Mr. David Agnew – was a late 19th Century former coal merchant based at Larkfield. Born in Ireland in 1836, David married Elizabeth, who was a year older. They came to Scotland to Newarthill, then to Hamilton pursuing work as a labourer. Son William was born in 1867 and daughter Elizabeth in 1870. Finally, the […]
Mrs Agnew– was a late 19th Century fruiterer at Larkfield, High Blantyre, according to Naismith’s Directory of 1879. The business rented a shop in a small concentration of former homes and shops at Broompark Road, approximately where Carrigan’s Blantyre is today. The 1875 valuation roll shows no entries for the surname Agnew, so she […]