliday, daughter of the late Alexander Williamson Esq., town-clerk of Peebles.
DEATHS:
At 85 Albany Street, on the 30th ultimo [December 1852], William Peddie Esq., advocate, third son of James Peddie esq., WS.
At 5 Scotland Street, on the 27th ultimo [December 1852], Mary Marseley, daughter of Mr Campbell Gardner, Blairgowrie.
At 27 Regent Terrace, on the 28th ultimo [December 1852], John Macfie Esq.,
At 17 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, on the 28th ultimo [December 1852], Mr Richard Jones, clothier. Friends at a distance are requested to accept of this intimation.
At 39 George Square, on the 26th ultimo [December 1852], Charles Dugald, second son of the Rev. Andrew Cameron, aged five years.
At 11 Salisbury Road, Edinburgh, on the 28th ultimo [December 1852], Maria Camela, aged fifteen months, youngest daughter of John Mount Esq., of Valparaiso.
On the 28th ultimo [December 1852], Mrs Campbell, wife of James Reid Esq., Exchequer, Edinburgh.
At Merchiston House, on the 25th ultimo [December 1852], Marianne, youngest daughter of the late William Home Esq., WS.
At Larkfield, Trinity, on the 25th ultimo [December 1852], Adam Bell Esq.
At 1 Richard Street, Glasgow on the 27th ultimo [December 1852], Janet Annan, relict of the late Mr William Veitch, cutler, Edinburgh.
At the Manse of Filsk, on the 23d ultimo [December 1852], Mrs Fisher.
At Nairn, on the 26th ultimo [December 1852], in the 72d year of his age, Roderick Mackenzie Esq., shipowner.
At the Free Church Manse, St Andrews, Orkney, on the 22d ultimo [December 1852], the Rev. James Smellie, in the 79th year of his age.
At Brighton, on the 24th ultimo [December 1852], in the 26th year of his age, John Freebairn Stow, eldest surviving son of David Stow Esq., of Glasgow.
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