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Family History This page is only as reliable as the information it receives. You are advised to check original sources wherever possible. Updated 19 July 2008 with more researchers!
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Update May 2008: Latest books about
Armadale and area, which may be of particular interest to family historians.
Armadale in Minutes by Robert Kerr,
produced by
The History of
Armadale Association,
price £5 (+ postage and packing for those outside Armadale). A dust-jacketed
hardback of 219 pages with 56 photos/illustrations and 3 maps.
It can
be purchased locally or ordered from Betty Hunter, Secretary of The History of
Armadale Association: HAAsecretary Some of the surnames included in the book's text: Addie, Aitken, Anderson, Archer, Arthur, Baillie, Baird, Ballantyne, Bamburgh, Barnard, Baxter, Bell, Beveridge, Binning, Bishop, Black, Borza, Boyd, Brock, Brown, Bryce, Bryden, Byers, Caesar, Cairns, Calder, Calderhead, Cameron, Campbell, Carr, Chalmers, Cherry, Clark, Clarkson, Cochran, Cochrane, Collie, Conner, Corsie, Cowan, Craig, Crawford, Cunningham, Currie, Cuthbart, Dalling, Daves, Davidson, Davie, Davis, Dennistoun, Donald, Donaldson, Donnelly, Douglas, Druce, Drummond, Drysdale, Duncan, Easton, Edwards, Elder, Farquhar, Ferrier, Finlay, Finnlay, Fleming, Forrester, Forsyth, Frew, Gall, Gardner, Gartshore, Geddes, Gentleman, Gibb, Gibson, Gilchrist, Gillespie, Gillon, Gilmar, Gordon, Gorman, Gowans, Graham, Gray, Gregor, Greig, Grey, Hailstones, Hall, Hamilton, Harrower, Harvie, Hickman, Honeyman, Hope, Howatt, Hunter, Hynd-Brown, Inglis, Kelly, Kerr, Kirk, Lawson, Learmonth, Lees, Leggat, Leishman, Liddell, Longmuir, Love, MacAdam, MacDonald, MacDougal, Mackay, MacLachlan, MacLellan, Mallace, Marcella, Marr, Marshall, Matheson, Maxwell, McDonald, McDougal, McDowall, McGarrie, McGowan, McGregor, McHardy, McIntosh, McKinnon, McLachlan, McMillan, McNab, McNair, McNicol, McPhail, Millar, Miller, Milne, Moffat, More, Morrison, Muir, Newton, O'Donnell, Parker, Paterson, Pollock, Prentice, Quin, Ramsay, Ranken, Rankin, Readman, Reid, Rennie, Roberts, Robertson, Rodger, Rodgers, Rosebery, Russell, Sharp, Shaw, Shearer, Sibbald, Sim, Simpson, Sinclair, Smith, Snedden, Sneddon, Steel, Stevenson, Stewart, Swan, Syson, Teape, Temple, Tennant, Thomson, Turner, Walker, Wark, Watson, Waugh, Wetherspoune, White, Williams, Wilson, Wood, Wylie, Wyper, Young. ..................................... Also recommended: Old Armadale and Blackridge by John Hood, price £7.99, see Stenlake . It’s a paperback of 52 pages, but it has 55 photos of Armadale and Blackridge on its covers and inner pages.
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2009 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scotland's greatest poet, Robert Burns. During that year there will be events staged all over Scotland to celebrate its past, present and future. On the 20th June 2009, Armadale will be holding its annual Children's Gala Day. If you are planning to return home to Armadale during its Gala celebrations, the Gala Day Committee would love to hear from you so that it can welcome you. Please contact Stuart Borrowman, President of Armadale Children's Gala Committee: stuart.borrowman
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On Saturday 14 April 2007, the West Lothian Family History Society visited Armadale Library for the first time with their Family History Roadshow. According to the Society's Tom Harkness, the event was well attended by many individuals and family groups who wanted to discover more about their ancestors. |
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In the photos above and below, we see members of the Society and researchers busy on the Library's computers, consulting vital information online that will help to add 'twigs' and 'branches' to family trees. You may be interested to know that the Society holds a workshop
on the first Saturday morning of each month at Library Headquarters,
Connolly House, Blackburn. Need more information about the Society
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| Armadale Library experienced a busy time during Silver Surfers Week 19 - 24 May 2008. On Friday 23 May 'Silver Surfers' were invited to attend a free morning session to trace their family's roots on the Scotland's people website. Members of the West Lothian Family History Society were in attendance to help with researchers. On Saturday 24 May, Society members returned with their Family History Roadshow, which was well attended. Many visitors commented on how useful the sessions had been. Photos from the two days appear below. | ||||||||||||||
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The KERR Family of Armadale in 1900 at
Marchbank Cottage, East Main Street.
Robert (middle row left)
Davie (middle row second from left)
Abraham (middle of back row)
James (back row right)
Other members of the family: wife, Agnes; other
sons: Thomas, John, William and George; daughters: Jane, Agnes, Isabella,
Davie was born c1856 in Duddingston,
Midlothian, the son of Robert Kerr, bc1815 Dalmeny, and Jane, bc1813.
Robert Kerr was a ploughman. When Davie was young,
the family (with other sons: James, John, Robert; and daughters: Janet, Ann
and Jean) stayed at North Mains, Inverleith.
Originally a ploughman, Davie Kerr worked as a
Brick Maker (foreman) and, although he retired at 70, he was called
back to work for Etna Bricks.
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Researchers with Family Links to Armadale All new listings will have a non-clickable e-mail address unless otherwise instructed. (The @ does not copy and paste into Outlook) It's FREE to be listed here! Please e-mail Rosie |
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WALKER / COLES / WALLS July 2008 Kathryn: I am looking for
the WALKER / COLES / WALLS families email: kathryn1reeves |
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LEES / McFARLANE / BLAIR July 2008 Jamie from Canada: Andrew
LEES and his wife Elizabeth McFARLANE had 15 children and lived in Armadale
Bathgate in the 1850s. After the couple moved to the Hamilton area due to
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McPHILLIPS / GILLIES / KERR June 2008 Gerry from Adelaide Australia:
I am attempting to develop a family tree and would appreciate any information
that might help me. My parents were Frances McPHILLIPS (nee GILLIES) and James
McPHILLIPS who lived in George Street. My father was the publican of the
Athletic Bar on South Street for many years, and my mother worked at the Bowls Club
for a time after my father’s death in 1974. My mother also died in 1994. My
father was born on 29 Oct 1919 and mother on 20 Jan 1929. They were married in
Bathgate on 4 Nov 1950.
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Sir William Honeyman, Lord Armadale, 1756 - 1825; Family Tree; David Partner's Notes on Family Tree
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WILLIAMSON / BOYD / HAMILTON April 2008 Sharon from New Zealand: Searching for information about the WILLIAMSON family: William WILLIAMSON, son of Duncan and Mina (Wilhelmina) Williamson (nee BOYD) was born in Armadale in 1918. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1939, and his parents and siblings later followed. Duncan’s siblings George, Robert and Mary had already made the move to New Zealand, Archie, Peggie and Peter having emigrated to the USA. Duncan's parents were William and Mary Hamilton
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PATERSON October 2007 Victoria from Australia: Searching for information about a PATERSON family which owned/ran a fish and chip shop in the Bathgate area in the 1950’s. Any information would be wonderful. email: victoriajayde
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FRIEL / McALPINE October 2007; updated 17 November 2007 Agnes from Hull: I am trying to find out information about my late father and any of his relatives. My father, John, was born in Armadale in 1933, the son of Thomas FRIEL and Elisabeth McALPINE. Their other two children were Helen and Elisabeth. My father had two sisters: Helen McCALLUM nee Friel, whose children were George and Shirley, and Elisabeth LAMBIE nee FRIEL whose son Robbie is believed to live in Canada. My father was a keen footballer and spent some time in the RAF. He married my mother in 1954, but he died in 1972 when I was young, and so I do not have much information about, or any contact with, his family. I would love my own children to have more information about their grandfather's family.
email: mum.79
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BRADY / SWAN / VALLELY / HANLIN July 2007 Lorraine From Canada: I am currently working on my father and mother's family tree's. My father was born and raised in Armadale and is a BRADY. His father was Edward BRADY and his mother Margaret SWAN. He and Mom came to Canada in 1957. Mom was from Bathgate - a VALLELY. I am wondering if anyone knows the connection of the HANLIN family to my grandfather Edward BRADY. We know he and his twin brother and younger sister were raised by the Hannah HANLIN and her husband. We also, know Edward BRADY's parents were Andrew and Agnes BRADY (Brady was also her maiden name). Andrew & Agnes had elder children but we are not sure if they stayed with the HANLINs or not. And what happened to Andrew & Agnes? My Dad used to buy Thomas HANLIN's paper for him when he was a boy when Tom was writing his books. My Dad is also interested in the SWAN history as he remembers them owing land in Armadale and Hopetoun areas, including pub and movie house and farm land(s). Can anyone help us? Lorraine on behalf of Canadian Bradys:
email: liveslikelois George SWAN built an inn on west side of The Cross, called The Armadale Inn, which later became The Regal Bar. Rosie
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BURNS / BISHOP / PATON / WEIR / MILLAR June 2007 Elizabeth, illegitimate daughter of Robert BURNS and Elizabeth PATON, farm servant, was born 22 May 1785 Tarbolton, Ayrshire. She married John BISHOP, overseer at Polkemmet, son of Thomas BISHOP and Jane WEIR, on 11 January 1807 in Galston, Ayrshire. Elizabeth died on 8 January 1817 in Polkemmet, Whitburn and her daughter, Mary Lyon, aged two, died three months after her mother. John BISHOP was born 11 January 1782 Whitburn. After Elizabeth's death, he married Mary MILLAR. He died 20 June 1857 Whitburn. Details of Elizabeth's life; Burns's Address to an Illegitimate Child; |
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MARSHALL / PENMAN / STIRLING May 2007 Lynn from England: My family in the Armadale area starts with William MARSHALL whose daughter, Jessie MARSHALL (later PENMAN by marriage) was my GGrandmother. William lived in Armadale until moving to New Monklands around 1900. William's son William was killed in the Stanrigg Disaster in 1918. William's parents, William MARSHALL and Isabella STIRLING, also lived and died in Armadale. I was born in England so do not know of any relatives, but would love to hear from anyone that may be out there.
email: Lynnpateman
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MACKAY May 2007 Jeanne from New Brunswick, Canada: My father, David MACKAY (b.c1902 Armadale), came to Canada in the early 1900s when he was about ten years old. I know little of his life in Scotland, but he did tell me that he came from Armadale. I know that my grandfather, Robert MACKAY, worked in a brickyard and was a football player. After Robert came to Canada, he became foreman of a brickyard in a small town called Beamsville in southern Ontario, Canada. His wife, Alexina, and four of their children, joined him in Canada somewhere around 1912. The family then moved to Hamilton On. where my grandfather worked in a big steel mill until he died of a heart attack in 1943. My father had an older brother Mathew and a younger brother Robert. email: jeannebrooker Since receiving this e-mail, it has been established that Robert MACKAY was born c1875 in Bannock Burn, Stirlingshire. In 1901 he was staying at 107 South Street, Armadale with his wife Alexina who was born c1883. He was a Miners Checkweigher. |
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WEIR / ORR March 2007 Bill Barr has sent these photos to me asking if anyone has any further information about the individuals featured. Confirmation or correction of identification of individuals would be appreciated. email: bill_barr
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VANDEPEEAR Help wanted! Were you evacuated to Armadale in 1939 or later? Did your family take in an evacuee? Do you have any memories of evacuees in Armadale? Does anyone remember an evacuee called James VANDEPEEAR who was sent to stay with an Armadale family in 1939? He has told me, "I was an evacuee from Edinburgh at Armadale. I did not stay there long, and can only remember a row of terrace cottages sloping down to a field or play ground, and I recall sliding down a bing on a shovel. I was barely 5 years old at the time, and what I do remember is very little. The row of cottages on a slope is fairly certain, and a swing park at the bottom of the hill. As to the names of the family I was with, I cannot remember them at all, except that they had three sons, at least, and I think I shared a bed with them." James Vandepeear's sister has written about the day she visited Armadale to collect James and to return with him to Edinburgh. Here are extracts from her account: "I was sent to bring him back. It was also the first time I had ever been allowed to travel anywhere on my own, so I was nervous.... I boarded an SMT bus, asked the conductor to tell me when we reached Armadale then sat down....... when I saw Armadale my first impression was 'grey', grey skies, houses, streets, even the people on the bus were grey and dour looking. However I got off the bus at the first bus-stop in Armadale, stayed on the left side of the road, passed by a rough hedge, there may have been a house behind it. I must have walked about 100 yards before turning left into a long sloping street lined with houses which were stone fronted with a window each side of the front doors painted either black or dark green. This was the first row of houses. I stayed on the left hand side, walked over half way down on a slabbed pavement until I saw Jim sitting on the doorstep, a rather strange doorstep, the house being on such a long slope meant that if you lived at the top you had a thin step - the lower down the slope the higher the step. The house Jim lived in had two and a half steps but they were not whitened with pipe-clay. The pavement was not wide but had small kerbstones. I remember how bleak it all looked, not a tree anywhere. There was another little boy with Jim, also an evacuee, they were not allowed to play in the house even though it was late summer and chilly. The adults in the house were, I believe, a single brother and sister in their late thirties." Other possible clues: the surname 'BEGBIE' and the numbers 5 and 15. If you have information, which could help James to identify the place where he stayed, please e-mail Rosie |
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SAMUEL / TENNENT / ROBERT / MERRY / PATERSON February 2007 Dominic Toye: Could anyone tell the names of the coal mines which were operating around 1861. The reason I ask this question is that my gggranda Neil TOY worked as a miner then and lived in Bathgate with his mum and brother William who also was a miner. Their address was 36 Bathville Row. Where was it situated and does it exist today? I wonder if anyone can help me tracing my ggggran's family Ann SAMUEL. I have traced them back to abt 1717 and they seemed to have stayed in the one place for about a century which is Bathgate. Her mother's name was Margaret TENNENT born abt 1760 Bathgate: could any give me her parents' name? email: dt1708 Dominic has now been told: Margaret TENNENT:
Birth: 28 MAY 1761; Christening: 21 JUN 1761 Bathgate |
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MARSHALL / HAMILTON / BLADES February 2007 Duncan Robertson: My great-grandfather, David HAMILTON, was secretary of The Goth for 17 years up until his death. The BLADES family of Armadale went on to produce one the country's most prominent law lords of the mid-20th century as well as a director of education who went on to receive the OBE. All from 'humble' Armadale mining stock!
e-mail:
duncangrayrobertson See more information about The Goth
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FRIEL Photo of Hugh Friel, b1899 Armadale; Photo taken c1922 of James and Mary Friel January 2007 Chris from America: Researching the FRIEL family (a rather large family of 13 children) who lived in Armadale from the 1890s – possibly present.
email: cfriel
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PEDEN / McALPINE / McALLISTER / BELL September 2006 Janet from America: Looking for info about John PEDEN's [b1882 Armadale d1959 Armadale] parents John PEDEN and Margaret McALPINE and her parents J. McALPINE and Margaret [Magnet] BELL [b abt 1826 d abt 1925]. Also looking for info about John PEDEN's
wife - Maria Margaret McAllister PEDEN's [b1880 High Gate, Broxburn,
West Lothian d 1972 Pontiac, MI, USA] parents Christopher
McALLISTER and Margaret Higgins Martin McALLISTER. I have Margaret McAllister and John Peden's
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WILSON / METHVEN / CAMERON / GILLESPIE / RAMSAY / MOORE / MATHIESON / BLACK / HUMBLE / COBB Bruce from Australia: Research includes the WILSON families of Armadale and Bathgate. Individuals include: George WILSON b1814 Clackmannshire, d1876 (Mossend Cottage, Armadale), =Christina METHVEN; George WILSON b1844, 1873 Bathville Cottage =, Christina CAMERON; William WILSON b 1835 Dunfermline d 1914 Mossgiel Cottage, Armadale, 1857 Alloa=Helen GILLESPIE bc1838, d 1918 100 South Street, Armadale; William WILSON b1871 Bathgate, 1898 Armadale=Mary MATHIESON; Christina WILSON b1855 Carnock, 1876 Armadale=William RAMSAY; Adam Black Douglas WILSON b1885 Carnock, collier in Armadale, emigrated to Australia 1885, 1893=Jessie MOORE. Other Armadale-born individuals married BLACK, HUMBLE, CAMERON, COBB. For the full tree visit: http://www.wilshep.com/ email: wilshep mail: Bruce R. Wilson, 17, Scoresby Avenue, Shepparton 3630, Victoria, Australia |
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SIMPSON / McDONALD / FAIRLEY Betty from Hampshire: My maternal grandfather, James SIMPSON, b1867 Jack's Land, Armadale, married Ann McDONALD b1866 Whitburn Road, Bathgate, in 1893. They had 6 known children, all born in Armadale, between 1892 and 1904, and a son William, who definitely existed, probably the eldest, but I haven't yet managed to find his birth details. Their daughter, Margaret SIMPSON, was born in 1900 at The Cappers, Armadale. She married my father, John FAIRLEY, in Whitburn in 1922. I would be happy to hear from any other researchers. email: jonetty |
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CAMPBELL Louise from USA: Jane (Jeanna) Jenny CAMPBELL b 30 March 1864 Armadale, d 27 July 1944 Salt Lake City. For family tree see: www.nathanielspens.com Louise can be contacted on that site. |
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The COCHRANES of Barbauchlaw: email on the site below: |
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MARSHALL / WADDELL Bernz from New Zealand: William MARSHALL b 1856 Carluke, married Jemina WADDELL 1862 - 1934) at Barbanshaw Mill. Some of their children were born in the Armadale area including Janet (Jessie) b1902 d1983, a domestic science teacher; Margaret (Peggy) bc1888; Robert bc1885; Thomas bc1886. William MARSHALL was a Master Baker in Bathgate and later a farmer at Barbauchlaw Farm where he and his wife died. email: BernzG |
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Heather Beveridge from Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada:
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EDWARDS / ROBERTS / KERR / MARSHALL Henry EDWARDS b1827, d1875 Armadale, married, 1847 N Wales, Margaret ROBERTS b1827 Flintshire, d1891 43 East Main St, Armadale. Their son, Esau b1853 Bathgate, d1900, married 1873, Margaret KERR b1855, d1932. Son Henry b1889, d1943 at 5 Wardrop Crescent, Armadale, married 1895, Elizabeth MARSHALL b1895 d1974. |
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DYETT / CAMPBELL /BARNES /ARMSTRONG William DYETT b1840 Langriggend Kelvin Dock (d 1912 USA), son of William DYETT and Johanna CAMPBELL, married, 1858 Stirlingshire, Martha BARNES b1841, daughter of Mark BARNES and Ann ARMSTRONG. At least 5 of their children were born in Armadale: Alexander DYETT b 1865 Armadale, d 1917; Mark DYETT b1863 Bathville, d 1864; Joseph DYETT b 1865 Armadale, d 1947, = Catherine Bain SMITH; Martha DYETT b1867 Armadale, d 1951; John DYETT b1870 Armadale, d 1939. |
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HOOD / PENMAN / O'NEIL Margaret HOOD b1830 Newton married, c1852 Prestonpans, John PENMAN. They had at least 8 children including: Nicol b 11 Jan 1856 Bathville Row, and Janet Rankine b 2 Nov 1857 Armadale. Thomas HOOD b1833 Claybarns Newton married, in 1854 Bathgate, Janet ANTHONY. They had 11 children including Helen b 1864 Armadale. Peter HOOD b 13 July Prestonpans (d 1905 USA) married, 1855 Glasgow, Mary O'NEIL daughter of Andrew O'NEIL. They had 13 children including Andrew b 30 Oct 1856 Armadale (d 8 Nov 1856) and Elizabeth b 29 Nov 1857 Armadale (d 20 April 1884 USA) |
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WANLASS / NEILSON The WANLASS family lived in Newbattle in 1851. In 1861 they were living at 45 Bathville Row: James WANLASS, a coal miner, b1825 Musselburgh / Edinburgh, and his wife, Margaret NEILSON, b Tranent, had 7 children. In 1871 they were living in Armadale with their 3 children born in Armadale: Alexander, Joseph and Helen. In 1874 the family emigrated, travelling from Liverpool to New York. james WANLASS died in 1895. Website |
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NICOL / ARCHIBALD / MEECHAN / WELSH Hugh NICOL b1855 Airdrie, son of James NICOL and Elizabeth ARCHIBALD, married 31 December 1877 Armadale, Margaret MEECHAN b 1856 New Monkland, d 1899 Newbattle, daughter of William MEECHAN b1835 Antrim and Sarah Ann WELSH b 1835 Antrim. |
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MOLLISON / SMITH Margaret Silver Soutar MOLLISON b 15 February 1887 Armadale, d 4 May 1956 Brechin, daughter of James MOLLISON b1858 Montrose and Margaret Silver SMITH b 1856 Kincardine. |
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RUSSELL / KIRKHOPE / GIBB / NEILSON / DYER James RUSSELL son of Alexander and Annabella RUSSELL was b 1845 and, in 1870 Carluke, married Margaret DYER, daughter of John DYER and Mary KIRKHOPE. They had 8 children: Alexander, Mary, John, Annabella, James, Jane and two who were born in Armadale, Matthew b1887 and Robert b 1889. William RUSSELL was b 1875 in Armadale, son of Alexander RUSSELL and his wife, Maria GIBB, daughter of Archibald GIBB and Ann NEILSON. |
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LAW family of Netherhouses Farm, Armadale (known as Blackdubbs and occupied by the PRYCE family in 1851 census) Hugh LAW b Carnwath farmed Netherhouses from the late 1860s until his death in 1895. He was married to Susanna ROBB, daughter of James ROBB and Mary DONALD. Hugh and Susanna had a large family, some of whom were born at Netherhouses. For a detailed and interesting account of the family visit this website. |
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SIMPSON and CLEPHANE Christina SIMPSON b 28 March 1865 Cockpen, Midlothian, daughter of James SIMPSON and Janet MORRISON, married 2 April 1886 Armadale, Robert CLEPHANE b 29 Dec 1864 Cramond, d Edinburgh 12 May 1887. After Janet death, James SIMPSON married Margaret CLEPHANE (Robert's sister) and of their 6 children, one was born in Armadale: William bc1887. |
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BENNETT / KERR / LOUDEN / McCONNELL / NEIL (all births below in Armadale) BENNETT: James Alexander b 17 March 1886; Mary Loudon b 5 Dec 1908; KERR: Mary b 1875; LOUDEN: Agnes b 1898; Agnes b 13 July 1866; Annie Dowie b 2 Dec 1888; Flora b 19 Oct 1872; James b 13 May 1875; Jane Louden b 6 April 1870; Mary b 7 Nov 1906 at 62 East Main Street; MCCONNELL: Catharine b 1 April 1930; Neil Agnes b1880 For more about these individuals, visit this site |
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DOBIE/ WILLIAMSON / EASTON: Thomas DOBIE married Mary WILLIAMSON in Armadale 28 Nov 1873. He was a baker at North Street, Armadale in 1891 and at 8 East Main Street, Armadale in 1901. Mary was the daughter of William WILLIAMSON and Sarah EASTON. For more about the family visit the Fairbairn family of Stirlingshire's website |
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See the local history page for a sampler made by Jeanie Walker from Tippethill in 1882, when she was just twelve. It has a lovely example of a strawberry motif, a biblical quote and initials of family members. |
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Above: Stained glass window in memory of William and Ann Forsyth Above: Stained glass window in memory of Barbara Smith Calderhead, gifted by her husband John Forsyth |
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Family History
West Lothian Local History Library has much to offer the family historian Opening hours (no appointment needed): Monday - Thursday 9.00am - 5.00pm; Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm; First Saturday of month 9.30am - 1.00pm
Visitors welcome! Library HQ, Connolly House, Hopefield Road, Blackburn, West Lothian, EH47 7HZ
01506 776331 or email sybil.cavanagh
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Researchers may be interested in the Newsletter of West Lothian Heritage Services: Spring 2007's publication includes articles on
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| Scotlands Family | Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites for Scotland | Online Scottish Names Directory | Surname Distribution |
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The 1915 Gretna Rail Disaster Names of Armadale dead include: James ANDERSEN; William Thomson BISSET, 54 South St; Hugh HART, 67 Lower Bathville. Names of Armadale injured include: J. McCONNELL, 85 East Main St; J. NEALLY / NEILLY, 20 Mount Pleasant; J. SMITH, Etna Cottages. Research details; Newspaper report |
William SNEDDEN with sisters and cousin, Armadalec1903 |
Free LDS Genealogy Software
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Armadale-related files in the National Archives of Scotland Catalogue Names include: BOYD, FORRESTER, HAY, HART, KING, LEISHMAN, McCORRY aka McCURRIE, MACDONALD, MARSHALL, MUNRO. |
Woodend-related files in the National Archives of Scotland Catalogue Names include: FORBES, WATSON, GRAHAM. |
Bathville-related files in the
National Archives of Scotland Catalogue Names include: ANDERSON, BRODIE, BROWN, CALDER, CASSIDY, DAVIDSON, DONNELLY aka MARSHALL, FRIEL, McNAIR, McCLORY, McNEILL, POTTER, ROBB, RODGER, SHAW, SIMPSON, WILSON. |
Mining Engineers 1896-7 BORROWMAN, James, Armadale Station, Linlithgowshire. PARKER, William, Woodville Cottages, Armadale, Bathgate WATSON, John G., Ivy Bank, Armadale Station, Linlithgowshire. WILSON, Robert, Bathville Collieries, Armadale |
Memories of working in
Armadale-area collieries: 1842 Includes Hard Hill Colliery and Barbauchlaw Colliery testimonies:
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| Did you know...? The most popular forenames given to babies born in West Lothian in 2006 were: Jack*, Ryan and Sophie* (* also the popular names in Scotland). | |||||
| Did you know....? The most popular surname in Armadale is BROWN. (1.5% of the town's population) | |||||
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"We went to school in our bare feet. Mostly we went to school with our bare feet because we hadnae got anything else to put on. There was no such thing as going to school with shoes on - all the boys wore tacketty boots or clogs." Jack Mackinnon, Mair Tales Fae The 'Dale, 2, Schooldays and Holidays, Further Recollections of Childhood in Armadale |
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Demolition of derelict building on West Main Street, Tuesday 21st November, 2006, ready for a flatted development.
Denis Slattery has told us that, in the early 1900s, the building was a general store owned by the Geddes family. Annie Geddes married Peter Traynor and, eventually, they moved to Lochgelly where he was under-manager in the mine. |
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Armadale Wedding Rhyme Monday for health Tuesday for wealth Wednesday no luck at all Thursday for losses Friday for crosses Saturday the best day of all |
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Family history software Personal Ancestral File - Excellent free program for recording your family history etc Cyndi's genealogy software and computer list see also our Free software links
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