At the end of May 1893, Mrs Sarah McGlynn or Higgins brought an action against William Baird & Co (Coalmasters). Sarah lived at McAlpine’s Buildings on Glasgow Road, Blantyre and was suing the mining company for the untimely death of her husband, who had been employed by them as a miner. The husband had died […]
It was the early, dark hours of Christmas Morning 1916. Everybody had gone to sleep after the festivities of Christmas Eve. Young children were fast asleep fuelled with excitement for what the morning had in store. All was still in the streets of Blantyre, though around 3.00am, there was somebody out and about on Glasgow […]
Victoria Kelly messaged me recently saying, “I live in Auckland, New Zealand and am a 6th generation New Zealander – with Scottish, Irish and Danish/Faroese ancestry. I have learned that my great-great-great grandparents were married in Blantyre, South Larnakshire on the 14th of August, 1841. Their names were James Fitzpatrick (1814 – 1902) and Ann Higgins […]
Continuing a look at the 1960’s today with several more Blantyre Weddings. I’ve attempted to put more detail to these wedding photos and of course archive them and hundreds of others into a permanent archive of Blantyre Wedding Photos through the ages. Feel free to comment or tag people you know. Each of these 3 […]
I received the following lengthy ancestry document from Lindsay Thornton who lives in New Zealand. Here ancestors were from Blantyre and indeed some relations still live here. The document will be particularly interesting for anybody in Blantyre with the name LENNON, FOLEY, TONNER, MURDOCH, FLYNN, HIGGINS, MCINTYRE or ADAMS. Chart for Elizabeth LENNON First […]