Smellie/Allan

[Elmca]

Hello Lud, thanks for posting the pic of Wm Smellie & Jane Allan stone, this is the pic I lost a few years ago.  I think there is an ivy engraving on the top of the stone (?) - it looks like it is in good condition anyway.  Much appreciated, Elaine

[Elmca]

I just started on this site today and I don't think I have any blood connection to the Smellies but in the 1871 Scots census it appears that some of my family members- Adam age 15, Thomas age 13, Daniel age 8l Jemima age 6 and Margaret age 3, along with the matriarch Margaret age 48 Harper - lived in the household before immigrating to the US later that year. The Smellies listed are William age 46 as head, his wife Ellen age 52, daughter Agnes age 23 and sons William age 18 and John age 13.Is this you family and do you have information on the Harpers and why they would be in the household?

Hi, if you have a copy of the census then it should tell you what the occupation of each family member was, also if they were related or guests for the night, and that may give you and idea of why they were included in the household. 

[Elmca]

I just started on this site today and I don't think I have any blood connection to the Smellies but in the 1871 Scots census it appears that some of my family members- Adam age 15, Thomas age 13, Daniel age 8l Jemima age 6 and Margaret age 3, along with the matriarch Margaret age 48 Harper - lived in the household before immigrating to the US later that year. The Smellies listed are William age 46 as head, his wife Ellen age 52, daughter Agnes age 23 and sons William age 18 and John age 13.Is this you family and do you have information on the Harpers and why they would be in the household?

Hi again, curiosity got the better of me and I checked the 1871 census on SP. This branch of the Smellie family lived on Muir Street, Hamilton, and I don't see any mention of your family living in the same household or in a nearby household, so it's unlikely there is a connection. best wishes elmca

[donna baker 1967]

Hello, my name is Donna and I am a descendants from this Smellie line. I am in tears looking at the headstones of my ancestors. These pictures have brought them to life for me. They are not just a name on a piece of paper or  a search on a website. There are no words to thank you enough for sharing this.

[davieboy]

I have a Jean / Jane Smellie married to James Ramsay and Alexander Allan married to Margaret Ramsay both marriages around 1850/1860 in Hamilton.

Alexander Allan died in Daziell Motherwell in 1856

[Lodger]

Hi Davieboy, the 1856 death certificate for Alexander should state his place of burial.
At that time there were 2 burial grounds in the parish. (Although he may have been taken to Hamilton).

[lud]

Davieboy,
plot 47 St Patricks Dalziel, headstone for Alexander Allan died 15 Mar 1855, probably not the one for you,also Robert Allan 59yrs 6 Apr 1882, James Allan 77yrs 21 June 1906, Janet Lamb or Allan 79yrs 15 Sep 1907, Jeannie Gibson or Allan 84 yrs 27 April 1907, her parents were Jane Allan and Andrew Gibson, this info gleaned from Survey of St Patricks graveyard records, held at "Local Studies dept, Motherwell Heritage Centre."
Cheers

[DeBarre]

Hi Karen, as of a fortnight ago the headstone is no longer on it's side, I managed to erect it and several others, unfortunately my tablet won't let me upload the picture of Hugh Smellie's stone atm

[Millinj31]

I'm interested in the Hinshaw/Hyndshaw family who were tenants of Coursington, particularly Robert Hinshaw who married Janet Smellie in 1789, and his descendants.  Scotlandspeople gives me lots of baptisms for Coursington Hinshaws but not nearly as many deaths as I would expect - not even in surrounding parishes. Can anyone tell me whether there are any other sources that I should be checking. Thanks in anticipation.
John