Macdonald, Charles
From De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, a book profiling men killed in the 1914-1918 War: It’s quite difficult to add very much to this.He was born at 19 Ann Street, Hillhead and had a second, younger brother, called Ronald, in addition to Edward referenced above.His father was headmaster of Hillhead High School (1889-1912). The family…
Read MoreCarruthers, Donald
Donald Ross Carruthers was born on 28th October 1895 at Burnbrae House just in Bearsden as it abuts Milngavie. He was named after his paternal grandfather. His father, John Scott Carruthers, was manager of the nearby dye works (I have written a post on this which you can read by clicking here). His mother was…
Read MoreDied from disease: George Dunlop, David McGavin, James Shaw
George Edward Dunlop George was born in 1920 in Betws garmon, Caernarvon. His father William, was a representative for a shoe manufacturer (on George’s Baptism record: “boot salesman”) His mother was Harriet Hewitt Croucher. By 1935 the family moved to Scotland, living at a house called Westbury, 1 Afton Crescent, Killermont, Bearsden. From 1939 to…
Read MoreCarslaw, John
John Howie Carslaw was born on 14th August 1896 at 8 Park Avenue, Glasgow. This wasn’t a street name I recognised, but it turns out to be the small road up the side of the St Andrews Building, off of Woodlands Road. Here’s the 1894 map and as it only shows one house on the…
Read MoreKirsop, Conrad Robert John
I have already described key events in Conrad Kirsop’s early life in my profile of his younger brother, Purves (link). To briefly recap: He was born Conrad Robert John Kirsop on 30th October 1892 in Hillend Gardens, now Highburgh Road in Hyndland; his father was a trader in iron and steel. When he was aged…
Read MoreDouglas, John
I started this search knowing John Douglas was among the First World War names on the memorial. The CWGC website found 15 men of the same name but either they seemed linked to other places (Rutherglen, Hawick, Aberdeen) or no further info was provided. Fortunately, Scottish Military Research Group have transcribed war memorials in Scotland…
Read MoreCoull, James
Many thanks to Margaret for the photo. James Lawson Coull was born on 1st February 1897 at Dunclutha Cottage in Bothwell. James’s parents were David Duncan Coull, a gardener, and his wife Margaret (Maggie) Cullen. James probably worked for John Boyd, an engineer, who owned Dunclutha House. Like Bearsden, Bothwell was semi-rural at the time…
Read MoreKirkwood, William
Photo from Gallipoli 1915 Facebook page (link) William John Kirkwood was born on 8th August 1884 at 13 Sutherland Terrace, Partick (the family lived there from 1883 to 1886). This was renumbered as 24 Sutherland Street, then demolished for room for the Western Infirmary, now in its turn demolished for Glasgow University. William’s birthplace ringed in red…
Read MoreEdgar, Walter
Walter Edgar was born on 28th June 1879 at 92 Sandyfaulds Street, Hutchesontown. This was on the west side of the street, just south of the junction with Cumberland Street (assuming the house numbering was the same in 1879 as in 1949). Map from 1892 shows where Walter was born (red circle), where he was…
Read MoreMcCabe, James
James McCabe was born on 20th December 1885 ay 26 Williamsburgh, Paisley. (Many thanks to Margaret for finding this information; James’s subsequent Census records say he was born in New Kilpatrick.) In 1923 this property was renumbered as 92 Glasgow Road In 1891 the young family was at 3 Baynes Street in Stirling – sadly,…
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