GLASGOW HERALD 17 APRIL 1911 MARRIAGE – CALLAN and GREIG At Beechwood, Bieldside, Aberdeen, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. C. F. Christie, M.A., Cults, assisted by the Rev. H. Callan, M.A., Montrose (brother of the bridegroom), William MacFee Callan, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, to Susan Hector Milne, onl...

GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1861

MARRIAGE

At Saltcoats, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. John Stewart, Ardrossan Free Church, Mr Hugh Brown, to Mary McKillop, second surviving daughter of the late John McKillop, Esquire, Saltcoats.

GLASGOW HERALD 17 APRIL 1848 HAND LOOM WEAVING IN AYRSHIRE In Saltcoats and Stevenston this trade still continues in a very depressed state; and the prospects instead of appearing brighter, are becoming more gloomy. Manufacturers have given notice to discontinue more hands. We never saw such a flatn...

GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1866

AYRSHIRE POOR INSPECTORS

The 34thy quarterly meeting of the Poor Law Association of Ayrshire was held here on Saturday – Mr Miller of St. Quivox presiding.

Messrs Dickie, of Stevenston, and Paterson, of Kilmarnock, were admitted as new members.

GLASGOW HERALD
17 APRIL 1911

THE CONSERVATIVE HALL AT STEVENSTON

The Conservative Hall at Stevenston, having become too small for meetings and public gatherings, it has been decided to enlarge the building so as to provide sitting accommodation for 750 persons.

GLASGOW HERALD 17 APRIL 1848 HAND LOOM WEAVING IN AYRSHIRE In Saltcoats and Stevenston this trade still continues in a very depressed state; and the prospects instead of appearing brighter, are becoming more gloomy. Manufacturers have given notice to discontinue more hands. We never saw such a flatn...

GLASGOW HERALD 16 APRIL 1910 BODY FOUND ON NORTH SHORE The body of a man, between 35 and 40 years of age, was found yesterday on the north shore at Ardrossan about 100 yards from the public road. The body, which had been in the water only a day or two, was that of a man of medium build, five feet an...

GLASGOW HERALD 16 APRIL 1849 SEAMAN DROWNED On Tuesday evening last, John Murphy, one of the firemen on the GLOWWORM steamer, in attempting to go on board that vessel in Ardrossan Harbour, owing to the darkness of the night, and the gangway having been removed from the position it was in during the ...

GLASGOW HERALD 16 APRIL 1912 BODY OF A NEWLY BORN BOY FOUND On Sunday afternoon two lads found a parcel on the Caledonian railway at Saltcoats, and on opening it discovered the body of a newly born infant boy. The police were communicated with and the body was removed to the mortuary. It is supposed...

GLASGOW HERALD
16 APRIL 1869

MARRIAGE – WILSON and BENNETT

At Eglinton Place, Saltcoats, on the 15th instant, by the Rev. George Philp, Mr Thomas Wilson, Ardrossan, to Grace, youngest daughter of the late Mr Robert Bennett.

GLASGOW HERALD
16 APRIL 1869

MARRIAGE – SMITH and CRUICKSHANKS

At Stevenston Manse, Ayrshire, on the 14th instant, by the Rev. Alexander King, of West Kilbride, the Rev. James Smith, B.D., of Newhills, Aberdeenshire, to Christian Catherine, only daughter of the Rev. James Cruickshanks, Stevenston.

GLASGOW HERALD 15 APRIL 1947 VESSEL SINKS AT QUAY The small motorship DIDO C, Belfast, sank at the quayside in Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan, after having been damaged on Sunday night while the steamer KANTULE, Panama, was shifting from one berth to another. None of the crew was injured. The DIDO C was a...