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.