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John Morrison
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Clerk
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James Russel (snr)
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James Russel became a law apprentice with James Aitken, solicitor in Falkirk and after Aitken died, Russel formed a business alliance with Aitken's son, Henry Aitken, in 1818, bringing the law firm Russel & Aitken into existence.
James Russel was the eldest son of James Russel of Blackbraes (b. 1748) and Margaret Russel,(daughter of James Russel of Bentifaulds). He was appointed Town Clerk for Falkirk following the Reform Act of 1832. On his father's death in 1823 he inherited the firm of James Russel & Son, coal and ironmasters. He married Catherine Crawford (daughter of John Crawford, merchant, Falkirk) in 1813 and they had two sons and six daughters. The elder son, James Russel of Blackbraes and Arnotdale (1817-1860) took over the coal and iron business while the younger son, John Russel of Mayfield, joined the firm of Russel & Aitken. Ref: Love, Notes & Queries Vol 3 pp180-181 Love, Notes & Queries Vol 1 pp343-346 |
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Andrew Carnegie
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'the man who dies rich dies disgraced'
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Stirling County Council. Roads Surveyor
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William Strathhenry Kemp
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Rector of Falkirk Grammar School, 1852-1859. Also Session Clerk, Falkirk Parish Church
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Fyfe
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Session clerk of United Presbyterian Church, Airth. Manager of Co-op store
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Bo'ness Town Hall Committee
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J Weir
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Provost of Falkirk, 1895-1904
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James Penman Marshall
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Provost James P Marshall was first elected to Falkirk Town Council in May 1951 and became Provost in May 1965. [Source: A1047.015]
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Alexander Calder
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Alexander Calder was a bank clerk in Bathgate and then by 1885 was a farmer in Drumbroider.
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Annie Fairley
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Ella McLuckie
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John Vardy
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Believed to be architect working with J M Robertson, Craiglockhart Rd, Edinburgh
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Robert Webster
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Clerk, Larbert Parochial Board
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Falkirk Town Mission
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Established 1852, as an ecumenical evangelical Town Missionary Society. Sabbath Evening Meetings held in Robert's Wynd, then Charity School, Pleasance. By 1853, Evening Schools set up in Bainsford, Laurieston & Grahamston. Also used Christian Institute, Newmarket St, Falkirk. The new Town Mission Hall (now Struthers Evangelical Church) was erected c 1900
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Patrick Shivers
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Canon Patrick Shivers was parish priest at Denny from 1902 until his death in 1916. The town council led the many mourners. Funeral was on 16 October 1916.
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Richard Davie
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Depute Sheriff Clerk, Falkirk in 1872
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Robert Tennent
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Retired in 1907 from Dunipace School. He also served as registrar of births, marriages and deaths, inspector of the poor and session-clerk of the kirk.
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Falkirk Town Centre Management
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Grangemouth Gas Company Ltd
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Gas Works opened in 1836 and works moved in 1855. Taken over by Grangemouth Town Council on 12 March 1906 (Grangemouth Gas Corporation).
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