On This Day....

8th May 1856 - Elizabeth Neilson Hamilton, wife of Hugh Halbert Lambie, is born in Cambuslang.

8th May 1895 - Hugh Halbert Lambie, son of Hugh Halbert Lambie and Elizabeth Neilson Hamilton, is born in Greenock.

8th May 1903 - Olive Sarah Garratt, wife of James Lambie, is born in Chickney, Assinboia, NWT, Canada.

8th May 1929 - James MacCormick MacTavish, son of Thomas Nelson and Rachel McCormick, is born.

8th May 1949 - Lynda Fetterley, daughter of Harry and Dorothy Sabina Lambie, is born in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.

8th May 2012 - Leo Benjamin Philip Weir born in Glasgow, Scotland.

9th May 1914 - John Lambie (father of Claud) dies at 104 Port Glasgow Road, aged 61 years.

9th May 1918 - John Weir marries Elizabeth Morrison in Blytheswood, Glasgow.

9th May 1919 - Joseph H Smith marries Alice McCartney in Hutchesontown, Glasgow.

10th May 1856 - Robert Davies, father of Ellen, marries Jane Booley in St George's, Everton.

10th May 1908 - James Alexander Lambie, son of Malcolm and Margaret Moffat, is born in Saskatchewan, Canada.

10th May 1917 - Neil McDonald McTavish arrives back in France with the Cameron Highlanders to serve a 2nd tour of duty, lasting 97 days.

10th May 1955 - Maureen Joyce Anderson, daughter of William James Anderson and Beryl Jean Lambie, is born in Vancouver, Canada.

11th May 1870 - John J Armstrong, husband of Elizabeth Blake is born.

11th May 1912 - Alexander McTavish is transferred to Skyrack in the West Riding Police.

12th May 1958 - Brian Shawn Lambie, son of William Robert Stevenson and Dorothy Finkbeiner, is born in North Bay, Ontario.

12th May 1977 - Graeme George Dott, husband of Elaine Isabella Lambie, is born in Larkhall.

14th May 1869 - Marion Paterson Leishman, wife of Claude Lambie, is born in Bridgeton, Glasgow.

14th May 1927 - Florence Ingram Lambie, daughter of Robert Ingram and Mary Lloyd, marries Harold Deane in West Derby, Lancashire.

15th May 1880 - Joshua Smith, RN arrives home from Africa after 3 years on station 'at own request'.

15th May 1917 - Isabella Docherty, wife of Claude Lambie, is born.

15th May 1948 - Sandra Shannon, daughter of Edward and Evelyn Lambie, is born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

15th May 1958 - Mirriham Henderson, mother of Linton Williams, dies in St.Thomas, Jamaica, aged 58.

16th May 1904 - Alexander Weir, son of Alexander and Isabella Tait, is born in Gartlea Road, Airdrie.

16th May 1909 - Agnes Young Miller, wife of Alexander Weir (son of Alexander and Isabella Tait) is born.

17th May 1746 - 14 MacTavish Clansmen of Lord Lovat's Regiment surrender to the Hanoverian soldiers and are imprisoned.

17th May 1946 - Beryl Jean Lambie, daughter of William Stevenson and Margaret Brooks, marries William Anderson in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

17th May 1971 - George Tait Weir (brother of John) dies in Perth, Scotland.

18th May 1885 - Duncan McTavish marries Mary McFarlane in Clynder, Roseneath.

18th May 1915 - Robert C.Lambie, son of William and Elizabeth Ferres, is born in Maine, USA.

18th May 1980 - Bonnie Lynn Lambie, daughter of Brian Shawn and Cheryl Winkel, is born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

19th May 1870 - William Lambie, son of James Hamilton Lambie and Isabella Hamilton, is born in Avondale.

19th May 1893 - John Weir (Footballer) born in Gartlea Road in Airdrie.

19th May 1903 - Daniel Murray, husband of Marion Lambie, dies in Carluke.

20th May 1959 - John Gray Allison, son of Rachel Weir, dies in Dunoon, aged 68.

21st May 1882 - Elizabeth Neilson Lambie, daughter of Hugh Halbert Lambie and Elizabeth Hamilton, is born in Govan.

21st May 1902 - Ship's Purser, Claud Lambie, son of Alexander and Alice Brownlie, dies of TB at sea off the Ivory Coast on the SS Gymeric. Buried at sea.

21st May 1960 - Elizabeth Shannon, daughter of Edward and Evelyn Lambie, is born in Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada.

23rd May 1656 - Claud Lambie, son of Claud, is born in Hamilton.

23rd May 1947 - Robert Andrew Lambie, son of Claude and Linda Atkinson, is born in Scunthorpe, England.

24th May 1886 - George Lambie, son of William and Ann Dunipace, dies in infancy in Dennistoun.

24th May 1909 - James Lambie, son of Claude and Marion Paterson Leishman, is born in Clydebank.

24th May 1953 - Claud Lambie, son of William and Agnes Brown, dies in Rutherglen aged 81.

24th May 2016 - Ingrid Atkinson, daughter of Pearl Williams, dies in Canada.

25th May 1868 - Alexander Murray, son of Daniel and Marion Lambie, is born in Carluke.

25th May 1981 - Ryan Lambie, son of Wayne Douglas and Wendy Mongowins, is born in Saskatchewan, Canada.

26th May 1874 - James Templeton, son of William and Janet Lambie, is born in Avondale.

26th May 1892 - Mary Llanshaw Lambie, daughter of Robert Ingram and Mary Lloyd, is born in Warrington.

27th May 1750 - Margaret Gardiner, daughter of Alexander and Elspeth Watson, is born in Campbeltown.

27th May 1956 - Pearl (Atkinson) Williams disembarks the SS Irpinia at Southampton. 

28th May 1867 - Joshua Smith, RN serves in China on HMS Adventure as 1st Engineer.

28th May 2004 - Regan Elaine Fleming, daughter of Pauline Mary Lambie and Robert Fleming, is born and dies the same day.

29th May 1961 - Deborah Lambie, daughter of Allan Lockhart Lambie and Jeanette Houldsworth, is born in Scunthorpe, England.

29th May 1972 - John Philip Weir marries Mary Rose Ryan in Glasgow.

30th May 2008 - Irene Henderson, 2nd wife of Robert Thornton, dies at home in Edinburgh. She is buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery.

31st May 1871 - Agnes Drummond, wife of John Lammie, is born in Glasgow.

31st May 1901 - Agnes Morrison, daughter of John and Mary McTavish marries Neil Leitch Milvennan in West Maryston.

31st May 2009 - Pearl  (Atkinson) Williams dies in London.