On This Day...

16th October 1888 - James Smith marries Rosina Conlon in Blytheswood,Glasgow.

16th October 1948 - Mary Morrison, wife of Samuel G weir, sister of Elizabeth, dies in Baillieston aged 72.

16th October 1971 - Davina (Williams) Weir born in London.

16th October 1978 - Daniel Lambie, son of William and Lorna Yanke, is born.

17th October 1857 - Lucy McKay, wife of Donald MacGregor, dies of TB in Cambuslang aged 29.

17th October 1859 - James F.Shearer, husband of Marion Lambie, is born in Avondale.

17th October 1876 - John McTavish completes his second term of service aboard the SS Bolivia.

17th October 1896 - Patrick Boylan plays for the Woolwich Arsenal against Walsall in an away Division 2 match, losing 5-3 in front of 4000 supporters.

18th October 1918 - Dugald MacGregor, son of John and Margaret MacInnes, dies in Kilbrandon aged 81.

18th October 1935 - Duncan C McTavish signs on as 1st Mate aboard the SS Talthybius in Hong Kong.

19th October 1896 - Patrick Boylan plays for the Woolwich Arsenal reserves against Wellingborough in the United League.

19th October 1899 - Daniel Stevenson Lambie, son of William and Margaret Johnston Stevenson, is born in Maryhill, Glasgow.

20th September 1889 - Claude Lambie scores three goals for Burnley against Nelson to win the Lancashire Hospital Cup in a 9-2 victory.

20th October 1919 - Robina Mair Lambie, daughter of Claude and Marion Leishman, marries her 2nd husband Owen Cairns in Old Kilpatrick.

20th October 1920 - Elizabeth Blake, sister of Louisa, dies in West Goshen, Pennsylvania aged 50.

20th October 1969 - Nora (McGourty) Murphy, pictured below, dies in West Goshen, Pennsylvania.

21st October 1869 - Anne Little Morrison, daughter of Thomas and Anne Little Stevenson, is born in Old Monkland,Lanark.

21st October 1902 - Rosina Conlon marries George Ross 35 Hutcheson Street, Glasgow.

21st October 1914 - L/Cpl James Lambie, Highland Light Infantry, killed in the Battle Of Mons, aged 35 years.

22nd October 1853 - James Lambie, son of James Hamilton Lammie and Isabella Hamilton, is christened in Avondale.

22nd October 1897 - Agnes Reid Lammie, daughter of William and Agnes Brown, marries John Hamilton in Blackfriars, Glasgow.

22nd October 1920 - Michael McGourty, son of Peter and Annie Martin, dies in Springburn, Glasgow aged 45.

22nd October 1997 - Andrew Hugh Lambie, son of Malcolm McIntyre and Margaret Moffat, dies in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.

22nd October 2004 - Lewis Alexander Dott, son of Graeme and Elaine Isabella Lambie, is born.

24th October 1896 - Patrick Boylan plays for the Woolwich Arsenal against Gainsborough Trinity in a Division 2 game, winning 6-1 at the Manor Ground watched by 5500 supporters.

24th October 1930 - Donald Dudley Lambie, son of James and Olive Sarah Garratt, is born in Dubuc, Saskatchewan, Canada.

24th October 1967 - John Allen Lambie, son of John Douglas and Violet Rever, is born in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Canada.

25th October 1876 - Joshua Smith, RN sails for the Cape Of Good Hope as Engineer on HMS Tourmaline, pictured below.

25th October 1925 - James Rooney, son of James and Kathleen McGourty, is born in Ballyshannon, Co.Donegal.

25th October 1929 - Claude Lambie, son of John McAulay and Janet Mack Neilson, marries Jessie Jarvis in Larkhall.

25th October 1947 - Mary-Rose (Ryan) Weir born in Glasgow.

25th October 1958 - Linton Williams (father of Davina Weir) marries Pearl Atkinson in London.

26th October 1896 - Patrick Boylan plays against Luton in a friendly match for the Woolwich Arsenal.

26th October 1903 - Claud Lambie marries Mary Boylan at 11 Hill Street, Greenock. They are pictured below in the 1930s with daughters Anni, Alice & Jessie in Greenock.

26th October 1914 - Claude Lambie (father of 'The Activist') discharged from the RAMC.

26th October 1952 - James Alexander Lambie, son of Malcolm McIntyre and Margaret Moffat, dies in Brooks, Alberta, Canada.

26th October 1964 - Tracey Ann Haughton, daughter of Christine Ann Lambie and Bryan Haughton, is born in Coventry, England.

27th October 1885 - Rachel Weir, daughter of John and Rachel Murphy, marries Robert Allison in Airdrie.

27th October 1920 - Mary McTavish, daughter of Captain John McTavish, marries Mark Lawson at 2 St.John's Road, Glasgow.

27th October 1928 - William Robert Stevenson Lambie, son of William Stevenson Lambie and Margaret Brooks, is born in Dubuc, Saskatchewan, Canada.

28th October 1893 - Claude Lambie scores for the Highland Light Infantry in a 2-3 loss to Swindon Town at Swindon in front of a crowd of 2500.

29th October 1831 - George Tait, son of George and Mary Halifax, is born in Linlithgow.

29th October 1897 - John McAulay Lambie, son of Claud and Annie McAulay, marries Janet Mack Neilson in Dalserf.

29th October 1902 - Mark William Victor Smith, son of Joshua and Margaret Sorley, marries Marion Howieson at 435 Eglinton Street, Glasgow.

29th October 1915 - Neil McDonald McTavish, son of Gregor and Elizabeth McPherson,  joins the 8th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders in Inverness.

29th October 1920 - Hugh Halbert Lambie, son of Hugh Halbert Lambie and Elizabeth Neilson Hamilton, marries Jean McAlpine in Greenock.

30th October 1887 - John Lambie, son of Robert Ingram and Mary Lloyd, is born in Camlachie, Glasgow.

30th October 1928 - Marion Paterson Leishman, wife of Claude Lambie, dies in Old Kilpatrick aged 59.

30th October 1942 - The council of war against Kurt Pauli (pictured below) ends with the judgment of the 11th court of the SS and the police of Stuttgart.

31st October 1898 - Mary (Weir) Russell, daughter of James and Catherine Brown, dies at Covington, Lanark aged 73 years.

31st October 1942 - Kurt Pauli is given one week's 'House Arrest' for a confrontation with Army soldiers.

On This Day...

10th October 1842 - Jane Kinnebro Morrison, daughter of Thomas and Jane Glen, is born in Old Monkland.

!0th October 1890 - John McTavish signs on for service aboard the SS Thistle in Dublin.

10th October 1894 - Ambrose Percival Steinbeck, husband of Clara Alexandra Ingram Lambie, is born in New York, USA.

10th October 1896 - Patrick Boylan plays for the Woolwich Arsenal against Millwall in a friendly match.

10th October 1901 - Alexander Lambie, son of John and Agnes Drummond, is born in Hutchesontown.

10th October 1907 - Jessie Lambie, daughter of Claud and Mary Boylan, is born in Lauriseton Street, Greenock.

10th October 1925 - Nora McGourty sails to Philadelphia from Glasgow on the SS Transylvania.

10th October 1944 -  SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 10 "Frundsberg" including Kurt Pauli, attacked Barenton in Normandy. This operation failed. The battalion was scattered by Allied assault aviation. Many vehicles were destroyed.

10th October 1958 - Jack Murphy enters the U.S.Army at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

 10th October 2009 - Robin Weir marries Rae Wan in St Andrews, Fife.

11th October 1818 - Claud Lammie marries Isobel Harrow in Glassford, Lanark.

11th October 1818 - Janet McTavish, daughter of Alexander and Flora MacPherson, is born in Ballymore, Airds, Glassary.

11th October 1871 -Janet (Hamilton) Lambie (wife of James) dies in Strathavon, Avondale.

11th October 1890 - Alexander Hamilton Lambie, son of Hugh Halbert Lambie and Elizabeth Hamilton, dies in Greenock aged 4.

11th October 1914 - Robert Davis Ryan (Son of John Ryan) born in Glasgow.

11th October 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Fort Fredrick Henrick in Lancaster PB635 with the MacDonald Crew.

12th October 1881 - Annie Morrison & Family arrive in New York from Scotland aboard the SS Circassia.

12th October 1896 - Patrick Boylan plays for the Woolwich Arsenal in a 3-0 win over Burton Wanderers at the Manor Ground, Plumstead in front of 700 supporters.

12th October 1917 - Thomas Nelson MacTavish is discharged wounded from the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders with a gunshot wound to left wrist.

13th October  1917 - John Weir scores for Third Lanark in a 3-0 home win against Clyde in front of a 6000 crowd.

14th October 1916 - John Weir scores 2 goals for Third Lanark at Hampden Park in a 4-3 win over Queens Park in front of 2000 fans.

14th October 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to the Ruhr in Lancaster ME801 bombing Duisburg.

14th October 1949 - Mary Gilchrist Lambie, daughter of William and Ann Dunipace, dies in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

15th October 1856 - Isabella Lambie, daughter of James Hamilton Lambie and Isabella Hamilton, is born in Avondale.

15th October 1883 - John McTavish completes his service aboard the SS Ethiopia.

15th October 1915 - Thomas Nelson MacTavish signs up for service in the 5th Battalion(Reserve) Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders

15th October 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies his final mission to bomb Wilhelmshaven in Lancaster NG115 with the MacDonald Crew.

On This Day...

1st October 1820 - John Weir (Father of Alexander Weir b.1858) born in Carnwarth, Lanark.

1st October 1869 - Janet Lambie, daughter of James Hamilton Lammie and Isabella Hamilton, marries William Templeton in Avondale.

2nd October 1957 - William Blackwood, husband of Flora McTavish Morrison, dies in Kilbirnie aged 73.

3rd October 1876 - HMS Medway, last ship of Joshua Smith's service, is launched.

3rd October 1896 - Patrick Boylan plays for Woolwich Arsenal reserves in a friendly match against Kings Lynn.

4th October 1983 - Kirsten Marie Lambie, daughter of Scott Bradford and Shelley Lasante, is born in North Battleford, saskatchewan, Canada.

5th October 1868 - Alexander Lammie, son of James and Janet Hamilton, marries 2nd wife Jeanie Terras in Anderston, Glasgow.

5th October 1896 - Patrick Boylan plays for Woolwich Arsenal reserves in a United League match against Rushden.

5th October 1914 - Claude Lambie (father of 'The Activist') signs on for the Royal Army Medical Corps.

5th October 1914 - Thomas Nelson McTavish signs on for service in the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders in Oban. Allegedly he was 14 years old!

5th October 1944 - Sgt John M Weir flies on operations to Saarbruken in Lancaster ME801 but is diverted to Wratting Common.

6th October 1871 - James Lammie, son of Claud and Annie Reid, marries Mary McMillan in Bridgeton.

6th October 1881 - John McTavish completes his service aboard the SS Prussian.

6th October 1900 - John Morrison Weir, son of Samuel Gilbert and Mary Morrison, is born in West Maryston.

6th October 1944 - Sgt John M Weir is forced to return to base with P/O Trent, flying as 2nd Air Bomber in Lancaster LM227, another Centurion Lanc of 100 missions. 

6th October 1969 - Malcolm Claude (Mac) Lambie, son of Malcolm and Margaret Moffat, dies in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.

6th October 1983 - Hugh MacTavish, son of Thomas Nelson, dies in the County Hospital, Oban aged 50.

7th October 1880 - Claud Lambie, son of Hugh Halbert Lambie and Elizabeth Hamilton, is born in Govan.

7th October 1936 - Arthur Sheldon Lambie, son of William Stevenson Lambie and Margaret Brooks, is born in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada.

7th October 1976 - Pauline Mary Lambie, daughter of Claude and Isabella Docherty, marries Mary McClements Cavanagh in Larkhall.

7th October 1995 - Thomas Davis Ryan dies in Tarragona, Spain aged 79 years. (Pictured below, third from left in back row)

7th October 2007 - Jean Watson Brocket, wife of James Houston Lambie, dies in Shettleston.

8th October 1878 - John McTavish signs on for service on the SS Anglia, in Glasgow.

9th October 1825 - Mary Weir, daughter of James and Catherine Brown, is born in Carnwath.

9th October 1874 - John McTavish signs on for service on SS Bolivia in Glasgow.

9th October 1890 - John McTavish completes his service aboard the SS Magnet.

9th October 1903 - John Lambie, son of William and Mary Kinloch, is born in Camlachie, Glasgow.

9th October 2010 - Marlaing Lambie McIntosh, daughter of Clotilde Gravion Lambie, dies in Campbeltown.

Weirs Of Carnwath Grave

Took another wee trip to our ancestral village of CARNWATH today and photographed the grave of James Weir, Blacksmith and his wife Catherine Brown in the Old Churchyard as you enter the village.

The stone is still upright and legible despite the passing decades and a transcription is below:

We also took a drive to the hamlet of Kaimend and stopped by the former home, now called 'The Old Smiddy' and delighted to see the heritage of the building and our family's connections to it are remembered in this way.

James & Catherine are my 4 x Great-Grandparents and the stone was erected by their Blacksmith son Robert. The family is listed below. Son John was my 3x G-Grandfather, but I am still searching for his grave.

The family eventually moved to Airdrie and then to West Maryston in Old Monkland, but the trade of Blacksmith continued through the generations.

A very enjoyable day out today and felt suddenly very close to my ancestors unsurprisingly as I walked the streets they would have and looked out onto the countryside which has remained unspoiled through the years.

Carnwath is an unusual place with a distinctive and attractive character. The functional and largely undecorated one and two storey buildings lining Main Street combine with a (near) absence of modern shop frontages to give a strong sense of stepping back into another century, and not the one recently departed. 

It is fascinating to read a description written by a visitor in 1820: "Formerly a curious old-fashioned place, now a double line of neat stone cottages, roofed with slate." In some ways little seems to have changed since then, with the result that Carnwath is once more a curious old-fashioned place: and all the better for it. 

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