From McCALL family bible: Newspaper clipping from The Weekly Scotsman [handwritten date 17 January 1878] BIRTHS At 2 East Saville Road, on the 15th inst.,the wife of John Y. Scott,Esq. , of Redfordhill and Deans Houses, of a daughter. At 36 Manor Place, on the 12th inst.,the wife of William Roberts Mylne,Esq., of a daughter. At 136 George Street, Edinburgh, on the 14th inst.,the wife of James Jardine Paterson,Esq., of Belgray,Dumfriesshire, of a son. At12 Dundas Street, on the 15th inst.,the wife of Robert Cameron Gowan,Esq., chartered accountant, of a son. At 15 Fettes Row, on the 11th inst.,Mrs. John Mackey, of a son. At 6 Coates Gardens, on the 17th inst., the wife of Henry H. Hannon,of a daughter. At 4 west Lauriston Place, on the 17th inst., Mrs. T. Miley,of a son. At 16 Gillispie Crescent, on the 17th inst.,Mrs.A.C.Smith, of a daughter. At 2 Bread Street, on the 16th inst., the wife of Andrew Moffat, of a daughter. At 19 Elm Row, on the 17th inst., the wife of James Robertson, baker, of a son. At 5 North St. James ' Street, on the 9th inst., the wife of John Webster, of a son. At 20 Annandale Street, on the 15th inst., the wife of Thomas Davidson, of a son. At 9 India Street, on the 15th inst., the wife of George Dickson,M.D., of a son. At 57 Montague Street, on the 15th inst., the wife of Charles Meyer, ofa son. At 15 Blackwood Crescent, on the 15th inst., Mrs.Wm.Pettigrew, of a daughter. At 2 Lothian Road, on the 10th inst., the wife of James Cockburn, of a daughter. At 106 Lauriston Place, on the 11th inst., the wife of Albert Nelson, of a son. At 4 Tarvit Street, on the 15th inst., Mrs.Hogg, of twin daughters. At 155 West Fountainbridge, on the 12th inst., the wife of James Mercer, of a daughter. At 24 Caledonian Terrace, on the 15th inst., the wife of James Paterson, of a son. At 3 Cochran Terrace, on the 15th inst., Mrs. George Brown-Hill, of a son. At 4 Arthur Street, on the 14th inst., the wife of George Hunter, of a son. At 48 Arthur Street, Edinburgh, on the 14th inst., the wife of John Todd, of a son. At 6 Prospect Street, on the 15th inst., the wife of John Munro, of a daughter. At St. Johns Hill, Edinburgh, on the 15th inst., Mrs.George Waterston, jun., of a son. At 67 North Back of Cannongate, Edinburgh, on the 11th inst., Mrs. Ralph Marshall, of a son. At 10 East Norton Place, on the 15th inst., the wife of Adam Brown, of a son. At 2 Blackfriars Street, on the 11th inst., the wife of William Rutherford, of a son. At 12 Park Circus, Glasgow, on the 11th inst., the wife of Andrew I.Graham, of a daughter. At 3 Lynedoch Place, Glasgow, on the 11th inst., the wife of Captain Mercer-Tod, Adjutant, the Glasgow Highlanders, of a daughter. At 20 Hillsborough Square, Hillshead, Glasgow, on the 14th inst., the wife of David Johnston, writer, of a daughter. At 8 Canning Place, Glasgow, on the 14th inst., the wife of Rev.John Gregor, of a daughter. At 11 Pilrig Street, on the 11th inst., the wife of John Bowman, chemist, Leith, of a daughter. At 30 Bangor Road, Leith, on the 17th inst., the wife of John James Steedman, (N.B.Railway), of a son, prematurely. At 13 Pitt Street, Bonnington, on the 10th inst., the wife of Rev. S.H.Jensen, minister of the Scandinavian Church, Leith, of a son. At Hilton Cottage, Raddington, on the 10th inst., the wife of George G. Neill, of a son. At Rhodes, North Berwick, on the 16th inst., the wife of Colin Campbell, of a daughter. At Braehead, Johnshaven, on the 13th inst., Mrs. R.Hardie, of Edina Cottage, Drumoyne Road, Govan, of a son. At Buckingham Inn, Galashiels, on the 14th inst., Mrs. Wm. Cunningham, of a son. At 7 Roxburgh, Galashiels, on the 14th inst., Mrs. John Ronald, of a daughter. At Galashiels, on the 15th inst., the wife of George Main, builder, of a daughter. At Marion Cottage, Junipergreen, the wife of Andrew Wilkie, of a son. At South Queensferry, on the 12th inst., the wife of Andrew Leitch, of a son. At 10 Kelly Street, Greenock, on the 15th inst., the wife of Mr.Robert Boyle, H.M. Inland Revenue, of a daughter. At Loughborough Road, Kirkcaldy, on the 12th inst., the wife of Alexander Blyth, Manufacturer, of a son. At Craigderran House, Lochgelly, on the 13th inst., Mrs. David Thomson, of a son. At Kemback, Fl'shire, on the 15th inst., the wife of R.L.Logan, of the Corramore Tea Estate, Assam, of a daughter. At Broughty Ferry, On the 14th inst., the wife of J.C.Humphrey, butler, Castleroy, of a son. At Glendelvine, Dunkeld, on the 9th inst., the wife of Alex Galloway, Esq., of a son. At Fernlea, Arbroath, on the 12th inst., Mrs. Robert Salmond, of a daughter. At Glen Grant, Rothes, on the 11th inst., the wife of James Grant, Esq.,of Glen-Grant, of a daughter. At 37 Low Street, New Pitsligo, by Aberdeen, on the 9th inst., Mrs. George Rattary, of a daughter. At the North of Scotland Bank House, Dufftown, on the 16th inst., the wife of James Petrie, of a son. At Howpark, Grants House, on the 10th inst., Mrs. John Bertram, of a daughter. At Alfred Street, Stromness, on the 5th inst., the wife of P.E.Reid, Pentland, Skerries, of a son. At Gutcher, North Yell, Shetland, on the 13th inst., the wife of James Hoseason, of a son. At 21 Clifden Road, Lower Clapton, London, on the 12th inst., Mrs. J.C.Nicol, of a son. At 41 Manor Street, Clapham, London, S.W., Mrs. Richard Wood, of a daughter. At 26 Guilford Road, Albert Square, London, S.W. on the 11th inst., the wife of Robert Brown, of a son. At 10 Citizen Road, Holloway, London, on the 14th inst., the wife of Thomas M.H.Ross, of a son. At Bromley, Kent, on the 13th inst., the wife of Robert Edward Phillips,Esq., M.D., of a son. At St. Leonard's on the Sea, on the 10th inst., the wife of H.Cross-Buchanan,Esq., of a daughter. At Croydon, on the 8th inst., the wife of Mr. James Milne, of the Oriental Bank, of a son. At 2 Hudson Road, Sunderland, on the 13th inst., the wife of Mr. J.F.Chalmers, of a son. At Baroda, Bombay Presidency, on the 12th ult., the wife of Captain C.H.Lechmere, H.M. 20th Regiment,B.N.L., of a daughter. At 21 Robe Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, on the 10th November, the wife of George Gunn, Otago, of a son. MARRIAGES At 138 George Street, Edinburgh, on the 15th inst., by the Rev. Wm. Wilson, D.D., W.Y.R.Martin, Dundee, to Isabella Blyth, relict of the late William Kerr, Esq., Newport. At 22 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh, on the 10th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Giffen, of St Marys, assisted by the Rev. Mr.Watt, Newcastle, Mr.George Murray, teacher, Carnwath, to Maggie, eldest daughter of Mr. John Brabner, coachbuilder. At St Pauls, York Place, on the 10th inst., by the Very Rev. Dean Montgomery, Frederick Dunbar Sutherland McMahon to Louisa Crofton, youngest daughter of the late William Ramsay White, Inspector General of Hospitals, H.M. 10th Lancers, and granddaughter of the late General Charles Campbell. At 14 Clerk Street, Edinburgh, by the Rev. P.B.Gloag, Nicholson Street U.P. Church, Joseph William Mills, to Lizzie, second daughter of Thomas Stalker, hairdresser, 9 Clerk Street. At 1 Park Street, on the 17th inst., by the Rev. Archibald Smellie, Free Greyfriars, John C. M'Beath, to Euphemia, second daughter of James M. Corner. At 5 Brandon Street, Edinburgh, on the 16th inst., by the Rev. J. Macgregor, D.D. of St Cuthberts, John Renton, Sunderland, to Edith, youngest daughter of the late James Marr, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., Edinburgh. At 19 Tantallion Place, Edinburgh, on the 11th inst., by the Rev. W.L. Riach, M.A., of Robertson Memorial, John Melville, ___er, to Isabella Work, daughter of William Work, Kirk____. DEATHS (no heading) At 35 Barony Street, on the 13th inst., John Croal, in his 83d year. At 20 Henderson Row, on the 11th inst., Charles Norman, the last surviving and beloved son of A.O.Greenslade; aged 11 months. At 18 Brunswick Street, on the 12th inst., Miss Jannet Allan, daughter of the late James Allan, Bonnington, by Rathe. At 2 Dean Bank Terrace, on the 15th inst., Margaret Davidson, wife of Wm. Mackie. At 6 Inverleith Row, on the 16th inst., Hugh Muir, youngest son of Wm. M.Begbie, aged 7 years and 9 months. At 91 Rose Street, on the 10th inst., Alice M'Leod, the beloved daughter of David M'Leod, bootcloser; loved by all who knew her. At 32 Rankeillor Street, on the 15th inst., Helen Erskine Greathead. At 9 Oxford Street, on the 11th inst., William Mackie, draper, aged 34 years. At 13 East Preston Street, on the 11th inst., William Browning Smith, eldest son of the late Rev. William Smith, Bannockburn. At Kingscroft, Stanley Road, on the morning of Friday the 11th inst., John Scott,sen., late of Inverkeithny, in his 84th year. At 29 Bell Place, Glenogle Road, on the 15th inst., Charles Stewart, H.M.Register House, aged 31 years. At 9 Jordan Bank, on the 16th inst., Agnes Carnegy Robertson, infant daughter of Dr. George Robertson, headmaster W. Fountainbridge School. At Viewforth, Edinburgh, on the 11th inst., Henry Edgar, eldest son of J.F.Henderson, late of the Bank of Scotland, in his 30th year. At 9 Gladstone Terrace, Edinburgh, on the 13th inst., Miss Elizabeth Young, sister of the late Mr. James Young, Burdiehouse. At 25 Panmure Place, on the 15th inst., Mary Anne, only daughter of C.Ross; aged 19 years, deeply regretted. At 8 Morrison Street, on the 11th inst., David Chalmers, wine and spirit merchant. At 2 Catherine Place, on the 17th inst., James Wright, chemist, Warriston Place, aged 34 years, deeply regretted. At 115 Fountainbridge, on the 17th inst., Isabella Webster Morrison, wife of James McLaren; aged 23 years. At 15 Caledonia Place, (the house of R.P.Hillock), on the 15th inst., Alexander, youngest son of Geo. Bremner, cabinetmaker, 65 Thistle Street; aged 18 months. At 11 Rosslyn Street, on the 7th inst., suddenly, William Henry, the beloved son of Peter Murray, aged 13 months. At 122 Causewayside, on the 15th inst., Elizabeth Hamilton, youngest daughter of Arthur Hamilton; aged 2 ½ years, deeply regretted. At 43 Causewayside, on the 13th inst., Mary Currie, widow of the late Wm. Guthrie, overseer, Morton Hall. At 93 St Leonard Street, on the 12th inst., John Cowan, the only beloved child of Alexander Scott; aged 1 year and 7 months, much and deeply regretted. At 43 Potterrow, on the 15th inst., John, son of John Anderson, brassfinisher; aged 9 months,; deeply regretted. At 48 West Richmond Street,on the 15th inst., the Rev. Peter Douglas, licentiate of the Church of Scotland, aged 79. At 9 Ingliston Street, Edinburgh, on the 13th inst., Margaret Stewart, wife of Bartholomew Hood; deeply regretted. (Berwickshire papers please copy). At 33 Richmond Place, on the 13th inst., Ralph Tully, only son of Robert Tully; aged 1 year and 11 months. At 9 Prospect Street, on the 11th inst., Giles Steedman, daughter of William Steedman, blacksmith; aged 11 months. (American papers please copy) At 68 Abbeyhill, on the 12th inst., suddenly, Margaret Mitchell, wife of Thomas Jardine, wine and spirit merchant: deeply regretted. At Croft-an-Righ Cottage, Edinburgh, on the 13th inst., Wm. Forsyth, for many years in Messrs. Younger & Co.'s bottling store; deeply regretted. At 339 Cowgate , on the 12th inst., Margaret Harcourt, third daughter of Mr.John Lee, greengrocer; deeply regretted. At Edinburgh, on the 13th inst., James Morrice, provision merchant, 147 Fountainbridge. At Edinburgh on the 10th., suddenly, George Holme, portmanteau maker. At 6 Franklin Terrace, Dumbarton Road , Glasgow, on the 11th inst., Archibald M'Kechnie, engineer, in his 66th year. At 15 Whitehall Terrace, Dennistoun, Glasgow, John P. Dunn, younger son of the Rev. George Dunn. At 6 Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow, on the 13th inst., Margaret Dale, wife of Mr. William Aitken, formerly of Torpichen; aged 77. At 2 Newton Place, Glasgow, on the 13th inst., Alexander, son of George Brown, of Burnside, Irvine. At 37 James Street, Pilrig, Edinburgh, on the 12th inst., Josephine, infant daughter of Joseph Chisholm, aged 10 months. At Mollendo Cottage, on the 13th inst., Sarah Cummings, wife of John Mackenzie, sailmaker. At 12 Ann Terrace, Violet Bank, on the 11th inst., Robert Mackenzie, youngest son of John Fulton; aged 1 year and 7 months. At Bonnington Steam Mills, on the 9th inst., John Trotter, traveller, for over thirty years with Messrs. Gibson & Walker; deeply regretted. At 37 Bonnington Road, Leith, on the 12th inst., James Ramage, for many years at Valleyfield Paper Mills; aged 76. At 5 Rosebank Terrace, Bonnington, on the 14th inst., Arthur Leopold Mackenzie, youngest son of David Mackenzie; aged 2 ½ years. At 156 Qeensferry Road, Leith, suddenly on the morning of the 16th inst., Alexander John Bonella, infant son of William Beatson, burgh surveyor, Leith. At London Row, Leith, on the 8th inst., William Cowan, late stationmaster , Fallowhill, North British Railway, and second son of William Cowan, Fallowwheat, Balmaclellan. At 11 Gordon Street, Leith, on the 13th inst., Jane Barron, wife of Dundas Samuel; in her 74th year. At 2 Shore Leith, on the 13th inst., after a short illness, George Stark, in his 64th year; deeply regretted. At 8 James Place, Leith, on the 13th inst., William Wood, Esq., in his 79th year. At East Cottages, Granton, on the 12th inst., John William McKelvie, aged 17 months. At 9 Abercorn Terrace, Portobello, on the 13th inst., Margaret Pringle, youngest daughter of Alexander Drysdale. At Herkes Loan, Fisherrow, on the 14th inst., Mr. John Beattie, in his 93rd year. At Wading Burn, Lasswade, on the 15th inst., Margaret Brown, relict of the late Charles Finlayson. At South Melville, on the 10th inst., Margaret, second daughter of Thos. Inglis, much and deeply regretted. At Kirkhill, Penicuik, on the 10th inst., Anne Rutherford, second daughter of Richard Ruthherford; in her 21st year. At Brunstane, Penicuik, on the 13th inst., William Robb, farmer, aged 69. At Penicuik, on the 14th inst., Robert Kay, aged 66. At Haddington, on the evening of Saturday the 12th inst., after a few days illness, Mr. Archibald Todrick, in the 59th year of his age. At Gifford, East Lothian, on the 11th inst., William Tait, wood merchant, aged 58 years. At 38 Middle Street, Cuthill, Prestonpans, on the 13th inst., David Tennant Simpson, son of John Simpson, aged 2 months; deeply regretted. At North Berwick, on the 16th inst., Captain Thomas Jackson, in the 49th year of his age. At Whitburn, on the 15th inst., Isabella Dick, relict of James Bell; in her 85th year. At the residence of her uncle (Alexander Walker, Prestonkirk), on the 13th inst., Isabella Millar Walker, second daughter of John Pendridge, postmaster, Millerhill, Dalkeith: deeply regretted. At the Manse on the 13th inst., Samuel Kerr, minister of Yester. At East Calder, on the 9th inst., Alexander Thomson, tailor (American papers please copy) At Overshiel House, Mid Calder, on the 13th inst., Jane Thomson, widow of the late Archibald Prentice,Esq., Plymouth Grove, Manchester. At Grants Hall, Castlecraig, Peebleshire, on the 13th inst., Elizabeth Steele, relict of the late William Potts;aged 93 years. At the Inn, Innerleithen, on the 12th inst., Mr. Thomas Tait, farmer. At 12 Coal Market, Kelso, on the 10th inst., Mr. James Henderson, in the 57th year of his age. At Pringle Bank, Kelso, on the 14th inst., Angelique, wife of James Paul, jun. Esq., aged 32. At 23 High Street, Hawick, on the 10th inst., suddenly, Andrew Robinson, merchant, aged 53 years. At Greenlaw, Berwickshire, on the 14th inst., William Cossar, aged 74 years; deeply regretted. At Corstophine, on the 11th inst., John Whiteford, shoemaker, aged 81 years. At Crammond Village, on the 11th inst., Janet Ritchie, wife of the late Archibald Henderson; aged 82 years. At Crammond, on the 11th inst., George Ferguson, in the 84th year of his age; deeply regretted (Austrailian papers please copy) At Winchburg, on the 14th inst., Isabella daughter of Charles Stewart, late of Forres, in her 22nd year; deeply regretted. Elgin and Forres papers please copy. At Auchtermuchty, on the 12th inst., Anne Arnot, relict of John Williamson, messenger at arms; in her 89th year. At Almond Hall, Kirkliston, on the 13th inst., suddenly, Jessie R. Brock, wife of Walker Wallace, formerly of Kirkliston. At Meadowbank House, Torrance, Campsie, on the 13th inst., Alexander Clark,Esq., aged 71 years. At the residence of his aunt, Howgate Place, Kilwinning, on the 11th inst., John, eldest son of James Wallace, agent Union Bank of Scotland, St Vincent Street, Glasgow; aged 16 years. At Dumfries on the 9th inst., James Robertson, commercial traveller, eldest son of the late John Robertson, Dollar (American papers please copy) At Long Row, Sinclairtown, on the 6th inst., Ann Richardson, eldest daughter of Mr.Charles Granger, tailor and clothier; aged 21 years; deeply regretted. At Leslie, on the 11th inst., Agnes Wallace, relict of the late Henry Archibald, wright, Leslie; in her 63rd year. At Copar-Fife, on the 14th inst., Margaret Mitchell, wife of William Duncan, town clerk. At 88 Market street, St. Andrews, on the 11th inst., Mr. Peter Sturrock, hairdresser, aged 77. (American papers please copy) At Greenside Place, St. Andrews, on the 13th inst., Mr. John Berwick, late farmer Chesterstone and Vantage; in his 82nd year. At Dykehead Cottage, Cardross, Port of Montieth, on the 2nd inst., William Wyber, gardener, aged 85. At Ardovie Smithy, near Breshin, on the 12th inst., John Adamson. At Strathview, Kirriemuir, on the 13th inst., Margaret Catherine, youngest daughter of George Deuchar, aged 1 year and 9 months. At the Maine, Arbirlot, on the 12th inst., Mr. Archibald Christie,late writer in Edinburgh, aged 88 years. At Pitmudie, Menmuir, on the 14th inst., Margaret Wallace, wife of Robert Robertson, farmer, aged 63 years. At Brookleen, Blairgowie, on the 11th inst., Ann McLaughlan, youngest twin daughter of the late Alexander McLaughlan, baker Couper-Angus. At 47 Meal Vennel, on the 6th inst., from croup, after three days illlness, Isabella, the adopted daughter of James Kirkpatrick, furniture dealer Perth, and daughter of John Kirkpatrick, seaman, Leith; much and deeply regretted. At Buchromb House, Banffshire, on the 10th inst., Mrs. Catherine Rose Menzies Calder or Barclay, aged 38. At 14 Queen Street, Elgin, on the 14th inst., Alexander Russell,Esq. Of Chanoury, ex provost of Elgin,and joint agent for Royal bank of Scotland there. At 211 Upper Kirkgate, Aberdeen, on the 10th inst., Ann Fullerton, second daughter of Robert Fullerton. At Paradise Cottage, Disblair, Fintray, Aberdeenshire, on the 12th inst., William Smith, late farmer , Middleton of Fintray; aged 77 years. At Burnside House, Tain, on the 11th inst., Mrs. Catherine Munro or MacCardie, widow of the late James MacCardie, Esq.. At North Unst, on the 12th inst., Catherine Strona__, ____the late Frank Williamson, Bennington.