We can only imagine the horrors of war, and what state of mind many of the First World War soldiers were in when they were deployed to the trenches on the European Mainland. Blantyre man Hugh Boyle, from Auchentibber like other soldiers felt it necessary to draft a small will, knowing chances of death in […]
Attached is David Livingstone’s birth certificate which can be found with a simple search on various ancestry websites. Perhaps however, more uncommon is the will of David Livingstone eg. records of his financial estate upon death. What would it reveal? Was David Livingstone a wealthy man? It’s something you don’t often read about. The will […]
On 5th September 1921, a will was lodged for John Richard Cochrane, Justice of the Peace and owner of Calderglen House, Low Blantyre. A considerably wealthy man was many business interests, the will proved to be complex at 36 pages and certainly gave an insight into how comfortable this family was. Too extensive to type out, […]
Schalene Dagutis, shared this story adding, “Joseph Barr is an ancestor in a round about way, but I found his story so interesting and poignant I wanted to share it.” “He was born on 4 January 1897 at the family home, which were workers’ cottages at Blantyre Works in Blantyre Parish. His parents were Joseph […]
Whilst researching the Jackson historical link with my own High Blantyre home, I uncovered various documents that may be of interest to anybody with the surname ‘Jackson’ with links to Blantyre. The ‘Jacksons’ were such an important and prominent family living in the area from the mid 1500’s, their ancestral local home being at Bardykes […]