I’ve finally got round to looking at more ancestry requests. As you may know i’m happy to do that for free for anybody with a Blantyre connection. Moyra Lindsay wrote, “My great grandparents were Samuel Gilmour and Mary Ann Cook. My Granny was Elizabeth Gilmour known as ‘Lizzie’ born 1896. If you find the dates […]
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1978 More Blantyre Weddings
A few more Blantyre weddings from 1978 for you all! Hamilton girl Miss Lynda Marshall married Ian Gilmour of 12 Stonefield Place in 1978 in Hamilton North Church. Also that year, Elaine McLean of Hamilton married John Chalmers of 3 Spruce Avenue, Blantyre. The couple wed in Hillhouse Parish Church. and finally , happy Blantyre […]
Gilmour – Little Ancestry
Gilmours of Glasgow Road
Pictured here in 1919 is Andrew Gilmours shop, Glasgow Road. The shop was on Glasgow Road almost opposite the end of Merry’s Rows. From the left is Elizabeth Neil, Lizzie Jamieson, Agnes Dunsmore, Tam Naismith (Manager), Mary Shanks and Agnes Kirkland. The photo belongs to Gordon Dunsmuir and is reprinted here with his permission. The […]