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.