Gordon Fairweather married Winnie White on 23rd Feb 1948.
This is her family.
Peter Scott – 1849-
His parents – James Scott (1819) and Janet Salmon (1828-1900)
Siblings – Michael, James, John, Janet, William, Margaret, Alexander, Mary, Elizabeth
Mother – Lizzie Aitken 1851-
Her parents – Peter Aitken (1805) and Mary Morton (1821)
Siblings – Jean, William, Jane, Margaret, Isabella, John
At the time Peter married in 1876, he was working as a ploughman at Glenhove Farm, a neighbouring farm to Tannoch, where granddaughter Winnie lived for 20 years from 1948, unaware of the connection.
In 1881, he was a farm servant living at Burnhouse Cottage, Dunipace.
In 1901, Peter and Lizzie lived at 42 Forest Place, Cumbernauld and were working as a Kiln Fireman at the Fireclay Works.
In the 1901 census (31st March), the others at 42 Forest Place were as follows.
Mary Scott – 21 (Hosiery Machinist)
Jessie Scott – 18 (Hosiery Machinist)
Lizzie Scott – 10 (Scholar)
John Maxwell – 28 (Fireclay brick-maker)
Thomas Whyte – 21 (railway signalman)
John Maxwell was a boarder at Forest Place. He was born in 1878 in Glasgow to Irish parents, Henry Maxwell and Maria Rooney. He later married Mary Scott and had two children – Elizabeth and Georgina (also known as Lizbeth and Ina). He later became a Railway Level Crossing Gatekeeper. The nearest level crossing was at Lenziemill. John died in Norwood, 15th Sept. 1946.
As a young lad of 10/11, I had a friend whose Dad ( Mr Lee) also worked there as a crossing gatekeeper. I recall that on some Saturdays we helped operate the signals, then open and close the crossing gates – under close supervision of course.
Thomas White (Whyte) (b. 1880-1950) was a boarder at Forest Place and worked as a railway signalman. Tom was the son of John White and Agnes Jardine, and was born at Smyllum Junction, Biggar, where his father worked as a railway porter. He married Jessie Scott (b. 1883-1924) and they had four children – Betty, Jessie, Nessie, Winnie (born 8th Sept 1924).
By 1911, Tom was a grocer and was living with Jessie at Masonic Place, where they remained until her death on November 13, 1924. He later married Agnes Stewart (Nel) and then lived at Millview. By the 1930s, he was a hirer of motor vehicles and ran a Ford Model “T” bus called “Easy Osie”. From old family photos, it is evident that there were often outings to visit other families in Lanark and Wigtown.
