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SYNOD OF AYR
PRESBYTERY OF AYR
AFTON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.58
Church and manse. This congregation was grouped under New Cumnock after 1913, and was united with Arthur Memorial in 1923.
1859
MATTHEW HUTCHISON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.189
Ordained and inducted 1859; became senior minister in 1900; died 1913.
1900
ADAM HAMILTON, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.180
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 1900; died 1902.
1902
ADAM GORDON CAMPBELL, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 1902; translated to Portsoy 1913.
1914
THOMAS DAVIDSON
Born 27th April 1856 at Leswalt, son of John Davidson and Anna Pringle; educated at Lochans School, Wigtownshire, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; missionary assistant Edinburgh Pilrig Free Church 1896-7; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 19th December 1900; ordained and inducted by Presbytery of Edinburgh to the station at Vienna 23rd February 1901; returned on outbreak of Great War and inducted 23rd December 1914; died 16th June 1923. Assistant editor of the Globe Encyclopaedia, 6 volumes, Edinburgh, 1876-9; assistant editor, Chambers’ Encyclopaedia, 10 volumes, 1888-92; editor of school editions of English classics, Edinburgh; editor of Chambers’ English Dictionary, Edinburgh, 1898; editor of Twentieth Century Dictionary, Edinburgh, 1901.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.168, Annbank, Rodger Memorial.]
ANNBANK
Presbytery of Ayr
Church and manse. Formerly a station, raised to full status in 1903.
1903
GEORGE SWANSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted December 1903; translated to Fala 27th March 1914.
1914
ALEXANDER RODGER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.303
Born 4th November 1846 at Pollokshaws, son of Robert Rodger and Janet Lyle; educated at Pollokshaws and Port Glasgow, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1890; ordained preacher in Tarbolton Free Church 1893-6; inducted at Tarbolton 1896; resigned 1903; inducted Aberdeen Union 1904; translated to Edinburgh Cairns Memorial 2nd April 1906; translated and inducted 1914; retired 1917. Married 1870, Margaret Reid Aitken.
1917
EDWARD BROWN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.103
Born 31st May 1854 at Crawfordjohn, son of Alexander Brown and Agnes Kerr; educated at Trades School, Douglas, Stablestone School, by Douglas, University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh, Glasgow Free Church College, New College, Edinburgh; missionary, Glasgow Wellpark 1879-80; Falkirk Shieldhill 1883, Edinburgh St Bernard’s 1883-5; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Linlithgow September 1885; ordained and inducted Torry, Aberdeen, 17th December 1885; translated to Belhelvie 17th August 1905; translated to Glasgow West Scotland Street 12th March 1909; translated and inducted 17th August 1917; retired June 1928. Married (1) 2nd February 1886, Jessie Brown; (2) 7th June 1927, Jean Golt Kelly.
1929
ANDREW STRACHAN
Ordained missionary; born 14th September 1861 at Inverallochy, son of William Strachan and Elizabeth Ritchie; educated at Inverallochy Public School, Fraserburgh Academy, Glasgow Andersonian College, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; missionary Glasgow Bridgegate Medical Mission 1895; appointed medical missionary at Algiers 1898, but unable to go due to illness; assistant Tillicoultry 1915-18, New Luce Peden Memorial 1920-25; ordained as missionary, Forglen, 25th August 1926; introduced 1st July 1929. Married 15th June 1900, Elizabeth McEwan.
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AUCHINLECK
Presbytery of Ayr
Formerly a station, became a full charge in 1922.
1922
ANDREW HIGGINS, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1922.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.169, Auchinleck Peden; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.335; also Vol.10, p.199.]
AYR CATHCART STREET
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.330
Church, hall and manse.
1865
GEORGE COPLAND
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p. 331
Born 22nd December 1835 at Duns, son of John Copland and Euphemia Pearson; educated at Stirling, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1861), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1864; assistant Alloa; ordained and inducted January 1865; retired 1907; died 11th January 1911. Married 7th March 1865, Margaret Douglas McNaughton. Member of Ayr School Board for many years.
1908
ALEXANDER MCPHERSON JOHNSTON, B.D.
Translated from Dalbeattie Burnside and inducted 8th February 1908; translated to Stirling Allan Park 22nd January 1912.
1913
JOHN RANKIN DONALD SMITH
Born 10th May 1886 at Edinburgh, son of James Stewart Smith and Elizabeth Rankin; educated at Edinburgh Merchiston Public School and Royal High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1907), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow March 1912; assistant Trinity Church, Claughton, Birkenhead 1912; ordained and inducted 26th February 1913; war service in H.M. Forces; killed in action in France 31st July 1917. Married 20th July 1914, Agnes Barr.
1918
DAVID GORDON CARMICHAEL, B.D.
Translated from Grangemouth Grange and inducted 1918; translated to Airdrie Broomknoll 1925.
1926
[ALEXANDER SIMPSON] INNES LOGAN
Born 27th September 1884 at Kelso, son of Peter Logan and Maria Nicoll; educated at Kelso High School, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1907), New College, Edinburgh, University of Cambridge, Trinity Hall, M.A. (1928); licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1911; assistant Aberdeen South 1911; ordained and inducted Braemar January 1912; war service in H.M. Forces 1915-19, mentioned in Despatches; translated to Cambridge St Columba’s September 1919; translated and inducted February 1926. Married December 1911, Olive Price. While in Cambridge, acted as Chaplain to Presbyterian members of the University. Publications – On the King’s Service, London, 1917; War and Peace, Cambridge, 1925.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.169; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.35; also Vol.10, p.21.]
AYR DARLINGTON PLACE
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.328
Church with session house and vestry, and manse. Hall with two ante-rooms; church officer’s house.
1895
ANDREW MURDOCH SMITH, M.A.
Translated from Sunderland Trinity and inducted 26th September 1895; translated to Edinburgh Bruntsfield 19th July 1900.
1901
ALEXANDER TAYLOR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.155
Born 21st August 1866 at Portobello, son of Alexander Taylor and Andrewina Robertson; educated at Portobello Windsor Lodge Academy, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1887), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student missionary Dunfermline; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1891; assistant Skelmorlie 1891; ordained and inducted Kirkintilloch United Presbyterian 9th June 1892; translated and inducted 16th January 1901; retired 18th July 1928; died 22nd May 1938. Married 31st August 1915, Mary Cook.
1928
SAMUEL GREER
Born 23rd February 1881 at Port Glasgow, son of Samuel Greer and Sarah MacLachlan; educated at Clune Park and Jean Street Schools, Port Glasgow, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1904), Glasgow College; teacher in Shawlands Academy, Glasgow, 1904-8; student missionary Glasgow Whiteinch 1909-10; licensed by Presbytery of Greenock May 1911; missionary in charge, Wallneuk mission 1911-13; ordained and inducted Paisley Wallneuk 30th June 1913; war service with Scottish Churches Huts in France 1918; translated to Edinburgh South Leith 7th September 1922; translated and inducted 19th December 1928.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.169.]
AYR MARTYRS’
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.55
Church only. United with St John’s in 1904 under the name Wallacetown.
1861
THOMAS HALLIDAY LANG
Ordained and inducted 1861; became senior minister of the united congregation in 1904.
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AYR NEWTON-ON-AYR
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.55
Church and manse. Pipe organ installed 1924. This congregation was evicted from its buildings in 1905 and worshiped in the town hall till the buildings were restored.
1866
JOHN MILLER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.268
Ordained and inducted 4th January 1866; resigned 1911; died 26th June 1919.
1911
EDWARD ERSKINE ANDERSON, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.82
Ordained and inducted East Kilbride East and East Kilbride East 1899; translated and inducted 16th February 1911; resigned on appointment as Principal of St Andrew’s Presbyterian College, University of Sydney, 31st December 1920.
1921
PATRICK LAURENCE KILGOUR MUDIE
Born 20th June 1876 at Orchardhill, Hamilton, son of William Mudie and Catherine Gibson; educated at Hamilton Academy, Glasgow High School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed September 1903; ordained and inducted Banff High, 5th April 1905; translated and inducted 21st June 1921. Married 27th December 1916, Agnes Fleming. Contributed articles to periodicals.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.170.]
AYR ST ANDREW’S
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.55
Church only in 1900. Manse acquired in the period.
1892
WILLIAM HAY, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 1892; translated to Barrow-in-Furness 1904; translated to Wester Pardovan 1915.
1904
WILLIAM BINNIE, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.95
Ordained and inducted Mauchline 1887; translated and inducted 1904; died 1924.
1924
GEORGE MACLEAN WYLIE
Born 20th August 1890 at Paisley, son of William Wylie and Janet Malone; educated at Paisley North and Williamsburgh Public School, and John Neilson Institution, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; trained in legal office; student assistant Paisley High 1915-20; war service in Italy, Egypt and Palestine 1916-18; licensed by Presbytery of Paisley May 1920; ordained and inducted Midcalder 19th January 1921; translated and inducted 12th November 1924. Married 11th January 1921, Annie Robertson Fleming.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.170170; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.382; also Vol.10, p.228.]
AYR ST JOHN’S
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.55
Formerly Wallacetown Free Church. Church and manse. United with Martyrs’ to form Wallacetown in 1904.
1888
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE MURDOCH, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 1888; translated to Glasgow Gallowgate 1904.
AYR TRINITY
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.332
The hall, built in 1898, was used for worship till the erection of the church which was dedicated on 2nd October 1902. Organ inaugurated 26th January 1904; stained-glass window by Misses Eaglesome in memory of Richard C. Maclaurin gifted by his widow and family. War Memorial. Manse purchased in 1921.
1899
MILLAR PATRICK, M.A.
Translated from Biggar and inducted 12th July 1899; translated to Perth North 29th January 1907.
1907
ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER, B.D.
Translated from Waterbeck 1907; translated to London St John’s Wood April 1921.
1921
JAMES RAE FORGAN
Born 25th December 1876 at Perth, son of Thomas Forgan and Jean Lindsay; educated at Perth Sharp’s Educational Institution and Academy, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1898), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Perth May 1902; assistant Edinburgh St George’s 1902-4; ordained and inducted Auchterarder St Andrew’s 19th May 1904; translated to Uddingston Chalmers 10th March 1912; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in France 1915-16; translated to Broughty Ferry West 7th November 1918; translated and inducted 27th July 1921.Married 28th June 1904, Essex Helen Gray.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.172; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.100.]
AYR WALLACE STREET
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.332
Church only. This congregation faded out after Mr Stewart left.
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1898
ALEXANDER STEWART, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.332
Ordained and inducted Ayr Evangelical Union Congregational Church 1884; received with his congregation into United Presbyterian Church 23rd May 1898; resigned 1904.
AYR WALLACETOWN
Presbytery of Ayr
Formed by local union of Martyrs’ and St John’s in 1904.
1904
THOMAS HALLIDAY LANG
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.205
Ordained and inducted Ayr Martyrs’ 1861; became senior minister of the united congregation 1904; died 1909.
1905
DONALD DAVIDSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.133
Born 6th April 1856 at Edinburgh, son of Donald Davidson and Jessie Sutherland; educated at Edinburgh Normal School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh April 1889; ordained and inducted Canisbay 23rd July 1890; resigned 1897; inducted 26th January 1905; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916; died 7th December 1928. Married 9th October 1890, Mary Ord Sutherland.
1929
PETER WILLIAMSON CLELLAND
Born 6th April 1856 at Edinburgh, son of Peter Clelland and Mary Williamson; educated at Greenock Highlanders’ Academy, Glebe Public School (pupil teacher 1885-9), University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 12th June 1900; assistant Cambuslang Gilbertfield 1899-1902; ordained and inducted Pulteneytown West 5th December 1902; translated and inducted 25th September 1929. Married 26th February 1903, Isabella Morris Brodie. Clerk to the Presbytery of Caithness 1910-29. Clerk to the Synod of Sutherland and Caithness 1919-29.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.172.]
AYR WEST
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.55
Church, session room, hall and manse. Mission carried on in South Harbour Street. History of the congregation was written by William Baird, F.S.A. (Scot.).
1877
CHARLES GREIG MCCRIE, D.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.218
Translated from Glasgow St Mark’s and inducted 1877; became senior minister April 1909; died May 1910. Moderator of General Assembly 1907.
1909
HUGH MACCLUSKIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.250
Born 7th May 1863 at Duntocher, son of William MacCluskie and Agnes Howie; educated at Garscadden School, University of Glasgow, Free Church College; missionary at Garscadden 1886-91, at Glasgow Broomielaw1891-4; student assistant Glasgow St Matthew’s 1894-5; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dumbarton 1895; ordained and inducted Irvine Fullarton June 1895; translated to Glasgow Lansdowne May 1902; translated and inducted April 1909; war service as Officiating Chaplain to Presbyterian troops in Ayr; retired June 1928. Married 10th April 1902, Anne Ruth Morice.
[This man’s surname is MCLUSKIE in the birth record index, and MACLUSKIE in the marriage record index.]
1928
ROBERT THEODORE CAMERON
Born 8th November 1885 at Govan, son of Rev. Allan Cameron and Isabella Mackenzie Stark; educated at Inverness Royal Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1907), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Inverness July 1912; assistant Aberdeen Queen’s Cross 1912-14; ordained and inducted Galston Erskine 2nd July 1914; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915, and as Chaplain to the Forces 1916-17 and 1918-19; translated to Stirling South 7th June 1921; translated and inducted 1928. Married 2nd May 1916, Marjory Morison Husband.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.171, Ayr Sandgate; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.568; also Vol.10, p.330.]
BALLANTRAE
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.56
Church and manse.
1900
WILLIAM GARVIE
Ordained and inducted 20th September 1900; retired 1920; introduced Maryculter 27th April 1924.
1920
ROBERT STEEN
Born 7th October 1873 at Greenock, son of Edward Steen and Catherine Macdonald; educated at Greenock Mearn Street and Macgregor’s Private Schools, University of Glasgow, New College, Edinburgh, Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1911; assistant Glasgow St Vincent Street 1910-12; ordained and inducted Firth, Orkney, 29th February 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A. in Malta 1916; translated and inducted 7th July 1920. Married 8th August 1908, Florence Elizabeth Bogue.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.158, Ballantrae Ardstinchar; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.381; also Vol.10, p.228.]
BANK
Presbytery of Ayr
See under New Cumnock Bank.
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BARR
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.56
Church and manse. Linked with Dailly under Mr Anderson in 1927.
1888
JOHN ANGUS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.85
Ordained and inducted 1888; died 1918.
1919
JAMES MURDOCH MITCHELL
Born 9th November 1863 at Hurlford, son of James Mitchell and Margaret Murdoch; educated at Hurlford, Kilmarnock Academy, University of Glasgow, University of Leipzig, Evangelical Union Theological Hall; ordained and inducted Glasgow Dundas Evangelical Union church October 1889; translated to Broxburn Evangelical Union church 1889; admitted by General Assembly of Free Church June 1896; assistant Glasgow Gallowgate Free Church 1893-5, inducted St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, New Zealand 1896; returned to Scotland 1901; assistant Glasgow Springburn 1901-3, Lancefield 1903-6; inducted Glasgow Cranstonhill 6th June 1907; translated and inducted July 1919; died 30th June 1926. Married 10th December 1889, Christina W. Miller.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.173, Barr, Angus Memorial.]
BARRHILL
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.56
Church and manse.
1885
JOHN GRAHAM ANDREW
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.85
Born 6th April 1860 at Davidson’s Mains, Cramond, son of Thomas Andrew and Sarah Graham; educated at Stirling, Cullen, New Aberdour, Edinburgh Free Church Normal School and Royal High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1882), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Strathbogie 10th June 1884; assistant Huntly 1884-5; ordained and inducted 25th November 1885; died 9th May 1929. Married 29th June 1887, Isabella Ironside. Publication – Eventide Meditations and Memoir of Rev. William Graham, Edinburgh, 1887.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.158.]
COLMONELL
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.56
Church, hall and manse. Status reduced in 1927.
1863
DUNCAN DAVIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.138
Ordained and inducted 1863; became senior minister 1896; died 1908.
1896
HAMILTON CAMPBELL
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 28th October 1896; translated to Glasgow Rose Street 29th April 1909.
1909
ALEXANDER PENDER CRICHTON, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 1909; translated to Glasgow Gairbraid 1918.
1918
RICHARD DYER ELLYET STEVENSON
Translated from Ancroft Moor and inducted May 1918; translated to Arrochar 28th April 1926.
1927
ALBERT EDWARD FIRTH
Born January 1879 at Bradford, son of Samuel and Mary Firth; educated at St James’ School, Ryan Street Higher Grade School, Bradford; took modified course, Baptist Union of Scotland; missionary at Niddrie Mill 1907-11; ordained by Baptist Union of Scotland (Lanarkshire Association), at Coatbridge October 1911; translated to Lerwick 1914; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1916-18; admitted by General Assembly as ordained missionary 1924; licensed by Presbytery of Dundee June 1924; introduced Dundee St David’s-in-the-West 1924; introduced November 1927. Married December 1910, Annie Firth [née Hardie].
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.110.]
CROSSHILL
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.56
Church with vestry, manse.
1900
ALEXANDER MURRAY
Ordained and inducted 1900; retired 1918; died 1921.
1918
THOMAS ALEXANDER COOPER
Born 3rd February 1856 at Glasgow, son of William Cooper and Lillian Leiper McMillan; educated at Shawlands Public School, Dunoon Free Church Academy, Anderson’s College, Glasgow; in business till 1900; ordained to the Baptist Church ministry at Dunoon 17th June 1900; appointed to Cairo Evangelical Free Church, Egypt, 11th September 1904; translated to Whitwick Baptist Church, Leicestershire, 29th September 1907; translated to Bolton Baptist Church, Northants, 10th June 1910; admitted to United Free Church as ordained missionary 1913; appointed to Lochfyneside 1913; appointed to Crosshill 1918; inducted 1921.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, pp.173-4, Crosshill South.]
DAILLY
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.57
Church and manse in 1900. New church opened on 5th May 1901. Hall attached to the new church.
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1898
ARCHIBALD LAMONT, B.D.
Formerly at Singapore; inducted 1898; translated to South Shields 1902. See Leith Wardie.
1902
JOHN TORRANCE, M.A., B.D.
Ordained as missionary to Poona 1892; inducted 20th June 1902; translated to Chapelton 6th January 1922.
1922
JAMES ANDERSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 14th June 1922; translated to Larkhall Chalmers 23rd August 1928.
1929
NORMAN ARTHUR LOGAN, B.A.
Ordained and inducted 27th March 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.174, Dailly St Columba’s; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.259; also Vol.10, pp.152 and 294; and Vol.11, p.252.]
DALMELLINGTON
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.57
Church with hall and offices, and manse.
1882
DUGALD CAMPBELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.114
Ordained and inducted 11th July 1882; died 1st September 1911.
1912
WILLIAM ARCHIBALD THOMSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.243
Ordained and inducted Clydebank Bank Street 30th January 1900; resigned for health reasons 10th May 1903; introduced Kinghorn Rosslands 1906; resigned 1910; inducted 29th February 1912; died 1921.
1921
ROBERT RIDDOCK FISHER, M.M., M.A.
Ordained and inducted 26th October 1921; translated to Greenock Mount Pleasant 18th July 1926.
1926
JOHN ALEXANDER KINLOCH
Born 4th December 1897 at Glasgow, son of Peter Kinloch and Mary Elizabeth Stewart; educated at Glasgow Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1924), Glasgow College; war service in R.N.V.R. 1915-18; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 2nd June 1926; ordained and inducted 3rd November 1926. Married 14th October 1926, Hazel Elizabeth Boyd.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.175, Dalmellington Lamloch; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.238; also Vol.10, p.138.]
DALRYMPLE
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.57
Church and manse.
1898
JAMES O. F. GRACIE, B.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.173
Ordained and inducted 1898; left in 1902.
1902
ARCHIBALD MCCALLUM, M.A.
[Born 1871 at Glasgow, the son of Archibald McCallum and Elizabeth Hogg;] ordained and inducted 1902; died January 1917.
1917
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, M.A., B.D.
[Born 1884 at Cromarty, the son of Walter Johnstone and Robertina Ross;] ordained and inducted Hightae and Dalton 27th December 1911; resigned 30th September 1915; inducted 1917; died 1926. [Married 1917, Christina Mackay MacRae.]
1927
JOSEPH CLARK NICOL
Born at Stirling, son of Joseph Nicol and Jane Clark; educated at Stirling High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1905), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Stirling June 1891; assistant Fordoun 1891-3, Salton and Bolton 1893-5; Fairlie 1896-7, Bellshill 1897-9, Perth Middle 1899-1901, Dumfries St George’s 1901-3; ordained and inducted Eskdalemuir May 1903; translated to Pelaw, Newcastle, June 1912; translated to Eccles June 1916; translated to Symington, Ayrshire, 16th July 1924; translated and inducted 29th June 1927.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.175, Dalrymple Saint Valley.]
DUNDONALD
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.57
Church and manse. Hot water supply to manse 1914; electric light into church and manse 1919.
1873
WILLIAM ROSS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.307
Born September 1847 in Aberdeen, son of William and Sarah Ross; educated at Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen, New College, Edinburgh; assistant North Leith Free Church 1872-3; ordained and inducted 1873; resigned 2nd June 1882; died 1919.
1896
JAMES MOFFATT, D.D., D.Litt.
Ordained and inducted 1896; translated to Broughty Ferry East 1907.
1907
ROBERT RODGER
Ordained and inducted 29th August 1907; translated to Denny West 18th January 1912.
1912
WILLIAM SCOTT
Born 1st May 1877 at Nemphlar, Lanark, son of Thomas Scott and Christina Lockhart Main; educated at Nemphlar Public School, Lanark Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1898), University of Halle, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh (Brown-Downie Fellowship), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Lanark June 1902; assistant Waterloo Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, 1907-9; ordained and introduced Kinclaven 17th August 1910; translated and inducted 15th May 1912. Married 18th October 1910, Helen Lawson Anderson. Examiner in Hebrew for United Free Church 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.175, Dundonald St Andrew’s; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.102.]
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GIRVAN CHALMERS
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.5
Church, hall and manse. Improvements to hall, church and manse during the period. Pipe organ installed. A historical sketch to 1910 was written in pamphlet form by John Simons.
1888
ROBERT GEORGE COLQUHOUN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.123
Born 3rd May 1863 at Luss, son of John Colquhoun and Ann Robertson; educated at Luss Parish School, Dumbarton Burgh Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1883), B.D. (1887), New College, Edinburgh; student missionary Portobello Free Church 1885-7; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dumbarton April 1887; assistant Sorbie Free Church 1887, Kirkliston Free Church 1887-8; ordained and inducted 9th February 1888. Married 18th June 1891, Helen Morris.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.176.]
GIRVAN TRINITY
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p. 341
Church, hall and manse. Pipe organ installed in 1921. Mission in Bridge Street Hall.
1887
CHARLES AIKMAN THOMSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.342
Born 1862 at Lumsden, Aberdeenshire, son of Rev. William Thomson and Betsey Aikman; educated at Kirkmuirhill, Pollok Street, Glasgow, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1882), B.D. (1885), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow; assistant Pardovan and Dowanhill United Presbyterian; ordained and inducted 31st May 1887; died 5th April 1925. Married 5th March 1887, Jessie Morrison Hardie.
1925
GEORGE LAING BYERS
Born 1st July 1886 at Half Morton, Canonbie, son of John Byers and Mary Little; educated at Half Morton and Kirkpatrick-Fleming Public School, Langholm Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1908), New College, Edinburgh; missionary Gilmerton 1909-10, Smeaton 1911; licensed by Presbytery of London North 10th December 1912; assistant Bow and Poplar, London, 1912-13; ordained and inducted Ramsey, Isle of Man, 5th June 1913; translated to Calderbank 18th October 1916; translated and inducted 7th October 1925. Married 8th September 1915, Gladys Eileen Baker.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.177.]
KIRKOSWALD
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.58
Church and manse.
1860
ROBERT HUNTER ARBUCKLE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.86
Ordained and inducted 1860; became senior minister 18th November 1897; died 1911.
1897
WILLIAM ROBERT KERR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 18th November 1897; translated to Perceton and Dreghorn 1905.
1906
DONALD MACDONALD MACLEAN
Born 5th November 1877 at Schoolhouse, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire, son of Kenneth Alexander MacLean and Catherine Macdonald; educated at Tarradale Public School, Inverness Raining’s School, Edinburgh Fettes College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1901), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Moray 1910-2, Dunfermline North 1903-4; licensed by Presbytery of Dingwall 11th May 1904; assistant Edinburgh Chalmers Territorial 1904-6; ordained and inducted 16th March 1906; war service with Scottish Red Cross Society at Rouen 1916-17, and as Chaplain to the Forces in Macedonia 1917-19 and Tidworth 1919, mentioned in Despatches. Married 3rd June 1911, Helen Primrose Caldwell. Member of Ayrshire Education Authority from 1919.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.177, Kirkoswald John Knox; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.103.]
MAYBOLE CARGILL
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.58
Church, hall and manse. Pipe organ installed in 1925.
1886
WALTER DOUGLAS GLENDINNING
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.170
Born 7th December 1845 at Winterhopehead, Ecclefechan, son of William Glendinning and Janet Dalgleish; educated at Langholm, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; assistant Edinburgh Queen Street, St Bernard’s, and Glasgow Wynd; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Lockerbie 5th July 1871; ordained and inducted Edinburgh Moray Free Church 12th September 1872; translated to Glasgow Barony Free Church 23rd June 1881; translated and inducted 18th March 1886; retired November 1913; died 25th June 1921. Married 20th July 1876, Agnes Gertrude Robertson.
1913
GEORGE AITKEN HARVIE
[Born 1883 at Glasgow, the son of Robert Harvie and Mary Aitken; educated at Glasgow University (M.A. 1910;] ordained and inducted 26th November 1913; died 23rd June [January] 1919; buried Eastern Necropolis, Glasgow. Married Effie J. Ramsay Bonthrone.]
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1919
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORTON
Born 21st February 1873 at Girvan, son of William Morton and Agnes Kelly; educated at Girvan Burgh School, Forres High School, Dumbarton Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1893), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow April 1900; assistant Aberdeen West 1910-1; Glasgow Possilpark 1901-2; ordained and inducted Glasgow Possilpark 3rd March 1902; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917; translated and inducted 19th June 1919. Married 3rd September 1919, Ellen Sloss Macdowall.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.178; for an account of this minister, see Vol.9, pp.179 and Vol.9, p.352352; also Vol.10, p.211.]
MAYBOLE KINCRAIG
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.338
Church and manse.
1886
WILLIAM THOMSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.340
Born 16th January 1857 at Stonehouse, son of Andrew Thomson and Marion Mather; educated at Stonehouse Subscription School, Free Church School and Parish School (pupil teacher 1871-5), University of Glasgow, M.A. (1880), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Hamilton August 1883; assistant Morebattle United Presbyterian 1884; ordained and inducted 18th February 1886. Married 18th November 1891, Isobel Duff Sharp.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.179.]
NEW CUMNOCK ARTHUR MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.58
Church, hall and manse. New church built in 1913 with money bequeathed by Mr William Arthur, and called Arthur Memorial. The Afton congregation united was this congregation in November 1918. The hall was altered and enlarged.
1887
WILLIAM SCOTT
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.312
Born 27th April 1858 at Cupar, Fife, son of James Scott and Jane Roberts; educated at Cupar Dames School, Madras Academy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student missionary Glasgow Young Street Free Church 1881-3; Barony Free Church 1883-7; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 12th May 1887; ordained and inducted 18th December 1887. Married 12th June 1884, Mary Miller Barr.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.180.]
NEW CUMNOCK BANK
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.58
Church opened in 1900.
1896
JOHN MECHIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 4th September 1896; translated to Newtyle 12th July 1923.
1924
WILLIAM WATT DORNAN, M.A.
Translated from Firth, Orkney, and inducted 9th January 1924; translated to Coatbridge Blairhill 12th December 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.180.]
OCHILTREE
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.59
Church and manse.
1881
ADAM ANDREW MACLEOD
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.246
Ordained and inducted 1881; became senior minister 1923; died 1928.
1923
ANDREW DRUMMOND BAIRD, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 14th November 1923; translated to Cowdenbeath Guthrie 23rd February 1927.
1927
GEORGE RIDDELL AITKEN, M.A.
Formerly of Kirkintilloch South, inducted 2nd June 1927; translated to Kirkpatrick-Durham 27th September 1928.
1929
GUSTAVUS AIRD SIM
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.314
Born 9th June 1866 at Ardullie, Kiltearn, son of Henry Sim and Helen Montgomery Ross; educated at Inverness Royal Academy, University of Aberdeen, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dornoch 30th April 1890; assistant Dysart, Forres, Malta; ordained at Genoa by the Presbytery of Italy and inducted Malta 28th January 1896; appointed Chaplain to H.M. Fleet at Malta; retired 1920; inducted Kirkurd 1921; translated and inducted 7th February 1929. F.S.A. (Scot.). Published articles in periodicals.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.181, Ochiltree South.]
OLD CUMNOCK CRICHTON MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.59
Church and hall built in 1899 on site of old buildings. Manse. For history of the congregation see John Warwick, History of Old Cumnock.
1883
JOHN WARRICK
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.351
Born 27th October 1855 at Leith, son of William and Elizabeth Warrick; educated
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at Leith High School, Edinburgh High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1879), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Perth 25th February 1880; assistant East Wemyss, Perth Middle, Forres, Eyemouth, and Edinburgh Mayfield 1879-83; ordained and inducted 22nd February 1883. Married (1) 28th July 1891, Ina Alice Philip; (2) 26th June 1903, Elizabeth Johnston. Publications – History of Old Cumnock, Paisley, 1899; The Moderators of the Church of Scotland, 1690-1740, Edinburgh, 1913; Critical Examination of the New Edition of Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Kilmarnock, 1915-21; Sermons.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.181.]
OLD CUMNOCK WEST
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.333
Church and manse. Hall, vestry and session house built in 1904. History of the Congregation in book form was published in 1923.
1871
ALEXANDER MCDONALD
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.335
Born 22nd December 1847, son of Alexander Mcdonald and Margaret Jameson; educated at Kirkintilloch, University of Glasgow; ordained and inducted 10th January 1871; died 8th June 1913. Married 5th April 1871, Jemima Frew Marshall.
1914
STEWART RICHMOND SCOTT, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 11th February 1914; translated to Hawick East Bank 5th September 1922.
1923
HUGH MCKINVEN AGNEW, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 31st January 1923; translated to Dundee St David’s-in-the-West 31st May 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.182.]
PATNA
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.349
Church, hall and manse.
1865
JAMES PATRICK
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.350
[Born or baptised at Kilmarnock on 6th August, 1835, the son of Andrew Patrick and Janet Gibson; studied at Glasgow University from 1852;] ordained and inducted 8th February 1865; became senior minister 1899; died 1914; [buried Patna Cemetery. Married 1865, Catherine McSkimming.]
1899
GEORGE H[OGG] DOUGLAS
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.350
[Born 24th September, 1870, at Hawick, the son of Walter Douglas and Euphemia Hogg;] ordained and inducted 26th July 1899; translated to Chatham 1913; [for many years minister of Singapore Presbyterian Church; died 1947. Married 1901 Margaret Milne Lonie.]
1913
VICTOR CALDWELL
Ordained and inducted 18th September 1913; translated to Dalmuir 13th June 1923.
1923
JAMES ROBERTSON
Translated from Glasgow Cowcaddens and inducted 28th November 1923; translated to Kilmarnock St John’s 16th December 1925.
1926
FRANCIS GORDON MACLEOD
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.247
Born 20th August 1864 at Free Church Manse, Croy, son of Rev. Adam Gordon MacLeod and Catherine Mackay; educated at Croy Public School, Inverness High School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh; assistant Galashiels St John’s, Edinburgh Knox; ordained and inducted Crosshill 20th August 1893; translated to Edinburgh Knox’s 20th August 1900; translated to Edinburgh Dean Street 1909; translated to Fettercairn 1915; translated and inducted 7th April 1926. Married 22nd October 1893, Helen Keir Crichton Weir. Publication – Songs of the Heart, Edinburgh.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.182, Patna East.]
PRESTWICK NORTH
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.59
Church and manse.
1881
KIRKWOOD HEWAT
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.185
Born 3rd November 1856 at Edinburgh, son of John Hewat and Margaret Christian Marshall; educated at Edinburgh Circus Place Preparatory School, Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1876), D.D. (1925), New College, Edinburgh, University of Leipzig; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 1880; assistant Lochgelly 1880, Burntisland 1881; ordained and inducted November 1881; retired May 1915; died 21st June 1927. Married June 1886, Elizabeth Robina Glendenning. Publications – A Little Scottish World, Edinburgh, 1894, and Ayr, 1908; In the Olden Time, Ayr, 1898; McCheyne from the Pew, Stirling, 1896; Half hours at the Manse, Paisley, 1904; Peden the Prophet, Ayr, 1911; Leisure Hours of a Scottish Minister, Paisley, 1913; Makers of the Scottish Church, Edinburgh, 1920; articles to various periodicals.
1913
GEORGE FERGUSON FORBES, M.A.
Translated from Tarbolton and inducted 22nd September 1915; translated to Leith Bonnington 3rd March 1921.
1921
W[ILLIAM] R[ANKIN] MCKINNON, M.A.
[Born 1st December 1879 at Glasgow, son of Donald McKinnon and Margaret Rankin;] ordained and inducted St Boswells 1919; translated and inducted 1921.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.183]
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PRESTWICK SOUTH
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.351
Church and manse.
1895
ERNEST FINDLAY SCOTT
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.351
Born 18th March 1868 at Towlaw County Durham, son of Rev. Ernest Fideler Scott and Elizabeth Gordon Couttie; educated at Bellahouston Academy, Paisley Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1888), University of Oxford, Balliol College, B.A. (1892), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1892; assistant Ayr Darlington Place 1894, Edinburgh Lauriston Place 1894-5; ordained and inducted 11th September 1895; appointed Professor of Church History 1908 and Professor of New Testament Criticism 1910 in Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, Professor of New Testament Criticism, in Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1919; died 21st July 1954. D.D. (St Andrews) 1909; LL.D. (Kingston) 1921. Member of Society of Biblical Literature, and of American Society of Church History. Married 29th April 1902, Annie Roxburgh Dunlop. Publications – The Fourth Gospel, Edinburgh, 1906; Apologetic of the New Testament, London, 1907; The Kingdom and the Messiah, Edinburgh, 1910; The Beginnings of the Church, New York, 1914; The New Testament Today, New York, 1919; The Spirit in the New Testament, London, 1923; The Ethical Teaching of Jesus, New York, 1925; The First Age of Christianity, New York, 1926.
1909
ROBERT ALEXANDER CAMERON MACMILLAN
Born 11th May 1883 at Ullapool, son of John MacMillan and Sarah Boyd; educated at Ullapool, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1904), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1908; assistant to Professor of Philosophy, University of Glasgow, 1908-9; ordained and inducted 1909; translated to St Andrew’s, Jeppe, Johannesburg, Transvaal June 1911; translated to St John’s Kensington London, 1913; war service in H.M. Forces, killed in action near Arras 11th April 1917.
1912
ALEXANDER GIBSON, M.A., B.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.167
Translated from Kinfauns and inducted 1912.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.183; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.185.]
STAIR
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.59
Church with vestry, stable, manse, corrugated iron hall.
1886
JOHN EWING THOMSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.342
Born 2nd January 1859 at Dumbarton, son of Thomas Thomson and Janet Crum Ewing; educated at Dumbarton Old Free Church School, Burgh Academy (pupil teacher, 1874-7), University of Glasgow, M.A. (1881), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dumbarton 4th November 1885; assistant Stair Free Church 1885-6; ordained and inducted 18th November 1886. Married 4th December 1900, Jane Maitland Campbell Dodds. Public service on School Board 1909-19; Parish Council 1910 onwards, Chairman of Parish Council 1919 onwards.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.185, The Schaw Kirk.]
SYMINGTON
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.59
1874
DAVID STOW HAMILTON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.189
Born 27th October 1844 at Glasgow, son of Alexander Hamilton and Christina Campbell; educated at Alloa Training School, Glasgow South Woodside (pupil teacher 1857-62), University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1872; assistant Glasgow St Matthew’s Mission 1873; ordained and inducted 19th February 1874; retired 26th September 1909; died 26th September 1927. Married 1st June 1887, Fanny Bruce Wilson. Publications – Zion’s Towers, Ayr, 1911; Almighty Magnet, Ayr; pamphlets and addresses.
1910
DANIEL GIBSON BAINE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 12th January 1910; translated to Glasgow Garngad August 1911.
1912
ROBERT WALDRUM, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 25th January 1912; translated to Irvine Mure 16th January 1924.
1924
JOHN CLARK NICOL
Appointed to short term ministry 16th July 1924; translated to Dalrymple 29th June 1927.
1927
ROBERT WILSON MCNAUGHTON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.253
Born 15th March 1868 at Limekilns, son of William McNaughton and Margaret Wilson; educated at Dysart
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Public School, Kirkcaldy High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1889), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Kirkcaldy 1894; assistant Dundee McCheyne Memorial 1894-8; ordained and inducted Orwell 10th April 1898; resigned to facilitate local union 20th August 1927; introduced 12th October 1927.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.185, Symington South.]
TARBOLTON ERSKINE
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.335
Church and manse. United with St John’s in 1904.
1893
WILLIAM MORGAN, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.337
Ordained and inducted 26th July 1893; became minister of united congregation in 1904.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.185.]
TARBOLTON ST JOHN’S
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.60
Church and manse. United with Erskine in 1904.
1879
WILLIAM FARQUHAR ANDERSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.85
Born 23rd October 1845 at Glasgow, son of Rev. George Anderson; educated at New Cumnock School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; missionary at Port Glasgow; ordained and inducted April 1879; retired 1889; died 26th September 1912. Married 16th November 1882, Agnes Mackenzie.
1896
ALEXANDER RODGER
Ordained preacher 1893-6; inducted 1896; resigned 1903; inducted Aberdeen Union 1904.
TARBOLTON
Presbytery of Ayr
(after local union)
The St John’s manse and Erskine church were retained, the Erskine manse and the St John’s church being sold. The church was internally altered about 1908, and about 1913 a piece of land behind it was purchased to retain right of light and for building a hall if required.
1904
WILLIAM MORGAN, M.A.
[Born 19th April, 1862, at Daviot, Aberdeenshire, son of William Morgan and Jane Adams; educated at Aberdeen University, M.A. (1887);] formerly minister of Erskine congregation, became minister of the united congregation in 1904; appointed Professor of New Testament Theology in Queen’s College, Toronto, Canada, 1913; died February 1928. D.D. Aberdeen 1913.
1913
GEORGE FERGUSON FORBES, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1913; translated to Prestwick North 22nd September 1915.
1916
ROBERT S[KILLEN] SLEIGH, M.A., Ph.D.
Ordained and inducted 1916; translated to Aberdeen Gallowgate 1920.
1920
FREDERICK CHARLES ANDERSON
Born 21st June 1883 in Dundee son of Alexander Anderson and Agnes Millar; educated at Kirriemuir Webster’s Seminary and Reform Street Public School, South Park School, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Dundee Hill Street and Hawkhill Public School and Harris Academy, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1909), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Dundee Chalmers 1908-9, Newbattle 1912; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh May 1913; war service in H.M. Forces in France 1915-19; ordained and inducted 17th December 1920. Married 27th July 1921, Jean Anderson Hunter Mann.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.185; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.496; also Vol.10, p.294.]
TROON PORTLAND
Presbytery of Ayr
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.60
Church and session house in Portland Street in 1900. New church and hall opened in South Beach April 1914.
1898
ALEXANDER WHITE
Ordained and inducted 1898; translated to Dundee St Peter’s 1905.
1906
GEORGE L[AING] BRANDER, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 1906; translated to London Highgate 1922.
1923
ALEXANDER GORDON STEWART
Born 29th April 1888 at Stirling, son of Robert Barr Stirling and Edith Grey Buchanan; educated at Lovedale, South Africa, private tutors Feltonfleet, Folkestone, University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College, B.A. (1910), M.A. (1918), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Linlithgow and Falkirk 5th May 1914; assistant Glasgow Lansdowne 1914-18; ordained and inducted Newton Mearns 2nd May 1918; translated and inducted 11th January 1923.Married 23 April 1919, Eliza Robertson Begg, daughter of Professor A.R. Mcewen, Edinburgh.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.186; also Vol.10, pp.107 and 250.]
TROON ST MEDDAN’S
Presbytery of Ayr
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.342
Church, hall and manse.
1853
JOHN KIRKWOOD
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.343
[Born about 1827 at Glasgow, the son of William Kirkwood and Catherine Swanson; educated at Glasgow University;] ordained and inducted 2nd August 1853; retired 1901; died 1907 [died 2nd December, 1904; buried Troon Cemetery.]
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1901
FREDERICK W. GRAHAM
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 1901; left in 1902.
1903
WILLIAM JOHNSTON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.194
Born 3rd October 1867 at Montrose, son of Munro Johnston and Sophia Davidson; educated at Montrose Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1887), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 1893; assistant Edinburgh St John’s 1893, St Mary’s 1894; ordained and inducted Loanhead South April 1895; translated and inducted 3rd September 1903; died 20th December 1926. Married 22nd July 1897, Mary Snodgrass.
1927
HAROLD ROSS
Born 3rd August 1891 at Fraserburgh son of James Wilson Ross and Euphemia Sim Brown; educated at Fraserburgh Public School School and Robert Gordon’s College; in law office 1906-12, Aberdeen Advocates’ Library 1912-14; University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen College; war service in H.M. Forces Salonika 1916-19; student missionary Aberdeen Ferryhill 1919-20; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen 4th April 1921; assistant Aberdeen North 1920-2; ordained and inducted Gorebridge 8th February 1922; translated and inducted 16th June 1927. Married 8th August 1923, Ada Maria Stormont.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.186; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.581; Vol.10, p.336.]
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PRESBYTERY OF IRVINE AND KILMARNOCK
Synod of Ayr
The Presbytery of Ireland was dissolved in 1923, and congregations of Belfast, Cullybackey, Dublin and Lisburn were added to this Presbytery.
CATRINE ST CUTHBERT’S
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.61
Church and manse. United with the West congregation on 14th November 1915.
1875
AENEAS CAMERON GORDON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 22nd April 1875; became minister of the united congregation 11th November 1915.
CATRINE WEST
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.347
Church and manse. United with St Cuthbert’s on 14th November 1915.
1867
JAMES M[CKENZIE] COPLAND
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.349
Born [20th November, 1836,] at Duns, [son of John Copland and Euphemia Pearson]; educated at Stirling Academy, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Holm, Orkney, July 1866; translated and inducted 26th February 1867; retired 1900; died 12th April 1902. Married Annie D. Copland [1874, Annie Dupuy Miller]. Clerk to the United Presbyterian Presbytery for 19 years.
1900
HENRY ANGUS WILLIAMSON, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 13th December 1900; translated to Kirkcaldy Victoria Road 7th June 1906.
1906
ALEXANDER LAWRIE
Ordained and inducted 6th November 1906; translated to Carnoustie Erskine July 1915.
CATRINE
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
(after local union)
1915
AENEAS CAMERON GORDON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.171
Born 3rd May 1848 at Inverness, son of James Gordon and Marjorie Cameron; educated at Inverness Royal Academy, University of Aberdeen, M.A., Glasgow Free Church College, New College, Edinburgh; licensed 1873; assistant Aberdeen South Free Church 1873-5; ordained and inducted Catrine Free Church 22nd April 1875; became minister of the united congregation 14th November 1915; retired October 1918; died 15th January 1920. Married 16th June 1877, Colina Jane MacTavish. Examiner in Church History in the Free Church for eight years.
1918
WILLIAM GRANT
Ordained and inducted 16th October 1918; translated to Falkirk Graham’s Road 29th July 1924.
1924
ALEXANDER REID, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 15th December 1924; translated to Kilmarnock Portland Road 19th October 1927.
1928
JAMES MCCLENNAN FULLERTON
Born 3rd May 1903 at Ardrossan, son of Hugh Alexander Fullerton and Alice Cuthbert; educated Ardrossan Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1923), Glasgow College; student assistant Perceton and Dreghorn 1924-6; licensed by Presbytery of Ardrossan 4th May 1926; assistant Dundee St Paul’s 1926-7; ordained and inducted 1st February 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.173, Catrine Gordon Memorial; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.45; also Vol.10, pp.27 and 89.]
DARVEL EASTON MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.61
Church and manse.
1894
ROBERT BONELLIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.99
Born 24th June 1857 at Kirkcaldy, son of William Bonellie and Ann Nicholson; educated at Gallatown Public School, Kirkcaldy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Glasgow Bridgeton Free Church 1885-7; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1887; ordained and inducted Rousay, Orkney 22nd May 1889; translated and inducted 1894; died 21st May 1923. Married (1) April 1889, Marion Goodal Baillie; (2) 28th March 1899, Catherine Turnbull.
1923
JOHN PRYDE MURDOCH, M.A., B.D.
Translated from Cambusnethan and inducted November 1923; translated to Auchencairn 17th January 1929.
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1929
THOMAS EDWARD NICHOL, M.A., LL.B.
Translated from Stockton St Andrew’s and inducted 5th June 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.189; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.135; also Vol.10, p.79.]
DARVEL IRVINE BANK
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.321
Church, hall and vestry, manse. Hall extended a new vestry built at the cost of £500 in 1926.
1893
DAVID R[USSELL] W. SCOTT
Ordained and inducted 19th December 1893; translated to Dumfries Loreburn 16th February 1905.
1905
THOMAS PATERSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 3rd October 1905; [translated to Glasgow Renwick 1915;] translated to Stepps 1925.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.251.]
1916
THOMAS LINDSAY TURNER
Born 20th May 1855 at Falmouth, Jamaica, B.W.I., son of Rev. William Young Turner, M.D., and Mary Douglas; educated at Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1906), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1910; ordained for Foreign Mission service by Presbytery of Glasgow 3rd October 1910; appointed to Chinsurah, Bengal, October 1910; inducted 6th April 1916; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917; translated to Huddersfield St James’, 18th February 1921; translated to Sunderland, Trinity and St James’ 21st April 1926; translated to Birkenhead St Paul’s 14th June 1934; resigned November 1944.
1921
GEORGE CULMAILY CUMMING, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 21st September 1921; translated to Glasgow Erskine 26th January 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.189.]
DUNLOP
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.61
Church, hall and manse.
1888
JAMES YULE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.363
Born 10th August 1855 at Gartly, son of George Yule and Charlotte Merson; educated at Kirkhill, Kennethmont, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow April 1888; missionary at Carntyne, Shettleston, Bearsden North; ordained and inducted 31st July 1888; retired 13th September, 1926; died 1941. Married 16th July 1889, Jane Thomson Macleish.
1926
WILLIAM ALEXANDER BAIN
Born 28th March 1884 at Careston Schoolhouse, by Brechin, son of James McPherson Bain and Margaret Ann Grant; educated at Brechin Bank Street Public School and High School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1904), University of Oxford, B.A. (1909), Glasgow College, Aberdeen College; war service in H.M. Forces; licensed by Presbytery of Falkirk May 1926; ordained and inducted 29th December 1926.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.189, Dunlop High; Vol.10, p.108.]
FENWICK GUTHRIE
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.61
Church and manse. United with Orr Memorial on 31st December 1913.
1884
ROBERT MAIN WARDROP
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p. 351
Born 8th November 1852 at Glasgow, son of William Wardrop and Mary Main; educated at Busby, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow June 1882; assistant Law Junction Mission Station 1883, Sandhaven, by Fraserburgh 1884; ordained and inducted 17th December 1884; retired to facilitate local union 31st December 1913; died August 1928. Married 24th August 1888, Jane Hamilton.
FENWICK ORR MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.313
Church and manse. United with Guthrie on 31st December 1913.
1879
JOHN KIRKWOOD FAIRLIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.316
Ordained and inducted 25th June 1879; became minister of the united congregation 1st January 1914.
FENWICK
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
(after local union)
1914
JOHN KIRKWOOD FAIRLIE
[Born 26th March, 1855, at Glasgow, the son of William Stevenson Fairlie and Jane Kirkwood;] formerly minister of Orr Memorial, continued as minister of united congregation; died 11th December 1928.
1929
GEORGE ALLAN, M.A., B.Sc.
Ordained and inducted 24th July 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.190, Fenwick West; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.350; also Vol.10, p.210.]
GALSTON ERSKINE
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.316
Church with hall and vestry, manse.
1894
DAVID JAMES ALLISON
Ordained and inducted 18th December 1894; translated to Paisley Abbey Close 7th April 1904.
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1904
ANDREW JAMES FORREST, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 25th October 1904; translated to Shettleston Eastbank 23rd February 1914.
1914
ROBERT THEODORE CAMERON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 2nd July 1914; translated to Stirling South 7th June 1921.
1921
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL CRAIG, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 12th October 1921; translated to Glasgow Hillhead September 1926.
1926
JOHN MITCHELL MCALISTER
Born 3rd January 1883 at Dalmally, son of Rev. Donald McAlister and Catherine McFarlane; educated at Dalmally Public School, Glasgow High School, Queen’s College, Belfast, B.A. (1907), University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; student assistant Thurso First; licensed by Presbytery of Lorn April 1913; assistant Aberdeen South 1913-14, Aberdeen North 1914-15; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915-19; ordained and inducted Birsay, Orkney, July 1920; translated and inducted 18th November 1926. Married 19th January 1921, Maria Rodda Barker.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.191; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.61; also Vol.10, p.37.]
GALSTON TRINITY
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.61
Church and manse.
1884
JAMES GORDON SUTHERLAND
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.335
Born 19th February 1859 at Aberdeen, son of James Sutherland, D.D., and Margaret Adamson; educated at Turriff Parish School, Macduff Free Church School, Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1879), B.D. (1886), D.D. (1927), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Turriff 1883; assistant Dundee St Andrew’s Free Church 1883; ordained and inducted 19th June 1884; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918; retired June 1925; died 1945. Married 4th June 1884, Margaret Robson Macaulay. Clerk to Free Church Presbytery of Irvine and United Free Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock 1894-1920; clerk to Synod of Ayr 1900-29; Junior Clerk of Assembly from 1920.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.191.]
1926
WILLIAM DALE STEWART
Born 1st March 1888 at Auchencruive, son of Francis Hood Stewart and Rachel Dale; educated at St Quivox School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; B.A. (Toronto 1922), B.D. (Central University 1925); teacher in Annbank Public School 1912-14, and Tutorial College, Glasgow, 1914-15; ordained 1921 by Presbytery of Kootenay, British Columbia; inducted Newarthill 5th November 1923; translated and inducted April 1926; retired 30th June 1929. Married April 1920, Bessie Keith. Publication – Mines and Men, Ayr, 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.191; for an account of this minister, see Vol.9, p.436.]
HURLFORD MAUCHLINE ROAD
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.322
Church, hall and vestry. Reduced in status from 1907 to 1916, and united with the Reid congregation on 25th April 1926.
1897
MATTHEW JOHNSTON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.322
[Born about 1862 in England;] ordained and inducted 6th July 1897; resigned 27th April 1902, on appointment to a pastoral charge in Australia. [Died on 7th March, 1909, at Norwood, South Australia. Married 1884, Mary Thompson.]
1902
ROBERT LEE KIRK
Ordained preacher, introduced 18th December 1902; introduced Firth Paterson, Orkney, 1905.
1907
DAVID BRUNTON
Introduced 10th January 1907; introduced Lethendy 1910.
1910
GEORGE ESPLIN
Introduced 22nd July 1910; resigned after accident September 1913; appointed to Rendall, Orkney 1916.
1913
ROBERT WHITEFORD
Appointed 12th October 1913; inducted (the congregation being raised to a full charge) 15th November 1916; translated to Ardrossan Park 9th September 1918.
1919
JOHN REID, B.D.
Ordained in Natal 1908; inducted 15th January 1919; translated to East Wemyss 21st September 1925.
HURLFORD REID
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.62
Church, vestry and manse in 1900. Hall built in 1902. Mauchline Road united with this congregation on 25th April 1926.
1857
WILLIAM REID
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.297
Born 12th June 1823 at Paisley, son of Robert Reid and Jane Templeton; educated at University of Glasgow, New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted 19th November 1857; became senior minister 11th July 1901; died 29th October 1908. Married 24th February 1863, Catherine Cunningham Somerville. Member and chairman of Riccarton School Board.
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1901
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE REID
Born 27th January 1872 at Free Church Manse, Hurlford, son of Rev. William Reid and Catherine Cunningham Somerville; educated at Crookedholm Public School, Kilmarnock Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1892), New College, Edinburgh; missionary Pleasance Settlement; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 13th May 1896; loc. ten. Edinburgh Stockbridge; assistant Moffat St Mary’s 1899-1901; ordained and inducted as colleague and successor to his father 11th July 1901; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918; became minister of the united Hurlford Congregation on 25th April 1926; died 23rd January 1927. Member of Riccarton School Board and of Ayrshire education Authority.
HURLFORD REID MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
(after local union)
1926
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE REID
Formerly minister of Reid congregation, continued as minister of the united congregation till his death in 1927.
1927
PERCY CHARLES GASKIN
Born 25th November 1882 at Islington, London, son of Frederick Finlay James McGilvrey Gaskin and Mary Victoria Newton Smith; educated at Leith Higher Grade School, Edinburgh Causewayside Public School, Willowbrae Public School, and George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1910), Moray House, Edinburgh; taught in Edinburgh 1904-7, Vale of Leven Academy 1909, Invergordon Academy 1910-15, Rothesay Academy 1915-17; Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Young Street 1917-18, St Mary’s 1918-20; licensed by Presbytery of Dunoon 4th May 1920; ordained and inducted Urr 4th November 1920; translated and inducted 21st July 1927. Married 4th July 1916, Jemima Fyfe. Clerk to Presbytery of Kirkcudbright 1921-7; Member of Urr School Management Committee and Urr Parish Council 1925-7.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.192; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.145.]
IRVINE FULLARTON
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.62
Church and manse.
1895
HUGH MCLUSKIE
Ordained and inducted June 1895; translated to Glasgow Lansdowne May 1902.
1902
JAMES WISHART
Born 18th January 1872 at Airdrie, son of James Wishart and Mary Montgomery; educated at Airdrie Victoria School and Chapelside School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1895), B.D. (1901), Glasgow Church of Scotland Training College (Teacher’s Diploma 1893), Glasgow Free Church College (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1901); student missioner West Scotland Street Church 1900; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow May 1901; assistant Glasgow Queen’s Cross 1901-2; [Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.193: In FUF read “Aberdeen Queen’s Cross” for “Glasgow Queen’s Cross”]; ordained and inducted September 1902; war service as Officiating Chaplain to troops at Gailes 1916, and as Chaplain to the Forces in France 1916-19, mentioned in Despatches 8th October 1918. Married 14th September 1905, Annie Collie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.193, Irvine Wilson Fullarton; for an account of this minister, see there; also Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.10, p.110.]
IRVINE MURE
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.62
Church with session house and vestry, manse. New hall and vestry built in 1902. Mission Hall in the Glasgow Vennel.
1860
ROBERT SELLAR MACAULAY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.215
Born 28th November 1830 at Creich, son of George MacAulay [and Anne Spanky]; educated at Universities of Glasgow and of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 1859; assistant Edinburgh New North; ordained and inducted April 1860; retired 1900; died 15th February 1905. Married June 1860, Euphemia Beith Elder.
1900
DONALD GEORGE ROSS, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 25th October 1900; translated to Glasgow Pollok Street 25th April 1907.
1907
JAMES COSH, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 10th September 1907; translated to Dundee St Andrew’s and Chapelshade 14th March 1916.
1916
COLIN ROSS MUNRO, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 21st June 1916; translated to Hamilton West 1923.
1924
ROBERT WALDRUM, M.A.
Translated from Symington, Ayrshire and inducted 16th January 1924; translated to Leith South 30th May 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.192; for an account of this minister, see Vol.10, p.13.]
IRVINE RELIEF
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.298
Church and manse.
1896
ROBERT POLLOCK, M.A., B.Sc.
Ordained and inducted 16th January 1896; translated to Glasgow Anderston 1903.
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1903
JAMES WINCHESTER, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 8th May 1903; translated to Edinburgh Dalry 4th December 1919.
1920
JAMES GRAHAM, M.A.
Admitted to United Free Church 1919; inducted 8th April 1920; translated to Leven Forman 26th March 1925.
1925
SAMUEL MACNAB, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Lossiemouth St James’ 19th March 1919; translated and inducted 19th November 1925.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.193.]
IRVINE TRINITY
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.300
Church with vestry, hall with classroom, etc. Manse. Organ installed during the period.
1879
WILLIAM STEVENSON DICKIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.302
Born 20th January 1854 at Aberdeen, son of Rev. Andrew Dickie and Eliza Brinning Stevenson; educated at Aberdeen Grammar School (Dux 1869), University of Aberdeen, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Paisley and Greenock 1877; missionary assistant Paisley St James’ United Presbyterian; ordained and inducted 5th August 1879; retired 31st December 1921; died 9th February 1938. [Married 1885, Marion Robertson Orr.]
1922
PHILIP WILLIAM LILLEY
Born 1st October 1883 at Arbroath, son of Rev. James Philip Lilley, D.D., and Margaret Beattie Salmond; educated at Arbroath High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1905); assistant classical master in Arbroath High School 1905-6; Glasgow College (Freeland Scholar 1909, Clark Fellow 1910); Hebrew Tutor Glasgow College 1909-10; licensed by Presbytery of Arbroath and Forfar 13th June 1910; assistant Aberdeen Queen’s Cross 1910-12, Edinburgh Lady Glenorchy’s 1912; ordained and inducted Freuchie 12th December 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France and Flanders 1915, 1917, Chaplain to the Forces Germany and England 1918-20; translated and inducted January 1922.] Married 5th October 1926, Rosa Margaret Adela McAlpine, [daughter of William McAlpine, minister at Fergushill.] Publication – Loyalty to a Leader, Stirling, 1914.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.193; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.374; also Vol.10, p.223.]
KILMARNOCK GLENCAIRN
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.294
Formerly Holm United Presbyterian Church and hall. Improvements to hall in 1908. Small hall built in 1929. History of the congregation in The History of Kilmarnock, by Archibald Mckay, Kilmarnock, 1909, pp.269-71.
1892
JOHN CAIRNS
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.295
Born 18th March 1865 at Longformacus, son of James Cairns and Helen Blythe; educated at Duns Public School, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College and New College, Edinburgh; student missionary Paisley Lylesland 1889, Kilbarchan1890; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Duns, 17th November 1891; in charge, Ardeer 1891; ordained and inducted March 1892; translated to New Road Church, Woolwich, 23rd March 1904; war service as Chaplain to the Forces with Egyptian Expeditionary force, on H.M. Hospital Ship Acquitania, and as assistant Principal Chaplain, Eastern Command 1914-21; translated to Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne, March 1924; retired 31st October 1927. Married (1) March 1893, Helen Anderson Gibson; (2) 26th October 1909, Christina Jack. Joined the Volunteer Force 1880; appointed Hon. Chaplain to Territorial Army 1910; awarded Volunteer Long Service Medal, V.D., T.D., O.B.E.; Grand Vice Templar, Grand Chaplain, Grand Superintendent Juvenile Templars, International Order of Good Templars (Grand Lodge of Scotland); served on Parish Council of Kilmarnock 1895-1904; J.P. for Ayrshire 1899; member of education Authority for Berwickshire 1928. D.D. from Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, 1924. Publication – John Hawkes and His Successors, London, 1913; etc..
1904
JOHN HUNTER
Born 25th February 1868 at Free Church Manse, Invergowrie, son of Rev. John Hunter and Mary McIlraith; educated at Edinburgh Dundee Institution, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1889), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh June 1893; assistant Kemnay 1893-4, Rothesay 1894-8, Burntisland 1898-9, Campbeltown 1899-1900, Glasgow Wynd 1900-2; in charge, New Luce 1902-4; ordained and inducted 8th September 1904; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917-1918.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.194.]
KILMARNOCK GRANGE
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.62
Church and hall. Organ installed 1902; choir platform reconstructed 1926. Mission in Langland St.
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1877
JAMES MILLER MCCULLOCH
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.219
Translated from Newton Stewart and inducted 1877; retired 1902; died 1911.
1902
ANDREW AITKEN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.504
Born 20th May 1868 at Newton St Boswells, son of Thomas Aitken and Margaret Scott Roxburgh; educated at Newton St Boswells, Galashiels Academy, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Melrose November 1893; assistant Windmillhill English Presbyterian Church, Berwick, 1893-4, Glasgow Belhaven 1894-5; ordained and inducted Shapinshay 11th June 1895; translated and inducted 4th September 1902; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917; died 14th November 1929. Married 11th September 1895, Jane Hope Davidson. Publications – Flowers of Gold, Kirkwall, 1898; contributed to Pulpit Preparation, volumes 1 and 2, London, 1923, 1924; Sermons for Matins, volumes 1 and 2, London, 1927-8, etc.; contributed Sunday column to Kilmarnock Standard, 1923 onwards.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.194.]
KILMARNOCK HENDERSON
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.62
Church and manse.
1851
DAVID LANDSBOROUGH, LL.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.204
Ordained and inducted 1851; became senior minister 1902; died in 1912.
1902
JAMES HAMILTON
Born 4th September 1872 at Greenock, son of George Hinmers Hamilton and Margaret Graham Wilson; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Greenock 20th December 1899; assistant Dundee St Paul’s 1899-1900; ordained and inducted Abington 17th May 1900; translated and inducted 18th September 1902; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917. Married 24th September 1907, Lily Hutchison.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.194.]
KILMARNOCK HIGH
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.62
Church and manse.
1876
ROBERT RIACH THOM
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.339
Born 16th December 1831 at Montrose, son of James Rennie Thom and Elizabeth Riach; educated at Montrose, University of Edinburgh, English Presbyterian Church Hall, London; ordained and inducted Exeter Christ Church 1861; translated to Worcester Christ Church 1864; translated to Glasgow St David’s 1869; translated and inducted 1876; retired September 1900; died 13th July 1916. Married 11th August 1856, Marion Wilson, Dalkeith. Publications – Hymn Book for Worcester Church, Edinburgh; The Ministers’ and Church Workers’ Handbook, Edinburgh.
1900
DANIEL LAMONT, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 13th September 1900; translated to Edinburgh Newington October 1904.
1905
WILLIAM ROSS, M.A., B.D.
Translated from Cullen Seafield and inducted 1905; translated to Edinburgh Fountainhall Road 6th August 1920.
1920
GEORGE JOHNSTON JEFFREY, B.D.
Translated from Kirkcudbright and inducted 22nd September 1920; translated to Helensburgh Park 18th April 1928.
1928
WALTER MCCALLUM CLOW
Born 17th February 1893 at Aberdeen, son of Rev. William McCallum Clow and Annie Morton Loudon; educated at Edinburgh Viewpark School, Merchiston Castle School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. in Moral Philosophy and English Literature 1915), B.D. (1921); war service in H.M. Forces 1915-19; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 21st April 1921; ordained and inducted Stepps 27th June 1921; translated to Bridge of Allan Chalmers 1st October 1924; translated and inducted 1928. Married 15th October 1925, Mary Elizabeth Ralston.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.197, Kilmarnock West High; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.248.]
KILMARNOCK KING STREET
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.291
Church, hall and vestry, manse.
1877
THOMAS WHITELAW
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.292
Born 22nd September 1840 at Perth, son of Thomas Whitelaw and Barbara Dron; educated at National School, Newrow, Perth Grammar School and Kinnoull Street Academy, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1859), D.D. (1883), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Perth January 1863; ordained and inducted Mile-end Road Church, South Shields, 23rd March 1864; translated to Glasgow Cathedral Street United Presbyterian 25th April 1867; translated and inducted 25th December 1877; retired 23rd March 1914 died 9th
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August 1917. Married 1867, Alice, daughter of Rev. Thomas McCreath, Mile-end Road, South Shields. Moderator of General Assembly 1912. Publications – Pulpit Commentary on Genesis; portions of same on Numbers, II Chronicles, Job, Ezekiel, Ecclesiastes; Exegetical and Homiletical Commentary on Gospel of John; Preachers’ Commentary on Acts; contributions to the Biblical Encyclopaedia; and to periodicals.
1914
ADAM WILSON BURNET, M.A.
Translated from Ferry-Port-on-Craig Queen Street and inducted 3rd December 1914; translated to Giffnock September 1920.
1921
ALEXANDER IRVINE PIRIE, B.D.
Translated from Aberdeen Carden Place and inducted 3rd May 1921; translated to Edinburgh Barclay 1st May 1924.
1924
ALEXANDER SORREL KYDD
Born 6th July 1886 at Montrose, son of George Kydd and Georgina Steele Sorrel; educated at Montrose Academy, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1906), New College, Edinburgh; missionary assistant Lochinver, Assynt, 1907, Kinbrace and Kildonan 1908, Tomintoul 1909, Camelon 1908-9; loc. ten. Duketown, Calabar, 1910-11; student assistant Edinburgh High 1911-12; assistant Aberdeen South 1912-13; ordained and inducted Insch 24th October 1913; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917, 1918; resigned 31st October 1919 on appointment as General Secretary, Assembly’s Committee on Youth; inducted 25th September 1924; appointed editor of the Scottish Sunday School Teacher January 1926. Married 9th September 1914, Elizabeth Berwick Forgan.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.194; for an account of this minister, see Vol.9, p.800.]
KILMARNOCK MARTYRS’
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.63
Church, hall and manse.
1876
WILLIAM CLOW
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.122
Ordained and inducted 1876; became senior minister 1st December 1908; died 16th February 1915.
1908
JOHN MUNN
Born 8th August 1870 at Dumbarton, son of James Munn and Janet MacKean; educated at Dumbarton College Street School and Academy; apprentice engineering draftsman 1887-91; University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; missionary assistant Bridgegate Free Church 1898-9, Gorbals Free Church 1899-1901; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dumbarton 24th April 1900; assistant Govan St Mary’s 1901-2; ordained and inducted Fossoway 16th December 1902; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 1st December 1908. Married 2nd June 1903, Jeanie Todd Laughlan Yendall. Publication – The Cameronian Kirk of Crookedholm and Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock, 1925.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.195; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.99.]
KILMARNOCK PORTLAND ROAD
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.284
Church with hall, manager’s room, session house and manse. In 1905 the manse was sold and another next to the church bought for £1350. A small hall, called the Rogerson Memorial Hall, was erected by Mr and Mrs Rogerson in memory of their sons who fell in the Great War. A history of the congregation was published.
1901
HENRY BROWN, M.A.
[Born 5th June 1865 at Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, son of Henry Brown and Agnes Hunter;] ordained and inducted 1901; died [27th February,] 1917; [buried Kilmarnock Cemetery. Married 1901, Jessie Isabella Berrie.]
1918
ANDREW KERR WALTON, M.A.
Translated from Ballater and inducted March 1918; translated to Glasgow Claremont March 1922.
1922
WILLIAM CALDWELL MACDONALD, M.A.
Translated from Chirnside and inducted September 1922; translated to Edinburgh Palmerston Place 23rd March 1927.
1927
ALEXANDER REID
Born 9th September 1896 at Grange, Banffshire, son of John Reid and Maria Morrison; educated at Elgin East End School, Fochabers Milne’s Institution; war service in agricultural work 1916-19; University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1921), Aberdeen College (Hons. Diploma in Theology, 1924); student assistant Aberdeen St Clement’s 1922-3, Aberdeen South 1923-4; licensed by Presbytery of Elgin 1st April 1924; ordained and inducted Catrine 15th December 1924; translated and inducted 19th October 1927.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.195; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.42; also Vol.10, p.25.]
KILMARNOCK PRINCES STREET
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.293
Church with session house and manse. Large hall and small hall and church officer’s house in Gilmour Street. Organ introduced. Electric light installed. Primary hall built in 1928.
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1898
JOSEPH HIBBS
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.294
Born 23rd May 1866 at Dumfries, son of Joseph Hibbs and Margaret McGeorge; educated at Greensands Public School and Academy, Dumfries, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1889), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh October 1892; assistant Edinburgh College Street 1892-3; ordained and inducted Leslie West United Presbyterian July 1893; translated and inducted 25th January 1898; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917, 1918; died 29th December 1929. Married 17th November 1897, Janet Smeal Houliston. Member of Church Hymnary Revision Committee.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.196.]
KILMARNOCK ST ANDREW’S
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.63
Church and manse.
1883
HUGH ROSS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.305
Translated from Collessie and inducted 1883; became senior minister in 19th December 1901; died 1920.
1901
JOHN MAGOWAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.260
Born 22nd July 1867 at Kilwinning, son of John Magowan and Agnes Taylor: educated at Aitkenhead School, Uddingston, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student missionary in the Glasgow City Mission, Glasgow Wynd Free Church and Wellpark Free Church; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow June 1896; assistant Aberdeen Trinity Free Church 1896-7; ordained and inducted Glasgow East Campbell Street Free Church 23rd December 1897; translated and inducted 19th December 1901; died 22nd June 1916. Married 20th February 1901, Margaret Gilmour Young. Editor of Blackfriars United Free Church, Glasgow, Glasgow, 1901.
1917
HARRY BOOTH COVENTRY, B.D.
Ordained to Methodist Ministry 1906; admitted to United Free Church 1917; inducted 1917; appointed to Lovedale 1919.
1919
SAMUEL JAMES MOORE COMPTON, B.A., B.D.
Translated from St Andrew’s, Kingston, Canada, and inducted 1919; translated to Southend English Presbyterian Church 1925. See Fasti, Vol.8, 21; [also Vol.9, pp.40, 43 and 353.]
1925
FREDERICK T[HOMAS] PATON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Earlston 22nd June 1921; translated and inducted 1925; translated to Hammersmith, London, 1927.
1928
ROBERT GALL MCCONNOCHIE
Born 15th September 1889 at Millport, son of James McConnochie and Agnes Templeton; educated at Cumbrae Public School, Rothesay Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1914), Glasgow College; missionary assistant Glasgow Anderston; licensed by Presbytery of Banff and Strathbogie March 1916; ordained and inducted Aberlour 4th December 1916; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in France, Belgium and Germany 1918-20; appointed Chaplain to Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, 24th August 1921; inducted Kirkintilloch Park 3rd September 1924; translated and inducted 1928. Married 24th February 1920, Annie Aird Chainey.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.196, Kilmarnock St Andrew’s North; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.317; also Vol.10, p.186.]
KILMARNOCK ST JOHN’S
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.62
Formerly Braehead Free Church Church, upper and lower hall. Also belonging to the church were three shops, two rooms and part of a basement, all let. Large hall was renovated in 1923 and used as Boy Scouts Drill Hall. In 1923 electric light was installed in church and halls. In November 1922 a manse was bought. Organ introduced in 1914, and replaced in 1928 by a larger instrument.
1892
ANDREW GOODALL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.170
Ordained and inducted 14th April 1892; retired 1913 and went to Australia, where he died.
1913
MATTHEW BARR HOUSTON, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 23rd October 1913; resigned while Chaplain to the Forces 1919; inducted Innellan 4th December 1923.
1919
GEORGE STEELE JEFFREY
Admitted to United Free Church May 1919; inducted 7th October 1919; translated to Glasgow Young Street 4th August 1922.
1922
HECTOR A[LEXANDER] SHAW
[Born 1886 at Torosay, Argyll, son of Alexander Lamont Shaw and Euphemia Hamilton;] ordained 1914; inducted Lesmahagow Cordiner 1918; translated and inducted 30th November 1922; resigned and went to Canada 31st May 1925; [died 16th June 1955; buried Gloucester General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia. Married 1920, Mary Scott Leiper.]
1925
JAMES ROBERTSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.486
Born 16th May 1859 at Newmains, Lanarkshire, son of Thomas Robertson and Grace Fyfe; educated at Forth Public School, private tuition, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College. Edinburgh; music teacher 1886-91, L.T.C.L. (1887); licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery
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of Edinburgh 5th July 1892; assistant Leith Junction Road United Presbyterian 1891-3; ordained and inducted Edinburgh North Richmond Street 30th May 1893; translated to Edinburgh Haymarket 21st January 1902; translated to Glasgow Cowcaddens 5th October 1911; translated to Patna 28th November 1923; translated and inducted 16th December 1925. Married 23rd August 1893, Jane Dunlop. Publications – The Poetry of Common Life, Kilmarnock, 1928; articles in The Musical Age, Glasgow, 1899 onwards.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.197.]
KILMAURS MAXWELL
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.63
Church and manse. Adhered to the United Free Church (Continuing).
1898
JOHN B[ISSET] MCPHERSON, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.256
Ordained and inducted 1898; died 1927.
KILMAURS SMYTON
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.277
Church, hall and manse. Improvements on church and hall during the period
1897
JOHN C[UTHILL] CHALMERS, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 20th April 1897; translated to Hamilton Saffronhall Associate Antiburgher 1902.
1903
GEORGE GALBRAITH, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 8th January 1903; translated to Glasgow Rutherford 5th March 1908.
1908
WILLIAM MCINTOSH TRAILL
Born 25th September 1882 at Leith, son of Adam Christie Traill and Anne Hamilton McIntosh; educated at Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1902), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Perth 1907; assistant Perth North 1907-8; ordained and inducted 19th September 1908; war service in Britannia Engineering Works, Kilmarnock, 1914-18; translated to Trinity Church, Bootle, 20th August 1920. Married 2nd September 1912, Agnes Esther Ferguson Rae.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.198.]
1920
MATTHEW ANDREW, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 28th October 1920; translated to Dumbarton North 22nd October 1925.
1926
DONALD FERGUSON MACDONALD
Born 12th May [Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.221: “correct date of birth is March instead of May”] 1903 at Glasgow, son of Archibald and Annie Macdonald; educated at Glasgow Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1923), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 25th March 1926; ordained and inducted 5th May 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.198, Kilmaurs Glencairn; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.221.]
LOUDOUN
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.63
Church and manse.
1900
JOHN FULTON, B.D.
Ordained and inducted April 1900; translated to the Dunoon St John’s November 1906.
1907
GRAHAM PARK, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1st March 1907; translated to Paisley George Street 24th April 1916.
1916
HECTOR MCPHERSON, M.A., Ph.D.
Ordained and inducted 11th August 1916; translated to Edinburgh Guthrie Memorial 1st December 1921.
1922
WILLIAM MAIN REID, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 2nd February 1922; translated to Glasgow Cambridge Street 16th September 1926.
1926
RODERICK BETHUNE
Born 12th March 1903 at Glasgow, son of David Bethune and Elizabeth Miller; educated at Glasgow Hyndland Secondary School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1923), Glasgow College (Thomson Fellow); licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 30th March 1926; ordained and inducted 23rd December 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.198, Newmilns Loudon East; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.30; also Vol.10, p.18.]
MAUCHLINE ABBEY
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.63
Church and manse. United with Walker Memorial on 6th September 1925.
1887
WILLIAM BINNIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1887; translated to Ayr St Andrew’s 1904.
1904
ALEXANDER REID TAYLOR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 28th October 1904; translated to Kinross West 1st September 1914.
1915
DAVID FOULIS, Lit.A.
Admitted by General Assembly May 1914; inducted 1915; translated to Kirkcaldy Invertiel 1925.
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MAUCHLINE WALKER MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.337
Church and manse. United with Abbey on 6th September 1925.
1875
WILSON BAIRD
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.338
Born 28th May 1847 at Cumbernauld, son of Hugh Baird and Barbara Wilson; educated at Cumbernauld, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Falkirk October 1874; assistant Partick Newton, Newtyle, Lochee; ordained and inducted 27th July 1875; retired in the interests of local union 4th September 1925. Married 16th December 1875, Caroline Rollo, daughter of Provost Rollo, Dundee.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.178, Mauchline North.]
MAUCHLINE
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
(after local union)
The two churches were retained, Walker Memorial for worship and Abbey for Sunday School, Bible Class, Board meetings and week-night services.
1925
GEORGE ALFRED CHARLTON
Born 22nd February 1889 in Edinburgh, son of Rev. Alfred Henry Charlton and Mary Helen Gillam; educated at Kilwinning Public School, Ardrossan Academy, Dundee Harris Academy, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1912), Glasgow College; war service in H.M. Forces in France and Belgium 1915-19; licensed by Presbytery of Dundee April 1919; ordained and inducted Largo 2nd October 1919; translated and inducted 23rd December 1925. Married 2nd June 1925, Margaret Wilson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.178, Mauchline North.]
MUIRKIRK CHALMERS
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.63
Church and manse. Organ installed in 1903. United with Main Street on 18th July 1915.
1890
JAMES GREENSHIELDS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.177
Born 17th March 1863 at Braehead, Lanarkshire, son of James Greenshields and Margaret Morrison Miller; educated at Aitkenhead School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1885), B.D. (1889), Glasgow Free Church College; student missionary Glasgow Bridgeton Free Church 1888-9; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Hamilton June 1889; ordained and inducted 23rd January 1890; became minister of united congregation 18th July 1915; retired 1929. Married 18th June 1890, Helen Gardner.
MUIRKIRK MAIN STREET
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.344
Church and manse. United with Chalmers on 18th July 1915.
1878
JOHN DUNDAS
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church,
[Born about 1848 at Blairgowrie, Perthshire, the son of David Dundas and Janet Kidd;] ordained and inducted 17th December 1878; retired 18th July 1915; died 1916. [Married 1891, Elizabeth Boath Gemmell.]
MUIRKIRK
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
(after local union)
The Chalmers church was used for worship and the Main Street church as a hall. The Main Street manse was occupied by the minister.
1915
JAMES GREENSHIELDS
Formerly minister of Chalmers church (q.v. ), continued as minister of the united congregation; retired 1929.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.180; also Vol.10, p.104.]
1929
W[ILLIAM] GREIG ALEXANDER, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Balgedie and Portmoak 1909; resigned 1917; inducted as colleague and successor 5th September 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.180, Muirkirk Wellwood.]
NEWMILNS
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.296
Church, hall and manse and church officer’s house.
1885
JAMES WHITE DALGLEISH
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.297
Born 9th December 1860 at Gorebridge, son of George Dalgleish and Elizabeth White; educated at Toxside and Temple Public School, Edinburgh Royal High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1881), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh June 1884; assistant Greenock Union Street United Presbyterian; ordained and inducted 1st September 1885. Married 14th October 1885, Jeanie Mitchell.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.199, Newmilns West.]
PERCETON AND DREGHORN
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.64
1894
JOHN ESSLEMONT ADAMS, M.A., B.D.
Ordained and inducted 25th September 1894; translated to Aberdeen West 31st October 1901.
1902
JOHN MCCONNACHIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 30th January 1902; translated to Uddingston Chalmers 1905.
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1905
WILLIAM ROBERT KERR, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.200
Ordained and inducted Kirkoswald 18th November 1897; translated and inducted 1905. Clerk to Presbytery 1929.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.199.]
STEWARTON CAIRNS
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.312
Church, hall and manse. Additions and alterations to the hall vestry, etc., and improvements to the manse, during the period. Stained-glass windows added to the church.
1897
JOHN RONALD, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 22nd June 1897; translated to Galashiels East 29th June 1916.
1916
JAMES WRIGHT, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 26th October 1916; translated to Glasgow St Mark’s 1st December 1921.
1922
DAVID C[OOPER] REES, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Campsie 1919; translated and inducted 19th July 1922; translated to London Bayswater 1927.
1927
ALEXANDER GORDON PAISLEY
Born 27th March 1899 at Glasgow, son of John Paisley and Margaret McFadyen; educated at Fairfield Higher Grade School, Govan, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1910); mathematics master Govan High School; University of London, B.A. (Hons. 1924), Glasgow College (Forsyth Fellow 1927); student assistant Glasgow Union 1924-6, Glasgow St Mark’s 1926-7; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow June 1927; ordained and inducted 28th September 1927. Married 13th June 1914, Mary Castle Brown.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.200; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.712; also Vol.10, p.406.]
STEWARTON JOHN KNOX
Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.64
Church and manse.
1894
THOMAS CASSELS, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 19th May 1894; translated to Greenock Wellpark 5th September 1903.
1904
ALEXANDER STRANG, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 10th January 1904; translated to Shettleston Sandyhills 1908.
1908
GEORGE JOHNSTON JEFFREY, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 17th December 1908; translated to Kirkcudbright 28th January 1915.
1915
ALEXANDER CHISHOLM, M.A., A.T.C.L.
Ordained and inducted 17th May 1915; translated to Kirkcaldy Abbotshall 23rd June 1920.
1920
JAMES MCWHINNIE MELROSE
Born 11th July 1891 at Glasgow, son of William Melrose and Jane McWhinnie; educated at Allan Glen’s School, Clydebank High School, Glasgow, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1923), Glasgow College; war service in H.M. Forces in France and Belgium; licensed by Presbytery of Dumbarton 1920; ordained and inducted 17th November 1920. Married 14th April 1925, Lily Macnab Kinnear.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.200; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.140.]
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PRESBYTERY OF IRELAND
Synod of Ayr
This Presbytery was dissolved in 1922. See the individual congregations for their subsequent position.
BALLYFRENIS
Church and manse. Transferred to the Irish Presbyterian Church in 1922.
1886
HUGH F[ITZWALTER] KIRKER, M.A.
[Born about 1860 in Antrim;] ordained and inducted 1886; still minister in 1923. [Died 1935.]
BELFAST
Presbytery of Ireland
Church and session room, manse. Small hall built. Many renovations. American organ introduced. Transferred to the Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock. Lisburn was united with Belfast under the name Belfast and Lisburn in 1926.
1875
JOHN MCLAY
Born 28th August 1848 at Larkhall, son of James McLay and Elizabeth Ronald; educated at St James’ School and Andersonian University, Glasgow, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1871), B.D. (1874), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; assistant Stirling Erskine United Presbyterian 1873-4; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow May 1874; ordained and inducted 9th May December 1875; became minister of the united congregation of Belfast and Lisburn in 1926. Married 13th July 1883, Mary Creighton Donaldson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.188, Belfast and Lisburn.]
BOVEEDY
Presbytery of Ireland
Church and manse. This congregation was vacant in 1900, and remained vacant till reduced to a station and then dissolved in 1907.
CRAIGMORE
Presbytery of Ireland
Church. This congregation was vacant in 1900, and remained vacant till dissolved in 1914.
CULLYBACKEY
Presbytery of Ireland
This congregation was transferred to the Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock in 1922 and was dissolved in 1924.
1875
HENRY M[CKERGOR] FLEMING
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.503
[Born about 1838 in Antrim;] ordained and inducted Shapinshay 1868; translated and inducted 6th July 1875; became senior minister 1907; died 1916 [19th October 1915; buried Old Methodist Church Cemetery, Cullybackey. Married Margaret McCrae Hanna.]
1907
JAMES SALMOND
Ordained and inducted 19th April 1907; translated to Stranraer Ivy Place 30th September 1908.
1909
JONATHAN TOWNSLEY, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1909; translated to Kilchattan Bay 1922.
DUBLIN
Presbytery of Ireland
Transferred to the Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock in 1922, and to the Irish Presbyterian Church in 1924.
1884
WILLIAM PROCTOR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.162
[Born about 1850 at Edinburgh, the son of Adam Proctor and Elizabeth Roger;] ordained as missionary to Penang by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 2nd March 1874; [inducted Oban United Presbyterian Church 5th June 1877;] translated and inducted 9th January 1884; became senior minister in 1920; died 1922. [Married 1874, Bathia Steedman, daughter of John Steedman, minister Erskine. See also William Proctor.]
1921
A. H. MCPHERSON
Ordained and inducted Palaw 1905; translated to Renton Union 1911; translated and inducted 6th January 1921.
KILLAIG
Presbytery of Ireland
Church and manse. Transferred to Irish Presbyterian Church in 1922.
1898
DAVID MAIR, B.A.
Ordained and inducted 2nd November 1898; translated to Anstruther Chalmers Memorial 1904.
1905
ALEXANDER DALE
Ordained and inducted 1905; translated to Holytown 1910.
1911
JOHN ALLAN GRANT, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 9th February 1911; translated to Methlick 26th June 1921.
1921
F.T. SMITH, B.D.
Ordained 1910; appointed to short term ministry 1921.
KNOCKLOUGHRIM
Presbytery of Ireland
Church and manse. Vacant from 1912. Dissolved in 1915.
1881
HUGH SINCLAIR MCINTYRE
Ordained and inducted 1881; died 21st July 1912.
LISBURN
Presbytery of Ireland
Vacant from 1908. Transferred to Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock 1921. United with Belfast in 1926.
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1846
JAMES FITZPATRICK
[Born in 1812 in Co. Derry;] ordained and inducted 1846; died 12th July 1906; [buried Lisburn Cemetery. Married Jessie Bryce.]
1906
ROBERT FULTON, M.A., B.D.
Ordained and inducted 14th November 1906; translated to Corsock 10th November 1908.
LOANENDS
Presbytery of Ireland
Church and mans. Transferred to Irish Presbyterian Church in 1922.
1879
WILLIAM SALMOND
Born 1st January 1849 at Perth, son of James Hutton Salmond and Robina Trail; educated at Perth Bridgend Public School, private tuition, University of St Andrews, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Perth 1877; assistant Plumpton, Cumberland, 1877-8; ordained and inducted 6th February 1879; retired November 1922; died 9th April 1923. Married 1885, Margaret Readdie. From 1897 to 1923, Secretary of the Bible and Corportage Society of Ireland.
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PRESBYTERY OF ARDROSSAN
ARDEER
Church and hall in 1900; lesser hall, etc., added.
1892
ANDREW MORRIS MOODY
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.716
Born 8th December 1862 at Dunfermline, son of John Moody and Christina Morris; educated at Limekilns, Dunfermline High School, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Dunfermline 1889; missionary, Burnmouth, Glasgow London Road; assistant Campbeltown Long Row; ordained and inducted 28th June 1892; war service as Officiating Chaplain to garrison at Ardeer. Married 27th March 1895, Catherine Ellen Gibson.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.210, Stevenston Ardeer.]
ARDROSSAN PARK
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.319
Church, hall and vestry. Church renovated in 1921.
1873
WILLIAM MCGILCHRIST, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.320
[Son of John McGilchrist;] ordained and inducted 29th July 1873; became senior minister in 1911; died 12th August 1912. [Married 1895, Alison Douglas Bailey.].
1911
CAMPBELL STEPHEN
Born 29th March 1884 at Bower, Caithness, son of Alexander Stephen and Catherine Campbell; educated at Townhead Public School, Allan Glen’s School, Glasgow, University of Glasgow, M.A., B.Sc., B.D.; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1910; assistant Forth, Dumfries Maxwelltown; ordained and inducted 1911; resigned 1918 to become teacher in Glasgow; elected M.P. for Camlachie 1922; called to the English bar.
1918
ROBERT WHITEFORD
Born 25th August 1872 at Stewarton, son of David and Jane Whiteford [née Hutcheson]; educated at Stewarton Public School, Kilmarnock Academy, University of Glasgow, Evangelical Union Hall and Congregational Church Hall; ordained Blantyre Evangelical Union Congregational Church 13th October 1898; translated to Rutherglen Evangelical Union Congregational Church 12th November 1901; admitted to United Free Church 1913; appointed to Hurlford Mauchline Road 12th October 1913; inducted thereto 15th November 1916; translated and inducted 9th September 1918. Married 14th July 1899, Elizabeth Robb.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.201; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.115.]
ARDROSSAN ST JOHN’S
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.64
Church, hall and manse. Organ reconstructed and electric light introduced during the period.
1892
ROBERT MORGAN ADAMSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.77
Born 8th July 1866 at Cupar, Fife, son of Alexander Adamson and Catherine Lees Duncan; educated at Cupar Madras Academy, Edinburgh Royal High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1887), University of Jena, 1890, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dundee 1890; assistant Aberdeen South Free Church 1892; ordained and inducted 1st December 1892; war service as Honorary Chaplain to the Forces. Married 21st February 1892, Robina Scott Thorburn, youngest daughter of Rev. Dr Addis, Morningside, Edinburgh. Publication – The Christian Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper, Edinburgh, 1905.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.201.]
BRODICK, ARRAN
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.66
Formerly Kilbride Free Church. The buildings were allocated to the Free Church. New church and manse were built in 1910.
1901
ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND
Translated from Altnaharra and inducted 13th June 1901; translated to Abernethy and Boat of Garten 19th July 1912.
1912
WILLIAM MCKELVIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 12th December 1912; translated to Dalry Courthill 14th March 1925.
1925
JOHN HOWITT GRANT
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.628
Born 18th April 1871 at Renton, son of Donald Grant and Hannah Howitt; educated at Renton Public School, Glasgow Hutcheson’s Grammar School and High School, University of Glasgow, M.A.
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(1896), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow February 1898; ordained and inducted Elgin United Presbyterian 28th July 1898; translated to Dundee High September 1908; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1918; translated and inducted October 1925. Married 4th October 1898, Florence Graham Mellish.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.202, Brodick St Bride’s.]
DALRY COURTHILL
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.302
Church, vestry and session house, manse. The Kirk Session are trustees and managers of Dalry Mission Hall.
1850
GEORGE MORRIS
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.305
[Born 3rd January, 1824, at Carnock, Fife, the son of Alexander Morris and Elizabeth Cockburn;] ordained and inducted 9th July 1850; died 4th May 1902. [Married 7th June, 1853, Mary Greg.]
1899
JOHN THOMSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 28th November 1899; translated to Glasgow Whitevale 1905.
1905
JOHN HUNTER
Born 15th November 1867 at Auchinairn, son of James and Janet Hunter [née Parker]; educated at Auchinairn Public School, Glasgow Normal School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1888), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; school teacher 1888-93; student missionary 1894-5; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow June 1896; ordained by Presbytery of Glasgow for service at St Andrew’s Kingston, Jamaica, 20th July 1897; resigned 25th February 1904; inducted 1905; died 27th March 1924. [Married Jenny R. Allan.]
1925
WILLIAM MCKELVIE
Born 13th April 1883 at Strone, son of Thomas McKelvie and Mary Melville; educated at Strone Public School, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow M.A. (1907), Glasgow College; student assistant Greenock Sir Michael Street 1911-12, Edinburgh St James’ Place 1912; licensed by Presbytery of Ardrossan November 1912; ordained and inducted Brodick 12th December 1912; war service as telegraphist at Brodick for Convoy Officer, Lamlash, 1917-19; translated and inducted 14th March 1925. Married 15th April 1914, Jean Marquis Macfarlane.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.202.]
DALRY ST ANDREW’S
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.65
Church with session house, manse. Church reseated and building renovated and organ installed 1903.
1897
ARNOLD BOYD, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1897; resigned 1902; inducted Kinross West 1908.
1902
GEORGE MACMURRAY ROSS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.305
Born 1863 at Rattray, son of Rev. Adam Ross and Isabella Kent; educated at University of Edinburgh, M.A., New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted 1902; resigned 1910, and went to Ontario, Canada. Married 1892, Margaret Thom.
1911
GILBERT BUCHANAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.101
Born 6th April 1869 at Dundonald, son of Gilbert Buchanan and Anna Lang; educated at Ayr Lady Jane Hamilton’s School, and Academy, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1890), B.D., Glasgow Free Church College; in charge, Elderslie Station 1894-5; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Ayr June 1895; assistant Glasgow Renfield Free Church 1895-6; Falkirk High Free Church 1896; ordained and inducted Kincardine O’Neil 9th February 1897; translated and inducted January 1911. Married 11th June 1913, Jean Cousland.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.203.]
FAIRLIE ST MARGARET’S
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.65
Church and hall, manse.
1875
WILLIAM SHEDDEN FLECK
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.155
Born in 1839 at West Kilbride; educated at University of Glasgow, M.A. (1870), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1874; assistant Leith, Glasgow St Stephen’s Free Church; ordained and inducted 1875; died 7th June 1907. Married 1875, Mary L. Macpherson.
1907
WILLIAM WALLACE GAULD, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 12th November 1907; translated to Callander 5th January 1911.
1911
DONALD CHARLES CAMPBELL GOLLAN
Translated from Nigg, Ross-shire, and inducted 29th April 1911; translated to Glasgow Dalmarnock 27th November 1921.
1922
ROBERT ALEXANDER LENDRUM
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.207
Born 27th August 1863 at Aberdeen, son of John Lendrum and Helen Alexander; educated at Silver Street Academy and Grammar School, Aberdeen, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1882), D.D. (1920), Aberdeen Free Church College, University of Göttingen 1883, University of Leipzig 1885; assistant to Professor of Humanity, University of Aberdeen 1884-6; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Aberdeen 1889; assistant Dundee
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McCheyne Memorial 1889-90; ordained and inducted Kirkliston 16th October 1890; translated to Glasgow St David’s 17th January 1907; war service with Scottish Churches Huts in Germany 1919; translated and inducted 23rd February 1922; retired 1928. Married 29th July 1891, Anna Guthrie, daughter of James Guthrie, J.P., Brechin. Publications – Outline of Christian Truth, Edinburgh, 1906; the same translated into Urdu, Lahore, 1927; translation of Chapter VI of Ritschl, Justification and Reconciliation, Edinburgh, 1900; articles in periodicals.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.203.]
1928
JOHN MONTEITH
Born 13th March 1899 at Shawlands, Glasgow, son of John Monteith and Agnes Crawford; educated at Glasgow Crossmyloof and Langside Public School and High School; war service in H.M. Forces 1917-19; University of Glasgow, M.A. (1923), Glasgow College, University of Marburg 1926-7, University of Tübingen 1927-8; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 30th March 1926; ordained and inducted 15th August 1928. Married 7th September 1928, Margaret Lennox Telfer, [daughter of Alexander Prentice Telfer, Arrochar, minister.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.203; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.213.]
GLENGARNOCK
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.321
Church and manse. Gallery added to church in 1913; electric light introduced in 1911.
1884
ROBERT BEITH ANDREW
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.321
Born 11th November 1860 at Campbeltown, son of Matthew Andrew, J.P. and Janet Reid; educated at Dalardon Academy, Campbeltown, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1880), B.D. (1883), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, University of Tübingen 1883; student missionary Stromness 1882; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Greenock 1883; assistant Edinburgh Broughton Place 1884; ordained and inducted 7th October 1884; retired 1929. Married 15th July 1890, Jessie Thomson Small, daughter of Rev. Robert Small.] Clerk to the Presbytery 1902-29.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.204.]
1929
THOMAS MACKIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 10th September 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.204; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.516.]
KILBIRNIE EAST
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.64
Church and manse. New church built on old site 1903. Small hall built onto church 1924.
1901
JOHN WEIPERS, B.D .
Ordained and inducted February 1901; translated to Glasgow Gillespie November 1908.
1909
ROBERT KERR GOODFELLOW
Ordained and inducted 16th May 1909; translated to Glasgow Henry Drummond Memorial 18th December 1919.
1920
ALLAN WILLIAMSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 4th May 1920; translated to Bishopbriggs Kenmure 8th November 1926.
1927
JAMES [URQUHART] EMSLIE BARRON
Born 27th July 1887 at Kemnay, son of William Barron and Helen Emslie; educated at Strathdon Public School, Kemnay Higher Grade School; worked on Great North of Scotland Railway 1904-10, and with Culter Mill’s Paper Co. Ltd., 1910-14; war service in H.M. Forces 1915-19; Secretary to Y.M.C.A. 1920-2; Associate of Incorporated Secretaries Association 1921; University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1925), Aberdeen College; missionary, Shuttle Lane, Aberdeen, 1922-4; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen 4th April 1927; ordained and inducted 26th July 1927. Married 29th October 1919, Margaret McBain.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.205; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.143.]
KILBIRNIE WEST
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.66
Church, manse. Electric light installed. Memorial Communion Table.
1870
ALEXANDER DAVIDSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.133
Translated from Stromness and inducted 7th July 1870; became senior minister 17th September 1902; died 8th May 1904.
1902
HENRY T[OD] GILLISON, B.D.
[Born 15th January, 1861, at Muckhart, Perthshire, son of Thomas Gillison and Ann Tod;] ordained and inducted 17th September 1902; died 5th September 1919.
1920
JAMES ANDERSON
Born 17th April 1881 at Uplawmoor, son of Robert Anderson and Janet Wilson; educated at Uplawmoor Public School, Barrhead Higher Grade School (pupil teacher 1895-9), University of Edinburgh; teacher, Neilston and Barrhead 1902-12; University of Glasgow M.A. (1914), Glasgow College; student assistant Hamilton Burnbank 1912-13; Govan McGregor Memorial 1913-17; licensed by Presbytery of Greenock 1917; ordained and inducted Balgedie July 1917; translated and inducted April 1920; translated to Fordsburg, Transvaal, South Africa, December 1925.
1927
WILLIAM CHERRY
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.613
Born 28th January 1871 at Paisley, son of Daniel Cherry and Mary Laird; educated John Neilson Institution, Paisley
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(Dux and Gold Medalist 1887), University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Paisley June 1895; missionary Biggar and Dalry, Ayrshire, 1895-7; assistant Perth North United Presbyterian 1897-8; ordained and inducted East Calder United Presbyterian 8th September 1898; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918; translated to Hamilton South 25th March 1925; translated and inducted 7th July 1927. Married 27th June 1899, Mary Bruce Stewart.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.205.]
KILDONAN AND BENNECARRIGAN
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.66 and Vol.2, p.66
Formerly Kilmory Free Church. Church and manse at Kilmory were allocated to the Free Church in October 1907, and a new church and manse were built between 1908 and 1910, and opened 16th June 1910. Bennecarrigan was formerly the Southern Mission Hall, and united with Kildonan on 12th March 1911. In 1900, 42 members of Kilmory Free Church held to the Free Church and 71 entered the union. Services were held in the schoolhouse till the new church was built the manse was occupied by the United Free minister till October 1907, when the buildings were assigned to the Free Church.
1889
WILLIAM MACMILLAN
[Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.251]
Translated from Iona and inducted October 1889; resigned 1902; inducted Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig February 1913.
1902
DONALD MACDONALD
Ordained and inducted 4th February 1902; translated to Tongue January 1911.
1912
ALEXANDER MACLEAN, M.A.
Translated from Kilbrandon and inducted 11th January 1912; translated to Kirkintilloch Park 6th December 1918.
1919
DUNCAN HAMILTON NEILSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 10th June 1919; translated to Glasgow Chalmers 22nd February 1925.
1925
JAMES BRAND SCOTT, B.D.
Translated from Crailing and inducted 11th June 1925; introduced Corsock 30th September 1926.
1927
DAVID DALE
Born 13th April 1885 at Omagh, Co. Tyrone, son of William Dale and Anna Elizabeth Mussen; educated at Omagh National School, private tuition, Queen’s University Belfast, B.A. (1912), Hackney Theological College (Congregationalist); in commercial life 1900-9; student pastor, Ickenham Congregational Church, Middlesex, 1915; ordained and inducted Londonderry Congregational Church 28th September 1916; translated to Elgin Congregational Church 9th February 1920; admitted by the General Assembly May 1926; inducted 24th February 1927. Married 7th May 1920, Jean Johnston Riddell.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.205, Kildonan, St Donan’s.]
KILWINNING ERSKINE
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.282
Church with small hall, manse. Mission hall in Corsehill district. History of the congregation published in pamphlet form, 1927.
1899
GEORGE STIRLING
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.284
Born 8th April 1871 at Jamestown, Dunbartonshire, son of John Stirling and Agnes Wightman; educated at Jamestown Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1900), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1894; assistant Leith Junction Road United Presbyterian 1894-6, Clydebank Street United Presbyterian 1896-9; ordained and inducted 2nd May 1899; died 12th December 1909. Married 23rd March 1903, Margaret Hope Graham.
1910
JAMES MCINTOSH DAWSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 29th June 1910; translated to Glasgow Kinning Park 24th February 1924.
1924
GEORGE CHARLES MCKENZIE GRIEVE
Ordained and inducted 18th June 1924; translated to Stirling St Ninian’s 1928.
1929
J[OHN] WEIR MCGLASHAN, B.L.
Translated from Stockton St George’s and inducted 30th January 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.206; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.282.]
KILWINNING MANSEFIELD
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.66
Church and manse. Hall erected, organ installed in church, and electric light introduced to church, manse and hall in the period.
1890
ALFRED HENRY CHARLTON
Ordained and inducted 1890; translated to Dundee Martyrs’ 1906.
1907
WILLIAM HUSBAND
Born 8th July 1875 at Edinburgh, son of William Husband, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., and Ellen Sharpe Johnston; educated at Edinburgh
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Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1897), New College, Edinburgh (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1901; second equal Cunningham Fellow 1901); licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh June 1901; assistant Perth Middle, Edinburgh Pilrig, Paisley Canal Street 1901-7; ordained and inducted 16th May 1907. Married 23rd April 1919, Annie Macintosh Dawson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.206; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.118.]
LAMLASH
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.66
Church and hall, manse. Choir platform built in 1924. In 1904 a claim for the building was made by the Free Church though only six members and no office-bearers joined that body. For a time the church was used by both the Free Church and the United Free Church congregations, and the United Free Church minister occupied the manse on payment of rent to the Free Church though the United Free congregation had itself built the manse at a cost of £1100. Ultimately the buildings were restored to the United Free Church, this being the only congregation in the island of Arran to retain possession of church and manse.
1897
JAMES KENNEDY
[Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.198]
Ordained and inducted 18th May 1897; translated to Glasgow Grant Street 23rd January 1902.
1902
ROBERT SANGSTER MACLAUCHLAN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 29th April 1902; translated to Carnoustie Panbride 12th January 1906.
1906
HUGH ALEXANDER, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 19th April 1906; transferred to Leith [North] Coburg Street 29th September 1910.
1911
THOMAS SUTHERLAND, M.A., B.D.
Ordained and inducted January 1911; translated to Coatbridge Blairhill June 1922.
1922
JOHN ALEXANDER LAMB
Born 11th June 1890 at Dundee, son of James Lamb, F.E.I.S., F.S.A. (Scot.), and Helen Milne Geddes; educated at Dundee Mitchell Street Public School, High School, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1912), B.D. (1916), Aberdeen College (Hons. Diploma in Theology, Lumsden and Sachs Fellow 1916); student missionary Cove Bay 1914-15; student assistant Aberdeen South 1915-16; licensed by Presbytery of Inverness 6th June 1916; assistant Inverness East 1916-17; assistant to Chaplain, Tay Defences, 1917; war service in H.M. Forces 1917-19; ordained and inducted Arisaig and Small Isles 10th April 1920; translated and inducted 26th October 1922. Officiating Chaplain to Royal Navy at Lamlash from 1923. Public service with Arran Musical Festival Association. Married 15th February 1921, Doris Macdonald.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.207, Lamlash, St George’s; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.785; also Vol.10, p.440.]
LARGS CLARK MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.191
Church and manse.
1864
JOHN BROWN KING MCINTYRE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.192
Born 6th June 1838 at the Kilcross, Co. Antrim, son of Rev. Hugh McIntyre, D.D., minister at Loanends, and Martha Kirker; educated at Belfast Academy, University of Aberdeen, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; for some time mathematics master in Glasgow High School; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1864; ordained and inducted 21st December 1864; retired September 1905; died 27th July 1913.
1905
JAMES W[ILSON] GARDNER, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1905.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.207.]
LARGS ST JOHN’S
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.66
Church, hall and manse.
1864
CHARLES WATSON, D.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.351
Translated from Langholm and inducted 1864; became senior minister 1901; died 1908.
1901
JOHN CHARLES BRUCE GEDDES
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.166
Translated from East Wemyss and inducted as colleague and successor January 1901; died 10th March 1923.
1923
THOMAS BIRNIE NOBLE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Glasgow Cranstonhill 1919; translated and inducted 1923.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.207; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.391; and Vol.11, p.372.]
SALTCOATS ERSKINE
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.311
Church and hall.
1900
JAMES WATT PURVES, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 20th June 1900; translated to Stirling Allan Park March 1906.
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1906
WILLIAM MCNEIL BIGGAM
Born 8th March 1872 at Leswalt, son of James Biggam and Annie Gordon McNeil; educated at Larbrax Public School, Stranraer Academy (Dux 1883), University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1897), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Hawick 5th March 1901; assistant Hawick East Bank, Dufftown, Leith Coburg Street; loc. ten. Greenock Trinity 1906; ordained and inducted 5th June 1906; war service with Y.M.C.A. at Louth 1915, and in France 1916-17; died 30th June 1927. Married 25th June 1907, Jane Affleck Clement.
1928
JAMES FERGUSON PADKIN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.418
Born 28th January 1871 at Craigin House, Carnwath, son of John Padkin and Marion Ferguson; educated at Forth Public School, private tuition, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed September 1893; assistant Perth North United Presbyterian 1893-5; ordained and inducted Greenlaw East 5th March 1895; translated to Paisley George Street 14th May 1903; translated to Rothesay West 1st March 1911; war service with Scottish Churches Huts at Invergordon 1915; translated to Glasgow Central 30th September 1919; translated to Glasgow Govan St Mary’s 14th October 1920; translated and inducted 18th January 1928. Married 2nd October 1895, Christian Morton.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.208.]
SALTCOATS LANDSBOROUGH
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.66
Church, hall and manse. New hall was built to replace the hall allocated to the Free Church. Two halls, in Canal Road [Street] and Parkend, were rented for mission purposes.
1898
WILLIAM DONALD MORRISON SUTHERLAND
Ordained and inducted 1898; translated to Kirriemuir First April 1918.
1919
WILLIAM BAILLIE HUTTON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.189
Born 16th January 1861 at Free Church Manse, Closeburn, son of Rev. James Hutton and Mary Baillie; educated at Closeburn Wallace Hall Academy, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1881), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Penpont June 1885; ordained and inducted Crailing 3rd September 1885; translated to Glasgow Gorbals 12th May 1905; translated and inducted 15th January 1919.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.209.]
SALTCOATS SOUTH BEACH
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.67
Formerly Gaelic Free Church. Church and manse.
1898
CHARLES LAMONT
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.204
Born on 5th February 1868 at Ruaig, Tiree, son of Charles Lamont and Ellen Munn; educated at Ruaig Public School, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1919), Glasgow College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow June 1896; assistance Strathaven 1896; loc. ten. Glasgow Union Free Church 1896-7; assistant Kirkintilloch St David’s 1897-8; ordained and inducted 27th January 1898; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in France and in Palestine 1915-19. Married 14th April 1908, Ellen Kirkpatrick Monro.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.209.]
SALTCOATS TRINITY
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.305
Church, hall and manse.
1889
JAMES DRUMMOND TAYLOR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.306
[Baptised 6th September, 1848, at Edinburgh, son of James Taylor and Agnes Drummond;] ordained and inducted Kilwinning 1876; translated and inducted 6th August 1889; died 1902. [Married 1880, Annie E. Shearer.]
1902
JAMES ADAMS
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.180
Born 19th July 1864 at Bo’ness, son of William Adams and Mary Main; educated at Bo’ness Public School, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1889), University of Berlin 1885, University of Göttingen 1886, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Falkirk September 1889; missionary assistant Paisley Thread Street United Presbyterian; ordained and inducted Greenock St Andrew Square 23rd February 1891; translated and inducted 17th June 1902. Married 26th July 1892, Elizabeth Finlayson Fleming.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.210.]
STEVENSTON
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.67
Church and manse.
1885
JOHN LIVINGSTONE
[Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.209]
Ordained and inducted 22nd October 1885; translated to Aberdeen Gallowgate 24th January 1901.
1901
MATTHEW MILLER
Born 26th January 1875 at Overtown, son of Alexander Miller and Catherine Law; educated at Larkhall Public School and Academy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; assistant Partick Free Church, Glasgow Great Hamilton Street Free Church and Overnewtoun United Presbyterian Church; ordained and inducted 22nd June 1901; translated to
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Dargeville, New Zealand 1921; later in Point Chevalier and Helensville, Auckland; retired 28th February 1928; died 6th October 1930. Married 18th March 1902, Leonora Rutledge.
1922
GEORGE WALKER TAYLOR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.337
Born 31st December 1864 at Bridgeton, Glasgow, son of Peter Taylor and Catherine Walker; educated at Glasgow Main Street and City Public Schools, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1891), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow May 1893; assistant Galashiels Ladhope Free Church 1893-5; ordained and inducted Carlops 26th November 1895; translated to Clydebank West 1st October 1903; translated to South Leith 1st July 1909; translated and inducted 28th March 1922. Married 22nd December 1898, Mary Dougall.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.210, Stevenston, Livingstone; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.456.]
WEST KILBRIDE OVERTON
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.317
1868
JAMES CLARK BALDERSTON
[Baptised 4th November, 1832, at Paisley, son of James Balderston and Helen Hamilton;] ordained and inducted Boveedy 12th January 1865; translated and inducted 4th May 1868; died in 1905. [Married 1865, Jane Marshall McEwen.]
1902
WILLIAM WATSON
Born 26th October 1873 at United Presbyterian Manse, Kirkcudbright, son of Rev. William Watson and Jane Watson; educated at Kirkcudbright Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A., United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh; assistant Edinburgh Fountainhall Road, Pollokshields Albert Road, West Kilbride Overton; ordained and inducted in 1902; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France; died 5th March 1918. Married 8th September 1909, Mary Helena, daughter of Rev. William Profeit of Glenbuchat and Strathdon.
1918
WILLIAM ERSKINE BLACKBURN
Ordained and inducted 3rd July 1918; translated to Glasgow Renfield Street 8th September 1921.
1921
JAMES WALES CAMERON
Born 21st November 1885 at Edinburgh, son of Rev. Archibald Borland Cameron, D.D., and Margaret Wales; educated at Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1907), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Christ Church, Warrick, Bermuda, 1909, Helensburgh West 1910; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1911; assistant Glasgow Kelvinside 1911-12; Edinburgh Palmerston Place 1912; ordained and inducted Cupar, Fife, Boston 3rd October 1912; resigned while on war service 5th August 1917; served as Chaplain to the Forces in Malta, Italy, Egypt, Palestine 1915-19; Acting S.C.F. in Italy, acting A.C.P. Egyptian Expeditionary Force; mentioned in Despatches, Italy; lectured in Royal University of Genoa on English and Italian literature; inducted 14th December 1921. Married 16th April 1913, Marion Carruth Young, daughter of Rev. William Leitch, D.D., Helensburgh. Editor of The Student and University of Edinburgh Handbook; sub-editor on staff of Scotsman and Evening Dispatch 1909. Contributed to periodicals. Convener, Church Union Committee, Presbytery of Ardrossan 1927-9.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.211; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.121.]
WEST KILBRIDE ST BRIDE’S
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.67
Church, hall and manse. Manse sold in 1927 and another purchased in 1928. This congregation was evicted from the buildings for about 12 months after the House of Lords decision and worshiped in the public hall.
1873
WILLIAM MACKENZIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.20
Ordained and inducted 1873; died, 9th March 1902.
1902
W[ILLIAM] KENNEDY SMILEY, B.A.
Ordained and inducted September 1902; translated to West Hartlepool 16th April 1917.
1917
JOHN BAIN
Translated from Shiskine and inducted 21st November 1917; translated to Aberdeen High 23rd March 1923.
1923
THOMAS ALLAN BERTRAM SMITH
Born 5th November 1883 at Edinburgh, son of Alexander Brough Mackintosh Smith and Eleanora Catherine Allan; educated at Edinburgh Daniel Stewart’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1904), New College, Edinburgh (Cunningham Fellow 1909, Hebrew Tutor 1907); licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh May 1909; assistant Edinburgh Barclay 1909-10; ordained and inducted Northumberland Square Presbyterian Church, North Shields, 18th May 1910; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916, and as Chaplain to the Forces in France 1917-19; translated to Edinburgh London Road 19th June 1919; translated and inducted 21st June
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1923. Married 10th June 1913, Mary Elizabeth Fielding Fforde.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.211.]
WHITING BAY
Presbytery of Ardrossan
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.67
Church, manse, stable and outhouses. These were allocated to the Free Church, and a new church and manse were built, and the church opened on 24th June 1910.
1876
ANGUS STEWART
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.328
Ordained and inducted Kilmartin 1862; translated and inducted 1876; died 1905.
1901
NORMAN MACKENZIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 7th June 1901; translated to Auchterarder St Andrew’s 27th June 1912.
1913
WILLIAM MACLEOD, B.D., Ph.D.
Translated from Stratherrick and inducted 22nd January 1913; translated to Lochgelly Mcainsh 1916.
1917
JOHN FORSYTH
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.262 and 284
Born 1st September 1857 at Main Street, Clackmannan, son of Hugh Forsyth and Agnes Brash; educated at Stirling High School, University of Glasgow, New College, Edinburgh; missionary assistant St Ninian’s United Presbyterian 1884-6; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Stirling 1889; assistant Blackburn St George’s 1889; ordained and inducted Kilwinning United Presbyterian 22nd April 1890; translated to Jedburgh Boston 8th September 1898; translated to Dundee Victoria Street September 1903; translated to Glasgow Burnbank March 1910; translated and inducted March 1917. Married 4th April 1900, Margaret Fulton.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.211, Whiting Bay Stewart Memorial.]
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SYNOD OF GLASGOW
PRESBYTERY OF GREENOCK
GOUROCK ASHTON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.201
Church, hall and manse. Church destroyed by fire 9th October 1923; rebuilt and dedicated 15th June 1927. Property next church purchased and hall with committee rooms and church officer’s house built 1925.
1880
GEORGE RAE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.252 and Vol.2, p.205
[Born 1842 at Oxnam, Roxburghshire, son of Alexander Rae and Margaret Murray;] ordained and inducted Dumfries Loreburn Street 4th June 1872; translated and inducted 18th May 1880; retired 19th December 1917; died 8th July 1919. [Married 1873, Janet Margaret Nielson.]
1917
GEORGE MACNAB
Born 17th January 1876 at Kilmacolm, son of Thomas MacNab and Agnes Cameron; educated at Kilmacolm Public School, Dundas Training College for Teachers, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1901), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Greenock 1906; assistant Ayr West 1906-8; ordained and inducted Lauder West 24th July 1908; translated and inducted 17th December 1917. Married 25th November 1914, Annie Wallace McTaggart.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.228; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.132.]
GOUROCK ST JOHN’S
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.72
Church with vestry and small hall, manse. New hall with kitchen and other accommodation built in 1908 at a cost of £1200. Electric light introduced in 1925 at a cost of £340. Communion Table gifted in 1906.
1898
HOMER YOUNG
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.362
Born 3rd February 1863 at Houston, Renfrewshire son of John Young and Marion Carruth; educated at Paisley Grammar School (Dux 1879), Glasgow Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1886), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Presbytery of Paisley 1890; ordained and inducted Bowden 1890; translated to Lochmaben 19th June 1894; translated and inducted 1898; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1915-19; retired 1926; died 20th January 1939. Married 21st July 1892, Christina Wallace. Publication – The Training of Children in the Home, Lockerbie, 1897.
1927
IAN DUNCAN MACGREGOR
Born 24th August 1889 at Dumfries, son of John Bailie MacGregor and Eliza Home McPherson; educated at Dumfries Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1910), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Dumfries 1913; assistant Aberdeen Queen’s Cross 1914; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1915-17, and in H.M. Forces 1917-18; ordained and inducted Innellan West 2nd December 1919; translated to Glasgow London Road September 1923; translated and inducted September 1927. Married 18th June 1924, Eleanor Marjorie daughter of Rev. George Ure, M.A., Vicar of Harrow Weald, Middlesex.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.228.]
GREENOCK CRAWFORDSBURN
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.72
Church, halls, manse and church cottage.
1899
GEORGE STEWART
[Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.329]
Admitted to Free Church 1896; inducted 1899; translated to Bothwell Park 1914.
1915
KENNETH CAMERON, M.A.
Translated from Lochgilphead and inducted 1915; translated to Govan Summertown 1922.
1923
JOHN GRAHAM, M.A., B.Sc.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor, Garmouth 1919; translated and inducted 1923.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.229; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.450; also Vol.10, p.266.]
GREENOCK FINNART
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.181
Church and Hall. Mission work in small hall in Manor Crescent.
1899
CHARLES ALLAN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.182 and 460
Born 10th January 1861 at Busby, Renfrewshire, son of George and
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Mary Allan [née Galloway]; educated at University of Glasgow, M.A., Edinburgh United Presbyterian College; ordained and inducted Hawick East Bank 1st March 1892; translated and inducted 25th May 1899; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916. Married 6th September 1892, Margaret Adam.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.229.]
GREENOCK GAELIC
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.72
Church and halls; allocated to Free Church in 1905; the buildings of St Thomas’ were gifted to the congregation 4th August 1907. Pipe organ installed.
1883
JOHN CAMPBELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.115
Ordained and inducted 19th November 1883; became senior minister 20th November 1907; died 25th March 1909.
1908
DONALD CAMPBELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.114
Born in Inverness: educated at Kirkhill Public School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Inverness; ordained and inducted Petty 1895; translated and inducted 27th February 1908; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1915. Married 17th February 1927, Ada Annie Henderson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.231, Greenock St Columba’s, Gaelic; for an account of this minister, see Vol.9, p.633.]
GREENOCK GREENBANK
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.171
Church and hall. Mission halls rented.
1874
JAMES BROWN THOMSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.174
[Born or baptised on 10th April, 1849, at Penpont, Dumfries-shire, son of William Thomson and Agnes Brown;] ordained and inducted 23rd June 1874; died 13th June 1910. [Married 1874, Cecilia Currie Aimers.]
1911
ROBERT LEE KIRK
Translated from Evie and inducted 16th March 1911; translated to Kilmaronock 1925.
1926
WILLIAM MUIR
Born 14th July 1901, son of William Muir and Isabella Menzies; educated at Clydebank, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1922), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Martyrs’ 1923-4, Stirling Allan Park 1924-5; licensed by Presbytery of Dumbarton May 1925; assistant Dundee McCheyne Memorial 1925-6; ordained and inducted 4th May 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.230; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.226; also Vol.10, p.130.]
GREENOCK MARTYRS’
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.73
Church and hall. Martyrs’ and North united in 1924.
1869
ANDREW SYMINGTON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.336
Ordained and inducted 1869; retired 1910; died 1920. Married 1864, Mary Smithers.
1910
JOHN WALLACE WHYTE, M.A.
[Born 16th May, 1871, at Glasgow, son of James Whyte and Elizabeth Rae;] ordained as preacher, Aberuthven 15th February 1904; resigned 15th September 1909; appointed July 1910; inducted 1914; left 1918; [died 1924. Married 1904, Elizabeth M. Wight.]
1919
WALTER ALEXANDER, M.A.
Translated from Kirkmaiden and inducted 2nd September 1919; became minister emeritus at union in 1924; inducted Kirkconnel 3rd September 1925.
GREENOCK MARTYRS’ AND NORTH
Presbytery of Gourock
Formed by local union in 1924. Church and two halls. Manse purchased in 1925; ground purchased for new suite of halls 1928. Mission work in mission halls.
1925
GEORGE BENNETT
Translated from East Wemyss and inducted April 1925; translated to Shandon May 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.230.]
GREENOCK MIDDLE
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.73
Church and hall. Erskine Orr halls added when St Thomas’ united in 1907. Work conducted in Arcade Mission Hall.
1879
MATTHEW POOLE JOHNSTONE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.195
Born 1843 near Annan; educated at University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Symington, Ayrshire, 1869; translated to Hawick 1873; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 17th December 1879; retired to facilitate local union July 1907; died 1st December 1910. Married 1871, Jane B. Milligan.
1908
C[HARLES] ROSS LOWDON, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.408
[Born 8th December, 1873 at Kirriemuir, son of David Lowdon and Betsy Stewart;] ordained and inducted Biggar Moat Park 6th March 1900; translated and inducted 18th June 1908; retired January 1922; died 5th January 1927; [buried Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh. Married 1908, Alison Gilchrist.]
1923
WILLIAM HAMILTON HAMILTON
Born 24th March 1886 at Barnhill, by Dundee, son of George Gow Hamilton and Mary Powrie Buist; educated at Broughty Ferry Collegiate School, Dundee High School, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1st class Hons. in English Literature, and in Mediaeval and Modern History 1908-9), Glasgow College; student assistant Aberlour 1910, Glasgow Ruchill 1911-12, Aberdeen North 1912-13, Dundee St Andrews 1913; licensed by Presbytery of Dundee 8th May 1913; preacher in charge, Barrhead Station, 1913-14; ordained and inducted
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Barrhead Westbourne 18th June 1914; translated to Logie and Gauldry 13th February 1919; translated and inducted 6th June 1923; resigned on appointment as General Secretary to General Presbyterian Alliance 1st October 1927. Married 17th November 1914, Annie Seivwright. Editor, College Echoes (University Magazine); lecturer in English, Workers’ educational Association (Dundee) 1921-2; Editor, Greatheart, 1921-8; Editor, Quarterly Register of General Presbyterian Alliance, 1928 onwards. Publications – Gauldry and other Verses, St Andrews, 1920; John Masefield: A Critical Study, London, 1922, enlarged edition, 1925; The Desire of the Moth (poems), London, 1925; edited The Scarlet Gown, by R.F. Murray, Glasgow, 1909; assistant editor, British Students’ Song Book, Glasgow, 1927; editor, Holyrood (anthology of modern Scottish poems), London, 1928.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.600; Vol.10, p.346.]
1928
GEORGE ALEXANDER MILLS
Born 7th September 1881 at Baillieston, son of George Mills and Margaret Purdie; educated at Shettleston Eastbank Academy; in business 1895-1905; University of Glasgow, M.A. (1909), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow March 1913; ordained and inducted Stornoway English 16th May 1913; war service 1916-19; translated to Dundee Victoria Street 9th December 1920; translated and inducted 28th February 1928. Married (1) 4th September 1913, [Janet Isabel Muir; (2) 18th December 1952, Helen Hamilton Stewart.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.232, Greenock Middle St George’s; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.134.]
GREENOCK MOUNT PARK
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.73
Church, hall with vestry and session house, etc. Manse acquired in 1929. Pipe organ installed 1914. Mission in Ann Street School 1900-4.
1883
ALEXANDER DUNCAN GRANT
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.174
Ordained and inducted 13th September 1883; died 27th January 1914.
1914
WILLIAM LOWDON
Translated from Brechin City Road and inducted 25th June 1914; translated to Cambuslang Trinity 10th January 1929.
1929
ALEXANDER MACPHERSON
Born 13th May 1889 at Coltness Manse, Wishaw, son of Donald Macpherson and Catherine Petrie; educated at Edinburgh St James’ School and George Heriot’s School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1910), B.Sc. (1912), B.D. (1924), Edinburgh New College (Senior Cunningham Fellow 1922); served in H.M. Forces 1914 19; lecturer in Biology, Edinburgh and east of Scotland College of Agriculture 1912-14, 1919-21; student assistant Edinburgh Chalmers Territorial 1921-2; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 3rd May 1922; ordained and inducted Uphall 1st November 1922; translated and inducted 20th June 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.231.]
GREENOCK MOUNT PLEASANT
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.180
Church of Cowieson construction replaced by stone buildings, church and hall, in 1910.
1897
JAMES BUCHANAN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.181
Educated at University of Glasgow, M.A. (1885); English master at Glasgow High School 1888-91; Edinburgh United Presbyterian College; ordained and inducted 1st September 1897; retired 1926; died 1934.
1926
ROBERT RIDDOCK FISHER, M.M., M.A.
Translated from Dalmellington and inducted 18th July 1926; translated to Edinburgh Lady Glenorchy’s 20th February 1929.
1929
WILLIAM WHITELAW PEDEN
Born 23rd February 1896 at Overnewton, Glasgow, son of Thomas Peden and Agnes Buchanan Munro; educated at Overnewton Public School, Hillhead High School; war service in H.M. Forces 1915-18; University of Glasgow, M.A. (1921), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Anniesland Cross, 1921-2, Clydebank Union 1923-4; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1924; ordained and inducted Luncarty 23rd July 1924; translated and inducted 25th July 1929. Married 4th November 1925, Janet Lithgow Phillip.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.231; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.618.]
GREENOCK NORTH
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.73
Church and hall. United with Middle under the name Middle in 1924.
1900
WILLIAM CHISHOLM MITCHELL, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 21st May 1900; translated to Larbert East 3rd August 1911.
1911
DAVID ROBERT MACKENZIE KIER, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Duns East 27th September 1905; translated and inducted 11th January 1911; resigned while on war service 1918; inducted Perth Wilson 1920.
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1919
THOMAS CHRISTIE HENDRY, M.A.
Translated from Leslie West and inducted 1919; translated to Inch 1924.
GREENOCK ST ANDREW’S
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.73
Church and house with side rooms. Vennel Mission taken over by Martyrs’ and North in 1929.
1895
DAVID STOW ADAM, B.D., D.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.76
Translated from Kelso and inducted 1895; died 1907.
1908
ALBERT GLENTHORNE TAIT MACKINNON, B.D.
Translated from Lochmaben Victoria and inducted 30th April 1908; resigned in 1918; appointed to Rome 1923.
1919
ANDREW URQUHART
Born 9th September 1876 at Lewiston, Glenurquhart, son of John Urquhart and Anne Cameron; educated at Glenurquhart Public School, Inverness Raining’s School; engaged in Insurance business 1896; University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1905), New College, Edinburgh (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1909); student assistant Edinburgh Braid and Lady Glenorchy’s; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 2nd June 1909; ordained and inducted Edinburgh Argyle Place 30th September 1909; translated to Anstruther Chalmers Memorial 4th March 1914; war service as Chaplain to the Forces; translated and inducted 27th February 1919.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.231; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.134.]
GREENOCK ST ANDREW’S SQUARE
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.179
Church. Adhered to the United Free Church (Continuing).
1891
JAMES ADAMS, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 23rd February 1891; translated to Saltcoats Trinity 17th June 1902.
1902
CHARLES F[RISKIN] FLEMING, B.D.
[Born 1864 at Tudhoe, Durham, son of William and Janet Fleming; educated at Univeristy of Glasgow, B.D. (1889);] ordained and inducted Middlesborough Newport Road 1890; translated and inducted 1902; adhered to United Free Church (Continuing).
GREENOCK ST THOMAS’
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.74
Church, and Erskine Orr Memorial Hall. United with Middle congregation 28th July 1907. The church buildings were given to the Gaelic congregation, and the hall went with the united congregation.
1888
WILLIAM LEWIS ROBERTSON, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.302
Ordained and inducted 1888; translated to Cardiff 1903.
1903
ROBERT SMITH MACMORRAN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 17th December 1903; resigned to facilitate local union 28th July 1907; inducted Alexandria North 1909.
GREENOCK SIR MICHAEL STREET
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.177
Church and hall.
1884
CHARLES JERDAN, M.A., LL.B., D.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, pp.304 and 677; and Vol.2, p.178
[Born 25th March, 1843, at Haddington, son of David Jerdan and Elizabeth Smiles;] ordained and inducted Dennyloanhead 19th February 1867; translated to Dundee Tay Square 8th January 1879; translated and inducted 1st April 1884; resigned 1912; died 16th July 1926. Principal Clerk of Assembly 1907-20. [Married (1) 1870, Jane Forbes Paterson; (2) 1905, Agnes Carmichael.]
1912
JOHN CALDERWOOD, M.A., LL.B.
Translated from Carmyle and inducted as colleague and successor 24th October 1912; translated to Millport West 1927.
1928
JAMES ESSELMONT
Born 20th May 1883 at Campbeltown, son of James Esslemont and Mary Ann Ball; educated at Campbeltown Grammar School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; student assistant Partick Gardner Street 1916-19, Glasgow Calton 1919-23; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 18th April 1923; ordained and inducted Rothesay Bridgend 17th May 1923; translated and inducted 19th January 1928. Married 31st July 1937, Edith Duncan.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.232; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.324; also Vol.10, p.191.]
GREENOCK TRINITY
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.174
Church and hall (wooden building); organ installed in 1908.
1874
JOHN YOUNG
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.583, and Vol..2, p.683
[Born 3rd January, 1838, at Avondale, the son of James Young and Jean Young;] ordained and inducted Ford 3rd December 1862; translated to Alloa West 30th June 1868; translated and inducted 4th March 1874; resigned 1905; died 1908. [Married 1863, Janet McCubbin.]
1906
THOMAS ANGUS FRASER, M.A.
Translated from Ferry-Port-on-Craig Erskine and inducted 25th April 1906; translated to Aberdeen Trinity 8th September 1911.
1912
JAMES NASH GOURLAY, B.D.
Translated from Glasgow St Luke’s and inducted 16th February 1912; translated to Castle-Douglas 1st May 1924.
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1924
JOHN MACKERCHAR MACNAUGHTON
Born 14th March 1876 at Glen Lyon, son of Finlay MacNaughton and Margaret Mackerchar; educated at University of St Andrews, New College, Edinburgh; student assistant in Brora and Skye and Edinburgh Mayfield; licensed by Presbytery of Aberfeldy; ordained and inducted Ardrishaig 8th January 1902; translated to Campbeltown Lorne Street 1907; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in France and Macedonia 1914-19; awarded M.C.; resigned 1918 while Chaplain to the Forces; inducted Anstruther Chalmers Memorial 11th December 1919; translated and inducted 21st November 1924.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.233; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.494]
GREENOCK UNION STREET
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.178
Church, hall and session room. Mission Hall and dwelling house in Smith’s Lane.
1896
JOHN CULLEN, M.A., D.Sc.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.179 and 369
Born in 1856 [18 August 1855 at Edinburgh, son of Thomas Cullen and Mary Lang]; ordained and inducted Leslie West 11th September 1883; translated to Darlington 23rd March 1893; translated and inducted 21st January 1896; resigned 3rd November 1908; died 1947. [Married 1888, Jane Clark.]
1909
JOHN YOUNG, M.A., B.D.
Translated from Whithorn St John’s and inducted 1st June 1909; translated to Oban Dunollie Road March 1929.
1929
ROBERT ARBUCKLE BARR
Born 15th September 1888 at Kilmarnock, son of John Barr and Elizabeth White Arbuckle; educated at Kilmarnock Academy, University of Glasgow, B.L. (Hons.); war service with H.M. Forces 1916-19; Glasgow College (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1922); licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton 1922; assistant Dundee McCheyne Memorial 1922-3; ordained and inducted Motherwell Manse Road 16th May 1923; translated and inducted 26th September 1929. Married 13th April 1924, Helen Margaret Kidd.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.233; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.636; also Vol.10, pp.352 and 363; Vol.11, p.329.]
GREENOCK WELLPARK
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.74
Church, hall and manse. Manse sold in 1920 and new manse acquired; pipe organ installed 1921.
1873
MATTHEW REID, B.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.296
Ordained and inducted 1873; resigned 1903; died 1927. Clerk to the Presbytery between 1900-19.
1903
THOMAS CASSELLS, M.A.
Translated from Stewarton John Knox and inducted as colleague and successor 5th September 1903; translated to Dalkeith Buccleuch Street 23rd December 1922.
1923
DAVID W[ILLIAMS] MAIN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Johnstone and Wamphray 1st August 1910; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 8th May 1923.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.233; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.508.]
GREENOCK WEST
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.74
Church and hall. Mission at Prospecthill.
1878
HUGH MACMILLAN, D.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.251
Translated from Glasgow St Peter’s and inducted 1878; became senior minister 4th September 1902; died 24th May 1903.
1902
JAMES J[ORDAN] MACAULAY, B.A.
[Born about 1870 in Co. Down;] ordained and inducted Bangor First 1896; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 4th September 1902; translated to Rathgar, Dublin, 4th November 1913; [died 1951. Married 1913, Margaret Walker.]
1914
PETER MCGREGOR
Born 2nd February 1874 at Perth, son of Peter McGregor and Margaret Jackson; educated at Perth Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1894), New College, Edinburgh, Universities in Germany; assistant Edinburgh Morningside for two years; ordained and inducted as colleague and successor Kinross Chalmers 1902; translated to Newport St Fillan’s 9th December 1905; translated and inducted 12th May 1914; war service in 1918.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.232, Greenock West St Mark’s.]
INVERKIP
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p. 74
Church and manse.
1885
JAMES BANNERMAN, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.91
Ordained and inducted 1885; became senior minister 1920.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.234.]
1920
ROBERT TROTTER FAIRBAIRN, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.149
Ordained and inducted Leslie Logan 1893; became minister of united congregation Logan-Martin 1918; translated and inducted 1920.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.234, Inverkip West.]
KILMACOLM ST COLUMBA’S
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.74
Church and hall. Manse acquired in the period.
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1884
THOMAS GREGORY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.177
Born in 1856 at Anstruther, son of Thomas Gregory and Jane Adam; educated at Anstruther, Edinburgh Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A., D.D. (1923), University of Oxford, B.A., New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1883; assistant Lumphanan 1883-4; ordained and inducted 14th August 1884; retired 17th May 1922; died 5th December 1942. Married 8th September 1887, Jane Adam Lochhead. Publications – Memories 1922; Mercy and Faithfulness (Studies in the Gospel of St John); articles in Hastings’ Dictionary of the Gospels.
1923
JAMES SCOTT
Born 31st August 1882 at Waterbeck, son of James Miller Scott and Elizabeth Chapman Mackay; educated at Leith Bonnington Academy, Edinburgh and George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A., University of Marburg, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1909; loc. ten. Errol; ordained and inducted Temple 17th March 1910; translated to Doune 15th May 1913; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1917; translated and inducted 17th June 1923. Married 15th September 1909, Georgina Edwards.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.235.]
KILMACOLM ST JAMES’
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.540
Church and manse. These were demolished and new church and hall opened 21st May 1903; new manse bought 1911.
1899
ALEXANDER JOHN BLAIR PATERSON, M.A.
Translated from Duns East and inducted 24th May 1899; retired 1921; inducted Duns East 1929.
1921
WILLIAM ISAAC HUTCHEON MARR
Born 16th February 1882 at Inverurie, son of Archibald Marr and Elspet Hutcheon; educated at Alva Academy, Dumbarton Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy 1905), B.Sc. (1907), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Dumbarton 5th May 1908; probationer in charge at Kilmaronock; ordained and inducted Kilmaronock 23rd June 1908; translated to Glasgow Parkhead 10th December 1914; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1917, and as Chaplain to the Forces 1918; translated and inducted 8th June 1921. Married 2nd September 1919, Jane Nicholson Cairns.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.235.]
MILLPORT EAST
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.72
Formerly Cumbrae Free Church Church and manse.
1856
ALEXANDER WALKER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.349
Ordained and inducted 1856; retired 1908; died 1917.
1908
DAVID BISSET NICOLL, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 23rd October 1908; translated to Montrose St John’s 30th January 1924.
1924
ALISTAIR MACKENZIE
Born 8th July 1871 at Campbeltown, son of Rev. Donald F. Mackenzie and Isobel Macdonald; educated at Dulwich College, University of Edinburgh, M.A., New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1920; ordained and inducted Olrig, Caithness, 13th May 1920; translated and inducted June 1924; resigned 31st December 1925.
1926
DONALD MACRAE, M.A.
Born [16th September 1888] at Aberfeldy, son of Rev. John Macrae and Catherine Campbell Mackerchar; ordained and inducted Kinloss 28th April 1915; translated to Duthil (Carrbridge) 20th December 1918; translated and inducted 24th March 1926. [Married 11th April 1928, Sheena Margaret Crerar, daughter of Thomas Crerar, minister, North Leith.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.208; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.14.]
MILLPORT WEST
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.207
Church and manse.
1884
JAMES FRAME, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.208
Son of Rev. James Frame, Glasgow; ordained and inducted 25th March 1884; retired 1927.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.208.]
1927
JOHN CALDERWOOD, M.A., LL.B.
Ordained and inducted Carmyle 1st May 1905; translated and inducted as colleague and successor Greenock Sir Michael Street 24th October 1912; translated and inducted 1927.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.208; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.209.]
PORT GLASGOW CLUNE PARK
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.195)
Church in 1900. New church built and opened on 8th June 1906.
1893
DAVID ALEXANDER HARROWER
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.196
Born March 1865 at Culross son of David Harrower and Anne Alexander; educated at Culross, Glasgow Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, Edinburgh United Presbyterian College; ordained and inducted 11th September 1893. Married 27th August 1897, Jane Fleming.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.236.]
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PORT GLASGOW HAMILTON
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.74
Church.
1897
WILLIAM BRASH MACLEOD
Translated from Jersey and inducted September 1897; translated to Edinburgh Candlish 10th October 1902.
1903
HERBERT REID
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.296
Born 8th June 1868 at Kirkintilloch, son of William Reid and Elizabeth Guthrie; educated at Kirkintilloch Old Steeple, Alexandria Public School, Glasgow Free Normal and Garnethill, University of Glasgow; M.A. (1888), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1892; missionary assistant Dundee St John’s 1892-5; ordained and inducted Thurso West 27th September 1895; translated and inducted 24th November 1903; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1914-18, twice mentioned in Despatches, awarded M.C. (1917). Publications – Play the Man, Edinburgh, 1900; Private James Fyfe, Edinburgh; editor of The Brigadier, 1901-04.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.236.]
PORT GLASGOW NEWARK
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.75
Church with hall, manse. The West congregation united with this congregation in 1905.
1869
ALEXANDER BAIRD
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.89
Ordained and inducted Port Glasgow Reformed Presbyterian Church 1869; joined the Free Church at the union of 1876; retired 1905; died 1919. Married 1870, Agnes Miller.
1906
JAMES WALKER [WILSON] ANDERSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.83
Born 17th July 1873 at Dumbarton, son of William Duncan Anderson, F.E.I.S., and Margaret Livingston Roy; educated at Dumbarton West Bridgend Public School and Burgh Academy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Glasgow Tollcross 1896-8; licensed by Presbytery of Dumbarton 26th February 1898; assistant Ayr Sandgate 1898-9; ordained and inducted Kilchattan Bay 6th July 1899; translated and inducted 30th January 1906. Married 28th April 1908, Catherine Amelia Macmorran, [daughter of Robert Macmorran, minister, Dunoon.]
[For further information on this minister,see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.48.]
PORT GLASGOW PRINCES STREET
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.193
Church and hall, manse bought in 1926.
1883
WILLIAM WIGHTMAN BEVERIDGE, T.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.195
Ordained and inducted 7th August 1883; became senior minister 27th January 1927; acting minister at Pau 1928-9; died 26th January 1941.
1927
JOHN TOSHACK BOAG, M.A.
Translated from Strathmiglo and inducted 27th January 1927; translated to Glasgow Macgregor Memorial 20th June 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.237.]
PORT GLASGOW WEST
Presbytery of Gourock
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.75
Church. United with the Newark Congregation in 1905.
1885
JOHN NAISMITH RUSSELL, B.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.308
Ordained and inducted Banff 1868; resigned and inducted Caversham, Otago, New Zealand, 1874; resigned 1880; inducted 1885; retired to facilitate local union 1905; died 1907.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.238.]
WEMYSS BAY
Presbytery of Gourock
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.209
Church, halls, church officer’s house, manse.
1899
DAVID WILLIAM FORREST, D.D.
Translated from Glasgow Wellington and inducted 16th August 1899; translated to Edinburgh North Morningside 30th April 1903.
1903
GEORGE MONCUR FAIRWEATHER
Ordained and inducted 9th October 1903; translated to Berwick Wallace Green 1908.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.642.]
1909
JOHN SOMERLED MACDONALD, M.A.
Translated from Nairn High and inducted 18th March 1909; translated to Dalkeith St John’s and King’s Park 1915.
1916
JOHN HENRY CHAMBERS MACAULAY
Born 6th September 1868 at Newtownards, Co. Down, son of Matthew MacAulay, B.A., and Annie MacAulay; educated at Aske’s Schools, Hatcham, Belfast Royal Academical Institution, Queen’s College, M.A. (Hons. 1891), Belfast Assembly’s College; licensed 1893; ordained and inducted Dundalk 17th August 1893; translated to Blackburn, Lancashire, 1903; translated and inducted 1916. Married 25th April 1900, Elisa Campbell Gardner, Belfast. Publications – The Reality of Jesus, London, 1921; If I Missed The Sunrise, London, 1922; The Imprisoned Splendour, London, 1924; sermon in United Free Church Sermons, Glasgow, 1924; contributions to periodicals.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.238, Skelmorlie and Wemyss Bay North.]
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PRESBYTERY OF PAISLEY
BARRHEAD ARTHURLIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.142
Formerly in the United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow. Church and hall, vestry, session house and usual offices. Manse. New hall was built in the period.
1850
WILLIAM CLARK, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.144
[Born 3rd January, 1826, at Glasgow, son of John Clark and Isabella Eadie;] ordained and inducted 28th November 1850; retired 1902; died 1916. [Married 1854, Euphemia Leys.]
1902
DAVID SMALL BROWN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1902; translated to Campbeltown Longrow 1909.
1909
JAMES GRAHAM CLARK
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.20
Born 29th May 1864 at United Presbyterian Manse, Urr, Dalbeattie, son of Rev. John Clark and Jane Graham; educated at Hardgate Public School, Dumfries Academy, Edinburgh Daniel Stewart’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1884), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Dumfries, autumn 1887; ordained and inducted Gatehouse 15th January 1889; translated to Montreal November 1904; translated and inducted 25th January 1909; adhered to the United Free Church (Continuing); [death recorded 1948.] Married 4th June 1904, Jean Campbell.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.212.]
BARRHEAD SOUTH
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.68
Church with vestry, session house and hall. Manse. New session house, ladies’ room and offices added in 1925.
1871
WILLIAM YOUNG
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.363
Born 9th June 1840 at Fulwood, Houston, son of John Young and Marion Carruth; educated at Houston Public School, Paisley Grammar School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Paisley 1867; assistant Denholm 1868; ordained and inducted Torphichen 15th October 1868; translated and inducted November 1871; retired 19th June 1911; died 15th October 1924. Married 29th August 1876, Jessie Anne Wilson Heys.
1912
WILLIAM JAMES BAXTER, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 11th June 1912; translated to Willesden 16th May 1919; translated to Glasgow Partick Dowanhill 28th September 1923.
1919
ALEXANDER BORLAND
Born 12th July 1879 at Crosshill, Glasgow, son of Hugh Borland and Sarah Roger; educated at Glasgow Queen’s Park School and High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1901, Hons. in Moral Philosophy 1903); B.D. (1906), Glasgow College; student assistant Inveraray 1904; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 11th November 1906; assistant Montrose 1907-8; Perth 1908-9, Arbroath 1909-10; ordained and inducted Kirkcaldy Abbotshall, 12th October 1910; war service in France 1917-19; resigned February 1918; inducted 2nd December 1919. Married 12th June 1915, Mabel St Clair Edward.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.212; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.122.]
BARRHEAD WESTBOURNE
Presbytery of Paisley
This congregation was formed in 1914. Church and manse.
1914
WILLIAM HAMILTON HAMILTON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 18th June 1914; translated to Logie and Gualdry 13th February 1919.
1919
ALEXANDER FERGUSON, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 12th May 1919; translated to Perth West 9th November 1921.
1922
JOHN CAMERON PEDDIE, M.A.
Translated from Aberdeen High and inducted September 1922; translated to Glasgow Cuninghame 1st March 1928.
1928
ANDREW GLENDINNING, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Methven 1910; translated to Leeds 1920; translated to Hexham 1925; translated and inducted 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.212; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.71.]
BEITH HAMILFIELD
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.65
Church and manse. The church was destroyed by fire in January 1917, and the congregation united with the other two congregations in Beith in November 1917.
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1897
DAVID BAILLIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1897; retired 1917; inducted Baillieston Mure Memorial 1921.
BEITH HEAD STREET
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.531
Church and manse. United with the other two congregations in Beith in November 1917.
1884
JOHN LENNOX
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.532
Ordained and inducted 18th November 1884; retired 1917; introduced Borgue 18th May 1923.
BEITH MITCHELL STREET
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.528
Church and manse. United with the other two congregations in Beith in November 1917.
1868
HENRY GLEN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.530
[Born about 1838 at Cadder, Lanarkshire;] ordained and inducted 15th December 1868; retired 1914; died 1928. [Married (1) 1870, Margaret Fulton; (2) 1897, Christina Watson, formerly married to William Dickie.]
1914
JAMES BAILLIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 23rd April 1914; translated to Sanquhar South 6th June 1917.
BEITH
Presbytery of Paisley
(after local union)
In November 1917 the three congregations united, the Head Street Church to be the place of worship till the new church was built. Mitchell Street Church was too small for the united congregation. A new church with halls was built on the old Hamilfield site and opened 20th January 1926.
1914
JAMES EWART HENDERSON
Born 16th April 1875 at Bridgeton, Glasgow, son of James Ewart Henderson and Mary Watson; educated at Glasgow Street and Garnethill Schools, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. in Mathematics 1897), B.D. (1900), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1900; assistant Glasgow Barony, Paisley Abbey Close, Dunfermline Queen Anne Street and Bearsden South; ordained and inducted Limekilns 14th March 1907; translated and inducted 8th May 1918. Married 1st June 1910, Agnes Mary, youngest daughter of Rev. J.G. Crawford, Limekilns.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.202, Beith Trinity; for an accounjt of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.115.]
BRIDGE OF WEIR FREELAND
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.68
Church and manse.
1868
THOMAS CARRUTHERS, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.118
Ordained and inducted 1868; retired 1909; died 1911.
1910
THOMAS STEELE
Born 3rd August 1876 at Lanark, son of Thomas and Margaret Steele; educated at Lanark Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1898), B.D. (1906), Glasgow College; University of Leipzig 1906; licensed by Presbytery of Lanark 29th November 1906; ordained by Presbytery of Lanark for missionary service at Tiberias, Palestine, 13th December 1906; retired on account of ill-health 1909; appointed loc. ten. 1909; inducted December 1910; died 19th December 1911. Married 3rd January 1907, Ellen Mary Walker.
1912
ALEXANDER MALCOLM MCLEOD
Ordained and inducted Rothiemurchus 5th February 1903; translated and inducted 15th March 1912.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.213.]
BRIDGE OF WEIR RANFURLY
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.543
Church and manse.
1890
ADAM WILSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.544
Born on 25th September 1861 at Drymen, son of Rev. Andrew [Wilson] and Jane Wilson; educated at Drymen Parish School, Dumbarton Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1881), B.D. (1884), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow July 1884; assistant Liverpool Mount Pleasant, Glasgow Ibrox; ordained and inducted 18th December 1890; war service with Y.M.C.A. in Flanders 1916. Married 9th January 1894, Agnes Robertson Hogarth.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.213; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.123.]
ELDERSLIE
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.68
Church with vestry and hall opened 3rd May 1900; cost £2520. Manse built 1902, cost £780.
1897
ALEXANDER BARR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.92
Born 27th September 1858 at Glasgow, son of Alexander Barr and Mary Cruickshank; educated at Glasgow Wardlaw Memorial, Graham Street and Young
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Street Schools, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Presbytery of Brisbane, Queensland, November 1890; ordained and inducted Minton, N.W. Queensland, 4th March 1891; appointed to Elderslie Mission November 1895; inducted 28th September 1897. Married 31st July 1890, Jane Cruickshank.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.214, Elderslie East.]
ERSKINE
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.72
Formerly in the Free Church Presbytery of Greenock. Church, hall, manse and cottages. Pipe organ installed 1902; alterations to the church 1906; electric light introduced to church and manse 1920.
1890
ROBERT MITCHELL STEWART, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.330
Ordained and inducted 1890; retired 1904; died 1912.
1904
EDWARD MILLER, M.A.
Formerly of Newtyle; inducted 1904; translated to London Streatham 1907; appointed to Cannes 1920.
1908
GORDON BURNS NIELSON
Ordained and inducted 26th March 1908; translated to Bellie 5th February 1919.
1919
JOHN BRUCE COSH
Born 7th November 1884, son of Stephen Hunter Cosh and Maria Connon; educated at Falkirk High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1910), Glasgow College; licensed May 1913; assistant Kilmarnock Princes Street 1913-14; war service with Y.M.C.A. at Gailes 1914, in France 1915-16; Assistant Chaplain to Tay Defences 1917, and Barry 1918; ordained and inducted 5th June 1919.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.213, Bishopton Rossland; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.163; also Vol.10, p.93.]
HOUSTON
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.68
Church and manse.
1887
GEORGE LANG
Born 25th February 1860 at Dumbarton, son of George Lang and Margaret Roger; educated at Bowling Public School, Dumbarton Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1882), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dumbarton February 1887; ordained and inducted 26th July 1887. Married 2nd November 1909, Annabella Macaulay Ross.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.215, Houston West.]
INCHINNAN
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.68
Church and manse.
1899
DANIEL WILLIAM MACDONALD
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p. 220
Born in late 1860s in London, son of John Cameron Macdonald and Jessie Munro Morrison; educated at Edinburgh Merchant Company’s School, University of Edinburgh, Lit.A. (1888), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 1893; assistant Dumbarton High, Edinburgh John Knox; ordained and inducted 22nd September 1899.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.216, Inchinnan Park.]
JOHNSTONE EAST
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.537
Church, hall and usual offices; manse. Church buildings were reconstructed in 1909 with additions. Pipe organ installed 1909. Small hall, etc., added in 1928, and the larger hall enlarged.
1874
HUGH GEMMILL, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.538
[Born 10th May, 1848, at Fenwick, Ayrshire, son of John Gemmill and Janet Bicket;] ordained and inducted 17th March 1874; became senior minister 22nd June 1915; died 21st January 1922. [Married 1875, Isabella B. Gibson.]
1915
WILLIAM RUNCIMAN
Born 2nd May 1877 at Glasgow, son of James Runciman and Mary Thomson; educated at Glasgow St George’s Road Public School, Allan Glen’s School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1900), B.D. (1905), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1904; assistant Glasgow Pollok Street 1904-6; ordained and inducted Longsight, Manchester, 12th October 1906; appointed to Singapore 22nd November 1909; translated and inducted 22nd June 1915; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in Salonika 1917-19, mentioned in Despatches. Married 5th February 1907, Janet McNaught. Clerk to the Presbytery from 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.216.]
JOHNSTONE TRINITY
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.69
Church and manse.
1899
ROBERT MCLEAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.246
Born 31st March 1859 at Pollokshaws, son of Rev. Alexander Thomson Mclean, Baillieston United Presbyterian Church, and Agnes Keir Donald; educated at Dundas Street School, Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; missionary, Day City Mission (Partick East), McColl mission
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(Partick Newton Place); licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 17th June 1889; assistant Kilwinning Free Church; ordained and inducted Braehead Free Church, Kilmarnock, 8th July 1890; translated to Inchinnan Free Church 29th October 1891; translated and inducted 25th April 1899; died 2nd June 1904.
1904
WILLIAM SIMPSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.316
Ordained and inducted Ratho and Kirknewton 1899; translated and inducted 6th December 1904; died 1925.
1925
WILLIAM PATERSON, B.D.
[Born 16th July 1881 at Glasgow, son of Alexander Paterson and Mary Wilson;] ordained and inducted Perth York Place 15th February 1910; translated and inducted 5th May 1925.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.217; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.465; also Vol.10, p.276.]
JOHNSTONE WEST
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.534
Church and manse.
1887
WILLIAM WESTWOOD
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.536
Born 19th March 1860 at Wester Balgown, Dunning, son of William Westwood and Agnes Morrison; educated at Dunning, Perth Academy, Edinburgh High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1882), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Dunfermline and Kinross August 1886; assistant Crossgates 1886; ordained and inducted 1st November 1887; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917; became senior minister May 1923; died 14th August 1936. Married 20th July 1891, Euphemia Sinclair Thomson.
1923
THOMAS WILSON
Born 16th December 1885 at Uddingston, son of Robert Wilson and Elizabeth Biggart; educated at Queen’s Park School, Langside, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1910), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow June 1914; assistant Alloa West 1914-16; loc. ten. Rutherglen West 1917, Callander 1917-18, Hamilton St John’s 1918; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916-17; ordained and inducted Dunscore, Dumfries 15th July 1918; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 18th May 1923. Married 11th June 1919 Jessie Cook.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.217.]
KILBARCHAN
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.532
Church and manse.
GEORGE ALISON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.534
Ordained and inducted 23rd March 1842; retired 1897; died 1904.
1897
ROBERT RUSSELL, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.534
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 28th June 1897; resigned and went to South Africa 1907; [died 2nd October 1953.]
1907
GEORGE AITKEN
Born 10th June 1881 at Kirkintilloch, son of John Aitken and Margaret Lang Watson; educated at Kirkintilloch, Lenzie Academy, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1902), B.D. (1905), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1905; assistant Glasgow Claremont 1905-6, Leith Junction Road 1906-7; ordained and inducted 2nd July 1907; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1917; translated to Arthur’s Hill, Newcastle-on-Tyne 20th March 1918; translated to New Brighton 25th September 1924; died 1933. Married 30th June 1908, Lillias Kerr Russell.
1918
MALCOLM POLLOCK
Born 28th June 1883 at Springburn, son of James Pollock and Margaret Kerr; educated at Springburn, Allan Glen’s School, Pupil Teachers’ Institute, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1905), Normal School, Glasgow College; teacher 1905-8; student assistant Dreghorn 1910-12; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1912; assistant Dreghorn 1912-14; ordained and inducted Rothes 31st July 1914; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1917; translated and inducted 12th November 1918. Married (1) 4th November 1914, Kate MacDonald; (2) 28th December 1926, Isobel Anton Barclay.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.217, Kilbarchan East; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.159; also Vol.10, pp.94 and 104.]
LANGBANK
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.542
Church with hall and vestry; manse. The church building was altered and renovated 1900-02; gifts of pipe organ, stained-glass windows, pulpit, communion table and chairs, brass lectern, choir benches, etc. On 9th October 1926 the steeple was blown down, falling through the roof. The church was restored and reopened 9th February 1927. War Memorial tablet introduced in 1920.
1882
ARCHIBALD BROWNING DRYSDALE ALEXANDER
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.543
Born 12th December 1855 at Glasgow, son of James Alexander and Jane Fisher; educated at Mr Munsie’s School, Glasgow Academy, Helensburgh Larchfield Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1878), D.D. (1911), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, Universities of Tübingen, Marburg, Jena and Oxford Balliol College; licensed
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by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Paisley and Greenock 1880; assistant Edinburgh Palmerston Place 1880, Glasgow Woodlands Road 1881; ordained and inducted 27th July 1882. Married (1) 11th June 1884, Florence Nightingale Liddell; (2) 16th September 1902, Annie Hollywood. Publications – Sixty Years’ Progress, Glasgow, 1897; A Book of Remembrance, Glasgow, 1900; A Short History of Philosophy, Glasgow, 1907 (2nd edition 1908, third edition 1922); The Ethics of St Paul, Glasgow, 1910; Christianity and Ethics, London, 1914; The Shaping Forces of Modern Religious Thought, Glasgow, 1920; The Thinkers of the Church, London, 1924; articles in International Bible Encyclopaedia, Chicago, 1915, and in Hastings’ Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.235, Langbank West.]
LOCHWINNOCH CALDER
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.538
Church and manse. Adhered to the United Free Church (Continuing).
1889
HENRY BEGG GRAY, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.540
Ordained and inducted 19th November 1889; translated to St Andrew’s, Auckland, New Zealand, 1900.
1901
DAVID GILL YOUNG
Ordained and inducted 20th May 1901; translated to Bo’ness Craigmailen 14th November 1907.
1908
JOHN TAYLOR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1908; translated to Shettleston Carntyne 1921.
1922
ISAAC HENRY CLYDE
Ordained preacher 1922-7; inducted Garelochhead 24th March 1927.
1928
JAMES IZATT JOHNSTONE
Born 19th March 1870 at Townhill, Dunfermline, son of Robert Johnstone and Agnes Izatt; educated at Townhill, Dunfermline High School, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, home mission work at Gorgie 1888-1900; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1900; assistant Edinburgh North Morningside; ordained and inducted Point Road, Durban, Natal, December 1903; translated to Clifton, Johannesburg, January 1908; translated to Olrig, Caithness, 1st October 1914; war service with Scottish Churches Huts in France 1918; translated to Ferintosh and Maryburgh January 1920; translated and inducted January 1928. Married 2nd July 1903, Agnes Crawford.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.279 and Vol.10, p.166.]
LOCHWINNOCH WEST
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.69
Church and manse.
1877
JOHN RUSSELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.308
Born 8th January 1845 at Silverwells, Bothwell, son of Thomas Russell and Christina Maxwell; educated at Bothwell Free Church School, Glasgow Free Church Normal Seminary, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1871), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Hamilton 1874; assistant Cupar Free Church, Aberdeen West Free Church; ordained and inducted 22nd February 1877; retired June 1922; died 23rd November 1934. Married 28th April 1881, Jean Day Dunlop.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.219.]
1923
JOHN BLAKE RUSSELL
Born 13th December 1894 at Moy, Forres, son of John Blake Russell and Catherine Harper; educated at Dyke Public School, Forres Higher Grade School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1918), New College, Edinburgh; war service in H.M. Forces; licensed 2nd May 1922; assistant Glasgow Kelvinside 1922-3; ordained and inducted 8th May 1923.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.219; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.9, p.664; and Vol.10, p.380.]
NEILSTON
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.69
Church and manse. Organ installed November 1901.
1873
ARCHIBALD FERGUSSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.152
Born 25th October 1843 at Dumbarton, son of Archibald Fergusson and Grace Napier; educated at Dumbarton Academy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; assistant Alloa, Rutherglen, 1873; ordained and inducted 27th September 1873; retired 1916; died 24th December 1917.
1917
JOHN ADAM HUNTER
Born 20th January 1887 at South Brisbane, Queensland, son of Samuel Fowler Hunter and Margaret Stenhouse; educated at South Brisbane State School and Boys’ Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1st Class Hons. in Mental Philosophy 1913), Glasgow College, University of London, B.D. (1917); student assistant Helensburgh West 1914-15; Glasgow Victoria 1915-16, Neilston 1916-17; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1917; ordained and inducted September 1917; resigned October 1920; translated to Fortitude Valley Presbyterian Church, Brisbane, July 1921; translated to St Andrew’s Presbyterian
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Church, Rockhampton, Queensland, 29th June 1924; [died 1951.] Married 18th June 1918, Elizabeth Margaret Stewart.
1921
JOHN DRURY CONNELL
Born 31st January 1883 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, son of James Taylor Connell and Harriet Maria Drury; educated at Edinburgh private schools, George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, Nottingham Congregational College; student pastorate Mansefield, Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, 1912-13; ordained as congregational minister Grove Street Church, Boston, Lincolnshire, 26th November 1914; translated to Belper, Derbyshire, July 1916; resigned May 1920; admitted by General Assembly 1920; inducted 1st February 1921; resigned March 1925; became Minister of Clayton Church, Alnwick, 1929, and of Longframlington Presbyterian Church 1936; [died 1951]. Married 3rd December 1914, Annie Gertrude Truman.
1925
KENNETH EWEN MACAULAY
Born 1st June 1890 at Glasgow, son of Ewen MacAulay and Helen Ewing; educated at Glasgow Woodside Public School and Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1914), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Rose Street 1915-16; war service in H.M. Forces 1917-19; ordained and inducted Appin 28th April 1920; translated and inducted 30th July 1925.Married 1st August 1917, Elizabeth Janet Cumming.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.219, Neilston South; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.279; also Vol.10, p.166.]
NITSHILL
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.69
Church and manse.
1880
WILLIAM OMAND
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.285
Ordained and inducted Orphir, Orkney, 1872; translated and inducted 1880; died 1926.
1916
GEORGE WILLIAMS EWART
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 1916; resigned 1921.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.621 and Vol.10, p.358.]
1921
JOHN KENNEDY, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 6th September 1921; translated to Glasgow St Paul’s 27th November 1925.
1926
ALEXANDER GRAY
Educated at University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1911), Aberdeen College; licensed by Presbytery of Banff and Strathbogie 1915; ordained and inducted Balmaghie, Kirkcudbright 23rd September 1915; translated to Belhelvie and Shiels 1920; translated and inducted 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.220; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.683; also Vol.10, p.388.]
PAISLEY ABBEY CLOSE
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.516
Church and mission hall.
1855
ANDREW HENDERSON, LL.D., F.R.A.S.
[Born 4th January, 1825, at Kirkwall, son of Andrew Henderson and Margaret Loutitt;] ordained and inducted Coldingham 1847; translated and inducted 17th April 1855; died 29th October 1904. [Married 25th January, 1848.]
1904
DAVID JAMES ALLISON
Translated from Galston Erskine and inducted as colleague and successor 7th April 1904; translated to Bridge of Allan Trinity 11th September 1918.
1919
JOHN MAXWELL BLAIR
Translated from Leith St Andrew’s Place and inducted 9th September 1919; translated to Edinburgh John Ker Memorial 4th May 1927.
1927
ARCHIBALD FLEMING
Born 31st December 1880 at Wellwynd, Airdrie, son of Robert Fleming and Jane Scott Tait; educated at Airdrie Academy, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1901), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton 1905; assistant Alloa West 1905-6, Dumfries Martyrs’ 1906-7, Hamilton West 1907-8; ordained and inducted Lochmaben Victoria 20th October 1908; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1917-19; translated to Kirkcaldy Gallatown 2nd June 1920; translated and inducted 8th September 1927. Married 23rd June 1909, Isabella Rose Donald.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.220.]
PAISLEY CANAL STREET
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.519
Church, hall, mission hall and manse.
1851
GEORGE CLARK HUTTON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.521
Born 16th May 1825 at Perth, son of George Hutton and Anne Scott; educated at private school, University of Edinburgh, D.D. (1906), Secession Church Divinity Hall and United Presbyterian College; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1851; ordained and inducted 9th September 1851; died 29th May 1908. Married 16th May 1853, Margaret Bethune Hill. Moderator of United Presbyterian Synod 1884; Principal of United Presbyterian Divinity Hall 1892; Joint Principal of Glasgow College 1900; Moderator 1906. D.D. from Williams College, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1875. Publications – sermons, poems, etc., 1853-1902; article, Drunkenness and Strong Drink in Union Magazine, 1901; Phrases and Metaphors of the Hour (Closing Address, Glasgow College) 26th March 1902.
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1908
HUGH MORTON DUNLOP
Translated from Clydebank Bank Street and inducted June 1908; translated to Glasgow Bridgegate 30th September 1915.
1916
JAMES BONNAR RUSSELL
Born 18th April 1872 at Greenock, son of Andrew Russell and Elizabeth Bonnar; educated at Highlanders Academy, Greenock, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (Hons. 1895), B.D. (1898), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Greenock 1898; assistant Edinburgh Palmerston Place 1898-9; ordained Brisbane 18th April 1900; translated to Auckland, New Zealand, 1908; inducted Aberdeen Bon-Accord June 1909; translated and inducted 1916. Married 1904, Agnes Jane Monteath.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.220.]
PAISLEY GAELIC
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.69
Church and manse. United with Oakshaw East 30th December 1927. The church was sold in March 1928, and the manse became the manse of the united congregation.
1888
WILLIAM MACPHERSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.257
Ordained and inducted 1888; died 1926.
PAISLEY GEORGE STREET
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.525
Church and manse.
1867
ANDREW ELDER
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.526
[Born 20th February, 1831, at Eaglesham, son of John Elder and Ann Shedden;] ordained and inducted Kinkell 1863; translated and inducted 5th February 1867; died 1906. [Married 1859, Mary Dunlop Clark.]
1903
JAMES FERGUSON PADKIN
Translated from Greenlaw and inducted as colleague and successor 14th May 1903; translated to Rothesay West 1911.
1912
WILLIAM CAMPBELL SMITH, M.A.
Translated from Denny and inducted 1912; translated to London Camberwell 1915; translated to Kirkcaldy Invertiel 1920.
1916
GRAHAM PARK, M.A.
Translated from Loudoun and inducted 24th April 1916; translated to Edinburgh Viewforth 11th May 1921.
1921
HUGH DAVIDSON
Translated from Kirkintilloch St Andrew’s and inducted 1921; translated to Rothesay West 1925.
1926
ARTHUR SCOTT HUTCHISON, M.A., B.D.
[Born 18th December 1878 at Stirling, son of Andrew Fleming Hutchison and Annie Henderson Finlayson;] ordained and inducted Tarland 6th November 1907; translated to Errol 1913; translated to Bradford 1920; translated and inducted 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.221; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.451; also Vol.10, p.267.]
PAISLEY HIGH
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.69
Church and manse.
1869
JAMES BEATTIE STURROCK, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.334
Translated from Kemnay and inducted 1869; became senior minister in 1902; died 1914.
1902
JOHN STEPHEN MAVER
Born 10th January 1853 in Aberdeen, son of David Maver and Barbara Stephen; educated at Aberdeen Marywell Street Public School and Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1875), Aberdeen Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Aberdeen 1883; assistant Woodstock, Cape Town, 1886-9; ordained and inducted Woodstock 1889; assistant Banff Free Church 1899-1900, Paisley High 1900-2; inducted 1902; retired 9th April 1925; died 27th December 1927. Married (1) autumn 1891, Janie Walker; (2) 10th April 1913, Jessie Cochran. Publications – The Children’s Pace, London, 1899; sermons and periodicals.
1925
BENJAMIN SIBBALD
Born 21st November 1885 [Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.461: born 1888 (not 1885)] at Dundee, son of James Sibbald and Marjory McNicoll; educated at Dundee Miss Lawson’s Primary School, Harris Academy, Skerry’s College, University of St Andrews, University of Edinburgh, Congregational College, Edinburgh; in law office 1902-6; passed Law Agents’ (Scotland) Final Examinations December 1913; ordained at Aberfeldy Congregational Church 10th December 1913; admitted by General Assembly May 1916; licensed by Presbytery of Breadalbane June 1916; assistant Broughty Ferry West 1916-18; ordained and inducted Elgin Moss Street 10th April 1918; translated and inducted April 1925. Married 2nd December 1913 [1916], Joan Bulloch.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.223, Paisley Orr Square; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.641; also Vol.10, p.366; and Vol.11, p.340.]
PAISLEY LYLESLAND
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.528
Church and halls. Transept and galleries added 1902; halls extended 1908; pipe organ installed 1912; manse purchased 1922.
1886
JOHN MCCOLL, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 20th December 1886; translated to Queenstown, South Africa, October 1910; inducted Foveran 1920.
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1911
DAVID GRAHAM CADENHEAD, M.A.
Translated from Peterculter and inducted 2nd March 1911; translated to Glasgow Langside Avenue 6th September 1917.
1918
DAVID ROSS, M.A.
[Born 27th April, 1867, son of David Ross, gardener, St Martin’s, and Helen Reid Fleming; educated at St Andrews University;] ordained and inducted Nairn Rosebank 1905; resigned 1916; inducted 10th January 1918; died 24th June 1921.
1921
ANDREW CUMMING, M.A.
Translated from Dundee Mains and Strathmartine and inducted 21st February 1921; translated to Perth St Leonard’s 6th June 1927.
1927
ANDREW PRENTICE
Born 26th October 1894 at Harthill, Lanarkshire, son of Thomas Prentice and Janet Steel; educated at Harthill Public School, Bathgate Academy, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; war service in H.M. Forces 1916-18; student assistant Govan St Columba’s 1923-4; Rutherglen Stonelaw 1925-7; ordained and inducted 13th September 1927.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.221.]
PAISLEY MARTYRS’
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.70
Church, halls and manse. Church and halls renovated, new front to church and additional seating. Pipe organ installed September 1909. Mission hall in Sandholes. The church and manse were claimed by the Free Church but the claim was disallowed by the Royal Commission.
1899
ROBERT CANDLISH STRANG
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.333
Translated from Greenock Crawfordsburn and inducted 1899; retired 1907; died 1st January 1925.
1907
CHARLES MACIAN JACK
Born 4th December 1871 at Penzance, Cornwall, son of Rev. James Crichton Jack and Isabella Butters; educated at Airdrie Academy, Edinburgh Daniel Stewart’s College, Glasgow High School, University of Edinburgh, Lit.A. (1894), New College, Edinburgh; student in charge, Addiewell 1897-9; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 11th May 1898; assistant Dundee McCheyne Memorial 1899-1901; ordained and inducted Cullen Seafield 11th April 1901; translated and inducted 18th July 1907. Married 2nd June 1907, Janet Scotland Frame, Barrhead. Convener of several Presbytery committees.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.222, Paisley Martyrs’ Memorial.]
PAISLEY MIDDLE
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.70
Church, small hall and manse. New halls built in 1928. Mission hall.
1881
JAMES RENNIE CAIRD
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.110
Translated from Campbeltown Lochend and inducted 1881; died 1906.
1907
JOHN MACASKILL
Born 30th July 1874 at Greenock, son of Rev. Murdoch Macaskill, Dingwall, and Jessie Cameron; educated at Greenock Academy, Dingwall Academy, Inverness Raining’s School, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1st Class Hons. Men
tal Philosophy 1895), New College, Edinburgh (Cunningham Fellow), Universities of Bonn and Tübingen; licensed by Presbytery of Dingwall 1900; assistant Inverness High 1900; ordained and inducted Ferry-Port-on-Craig Queen Street 1901; translated and inducted 1907; translated to Berwick-on-Tweed Wallace Green 30th January 1916; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1915, 1917, 1918. Married 25th September 1917 Jane Allanshaw Pearson Caverhill. Publications – A Highland Pulpit, Inverness, 1906; The Dominant Ideas of Christianity, Edinburgh, 1912; Knowledge and Love, Berwick-on-Tweed, 1919.
1916
OLIVER RUSSELL, M.A.
Translated from Peebles Leckie Memorial and inducted 6th June 1916; translated to Edinburgh St Stephen’s 23rd April 1925.
1925
JOHN MCKINNON
Born 7th February 1891 at Staffin, Skye, son of Donald Mckinnon and Mary Macdonald; educated at Staffin School, Kingussie Higher Grade School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1913); Free Church College Edinburgh, Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow June 1917; war service 1917-19; ordained and inducted Kirkhill 22nd September 1920; translated and inducted 21st September 1925. Married 12th April 1922, Muriel Margaret Gillanders, M.A.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.224, Paisley St John’s; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.129.]
PAISLEY MOSSVALE
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.527
Church and hall.
1887
DAVID HALL
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.528
Born 1st May 1852 at Glasgow, son of David Hall and Ann Johnston; educated at University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; assistant in Largs and Lerwick; ordained
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and inducted 7th June 1887; died October 1922. Married June 1889, Agnes Kennedy Macfarlane. Publication – If Only (poems), Paisley, 1921.
1923
GEORGE ROBERT FRYER
Born 29th June 1869 in Chicago, son of George Fryer and Margaret Wright; educated at schools in America and England; ordained in Wesleyan Methodist Church for Foreign Mission work in China 1891-7; assistant to Senior Chaplain to the Fleet and Forces, Malta 1902-6; pastor at Ashby, Scunthorpe, 1906-8, Lambourne, Norfolk, 1908-11; Brill, Buckinghamshire, 1911-13, Cullen 1913-16, Camelon 1916-19; admitted by General Assembly 1919; inducted Innerwick 26th June 1920; translated and inducted 16th May 1923. Married 22nd December 1901, Anne Elizabeth Lister.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.222; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.169.]
PAISLEY OAKSHAW EAST
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.514
Church with hall attached; manse. When the Gaelic congregation united with this congregation on 30th December 1927, the Gaelic Church was sold and the Gaelic manse became the manse of the united congregation. A Gaelic service continued to be held after the union in the church on the afternoon of the first Sunday of each month.
1880
JOHN PORTEOUS
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.516
Born 5th August 1854 at Edinburgh, son of John Porteous and Frances Oliphant Waddell; educated at Circus Place School, Edinburgh Institution, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1st Class Hons. in Philosophy 1877), B.D. (1879), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1879; assistant Edinburgh Richmond Place 1879; ordained and inducted 13th April 1880; retired 19th October 1921; died 1929. Married 9th January 1883, Gertrude Ann, daughter of Rev. George Kettle, Swanhill Congregational Church, Shrewsbury. Chairman of Peter Brough Trust, of Paisley Technical College, of Paisley Educational Trust. Publications – Studies in the Life and Teaching of Jesus, Paisley, 1922; Order and Grace, London, 1925.
1921
JOHN LLEWELLYN MORGAN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 19th October 1921; translated to Linlithgow High January 1925.
1925
ANDREW MORRIS MOODIE
Born 26th February 1889 at Limekilns, son of John Moodie and Margaret Miller; educated at Limekilns Primary School, Dunfermline High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1911), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Moray-Knox 1914; licensed by Presbytery of Dunfermline and Kinross June 1915; war service in H.M. Forces 1915-19, M.C. 1917; ordained and inducted Fyvie 4th September 1919; translated and inducted 28th October 1925. Married 11th August 1919, Marion Carruth Young, [daughter of Homer Young, minister.] Appointed Territorial Army Chaplain 4th Class 1924.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.223, Paisley Oakshaw East and Gaelic; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.444; also Vol.10, p.262.]
PAISLEY OAKSHAW WEST
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.70
Church and manse. Mission hall in Wellmeadow; Memorial Hall, Westbrae, used for organisations. American organ introduced in 1905.
1897
JAMES CABLES
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.110
Born 10th July 1860 at Leysmill, Arbroath, son of James Cables and Alison Nicoll; educated at Chapelton Public School, Old Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1883), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Arbroath 8th June 1887; assistant Dundee Willison Free Church 1887-9; ordained and inducted Ballater Free Church 27th June 1889; translated and inducted 23rd September 1897. Married 18th April 1894, Annie Holden Straton.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.223.]
PAISLEY RALSTON
Presbytery of Paisley
In 1900 there was a hall only. A church was built and was opened on 17th September 1911. At first a mission station; raised to full status in 1901.
1901
JOHN BROWN YOUNG
Ordained and inducted 25th July 1901; translated to Burntisland Erskine 1903.
1904
WILLIAM RISK THOMSON
Born 2nd December 1856 at Gilgarth, Old Monkland, son of John Thomson and Mary Mathieson; educated at Clarkston Public School, Coatbridge Gartsherrie Academy, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed April 1883; ordained by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow July 1883, and inducted to Lucca, Jamaica, 24th July 1883; translated to Calabar July 1893; retired owing to ill-heath 25th
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June 1901; appointed to Dunscore Renwick, 3rd November 1903; inducted 17th March 1904; died 12th December 1926. Married 6th September 1883, Fanny Morrison.
1926
ROBERT MARSHALL SMART
Born 8th May 1901 at Doune, son of Peter Fernie Smart and Isabella Harrower; educated at Doune Public School, Dunfermline High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (2nd Class Hons. in Classics 1923), Glasgow College; missionary assistant Paisley Martyrs’ 1923-6; licensed by Presbytery of Dunfermline and Kinross 7th April 1926; ordained and inducted 8th June 1926; Member of the Classical Association of Scotland.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.223; for an account of this minister, see.Vol.9, p.62; Vol.10, p.38.]
PAISLEY ST GEORGE’S
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.70
Church, hall and vestry, manse. New church with hall and other accommodation erected and opened 2nd May 1907, free of debt at a total cost of £14,073. The mission hall in Marshall’s Lane was sold to Paisley Corporation in 1910 for £743. War memorial window and brass tablet. By decision of the Royal Commission, half, i.e., £500, of a legacy left to the congregation for bursaries for students of the congregation or Presbytery looking forward to the ministry, was paid over to the Free Church.
1881
GAVIN JOHN TAIT
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.337
Born 14th December 1854 at Inverness, son of Gavin Tait and Margaret Michael; educated at Inverness High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1873), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Paisley 5th May 1880; assistant Paisley St George’s 1879-81; ordained and inducted October 1881; retired December 1921; died 6th December 1937. Married 21st November 1883, Margaret Kerr.
1921
JAMES OLIVER RITCHIE
Born 14th September 1886 at Edinburgh, son of William Mannington Ritchie and Mary Watt Gardner; educated at Edinburgh private school, George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1910), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Dalry 1913; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh April 1914; assistant Edinburgh St George’s 1914-15; ordained and inducted Hamilton Brandon 30th July 1915; war service in H.M. Forces in France, Egypt and Palestine 1916-19; translated and inducted 14th December 1921. [Married 30th August, 1922, Isabella Turnbull Mowat, daughter of William Mowat, minister, Galashiels.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.224; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.234; also Vol.10, p.136.]
PAISLEY ST JAMES’
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.522
Church and halls adjoined, manse. In 1903 improvements in church – pine pews and other woodwork replaced by oak, oak paneling and screenwork placed in the transepts, organ enlarged, windows filled with stained glass. Hall built at Wallneuk in 1912. This mission was raised to full status in 1913. History of the congregation in Centenary volume. This congregation raised £1290 for the Emergency Fund.
1892
WILLIAM AINSLIE WALTON, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.524
[Born about 1847 in Lasswade, Midlothian, son of James Walton and Agnes Ainslie;] ordained and inducted Sunderland St George’s Presbyterian Church 1873; translated to Berwick Wallace Green 1886; translated and inducted 28th June 1892; died 20th November 1909. [Married 1874, Janet Russell.]
1910
JOSEPH JOHNSTON, M.A.
Translated from Lenzie and inducted 16th May 1910; translated to Edinburgh Palmerston Place 16th October 1918.
1919
ALISTAIR JOHN STEWART, M.C., M.A.
Translated from Waterbeck and inducted 17th September 1919; translated to Callander 29th June 1925.
1926
LEWIS ALBERT SUTHERLAND
Born 5th September 1889 at Free Parish Manse, Rothesay, son of Rev. Andrew Neil Sutherland and Christina Purves; educated at Rothesay Public School, Dundee Harris Academy, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1914), Glasgow College; student assistant Bonawe and Glenetive 1912, Stirling South 1912-13, Cumnock West 1913, Govan St Columba 1914-15; licensed by Presbytery of Dundee 5th May 1915; ordained and inducted Bishopbriggs Springfield 2nd September 1915; war service with Y.M.C.A. in Flanders 1917; translated to Motherwell Brandon Street 23rd December 1918; translated to Inverness High 8th December 1920; translated and inducted 2nd June 1926. Married 15th June 1916, Jean Hutchison McClure. Publication – a sermon in United Free Church Sermons, Glasgow, 1924.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.224; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.452.]
PAISLEY SHERWOOD
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.70
Church and small hall in 1900. New suite of buildings with two halls, 5 classrooms, office, kitchen, etc., opened in October 1926. Manse was acquired.
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1897
ROBERT SANGSTER ANDERSON, D.D.
Translated from Ferry-Port-on-Craig and inducted 15th May 1897; translated to Edinburgh Barclay 30th June 1902.
1903
ANDREW BOYD SCOTT, B.D.
Translated from Mearns and inducted 13th May 1903; translated to Glasgow Lansdowne 1909.
1910
JAMES REID, M.A.
[Born 1877 at Leith;] ordained and inducted Oban Dunollie Road 3rd August 1905; translated and inducted 14th September 1910; translated to Eastbourne 1915; [died 19th July 1963. Married 1906, Isabella Gerrett.]
1916
JAMES GEORGE LUNN, M.A.
Translated from West Linton and Newlands and inducted 11th May 1916; translated to Aberdeen Gilcomston 1924.
1924
DUNCAN WILLIAM PARK STRANG, M.A.
Translated from Dunfermline Queen Anne Street and inducted 28th October 1924; translated to Edinburgh New North 28th July 1928.
1929
DAVID MCQUEEN, M.A.
[Born 24th November 1890, son of David McQueen, minister, Glasgow;] ordained and inducted Sanquhar North 1917; translated to Bellshill West 1922; translated and inducted 20th March 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.225.]
PAISLEY SOUTH
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.71
Church, session house and vestry. Large and small halls were dedicated in July 1915. These were gifted by James Clark, Esq. Mission Hall in Great Hamilton Street, to which a small hall was added in 1925.
1878
JOHN PATERSON, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.288
Translated from Old Meldrum and inducted 1878; retired 19th December 1907; died 27th September 1911.
1907
CHARLES JAMES TENNANT MERRYLEES, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.266
Ordained and inducted Falkirk Bainsford 1890; translated to Glasgow North Woodside 1901; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 19th December 1907; died 14th November 1922.
1923
THOMAS MITCHELL AULD MACNAB
Born 10th December 1884 at Rothesay, son of Edward MacNab and Catherine Houston Mitchell; educated at Rothesay Public School (pupil teacher 1897-1904), University of Glasgow, M.A. (1907), B.D. (1915), Glasgow College; teacher in Scotstoun Public School 1906-10; licensed by Presbytery of Dunoon 5th May 1914; assistant Glasgow West 1914; ordained and inducted Innellan North 1st December 1914; transferred to Forfar West 8th October 1919; translated and inducted 12th June 1923. Married (1) 10th September 1919, Dorothy Clow Robertson, M.A.; (2) 20th July 1927, Alice Dow.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.223, Paisley St Andrew’s; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.128.]
PAISLEY THREAD STREET
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.521
Church and halls with church officer’s house. Manse was presented to the congregation by Stuart Clark, Esq., of Dundas Castle, in November 1905. Short history of the congregation was published at the centenary in 1908.
1870
ANDREW G[IBB] FLEMING
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.522 and Vol.2, p.710
[Born 13th August, 1835, Avondale, Lanark, son of Archibald Fleming and Margaret Fleming;] ordained and inducted Alva 21st February 1860; translated and inducted 22nd February 1870; died March 1905. [Married (1) 1860, Margaret Marshall Finlayson; (2) 1891, Agnes Smillie Boyd.]
1905
JAMES MARR
Born 6th November 1876 at Mauchline, son of James Marr and Jean Young; educated at Mauchline Stewart Trust School, Kilmarnock Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1896), B.D. (1900), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Kilmarnock and Ayr June 1900; assistant Edinburgh Fountainhall Road 1900-1, Lothian Road 1901; ordained and inducted Cumbernauld Baird 15th October 1901; translated and inducted 9th November 1905; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1915. Married 15th October 1902, Christina Rankine.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.226; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.130.]
PAISLEY WALLNEUK
Presbytery of Paisley
Large red sandstone building, magnificently equipped and furnished with large suite of rooms and halls, gifted by Peter Coates of Paisley. The church was dedicated 23rd October 1915.
1913
SAMUEL GREER
Ordained and inducted 30th June 1913; translated to Leith South 7th September 1922.
1923
JAMES MACKIE
Born 17th October 1892 at Govan, son of Hugh Mackie and Euphemia Weir Howden; educated at Glasgow St George’s Road, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1919), Glasgow College; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1914, and in H.M. Forces 1914-18, M.C. October 1916; student assistant in Glasgow Lyon Street 1919-20; Glasgow
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Wellington 1920-1; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 21st April 1921; ordained and inducted Kirkconnel 9th June 1921; translated and inducted 15th March 1923. Married 17th August 1918, Alison Mitchell Scoular Young.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.226; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.420; also Vol.10, p.249.]
RENFREW MOORPARK
Presbytery of Paisley
Church built in 1911, added to the mission hall which existed before then. The charge remained a mission till 1905.
1905
JOHN RUTHERFORD, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.211
Ordained as missionary for Swatow, China 6th September 1877; inducted Craigmore United Presbyterian 25th April 1882; translated to Lewes English Presbyterian Church February 1894; translated and inducted 7th December 1905; died 5th February 1917. [Married 1882, Margaret Neilson.]
1917
WILLIAM MACGREGOR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 7th June 1917; translated to Abington 9th October 1919.
1920
DAVID HAMILTON KENNEDY
Born 8th March 1873 at Glasgow, son of James and Margaret Kennedy; educated at Glasgow Lambhill Street Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1900); licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow April 1900; assistant Glasgow Street, Glasgow Renfield; ordained and inducted Cumbernauld Bridgend 11th July 1903; translated and inducted 13th January 1920. Married 21st June 1901, Mary Blyth Anderson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.227, Renfrew Rutherford Memorial; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.131.]
RENFREW NORTH
Presbytery of Paisley
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.71
Church with halls and manse.
1891
ROBERT HILL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.186
Born 5th March 1855 son of John Hill and Ann Rutherford; educated at Lasswade Public School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1875), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh May 1879; assistant Perth Middle Free Church 1879; ordained and inducted Nenthorn 28th August 1879; translated to Glasgow St Luke’s 24th November 1884; translated and inducted 9th April 1891. Married 28th November 1883, Ada Davison. Publications – The Pulpit and the Children, London, 1923; God and the Child, London, 1925.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.227.]
RENFREW TRINITY
Presbytery of Paisley
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.541
Church and Hall in 1900; side galleries added to the church in 1904. Manse.
1886
JOHN PEDEN HOGARTH, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.542
[Born 20th March, 1862, at Stranraer, Wigtownshire, son of Robert Hogarth and Mary Robison;] ordained and inducted 1st June 1886; died 1905 [17th November 1913. Married 1887, Wilhelmina (Minnie) Clark.]
1906
JOHN YOUNG
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.362
Born on 23rd June 1869 at Dailly, son of John and Martha Young; educated at Ayr Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1890), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Ayr; assistant Glasgow St Enoch’s, Crieff South; ordained and inducted Johnstone and Wamphray August 1896; translated and inducted 5th January 1906; died 2nd October 1918. Married 29th September 1896, Jean Wilhelmina Mackay.
1919
ROBERT BONNINGTON HASTIE, M.A.
Translated from Cockenzie and inducted April 1919; translated to Blairgowrie St Andrew’s July 1923.
1923
ROBERT ELLIOTT, M.A.
Translated from Oban Dunnollie Road and inducted 22nd November 1923; translated to Stow 9th February 1928.
1928
RICHARD ROSS ROBERTSON
Born 22nd November 1888 at Aberdeen, son of James Robertson and Jessie Learmonth; educated at Aberdeen Skene Street Public School, Gray’s School of Art; missionary at Sandhaven 1913-15; war service in H.M. Forces in France and Germany 1916-19; University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1922), B.D. (1925), Aberdeen College (Salmond Prize in Dogmatics, Lumsden and Sachs Fellow, Hons. Diploma in Theology 1924), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Elgin 1st May 1924; ordained and inducted Burghead 1st May 1924; translated and inducted 11th September 1928. Married 22nd November 1912, Catherine Jane Macallan.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.227; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.577; also Vol.10, p.336.]
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PRESBYTERY OF HAMILTON
AIRDRIE BROOMKNOLL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.76
Church, halls and manse.
1867
WILLIAM REID
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.277
Ordained and inducted 1867; retired 1914; died 1924.
1914
JOSEPH GRAY, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 8th April 1914; translated to Leith Junction Road September 1921.
1922
JAMES A. MACLAUCHLAN
Ordained 1907; inducted Kirkcaldy Invertiel 1913; translated to Linlithgow Craigmailen 26th November 1919; resigned 1922; inducted 1922; resigned 1924.
1925
DAVID GORDON CARMICHAEL
Born 9th August 1878 at Greenock, son of John Carmichael and Eliza Mary Laing; educated at Lochgilphead Higher Grade School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1901), B.D. (1920), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Ayr May 1904; ordained at East London, Cape Colony, by Presbytery of King William’s Town, and inducted Fort Beaufort 10th June 1904; translated to Turffontein, Johannesburg, 1908; inducted Grangemouth Grange 1912; war service in H.M. Forces in France; translated to Ayr Cathcart Street 1918; translated and inducted 1925. Married 17th March 1906, Mary Anderson Brown.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.315; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.643; also Vol.10, p.366.]
AIRDRIE GRAHAM STREET
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.76
Church and manse.
1890
CHARLES CAMPBELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.113
Born 10th October 1861 at Glasgow, son of William Greig Campbell and Margaret Young; educated at Glasgow Free Church Normal School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1885), B.D. (1888), Glasgow Free Church College (Freeland Scholar in Hebrew, Clark Fellow 1889), licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1889; ordained and inducted 29th July 1890. Married 11th September 1895, Ann Hope Johnston. Clerk to the Presbytery from 1912. For 34 years a member of School Board and Education Authority. For 10 years Chairman of Airdrie School Board. Founder and Secretary of Municipal Reform Association.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.315.]
AIRDRIE HIGH
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.76
Church and small hall in 1900. Church reseated and extended; small hall rented.
1889
JOHN COOK
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.124
Born 27th July 1863 at Catrine, son of James Cook and Annie Murray; educated at Catrine Free Church School, Kilmarnock Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1883), B.D. (1887), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Irvine 1887; assistant Airdrie High 1887-9; ordained and inducted 8th August 1889. Married 1890, Elizabeth Davidson.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.316.]
AIRDRIE SOUTH BRIDGE STREET
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.126
Church with hall, vestry and managers’ room. In 1912 the church was enlarged and reseated, and ladies’ room added. History of the congregation is referred to in Macarthur, New Monkland Parish, 1890, and Sheriff Knox, Airdrie, 1921. An elder, James Torrance, born 1833, still session clerk at 95 years of age in 1928, taught Mary Slessor in Sunday School in Dundee; Sunday School teacher for over 70 years, elder for over 60 years.
1900
ROBERT JAMES, M.A.
Translated from Gorebridge and inducted 18th December 1900; translated to Firth Paterson 1907.
1907
JOHN MCNEIL, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 5th December 1907; translated to Newcastle Arthur’s Hill 1915.
1915
MATTHEW WELSH NEILSON, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 28th April, 1915; resigned 1918; inducted Dundee St Matthew’s (Church of Scotland) 1920; [see Neilson, Matthew Welsh; and Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.608; Vol.10, p.350 and Vol.11, p.333.]
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1919
DAVID LIONEL LUMSDEN HUME
Born 8th October 1891 at Dysart, son of David Hume and Mary Kyles Rae; educated at Kirkcaldy High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1913), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Union 1914; war service in H.M. Forces 1914-18, mentioned in Despatches 1918; licensed by Presbytery of Kirkcaldy 1919; ordained and inducted 9th July 1919. Married 10th January 1923, Agnes Charlton McCubbin.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.316.]
AIRDRIE WELLWYND
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.123
Church and hall. In 1914 a new session-house was built, church and hall renovated, and electric light introduced. A manse was purchased.
1871
JOHN PATERSON, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.125
Ordained and inducted 5th September 1871; died 18th April 1915. [Married 1877, Maggie Bell Wilson.]
1915
SAMUEL WOODBURN WILSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 8th September 1915; translated to Portobello Windsor Place 10th September 1924.
1925
ROBERT DUNCAN
Born 14th June 1891 at Glasgow, son of Robert Alexander Stephen Duncan and Agnes Burnet; educated at Glasgow Camden Street Public School, Shawlands Academy, and Pupil Teachers’ Institute, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1913), Glasgow College; war service with Y.M.C.A. as Secretary with Indian National Council, in India and Mesopotamia 1916-19; student assistant Kilbirnie 1919-20; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 16th April 1920; assistant Paisley St James’ 1920; ordained and inducted Law 16th December 1920; translated and inducted 25th February 1925. Married 1st June 1921, Williamina Davis Ramsey.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae,Vol.9, p.316; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.194.]
AIRDRIE WEST
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.76
Church, hall and manse.
1879
WILLIAM GILLESPIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.168
Born 23rd August 1837 at Kingsbarns, Fife, son of James Gillespie and Margaret Leask; educated at Kingsbarns Public School, Glasgow Normal School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 16th June 1869; assistant Cambusbarron Mission 1869-70; ordained and inducted Keith 18th March 1870; translated and inducted 9th January 1879; retired November 1900; died 27th July 1922.
1901
GEORGE LOW MCLEMAN
Ordained and inducted 27th June 1901; translated to Polmadie 27th June 1913.
1913
MURDO MCIVER, M.A.
Translated from Fala and inducted 1913; translated to Wick December 1921.
1922
GEORGE GILFILLAN
Born 30th December 1889 at Drymen, son of George Gilfillan and Agnes McKie Aitken; educated at Drymen Public School, Vale of Leven Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A., B.D., Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Dumbarton 2nd April 1918; assistant Alloa, Edinburgh Moray-Knox 1922; ordained and inducted 1922. Married 9th June 1926, Margaret Allan Sword.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.316, Airdrie Jackson; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.236.]
AITKENHEAD
Presbytery of Hamilton
A mission station in 1900, but became a full charge in 1905.
1905
WILLIAM TAYLOR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.338
Born 10th May 1856 at Lumsden, Aberdeenshire, son of George and Jane Taylor; educated at Auchendoir and Rhynie Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed June 1895; assistant Dumbarton High Free Church 1895-7, Glasgow Wellpark 1897-9; ordained and inducted North Yell, Shetland 11th August 1899; translated and inducted June 1905; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France. Married 27th November 1877, Charlesina G. Lemmon.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.340, Uddingston Aitkenhead.]
BAILLIESTON MURE MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.76
Church, hall and manse. Mission hall at Braehead, transferred in 1902 to Coatbridge Blairhill.
1878
ALEXANDER MCMILLAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.251
Born 12th December 1839 at Glenhead, Bargrennan, son of Anthony McMillan and Jane Fisher; educated at Barr Public School, Newton Stewart Douglas Academy, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh June 1868; assistant Portobello 1866-9; ordained and inducted Yetholm 30th September 1869; translated and inducted 18th April 1878; retired 30th September 1919; died 10th January 1927. Married (1) 26th September 1872, Margaret Johnstone Ferguson; (2) 15th December 1887, Annie McOmish.
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1921
DAVID BAILLIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.88
Ordained and inducted Beith 1897; retired 1917; inducted 1921.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.317.]
BAILLIESTON RHINSDALE
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.134
Church, manse, large hall, small hall, managers’ room and vestry. Oak communion table as War Memorial 1920; pipe organ installed 1925; individual communion cups introduced 1906.
1891
JOHN GRAY
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.135
Born 25th June 1859 at Craigie, Ayrshire, son of John Gray and Agnes Lindsay; educated at Ayr Academy, Alloway Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1882), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Ayr 1885; assistant Ayr Cathcart Street, and Jarrow; ordained and inducted 3rd March 1891; died 10th December 1915. Married 27th December 1899, Jessie Davidson Taylor.
1916
WILLIAM BROUN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted September 1916; translated to Southport St George’s October 1924. [Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.468: “Brown” not “Broun” as in FUF; Vol.10, p.266.]
1925
THOMAS SMITH CRICHTON
Born 19th February 1885 at Arbroath, son of James Smith Crichton and Isabella Mackie Smith; educated Arbroath High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1904, 2nd Class Hons. in English 1905), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Arbroath and Forfar 7th June 1909; assistant Leith St Andrew’s Place 1909-10; Dunfermline Queen Anne Street 1910-11, Glasgow Wynd 1911, Edinburgh Lady Glenorchy’s 1911-12; ordained and inducted Monikie 18th July 1912; war service in H.M. Forces 1915-19; translated and inducted 25th March 1925. Publication – Prophets of God (Youth Committee), Edinburgh, 1924.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.318; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.602; also Vol.11, p.335.]
BELLSHILL EAST
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.77
BELLSHILL MACDONALD MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Church, hall and manse. Electric light installed in church and hall. The name was changed in 1912 to Macdonald Memorial.
1874
WILLIAM MACDONALD
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.224
Born 15th September 1839 at Killearn, Stirling, son of Roderick Macdonald and Jean Gray; educated at Killearn, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 5th August 1874; assistant Eaglesham Free Church, Kirkcaldy Gallatown Free Church; ordained and inducted 31st December 1874; retired 17th May 1906; died 10th June 1912. Married 3rd June 1875, Marion Fulton.
1906
CHARLES HILL DICK, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 17th May 1906; translated to Moffat St Mary’s 24th June 1910.
1910
JOHN STEELE
Born 19th December 1880 at Leith, son of John Steele and Flora Katharine Kennedy Dewar; educated at Leith Lochend Road School, Edinburgh, George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1903), B.D. (1907), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1st October 1907; assistant Aberdeen Queen’s Cross 1907-8, Aberdeen South 1908-9, Arbirlot 1909, Aberdeen South 1909-10, Stirling North 1910; ordained and inducted 10th September 1910; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916, 1917; translated to Blyth Waterloo Road 27th September 1922. Marriage (1) 15th April 1915, Annie Jane Lawson; (2) 7th September 1921, Elizabeth Hepburn.
1923
GEORGE GRANVILLE RAMAGE, M.A.
Translated from Wanlockhead and inducted 28th February, 1923; translated to Glasgow Oaklands 5th September 1928.
1929
JAMES STANLEY FYFE
Born 7th September 1895 at Hong Kong, son of John Fyfe and Margaret Mitchell; educated at French and Italian schools, Hong Kong, Carron Public School, war service in Carron Ironworks; University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; student assistant Edinburgh St Columba’s 1922; missionary in Glasgow Broomielaw Mission 1922-3, and Wellington Mission 1923-5; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1925; ordained and inducted Duns East 12th October 1925; translated and inducted 23rd January 1929. Married 14th April 1926, Jean Murdoch Burleigh.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.318, Bellshill (Mcdonald Memorial); for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.162; also Vol.10, pp.97 and 242.]
BELLSHILL WEST
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.222
Church, hall, manse; mission hall in Douglas Park Road.
1884
JOHN ROBERT FLEMING
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.224
Born 15th February 1858 at Kirkcaldy, son of Rev. William Fleming,
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minister of Union United Presbyterian Church, and Mary Isabella Leadbetter; educated at Edinburgh Mr Bailey’s School, George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1878), B.D. (1883), D.D. (1922), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, University of Leipzig 1883; in charge Wamphray preaching station 1881-2; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 2nd October 1883; ordained and inducted 15th July 1884; translated to Newcastle Arthur’s Hill 23rd September 1903; retired July 1914; ministered in Canada, New Zealand and Australia 1914-16, in England and Scotland 1916-19; General Secretary, Presbyterian Alliance 1919-27. D.D. from Washington and Jefferson College, U.S.A., 1921. Married 27th July 1898, Grace Smith, eldest daughter of Rev. W. Clark, M.A., Barrhead. Publications – The Religion of Our Reading, Newcastle, 1911; The Burning Bush, Edinburgh, 1913, 2nd edition 1925; The Church in Scotland, 1843-74, Edinburgh, 1927; The Church in Scotland, 1875-1900, Edinburgh, 1928; The Story of Church Union in Scotland, London, 1929; numerous articles in periodicals.
1904
JOHN ADAMSON CLARK, B.D.
Translated from Coldstream West and inducted 1904; translated to Aberdeen St Paul’s 1910.
1910
WILLIAM R[ANKIN] THOMSON, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.91 and 439
[Born 19 April 1864 at Glasgow, son of George Reid Thomson and Catherine Rankin;] ordained and inducted Earlston 1888; translated to Glasgow Caledonia Road 22nd April 1890; retired 1905; inducted 1910; died 1921. [Married 1891, Agnes M. MacFee.]
1922
DAVID MCQUEEN, M.A.
Translated from Sanquhar North and inducted 1922; translated to Paisley Sherwood 20th March 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.318, Bellshill St Andrew’s.]
BLANTYRE ANDERSON
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.77
Church and manse. Organ installed in the period.
1882
JAMES CAMPBELL
Ordained and inducted 15th May 1882; retired July 1928; introduced Sanquhar North 20th September 1928.
1929
NAHUM LEVISON
Born 4th August 1888 at Safad, Palestine, son of Rabbi Nahum Levison and Miriam Levison; educated privately at Safad, Rabbinical College (Yeshibath Etz Chaim), Jerusalem, in schools in Germany and France, private tuition in Edinburgh, Syrian Protestant College, Beiruth, Syria, Macormick Theological College, Chicago, B.D. (1916); student preacher in Canada 1912, and at Trout Creek, Michigan, Reliance, Wyoming, and Benson, Arizona; licensed and ordained by Presbytery of Chicago 16th May 1916; enlisted in Chicago 1916; served in War Office, London (M.I.) to April 1917; served with H.M. Forces as German interpreter 1918-19; organising Jewish Mission in Mesopotamia and deputy for British Jews Society for Promoting the Gospel among Jews, 1919-22; inducted Johnshaven 12th October 1922; translated and inducted 27th February 1929. Married 13th May 1918, Margaret Florence Nichol. Member of Society for Old Testament Study, International Oriental Society, Deutsche Morgenlandische Gesellschaft, and Scottish Ecclesiological Society; Literary editor of The Hebrew Christian. Publications – The Parables: Their Background and Local Setting, Edinburgh, 1928; Passiontide, Edinburgh, 1927; Editor of James Kennedy, Canons of Emendation of the Matthew Text, Edinburgh, 1928; numerous articles in periodicals.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.319; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.23; also Vol.10, p.13.]
BLANTYRE EAST
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.77
Church in 1900. Manse acquired in the period.
1889
JOHN BURLEIGH
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.108
Born 1894 at Lesmahagow; educated at Dalserf Public School, University of Edinburgh, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Hamilton 1885; missionary in Newbattle, Longriggend, and Blantyre; ordained and inducted 1889; died 20th October 1922. Married (1) 1889, Marion Anne Baird; (2) July 1906 Janet Hunter.
1923
JOHN GRASSICK
Born 8th August 1857 at Ayr, son of John Grassick and Mary Stewart; educated at Ayr Academy and Glasgow; pupil teacher in Selkirk Public School, teacher in Fraserburgh Public School; Bellahouston Academy, Hutcheson’s Grammar School; University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student missionary, Edinburgh Broughton Place 1890-3; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1893; ordained and inducted Seacombe, Presbytery of Liverpool, October 1893; translated to Glasgow Oatlands 1904;
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translated to Auchtergaven 1st July 1909; war service with Y.M.C.A. in Calais; translated and inducted 1923; died 24th March 1925. Married 21st December 1893, Annabella Grassick [née Donald].
1925
WILLIAM ALEXANDER ROSS, B.D., F.S.A. (Scot.)
Ordained and inducted 1925; translated to Pitlochry 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.319.]
BLANTYRE LIVINGSTONE MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.241
Church, vestry, session room, small hall, large hall. Manse purchased in the period. Statue erected in church tower in 1913 in memory of David Livingstone; pipe organ installed in 1907; electric light introduced in 1927.
1889
THOMAS ARCHIBALD HUGH
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.242
Born 2nd August 1862 at Lochanbank, Lesmahagow, son of James Hugh and Margaret Roxburgh; educated at Kinross St James’, Glasgow Great Hamilton Street, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1884), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student assistant Queen’s Park mission, Glasgow, 1887-8; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow South 1888; assistant Glasgow Dowanhill; ordained and inducted 19th March 1889; retired April 1921. Married 22nd March 1911, Jessie Donaldson Pottie. Publication – History of Livingstone Memorial Church, Blantyre, 1877-1927, Blantyre, 1927.
[For an account of this minister’s life after 1929 in the Church of Scotland, see Vol.9, p.319
1921
JOHN POLLOCK
Ordained and inducted 7th September 1921; translated to Hamilton South 14th December 1927.
1929
JAMES MONTGOMERIE CLYDE
Born 8th July 1899 at Glasgow, son of William Henry and Elizabeth Clyde; educated at Coatbridge High School, Glasgow Kent Road and Normal Schools, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1924), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow June 1927; loc. ten. Hamilton Brandon; ordained and inducted Buckhaven St Andrew’s 2nd February 1928; translated and inducted 17th April 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.319; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.95; also Vol.10, p.58.]
BOTHWELL KIRKFIELD
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.77
Church with session house. Manse. In 1911 a complete suite of halls was gifted and endowed. In 1914 a new organ was installed.
1894
DOUGLAS FERRIER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.153
Born 27th August 1864 at Brechin, son of James Ferrier and Agnes Smart or Walker; educated at Brechin Preparatory and High School, Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1886), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Brechin October 1890; assistant Aberdeen Trinity Free Church 1894; ordained and inducted 21st June 1894; war service as Chaplain to the Forces (Home Service) 1915. Publication – The Story of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Hamilton, 1918.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.320.]
BOTHWELL WOODDEAN
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.133
Church and manse. Hall in Blantyre hired as mission hall until 1914.
1887
JAMES MACKIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.133
Born 27th April 1863 at Stewarton, son of Robert Mackie and Mary Muir; educated at Stewarton Public School, Kilmarnock Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1883), B.D. (1886), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Kilmarnock, June 1887; ordained and inducted 1887; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1917; retired 31st December 1926. Married 15th April 1891, Jeanie Armour Cuthbert.
1926
ANGUS PETER FLETCHER
Born on 7th September 1880 at Rothesay, son of Peter Fletcher and Mary Stewart; educated at Dunoon Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1901), B.D. (1905), Glasgow College; in Canada at Devil’s Lake Dhoukhobor Colony, summer 1904; licensed by Presbytery of Dunoon July 1906; in Australia 1906-7; assistant Glasgow St John’s 1908-9; ordained and introduced Cromar 9th December 1909; inducted to full charge 1910; resigned 1913 to visit Australia; inducted Cargill, Perth, 15th July 1915; translated and inducted 2nd June 1926. Married 2nd August 1910, Helen Kennedy. Published articles and periodicals.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.321; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.394; also Vol.10, p.234.]
BOTHWELL PARK
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.77
Church in 1900. Manse acquired in the period.
1899
JOHN R[OBERTSON] BRUCE, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.106
Ordained and inducted Strichen 1878; resigned 1892; inducted 1899; died 1919.
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1914
GEORGE STEWART
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.329
Ordained by Presbytery of Sydney, New South Wales, 1891; returned to Scotland 1895; admitted to Free Church 1896; inducted Greenock Crawfordsburn 1899; translated and inducted 1914.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.321.]
CALDERBANK
Presbytery of Hamilton
In 1900 this was a mission station, and became a full charge in 1902. Church, hall and vestry were built in 1901, and a manse was built in 1903.
1902
DAVID MACRAE AITKEN, M.A., B.D.
Ordained and inducted 23rd June 1902; translated to Lochgelly Churchmount 17th May 1916.
1916
GEORGE LAING BYERS, M.A.
Translated from Ramsey, Isle of Man, and inducted 18th October 1916; translated to Girvan Trinity 7th October 1925.
1926
ROBERT GILMOUR PATERSON
Born 15th September 1893 at Airdrie, son of James Paterson and Isabella Gilmour; educated at Govan Fairfield Higher Grade School and High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1914), Glasgow College (Hons. Diploma in Theology, Clark Fellow 1920); war service in H.M. Forces in France and Belgium 1916-19; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 17th May 1920; assistant Glasgow Buchanan Memorial 1921; ordained and inducted Whithorn 27th July 1921; translated and inducted 25th March 1926. Married (1) 30th August 1921, Helen Nicol Mcdonald; (2) 1st September 1926, Mary Alexander Carson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.321; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.390; also Vol.10, p.232.]
CAMBUSLANG ROSEBANK
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.77
Church and manse. New communion table and alteration of platform in 1927.
1877
HENRY GEORGE SHEPHERD
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.313
Born 12th May 1849 at Dundee, son of David Shepherd and Magdalene Oliphant Watson; educated at Dundee Meadowside Academy and High School, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1869), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dundee 1874; assistant North Leith Free Church 1874-77; ordained and inducted 17th April 1877; retired March 1920. Married 5th March 1878, Margaret Mansfield Robertson, Leith.
1920
ROBERT WILLIAM STEWART, M.A., B.Sc., B.D.
Formerly at Duthil; inducted 1920; translated to Aberdeen Ferryhill 15th December 1928.
1929
JOHN MILLER HUNTER
Born 3rd December 1884 at Glasgow, son of George Hunter and Jessie Stewart Miller; educated at Glasgow Park School, Albany Academy, Glasgow Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1905), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1909; assistant Glasgow Claremont 1909; ordained and inducted Brechin Maison Dieu 4th November 1909; translated to Glasgow Queen’s Cross 15th April 1914; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1917, and as Chaplain to the Forces 1917-18, awarded M.C. 1918; translated to Kirkcudbright 20th January 1921; translated and inducted 7th June 1929. Married 10th June 1910, Isabella Slater Kellock.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.322.]
CAMBUSLANG ST PAUL’S
Presbytery of Hamilton
This church was constituted just before 1900, and received full status in 1902. Church, hall, and manse were built in 1901.
1902
ROBERT HOWIE, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 1902; resigned 1911; inducted Weston, Winnipeg, 1912; inducted Glasgow Rockcliffe 1926.
1911
JAMES HUTCHISON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.161
Born 13th August 1863, son of James Hutchison and Margaret Jamieson; educated at Glasgow St David’s Parish School, Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1889), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow June 1892; assistant Glasgow Claremont 1892; ordained and inducted 26th January 1893; translated to Glasgow Caledonia Road 15th March 1905; translated and inducted 11th September 1911; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France and Belgium 1916. Married 22nd March 1894, Mary Watson Grieve. Vice-Convener of College Committee 1914-18; Convener 1919-23; Vice-Convener of General Interest Committee from 1928. Published occasional articles and periodicals.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.322.]
CAMBUSLANG TRINITY
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.130
Church built in 1899 with vestry, retiring rooms, two halls, managers’ room, kitchen, office, etc., church officer’s house, manse.
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1896
WILLIAM GRAY
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.132
Born 11th July 1857 at Stonehouse, son of John Gray and Grace Tudhope; educated at Stonehouse Subscription School and Public School (pupil teacher 1870-5), University of Glasgow, M.A. (1881), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Hamilton 1884; ordained and inducted Brechin 22nd April 1885; translated and inducted 22nd December 1896; retired May 1928. Married 24th December 1896, Margaret Kay Finlayson Wingate. Publication – Happy as Kings, London, 1928.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.323.]
1929
WILLIAM LOUDON
Born 20th August 1879 at Inchneuk, Renfrew, son of John Loudon and Janet Hopkins; educated at Renfrew Miss Lang’s School and Grammar School (Dux 1898), University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Anderston 1906-7; licensed by Presbytery of Paisley April 1907; ordained and inducted Brechin City Road 22nd August 1907; translated to Greenock Mount Park 25th June 1914; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917, and with Scottish Churches Huts 1918; translated and inducted 10th January 1929. Married 20th April 1910, Katherine Margaret McNeil Brown.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.323; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.189.]
CAMBUSNETHAN
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.78
Church and manse in 1900. New church and hall opened October 1903 at a cost of £4260; enlarged hall, kitchen and classrooms built in 1925 at a cost of £1300.
1898
FRANK CAIRNS
Ordained and inducted May 1898; translated to Glasgow Pollokshields Albert Road 1905.
1906
JOHN ALLAN MARTIN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 5th June 1906; translated to Midmar 10th April 1911.
1911
JOHN PRYDE MURDOCH, B.D.
Translated from Penpont Burnhead and inducted June 1911; translated to Darvel Easton Memorial November 1923.
1924
IAN DARROCH NEILSON
Born 14th June 1884 at Greenock, son of William Neilson and Isabella MacGillivray; educated at Greenock Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1905), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Greenock June 1910; subwarden of Robert Browning Settlement, London, 1910-11; assistant Glasgow St Mark’s 1911-13; ordained and inducted Coldstream Rodger Memorial 15th May 1913; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917, 1918; translated to Edinburgh Fountainbridge 15th August 1918; translated and inducted 19th May 1924. Married 2nd June 1914, Nora Rougvie. Publication – Chronicles of Cambusnethan, Wishaw, 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.341, Wishaw Cambusnethan North; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.9, p.435; and Vol.10, p.258.]
CHAPELHALL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.78
Church and hall, manse.
1894
ROBERT ASHER, M.A., B.D.
Ordained and inducted 19th April 1894; translated to Glasgow Lancefield 26th January 1911.
1911
JAMES CRICHTON
Born 22nd March 1857 at Perth, son of James Crichton and Isabella Cuthbert Whitton; educated at Dundee High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1882), B.D. (1886) (Van Dunlop Scholarship in Semitic Languages 1884), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, University of Leipzig; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1886; assistant Elgin Moss Street United Presbyterian 1887-8; ordained and inducted Elgin Moss Street 11th April 1888; translated to Glasgow North Kelvinside 2nd December 1897; translated and inducted 8th June 1911; retired 24th April 1924; died 18th June 1929. Married 27th July 1918, Jessie Lind Walker. Publications – articles in The International Bible Encyclopaedia, Chicago, 1915.
1924
ROBERT MYLES
Born 31st August 1868 at Balbeggie, Perth, son of Robert Myles and Margaret McClellan; educated at Coupar Angus Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; missionary assistant Glasgow Barony 1916-18; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1923; ordained Coatdyke Congregational Church 12th October, 1918; appointed to Glasgow McClelland Street Mission Church 1920; inducted 24th April 1924; died 22nd September 1927. Married 20th December 1894, Margaret Masson.
1928
TIMOTHY WIGHTMAN STIRLING
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.130 and Vol.2, p.112
Born 19th November 1865 at Jamestown, son of John Stirling and Agnes Wightman; educated at Jamestown Public School, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Dumbarton September 1890; assistant Edinburgh Bristo 1890-1; ordained and inducted Gardenstown 29th January 1891;
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Glasgow Henderson Memorial 26th March 1895; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917, 1918; translated to Sanquhar North 16th November 1922; translated and inducted 29th March 1928. Married 4th August 1891, Mary Miller.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.323.]
CHAPELTON
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.78
Church with small hall and vestry, manse. The property was claimed by the Free Church but was restored by the Royal Commission.
1893
ROBERT ROBERTSON HEWITT
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.186
Ordained and inducted 1893; died 1st December 1914.
1915
DANIEL HARPER GERRARD, M.A.
Translated from Kilcalmonell and inducted 10th September 1915; translated to Leith St Ninian’s 7th November 1921.
1922
JOHN TORRANCE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.345
Born 2nd January 1867 at Glasgow, son of Rev. John Torrance and Margaret McAllister Symington; educated at Glasgow Western Academy and High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1887), B.D. (1891), Glasgow Free Church College (Duncan Thomson Scholarship 1891), University of Tübingen 1888; student missionary, Glasgow West Scotland Street Mission 1889-91 licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 8th May 1891; assistant in Department of Hebrew, Glasgow Free Church College; ordained as missionary to India by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 27th March 1892; served at Poona Free Church Mission 1892-1901; resigned 1st December 1901; inducted Dailly 20th June 1902; translated and inducted 6th January 1922. Married 24th October 1894, Janet Gilchrist. Publications – Notes on N.T. Introduction – Letters of St Paul (in Marathi), Poona, 1899; Life of St Paul (in Marathi), Poona, 1898, 2nd edition 1923; Commentary on Philippians (in Marathi), Poona, 1901; The Story of our Maratha Missions, Edinburgh, 1902; edited A South Ayrshire Parish, Ayr, 1908; The Quaker Movement in Scotland, in Records of the Scottish Church History Society, 1926-7.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.324, Chapelton North; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.631.]
CLELAND COLVILLE MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.78
In 1900 there was a brick church with vestry, damaged by underground working. New stone church and hall erected in 1903 on the same site. Manse.
1887
GEORGE HOME
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.187
Born 10th February 1841 at Forfar, son of Andrew Home and Agnes Whyte; educated at Forfar Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1876), New College, Edinburgh (Cunningham Fellow 1878); licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Forfar 8th May 1878; assistant Ettrick Free Church; ordained and inducted Evie, Orkney, 1880; translated and inducted 1887; retired 1915; loc. ten. Wigtown, and Aberlour 1916-18; died 5th June 1928. Married September 1883, Margaret MacCrindle.
1915
WILLIAM DOIG DUNBAR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 3rd November 1915; translated to Fort Augustus 28th March 1918.
1918
WILLIAM HOOD
Translated from Edinburgh Martyrs’ and St John’s and inducted 2nd July 1918; translated to Buckhaven St Andrew’s 26th September 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.324, Cleland.]
COATBRIDGE BLAIRHILL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.129
Church with hall in 1900; manse acquired in 1904.
1884
WILLIAM GILRUTH MILLER
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.129
Born 24th June 1845 at Blairgowrie, son of David Miller and Christina Baillie; educated at Blairgowrie Free Church School, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; teacher in Haddington Paterson Place Academy, 1868-9; student missionary, Fraserburgh 1870; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Dundee 1871; ordained and inducted Glengarnock United Presbyterian 28th August 1871; translated and inducted 4th May 1884; retired December 1921; died 11th September 1928. Married 17th June 1874, Henrietta Woodside.
1922
THOMAS SUTHERLAND, B.D.
Translated from Lamlash and inducted 1st June 1922; translated to Carnoustie St Stephen’s May 1928.
1928
WILLIAM WATT DORNAN
Born 17th December 1891 at Bellshill, son of John Dornan and Janet Merry; educated at Clydebank High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1913), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Highlanders’ Memorial 1915; war service in H.M. Forces 1915-19; licensed by Presbytery of Dumbarton 27th June 1919; loc. ten. Ballantrae 1919-20; ordained and inducted Firth, Orkney, 16th December 1920; translated to
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New Cumnock Bank 9th January 1924; translated and inducted 12th December 1928. Married 3rd August 1921, Margaret Glen Dunn.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.324 and Vol.10, p.191.]
COATBRIDGE COATDYKE
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.130
Church and small hall in 1900. Manse and large hall built; pipe organ and electric light installed; alteration to church front.
1888
JOHN HILL, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 2nd April 1888; translated to Glasgow St George’s Road 1901.
1901
JAMES GRAY, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 26 December 1901; translated to Glasgow Berkeley Street 8th March 1906.
1906
ROBERT MENZIES, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 15th June 1906; translated to Glasgow Camphill September 1910.
1910
JAMES REID CHRISTIE
Ordained and inducted 18th November 1910; translated to Kirkcaldy Victoria Road October 1915.
1916
CHARLES MACINTOSH MACLEAN, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 18th April 1916; translated to Campbeltown Lorne Street 2nd July 1919.
1919
JAMES ANGUS MANN
Born 27th April 1886 at Burghead, son of Rev. James Mann and Jessie Angus; educated at Burghead, Elgin Academy, Aberdeen Robert Gordon’s College; University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1909), Aberdeen College; student assistant Kinbrace, Sutherlandshire, Port Ellen, Islay; licensed by Presbytery of Elgin 1913; ordained and inducted Islay, Alberta, Canada, by Presbytery of Vermilion 1913; translated to Seabright, Ontario, 1915; translated to Eldon, Lorneville, Ontario, 1919; translated and inducted 24th October 1919. Married 1913, Kate Annie Forrest.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.324, Coatbridge Cliftonhill; for an account of this minister, see Vol.9, pp.325 and 625; also Vol.10, pp.357-8.]
COATBRIDGE DRUMPELLIER
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.79
Formerly West Free Church. The minister and part of the congregation adhered to the Free Church, and Drumpellier was formed of those who joined in the Union. Services were at first held in the hall of Blairhill Church, but a new church was opened in 1908, and a manse acquired in 1909.
ROBERT PITTENDREIGH DICKIE, M.A.
Translated from Longriggend and inducted 8th October 1903; translated Longriggend 15th April 1915.
1915
ROBERT GREIG BUCHANAN MILLER, B.D.
Translated from Uphall and inducted 1915; translated to Glasgow Blochairn 1917.
1918
GEORGE BARLAS GILLIES
Ordained and inducted 13th March 1918; translated to Glasgow Central 19th May 1921.
1921
ARTHUR T[URPIN] WALKER
Ordained and inducted 1921; retired owing to ill-health 1928.
[This man appears to be the Walker Arthur Turpin who was born in York, England, in 1862, the son of Edward Walker and Elizabeth Turpin. He married Florence Hardcastle in 1892. In 1911, they were living in Dundee, with three children, when he was minister of Ward Road Baptist Church. He died in West Kilbride, Ayrshire, in 1929, aged 67. His widow died in Glasgow in 1955.]
1929
CHARLES WILLIAM HORN
Born 24th May 1883 at Govan, son of Henry Horn and Catherine Cassady; educated at Glasgow Copeland Road Public School and Bellahouston Academy; Salvation Army Training College, London; ordained missionary at Glencaple 14th June 1921; appointed to Closeburn 5th December 1924; introduced 13th February 1929. Married 12th August 1910, Hilda Maud Murray.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.325; for an account of this minister, see Vol.9, p.417 and Vol.10, p.247.]
COATBRIDGE DUNBETH
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.128
Church with large and lesser halls, vestry, session house, ladies’ rooms etc. Manse. Separate mission buildings, with halls and necessary offices, erected in Burnbank Street in 1922.
1891
ALEXANDER WEIR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.129
Born 9th October 1854 at Glasgow, son of Robert Weir and Mary Thomson; educated at Glasgow, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student missionary, Glasgow, West Calder and Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh April 1886; ordained and inducted Kirkcaldy Victoria Road 21st December 1886; translated and inducted 6th January 1891; retired 30th June 1924; died 1929. Married 1st February 1887, Margaret Mungle.
1924
WILLIAM HAMILTON
Born 3rd August 1886 at Biggar, son of Robert Lyon Hamilton and Isabella McLaughlin McGhie; educated at Leith Trinity Academy, Leith Academy, Edinburgh Skerry’s College; University of Edinburgh, M.A. (Hons. in Mental Philosophy in 1915, Rhind Philosophical Scholarship October 1919), New
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College, Edinburgh (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1920); war service in H.M. Forces 1915-19; student assistant Edinburgh Nicolson Street 1919-20; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 6th July 1920; ordained and inducted Fraserburgh South 26th July 1920; translated and inducted 24th September 1924. Married 5th October 1920, Edith Mary Beveridge, M.A.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.325; Vol.10, p.192.]
COATBRIDGE EAST
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.78
Church, hall, session house, vestry, and manse in 1900. The church was enlarged in 1911, and two rooms added. Electric light installed in 1923. Mission halls were rented at Coatdyke and at Gargile.
1888
ADAM MAXWELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.264
Born 26th June 1850 at Dunscore, son of Thomas Maxwell and Agnes Tait Macdonald; educated at Speddoch Infant School, Shawhead Grammar School, University of Glasgow, Reformed Presbyterian Hall, Church of Scotland Divinity Hall, Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Reformed Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 25th April 1870; missionary assistant Glasgow Great Hamilton Street 1875-7; ordained and inducted Galston 25th July 1877; translated to Peterhead South 26th December 1883; translated and inducted 22nd March 1888; retired 4th February 1926; [see Vol.9, p.326.] Served on many public committees and church committees, especially that of the Central Fund. Publications – John the Baptist, Galston, 1879; The Hiding Place, Galston, 1880; The Twenty Third Psalm, Galston, 1881; The Shepherd’s Crook, Galston, 1883; Rebekah, Coatbridge, 1908; Ishmael, Coatbridge, 1907; Gideon, Coatbridge, 1908; Truth frae’ the Heather, Coatbridge, 1911; Sermon on the War, Coatbridge, 1914.
1926
JAMES MACKAY
Born 12th November 1895 at Glasgow, son of James Mackay and Margaret McDonald Stevenson; educated at Lochgilphead Higher Grade School, Glasgow Whitehill Higher Grade School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1918), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Anderston 1918-21, St David’s 1921; licensed by Presbytery of Inveraray 25th April 1922; ordained and inducted Cardenden 28th June 1922; translated and inducted 4th February 1926. Married 20th April 1925, Maggie Heigh.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.326, Coatbridge Maxwell; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.9, p.512 and Vol.10, p.304.]
COATBRIDGE MIDDLE
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.78
Church with hall, vestry, and manse. Electric light installed in 1925.
1877
ALEXANDER OGILVIE, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.285
Ordained and inducted Eyemouth 19th May 1868; translated and inducted 12th April 1876; retired 1906; died 20th August 1917.
1906
FERGUS FERGUSON, O.B.E., B.D. .
Ordained and inducted 13th September 1906; translated to Perth North 9th September 1914.
1914
ARCHIBALD CHISHOLM, M.A.. D.Litt.
Ordained and inducted 2nd December 1914; translated to London Crouch Hill September 1920; translated to Glasgow Langside Hill 1924.
1920
JAMES SUTHERLAND THOMSON.
Born 30th April 1892 at Stirling son of John Thomson and Margaret Sutherland; educated at Stirling Craig’s School, Shettleston Eastbank Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1914), Glasgow College; war service with H.M. Forces in France and Flanders 1916-18; student assistant Perceton and Dreghorn 1919-20; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow May 1920; ordained and inducted 24th December 1920; appointed Secretary to Assembly’s Committee on Youth May 1924; reappointed Secretary and transferred to Edinburgh Presbytery May 1928; appointed Professor of Theology at Pine Hill College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 1929. Married 27th June 1922, Margaret Stewart Troup. Publications – The Campaign Movement, London, 1922; Studies in the Life of Jesus, Edinburgh, 1927; The Way of Revelation, (joint author), Edinburgh, 1929.
1924
DAVID WHITEFORD
Born 7th May 1866 at Stewarton, son of David Whiteford and Jeanie Hutchison; educated at Stewarton Public School, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1908), Glasgow College; licensed by prespertory of Irvine and Kilmarnock June 1912; assistant Kilmarnock King Street 1912-13; ordained and inducted Lockerbie Trinity 11th April 1913; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916, 1917; translated and inducted 23rd December 1924. Married 3rd February 1916, Elizabeth Stockbridge.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.326; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.114; also Vol.11, p.59.]
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COATBRIDGE WHIFFLET
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.9
Church and manse. Hall with two rooms erected in 1911.
1882
WILLIAM FULTON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.163
Born 22nd September 1852 at Glasgow, son of John Fulton and Hannah Mitchell; educated at Glasgow Free Church Normal School and High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1877), Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Stromness May to October 1878; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 12th May 1881; in charge Genoa Free Church June to September 1881; in charge Law Mission Station 1882; ordained and inducted 15th August 1882; retired 27th May 1925; died 1929.
1925
HERBERT BOOTH GIBSON
Born 27th June 1899 at Glasgow, son of Gavin Gibson and Caroline Hadfield; educated at Beith Academy, Glasgow Lorne Street, Bellahouston Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1921), Glasgow College; war service in R.A.F. 1919; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 8th April 1924; assistant Glasgow Ruchill 1923-5; ordained and inducted 12th November 1925.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.328; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.193.]
CRAIGNEUK
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.79
Church hall and manse. A hut was erected in 1922.
1891
WILLIAM HOOD
Ordained and inducted October 1891; translated to Glasgow Lyon Street April 1904.
1904
JOHN ROBERTSON CANTLAY
Born 16th June 1872 at Aberdeen, son of Alexander Cantlay and Barbara Robertson; educated at Aberdeen Dr Bell’s School, Robert Gordon’s College, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1897), Aberdeen Free Church College (Foote Scholar in Hebrew 1899, Lumsden and Sachs Scholar 1901, Hons. Diploma in Theology 1901); licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen June 1901; assistant Elgin Longmore Mission 1901-2, Edinburgh St John’s 1902-4; ordained and inducted June 1904. Married (1) 6th November 1908, Margaret Masson; (2) 7th November 1917 Isabella Martha Cassells. Member of Dalziel School Board 1905-19; member of Lanarkshire Education Authority from 1919; Chairman of Motherwell School Management Committee.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.341, Wishaw Belhaven Craigneuk; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.246.]
EAST KILBRIDE EAST
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.79
Church and manse. This congregation was transferred to the Presbytery of Glasgow In 1909; for 1909-29 see under Presbytery of Glasgow.
1899
EDWARD ERSKINE ANDERSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1899.
EAST KILBRIDE WEST
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.235
Church and manse. This congregation was transferred to the Presbytery of Glasgow in 1909; for 1909-29, see under Presbytery of Glasgow.
1898
CAMPBELL MACQUEEN MACLEROY, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 13th December 1898; translated to Edinburgh Nicolson Street 1904.
1905
JAMES GRANT LIDDELL, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 2nd March 1905.
GLENBOIG
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.104
Formerly in the Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow. Church with vestry and hall, and manse in 1900. Hall sold in 1920 for £400, to be used for new hall.
1892
DANIEL GALBRAITH
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.164
Ordained Wick Evangelical Union 1880, translated to Arbroath 1882; translated to Girvan 1885; admitted to Free Church 1888; inducted 1892; died February 1924.
1924
ROBERT WALDIE HAGGIE
Born 6th June 1876 at Bo’ness, son of Charles Haggie and Grace Tait; educated at Linlithgow West End and Bridgend Schools, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1908); student missionary Glasgow Rockville 1904-6, Hill of Beath, Crossgates, 1906; licensed by Presbytery of Bathgate April 1908; assistant Dundee Ryehill 1908-9, Kilmarnock Princes Street 1909-11; ordained and inducted Sandwick, Orkney, 8th February 1911; translated and inducted 24th September 1924;. Marriage 1st June 1911 Elizabeth Robertson Goudie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.328; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.194.]
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GREENGAIRS
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.79
Church, hall and manse. The status was reduced between 1909 and 1916.
1901
SAMUEL MATHERS
Ordained and inducted 6th November 1901; died 23rd May 1909.
1909
THOMAS RENSHAW MACKAY
Born 23rd June 1857 at South Queensferry, son of Alexander Mackay and Janet Renshaw; educated at South Queensferry, Edinburgh Moray House, University of Glasgow; teacher in Glasgow; United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; assistant Dumfries Buccleuch Street 1886-8; ordained and inducted Eday 19th September 1888; translated to Grimsby 9th September 1891; retired for health reasons August 1906; introduced 2nd August 1909; resigned 28th September 1914; loc. ten. Bishop Auckland 1915-16; inducted Seaton Burn, Northumberland, 1916; war service as Officiating Chaplain at Military Hospital, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1916-18; translated to Ancroft Moor 1921; died 19th April 1926. Married 26th February 1889, Annie Elizabeth, daughter of ex-Provost William Gillies, Maxwelltown, Dumfries. Publications – Resting Thoughts in Manor Valley, Edinburgh, 1907; contributed Sunday School Lesson Notes to English Presbyterian Monthly Magazine.
1915
JOHN GEORGE FINDLAY MCGARVA
Formerly in the ministry of the Congregational Church; introduced July 1915; translated to Kirkbean 2nd March 1916.
1916
KENNEDY ADAMS, B.A.
Ordained 1902; translated from Orritor, Co. Tyrone, and inducted 6th July 1916; resigned 2nd November 1917.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.3, p.264; Vol.8, p.261; and Vol.9, p.53.]
1920
ROBERT CORKE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 29th January 1920; translated to Thornton 11th March 1925.
1926
JOHN LENNOX
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.532
Born 17th March 1852 at Galston, son of William Lennox and Elizabeth Mitchell; educated at Auchincloigh School, Sorn, private tuition, Newmilns Loudon, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Buchan July 1883; in charge, Fetterangus 1883-4; ordained and inducted Beith Head Street 18th November 1884; retired 1917; introduced Borgue 18th May 1923; translated and inducted 27th January 1926. Married (1) 6th June 1886, Mary Scott; (2) 11th April 1902, Jeannie Wallace.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.329.]
HALLSIDE
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.245
Church, hall and manse. The station at Gilbertfield was united with this congregation in 1903, and the united congregation was known as Hallside and Gilbertfield.
1877
ROBERT JOHN ROBSON COWAN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p. 246
Born 1st May 1850 at Buckhaven, son of Rev. William Cowan and Anne Biggar; educated at University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Stirling 1876; missionary at Stirling St Ninian’s, Pittrodie, Carnwath; ordained and inducted 6th November 1877; died 2nd March 1903. Married 4th December 1877, Jeanie Jenkins.
HALLSIDE AND GILBERTFIELD
Presbytery of Hamilton
Church, hall and manse at Hallside; hall at Gilbertfield.
1903
JOHN A[RMSTRONG] OWEN
Ordained and inducted 1903; translated to Hamilton South 1914.
1915
ROBERT FERGUSON
Born 3rd February 1863 at Bridgeton, Glasgow, son of Thomas Ferguson and Mary Dickie; educated at Kirkhill, Cambuslang, Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Hamilton 1890; assistant Glasgow Whitevale; ordained and inducted Onetunga, Presbytery of Auckland, New Zealand, March 1891; translated to Davenport, New Zealand, 1896; translated to First Church, Invercargill, New Zealand, 1903; translated to St Peter’s, Auckland, New Zealand, 1908; translated to Howick, New Zealand, 1911; resigned 1913; inducted March 1915. Married 25th December 1891, Catherine Headrick.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.329.]
HAMILTON AUCHINGRAMONT
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.215
Church and manse.
1864
PETER CUNNINGHAM DUNCANSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.618
Born 24th March 1834 at Cairneyhill, Fife, son of John Duncanson and [Janet] Cunningham;
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educated at Cairniehill Public School, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted West Calder 22nd June 1859; translated and inducted 11th October 1864; retired 1902; died 13th August 1911. Married 2nd July 1862, Jane Brown Gray. Chaplain to 16th Lanarkshire Volunteer Corps (later 2nd V.B. Scottish Rifles), from 24th March 1868; awarded V.D. Publication – Companions and Habits, Hamilton, 1878.
1902
JOHN MCCALLUM ROBERTSON, M.A.
Translated from Duntocher West and inducted 1st April 1902; translated to Glasgow Regent Place May 1915.
1915
THOMAS BROWN, M.A.
Translated from Lochgelly Churchmount and inducted 18th January 1916; translated to Glasgow Greyfriars 8th September 1927.
1928
CHARLES VINCENT WILLIAMS, M.A.
[Born 7th March, 1893, Dynas Powys, Glamorgan, son of Charles Williams and Maud Thomas;] ordained 1919; inducted 1928. Married 8th September 1920, Olwen Jones, daughter of Rev. Joseph Jones.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.329; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.264; also Vol.10, pp.156 and 208.]
HAMILTON AVON STREET
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.218
Church and hall. Manse acquired in the period. Construction of apse and installation of pipe organ, the gift of Mrs Robin of Castlehill, Hamilton, in memory of her husband, Robert Robin, preses of the congregation, dedicated 14th October 1906.
1875
THOMAS S[IMPSON] TRENCH
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.220
[Born about 1839 at Linlithgow, the son of David Trench and Helen Greenoak;] ordained and inducted Withington Quay, Newcastle, 19th November 1867; translated and inducted 1875; retired 1904; died 22nd December 1915; [buried Linlithgow Cemetery.]
1905
CHARLES WILLIAM INGLIS WARDROP, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 5th March 1905; translated to Biggar Moat Park 6th January 1916.
1916
THOMAS MACREADY NAPIER, B.D.
Translated from Stitchel and inducted 6th June 1916; translated to Glasgow St Mark’s December 1925.
1926
ALEXANDER VICTOR SMART
Born 22nd June 1897 at Dumfries, son of John Thomas Wingfield Smart and Mary Brown Jardine; educated at Dumfries Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1922), Glasgow College; war service in H.M. Forces 1915-19; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 31st March 1925; assistant Glasgow Queen’s Park East 1925-6; ordained and inducted 21st April 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.329; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.71; also Vol.10, p.44; and Vol.11, p.41.]
HAMILTON BRANDON
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.220
Church with vestry, session house, hall and kitchen.
1899
JAMES FERGUSON, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 11th April 1899; translated to Crieff North 15th December 1909.
1910
GILBERT WILKIE ELLIOTT, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 28th April 1910; translated to Forfar West 24th March 1915.
1915
JAMES OLIVER RITCHIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 30th July 1915; translated to Paisley St George’s 14th December 1921.
1922
ROBERT BARR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 18th March 1922; translated to Carmyle 16th April 1926.
1927
JAMES ROBERTSON BUCHANAN
Born on 22nd May 1884 at Paisley, son of David Buchanan and Jane Robertson; educated at Paisley North Public School, John Neilson Institution, Grammar School and William B. Barbour Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. 1904), B.D. (1909), University of Edinburgh, Ph.D. (1927), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Paisley September 1909; Kerr Travelling Scholar in Germany 1909-10; instructor at American University of Beirut, Syria, 1910-11, Principal of American Mission High School, Schweir, Mount Lebanon 1911-12; assistant in Semitic Department, University of Glasgow, 1912-14; assistant Alloa Chalmers 1915-16; ordained and inducted Culross 14th December 1916; translated and inducted 29th June 1927. Married 6th September 1917, Henrietta Eliza Coats Blair.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.329; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.194; and Vol.11, p.180.]
HAMILTON BURNBANK
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.222
Church and hall. Manse acquired in the period.
1880
JOHN GILMOUR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.130 and Vol.2, p.222
[Born about 1835 at East Kilbride, son of John Gilmour;] ordained and inducted Gardenstown 5th May 1864; translated and inducted 13th May 1880; retired 1913; died 1923. [Married 1869, Janet Paterson.]
1913
GEORGE SORLEY GILMOUR, B.D.
Admitted from Congregational Church 1912; inducted 17th December 1913; resigned April 1917; inducted Longtown 5th June 1919.
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1917
THOMAS ROBERTSON
Translated from Ashington, Northumberland, and inducted 5th September 1917; translated to Glasgow Milton (Church of Scotland) 18th February 1920; translated to Kirkcowan 14th May 1922.
1920
PETER JOHN BISSET FALCONER, M.A.
Translated from Edinkillie and inducted 11th August 1920; translated to Strathaven 28th June 1928.
1928
JAMES GLEN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Stitchel 21st October 1925; translated and inducted 30th October 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.330, Hamilton Gilmour Memorial; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.682.]
HAMILTON LOW WATERS
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.80
In 1904 this congregation changed its name to Hamilton South (q.v. )
HAMILTON ST JOHN’S
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.79
Church, vestry, and manse, in 1900. Pipe organ installed in 1900. In 1908 new recess for organ and vestry added, at a cost of £1300; in 1922, church roof reinforced and reslated, electric light introduced, at a cost of £1600; in 1914 two old school rooms of St John’s School were converted into church halls, costing £160. A new manse was bought in 1921. The Low Waters Mission Hall was sold in 1901; a small hall was rented in Bent Road for Bent Mission.
1875
GEORGE WALLACE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.350
Born 5th June 1830 at Dundee; educated at University of St Andrews, M.A., D.D. (1892), Universities of Erlangen and Berlin, New College, Edinburgh; licensed August 1859; ordained and inducted Maryton November 1859; translated to Sunderland St George’s 1866; translated and inducted 1875; retired December 1906; died 27th June 1909. Married (1) 1866, Agnes Salmond; (2) 29th December 1870, Elizabeth Smith. Member of Hamilton School Board; Convener of Assembly’s Committee on Religion and Morals.
1906
JOHN URQUHART
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.348
Born 23rd June 1857 at Langholm, son of William Urquhart and Helen Hannah; educated at Langholm Free Church School (pupil teacher 1875), Glasgow Free Church Training College, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; teacher in Airdrie 1878-80, in Edinburgh George Watson’s College 1885; missionary, Gorgie Free Church 1884-5, at Pleasance Students’ Mission 1885-6, Galashiels Free Church 1886-7, Edinburgh Restalrig 1888-9; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh April 1889; ordained and inducted Leslie, Fife, 26th November 1889; translated to Glasgow Chalmers September 1892; translated to Rothesay West 1st June 1899; translated and inducted October 1906; retired May 1920; died 3rd February 1933. Married 11th December 1889, Jane McDhui Robin.
1921
ROBERT HARVEY, M.A.
Translated from Earlston and inducted as colleague and successor 13th January 1921; translated to Milngavie Cairns 20th April 1927.
1927
ROBERT ROSS
Born 7th March 1888 at Perth, son of Andrew Isdale Ross and Margaret Munro Beattie; educated at Perth Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1st Class Hons. in Mental Philosophy 1909), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Nicholson Street 1912-13; licensed by Presbytery of Perth 3rd June 1913; assistant Edinburgh Barclay 1913-15; ordained and inducted Ferry-Port-on-Craig Queen Street 5th March 1915; war service in H.M. Forces 1917-19; translated and inducted 5th October 1927. Married 27th April 1915, Marjorie Jackson Hamilton.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.331; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.196.]
HAMILTON SAFFRONHALL ASSOCIATE ANTIBURGHER
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.211
Church and manse.
1902
JOHN C[UTHILL] CHALMERS, B.D.
Translated from Kilmaurs Smyton and inducted 1902; translated to Dunoon Argyll 30th April 1907.
1907
DAVID FORFAR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 24th October 1907; translated to Glasgow Sydney Place 16th September 1913.
1914
JOHN URQUHART OGILVY, M.A.
Translated from Newbigging and inducted 13th February 1914; translated to Rattray 21st October 1926.
1927
ROBERT TAYLOR
Born 13th March 1897 at Auchterarder, son of John Russell Taylor and Isabella Sutherland; educated at Glasgow John Street Higher Grade School (Dux 1911), Whitehill Higher Grade School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1920), Glasgow College
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(Hons. Diploma in Theology 1923); war service in H.M. Forces 1917-18; student assistant Dreghorn 1921-2; licensed April 1923; assistant Stirling Allan Park 1923; ordained and inducted Bannockburn Ladywell 16th January 1924; translated and inducted 6th April 1927. Married 24th September 1924, Louisa Culliford Gillett.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.331; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.29; also Vol.10, pp.18 and 25; Vol.11, p.13.]
HAMILTON SOUTH
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.80
Formerly known as Low Waters, but the name was changed in 1904. The congregation met in a hall in Hall Street till in 1904 a church was built above Cadzow Bridge, Low Waters. In 1920 a suite of halls was built.
1897
ROBERT MITCHELL, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 1897; translated to Dundee Lochee Road 24th November 1913.
1914
JOHN A[RMSTRONG] OWEN
Translated from Hallside and Gilbertfield and inducted 1914; translated to Sandbank 30th January 1923.
1923
GRANVILLE CUTHBERT HEPBURN RAMAGE
Born 25th February 1858 at Daviesdyke, Cambusnethan, son of Daniel Ramage and Margaret Hepburn; educated at Rosemount, Wishaw, University of Glasgow, Ormond College, Melbourne, Victoria; licensed by Presbytery of Melbourne 1894; assistant Scotch Church, Melbourne, 1894; ordained and inducted St Giles’, Norwood, Adelaide, 1895; translated to Walthamstow, London, 1899; translated to Leeds St Columba’s 1901; translated to Bermondsey, London, 1904; translated to Lewes 1907; translated to Shapinshay, Orkney, 1915; translated to Halkirk 1919; translated and inducted 1923; died 25th August 1924. Married 1st January 1884, Mary I. Almond. Fellow of the Geological Society; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
1925
WILLIAM CHERRY
Translated from East Calder and inducted 25th March 1925; translated to Kilbirnie West 7th July 1927.
1927
JOHN POLLOCK
Born 11th February 1888 at Glasgow, son of Angus Wyse Pollock and Mary Haddow; educated at Glasgow Wolseley Street Public School; in business 1902-15; University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; student assistant Dalry Kersland Barony Mission 1915-18, Glasgow Wellington (Piccadilly Mission) 1918, Glasgow Broomielaw Students’ Mission in 1918-21; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1920; ordained and inducted Blantyre Livingstone Memorial 7th September 1921; translated and inducted 14th December 1927. Married 11th September 1925, Marian Euphemia Turnbull.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.332; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.196.]
HAMILTON WEST
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.80
Church, hall, vestry, session house, church officer’s house, etc. Manse acquired in the period. Mission hall at Greenfield, later demolished, and Burnbank, this hall being bought by the Salvation Army.
1875
THOMAS MACDOUGALL BRISBANE PATERSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.288
Ordained and inducted 1875; retired 1920; died February 1921.
1919
JOHN DOUGLAS, M.A.
Formerly at Dundee Strathmartine; inducted as colleague and successor 1st December 1919; translated to Edinburgh Wardie 22nd March 1923.
1923
COLIN ROSS MUNRO, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Irvine Mure 21st June 1916; translated and inducted 1923; translated to Dundee St Matthew’s (Church of Scotland) 14th November 1928. See Fasti, Vol.8, p.490; [ Vol.9, p.356; also Vol.10, p.213.]
1929
JOHN SMITH LAWRIE
Born 15th November 1898 at Glasgow, son of Ephraim Smith Lawrie and Margaret Hunter; educated at Glasgow Whitehill Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1920), Glasgow College; war service in H.M. Forces 1917-18, wounded in 1918; student assistant Glasgow Wellington (Piccadilly Mission) in 1921-3; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 23rd April 1923; ordained and inducted Crossgates 23rd November 1923; translated and inducted 3rd April 1929. Married 20th December 1923, Isabella Simpson Hill.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.332; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.258; also Vol.10, pp.152 and 413.]
HOLYTOWN
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.80
Church and manse.
1873
ROBERT MCGREGOR, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.230
Ordained and inducted 1873; retired 1910; died 1916.
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1910
ALEXANDER DALE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Killaig 1905; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 1910.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.337, New Stevenston Wrangholm.]
KIRKMUIRHILL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.244
Church with session house and vestry. Manse. Hall added to the church building in 1901.
1889
ROBERT KERR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.245
Born 7th December 1857 at Wester Kerse, Beith, son of William Kerr and Janet Hogarth; educated at Kilbirnie, private tuition, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1882), Glasgow Free Church College, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Paisley September 1886; missionary at Pumpherston 1886-8; ordained and inducted 23rd April 1889. Married 30th July 1890, Janet Speir.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.349.]
LARKHALL CHALMERS
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.80
Church and manse. New hall erected in 1924.
1861
WILLIAM FINDLAY, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.154
Ordained and inducted 1861; retired 1909; died 1912. D.D. in 1904.
1909
JOHN JAMES ELLIOTT, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 1st February 1909; translated to Dumfries South 21st December 1921.
1922
ALEXANDER WATSON MCCLYMONT
Born 31st May 1879 at the Manse, Denholm, son of Rev. James McClymont and Elizabeth Rutherford Turnbull; educated at Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1st Class Hons. in Philosophy 1901), New College, Edinburgh, Universities of Berlin and Halle; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1905; assistant Stranraer St Ninian’s 1905, Edinburgh Palmerston Place 1906, North Morningside 1907; ordained and inducted Crail 1907; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915, and as Chaplain to the Forces in France and Belgium 1917-19; translated and inducted June 1922; resigned on appointment as Joint Secretary for Scotland of the Religious Tract Society, London, 20th December 1927. Married March 1913, Elizabeth Lucy Low. Publications – sermons and articles in Christian World Pulpit and United Free Church Record, 1912 onwards.
1928
JAMES ANDERSON
Born 25th July 1892 at Stornoway, son of John Norrie Anderson and Mary Walters Peake; educated at Stornoway Nicolson Institute, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1918), New College, Edinburgh; war service with Y.M.C.A. at Wormit and Glasgow; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 13th September 1921; assistant Edinburgh Nicolson Street 1921-2; ordained and inducted Dailly 14th June 1922; translated and inducted 23rd August 1928. Married 27th July 1922, Mary Murray Munro.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.332; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.9, p.86 and Vol.10, p.53.]
LARKHALL TRINITY
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.240
Church with small hall in Wellgate Street in 1900. New church with hall, session house, vestry, ladies’ room, church officer’s house, erected at the cost of £6959 and opened 22nd June 1901; gifts of organ, pulpit, font, stained-glass windows and bell, at estimated cost of £2000, presented by members.
1881
ALEXANDER BORLAND
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.241
Born 19th December 1851 at Stewarton, son of Robert Borland and Mary Love; educated at United Presbyterian School, Stewarton, schools in Glasgow, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1877; ordained and inducted Cumbernauld United Presbyterian 2nd July 1878; translated and inducted June 1881; retired 29th June 1921; died 17th August 1929. Married 20th September 1881, Jeanie, daughter of Rev. Thomas Meikle, Adelaide, Cape Colony. Publications – The Relation of the Living to the Departed in Christ, Glasgow, 1923; sermons in pamphlet form.
1922
ROBERT JOHN WEDDERSPOON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 17th January 1922; translated to Kirkintilloch St David’s 2nd February 1928.
1928
JOHN POLLOCK
Born 1st April 1892 at Carluke, son of James and Jane Pollock; educated at Wishaw Public School; mission worker for nine years prior to acceptance by College Committee for a modified course; University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton 2nd April 1923; ordained and inducted Kirkconnel 21st June 1923; translated to Law 26th May 1925; translated and inducted 6th September 1928. Married 27th June 1923, Minnie Pollock.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.333; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.9, p.119 and Vol.10, p.68.]
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MOTHERWELL BRANDON STREET
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.242
Church, manse, two halls and vestry and church officer’s house. Session house and ladies’ room added, and pipe organ installed during the period.
1883
ANDREW W[OOD] CARMICHAEL
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.691 and Vol.2, p.243
[Born or baptised 1st January 1833 at Edinburgh, son of James Carmichael and Mary Laurie;] ordained and inducted Linlithgow East 21st June 1864; translated to London Oxendon Chapel 2nd January 1873; translated and inducted 2nd October 1883; died 11th March 1901.
1901
ROBERT WILSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 23rd December 1901; translated to Nairn High 28th April 1910.
1910
ANDREW BURT TAYLOR, M.A.
Translated from Earlston and inducted 1st September 1910; translated to Kirkwall Paterson 15th May 1918.
1918
LOUIS ALBERT SUTHERLAND, M.A.
Translated from Bishopbriggs Springfield and inducted 23rd December 1918; translated to Inverness High 1920.
1921
JAMES MATHEWSON RITCHIE
Born 13th June 1883 at Kirkcaldy, son of James Ritchie and Helen Mathewson; educated at Sinclairtown Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A., Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow; assistant Glasgow Possilpark; ordained and introduced Glasgow Gallowgate 1919; translated and inducted September 1921. Married 19th December 1918, Jean Brownlie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.333, Motherwell Brandon; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.198.]
MOTHERWELL CAIRNS
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.243
Church and small hall. Manse. The small hall was transformed to a large hall and suite of rooms within the period. Pipe organ installed.
1879
THOMAS F[OGGO] WHILLAS, B.D.
Small: Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.150 and Vol.2, p.244
[Born 18th July 1844 at Edinburgh, son of John Whillas and Helen Foggo;] ordained and inducted New Leeds 26th June 1873; translated and inducted 15th April 1879; died 1911. [Married 1874, Annie Elizabeth McNaughton.]
1911
ADAM RENWICK
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.297
Born 14th March 1867 at Moffat, son of John Renwick and Adeline Dickson; educated at Wallace Hall Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1889), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Penpont 1873; missionary in Glasgow Kinning Park 1893-6; ordained and inducted Elsridgehill 26th September 1896; translated to Glasgow Cowcaddens 15th April 1901; translated to Stepps 7th March 1907; translated and inducted 30th November 1911; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915, 1916; retired 1929. Married 14th May 1901, Margaret MacArthur.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.334.]
1929
ROBERT STIRLING CAIRNS
Born 19th August 1904 at Glasgow, son of James Brown Cairns and Anne Martin Stirling; educated at Glasgow Whitehill Higher Grade School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1926), Glasgow College; student assistant Govan St Mary’s 1925-6, Dumbarton High 1926-9; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 10th April 1929; ordained and inducted 24th June 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.334; for an account of this minister, see there; Vol.9, pp.278 and 460; also Vol.10, pp.164 and 221.]
MOTHERWELL CLASON MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p. 80
Church and manse. Halls added in 1908 at cost of £1200. The church was claimed by the Free Church but the claim was disallowed by the Royal Commission.
1892
JAMES DEWAR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.136
Born in 1864 at Airdrie, son of John and Marion Dewar; educated at University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; assistant Glasgow Sitehill; ordained and inducted Campsie 1874; translated to Aberdeen Rutherford 1878; translated and inducted December 1892; retired 1917; died 9th August 1929.
1917
THOMAS MACGREGOR
Translated from Bolton St Andrew’s and inducted 21st November 1917; translated to Carnwath 1926.
1927
ALEXANDER MACDONALD WATSON
Born 8th September 1891 at Campbeltown, son of Archibald Watson and Mary Macdonald; educated at Campbeltown Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1913), Glasgow College; war service in H.M. Forces 1914-16; student assistant Glasgow Anderston 1916-18; licensed by Presbytery of Kintyre 1918; ordained and inducted Shieldhill 19th December 1918; translated to Gateshead Park Terrace 1922; translated and inducted 27th April 1927. Married 4th June 1919, Isabel Mitchell Huie.
[For an account of this congregation and after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.334; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.198.]
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MOTHERWELL DALZIEL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.80
Church, hall and manse in 1900. New Church and halls erected.
1896
THOMAS MARSHALL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.261
Born 20th February 1865 at Dumbarton, son of Samuel Marshall and Matilda Smith; educated at Dumbarton West Bridgend Public School and Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1888), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dumbarton May 1891; assistant Glasgow Buchanan Memorial; ordained and inducted Newmilns 18th August 1891; translated and inducted 18th March 1896. Married 18th November 1891, Elizabeth Wotherspoon.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, pp.334-5, Motherwell Dalziel North.]
MOTHERWELL MANSE ROAD
Presbytery of Hamilton
This congregation was constituted on 10th August 1911 and had hall and offices. No church was built by 1929.
1911
JOHN EBENEZER MCINTYRE, M.A.
Translated from Hightae and Dalton and inducted 10th August 1911; translated to Edinburgh St Mary’s 10th January 1923.
1923
ROBERT ARBUCKLE BARR, B.L.
Ordained and inducted 16th May 1923; translated to Greenock Union Street 26th September 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.335.]
NEWARTHILL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.237
Church with small hall, manse.
1891
GEORGE GOODFELLOW
Ordained and inducted 22nd July 1891; retired 1923; introduced Urr 1927.
1923
WILLIAM DALE STEWART, M.A., B.D.
Formerly in British Columbia; inducted 5th November 1923; translated to Galston Trinity April 1926.
1926
GEORGE BRYAN GOLDIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.170
Born 24th May 1869 at Catrine, son of Alexander Goldie and Isabella Bryan; educated at Catrine Public School, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Kilmarnock and Ayr 1896; assistant Glasgow Claremont 1896-8; ordained and inducted New Pitsligo 12th May 1898; appointed to Mills and Steamers, Calcutta 1906; inducted Addiewell and Stoneyburn 29th January 1920; translated and inducted 11th November 1926. Married 24th May 1899, Janet Findlay, Newmilns.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.336.]
SHOTTS
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.80
Church, manse, hall, and five dwelling houses. Galleries added to church about 1900. Part of back of manse altered into a small hall in 1920. Church re-roofed in 1929; new windows in 1921; new drainage system in 1920; church renovated in 1923. War Memorial Tablet erected 8th February 1920. Organ introduced 23rd September 1923.
1861
ROBERT GILCHRIST
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.167
Born 14th March 1830 at Darvel, son of James Gilchrist and Mary Smith; educated at Darvel Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College (Clark Scholar 1861); missionary, Glasgow City Mission, Glasgow Hutchesontown Free Church, East Gorbals Free Church; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1860; ordained and inducted 21st November 1861; retired 1903; died 17th January 1905. Married 12th May 1859, Mary Sloan. Publications – The Salvation Question, Glasgow, 1878; Christ Lifted Up, London, 1881; Our Royal Shepherd, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1887; Life Story of Hugh Morton, Newmilns, Ardrossan, 1895.
1903
JAMES MAXWELL DEWAR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 20th October 1903; translated to Glasgow Rockvilla 1917.
1918
ARCHIBALD WILLIAM MACKIE
Born 30th October 1876 at Clement Park, Lochee, Dundee, son of Archibald Mackie and Janet Kerss; educated at Wesleyan Methodist School, Bondgate, Darlington, Leith Haddington Place, Avoch Public School, Fortrose Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1898), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Auchterarder 1901; missionary assistant Dunfermline St Margaret’s 1901-2; Glasgow Great Hamilton Street 1903-4; ordained and inducted Tow Law, Co. Durham, 22nd June 1904; translated to Rattray 24th February 1910; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917; translated and inducted 20th May 1918. Married 14th December 1904, Jane McClure.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.338, Shotts Erskine; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.432.]
STONEHOUSE HAMILTON MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.81
Church with small hall, church officer’s house, manse. Pipe organ installed in July 1900; plaster ceiling of church replaced by wood ceiling in 1926.
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1894
JAMES HAY DEAS, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 1894; translated to Kirkcaldy Union January 1919.
1919
GEORGE ROBERT ROBERTSON
Born 31st August 1884 at United Presbyterian Manse, Ardersier, son of Rev. Alexander Anderson Robertson and Mary Taylor; educated at Ardersier Public School, Inverness Royal Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (2nd Class Hons. in Philosophy 1910), Glasgow College; student in charge Struan 1909; student assistant Glasgow Renwick 1909-10; licensed by Presbytery of Inverness 7th June 1910; ordained and inducted Tranent Wishart 16th December 1910; translated and inducted 25th June 1919. Married 16th July 1913, Annie Whyte.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.338; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.510; also Vol.10, p.302.]
STONEHOUSE PATERSON
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.233
Church, hall and manse. Old manse was sold and new manse bought in the period.
1842
HENRY ANGUS PATERSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.235
Born 1819 at Midmar, son of Rev. James Paterson, minister of Midmar; educated at University of Aberdeen, M.A., United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted 18th August 1842; died 21st July 1901. Publications – Life of Andrew Scott of Bonkle; The Bard of Bethlehem (translation of the Psalms)
1901
ALEXANDER BUCHANAN MACDONALD
Ordained and inducted 2nd July 1901; translated to Perth Bridgend 26th August 1914.
1915
JAMES CHRISTIAN BROWN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 13th January 1915; translated to Glasgow North Kelvinside 8th February 1921.
1921
ANDREW MARTIN
Born 28th April 1884 at Govan, son of Alexander Martin and Jean Carmichael; educated at Govan Hill’s Trust School, Stranraer Sheuchan Public School and High School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; war service in H.M. Forces in Egypt, Palestine and France 1917-19; student assistant Dumfries Buccleuch Street 1913-14, Glasgow Cunningham 1919-20, Glasgow Queen’s Cross 1920-21; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 12th April 1921; ordained and inducted 29th June 1921;
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.101 and Vol.10, p.60.]
STRATHAVEN EAST
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.227
Church, large hall and three smaller rooms. Manse. Bell recast, clock on spire renewed, War Memorial erected during the period.
1870
ALEXANDER WILKIE DONALDSON, B.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.261 and Vol.2, p.228
[Born 6th September 1835 at Perth, son of Alexander Donaldson and Euphemia Wilkie;] ordained and inducted Moniaive 1864; translated and inducted 5th July 1870; retired 20th June 1914; died 4th April 1919. [Married 1875, Mary A.H. Craig.]
1914
MATTHEW URIE BAIRD, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 15th December 1914; translated to Wallasey Egremont Presbyterian Church 16th April 1921; inducted Aberdeen East and Belmont Street 25th September 1929.
1921
JAMES YOUNG WILSON
Born 4th August 1877 at Coatbridge, son of Hugh Wilson and Elizabeth Buchanan Young; educated at Gartsherrie Academy, Coatbridge Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1898), Glasgow College; student assistant at Milngavie and Baldernock 1899-1900, Ayr Cathcart Street 1900-1; licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton 3rd June 1902; assistant Perceton and Dreghorn 1902; ordained and inducted Kirkcaldy Gallatown 20th November 1902; translated to Dumfries South 7th April 1911; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917; translated and inducted 27th September 1921; died 8th March 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.339.]
STRATHAVEN GREENSIDE
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.225
Formerly First United Presbyterian church and manse. Dissolved 1907.
1881
GEORGE F[ORREST] DEWAR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.536 and Vol.2, p.227
[Born 27th October 1843 at Carluke, son of John Dewar and Mary Russell;] ordained and inducted Musselburgh Bridge Street 24th July 1876; translated and inducted 25th October 1881; resigned 1907; died 1910. [Married 1866, Margaret (Maggie) Wardrop.]
STRATHAVEN RANKIN
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.81
Church with hall and vestry, manse. Addition of kitchen and offices to the hall in 1924. Hall enlarged, a new vestry built, and American organ installed 1908.
1842
ALEXANDER RANKIN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.292
Ordained and inducted 1842; retired 1899; died 27th December 1900.
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1899
THOMAS MILNE DEY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.137
Born 24th May 1869 at Aberdeen, son of John Dey and Jane Milne; educated at Moray House, Edinburgh (pupil teacher 1883-7, teacher 1889-92), University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1891), B.D. (1897), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Dean Free Church 1895-6; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh, April 1896; assistant Dundee St John’s 1896-9; ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 12th October 1899. Married 14th June 1900, Janet Spalding Gow, L.L.A.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.339.]
STRATHAVEN WEST
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.228
Church, hall, vestry, manse. Classroom added in the period.
1883
JAMES MCCRORIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.229
Born 6th August 1859 at Crieff, son of Thomas McCrorie and Mary McRostie; educated at Monzievaird Public School, Morrison’s Academy, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Auchterarder 1882; ordained and inducted 6th December 1883; died 13th January 1928. Married 9th April 1884, Margaret Black Kemp.
1928
PETER JOHN BISHOP FALCONER
Born 6th February 1887 at Scalloway, Shetland, son of William Falconer and Henrietta Dallas Roy; educated at Alloa Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1910), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow London Road East 1907-10, Polmadie 1910-14; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 29th May 1914; ordained and inducted Edinkillie 26th January 1915; translated to Hamilton Burnbank 11th August 1920; translated and inducted 20th June 1928. Married 24th March 1915, Mary Robertson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.339; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.202.]
UDDINGSTON CHALMERS
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.81
Church and hall in 1900. Manse bought in 1906; pipe organ installed in 1901. History of the congregation in Jubilee brochures, 1927 and 1937.
1890
FRANK RAE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.294
Born 4th October 1854 at Glasgow, son of Matthew Rae and Henrietta Gilchrist; educated at University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1879), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh April 1883; assistant Aberfeldy 1883; ordained and inducted Maxwelltown, Dumfries, 4th February 1884; translated and inducted May 1890; resigned 1905; inducted to Unionville, Ontario, Canada, January 1907; retired 1925, died 1944. Married 15th July 1880, Elizabeth Alexander Barbour, Maxwelltown, Dumfries.
1905
JOHN MCCONNACHIE, M.A.
Translated from Dreghorn and inducted 28th June 1905; translated to Dundee St John’s 1911.
1912
JAMES RAE FORGAN, M.A.
Translated from Broughty Ferry West November 1918.
1919
DOUGLAS MACKINTOSH JOSS
Born 5th January 1882 at London Mission, Madras, India, son of Walter Joss and Agnes Ross; educated at Edderton Road School, Ross-shire, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1903), New College, Edinburgh; Professor of English, Hislop College, Nagpur, 1906-7; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh May 1908; assistant Edinburgh Mayfield 1908-9; Edinburgh High 1909-10; ordained and inducted Coldstream Rodger Memorial 29th September 1910; war service in Y.M.C.A. in France 1915, and as Chaplain to the Forces in France 1916-17, Dunfermline 1917-19; translated and inducted 6th February 1919; translated to Belfast Rosemary Street Presbyterian Church 24th October 1923. Married 14th June 1911, Marguerite Stoddart Wood. Publication – Weekly religious article in The Northern Whig, Belfast, July 1924 onwards.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.308.]
1924
JAMES HUTCHISON
Born 23rd January 1890 at Kirkcaldy, son of Alexander and Isabella Hutchison; educated at Sinclairtown Public School, Kirkcaldy High School, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1915), New College, Edinburgh; war service at Woolwich Arsenal 1915, Chief Inspector of Munitions, Mile End Shell Bond, Glasgow, 1915-17, and in H.M. Forces 1917-18; licensed by Presbytery of Kirkcaldy 1st April 1919; assistant Edinburgh Abbey 1919; ordained and inducted Hawick Westport 10th June 1919; translated and inducted 10th January 1924. Married 18th June 1924, Jean Wilson Scott.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.340; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.523; also Vol.10, pp.309 and 312.]
UDDINGSTON PARK
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.134
Church and hall, manse.
1879
JAMES GARDINER
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.134
Born 5th April 1855 at Milnathort, son of James Gardiner and Elizabeth
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Mills; educated at Cowdenbeath School, University of Edinburgh, M.A., United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed 1878; assistant Glasgow Lansdowne; ordained and inducted 1st October 1879; retired 1st December 1915; died 15th January 1923. Married 30th November 1879, Margaret Watson.
1916
GEORGE BLAIR, M.A., B.D.
Formerly of London East, South Africa; inducted 1st June 1916; translated to Dundee Ryehill 15th April 1920.
1920
JAMES MACKINNON MURRAY
Born January 1881 at Edinburgh, son of James Murray and Margaret Mackinnon; educated at Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1904), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1906; assistant Aberdeen Queen’s Cross 1906-7, Edinburgh, Barclay 1907-8, North Morningside 1908-10; ordained and inducted Lesmahagow Trinity May 1910; resigned January 1917 on appointment as Chaplain to the Forces: served as Chaplain to the Forces 1916-20; inducted September 1920.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.340; for an account of this minister see Vol.10, p.203]
WISHAW CHALMERS
Presbytery of Hamilton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.81
Church and manse. Halls and church officer’s house added in 1904. Mission hall for Alexander Street Mission, built in 1909. Pipe organ installed in April 1915. History of the congregation in A Fifty Years’ Record, 1922.
1894
JAMES JOHN KELLY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.197
Ordained and inducted Irvine Fullarton 1881; translated and inducted 1894; resigned 10th December 1901; died 2nd August 1902.
1902
JOHN ANDREW FOWLER DEAN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted May 1902; translated to Falkirk Erskine November 1920.
1921
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND
Born 3rd April 1879 at Newlands of Houstry, Dunbeath, Caithness, son of Donald Sutherland and Catherine Bremner; educated at Houstry Public School, Latheron Public School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Cowgate 1902-5; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1906; ordained and inducted Lochgilphead 5th July 1906; translated to Glasgow Bath Street 13th May 1909; translated to Dalmarnock 20th January 1919; translated and inducted 1921. Married 1916, Euphemia Jean M.L., daughter of Rev. William McGhie, Buckhaven.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.341.]
WISHAW THORNLIE
Presbytery of Hamilton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.239
Church with large hall and small hall, manse.
1898
JOHN LUNAN MCGREGOR, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.240
[Born 9th May 1863 at Alyth, son of William McGregor and Janet Lunan;] ordained and inducted Berwick Bankhill 1889; translated and inducted 28th April 1898; died 21st July 1912.
1913
ROBERT ARTHUR GRAY
Born 24th December 1874 at Free Church Manse, Lesmahagow, son of Rev. James Arthur Gray and Henrietta Bryce; educated at Lesmahagow Public School, Hamilton St John’s School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student missionary, Glasgow Young Street 1897-8; Renfrew Free Church 1898-1901; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Lanark 17th May 1900; assistant Glasgow St Enoch’s 1901-2; ordained and inducted Bolton St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church 3rd July 1902; translated to Elsridgehill 15th December 1906; translated and inducted 26th February 1913. Married 27th August 1902 Agnes Gilchrist Arnott.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.342; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.204.]
BRAEHEAD
Presbytery of Hamilton
Mission hall was built in 1892; reconstructed, painted and heating installed in 1926 at the cost of £450. It was staffed by lay missionaries.
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PRESBYTERY OF LANARK
ABINGTON AND CRAWFORDJOHN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.82
Church at Abington and one at Crawfordjohn. Manse.
1900
JAMES HAMILTON
Ordained and inducted 17th May 1900; translated to Kilmarnock Henderson 18th September 1902.
1902
JOHN STUART LEISHMAN, B.D., B.L.
Ordained and inducted 14th December 1902; resigned May 1919; inducted Port William 20th July 1922.
1919
WILLIAM MACGREGOR
Born 14th November 1886 at Free Church Manse, Holytown, son of Rev. Robert MacGregor and Jeanie Campbell; educated at Holytown Public School, Uddingston Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1911), Glasgow College; student missionary at Forth 1912-14; student assistant Hamilton West 1915; licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton 1916; ordained and inducted Renfrew Moorpark 7th June 1917; translated and inducted 9th October 1919. Married 7th June 1918, Margaret Murray.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.343, Abington and Crawfordjohn Logan; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.347; also Vol.10, p.208.]
BIGGAR GILLESPIE
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.409
Church with vestry and hall, manse.
1880
JOHN SCOTT, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.411
[Born 11th May 1855 at Selkirk, son of Robert Scott and Sarah Aitchison;] ordained and inducted 27th January 1880; died 1906. [Married 1881, Marion Gilmour Soutar.]
1906
ALFRED PATMAN MUIRHEAD, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 29th November 1906; translated to Stirling Erskine September 1918.
1919
DAVID GRAY, M.A.
Translated from Crailing and inducted 20th March 1919; translated to Lasswade, 2nd February 1928.
1928
THOMAS MCPETRIE DUNCAN
Born 20th April 1903 at Woodside, Aberdeen, son of George McPetrie and Annie Duncan; educated at Keith Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1924), B.D. (1928), Aberdeen College; licensed by Presbytery of Banff and Strathbogie 5th April 1927; assistant Dundee St Paul’s 1927-8; ordained and inducted 6th June 1928. Married 29th August 1928, Mary Christie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.343; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.312; also Vol.10, pp.183 and 102.]
BIGGAR MOATPARK
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.407
Church, hall and manse. Kitchen added to church 1924. Oak memorial pulpit gifted by Miss Dunlop in memory of her father, Sir Matthew Dunlop, LL.D., 1924.
1900
C[HARLES] ROSS LOWDON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 6th March 1900; translated to Greenock Middle 18th June 1908.
1909
WILLIAM STEELE RUTHERFORD, M.A., B.D.
[Born 1879 at Bristol, England, son of Peter Rutherford, minister, and Agnes Steel;] ordained and inducted 1909; died 17th May 1915. [Married 1909, Josephine Moore.]
1916
CHARLES WILLIAM INGLIS WARDROP
Born 19th November 1867 at United Presbyterian Manse, Craigend, son of Rev. Wardrop, D.D., and Janet Hoseason; educated at home, private tuition, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1897), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh, 1897; assistant Glasgow Kelvingrove 1900-2. Glasgow Parkhead 1902-5; ordained and inducted Hamilton Avon Street 5th March 1905; translated and inducted 6th January 1916; war service in France 1916-17; acted as deputy in Prague, winter of 1926-7. Married (1) 25th June 1905, Annie Maria Young; (2) 25th April 1916, Helen Hamilton Rae.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.343.]
BONKLE
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.403
Church and manse.
1859
JAMES HENDERSON SCOTT
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.406
[Born about 1834 at Bonkle, the son of Andrew Scott, minister, and Elisabeth Laidlaw;] ordained and inducted as colleague and successor to his father 9th November 1859; retired 1910; died 1917. [Married 1876, Euphemia B. Birrell.]
1910
GEORGE FRASER
Ordained and inducted 10th November 1910; translated to Calcutta September 1919; inducted Addiewell 1927.
1919
ALEXANDER GILLIES
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.168
Born 5th February 1873 at Orphir, Orkney, son of Rev. David Gillies and
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Janet Anderson Brown; educated at Orphir Public School, Bathgate Academy, Glasgow Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow April 1897; assistant at Glasgow Springburn North, Great Hamilton Street; ordained at Orphir by Free Church Presbytery of Orkney as foreign missionary for work under the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand at Tanna: inducted Ford November 1901; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France; translated and inducted March 1919. Married 28th April 1897, Margaret Todd.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.336, Newmains Bonkle.]
BRAEHEAD
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.418
Church and manse. Reduced in status from 1909 to 1919, when united with Forth and Wilsontown.
1848
ALEXANDER BANKS, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.419
[Born 11th December 1818 at Saltcoats (parish of Stevenston), son of John Banks and Mary Gray;] ordained and inducted 18th January 1848; retired 1909; died 1911. [Married 6th June 1848, Isabella McLachlan.]
1909
DONALD BRIMS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.101
Born 21st February 1858 at Kirk Bower, Wick, son of Alexander Brims and Isabella Cormack; educated at Wick, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1884), New College, Edinburgh; licensed 1888; assistant Edinburgh St John’s 1888, Rock Ferry 1890; ordained and inducted Keiss, Caithness, 1891; resigned 1904; introduced Addiewell 1904; introduced February 1909; retired 1918; died 26th May 1923. Married 23rd September 1894, Margaret Mackay.
BRAEHEAD, FORTH AND WILSONTOWN
Presbytery of Lanark
Braehead united with Forth and Wilsontown in 1919 under a minister and a resident lay missionary. Three church buildings and two manses.
1919
JOHN ANDERSON RAE, B.A.
Ordained and inducted 30th June 1919; translated to Carnoustie Erskine 23rd April 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.344.]
BROUGHTON
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.21
Formerly in the Free Church Presbytery of Biggar and Peebles. Church with small hall or vestry, manse with offices and garden. History of the congregation is referred to in Baird, Annals of a Tweeddale Parish, Glasgow, 1924; and in J. Walter Buchan and Henry Paton, History of Peebles-shire, Volume 3, pp. 347-9. This congregation did not enter the union in 1929.
1885
ALEXANDER GRAY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.176
Born 10th February 1856 at Hill of Blair, Bourtie, Aberdeenshire, son of Alexander Gray and Elizabeth Macrae; educated at Old Meldrum Public School, Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Aberdeen; ordained as Minister of Peterhead Congregational Church 1882; resumed studies in Aberdeen Free Church College; admitted to Free Church 1884; inducted as colleague and successor 29th January 1885; died 7th January 1911. Married 2nd September 1886, Margaret Watson of Inchyra, Perthshire.
1911
ALEXANDER SCOTT BERRIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.509
Ordained and inducted Firth United Presbyterian, Orkney, 27th September 1893; translated to Newcastle Arthur’s Hill Presbyterian Church 1897; translated to Keiss 1907; translated and inducted 29th June 1911; resigned 16th September 1918; inducted Abbey St Bathan’s (Church of Scotland) 19th September 1918.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.7, p.113; Vol.8, p.115; and Vol.9, p.678.]
1919
ALEXANDER CAMPSIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 4th February 1919; resigned and appointed chaplain, Royal Navy, at Malta 10th September 1920.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.86; Vol.10, p.53.]
1921
DAVID MARSHALL FORRESTER
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.69 and Vol.2, p.619
Born 18th December 1859 at Keith, son of Rev. James Forrester and Christina Scott Marshall; educated at Keith Public School, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1881), B.D. (1885), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, University of Leipzig 1882; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 8th September 1885; probationer in charge Kirkcaldy Victoria Road 1885-6; ordained and inducted Logiealmond 8th June 1886; translated to Glasgow Springburn Wellfield 7th September 1896; translated and inducted 20th January 1921; did not enter the Union of 1929. Married 2nd September 1886, Annie Couper Roxburgh. Publication – At the Edge of the Heather (Logiealmond United Presbyterian Church, 1745-1895), Perth and Edinburgh, 1895.
CARLUKE KIRKTON
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.426
Church and manse. In 1910, new vestry and cloakrooms were added and improvements were made in the church at a cost of £550. Mission Sabbath School in Miner’s Row at Castlehill.
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1878
ANDREW ALSTON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.108, 297 and 427
[Born 15th November 1838 at Avondale, son of Andrew Alston and Jean Giffen;] ordained and inducted Newmilns 28th April 1863; translated to Govanhill 11th January 1877; translated and inducted 30th April 1878; retired 14th May 1908; died 1st March 1917. [Married 1864, Mary Carlyle Bruce.]
1908
ANDREW HUNTER
Born 9th September 1870 at Auchinairn, by Bishopbriggs, son of James Hunter and Janet Parker; educated at Auchinairn Public School (pupil teacher), University of Glasgow, M.A. (1892), B.D. (1899), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1899; assistant Glasgow Pollok Street 1899-1901; ordained and inducted Gorebridge East 25th June 1901; translated and inducted 14th May 1908; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915. Married 12th August 1908, Elizabeth Wishart.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.344.]
CARLUKE ST JOHN’S
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.82
Church and halls, church extended and halls enlarged.
1862
JOHN WHITE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.355
Ordained and inducted 1845; translated to Maghera, Co. Down, 1861; translated and inducted a second time 1862; retired 1892; died 1908.
1900
DUNCAN ROSS, B.D.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor April 1900; translated to Dumfries St George’s September 1909.
1909
MATTHEW TURNBULL
Born 19th September 1873 at Renton, son of James F. Turnbull and Mary MacGowan; educated at Renton Public School, Dumbarton Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1897), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Presbytery of Dumbarton 1900; assistant Glasgow Fairbairn 1900-1; Church Extension work Govan 1901-3; ordained and inducted Glasgow Govan McGregor Memorial 18th May 1903; translated and inducted 16th December 1909. Married 28th January 1903, Elizabeth Campbell Simpson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.344; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.355.]
CARNWATH EAST
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.82
Church and manse. United with the West congregation in 1904.
1884
DANIEL HARVEY
Ordained and inducted 1884; became minister of the United Congregation 1904.
CARNWATH WEST
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.423
Church and manse. United with the East congregation in 1904.
1864
JOHN BLAIR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.424
[Born 12th August 1830 at Biggar, son of James Blair and Margaret Justice;] ordained and inducted 6th September 1864; died 1904; [commemorated in Biggar Churchyard. Married 1867, Mary Robinson Cowan.]
CARNWATH
Presbytery of Lanark
(after local union)
1904
DANIEL HARVEY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.182
Born 1851 at Dalry; ordained and inducted Carnwath East 1884; became minister of the united congregation 1904; died 1926.
1926
THOMAS MACGREGOR
[Born 16th November, 1870 at Glasgow, son of Robert Macgregor and Jane Curr;] ordained and inducted Manchester St Andrew’s Heaton Chapel 1903; translated to Bolton St Andrew’s 1912; translated to Motherwell Clason Memorial 21st November 1917; translated and inducted 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.345, Carnwath Walker Memorial; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.207.]
COALBURN
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.82
Church with vestry, destroyed by fire 7th January 1918. New church with vestry, etc., costing about £4000, opened 5th November 1922.
1895
PETER WALKER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.350
Born 23rd October 1857 at Bridgeton, Glasgow, son of Robert Walker and Robina Cassels; educated at Bridgeton Parish School, Glasgow Free Church Training College, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1890; assistant Edinburgh Fountainbridge Free Church 1891-3; ordained and inducted 19th September 1895.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.346.]
CROSSFORD SOUTH
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.82
Church and hall, no manse. Vacant from the retiral of Rev. J. Matthewson till the union with the West congregation on 10th July 1918.
1871
JOHN MATHEWSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.264
Ordained and inducted 1871; retired 1912; died 1918.
CROSSFORD WEST
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.424
Church, hall and manse. United with the South congregation on 10th July 1918.
1876
JOHN PRINGLE, B.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.426
[Born 28th April 1838 at Auchterarder, son of William Pringle and Mary Anne Henderson;] ordained and inducted 5th January 1876; died 1903. [Married 1876, Catherine Young Currie.]
JOHN OLIVER
Ordained and inducted 24th March 1904; translated to Arbirlot 2nd December 1916.
CROSSFORD
Presbytery of Lanark
(after local union)
Manse enlarged and improved in 1919.
1917
ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND
Born 9th December 1880 at Brora, son of John Sutherland and Elspeth Urquhart; educated at Clyne Public School, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1904), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Dornoch April 1907; assistant Campbeltown Lorne Street 1907; ordained and inducted Ardrishaig 1st November 1907; translated and inducted 1st November 1917. Married 20th April 1910, Mary Fraser.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.347; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.208.]
CULTER
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.21
CULTER AND SYMINGTON
Presbytery of Lanark
Formerly in the Free Church Presbytery of Biggar and Peebles. Church and manse. The minister adhered to the Free Church The congregation was vacant till 1907, and thereafter was known as Culter and Symington.
1907
JOHN M. MILLER, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1907; translated to Berwick St Aidan’s 1918.
1918
THOMAS ROWATT BROWN
Born 8th April 1866 at Townhead, near Douglas, son of Alexander Brown and Agnes Kerr; educated at Stablestone Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; missionary Barrowfield Free Church 1889-91, Amulree, summers of 1892 and 1893, Lamlash, winters of 1894-6, Glasgow Anderston Elgin Place 1894-5, Kirkoswald 1896-7, Paisley Oakshaw West 1897-8; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Paisley 24th April 1900; assistant Newluce 1900-1; ordained and inducted Elsridgehill 11th June 1901; translated to Leith North Coburg Street 6th September 1906; translated to Glasgow Govan McGregor Memorial 14th March 1910; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918; translated and inducted 26th November 1918. Married 18th June 1901, Mary Jean Sellar, Scotstounhill.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.354, Symington St John’s.]
DOUGLAS ST BRIDE’S
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.82
Church and manse. United with the West congregation in 1904.
1861
CHARLES GORDON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.171
Ordained and inducted 1861; died 1904. Clerk to the Free Church Presbytery 1876-1900.
DOUGLAS WEST
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.421
Church and manse. United with St Bride’s in 1904.
1884
ROBERT D[UNLOP] B[OATH] GEMMEL
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.422
[Born 9th August 1858 at Edinburgh, son of Robert Gemmell, minister, and Elizabeth Nicoll Boath;] ordained 29th April 1884; resigned 1904; [died 24th October 1931. Married August 1891, Lizzie Hamilton Carter.]
DOUGLAS
Presbytery of Lanark
(after local union)
1904
JOHN LOCHHEAD, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1904; left in 1908.
1908
JOHN WALKER
Ordained and inducted 1908; translated to Whitburn 30th November 1927.
1928
JAMES WYLLIE GIRVAN
Ordained and inducted Law 1903; translated to North Bute 9th April 1914; translated and inducted 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.347, Douglas New St Bride’s; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.215; also Vol.10, p.124.]
DOUGLAS WATER
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.83
Church, manse and mission hall. New session room added in 1919. Manse repaired and enlarged.
1884
JOHN BERRY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.95
Born 6th November 1846 at Aberdeen, son of John Berry and Jane Watt; educated at Aberdeen Charlotte Street Free Church School, Old Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen Free Church College; student missionary, Aberdeen Rutherford 1873-5; Shuttlelane Mission 1875-6; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Aberdeen 1877; ordained and
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inducted Fort Beaufort, Kaffraria, South Africa, 18th October 1877; resigned 1883; inducted 5th November 1884; retired 25th June 1916; engaged in itinerary work in the Highlands, and loc. ten. in various vacancies. Married 31st July 1877, Annie Forrester.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.353.]
1916
SAMUEL DUNN STUART
Born 6th March 1866 at Clinta Manse, Macosquin, Coleraine, Co. Derry, son of John Stewart and Jane Miller; educated at Killaig National School, Macosquin National School, Coleraine Academical Institution, Magee College, Co. Derry, Queen’s University Belfast, Assembly’s College, Belfast, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Coleraine 9th May 1895; ordained and inducted Sixmilecross, Co. Tyrone, 3rd December 1895; translated and inducted 19th October 1916. Married 29th December 1915, Emily Dixon.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.353, Rigside.]
ELLSRIDGEHILL
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.21
Church, manse and outhouses (shed, coachhouse, harness room, etc.). Water from public supply 1902. Instrumental music and hymns introduced in 1907.
1896
ADAM RENWICK, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 26th September 1896; translated to Glasgow Cowcaddens 15th April 1901.
1901
THOMAS ROWATT BROWN
Ordained and inducted 11th June 1901; translated to Leith North Coburg Street 6th September 1906.
1906
ROBERT ARTHUR GRAY
Translated from Bolton, Lancashire, and inducted 15th December 1906; translated to Wishaw Thornlie, 26th February 1912.
1913
ANDREW MACBRIDE MCKIRDY
Ordained and inducted 3rd September 1913; translated to Clydebank West 8th June 1920.
1920
WILLIAM LEES
Born 9th April 1883, at Galashiels, son of Robert Lees and Betsy Blake Thomson; educated at Galashiels Public School; in business 1897-1906; Glasgow Bible Training Institute; missionary assistant, Baltasound, Shetland, 1908-9; missionary in charge, Dunrossness, Shetland, 1909-10, Westray, Orkney, 1910-14; continued education, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Dunfermline Gillespie 1915, Edinburgh St Columba 1915-16, Musselburgh 1916-17, Leith Junction Road 1917-20; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 6th April 1920; ordained and inducted 18th November 1920. Married 18th November April 1911, Christina Bremner.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.348, Elsrickle; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.579.]
FORTH
Presbytery of Lanark
Church, no manse. Vacant from 1900 to the local union in 1914 with Forth and Wilsontown.
FORTH AND WILSONTOWN
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.83
Church and manse. Forth united with this congregation in 1914, and the united congregation with Braehead in 1919.
1870
JOHN BAIN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.89
Ordained and inducted 1870; retired 1919; died 18th March 1927.
LANARK BLOOMGATE
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.415
Church, hall and manse. Institute for mission work. United with Greyfriars on 28th April 1918 to form Cairns.
1879
WILLIAM LOGAN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.417
Born 31st July 1854 at Glasgow, son of William Logan and Janet Lorimer; educated under private tutors, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1874), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, University of Leipzig; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow June 1878; ordained and inducted 10th April 1879; retired to facilitate local union 21st April 1918; died 5th March 1927. Married 28th July 1885, Jessie Thomson MacIvor.
LANARK GREYFRIARS
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.417
Church, hall and manse. United with Bloomgate on 28th April 1918 to form Cairns.
1879
WILLIAM WALKER DAWSON
Ordained and inducted 27th February 1879; became minister of the united congregation 28th April 1918.
LANARK CAIRNS
Presbytery of Lanark
Formed by the union of the Bloomgate and Greyfriars on 28th April 1918.
1918
WILLIAM WALKER DAWSON
Minister of Greyfriars, became minister of the united congregation 28th April 1918; translated to Corsock 29th November 1921.
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1921
WILLIAM DOBBIE
Born 21st May 1881 at Ayr, son of James Dobbie and Jessie Bell Brown; educated at Ayr Academy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Ayr May 1906; assistant Glasgow Camphill 1906-7; ordained and inducted Forres 20th September 1907; translated to Glasgow Govanhill 3rd September 1914; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916; translated and inducted 9th September 1921. Married 25th April 1911, Jean Fulton Hamilton.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.350.]
LANARK ST KENTIGERN’S
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.83
Church, with two halls adjoining, and manse. Organ installed 2nd February 1901. Individual communion cups used from 1st July 1923.
1870
DONALD MACKINTOSH, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.241
Ordained and inducted 1870; retired July 1913; died 3rd April 1924.
1914
JOHN CROY GRAHAM CUMMING
Ordained and inducted Edinkillie 1912; translated and inducted 6th October 1914; translated to Dalkeith Buccleuch Street January 1918.
1918
JAMES KYD THOMSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 6th June 1918; translated to Aberdeen East and Belmont Street 11th May 1922.
JOHN CORRIGALL, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Dyce 18th May 1911; translated and inducted 7th September 1922.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.350.]
LAW
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.83
Church and manse.
1883
WILLIAM MCLELLAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.246
Ordained to the Congregational Church Ministry at Haddington 1861; translated to Wick 1867; translated to Stirling 1879; admitted to Free Church 1883; inducted 1883; retired 1903; died 1907.
1903
JAMES WYLLIE GIRVAN
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 1903; translated to North Bute 1914.
1914
STUART DICKSON GRAY
Ordained and inducted September 1914; translated to Kirkcaldy Victoria Road 22nd September 1920.
1920
ROBERT DUNCAN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 16th December 1920; translated to Airdrie Wellwynd 25th February 1925.
1925
JOHN POLLOK
Translated from Kirkconnel and inducted 26th May 1926; translated to Larkhall Trinity 6th September 1928.
1928
WILLIAM CAMPBELL SMITH, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Boyndie 14th February 1901; translated to Denny West 15th March 1907; translated to Paisley George Street 1912; translated to London Camberwell 1915; translated to Kirkcaldy Invertiel 1920; translated to Glasgow Erskine 1924; translated and inducted 1928.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.351, Law North.]
LEADHILLS
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.83
Church, hall and manse.
1887
JOHN MCGARRITY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.227
Born 25th May 1855 at Airdrie, son of Peter McGarrity and Mary Forsyth; educated at Woodend Public School, private school, Armadale, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Linlithgow 1886; assistant Paisley Martyrs’; ordained and inducted 28th March 1887; retired May 1924; died 19th May 1927. Married 28th April 1887, Janet Cameron Jeffrey.
1925
WILLIAM KIRKPATRICK
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.201
Born 12th November 1862 at Hightae, Lochmaben, son of Thomas Kirkpatrick and Jane Hannah; educated at Hightae, Lockerbie Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; in charge of mission at Eaglesham 1888-1891; student assistant Paisley St George’s 1982-4; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dumfries 1894; ordained and inducted Kirriemuir 6th December 1894; war service with Huts in France 1918-19; translated and inducted 4th September 1925. Married 27th December 1895, Mary Blacklock.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.351, Leadhills South.]
LESMAHAGOW ABBEY GREEN
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.83
Church and manse.
1872
JAMES ARTHUR GRAY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.176
Born 25th August 1843 at Slamannan, son of Robert Gray and Mary Arthur; educated at Slamannan Free Church School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow
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1872; ordained and inducted November 1872; retired 27th May 1927. Married (1) Henrietta Bryce; (2) October 1898, Jessie Finlater.
1927
JOHN [SCOTT]WALKER, M.A.
[Born on 25th February 1890 at Oban, son of William Taylor Walker, minister, and Elizabeth Brewis Downsfield;] ordained and inducted Coupar Angus North 10th April 1918; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 1927.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae,Vol.9, p.352; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.797.]
LESMAHAGOW CORDINER
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.427
Church and manse.
1900
WILLIAM GRAHAM BROWN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1900; translated to Dundee Bell Street 1914.
1914
DAVIDSON MURRAY, M.A
Ordained and inducted 8th October 1914; translated to Rutherglen West 1st May 1918.
1918
HECTOR A[LEXANDER] SHAW
Ordained 1914; inducted 1918; translated to Kilmarnock St John’s 1922.
1923
ALEXANDER BUCHANAN MACDONALD, B.D., Ph.D.
Ordained and inducted Stonehouse Paterson 2nd July 1901; translated to Perth Bridgend 26th August 1914; translated and inducted 17th May 1923.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae,Vol.9, p.352; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.422.]
ROBERTON
Presbytery of Lanark
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.419
Church and manse. Linked with Culter and Symington in 1918.
1900
DAVID MAILLER YULE
Ordained and inducted 6th December 1900; translated to Denny Broompark 6th June 1906.
1907
GEORGE PEXALL WALLACE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.350
Born 26th September 1871 at Sunderland, son of Rev. George Wallace, D.D., and Elizabeth Smith; educated at Hamilton Academy, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1892), B.D. (1895), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Hamilton May 1895; assistant Dundee St Paul’s 1895; ordained by Presbytery of Hamilton for Jewish Mission at Constantinople 1895; resigned 1905; assistant Greenock Middle 1905-7; inducted 26th February 1907; translated to Warrington, Lancashire 26th February 1917; translated to London Camden Road 20th September 1922. Married 1st June 1905, Katharine Hathaway.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.353, Roberton West.]
SKIRLING
Presbytery of Lanark
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.22
Formerly in the Free Church Presbytery of Biggar and Peebles. Church and manse. This congregation was suppressed in 1910; linked with Broughton in 1913, and with Elsridgehill in 1916.
ALEXANDER PRINGLE DAVIDSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.133
Born 20th February 1854 at Leswalt, son of John Davidson and Anna Pringle; educated at Lochans Public School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1877), New College, Edinburgh, University of Berlin; in charge of church and schools at Naples May-August 1883; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 26th September 1883; assistant Brechin West 1882-6; ordained and inducted St Fergus 10th September 1886; translated to Dunedin Knox’s 30th April 1890; resigned 31st March 1894; assistant Edinburgh St George’s Free Church 1894-6, Broughton Place 1896; inducted 15th October 1896; retired 4th October 1909; assistant Edinburgh St George’s 1910-12; in charge, Edinburgh Fountainbridge 1915-16, 1917-18. Married 9th January 1890, Mary Gemmell Duke. Secretary for examinations and scholarships, College Committee, 1912-19. Assistant editor, Globe Encyclopaedia, six volumes, Edinburgh, 1876-9; assistant editor, Chambers Etymological Dictionary, Edinburgh, 1882; contributed articles to Chambers Encyclopaedia, Edinburgh, 1888-92.
1910
DAVID B[ROWN] CROOM, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.71
[Born 12th September 1851 at Sanquhar, son of David Murray Croom, minister, and Janet Halliday;] ordained and inducted Montrose St Luke’s 21st February 1883; resigned 25th October 1898; appointed to Florence 1901; resigned 1910; introduced 1910; died 5th March 1913; [buried Grange Cemetery. Married 1894, Harriet Milne.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.354, Skirling Hanna Memorial.]
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PRESBYTERY OF GLASGOW
BEARSDEN NORTH
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.89
Church and small hall. Manse purchased in 1900 at cost of £1258; organ installed in 1902 at cost of £600; gallery and new hall added in 1906 at cost of £984.
1895
JAMES COLVILLE PEATTIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.290
Ordained as missionary to Madras 1884; resigned 1894; inducted 12th December 1895; resigned 29th February 1912, to go to South Africa.
1912
HUGH WATT, M.A., B.D.
Translated from Waterbeck and inducted 5th September 1912; resigned on induction to Chair of Church History in New College September 1919.
1919
WALTER MUNDELL PATERSON
Born 6th May 1875 at Buckrigg, Beattock, son of James Paterson and Mary Rogerson; educated at Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, M.A., B.D., Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1905; ordained and inducted Ratho and Kirknewton 31st July 1905; translated to Edinburgh McDonald Road 6th May 1909; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1916-19, twice mentioned in Despatches, awarded M.C.; resigned while Chaplain to the Forces 1918; inducted 16th October 1919. Married 4th September 1911, Jessie Fairley Dick.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.358; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.368.]
BEARSDEN SOUTH
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.160
Formerly New Kilpatrick United Presbyterian Church with hall, manse. Mission work in hall at Garscadden.
1875
WILLIAM THOMAS [TEMPLETON] HENDERSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.160 and 208
[Born 20th November 1841 at Kirkcaldy, son of Peter Henderson and Christina Templeton;] ordained and inducted Millport 3rd June 1867; translated and inducted 21st September 1875; died 11th August 1906. [Married 1873, Catherine Barbara Wallace.]
1907
EBENEZER MACMILLAN
Born 9th June 1881 at Ullapool, son of John MacMillan and Sarah Boyd; educated at Ullapool Primary School, Glasgow Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1903), B.D. (1907), Glasgow College; student assistant in Glasgow St Matthew’s 1906-7; licensed by Presbytery of Lochcarron 1907; ordained and inducted 5th September 1907; translated to Pretoria St Andrew’s, Presbytery of Transvaal 2nd March 1911; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in German South-West and East Africa. Married 1917, Everild Delseay Wier Mason, only daughter of Sir Arthur Wier Mason, Judge President of Supreme Court of Transvaal.
1911
JAMES WATT PURVES, M.A.
Translated from Stirling Allan Park and inducted 1st September 1911; appointed to Madeira October 1925.
1926
GRAHAM PARK
Born 23rd May 1877 at Greenock, son of John Park and Margaret Findlay; educated at Greenock Highlanders’ Academy, Main Street Public School, Universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow, M.A. (1901), Edinburgh New College; licensed by Presbytery of Greenock 2nd May 1905; assistant Aberdeen North 1905-7; ordained and inducted Loudon 1st March 1907; translated to Paisley George Street 24th April 1916; translated to Edinburgh Viewforth 11th May 1921; translated and inducted 15th December 1926. Married 26th March 1907, Euphemia Lindsay.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.358; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.214.]
BISHOPBRIGGS KENMURE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.160
Hall in 1900; church erected 1906; internal improvements in 1928; the hall was used for mission purposes.
1879
CHARLES DICK
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.161
[Born 2nd May 1845, at Duffus, son of William Dick and Ann Shaw;] ordained and inducted 30th October 1879; became senior minister 12th August 1915; died 18th August 1922; [buried Burghead New Cemetery. Married 1885, Annie Brown Gourlay.]
1915
JAMES MACMILLAN
Admitted from Congregational Church 1915; inducted 12th August 1915; translated to Glasgow St James’ 27th October 1925.
1926
ALLAN WILLIAMSON
Born 28th October 1890 at Greenock, son of Joseph and Janet Williamson; educated at Greenock St Andrew’s Square and High
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Schools, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1916), Baptist Theological College, Glasgow College; admitted as probationer by General Assembly 1918; assistant Hamilton West 1917-19; loc. ten. Castle-Douglas Queen Street 1919; ordained and inducted Kilbirnie East 4th May 1920; translated and inducted 8th November 1926. Married 30th March 1920, Mabel Elizabeth Morris.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.239; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.140.]
BISHOPBRIGGS SPRINGFIELD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.89
Church and manse.
1896
ROBERT WILLIAM REID
Ordained and inducted 24th March 1896; translated to Dunfermline North 22nd September 1904.
1905
HENRY TAYLOR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted March 1905; translated to Glasgow Sydney Place March 1908.
1908
THOMAS NIELSON [NEILSON], B.D.
[Born in 1875 at Paisley, son of Thomas Neilson and Catherine Goudie; educated at University of Glasgow (B.D. 1907);] ordained and inducted 1908; died April 1915.
1915
LEWIS ALBERT SUTHERLAND, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 2nd September 1915; translated to Motherwell Brandon Street 23rd December 1918.
1919
JOHN WATSON KELLY, M.A.
Ordained probationer 1914; inducted 5th June 1919; translated to Glasgow Plantation 1921.
1921
ROBERT PRIMROSE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.674; Vol.2, pp.83 and 119
Born 1858 [1st September 1857 at Govan, son of William Primrose and Annie Ure]; educated at Glasgow Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A., United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Cumbernauld 15th November 1881; translated to Greenock St Andrew Square 6th January 1887; translated to Partick East 30th January 1890; translated to Glasgow Burnbank 21st March 1895; translated to Stirling Erskine 1909; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in Antwerp, Egypt and Gallipoli; resigned 1915; in charge at Valparaiso 1919-20; inducted 1921; resigned 1926; lecturer for Royal National Life Board Association thereafter; died 16th April 1928; [buried Craigton Cemetery, Glasgow.] Married [(1) 1883, Annie Brown Smith Primrose; (2) 1893, Catherine M. Wingate.
1927
DONALD MARTIN
Born 23rd February 1875 at Ochtertyre, Crieff, son of William Martin and Janet McDiarmid; educated at Monzievaird Public School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1895), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery 27th June 1899; assistant Edinburgh Chalmers Territorial 1899-1901, Edinburgh Mayfield 1901-2; ordained and inducted John Knox, Rockhampton, Queensland, 5th March 1903; translated to Kirkcolm 8th August 1908; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1916-17; translated to Walney, Liverpool, 7th July 1921; translated to Aberuthven 7th October 1924; translated and inducted 23rd February 1927. Married 19th September 1922, Euphemia Arnott McLeod.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.239.]
BUSBY EAST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.89
Church and hall. Manse.
1878
ADAM CUNNINGHAM HENDERSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.183
Ordained and inducted Harthill 1875; translated and inducted 19th April 1878; resigned 1906; died 1st December 1909.
1906
ALEXANDER MACFARLANE WRIGHT
Born 30th March 1872 at Johnstone, Renfrewshire, son of Thomas Wright and Jane Mitchell; educated at Johnstone Public School, Paisley Grammar School, University of Glasgow, Edinburgh United Presbyterian College; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Paisley June 1897; assistant Dunfermline Gillespie 1899-1902, Perth Middle 1902-3, Perth West 1904, Busby East 1905-6; ordained and inducted 27th September 1906. Married 9th July 1908, Elizabeth Taylor Talbert.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.240; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.141]
BUSBY WEST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.145
Church with vestry and session house, manse. Hall built and pipe organ installed 1913.
1884
WILLIAM B[REMNER] MELVILLE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.147
Born 1844 at Stronsay, Orkney [about 1843 at Castletown, Caithness, son of George Melville and Jane Miller]; ordained and inducted Barrow-in-Furnace 25th August 1868; resigned 1869; taught in Dalkeith 1870-5; inducted Barry 9th May 1876; translated and inducted 11th March 1884; died as a result of railway accident in Glasgow 21st April 1903. [Married 1881, Christina Beaton Spence.]
1904
DONALD NICOL DOW
Born 5th November 1872 at Govan, son of Alexander Dow and Ann Cameron; educated at Govan Abraham Hill’s Trust School, Glasgow City Public School and High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1st Class Hons.
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in Classics 1893), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow April 1897; assistant Aberdeen Trinity 1897-1901, Greenock Middle 1903-4; ordained and inducted 21st December 1904; war service as Chaplain to the Forces at home and in France 1916-17. Married 24th June 1925, Ruth Averil Finlay.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.240.]
CAMPSIE EAST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.89
Church and manse. This congregation was reduced in status in 1898, but status was restored in 1900. United with West congregation February 1910.
1898
GEORGE LITHGOW WILSON
Ordained as probationer, 5th September 1898; inducted 1900; translated to Shettleston Sandyhills 1902.
1902
SAMUEL BROWN REID
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.297
Ordained on appointment to Rio Tinto, Spain, 1895; inducted 1902; resigned 19th December 1908, to go to New South Wales under the Continental Committee.
CAMPSIE WEST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.156
Church, hall and manse. United with the East congregation February 1910.
1884
WILLIAM BARLAS YOUNG DAVIDSON
Ordained and inducted 29th April 1884; became minister of the united congregation February 1910.
CAMPSIE
Presbytery of Glasgow
(after local union)
The two congregations united in February 1910, and the East manse was let, until sold in September 1939.
1910
WILLIAM BARLAS YOUNG DAVIDSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.157
Born 11th December 1857 at Edinburgh, son of Rev. Peter Davidson, D.D., and Mary Young; educated at Edinburgh Circus Place School, Daniel Stewart’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1880), United Presbyterian College, University of Berlin; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1887; in charge, Edinburgh Braid, 1883-4; ordained and inducted Campsie United Presbyterian 29th April 1889; became minister of united congregation February 1910; retired 29th April 1919. Married 31st July 1888, Jessie McLaughlin. Publication – The Clachan of Campsie, Edinburgh, 1891.
1919
DAVID C[OOPER] REES, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 1919; translated to Stewarton Cairns 19th July 1922.
1922
JOHN CAMPBELL GARDNER BALL
Born 19th November 1879 at Deneight, Lisburn, Ireland, son of John Ball and Eliza Jean Gardner; educated at Lagacurry School, Lisburn Intermediate, Belfast Queen’s College and Royal University of Ireland, B.A. (1900), Belfast Assembly’s College, Edinburgh New College; licensed by Presbytery of Dromore 1905; assistant Naas, and Annabeg 1906-9; ordained and inducted Ardglass, Presbytery of Down May 1909; war service in H.M. Forces in Egypt, Salonika and Palestine 1916-19, mentioned in Despatches; translated and inducted December 1922. Married December 1919, Mary Fleming Wilson Mowat.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.241, Campsie Trinity; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.468; also Vol.10, p.p.186 and 277.]
CARMYLE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Sanctioned as a charge October 1901. Church built and dedicated 7th March 1907. Manse built later.
1902
THOMAS RANDALL ANDERSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.121 and 214
Born 1842 at Kirriemuir, son of Robert Anderson and Isabel White; educated at University of Aberdeen, M.A., Edinburgh United Presbyterian College; classical master, Dundee High School; ordained and inducted as colleague and successor, Hamilton Saffronhall 7th March 1871; translated to Glasgow Govan Copland Road 20th April 1881; translated and inducted 17th June 1902; died 11th October 1904. Married 18th June 1872, Mary Anne Low Sturrock. Publications – Robert Burns: The Man and his Songs, Glasgow; The Scottish Covenanters.
1905
JOHN CALDERWOOD, M.A., LL.B.
Ordained and inducted 1st May 1905; translated to Greenock Sir Michael Street 24th October 1912.
1913
QUINTIN DICK WHYTE
Translated from Inch and inducted 21st January 1913; translated to Monikie 21st June 1925.
1926
ROBERT BARR
Born 18th March 1893 at Burnbank, Hamilton, son of Johnstone Barr and Jeanie Walker; educated at High Blantyre Public School, Fallin Public School, Stirling High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1920), Glasgow United Free Church College; war service in H.M. Forces; assistant
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Glasgow Ruchill 1920-2; ordained and inducted Hamilton Brandon 18th May 1922; translated and inducted 16th April 1926; translated to Moubray, Cape Town, March 1928; appointed to Miller Memorial United Free Church (Continuing) April 1931. Married 2nd January 1923, Janet Stewart Thomson.
1928
JOHN [MCCORMACK] CAMPBELL
Born 14th February 1890 at Longford, Ireland, son of John Campbell and Margaret McCormick; educated at Shawsburn Public School, Blackwood Public School, Lanarkshire, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh St Stephen’s 1917-20, Broughton Place 1924, Gorgie 1924-5; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 26th March 1925; ordained by Presbytery of Edinburgh 26th March 1925, and inducted Subiaco, Western Australia, 17th June 1925; inducted Dunfermline Townhill 4th May 1926; translated and inducted 11th October 1928. Married (1) 29th April 1911, Edith Johnson; (2) 27th February 1925, Mary Ann Leslie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.242; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.367; also Vol.10, pp.219 and 171.]
CHRYSTON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.90
Church, hall and church officer’s house, manse. Many improvements during the period. Mission hall.
1881
ANDREW SHEPHERD
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.313
Born 7th January 1855 at Cullerlie, Echt, son of John Shepherd and Ann Barron; educated at Strachan Public School, Old Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1877), Edinburgh New College; licensed 12th May 1881; assistant Newburgh, Fife 1881; ordained and inducted 7th July 1881. Married 14th February 1882, Jane Ann Rezin.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.242, Chryston West.]
EAGLESHAM
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.140
Church and manse.
1875
WILLIAM STEEDMAN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.141
[Born or baptised 5th May 1850 at Stirling, the son of John Steedman and Catherine Kinross Kerr;] ordained and inducted 27th July 1875; died 7th June 1901. [Married 1881, Lizzie Steele.]
1901
JOHN STEWART LAWSON
Ordained and inducted 19th September 1901; translated to Glasgow Whitehill 19th September 1912.
1913
DOUGLAS ALEXANDER GEORGE MUIR
[Born 1883 at Hamilton, son of Robert Muir and Martha B. Crawford;] ordained and inducted 1913; resigned 14th December 1919; joined Congregational Mission in London; ordained deacon 1926, and priest 1927, in Church of England. Further, see Crockford.
1920
JOHN EDWARD OLDHAM, M.A.
Formerly missionary in India; inducted 24th March 1920; appointed to Lausanne 13th November 1928.
1928
JAMES MAXWELL DEWAR
Ordained and inducted Shotts 20th October 1903; translated to Glasgow Rockvilla 19th November 1917; translated and inducted 18th May 1928.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae,Vol.9, p.243, Eaglesham Carswell.]
EAST KILBRIDE EAST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.79
Church and manse. This congregation was transferred from the Presbytery of Hamilton in 1909.
1899
EDWARD ERSKINE ANDERSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 1899; translated to Newton-on-Ayr 16th February 1911.
1911
ROBERT MCKINLAY
Born 9th May 1875 at Dumbarton, son of James McKinlay and Jessie Trail; educated at Dumbarton St Augustine’s School; employed as shipwright in Dumbarton 1880-7; University of Glasgow, M.A. (1910), Glasgow College; licensed 1910; assistant Dreghorn 1910-11; ordained and inducted 29th June 1911. Married 27th March 1923, Jeanie Smith, daughter of Thomas McMillan, Bank Agent Kilbirnie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.243.]
EAST KILBRIDE WEST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.235
Church and manse. Organ installed as War Memorial 1919; memorial windows in 1925; electric light installed 1926. This congregation was transferred from the Presbytery of Hamilton in 1909.
1898
CAMPBELL MCQUEEN MACLEROY, M.A., B.D.
Ordained and inducted 13th December 1898; translated to Edinburgh Nicolson Street in 1904.
1905
JAMES GRANT LIDDELL
Born 5th April 1876 at Crosshill, Glasgow, son of James Liddell and Helen Henry McEwan; educated at Glasgow Oatlands Public School, Allan Glen’s School, High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1897), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1901;
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assistant Broomielaw Mission 1899-1903; loc. ten. Lenzie Union 1903-4, Paisley Thread Street 1904; assistant Pollokshields Albert Road 1904-5; ordained and inducted 2nd March 1905; war service with Scottish Churches Huts 1914, 1916-17. Married 30th March 1910, Agnes Paterson Barr.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.244; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.143.]
GIFFNOCK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.149
Church opened in 1900; enlarged hall with church officer’s house 1909; manse.
1900
JAMES WEATHERHEAD, M.A., B.D.
Translated from Glasgow North Woodside and inducted 1900; translated to Dundee St Paul’s June 1906.
1907
ARTHUR AITKEN COWAN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 7th January 1907; translated to Edinburgh St James’ 2nd October 1919.
1920
ADAM WILSON BURNET, M.A.
Translated from Kilmarnock King Street and inducted September 1920; translated to Glasgow Westbourne May 1924.
1925
ROBERT EDMOND MCINTYRE
Born 26th August 1889 at Edinburgh, son of Daniel McIntyre and Jemima Jane Crawford Watterston; educated at Edinburgh Daniel Stewart’s College; actuarial student in Insurance Corporation 1907-10; University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1913), New College, Edinburgh; war service in H.M. Forces in Gallipoli and Egypt 1914-18, wounded; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh March 1919; assistant Edinburgh Broughton Place 1919-20; ordained and inducted Callander 13th October 1920; translated and inducted 15th April 1925. Married 9th September 1920, Mary Darling.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.245, Giffnock Orchardhill; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.27; also Vol.10, p.17.]
ALBERT STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.85
From 1927 this congregation was known as Brunton, q.v.
ALEXANDRA PARADE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.78
Church with hall, session house and vestry. Electric light and pipe organ installed in 1904.
1895
WILLIAM MACKENZIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.80
Born 29th January 1858 at Loanhead, son of Kenneth Mackenzie and Jessie Stevenson; educated at Loanhead, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student chaplain to Seamen’s Chapel, Brown Street; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1894; assistant Glasgow Plantation 1894-5; ordained and inducted 28th May 1895; resigned on appointment as Chaplain to Glasgow Lodging Houses January 1915; died 21st October 1919. Married 4th June 1880, Christina Kennedy.
1915
DAVID MAILLER YULE
Translated from Denny Broompark and inducted 18th April 1915; translated to Sanquhar 6th September 1923.
1923
DAVID HAIR
Born 18th January 1880 at Irvine, son of Henry Hair and Jane Campbell; educated at Irvine Bank Street School, Kilmarnock Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1908), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock 2nd May 1911; assistant Perth North 1911-13; ordained and inducted Inch 15th May 1913; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1918; translated and inducted 20th December 1923; died 27th January 1929. Married 11th April 1922, Ethel Gladys Forgie.
1929
JOHN WARNOCK
Born 29th May 1896 at Kilsyth, son of James Warnock and Rosanna Gault; educated at Partick Hamilton Crescent School, Glasgow Hyndland Higher Grade School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1918), Glasgow College; student missionary, Forth 1917-21; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 19th April 1922; assistant Govan St Mary’s 1921-2; ordained and inducted Crail 20th September 1922; translated and inducted 12th September 1929. Married 6th October 1924, Elizabeth Scott Morris.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.253; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.272; Vol.10, p.161 and Vol.11, p.146.]
ANDERSTON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.36
Church, three halls, session room, church officer’s house, etc.
1890
ALEXANDER L[OUTIT] HENDERSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.36
[Born about 1833 at Coldingham,] son of Rev. Dr Henderson, Paisley; ordained and inducted Durham 1879; translated to Birmingham Camphill 1885; translated and inducted 13th February 1890; resigned 1902; died abroad.
1903
ROBERT POLLOCK, M.A., B.Sc.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.300
[Born 1st December, 1870, at Govan, the son of Thomas Pollock and Charlotte Patterson;] ordained and inducted Irvine Relief 16th January 1896; translated and inducted 1903; died 17th October 1922; buried Cathcart Cemetery, Glasgow.
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1923
ALEXANDER RENSHAW MACKAY, M.A.
Translated from Temple and Carrington and inducted 1st November 1923; translated to Kirkcaldy Bethelfield 25th April 1928.
1928
HERBERT ALEXANDER DARG ALEXANDER
Born 27th March 1893 at Gardenstown, son of William Wilson Alexander and Mary Ann Penelope Chalmers; educated at Cracoden, Gamrie, Aberdeen Kittybrewster and Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1915), Aberdeen College; war service in R.A.M.C. in Salonika 1916-19; student assistant Aberdeen North 1919-20; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen 5th April 1920; loc. ten. Forres Castlehill, Inverness East 1921; ordained and inducted Monquhitter and New Byth 4th October 1921; translated to Harthill 12th December 1924; translated and inducted 13th December 1928. Married (1) 15th October 1921, Elizabeth Leslie Sutherland.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.253, Anderston Old; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.149 and Vol.11, p.133.]
ANNIESLAND CROSS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.715
Hall in 1900, with vestry, committee room and upper hall; church built, with new vestry, lesser hall and pipe organ installed 1919.
1900
ROBERT LETHAM BROWNING
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.596; Vol.2, p.715
Born 22nd February 1855 at Greenock, son of John Browning and Janet Letham; educated at Greenock Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1881), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student assistant Selkirk 1883; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow April 1884; ordained and inducted Midcalder 21st March 1886; translated and inducted 19th June 1900; war service in Chinese camps in Flanders 1918; retired 29th September 1925. Married 24th November 1894, Elizabeth Gray.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.254.]
1925
WILLIAM CLAUD HOWARD DAVIES, B.A., B.D.
Translated from Sunderland English Presbyterian Church and inducted as colleague and successor 29th September 1925; translated to Glasgow Burnbank and inducted 1st March 1929.
1929
DANIEL HARPER GERRARD
Born 29th December 1879 at Maryhill, Glasgow, son of Daniel Harper Gerrard and Jane McLaren; educated at Maryhill East Park Public School, Allan Glen’s School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1907), Glasgow College; assistant Dumfries Maxwelltown 1911-12; licensed by Presbytery of Dumfries 17th April 1912; ordained and inducted Kilcalmonell 28th August 1912; translated to Chapelton 10th September 1915; translated to Leith St Ninian’s 7th November 1921; translated to Dundee Park 8th June 1926; translated and inducted 11th September 1929. Married 9th October 1912, Jane Ann Cumming Morris.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.254; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.367; also Vol.10, p.220]
AUGUSTINE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.90
Church, two halls, session room, church officer’s house, etc.
1884
JAMES THOMAS CAMPBELL GULLAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.178
Born 5th March 1837 at Glasgow, son of John Gordon Gullan and Jane Black; educated at University of Glasgow, English Presbyterian Church College; licensed by Presbytery of London 1864; ordained and inducted Swansea 1864; translated to Reading 1875; translated and inducted 29th April 1884; died 1st May 1911. Married 4th March 1868, Christiana Jane Voss. Fellow of Geological Society. Contributed articles to periodicals.
1911
JAMES LAMONT
Translated from Gateshead Park Terrace 1908 and inducted 1911; translated to Hamilton Stonefield (Church of Scotland) May 1920; translated to Dundee Martyrs 1923.
1921
JOHN GILVRAY TAYLOR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.509
Born 26th July 1871 at Arbroath, son of Peter Gordon Taylor and Elizabeth Gilvray; educated at Arbroath Keptie School, Abbey Public School, High School, Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh, M.A. (1892), United Presbyterian College; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Arbroath 1895; missionary assistant Dunfermline St Margaret’s 1896-7, Edinburgh College Street 1897; ordained and inducted Firth Paterson 19th September 1897; translated to Howgate 3rd July 1902; translated to Glasgow Lyon Street 12th June 1911; translated and inducted 4th January 1921. Married 1st July 1903, Christian Russell Forrester.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.254.]
BARONY
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.90
Church; manse purchased in 1919; pipe organ installed 1903.
1887
DAVID SANDEMAN MCDONALD
Translated from Skirling and inducted March 1887; translated to Tarland March 1914.
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1914
ROBERT MOFFAT GILLON, M.A.
Translated from Hebburn-on-Tyne and inducted 1st September 1914; translated to Edinburgh Bruntsfield 5th January 1921.
1921
JAMES EKRON LITTLE
Born 22nd August 1873 at Hawick, son of John Little and Janet Ekron; educated at Board Schools, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; in business 1889-1901; missionary in Orkney 1901-3, at Glasgow St James’ 1903-9; assistant Forth, Glasgow Cowcaddens and Aberdeen East 1909-13; licensed 1913; ordained and inducted Aberdeen St Clement’s 1915; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France; translated and inducted in 1921. Married 14th February 1917, Edith Bamford.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.256, Barony North; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, pp.367 and 384; also Vol.10, p.219.]
BARROWFIELD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.91
Church.
1863
JOHN EDGAR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.146
Born 27th May 1833 at Dunscore, son of John Edgar and Sarah Maxwell; educated at Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, M.A., Reformed Presbyterian Church Divinity Hall; assistant Glasgow Queen Street Mission; ordained and inducted 3rd June 1863; died October 1904. Married 1865, Eliza Curr.
1904
JOHN LINDSAY ROBERTSON, B.D.
Formerly at Avonbridge; inducted 24th August 1904; introduced Bridge of Teith 21st April 1926.
1927
ROBERT ADAM SMITH
Born 18th January 1896 at Aberdeen, son of William Peter Smith and Elsie Duncan; educated at Aberdeen Causewayend Public School, Robert Gordon’s College; war service H.M. Forces, 1914-19; University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1923), Aberdeen College, Glasgow College; student missionary assistant Cove Bay 1921-2; student assistant Aberdeen North 1922-3; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen June 1924; ordained and inducted Kelty Moray 6th December 1924; translated and inducted 14th September 1927; [died 27th May 1968; buried Old Monkland Cemetery.] Married 11th March 1925, Jean Brownlie Steele, daughter of Rev. T.S. Allison, Skene.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.256, Barrowfield Edgar Memorial; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.465; also Vol.10, pp.276 and 112.]
BATH STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.72
Church. United with Berkeley Street to form Blythswood in 1920.
1892
JOHN MACARTNEY WILSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.73
[Born 6th January 1865 at Dundee,] son of Rev. James Wilson, Dudhope Road, Dundee, [and Grace McCartney]; educated at University of St Andrews, M.A., B.D.; ordained and inducted 25th February 1892; translated to London Highbury 1904; resigned owing to ill-health 18th December 1912; went to a pastorate in Canada; lost overboard from a liner August 1930.
1903
THOMAS WARDROP, M.A.
Translated from Ashington, Northumberland and inducted 1903; translated to Rutherglen North 1908.
1909
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND
Translated from Lochgilphead and inducted 13th May 1909; translated to Glasgow Dalmarnock 1919.
BATTLEFIELD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.89
Formerly Cathcart Free Church. Church and hall. New church opened in 1912 and old church transformed into hall.
1895
WILLIAM LINDSAY, M.A.
Translated from Bishopbriggs and inducted 6th May 1895; translated to Glasgow St Mark’s 23rd February 1906.
1906
GEORGE LOWE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.202
Born 7th October 1867 at Musselburgh, son of George Lowe and Georgina Lawler; educated at Musselburgh Grammar School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1890), B.D. (1893), United Presbyterian College; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh, April 1893; in charge, Straiton Mission, Loanhead, 1893-94; ordained and inducted Freuchie 5th December 1894; translated and inducted 17th May 1906. Married 16th April 1895, Jessie Nicolson. Publication – History of Freuchie United Presbyterian Church, Cupar, 1896.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.256, Battlefield East.]
BELHAVEN
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.110
Church and hall; alterations to hall in 1912. Mission halls at Kelvinside Avenue, Maryhill.
1879
ROBERT SKEILL DRUMMOND
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.449; Vol.2, pp.63 and 111
Born 13th June 1828 at Leven, Fife, son of Rev. James Drummond and Jean Skeill; educated at Edinburgh Arthur Street Private School, Royal High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1848), D.D. (1869),
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United Presbyterian College; in lawyer’s office in Cupar 1843-4; English Master in George Watson’s College 1848-52; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1852; ordained and inducted Carlyle Fisher Street United Presbyterian 29th September 1853; translated Edinburgh St James’ Place 23rd February 1858; translated to Glasgow Erskine 22nd May 1862; translated to London Marlborough Place, St John’s Wood June 1872; translated and inducted 4th June 1879; retired 26th May 1898; died 24th November 1911. Married 5th July 1854, Jane Christian, daughter of Rev. John French, D.D., Edinburgh College Street. Moderator of United Presbyterian Church 1889.
1898
JAMES MILLING WITHEROW, M.A.
Translated from Berwick Wallace Green and inducted 26th May 1898; translated to London Norwood 3rd March 1906.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.443.]
1906
JOHN ALEXANDER HUTTON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, pp.330 and 433
Born 21st April 1868 at Coatbridge, [son of Andrew Hutton and Janet Reid Inglis;] educated Dundyvan Academy, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A., D.D., United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Alyth 13th April 1892; translated to Edinburgh Bristo 21st September 1898; translated to Jesmond, Newcastle 1900; translated and inducted 1906; resigned on appointment to Westminster Chapel, London 1923; appointed editor, The British Weekly in 1925; died 13th January 1947. Married [1893,] Margaret Johnstone, daughter of Rev. Robert Cameron, Glasgow, and sister of Sir D.Y. Cameron. Publications (in London except where otherwise stated) – The Soul’s Triumphant Way, 1901; Guidance from Robert Browning in Matters of Faith; Pilgrims in the Region of Faith, 1906; The Authority and Person of Our Lord, Edinburgh, S.A.; Hope, the Heart’s Unbroken String, Edinburgh, 1907; The Fear of Things; The Winds of God, 1911; At Close Quarters, 1913; The Weapons of Our Warfare; If God Be For Us; Ancestral Voices, 1915; Loyalty, The Approach to Faith, 1917; Our Only Safeguard, 1918; On Accepting Ourselves; The Proposal of Jesus, S.A.; Discerning the Times; The Persistent Word of God; That the Ministry be not Blamed, 1922; The Victory over Victory; Our Ambiguous Life; There They Crucified Him; As at the First; The Dark Mile, S.A.; Further Guidance from Robert Browning in Matters of Faith; Guidance from Francis Thompson in Matters of Faith, 1926; Guidance on Russia from her Literature; Finally, 1934.
1924
WILLIAM JARDINE
Born 3rd November 1878 at Haddington, son of James Jardine and Margaret Whitson; educated Haddington John Knox Memorial Institute, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1900), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh April 1903; assistant Edinburgh Fountainhall Road 1903-4, Glasgow Queen’s Park East 1904; ordained and inducted Coldstream West 10th November 1904; translated to Dumbarton Bridgend 8th June 1910; resigned while on war service as Chaplain to the Forces 5th November 1917, war service 1916-19, awarded M.C.; inducted Berwick Wallace Green 14th January 1920; translated and inducted 20th March 1924. Married 20th July 1926, Margaret Stoddard Allan.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.257.]
BELGROVE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Church with hall, managers’ room and vestry. New hall with church officer’s house built in 1908. Memorial windows dedicated in 1902, and in 1920, the latter being War Memorial.
1891
WILLIAM TAYLOR WALKER
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.87, 162 and 565
Born 21st January 1854 at Glasgow, son of John Walker and Catherine Whyte; educated at Glasgow Greendyke Street, Ayr Newton Public School and Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1876), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow June 1878; ordained and inducted Craigend 4th February 1879; translated to Oban United Presbyterian 2nd July 1884; translated and inducted 12th November 1891; retired 1st May 1923; died 4th January 1929. Married 14th April 1885, Elizabeth Brewis Dransfield.
1923
DONALD MCFARLAN
Born 8th April 1872 at Gourock, son of Donald McFarlan and Elizabeth Paterson Lang; educated at Gourock Central School, Greenock Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1900), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Presbytery of Greenock June 1901; loc. ten. Fairlie 1901-2; assistant Govan St Mary’s 1902-3, Glasgow St Matthew’s 1904; ordained and inducted Thurso West 29th April 1904; translated to Aberdeen Rutherford 20th February 1908; war service with Scottish Churches Huts in France and Germany 1918-19; translated and inducted 1st March 1923. Married April 1914, Mary P., eldest daughter of Lord Provost Adam Maitland, Aberdeen.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p., Bellgrove; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.242.]
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BERKELEY STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.97
Church. United with Bath Street to form Blythswood in 1920.
1871
GEORGE LINDLEY CARSTAIRS
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.97
Born 31st March 1839 at Edinburgh, son of John Carstairs and Sarah Mackerness; educated at Edinburgh High School, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1871; ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 3rd October 1871; retired 1906; died 9th May 1916. Married 31st October 1871, Helen Baird Morrison.
1906
JAMES GRAY, M.A.
Translated from Coatbridge Coatdyke Coatbridge and inducted 8th March 1906; translated to Glasgow Rose Street 15th March 1921.
BLACKFRIARS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.93
Formerly East Campbell Street Free Church. The congregation was dissolved in 1903.
1886
JOHN RUSSELL, B.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.308
Ordained and inducted Pathhead 1865; translated to Crofthead 1873; translated to Glasgow Blochairn 1877; translated to East London, South Africa 1880; translated and inducted 1886; retired 1897; died 1902. Married 1867, Margaret Veitch.
1897
JOHN MAGOWAN
Ordained and inducted 23rd December 1897; translated to Kilmarnock St Andrew’s 19th December 1901.
BLOCHAIRN
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.91
Church, two halls, church officer’s house.
1888
ROBERT WILLIAM DOBBIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.138
Born 28th November 1858 at Glasgow, son of Charles L. Dobbie , and Anne Horn; educated at Rawdon College, Leeds, Glasgow Free Church College; ordained to ministry of Baptist Church at Waterhouses, Durham, 1883; assistant Kilsyth, Glasgow Somerville Memorial; admitted to Free Church May 1888; ordained and inducted 2nd October 1888; died February 1917. Married 27th July 1883, Jane Brown .
1917
ROBERT GREIG BUCHANAN MILLAR, B.D.
Translated from Coatbridge Drumpellier and inducted 1917; translated to Aberdeen Gallowgate 1925.
1926
ARTHUR EDWARD WALLACE
Born 27th January 1902 at Aberdeen, son of James Wallace and Christina Simpson Kemp; educated at Aberdeen Mile End Public School, Robert Gordon’s College, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1922), Aberdeen College; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen June 1925; ordained and inducted 14th January 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, pp.258-9; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.152.]
BLYTHSWOOD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Formed by the union of Bath Street and Berkeley Street on 15th January 1920. The Bath Street buildings were used by the united Ccongregation.
1920
JOHN BRASH
Born 16th February 1877 at Glasgow, son of James Brash and Annie Couper Roxburgh; educated at Glasgow Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1899), United Presbyterian College and New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Dumbarton 1901; assistant Edinburgh Lauriston Place 1901-2; ordained and inducted Bradford 18th February 1902; translated and inducted 4th June 1920. Married 3rd December 1908, Jessie Hutson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.259; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.246.]
BRIDGEGATE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.91
This congregation was from 1921 known as New Bridgegate, q.v.
BRIDGETON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.91
Church with vestry, session house, etc., and hall. Pipe organ gifted and dedicated 22nd May 1910. From 1919 to 1921 the congregation was known as New Bridgeton.
1888
WILLIAM MIRLEES RANKIN, M.A., B.D., D.D.
Ordained and inducted Drumoak 1881; translated and inducted 6th March 1888; retired December 1918; introduced Durris 4th June 1922.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.259.]
1919
JOHN LYLE RODGER
Born 8th February 1882 at Glasgow, son of Alexander Rodger and Margaret Aitken; educated at Glasgow private school, Greenock Mearns Street Public School, University of Aberdeen, Edinburgh Congregational College; ordained to ministry
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of Congregational Church, Galston October 1910; translated to Lanark Congregational Church 1910; admitted by General Assembly 1919; inducted as colleague and successor 1919. Married 1911, Netta Moore Carson. Publication – Greta McVey, Lanark, 1916; contributions to periodicals.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.259, Bridgeton West; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.242; also Vol.10, p.142.]
BRUNTON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.85
This congregation was known as Albert Street until 1927. Church, etc.
1864
ALEXANDER BRUNTON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.85 and 162
Born 4th March 1828 at Edinburgh, son of Robert Brunton and Margaret Dawson; educated at Edinburgh High School, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Oban 24th May 1854; translated and inducted 25th October 1864; retired 1907; died 9th May 1914. Married June 1857, Isabella Campbell. Member of Glasgow Presbytery Committee on Psalmody and of United Presbyterian Synod Committee on Psalmody and of Church Hymnary Committee.
1907
COLIN MCFARLANE GIBB, M.A.
Translated from Larbert West and inducted 30th September 1907; translated to Glasgow St James’ May 1922.
1922
DONALD URQUHART CRERAR
Born 11th November 1873 at Edinburgh, son of Daniel Crerar and Susan Braidwood; educated at Edinburgh Institution, University of Edinburgh M.A. (1894), New College, Edinburgh, University of Marburg; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 11th May 1898; assistant Paisley St George’s 1899-1902, Selkirk West 1902-3, Dunfermline St Andrew’s 1903-4; loc. ten. Limekilns 1904-5; ordained and inducted Birmingham Broad Street November 1905; translated and inducted 19th October 1922. Married 26th June 1914, Victoria Grace, daughter of Major Ferguson, Indian Army. Clerk to Presbytery of Birmingham 1919-22.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.260; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, pp.279 and 627.]
BUCHANAN MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.91
Church with vestry session house and large hall, church officer’s house, manse.
1875
ALEXANDER COOK FULLARTON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.160
Born 1821 at Brodick, educated at University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; ordained and inducted Strathdon and Glenbuchat 1866; translated to Grantown on Spey 1870; translated and inducted 16th September 1875; retired 10th March 1898; died 24th January 1928. Married (1) 1871, Ann Douglas; (2) 1898, Catherine Mackay.
1898
JAMES WILKIE FINDLAY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.154
Born 12th July 1853 at Kirriemuir, son of James Findlay and Margaret Wilkie; educated at Kirriemuir Free Church School, Dundee Princes Street and Yukon Crescent Schools, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dundee May 1883; assistant Tayport 1883-4; ordained and inducted Dalrymple 16th May 1884; translated and inducted 3rd March 1898; retired 12th January 1922; short term ministry, Kirkcolm 1922-8; died 4th October 1928. Married 15th July 1884, Mary Graham.
1921
ROBERT MCLEAN
Born 2nd May 1862 at Glasgow, son of Robert McLean and Elizabeth McGeachy; educated at Glasgow St Enoch’s School, University of Glasgow, St Andrew’s College, Cheshire, New College, Edinburgh; work with Evangelistic Society, London, 1893-1903; Glasgow City Mission, Prestonpans, Edinburgh Liberton and Chalmers Territorial; licensed by Presbytery of Haddington; ordained St Jude’s Reformed Church, London, 30th November 1906; admitted by General Assembly May 1911; inducted Bonhill South 31st October 1913; war service with Scottish Churches Huts in France 1917; translated to Glasgow Young Street October 1919; translated and inducted 1922.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.260; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.154.]
BURNBANK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.81
Church. Springbank united with this congregation under the name Burnbank in 1925.
1860
DAVID PIRRETT
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.82
[Born 11th December 1825 at Kirkliston, Midlothian, son of James Pirret and Rachel Connel;] ordained and inducted Sutton, Lancashire, 24th October 1855; translated and inducted 27th March 1860; became minister emeritus 12th February 1895; died 1901. [Married 1859, Violet Brown.]
1895
ROBERT PRIMROSE, M.A.
Translated from Partick East and inducted 21st March 1895; translated to Stirling Erskine 1909.
1910
JOHN FORSYTH
Translated from Dundee Victoria Street and inducted March 1910; translated to Whiting Bay March 1917.
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1917
HERBERT ALEXANDER WHITELAW, M.A.
Translated from Gateshead-on-Tyne and inducted 18th October 1917; translated to Elgin Moss Street 5th August 1925.
1925
JAMES THOMSON
Minister of Glasgow Springbank Springbank became minister of the united congregation of Burnbank 1925; translated to Glasgow Govan St Mary’s 1928.
1929
WILLIAM CLAUD HOWARD DAVIES
Born 30th March 1884 at Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, son of Rev. William Jones Davies, Principal, Harley College, and Emily Jean Bradford; educated at Manchester Grammar School, Victoria University of Manchester, B.A. (1910), B.D. (1914), Harley College; ordained in Primitive Methodist Church Edinburgh in 1912; and inducted Sunderland English Presbyterian Church 6th September 1916; translated and inducted Glasgow Anniesland Cross 29th September 1925; translated and inducted 1st March 1929. Married 21st August 1917, Gladys Armitage.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.260; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.795.]
CALEDONIA ROAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.91
Church. United with Hutchesontown in 1924 to form Hutchesontown and Caledonia Road.
1890
WILLIAM R[ANKIN] THOMSON, B.D.
Translated from Earlston and inducted 22nd April 1890; retired 1905; inducted Bellshill West 1910.
1905
JAMES HUTCHISON, M.A.
Translated from Oban Dunollie Road and inducted 15th March 1905; translated to Cambuslang St Paul’s 11th September 1911.
1912
THOMAS F[RITHJOF] JOHANSON
[Born 6th September 1874 at Hamilton, son of Johan Laurits Johanson and Karen Catherine Melsom;] ordained 1906; inducted 19th February 1912; left in 1916, and went to Australia. [Married 1897, Annie Barrow Morrison.]
1916
JAMES GEMMELL MARR, M.A.
Translated from Lathones and inducted 10th May 1916; translated to Kirriemuir First 13th March 1924.
CALTON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.58
Church.
1875
ROBERT CAMPBELL
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.60 and 86
[Born 18th March 1837 at Barr, Ayrshire, son of Ivie Campbell and Jane Weir;] ordained and inducted Glasgow Belgrove 24th June 1863; translated to Aldershot 9th May 1865; translated to London Albion Chapel 19th September 1872; translated and inducted 5th January 1875; retired 1910; died 1916. [Married 1863, Janet Mclean Stewart.]
1911
STEELE HENDERSON RENTOUL, B.A.
[Born about 1878 in Northern Ireland;] ordained and inducted Hebburn-on-Tyne 1903; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 1911.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.260, Calton Relief; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.215.]
CAMBRIDGE STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.67
Church with session house, vestry, etc. Two shops below the church. Mission Hall in Sawmillfield Street.
1898
PETER SMITH
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.68, 71, 96 and 501,
Born 22nd May 1850 at Edinburgh, son of Peter Smith and Christina Sarah Spence; educated at Carnwath Parish School, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student missionary at Forth 1879-1882; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Lanark May 1882; ordained and inducted South Ronaldshay 19th December 1882; translated to Port Glasgow February 1885; translated to Glasgow London Road 5th September 1888; translated and inducted 22nd February 1898; retired September 1926. Married (1) 19th January 1883, Isobel Gilchrist; (2) 31st August 1892, Helen Taylor Christie; (3) 8th January 1919, Margaret Georgina Galloway Muir.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.261.]
1926
WILLIAM MAIN REID
Born 14th October 1891 at Ayr, son of William Reid and Agnes Main; educated at Cathcart, Shandon, Rhu, Kingshill, Buckinghamshire, High Wycombe Grammar School, Glasgow Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1915); war service as munition worker 1915-18; Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 21st April 1921; assistant Glasgow Dowanhill 1921-2; ordained and inducted Loudoun 2nd February 1922; translated and inducted 16th September 1926. Married 30th January 1922, Helen Hamilton Lambie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.261; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.344.]
CAMPBELL STREET EAST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.42
Church. United with Sydney Place to form Sydney Place and East Campbell Street in February 1926.
1891
WILLIAM SHAW STEWART, D.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.42 and 395
From Ireland; ordained and inducted Buckhaven 27th September 1887; translated and inducted 15th January 1891; died 1902. [Married 1891, Kate Geddes.]
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1902
JAMES THOM DEMPSTER
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.256
Born 6th October 1858 at Dalrymple, son of William Dempster and Isabella Goudie McCreath; educated at Coatbridge Summerlee Public School, Gartsherrie Academy, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Hamilton August 1890; assistant Jedburgh Blackfriars 1890-1; ordained and inducted Jedburgh Blackfriars 22nd January 1891; translated and inducted 18th September 1902; war service with Scottish Churches Huts in Cromarty 1917; resigned 9th December 1924 on appointment as whole-time Depute Clerk to the Presbytery of Glasgow; retired 30th September 1929; died 15th March 1940. Contributed to The Reaper, Glasgow, 1901-8.
CAMPHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.715
Church and Hall. Mission hall in Tradeston, Crossmyloof Mission, and Potterfield Mission.
1874
JOSEPH CORBETT
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.206 and 715
Born [June 1837] in Newcastle-on-Tyne, [son of Joseph Corbett and Maria Millburn;] educated in Newcastle Schools, University of Glasgow, D.D. (1884), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Newcastle 1872; ordained and inducted Kilcreggan 17th June 1862; translated to Manchester Coupland Street 1869; translated and inducted 6th May 1874; retired 1910; died November 1920. Married [1862,] Mary More. Convener of Home Mission Committee of United Presbyterian Church 1894-5. For some time Editor of United Presbyterian Church Magazine.
1910
ROBERT MENZIES
Born 2nd March 1880 at Weem, Aberfeldy, son of Robert Menzies and Isabella Forbes; educated at Weem Public School, Aberfeldy Secondary School, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1901), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Breadalbane 1905; assistant Dundee Ryehill 1905; ordained and inducted Coatbridge Coatdyke 15th June 1906; translated and inducted as colleague and successor September 1910; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1915-16, 1918-19. Married 12th July 1918, Eleanor J.M. Donaldson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.261; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.154.]
CANDLISH MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.92
Church, hall, session house, vestry and church officer’s house. Manse acquired during the period.
1874
JAMES STUART
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.333
Translated from Yester and inducted October 1874; resigned 1900; died 28th March 1914.
1900
GEORGE WILLIAMS, M.A.
Translated from Craig and inducted October 1900; translated to Wick April 1912.
1912
JOHN WILSON FULTON, M.A.
Translated from Bishop Auckland and inducted October 1912; translated to Kilmaronock 9th June 1921.
1921
DANIEL GIBSON BAINE
Born 7th May 1874 at Paisley, son of Peter Balfour Baine and Hally McArthur; educated at Glasgow Possil Public School, St George’s Road Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1906), Glasgow College; student missionary assistant Glasgow Wellfield 1908-9; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 11th May 1909; assistant Campbeltown Longrow 1909-10; ordained and inducted Symington, Ayrshire, 12th January 1910; translated to Glasgow Garngad 21st August 1911; translated to Gateshead Park Terrace 31st January 1918; translated and inducted November 1921. Married 23rd June 1914, Marion Hamilton or McCallum.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.261; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.571.]
CARDONALD
Presbytery of Glasgow
A church extension charge. Services began in the first Sunday of April 1908. A church was built at a cost of £9600 and was opened on 13th September 1925.
1908
ALEXANDER MACINNES, M.A.
Translated from Glasgow Rose Street and inducted December 1908; resigned June 1919; inducted Glasgow Glasgow St David’s September 1922.
1919
JOHN SCORGIE
Born 9th March 1889 at Alloa, son of William Scorgie and Helen Brown; educated at Alloa Burgh School and Academy, Aberdeen Robert Gordon’s College, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1919), Glasgow College; student assistant Alloa West 1917-19; licensed by Presbytery of Stirling and Dunblane 7th April 1919; ordained and inducted 7th November 1919.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.273, Hillington Park; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.161.]
CATHCART
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.148
Church, hall, small hall. An additional hall, the Buchanan Hall, built in 1912.
1900
GEORGE JOHNSTON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.149, 361, and 507
Born 17th April 1862 at Edinburgh, son of John Johnston and Magdalen Taylor; educated at Edinburgh
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Newhaven Madras School, Leith North Fort Street School, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh June 1887; ordained and inducted Burray, Orkney, 8th February 1888; translated to Kirkcaldy Victoria Road July 1891; translated and inducted 1st March 1900; war service with Scottish Churches Huts in Cromarty 1917, and with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918, 1919. Married 15th July 1902, Elizabeth Howieson Barnet, of Kirkcaldy.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.262, Cathcart South.]
CATHEDRAL SQUARE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.27
Church and halls.
1895
JAMES PRIMROSE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.622; Vol.2, p.32
Born 26th May 1848 at Edinburgh, son of John Primrose and Martha Cairns; educated at Edinburgh Normal School, Moray House, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1874), D.D. (1920), United Presbyterian College, Universities of Marburg and Neuchatel; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1877; assistant Edinburgh Broughton Place 1877; ordained and inducted Broxburn 27th July 1880; translated and inducted 25th April 1895; died 29th October 1920. Married (1) 28th June 1883, Margaret Bartholomew; (2) 25th April 1899, Winnifred Morrison. Publications – The Mother Anti-Burger Church of Glasgow, Glasgow, 1896; Strathbrock, Edinburgh, 1898; Mediaeval Glasgow, Glasgow, 1913; “Glasgow Cathedral in the Thirteenth Century”, in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland, Volume 4, 5th series, 1917-18, pp.151-8.
1923
JAMES ANDERSON EWING
Born 2nd January 1889 at Portmahomack, Ross-shire, son of John Ewing and Helen Anderson; educated at Tarbat Old Public School, Tain Royal Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1910) New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 12th May 1914; assistant Dumfries Buccleuch Street 1914-16; ordained and inducted Lathones 18th October 1916; translated and inducted 13th December 1923. Married 20th September 1917, Esther Stratton Turner.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.262; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.78.]
CENTRAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Formed by the union of St Luke’s and Trinity in 1919. St James’ also joined in this union, but it was disunited in 1921.
1919
FREDERICK HUGH GEORGESON, M.A.
Minister at Glasgow St James’; became senior minister at date of local union 1919; became senior minister of St James’ 1921.
1919
JAMES FERGUSON PADKIN
Translated from Rothesay West and inducted 30th September 1919; translated to Glasgow Govan St Mary’s 14th October 1920.
1921
GEORGE BARLAS GILLIES
Translated from Coatbridge Drumpellier and inducted 19th May 1921; translated to Langholm Erskine 2nd September 1926.
1927
ALEXANDER GREIG
Born 20th July 1881 at Burntisland, son of Alexander Greig and Elizabeth Wilson; educated at Burntisland Public School; war service in engineering; University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; chaplain to Lodging Houses in Glasgow; ordained and inducted 1st March 1927. Married (1) 16th September 1904, Helen Meldrum; [(2) 17th March 1936, Isobel Page Paterson.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.263; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.94; also Vol.10, p.57.]
CHALMERS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.92
Church with vestry, session house, two halls, etc. Manse acquired in the period.
1900
DONALD LEWIS FRASER, M.A., B.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.160
Ordained and inducted Carluke 1893; translated and inducted 1900; suspended 1901; went to New York; served in Negro Mission and Brooklyn City Mission; appointed to First Congregational Church of Berlin, Vermont, 1906.
1902
ALEXANDER HAY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.183
Born 17th August 1859 at Arbroath, son of James Hay and Elizabeth Napier; educated at Alloa Grammar School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 8th May 1894; assistant Kilmarnock High 1894, Glasgow Westbourne 1895; ordained and inducted Coldstream Rodger Memorial 25th September 1896; translated and inducted 15th September 1902; retired 22nd February 1925; died [13th January] 1930. For 14 years member of Glasgow School Board and Education Authority; J.P. for the county of the city of Glasgow.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.263.]
1925
DUNCAN HAMILTON NEILSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted, Kildonan, Arran, 10th June 1919; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 22nd February 1925.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.263, Chalmers South; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.28; also Vol.10, p.18.]
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CLAREMONT
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p. 93
Church and halls with church officer’s house; manse acquired. College and Kelvingrove united with this congregation in 1927.
1889
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON MACEWEN, D.D.
Translated from Glasgow Anderston and inducted 3rd October 1889; appointed to Chair of Church History, New College May 1901.
1902
ADAM CLEGHORN WELCH, B.D., Th.D.
Translated from Helensburgh St Columba’s and inducted 22nd April 1902; appointed to Chair of Old Testament Language and Literature, New College May 1913.
1914
GEORGE MONCUR FAIRWEATHER, M.A.
Translated from Berwick Wallace Green and inducted 5th November 1914; appointed to Rome 1921.
1922
ANDREW KERR WALTON
Born 11th June 1884 at Bournemouth, son of Rev. William Ainslie Walton, B.D., and Janet Russell; educated at Paisley Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1902), Glasgow United Free Church College; licensed by Presbytery of Paisley 1910; assistant Edinburgh Palmerston Place 1910-12; ordained and inducted Ballater June 1912; war service as Chaplain to the Forces; translated to Kilmarnock Portland Road March 1918; translated and inducted March 1922.] Married [2nd February 1927,] Catherine [Mitchell] Rorke, [daughter of Rev. Joseph Rorke.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.263; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.36; also Vol.10, p.21.]
COLLEGE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.92
Church and manse. The church was destroyed by fire in 1903. United with Kelvingrove to form College and Kelvingrove in 1908.
1866
GEORGE REITH, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 30th October 1866; became minister of the united congregation 1908.
COLLEGE AND KELVINGROVE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Formed by the union of College and of Kelvingrove in 1908. United with Claremont in 1927.
1908
PETER RUTHERFORD
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.64; Vol.2, p.35
Born in Leslie [about 1837]; ordained and inducted Falkirk Graham’s Road 18th January 1866; translated to Bristol 7th November in 1871; inducted Glasgow Kelvingrove 30th April 1879; became minister emeritus of the united congregation 1908; died 1909. Married [1870, Agnes Steel,] daughter of Rev. William Steel, Falkirk.
1866
GEORGE REITH
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.297
Born 9th July 1842 at Aberdeen, son of George Reith and Jane Stuart; educated at Aberdeen West End Academy, Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (Hons. 1861), D.D., New College, Edinburgh (Cunningham Fellow), University of Erlangen; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 12th February 1866; assistant in Glasgow Wynd 1866; ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 30th October 1866; became senior minister 1910; retired September 1918; died 9th December 1919. Married 6th July 1870, Adah Mary Weston. Moderator of General Assembly 1914-15.
1909
ARTHUR HERBERT GRAY, M.A.
Ordained Manchester July 1897; translated and inducted 1909; translated to Glasgow Whitehill 1913.
1914
GEORGE ALEXANDER FRANK KNIGHT, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.201
Ordained and inducted Auchterarder St Andrew’s 21st December 1899; translated to Perth St Leonard’s 26th November 1903; translated and inducted May 1914; appointed General Secretary of the National Bible Society 18th October 1926; died 2nd May 1937.
COWCADDENS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.92
Church with mission halls. An unused church in Maitland Street was purchased and named the William Ross Memorial Mission; but this was sold in 1928.
1883
WILLIAM ROSS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.307
Born 1836 at Latheron, Caithness, educated at University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Rothesay Chapelhill 1867; translated and inducted 1883; retired 1901; died 1904. Married 1869, Jane Wood Mein.
1901
ADAM RENWICK, M.A.
Translated from Elsridgehill and inducted 15th April 1901; translated to Stepps 7th March 1907.
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1907
JAMES GEORGE DAWSON SCOTT, M.A.
Translated from Cowdenbeath Guthrie Memorial and inducted 19th September 1907; translated to Edinburgh Union 21st February 1911.
1911
JAMES ROBERTSON
Translated from Edinburgh Haymarket and inducted 5th October 1911; translated to Patna 28th November 1923.
1924
WILLIAM MACLEOD, B.D., Ph.D.
Translated from Fort William and inducted 1924; translated to Port Bannatyne 1928.
1929
THOMAS NOTMAN
Born 28th March 1884 at Law, Carluke, son of Thomas Notman and Jessie Hodge; educated at Motherwell Muir Street and Glen Boig Public School, Gartsherrie Academy, Glasgow Pupil Teachers’ Institute, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1907), Glasgow United Free Church College; student assistant Glasgow Sighthill 1907-10, Falkirk Bainsford 1910-11; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow June 1911; assistant Birkenhead Claughton 1911-12; ordained and inducted Leitholm 16th May 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917-18; translated to Glasgow Gallowgate 16th February 1922; translated and inducted 18th June 1929. Married 16th July 1912, Marion Wylie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.264; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.131.]
CRANSTONHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.92
Church only. This congregation was dissolved in 1907, and the buildings were allocated to the Free Church.
ALEXANDER LINN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, 208
Ordained and inducted St Fergus 1871; translated and inducted 1877; retired 15th May 1906.
CRANSTONHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
This congregation was formed in 1907. Buildings, consisting of church and hall, were taken over from the Free Church. A suite of halls was built in 1927.
1907
JAMES MURDOCH MITCHELL
Formerly minister in New Zealand; inducted 6th June 1907; translated to Barr July 1919.
1919
THOMAS BIRNIE NOBLE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 15th October 1919; translated to Largs St John’s 1923.
1923
JOHN ERNEST REID, M.A.
Translated from Gretna St Andrew’s Gretna and inducted 20th November 1923; translated to Isle of Whithorn 22nd March 1928.
1929
WILFRID STANLEY BROOKES
Born in 25th May 1881 at Leeds, son of Edwin Brookes and Jane Hawes; educated at Leeds Central High School, private tuition; in business 1895-1911; Westminster Hall, Vancouver, B.C., B.D. (1915); student missionary in Canada 1912-14; licensed by Presbytery of New Westminster October 1915; ordained and inducted Bassano, Alberta, by Presbytery of Medicine Hat 25th October 1915; translated to Gem, Alberta, June 1917; appointed to Jamaica Brownsville and introduced August 1923; resigned 31st December 1928; inducted 17th January 1929. Married 1st June 1910, Jane MacNaught Brown. Publication – When He Dwelt Among Us, London, 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.264; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.202; also Vol.10, p.116.]
CROSSHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.9
Formerly Hutchesontown Free Church Church and hall. The Nithsdale congregation united with this congregation on 29th November 1908.
1876
ANDREW RYRIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.309
Born 9th January 1842 in Muiravonside, son of Andrew Ryrie and Mary Hamilton Crawford Baird; educated at Muiravonside, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Crail 1873; translated to Edinburgh St Paul’s 1874; translated and inducted 1876; retired 1901; died 18th April 1909. Married 5th October 1880.
1901
ANDREW RANKIN COWIE
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor May 1901; translated to Kingarth, Bute, 21st June 1925.
1925
ALEXANDER STEWART, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Cowdenbeath Cairns 4th September 1923; translated and inducted November 1925.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.265.]
CUMBERLAND STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.88
Church. United with Oatlands on 11th March 1908, under the name Oatlands.
1896
JOHN COOK
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.131; Vol.2, p.89
[Born about 1854 at Tayport, Fife, son of John Cook and Jane Alexander;] ordained and inducted Buckie 24th September 1879; translated and inducted 9th January 1896; died 11th September 1901.
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1902
DAVID SHEARER, M.A.
Translated from Pulteneytown West and inducted 10th March 1902; became minister of the united congregation 11th March 1908.
CUNINGHAME
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.92
Church and halls, opened in 1899.
1885
ALEXANDER SIMPSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.315
Born 1841 at Glasgow; educated at University of Glasgow, Aberdeen Free Church College, University of London, B.A. (1869), B.Sc. (1877); schoolmaster at Rothiemay and Dyce; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Aberdeen; ordained and inducted Aberdeen Torry 1879; translated and inducted 29th September 1885; died 15th November 1915. Married 1867, Eliza Roger Campbell.
1913
DAVID AUCHINVOLE DICK, B.D.
Translated from Dalbeattie Burnside and inducted 27th February 1913; resigned on appointment to Edinburgh Lochend 12th December 1926.
1928
JAMES [JOHN] CAMERON PEDDIE
Born 16th May 1887 at Couland, Forgue, son of James Peddie and Elizabeth Boyne; educated at Couland Public School, Forgue Public School, Aberdeen Robert Gordon’s College, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1910), Aberdeen College; licensed by Presbytery of Turriff May 1914; assistant Kilmarnock Princes Street 1914-15; loc. ten. Braemar 1915-16, Galston Erskine 1916-17; ordained and inducted Kennoway Arnot 17th May 1917; translated to Aberdeen High June 1919; translated to Barrhead Westbourne September 1922; translated and inducted 1st March 1928. Married 16th August 1922, Jessiebella Cooper.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.265; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.273; also Vol.10, p.162.]
DALMARNOCK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.107
Church with small hall.
1877
ROBERT HALL
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.36; Vol.2, p.107
[Born 15th October 1832 at Dalry, Kirkcudbrightshire, son of John Hall and Mary Sloan;] ordained and inducted Old Meldrum 24th April 1862; translated and inducted 1st November 1877; died 11th October 1911. [Married (1) 1867, Helen Watt; (2) 1878, Janet Lindsay Kilgour.]
1905
HUGH CAMERON HUTCHISON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 27th September 1905; translated to Dundee Butterburn 24th September 1918.
1919
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND
Translated from Glasgow Bath Street and inducted 28th January 1919; translated to Wishaw Chalmers 1921.
1921
DONALD CHARLES CAMPBELL GOLLAN
Translated from Fairlie St Margaret’s Fairlie and inducted 27th November 1921; translated to Fort William 3rd December 1924.
1925
WILLIAM RUSSELL PATERSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.288
Born 20th June 1866 at Glasgow, son of Andrew Paterson and Jessie Russell; educated at Glasgow Old Wynd School, Langside Academy, Fort William Public School, Aberdeen Old Grammar School, Universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow, M.A. (1890), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow May 1894; assistant Gorbals 1894-6; ordained and inducted Armadale September 1896; appointed Army Chaplain 1908; war service as Chaplain to the Forces, thrice mentioned in Despatches, awarded M.C.; retired December 1924; inducted 10th June 1925. Married 3rd December 1908, Margaret Gillies Snedden.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.272, Hall Memorial.]
DUKE STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.93
Church. The Junior Colleague adhered to the Free Church with many of the congregation and the buildings were allocated to the Free Church.
1869
Evan Gordon
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.172
Born 1824 at Kingussie; educated at University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Kilmonivaig 1859; translated to Grantown-on-Spey 1866; translated and inducted 1869; became senior minister 1893; died 1902. Married (1) 1862, Margaret Comrie; (2) Margaret Davidson; (3) Jessie S. Walker.
EAST PARK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.93
Church and halls. Manse purchased in 1921.
1877
JOHN WHITE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.355
Born 5th December 1847 at Kirkcaldy, son of John White and Agnes Kerr; educated at Partick Free Church School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1873), Glasgow Free Church College; student missionary at West Maryston, near Baillieston; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow June 1875; ordained and inducted Baillies-
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ton 12th August 1875; translated and inducted December 1877; became senior minister 1919; minister without charge at Kennethmont 13th October 1921 to 30th June 1923, and Innerwick 8th July 1923 to October 1928. Married 13th August 1878, Minnie S.S. Park.
1920
ALEXANDER MACLEAN
Born 14th July 1879 at Contin, son of Alexander Maclean and Helen Campbell; educated at Contin Public School, Dingwall Academy, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1903), Aberdeen College; assistant teacher, Carloway Public School 1900-1; missionary teacher at Kylestrome, summer 1901 and 1902; student assistant Aberdeen Rutherford 1903-6; licensed by Presbytery of Dingwall April 1907; assistant Nethy Bridge 1907; ordained and inducted Abernethy 13th September 1907; translated to Cromarty 13th March 1912; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in France 1918, and at Cromarty 1914-17, 1919; translated and inducted 25th January 1920. Married 26th April 1910, Isabella Grant Morrice.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.266; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.660.]
EGLINTON STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.65
Church and Hall,. Mission in Bedford Street. United with Elgin Street to form Eglington Elgin in 1920.
1894
ROBERT AULD
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.67 and 479
Ordained and inducted Wick 26th March 1890; translated and inducted 11th January 1894; became minister emeritus in 1920; died 1925.
ELGIN STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.80
Church, halls and church officer’s house. United with Eglinton Street to form Eglinton Elgin in 1920.
1882
JOHN GOOLD
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.71; Vol.2, p.81
Born 19th October 1846, son of Rev. Marshall Hutton Goold, Dumfries, and Helen Crawford; ordained and inducted Montrose John Street 13th February 1877; translated and inducted 7th September 1882; retired 1910; died 1st March 1918. Married 19th June 1876, Christian Duncan.
1910
WILLIAM ARNOTT
Translated from Kirkurd and inducted April 1910; translated to Leslie West April 1920.
EGLINTON ELGIN
Presbytery of Glasgow
Formed by the union of Eglinton Street and Elgin Street in 1920.
1922
ALFRED ERNEST FEE
Born 13th June 1882 at Balfron, son of Samuel Harper Fee and Sarah Gregory; educated at Belfast St Enoch’s National School; in business 1897-1901; Belfast Queen’s University, B.A. (1910), Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, Belfast Theological College; licensed by General Assembly of Irish Presbyterian Church 5th June 1911; assistant Belfast Dingwall Place 1911, Portadown 1912-13; ordained and inducted Fraserburgh Saltoun Place 4th August 1914; translated to Alford 24th April 1918; translated and inducted 7th March 1922. Married 24th July 1907, Anna Wilhelmina Rankin.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.267; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.85; also Vol.10, p.52.]
ERSKINE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.61
Church.
1888
JAMES KIDD, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.177; Vol.2, p.63
[Born 30th December 1848 at Durisdeer, Dumfries-shire, son of James Kidd, Janet Campbell;] ordained and inducted St Andrews 24th November 1880; translated and inducted 25th September 1888; died 1912 [1911. Married 1881, Eliza Anne Clarke]. D.D. from University of Glasgow 1895. Publication – Morality and Religion (Kerr lectures), 1895.
1913
JAMES ALEXANDER AITCHISON, M.A.
Translated from Auchterarder South and inducted 15th May 1913; translated to Kirn 10th January 1924.
1924
WILLIAM CAMPBELL SMITH, M.A.
Translated from Kirkcaldy Invertiel and inducted 1924; translated to Law 1928.
1929
GEORGE CULMAILY CUMMING
Born 31st March 1891 at Dennistoun, Glasgow, son of William Murray Cumming and Jessie Mackay; educated at Glasgow Whitehill (Dux 1909), University of Glasgow, M.A. (1912), Glasgow College; war service with Y.M.C.A. in Scotland and Italy and on Headquarters Staff 1914-21; New College, Edinburgh (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1920); licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 16th April 1920; ordained and inducted Darvel Irvine Bank 21st September 1921; translated and inducted 26th June 1929. Married 24th July 1929, Joan Mair Mitchell.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.267, Erskine Old; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.795; also Vol.10, p.450.]
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FAIRBAIRN
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.93
Church.
1875
GILBERT LAURIE, B.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.205
Translated from Dumfries South and inducted 1875; retired 1908; died 1921.
1908
JOHN WEIR, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.68
Ordained and inducted Kilsyth Anderson 23rd November 1897; translated and inducted 1908.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.267.]
FINNIESTON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.93
Church, session room, classroom, vestry, Collace Hall. Mission hall in Grace Street, Anderston.
1891
DAVID MARTIN MCINTYRE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.232
Born 22nd January 1859 at Monikie, Angus, son of Rev. Malcolm McIntyre and Maryanne Miller; educated at Dollar Academy, Dundee High School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh, English Presbyterian College, London; licensed by Presbytery of London North, June 1886; ordained and inducted London College Park 9th June 1886; translated and inducted 24th September 1891; became senior minister 15th April 1915; appointed to charge of Glasgow Bible Training Institute 1913; war service with Scottish Churches Huts in France and at Tain 1915, 1918. D.D. from University of Glasgow 1924. Married 2nd August 1893, Jane Christian, daughter of Dr Andrew Bonar. Publications – The Divine Authority of the Scriptures of the Old Testament, Stirling, 1902; The Fourth Gospel, London, 1904; The Hidden Life of Prayer, Stirling, 1906; The Upper Room Company, Glasgow, 1906; Way-Marks in the Pursuit of God, Stirling, 1908; The Spirit in the World, London, 1908; Life in His Name, London, 1909; Spirit and Power, London, 1912; The Starting Place of Glory, London, S.A.; Love’s Keen Flame, Glasgow, 1920; Faith’s Title Deeds, London, 1924; The Prayer Life of our Lord, London, 1927; edited two volumes of The King’s Writ, Glasgow, 1923-6.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.268.]
1915
WILLIAM SIMPSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.316
Born 16th July 1866 at Maryhill, Glasgow, son of John McTaggart Simpson and Jean Wood Cringle; educated at Glasgow Maryhill Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1888), Glasgow Free Church College; student missionary, Glasgow Grant Street 1892; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1892; assistant Edinburgh Martyrs’ 1892-3; ordained and inducted Penpont West 3rd August 1893; translated to Glasgow Renwick 3rd September 1901; translated and inducted 15th April 1915; war service with Y.M.C.A. in Belgium 1917. Married 3rd April 1902, Annie Brydone.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.268; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.159.]
GAIRBRAID
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.92
Formerly Maryhill United Presbyterian church, two halls, vestry, etc. and manse.
1882
WILLIAM DUNCAN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.596; Vol.2, p.92
Born 14th April 1846 at Alva United Presbyterian Manse, son of Rev. James Duncan and Jessie Walker; educated at Alva Parish School, Edinburgh Moray House Normal School, Penicuik Free Church School, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College; master of Howgate Public School; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1872; ordained and inducted Midcalder 17th March 1874; translated and inducted 21st November 1882; became senior minister 10th January 1918; died 1929. Married 23rd August 1877, Alice Symington. Publications – God’s Book, God’s Day, God’s House, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1893; After Three Jubilees, Glasgow, 1897; booklets for the young.
1917
ALEXANDER PENDER CRICHTON
Born 1878 at Glasgow, son of Alexander Crichton and Barbara Howie Thompson; educated at Glasgow Allan Glen’s School, Springbank Public School (pupil teacher), Govan Copland Road Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1st Class Hons. in Mental Philosophy in 1904), B.D. (1908); assistant to Professor of Logic 190-5; teacher in Glasgow and Govan; Glasgow College (Stevenson Fellow); licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow; ordained and inducted Colmonell 1909; translated and inducted 1917; appointed Director of Religious Instruction in Glasgow Jordanhill Training College for Teachers 1925; retired 1943; died 27th May 1952. Member of Glasgow education Authority 1922-43.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.778.]
1925
FREDERIC SYDNEY MESS WALKER
Born 12th December 1893 at Aberdeen, son of James Walker and Christian Mess Watt; educated privately and at Aberdeen Robert Gordon’s College, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1916), B.D. (1919),
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Aberdeen College (Foote Scholar, Eadie Prize, Salmon Prize, Lumsden and Sachs Fellow 1919); student missionary at Shuttlelane 1917-18; student assistant Aberdeen North 1918-19; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen 7th April 1919; loc. ten. Forres Castlehill 1919-20; ordained and inducted Newtyle 2nd April 1920; translated to Dennyloanhead 29th November 1922; translated and inducted 26th November 1925. Married 8th April 1920, Margaret Ann MacCallum.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.268; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.660; also Vol.10, p.377.]
GALLOWGATE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.104
Church, hall and vestry. In 1923 the adjoining Conservative Association Rooms were bought as halls.
1878
JOHN HANSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.181
Ordained and inducted 1878; retired 1904; died 1922.
1904
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE MURDOCH, B.D.
Translated from Ayr St John’s and inducted 1904; translated to Glass 1916.
1919
JAMES MATTHEWSON RITCHIE, M.A.
Ordained and introduced 1919; translated to Motherwell Brandon Street September 1921.
1922
THOMAS NOTMAN, M.A.
Translated from Leitholm and inducted 16th February 1922; translated to Glasgow Cowcaddens 18th June 1929.
1929
JOHN MURRAY SUTHERLAND
Born 8th April 1888 at Thurso, son of William Sutherland and Ellen Murray; educated at Thurso Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1908), Glasgow College (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1912); missionary assistant Glasgow Lansdowne 1911-13; licensed by Presbytery of Caithness 1912; ordained and inducted Foveran 12th November 1913; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915-16; translated to Kirkwall King Street 4th February 1920; translated and inducted 26th September 1929. Married 22nd February 1916, Minna Bremner.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.268; for an account of this minister, see Vol.9, p.303.]
GARNGAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
A mission opened in 1895; raised to full status in February 1911.
1895
ROBERT DICKSON
[Born 11th September 1862 at Glasgow, son of Andrew Dickson and Janet Logan;] was missionary from 1st January 1895; ordained as missionary 1st January 1905; retired on appointment as Chaplain to Hospitals 31st May 1910; died [21st] January 1926; [buried Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow.] Married July 1884, Christian Melrose.
1911
DANIEL GIBSON BAINE, M.A.
Translated from Symington Ayrshire, and inducted 21st August 1911; translated to Gateshead Park Terrace 31st January 1918; inducted Glasgow Candlish Memorial November 1921.
1918
GEORGE SHIER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.314
Born September 1865 at Glasgow, son of George Shier and Isabella Somerville Fisher; educated at University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; missionary with Glasgow City Mission 1889-92; student missionary, Renfrew North 1892-5; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1895; ordained and inducted Makerstoun January 1896; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1916-17; translated and inducted 5th June 1918. Married July 1908, Margaret Cook.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.269; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.592.]
GILLESPIE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.75
Church and hall. Alterations to both church and hall during the period.
1892
ADAM SHAW, M.A.
Translated from Leven and inducted 12th December 1892; translated to Glasgow Govanhill 1st June 1908.
1908
JOHN WEIPERS
Born 2nd July 1868 at Kirkcaldy, son of William Weipers and Margaret Walker; educated at Kirkcaldy Pathhead Philp’s School, University of St Andrews, M.A. (2nd Class Hons. in Mental Philosophy 1899), B.D. (1899), Aberdeen Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Kirkcaldy 28th June 1899; assistant Dundee Ogilvie 1899-1900; ordained and inducted Kilbirnie East February 1901; translated and inducted November 1908; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France and Belgium 1918. Married 31st July 1901, Eva Boyelle Lee.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.269.]
GORBALS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.94
Church, two large halls, vestry, session house, etc., and manse.
1895
DUNCAN CLARK MACNICOLL, B.D.
[Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.254]
Translated from Dunipace and inducted 20th May 1895; translated to Edinburgh Stockbridge 20th October 1904.
1905
WILLIAM BAILEY HUTTON, M.A.
Translated from Crailing and inducted 12th May 1905; translated to Saltcoats Landsborough 15th January 1919.
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1919
THOMAS MCEWEN, M.A.
Translated from Dumfries Townhead and inducted 16th September 1919; translated to Edinburgh London Road 31st October 1923.
1924
JAMES SCOTT, M.A.
Translated from Coldingham and inducted 6th June 1924; translated to Aberdeen St Nicholas Union Grove 2nd May 1929.
1929
JOHN GUTHRIE
Born 9th February 1878 at Greenock, son of Robert Guthrie and Jane Walker; educated at Greenock Belville Street, Glasgow Oaklands and Abbotsford Schools, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1901), B.D. (1905), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Springburn 1897-9; Young Street 1901-4, Thurso First, summer 1904, Glasgow St Peter’s 1904-5; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1905; assistant Dumfries Buccleuch Street 1905-6; ordained and inducted Kinloss 26th January 1906; translated to Blairgowrie South 11th February 1915; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916; translated to Aberdeen Torry 19th February 1920; translated and inducted 25th September 1929. Married 3rd October 1906, Mary Dear Ayton.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.264, Croftfoot.]
GOVAN COPLAND
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.119
Church.
1881
THOMAS RANDALL ANDERSON, M.A.
Translated from Hamilton Saffronhall and inducted 28th April 1881; translated to Carmyle 17th June 1902.
1902
JOHN KING
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.710
Born 20th August 1856 at Strichen, son of John King and Ann Henderson; educated at Kininmonth Public School, Strichen Public School, Fraserburgh Academy, Old Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1878), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Aberdeen 1881; ordained and inducted Seaham Harbour, Newcastle, 28th February 1882; translated to Alva United Presbyterian 16th April 1891; translated and inducted 23rd December 1902; retired 1917 [1926]. Married 25th December 1889, Margaret Grieve. Examiner in Hebrew and Old Testament Literature in United Presbyterian Church. Member and Chairman, Alva School Board; Governor of Dollar Institution; member of Govan Parish School Board, of Glasgow Education Authority, of National and Provincial Committee for Training of Teachers, and of Joint Committee on Education of Church of Scotland and United Free Church.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.270.]
1927
WILLIAM LAMB FORDYCE
Born 21st May 1879 at Madderty, Crieff, son of James Fordyce and Anna Lamb; educated at Madderty Parish School, Crieff Morrison’s Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1901), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Auchterarder 1905; assistant Dundee St Paul’s 1905-6; Alloa West 1906-7; ordained and inducted Freemantle, West Australia July 1908; inducted Clayport Alnwick 6th September 1916; translated to Sunderland St Peter’s 14th April 1920; translated to Dundee Bell Street 12th May 1925; translated and inducted 7th September 1927. Married 7th November 1907, Annie Bingham.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.270, Copland Road; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.519.]
GOVAN FAIRFIELD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.121
Church, hall, managers’ room and vestry. Manse acquired.
1880
A[LEXANDER] SCOTT MCPHERSON
[Born 1849 at Glasgow, son of Hugh McPherson and Elizabeth Scott;] translated from Felton, Northumberland and inducted 16th March 1880; translated to London Oxenden 6th November 1900. [Married 1873, Ellen Adam.]
1901
DONALD GRANT FAIRLIE
Translated from Aberdeen St Paul’s Street and inducted 14th May 1901; translated to Glasgow Langside Avenue 20th January 1910.
1910
ANDREW M[CCLANACHAN] KELLY
Translated from Stockton-on-Tees and inducted 5th May 1910; translated to Kinloss West 4th September 1924.
1925
JOHN MACKENZIE
Son of Rev. William Mackenzie; educated at Dennistoun Whitehill Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1912), Glasgow College; war service in H.M. Forces 1914-19; ordained and indicted Kennoway Arnot 1919; translated and inducted 1925; translated to Campbeltown Lorne Street 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.267, Fairfield.]
GOVAN LINTHOUSE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.104
Church, hall, and church officer’s house – the buildings were opened on 5th April 1900.
1900
JOHN STEWART HASTIE, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 11th April 1900; translated to Liverpool Trinity 15th April 1909. See Lockerbie Trinity.
1909
SAMUEL KNOX
Translated from Stow and inducted 27th August 1909; translated to Milnathort 3rd November 1927.
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1928
WILLIAM GRANT KIRK
Born 15th October 1873 at Kirkcaldy, son of Charles Kirk and Georgina Hutchison McGregor; educated at Kirkcaldy Glebe Park Public School and High School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Arbroath and Forfar 3rd November 1907; assistant Glasgow St Matthew’s 1978; ordained and inducted Armadale 7th August 1908; war service with Scottish Churches Huts 1916-17; translated to Macduff 1919; translated and inducted 1928. Married 27th June 1911, Isobel Stevens Davidson.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.278, Linthouse.]
GOVAN MCGREGOR MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
The church was opened on 20th August 1904, and the buildings included also large hall, classrooms, session house, vestry, etc. Manse purchased in 1919.
1903
MATTHEW TURNBULL, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 18th May 1903; translated to Carluke St John’s 16th December 1909.
1910
THOMAS ROWATT BROWN
Translated from Leith North Coburg Street and inducted 14th March 1910; translated to Culter and Symington 26th November 1918.
1919
GEORGE CAMERON GRANT
Translated from Wanlockhead and inducted 1919; translated to Old Kilpatrick Barclay 11th December 1928.
1929
JOHN TOSHACK BOAG
Born 5th March 1895 at Dunfermline, son of Robert Boag and Christina Toshack; educated at Dunfermline Commercial and High Schools, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1916), New College, Edinburgh, Union Theological Seminary, New York; licensed by Presbytery of Dunfermline and Kinross April 1920; assistant Dundee Wishart; ordained and inducted Strathmiglo 19th December 1921; translated to Port Glasgow Princes Street 27th January 1927; translated and inducted 20th June 1919. Married 1st June 1922, Gertrude Anne Storrie Wilson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.279, McGregor Memorial; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.482; also Vol.10, p.286.]
GOVAN ST COLUMBA’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.104
Church, hall, session house and church officer’s house. Manse acquired. The congregation was dispossessed of the property for two and a half years.
1887
JOHN TEED MACLEAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.245
Born 19th September 1843 at Dalmally, son of Duncan Maclean and Flora McLeod; educated at Glasgow Academy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; ordained and inducted Campbeltown Lorne Street August 1868; translated to Port Bannatyne January 1876; translated and inducted August 1887; retired May 1899; died 10th July 1913. Married (1) 2nd March 1871, Jessie Macrae; (2) 24th February 1891, Jessie Gibson Farmer.
1900
EVAN GRANT
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.174
Born 14th February 1860 at Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire; son of John Grant and Mary Johnston; educated at Drumnadrochit Public School, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Glasgow Argyll 1885-8, Renton Mission 1888-9; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow May 1889; ordained and inducted Nigg, Ross-shire 23rd July 1889; translated and inducted December 1900; retired May 1927. Married 23rd July 1890, Jessie Mackay Dingwall.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.294.]
1927
ALEXANDER SHAW
Born 11th May 1871 at Jura, son of John Shaw and Anne MacIsaac; educated at Jura and privately, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1901), B.D. (1912), University of London, B.D. (1927), Glasgow College; student assistant Paisley Gaelic 1895, Kilmonivaig 1897, Rothesay 1897-9, Glasgow Tradeston 1899-1902, Kilmuir Easter Ross 1902 and 1903, Saltcoats South Beach 1902-3, Bonhill 1903-4; ordained and inducted Lochbroom 4th October 1905; translated to Buckie South 13th June 1913; war service with Scottish Churches Huts 1917; translated to Lochranza 15th August 1924; translated and inducted 24th November 1927. Married 25th December 1907, Catherine Grant Kirk.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.294, St Columba Copland Road; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.666.]
GOVAN ST MARY’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.105
Church with vestry, session house, halls and committee room. Manse acquired.
1872
ROBERT HOWIE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.187
Born 4th February 1836 at Kilwinning, son of John Howie and Mary Stevenson; educated at Kilwinning Cross road, Dalgarven and Sandhead Schools, Irvine Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1856), D.D. (1900), Original Secession Divinity
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Hall, Glasgow Free Church College, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Irvine 1859; missionary, Glasgow Hutchesontown Free Church and Paisley; ordained and inducted Glasgow Wynd 1860; translated to Glasgow Trinity 1864; translated and inducted 1872; retired 1903; died 4th March 1918. Married (1) 5th December 1861, Catherine Coulson Davy; (2) 30th June 1911, Martha Elder Dunsmore. Convener of Glasgow Presbytery Church Extension Committee and of the Assembly’s Home Mission Committee and Committee on Statistics. Moderator of General Assembly 1902.
1904
ANDREW ALLAN
Ordained … 1887; minister at Hull Newington Presbyterian Church of England; inducted 21st March 1904; resigned 17th March 1907; went to South Africa and Australia.
1907
JAMES BARR, M.A., B.D.
Translated from Dennistoun [or Rutherford] and inducted 1907; appointed Home Mission Secretary 1920.
1920
JAMES FERGUSON PADKIN
Translated from Glasgow Central and inducted 14th October 1920; translated to Saltcoats Erskine 18th January 1928.
1928
JAMES THOMSON
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor Tranent St Andrew’s 1920; translated to Glasgow Springbank in 1922; inducted at local union, Glasgow Burnbank 1925; translated and inducted in 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.299; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.9, pp.384 and 434; and Vol.10, p.230 .]
GOVAN SUMMERTOWN
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.105
Church and hall. Manse acquired.
1892
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MILL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.266
Born 23rd April 1864 at Thurso, son of James Mill and Harriet Gordon Davidson; educated at Edinburgh Royal High School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh June 1888; assistant Forres 1888-90, Perth West 1892, London Regent Square 1892; ordained and inducted December 1892; retired June 1922. Married October 1892, Isabel Clunas. Fellow of Royal Geographical Society 1892; President of Govan War Savings Committee 1916-19; Lecturer on Apologetics to Glasgow School of Christian Workers.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.308.]
1922
KENNETH CAMERON
Born 19th November 1878 at Knockbain, son of William Cameron and Isabella Mackenzie; educated at Knockbain Public School, Inverness Raining’s School, Fortrose Academy, Aberdeen Robert Gordon’s College, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1900), Aberdeen College; student assistant Aberdeen Rutherford 1901-3; licensed by Presbytery of Chanonry 18th April 1904; ordained and inducted Avoch 4th May 1904; translated to Lochgilphead 27th October 1909; translated to Greenock Crawfordsburn 27th August 1915; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 1922. Married 27th December 1904, Annabella Fraser.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.308; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.378; also Vol.10, p.226.]
GOVANHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.108
Church with managers’ room, lesser and larger halls, vestry, etc. Manse acquired in the period.
1879
DAVID M[UIR] CONNOR, M.A., LL.B.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.108 and 410
[Born 16th September 1838 at Shotts, Lanarkshire, son of David Connor and Christian Muir;] ordained and inducted Biggar Gillespie 26th June 1867; translated and inducted 30th June 1879; retired 31st May 1908; died 20th March 1917. [Married 1867, Mary Anne Morgan.]
1908
ADAM SHAW, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.76 and 402
[Born 10th March 1861 at Greenock, son of James Shaw and Henrietta Barr;] ordained and inducted Leven Forman 29th January 1889; translated to Glasgow Gillespie 12th December 1892; translated and inducted 1st June 1908; retired 10th June 1914; died 9th June 1915. [Married 1889, Isabella Caroline Wylie.]
1914
WILLIAM DOBBIE
Translated from Forres Castlehill and inducted 3rd September 1914; translated to Lanark Cairns 9th September 1921.
1922
JAMES BARCLAY
Born 10th June 1879 at Cowdenbeath, son of Charles Barclay and Grace Kirk; educated at Cowdenbeath Public School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1913), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Dunfermline and Kinross 1907; ordained and inducted Benwell, Newcastle, January 1908; translated to Edinburgh Haymarket May 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A.; translated and inducted May 1922. Married 6th May 1908, Christina Nelson Chalmers Lettice.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.271, Govanhill West.]
GRANT STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.99
Formerly St George’s Road. Church and halls.
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1861
JOHN TORRANCE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.345
Born on 14th April 1828 at Waygateshaw, Carluke, son of John Torrance and Christian Smellie; educated at Carluke, University of Glasgow, Reformed Presbyterian Divinity Hall; English teacher in Glasgow Academy; licensed by Reformed Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 13th October 1857; ordained and inducted Colmonell Reformed Presbyterian 18th January 1859; translated and inducted 30th May 1861; died 28th June 1901. Married 13th March 1866, Margaret McAlister Symington.
1902
JAMES KENNEDY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.198
Born on 24th March 1868 at Balnachie, Panbride, Angus; educated at Dundee, University of St Andrews, New College, Edinburgh; assistant at Paisley and Stirling; ordained and inducted Lamlash, Arran, 18th May 1897; translated and inducted 23rd January 1902; died 4th April 1907. Married 1901, Jessie Walls, of Stirling.
1907
ARCHIBALD FLETCHER CAMPBELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.113
Born 18th April 1868 at Croft Brackley, Dalmally, son of John and Christina Campbell; educated at Dalmally Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Campbeltown Lorne Street 1894, Tain 1895-6; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Kintyre January 1897; assistant Strathaven 1897, Glasgow St Enoch’s 1898; ordained and inducted Aberdeen St Columba’s 26th July 1898; translated and inducted 11th October 1907.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.271.]
GREAT HAMILTON STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.94
Church and manse.
1893
DAVID EATON, D.D.
Translated from Aberdeen Melville and inducted 1893; translated to Glasgow Scotstoun 1902.
1902
WILLIAM JAMES COUPER, M.A., D.D. (1926)
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.126
Ordained and inducted Kirkurd 1897; translated and inducted 3rd September 1902. Contributed to records of Glasgow Bibliographical Society and Scottish Church History Society.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, pp.279-280, Macmillan.]
GREENHEAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.52
Church and hall. The hall was rebuilt in 1928.
1878
JOHN STEEL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.325; Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.53
Born 27th December 1842 at Calton, Glasgow, son of James Steel and Agnes Mitchell; educated at Glasgow St James’ School and High School, University of Glasgow, D.D. (1896), Glasgow Free Church College, University of Leipzig; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1868; assistant Stirling North 1869; ordained and inducted Kirkintilloch St David’s 26th August 1869; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 24th April 1878; died 10th March 1917. Married 6th September 1870, Agnes Miller, Rhu. Clerk to United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1886-1900; appointed Clerk to Synod of Glasgow 1902.
1915
FRANK JEFFREY, B.D.
Translated from Cumbernauld Baird and inducted 16th December 1915; translated to Stranraer St Andrew’s 24th November 1926.
1928
JOHN HART
Born 19th December 1886 at Belfast, son of Charles Hart and Mary Rainey; educated at Leith Academy, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; for 12 years City Missionary in Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh April 1925; ordained and inducted St Monance 3rd June 1925; translated and inducted 19th January 1928. Married 19th November 1909, Mary Allan.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.271, Greenhead East; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.160.]
GREYFRIARS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.22
Church with halls and vestry; mission premises and church officer’s house; yarn store, let to tenants.
1883
WILLIAM SIMPSON GOODALL
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.27 and 313
Born 12th January 1851 at Milnathort, son of David Goodall and Elizabeth Simpson; educated at Orwell Parish School, University of Edinburgh, M.A., United Presbyterian College; teacher before ordination; ordained and inducted Stewarton 26th June 1877; translated and inducted 12th September 1883; died 16th July 1903. Married 13th July 1877, Jane M. Scott.
1904
ALEXANDER GRIEVE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.84
Born 9th November 1866 at Smailholm; educated at Smailholm Public School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (2nd Class Hons. in Philosophy 1891), Universities of Leyden 1893; Heidelberg 1895, and Leipzig, Ph.D. 1895, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Forfar South 28th January 1896; translated and inducted 18th February 1904; died 23rd January 1927. Married 4th August 1896, Euphemia L. Ross. Publications – Willibrord, Missionary in the Netherlands,
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691-739, 1923; translations of Schleiermacher, 1926.
1927
THOMAS BROWN
Born 19th January 1882 at Clackmannan, son of Matthew Brown and Margaret Fyfe; educated at Clackmannan Public School, University of St Andrews M.A. (1904), B.D. (1927), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Leith Junction Road 1908-9; licensed by Presbytery of Stirling and Dunblane 1909; ordained and inducted Lochgelly Churchmount 5th May 1909; translated to Hamilton Auchingramont 18th January 1916; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France and Belgium 1918; translated and inducted 8th September 1927. Married August 1909, Christina Henderson Thomson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.271; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.311; also Vol.10, pp.183 and 94.]
HENDERSON MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.111
Church and suite of halls, and church officer’s house. In 1911 there were additions to and reconstructions of the buildings.
1878
DAVID HAY
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.309; Vol.2, p.111
[Born 3rd December, 1832 at Edinburgh, son of George Hay and Janet Smith;] ordained and inducted Dundee Butterburn 7th July 1863; translated and inducted 19th September 1879; retired 1895; died [23rd December] 1907; [buried Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh. Married Mary.]
1895
TIMOTHY WIGHTMAN STIRLING
Translated from Gardenstown and inducted 26th March 1895; translated to Sanquhar North 16th November 1922.
1923
JOHN MITCHELL
Born 16th March 1875 at Lockerbie, son of Thomas Mitchell and Janet Payne; educated at Dryfesdale Public School; agent of Highlands and Islands Committee of Free Church 1897-9; home missionary of Presbyterian Church of New South Wales 1899-1904; assistant Cambridge St Columba’s 1905-10; Westminster College, Cambridge; licensed by Presbytery of London North 12th July 1910; ordained and inducted Canterbury Presbyterian Church 20th October 1910; translated to Blackhill, Co. Durham, 13th December 1911; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1917; translated to Roker, Sunderland, March 1920; translated and inducted 22nd March 1923. Married 11th January 1901, Janet Wilson. Publication – A Gifted Teacher and His Wife (joint biography of Mr and Mrs James Harvey, Wellington, Cape Province) London, 1927.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.272; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.327.]
HENRY DRUMMOND MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.97
Formerly Possilpark Free Church and known as Possilpark from 1900-08. Church, small hall, vestry, session house, etc. The hall was doubled in size and a small hall added in 1919.
1882
WILLIAM MCKILLIAM, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.240
Translated from Coatbridge West and inducted 1882; retired March 1901.
1902
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORTON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 3rd March 1902; translated to Maybole Cargill 19th June 1919.
1919
ROBERT KERR GOODFELLOW, M.A.
Translated from Kilbirnie East and inducted 18th December 1919; translated to Dunbar 13th January 1926.
1926
HUGH WATSON, B.A., B.D.
Translated from Jarrow St Kilda and inducted 1926; translated to Methven 11th September 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.272, Henry Drummond.]
HIGHLANDERS MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
This congregation was formed in 1902 to gather together the Highlanders favourable to Union, but whose churches had been given to the Free Church. At first they were housed in the old West Free Church, but this was condemned in 1914, and the congregation removed to an old church, formerly Sandyford United Free. In 1916 the buildings of St Peter’s, consisting of church and halls, were purchased and presented to the congregation as a memorial to the Highlanders who gave their lives in the war. Organ presented in 1917. Manse acquired.
1902
PETER MACFARLANE MACDONALD
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.223
Born 10th May 1856 at Stornoway, son of John MacDonald and Isabella Macfarlane; educated at Stornoway Free Church School, Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1882), Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Partick Gaelic Mission, Greenock Gaelic, Rothesay Chapelhill; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 17th April 1884; ordained and inducted Edinburgh St Columba 26th March 1884; translated to Stornoway High 26th June 1895; translated to Glasgow West 4th September 1902; became
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minister of Highlanders’ Memorial 1917; died 1st July 1919. Married 3rd March 1885, Joanna Macdonald.
1919
ANDREW DOUGLAS
Translated from Invergordon and inducted 6th November 1919; appointed to Nassau, Bahamas 14th October 1926.
1927
DONALD THOMSON
Born 7th August 1891 at Aird, Tong, Stornoway, son of Donald Thomson and Mary Campbell; educated at Tong Public School, Stornoway, Nicolson Institute, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1915), B.D. (1918), Aberdeen College (Brown-Downie Scholarship 1918, Lumsden and Sachs Fellow 1918), student assistant Aberdeen High 1915-18; licensed by Presbytery of Lewis May 1918; ordained and inducted Avoch 6th June 1918; translated to Clyne 20th February 1921; translated to Glasgow Wellpark 1st October 1924; translated and inducted 1st June 1927. Married 25th July 1918, Belle Ann Murray.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.273; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.416; Vol.10, p.247.]
HILLHEAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.90
Formerly Anderston Free Church Church, halls, and church officer’s house; additions in 1927. Manse acquired in the period.
1888
THOMAS ADAMSON, D.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.77
Translated from Falkirk and inducted 1888; retired 1909; died 4th April 1926. Married 1877, Isabella M. Buntin.
1909
DANIEL LAMONT, B.D.
Translated from Edinburgh Newington and inducted 15th January 1909; translated to Helensburgh Park 7th October 1919.
1920
EDWARD JAMES HAGAN, B.A.
Translated from Elgin High and inducted 5th February 1920; translated to Edinburgh Warrender Park 18th March 1926.
1926
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL CRAIG
Born 3rd December 1888 at Kelso, son of Alexander McRae Craig and Margaret Forrest; educated at Kelso High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1910), New College, Edinburgh; war service; licensed by Presbytery of Jedburgh and Kelso 1920; sub-warden in New College Settlement, and assistant Pleasance 1920-1; ordained and inducted Galston Erskine 12th October 1921; translated and inducted September 1926. [Married 29th September 1950, Mary Isobel Laidlaw, daughter of Rev. John Laidlaw.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.269, Gilmorehill; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.778; also Vol.10, p.247; and Vol.11, p.425.]
HOPE STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.94
This congregation with its minister adhered to the Free Church
HUTCHESONTOWN
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.50
Church and hall. United with Caledonia Road to form Hutchesontown and Caledonia Road in 1924.
1889
JAMES BROWN NICHOLSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.52
Born in 1853 at Leven, Fife, son of John Nicholson and Annie Brown; educated at Leven Parish School, University of Edinburgh, M.A., United Presbyterian College; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Kirkcaldy; in charge, Paisley Lylesland preaching station; ordained and inducted Kingskettle 18th February 1885; translated and inducted 19th February 1889; retired 1924, and became minister emeritus of the united congregation; died 24th July 1928. Married (1) 26th June 1894, Jane Ann McIntosh Findlay; (2) September 1926, Elizabeth Helen Gray.
HUTCHESONTOWN AND CALEDONIA ROAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
The union took place in 1926, the Hutchesontown church and hall being sold. Manse bought in 1925.
1925
ROBERT S[KILLEN] SLEIGH
Born [16th June 1884] in Edinburgh; educated at University of Edinburgh, M.A. [(1911)], New College, Edinburgh (Senior Cunningham Scholar), Universities of Heidelberg and Oxford, University of Aberdeen, Ph.D. (1923); ordained and inducted Tarbolton 1916; translated to Aberdeen Gallowgate 1920; translated and inducted 23rd April 1925; resigned in 1930; inducted Central United Free (Continuing), Edinburgh, 1st October 1930. [Married 1907, Margaret Millar Lockhart.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.273.]
HYNDLAND
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.83
Formerly Sandyford United Presbyterian The congregation removed to Hyndland and the name was changed 1st October 1913. The old Sandyford buildings were used by the Highlanders’ Memorial congregation from 1914-6. Hyndland united with St John’s and Renfield in 1927.
1895
WILLIAM MACALISTER PATON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.84 and 586
Born 10th March 1860 at Paisley, son of
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James Paton and Anne McIlwrick; educated at Paisley John Neilson Institution, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1880), B.D. (1884), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Paisley 1884; ordained and inducted Abernethy, Perthshire 1886; translated and inducted Glasgow Sandyford United Presbyterian 23rd December 1895; moved with the congregation to Glasgow Hyndland 1st October 1913; retired 30th March 1927; died 8th November 1931. Married 6th July 1886, Jeannie Robertson Millar.
IBROX
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.102
Church and hall.
1890
WILLIAM T[HOMSON] BANKHEAD, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.102
Ordained and inducted North Shields 1882; translated and inducted 27th March 1890.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.274.]
JOHN KNOX’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.94
Church and halls; a yard rented to three tenants. United with Tradeston to form John Knox’s and Tradeston in 1911.
1888
JOHN BUCHAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.107
Born 23rd April 1847 at Peebles, son of John Buchan and Violet Henderson; educated at Peebles Bonnington Park Academy, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Biggar and Peebles 1873; assistant Broughton 1873; ordained and inducted Perth Knox July 1874; translated to Kirkcaldy Pathhead December 1875; translated and inducted November 1888; retired 1910; died 19th November 1911. Married 2nd December 1874, Helen Masterton. Publications – Tweedside Echoes and Moorland Musings, Edinburgh, 1881; The First Things, Edinburgh, 1902. Father of John Buchan, Lord Tweedsmuir; James Walter Buchan, M.A.., LL.B., Peebles; and Anna Buchan (O. Douglas).
JOHN KNOX AND TRADESTON
Presbytery of Glasgow
The two congregations united in 1911, and the Tradeston Church was sold. In December 1928 addition was made to the hall accommodation at a cost of £2300.
1911
JOHN ROSS
Translated from Rosehall and inducted to Glasgow Tradeston September 1906; inducted to the united charge September 1911; translated to Abernethy and Boat of Garten 1924.
1924
MALCOLM MACLEOD
Born 10th January 1881 at Crowlista, Miavaig, Stornoway, son of Donald Macleod and Anne Maclean; educated at Crowlista Public School, Stornoway Nicholson Institute, Glasgow High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1906), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh St Columba’s 1907-8, Greenock Gaelic 1908-9; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 8th June 1910; ordained and inducted Strath, Skye, 3rd August 1910; translated to Lochgilphead 9th February 1916; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915-16, and as Chaplain to the Forces in France 1916-17; translated and inducted 17th September 1924. Married 29th April 1913, Blanche Eleanore Mackenzie. Publication – Comasan na h-urnuigh (Possibilities of Prayer), London and Edinburgh, 1913; contributions to periodicals.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.283; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.441.]
JOHN STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.46
Church with hall, vestries, library, etc. Many improvements during the period.
1900
ALEXANDER WYLIE BLUE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.50
Born 11th May 1869 at Campbeltown, son of William Blue and Mary Wylie; educated at Campbeltown Dalintober Public School and Grammar School, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student missionary at Forth 1899-1900; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Greenock 1900; ordained and inducted 26th April 1900; translated to Sunderland St George’s 1905; translated to Belfast May Street 1916; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918; retired 1946. Married 3rd June 1902, Dora Gow, M.A. D.D. from Faculty of Divinity of Ireland. Publications – Facets of Faith, London, 1912; The Quay Head Tryst, Paisley, 1917.
1906
JAMES VICTOR LOGAN
Born 15th August 1859 at Banbridge, Co. Down, son of Henry Logan and Margaret Kinlay; educated at Edenderry, Portadown, Belfast Royal Academical Institution, Queen’s College, Belfast, Assembly’s College, Belfast; licensed by Presbytery of London South 1891; ordained and inducted Sunderland St James’ 14th September 1892; translated to Jarrow Ellison Street 21st September 1894; translated and inducted 1st February 1906. Married 9th March 1899, Mary Anne Dick. Publications – Lessons from the Life of Venerable Bede, Jarrow, 1900; contributions to periodicals.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, pp.274-5.]
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JORDANHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.105
Church, abandoned in 1905, and new church built. Manse.
1874
GEORGE DOUGLAS ROSS MUNRO
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.279
Born 6th May 1828 at Evanton, Ross-shire, son of John Munro and Cecilia Ross; educated at Inverness Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A., Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dingwall; assistant Kirkhill, Ross-shire, and Rothiemurchus; ordained as Chaplain to the Forces 1856 and served in the Crimea 1856-7; inducted Strathtay 1857; translated and inducted November 1874; retired 1898; died 26th February 1902. Married 17th March 1858, Mary Helen Elizabeth Riach.
1899
ARCHIBALD DUNCAN LIVINGSTONE
Born 5th October 1868 at Glasgow, son of Daniel Livingstone and Isabella Napier; educated at Londonderry Academical Institution, Royal University of Ireland, B.A. (1891), M.A. (1892), University of Edinburgh, B.D. (1895), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1895; probationer in Wormit Extension Charge 1895-8; ordained and inducted as colleague and successor September 1899; war service in France 1917. Married August 1903, Constance Mary Kay.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.275.]
KELVINGROVE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.32
Church. United with College to form College and Kelvingrove in 1908.
1879
PETER RUTHERFORD
Translated from Bristol and inducted 30th April 1879; became minister emeritus of the united congregation in 1908.
KELVINSIDE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.94
Church with vestry, kitchen, hall and session house. Considerable reconstruction in 1909. additional hall, with side rooms, etc., and church officer’s house, added in 1929.
1868
WALTER ROSS TAYLOR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.338
Born December 1838 at Manse of Thurso, son of Walter Ross Taylor, D.D., and Isabella Murray; educated at Thurso School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Caithness in 1861; assistant Lochmaben 1862; ordained and inducted East Kilbride 1862; translated and inducted 21st June 1868; became senior minister 21st March 1907; died 6th December 1907. Married 1876, Margaret Innes, daughter of Dr Joshua Paterson. D.D. (Glasgow), 1890. Moderator of General Assembly, 1900. Publication – Religious Thought and Scottish Church Life in the 19th Century.
1907
PETER DONALD THOMSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.343
Born 8th January 1872 at Glasgow, son of James Malcolm Thomson and Margaret MacDougall; educated at Helensburgh Hermitage School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1891), D.D. (1922), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow March 1896; assistant Aberdeen South 1896-7; ordained and inducted Peterculter 24th June 1897; translated to Kirkcaldy St Brycedale 9th January 1901; translated and inducted 21st March 1907; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1914-19. Married 29th August 1901, Marian Helen Scott. Publication – The Gordon Highlanders, Devonport, 1916, 1920.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.275, Botanic Gardens.]
KENT ROAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.100
Church and halls in one building; mission halls in Cleveland Lane.
1887
ALEXANDER KIRKLAND
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.101
Born 2nd November 1854 at Hamilton, son of Robert Kirkland and Margaret Miller; educated at Hamilton St John’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Hamilton July 1881; assistant Kent Road; ordained and inducted 4th October 1887; died 14th April 1923. Married 1st October 1889, Catherine McLaren Scotland.
1923
WILLIAM JOHN MARTIN
Born 21st November 1893 at Paisley, son of Neil Muir Martin and Susan Jamieson; educated at Paisley George Street Public School, Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1914), Glasgow College; war service in R.G.A. 1917-19; licensed by Presbytery of Paisley December 1917; assistant Paisley St George’s 1914-17 and 1919; ordained and inducted Crossgates 24th October 1919; translated and inducted 13th September 1923. Married 2nd July 1927, Margaret Gilmour Thomson Miller.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.276.]
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KINNING PARK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.95
Church, hall, session room, etc. Manse acquired in the period.
1880
ARCHIBALD RUSSELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.308
Born 7th June 1845 at Tarbert, Lochfyne, son of William Russell and Mary Catherine Taylor; educated at Glasgow Highland Society School, Normal School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1871), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1875; assistant Glasgow Kinning Park, St Matthew’s; ordained and inducted Gourock September 1876; translated and inducted September 1880; became senior minister November 1915; died 14th October 1923. Married 13th September 1883, Jessie Russell.
1915
WALTER WILLIAM AITKEN BELL, B.D.
Translated from Monifieth Panmure and inducted October 1915; translated to Blairgowrie St Andrew’s August 1919.
1920
JAMES TOLMIE, M.A.
Translated from Dornoch and inducted 5th February 1920; translated to Inverness Queen Street 10th October 1923.
1924
JAMES MCINTOSH DAWSON
Born 29th June 1883 at Dundee, son of John Dawson and Annie McIntosh; educated at Dundee Harris Academy, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1905), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Lochinver 1906, Tomatin 1907, Campbeltown Lorne Street 1908; licensed by Presbytery of Dundee 12th May 1909; assistant Kirkcaldy St Brycedale 1909-10; ordained and inducted Kilwinning Erskine 29th June 1910; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1916-17, 1918, and as Chaplain to the Forces 1918-19; translated and inducted 24th February 1924. Married 21st October 1919, Sarah Gabrielle Chometon.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.277, Kinning Park East; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.164.]
LANCEFIELD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.89
Formerly Cranstonhill United Presbyterian. Church with hall, vestry, session room, etc.
1878
GEORGE G[ARDEN] GREEN, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.131; Vol.2, p.89
[Born 22nd June 1835 at Old Meldrum Aberdeenshire, son of James Green and Janet Garden;] ordained and inducted Buckie 11th January 1866; translated and inducted 5th December 1878; retired 1907; died June 1911; [buried Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow. Married 4th July 1866, Marion Kilgour
1907
JOHN ALEXANDER GRAHAME
Ordained and inducted 27th June 1907; translated to Dundee Victoria Street 1910.
1911
ROBERT ASHER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.87
Born 4th September 1868 at Knockbreck, near Tain, son of Alexander Asher and Margaret Gray; educated at Inverness Raining’s School and Royal Academy, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1890), B.D. (1892), Aberdeen Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Inverness July 1892; assistant Paisley Martyrs’ 1893-4; ordained and inducted Chapelhall 19th April 1894; translated and inducted 26th January 1911; resigned 1929. Married 23rd June 1897, Agnes McKaig.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.277.]
LANGSIDE AVENUE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.97
Church with hall, vestry, session room and classrooms.
1879
JAMES ROBB HOUSTON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.98, 121, 385 and 427
[Born 30th July, 1836 at Glasgow, son of David Houston and Mary Robb;] ordained and inducted Dysart 14th October 1862; translated to Carluke 28th June 1870; translated to Govan Fairfield 14th November 1877; translated and inducted 24th June 1879; died 8th September 1909. [Married 1863, Jane Young.]
1910
DONALD GRANT FAIRLEY
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.17
Born 25th September 1864 at Dumbarton, son of Robert Fairley and Mary Grant; educated at Dumbarton Academy, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Dumbarton 1892; assistant Old Meldrum 1892-3; ordained and inducted Aberdeen St Paul’s Street 18th April 1893; translated to Glasgow Govan Fairfield 14th May 1901; translated and inducted 20th January 1910; died 20th January 1917. Married 6th September 1893, Helen Murray.
1917
DAVID GRAHAM CADENHEAD
Born 5th July 1874 at Bridgeton, Glasgow, son of James Cadenhead and Elizabeth Black; educated at Glasgow Henderson Street Public School, Church of Scotland Normal School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1900), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow June 1899; assistant Aberdeen West 1899-1900, Glasgow St Matthew’s 1900-1; ordained and inducted Peterculter 29th March 1901; translated to Paisley Lylesland 2nd March 1911; translated and inducted 6th September 1917. Married 1901, Bethia Pender McMurray.]
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.277.]
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LANGSIDE HILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.95
Church. Manse acquired in the period.
1891
DONALD FINLAYSON MACKENZIE, M.A., B.D.
Translated from Campbeltown Lochend and inducted 1891; translated to Bromley Kent, 1903; translated to Tain 1911.
1904
THOMAS CURRIE, M.A.
Translated from London Clapham Road and inducted 17th March 1904; translated to Montrose St John’s 21st June 1917.
1918
ROBERT HARVEY STRACHAN, M.A., D.D.
Translated from Cambridge and inducted 1918; translated to Edinburgh St Andrew’s 1920.
1920
WILLIAM WALLACE GAULD, M.A.
Translated from Callander and inducted 15th April 1920; translated to Edinburgh New North 3rd May 1923.
1924
ARCHIBALD CHISHOLM
Born 16th November 1889 at Glasgow, son of Archibald Chisholm and Catherine Kennedy; educated at Overnewton Public School, Woodside Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. in Economic Science 1910), D. Litt. (1922), Glasgow College; student assistant Meigle, Skelmorlie, St Ninian’s North 1912-13; Glasgow St Enoch’s 1913-4; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow May 1914; ordained and inducted Coatbridge Middle 2nd December 1914; war service with Scottish Churches Huts; translated to London Crouch Hill September 1920; translated and inducted March 1924. Married 1st June 1927, Jessie Purdie Stark. Publications – Labour’s Magna Charta, London, 1921; The Healing of the Nations, London, 1925; Higher Roads and Cross Roads, London, 1926.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.277; also Vol.11, p.135.]
148 417
LANSDOWNE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.101
Church, hall and church officer’s house. Mission hall at Springbank. Manse purchased in 1920.
1877
THOMAS DOBBIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.504; Vol.2, pp.89 and 102
[Born 4th January 1835 at Annan Dumfries-shire, son of James Dobbie and Jane Faulds;] ordained and inducted Stranraer Bellevilla 13th April 1864; translated to Leith St Andrew’s Place 2nd April 1873; translated and inducted 16th January 1877; retired 1902; died 1902. [Married 1865, Nancy (Agnes) Love.]
1902
HUGH MACLUSKIE
Translated from Irvine Fullarton and inducted May 1902; translated to Ayr West April 1909.
1910
ANDREW BOYD SCOTT
Born 12th March 1875 at Ayr, son of Matthew Brown Scott and Ann Boyd; educated at Glasgow Queen’s Park and High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1st Class Hons. in Mental Philosophy 1897), B.D. (1900), D.D., United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1900; assistant Edinburgh North Morningside 1900-1; ordained and inducted Newton Mearns 1901; translated to Paisley Sherwood 13th May 1903; translated and inducted 1909; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in France 1914-19, mentioned in Despatches, awarded M.C.. Married 3rd June 1902, Agnes Somerville Miller. F.S.A. (Scot.). Publications – Lectures for Club and Cloister, Paisley, 1907; Branches of the Cross, London, 1909; The Lord’s Mother, London, 1914; The East of Arran, Paisley, 1919; Nevertheless We Believe, London, 1923; Lays of the Old Clyde Shores, Glasgow, 1924; The Twelve Take Stock of Us, London, 1925; The Heraldry of His Disciples, Edinburgh, 1927; Christ The Wisdom of Man, London, 1928.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.278.]
LONDON ROAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p. 71
Church with small halls, vestry, session house, etc. Large hall, etc., added. Pipe organ installed in 1901.
1898
JAMES ANDERSON WATT, F.R.G.S.
Translated from Gateshead-on-Tyne, and inducted 8th June 1898; translated to Tighnabruaich February 1923.
1923
IAN DUNCAN MACGREGOR, M.A.
Translated from Innellan and inducted September 1923; translated to Gourock St John’s September 1927.
1927
THOMAS BARCLAY
Born 9th March 1890 at Glasgow, son of Thomas Barclay and Mary Cameron McInnes; educated at West Hartlepool, Greenock and Glasgow; war service in H.M. Forces 1914-19; University of Glasgow, M.A. (1922), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow June 1924; ordained and inducted Carsphairn 12th August 1924; translated and inducted 20th December 1927. Married 8th August 1924, Isabella Allan McAslan.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.279; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.388.]
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LONDON ROAD EAST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.95
Church with large and three small halls, vestry and church officer’s house.
1881
DAVID LOWE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.212
Born 18th May 1836 at Alyth, son of David Lowe and Janet Miller; educated at Alyth, Edinburgh High School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Blairgowrie 18th June 1861; assistant Edinburgh Tolbooth 1863, Aberdeen South 1864; ordained and inducted Beith 23rd June 1864; translated to Newcastle-on-Tyne John Knox 23rd May 1867; translated and inducted 22nd September 1881; became senior minister 11th October 1900; died 21st March 1903. Married (1) 18th July 1867, Edith Ann Gunner; (2) July 1875, Priscilla Brown.
1900
DAVID BAIRD MUIR
Translated from Greengairs and inducted as colleague and successor 10th October 1900; translated to Kilmaronock 3rd May 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.279.]
LYON STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.95
Church.
1896
JAMES WHYTE JACKSON
Translated from Cromdale and inducted 1896; translated to Aberdeen Charlotte Street 1903.
1904
WILLIAM HOOD, M.A.
Translated from Craigneuk and inducted April 1904; translated to Edinburgh Martyrs’ and St John’s 12th January 1911.
1911
JOHN GILVARY TAYLOR, M.A.
Translated from Howgate and inducted 12th June 1911; translated to Glasgow Augustine 4th January 1921.
1921
RONALD ALEXANDER MACDONALD STEWART
Ordained and inducted 23rd June 1921; translated to Denbeath 8th July 1926.
1926
ALEXANDER MCKINNON, M.A.
Translated from Ardchattan and Connel and inducted 28th December 1926; translated to Glasgow Polmadie 27th June 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.279.]
MACDONALD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.96
Church. This ceased to be a Gaelic charge and was re-sanctioned as an English charge in May 1902. The name was changed to Phoenix Park in October 1902.
1876
ALEXANDER MURCHISON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.279
Ordained and inducted Helmsdale 1862; translated and inducted 1876; retired 1902; died 1907.
MARTYRS’
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.96
Church and halls.
1896
ALEXANDER GIBSON OLIVER, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 20th March 1896; translated to Edinburgh Bristo 20th March 1902.
1902
THOMAS MITCHELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.272
Born 24th May 1863 at Newmilns, son of Archibald Mitchell and Janet Kirkland; educated at Newmilns Parish School and Public School, Ruskin College, Oxford, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1895; assistant Newton on Ayr 1895-6; ordained and inducted Cowdenbeith Guthrie Cowdenbeath 3rd December 1896; translated and inducted November 1902; translated to Newcastle Westmoreland Road 24th September 1909; translated to Blackhill, Newcastle, 21st July 1920. Married 22nd December 1896, Margaret Towers Marshall.
1910
GEORGE CALDWELL DALZIEL, B.D.
Translated from Kinglassie and inducted 26th January 1910; translated to West Linton 26th January 1922.
1922
DAVID MCDOUGALL, M.A.
Translated from Uphall and inducted 20th June 1922; translated to Edinburgh Dalry 18th January 1928.
1928
ROBERT MACMILLAN
Born 1st March 1878 at Wanlockhead, Dumfries, son of James MacMillan and Sarah Weir; educated at Wanlockhead Public School, Glasgow Skerry’s College, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. in Logic and Economics, 1914), Glasgow College; student assistant Craigellachie, summer 1916, Inverness East, summer 1917, Paisley Thread Street
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1917-19; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow August 1918; ordained and inducted Howgate 11th April 1919; translated to Grangemouth Dundas 9th November 1922; translated and inducted 13th September 1928. Married 5th September 1928, Jean Aitchison Haddow.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.280, Martyrs’ West; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, pp.451 and 641; also Vol.10, p.267.]
MARYHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.96
Church, session room and two halls; manse.
1899
ANDREW GILLISON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.168
Born 1869 at Baldernock, son of Rev. John Gillison; educated at University of Edinburgh, M.A., New College, Edinburgh; assistant Skelmorlie; ordained to Congregational Ministry at Vermont, U.S.A. 1895; resigned 1896; inducted North Shields Northumberland Square 1897; translated and inducted 20th May 1899; resigned on appointment to Brisbane St Paul’s 1905; translated to St George’s, St Kilda, Melbourne; killed in action at Gallipoli while serving as Chaplain to the Forces 22nd August 1915.
1905
DAVID KATER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.196
Born 18th November 1866 at Alexandria, son of John Kater and Margaret Frame Smith; educated at Helensburgh Grant Street and Hermitage Schools, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1888), Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Hamilton West 1891-2; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dumbarton 1892; ordained and inducted Bathgate September 1892; translated and inducted 31st August 1905; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917. Married 23rd July 1897, Mary Dickson Brown.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.280, Maryhill High.]
MILTON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.96
This congregation and its minister adhered to the Free Church
MOUNT FLORIDA
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.109
Church, vestry and three halls. War Memorial Hall with vestry, session house, etc., opened in May 1924.
1878
HENRY DRYSDALE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.110
Born 21st April 1850 at Leslie, Fife, son of Henry Drysdale and Jane Dron; educated at Scotlandwell Public School, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1877; missionary at Glasgow Berkeley Street; ordained and inducted 5th November 1878; retired May 1906; died 25th September 1925. Married 24th October 1888, Edith Douglas Webster.
1907
WILLIAM OGG
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.285
Born at Ardersier, Inverness-shire; educated at University of Aberdeen, M.A., New College, Edinburgh; assistant Granton-on-Spey, Dundee McCheyne Memorial; ordained and inducted 1888; translated and inducted February 1907; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916; died 16th March 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.282.]
NETHERLEE
Presbytery of Glasgow
This congregation was formed in 1929.
1929
JOHN GERVASE RIDDELL
Born 22nd September 1896 at Edinburgh, son of George Riddell and Margaret Scott; educated at Edinburgh Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1st class Hons. in Mental Philosophy 1922), New College, Edinburgh; war service in H.M. Forces 1915-19; student assistant Edinburgh Lothian Road 1923-4; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh April 1924; ordained and inducted Forres High 25th July 1924; translated and inducted 19th September 1929. Married 11th July 1924, Margaret Rolland Guthrie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.248, Netherlee; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.774.]
NEW BRIDGEGATE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.91
Formerly Bridgegate Free Church and known as Bridgegate until 1921. The congregation was reduced in status from 1909 to 1915. Church and manse.
1873
WILLIAM SCRYMGEOUR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.312
Translated from Arbroath Knox and inducted 1873; retired 1899; died 1904.
1899
JAMES HOLBURN
Ordained and inducted May 1899; translated to Alyth South 5th February 1908.
1908
JOHN WYLLIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.141
Born 1st March 1856 at Kilmarnock, son of John Wyllie and Margaret Montgomerie; educated at Kilmarnock, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Kilmarnock; ordained and inducted Peterhead Charlotte Street 16th July 1891; retired 1903; introduced 1908; inducted Haddington, Cumberland 1912; died 24th January 1914-1918. Married 8th February 1893, Mary Rodger.
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1915
HUGH MORTON DUNLOP
Born 22nd June 1876 at Glasgow, son of Francis Brown Dunlop and Agnes Calderwood; educated at Glasgow South-western Academy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow St Paul’s 1903-4; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow May 1904; ordained and inducted Clydebank Bank Street 29th June 1905; translated to Paisley Canal Street 14th May 1908; translated and inducted 30th September 1915. Married (1) 15th August 1905, Helen Oliver Dunn; (2) 1st June 1929, Elaine Honeyman Blake, [daughter of Buchanan Blake.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.282; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.131; also Vol.10, p.77.]
NEW CATHCART
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.90
This congregation was formed in 1899, and at first had hall with session house, classrooms, etc. Church seated for 750 was opened 9th May 1907; pipe organ installed in 1926.
1899
THOMAS PEARSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.290
Born 31st May 1853 at Dumfries, son of Thomas Pearson and Catherine McNaught; educated at Gaston School, Dumfries Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A., New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted East Kilbride 31st July 1877; translated and inducted 31st August 1899; retired September 1923; died 12th August 1927. Married 31st July 1888, Elizabeth Robertson Martin.
1923
JOHN ADAMSON FINLAY
Born 28th February 1888 at Cowdenbeath, son of John Alexander Robertson Finlay and Anne Wilson Adamson; educated at Cowdenbeath Foulford Public School, and Dunfermline High School; on staff of Royal Bank of Scotland, Dunfermline and Edinburgh; University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1914), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Dunfermline and Kinross 1916; assistant Alloa West 1916-17; ordained and inducted Belhelvie and Shiels 21st May 1917; translated to Benwell, Newcastle, 10th December 1919; translated and inducted 8th November 1923. Married 7th June 1916, Mary Haine Miller.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.283; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.168; and Vol.11, p.154.]
NEWLANDS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.115
In 1900, only a hall. New church with small hall and church officer’s house opened in February 1903.
1900
JAMES MACMILLAN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, pp.102 and 640; Vol.2, p.115
Born 18th September 1863 at Sunnyside, by Galston, son of Thomas MacMillan and Janet Fleming; educated at Grongar Public School, Kilmarnock Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1886), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Lothian Road 1889-90; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Elgin and Inverness June 1890; ordained and inducted Nairn 4th July 1890; translated to Glasgow Lansdowne 12th March 1896; translated and inducted 16th October 1900; retired for health reasons 18th June 1925. Married 20th June 1893, Catherine Forbes.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.283.]
1926
DUNCAN BLAIR
Born 11th October 1882 at Tarbert, Argyll, son of John Blair and Sarah Campbell; educated at Tarbert Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1903), B.D. (1908), Glasgow College; student assistant Paisley Thread Street 1904-5; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow June 1908; assistant Dundee St John’s 1908-10; ordained and inducted East Linton 22nd October 1910; war service in R.A.M.C. in eastern Mediterranean and German East Africa, and as Chaplain to the Forces in France and Germany 1916-19, awarded M.C. 1918; translated to Edinburgh Braid 25th February 1920; translated and inducted 25th June 1926. Married 24th June 1914, Ada Jane Sutherland.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.283, Newlands South.]
NITHSDALE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.112
Church. This congregation united with Crosshill on 29th November 1908 and the property was conveyed to the Presbytery.
1888
DAVID BURNS
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, pp.17 and 692; Vol.2, p.112
Ordained and inducted Linlithgow East 31st July 1877; translated to Aberdeen St Paul’s 28th August 1883; translated and inducted 18th September 1888; died 1908.
NORTH KELVINSIDE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.113
Church and hall. Manse acquired in the period.
1897
JAMES CRICHTON, B.D.
Translated from Elgin Moss Street and inducted 2nd December 1897; translated to Chapelhall 8th June 1911.
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1912
THOMAS JEFFREY, M.A.
Translated from Kilchattan Bay and inducted 22nd February 1912; translated to Edinburgh Pilrig 29th September 1920.
1921
JAMES CHRISTIAN BROWN
Translated from Stonehouse Paterson and inducted 8th February 1921; translated to Fossoway 20th May 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.284.]
NORTH WOODSIDE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.96
Church with hall. Upper hall added 1903. Manse acquired in the period.
1876
DANIEL ROSS KILPATRICK
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.200
Translated from Glasgow Lyon Street and inducted 1876; retired 1891; died 13th August 1914.
1901
CHARLES JAMES TENNANT MERRYLEES, M.A.
Translated from Falkirk Bainsford and inducted 1901; translated to Paisley South 1907.
1908
JAMES SOMERVILLE SMITH
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.6
Born 4th December 1865 at Newmains, Lanarkshire, son of Alexander and Isabella Smith; educated at Coltness, Cambusnethan, Hamilton St John’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow M.A. (1884), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Lanark 1887; at Makerstoun preaching station 1887-8; assistant Dumbarton Bridgend 1889-90; ordained and inducted Stranraer Ivy Place 10th June 1890; translated and inducted April 1908; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917-18. Married 12th April 1898, Annie Biggam.
OATLANDS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.109
Church. Cumberland Street united with this congregation on 11th March 1908.
1878
GEORGE BLAIR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.145; Vol.2, p.109
[Born 6th September 1841 at Leslie, Fife, son of John Blair and Agnes Beatson;] ordained and inducted Savoch of Deer 4th April 1866; translated and inducted 4th July 1878; died 31st August 1903. [Married 1868, Jeanie T. Beattie.]
1904
JOHN GRASSICK
Translated from Seacombe, Liverpool, and inducted 1904; translated to Auchtergaven 1909.
1908
DAVID SHEARER
Minister of Glasgow Cumberland Street; became minister of the united congregation 11th March 1908; translated to Carsphairn 29th March 1928.
1928
GEORGE GRANVILLE RAMAGE
Born 15th January 1890 at Greta, Victoria, son of Granville Cuthbert Hepburn Ramage and Mary Jane Almond; educated at Walthamstow Public School, Leeds Higher Grade School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1913); school teacher 1913-16; war service in H.M. Forces 1915-16; Westminster College, Cambridge, Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Cranstonhill 1918-19; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow February 1919; ordained and inducted Wanlockhead 10th July 1919; translated to Bellshill East (Mcdonald Memorial) 28th February 1923; translated and inducted 5th September 1928. Married 29th April 1919, Helen Marion Middlemass.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.305, Shearer Memorial; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.685.]
PAISLEY ROAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.97
Church with hall, session house, classrooms, etc. In 1927 some alterations were made. Manse acquired.
1900
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND SWANSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.336
Born October 1861 at Amoy, China, son of William Sutherland Swanson and Esther Murray Mackay; educated at Thurso Academy, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, Aberdeen Old Gymnasium, University of Aberdeen, M.A., New College, Edinburgh (Cunningham Fellow); assistant Edinburgh Barclay; ordained and inducted Lochmaben 1888; translated to Aberdeen Melville 1894; translated and inducted 1900; died 17th January 1919. Married 31st July 1915, Effie Frances Crichton.
1919
ROBERT WEIR FORBES
Born 6th June 1873 at Orbiston, Bellshill, son of John Forbes and Margaret White; educated at Kirkwood’s and Noble’s Schools, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; student assistant Paisley Middle 1912; licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton 3rd June 1902; assistant Glasgow Wellpark 1902-03; ordained and inducted Forfar East 12th April 1903; translated to Perth Middle 21st April 1915; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918; translated and inducted 19th June 1919. Married 12th August 1903 Annie Duff.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.19 p.285; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9 p.179; Vol.10, p.103.]
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PARKHEAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.106
Church. Manse acquired.
1874
WILLIAM [LANGLANDS] YOUNG, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.106 and 472
[Born 25th June 1828 at Kirriemuir, son of John Young and Elizabeth Barry;] ordained and inducted Lillisleaf 27th April 1857; translated and inducted 30th June 1874; died 1907; [buried Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow. Married 1858, Margaret Paulin.]
1908
ALEXANDER BAIN CONNON, B.D.
Translated from Monifieth Panmure and inducted 4th February 1908; translated to Edinburgh St James’ Place 18th June 1914.
1914
WILLIAM ISAAC HUTCHEON MARR, M.A., B.Sc.
Translated from Kilmaronock and inducted 13th December 1914; translated to Kilmacolm St James’ 7th June 1921.
1921
COLIN JAMES STEWART MACKENZIE
Born 17th December 1889 at Lybster School House, son of John Chisholm Mackenzie and Jeanie Tuach; educated at Lybster Public School, Pulteneytown Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1910), Universities of Paris and Grenoble 1909-10, New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Mayfield 1912-13, Chalmers Territorial 1913-15; ordained and inducted West Linton 26th October 1916; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1917-19; translated and inducted 28th September 1921; served at Prague 1927-28. Married 10th January 1917, Mary Agnes Smith.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.285, Parkhead East; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.282.]
PARTICK ANDERSON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.106
Church and manse. New halls opened in 1903. The congregation was evicted from the property from 1905 to 1907.
1844
HENRY ANDERSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.82
Ordained and inducted 1844; retired 1898; died 1902.
1898
DAVID YOUNG
Ordained and inducted 27th January 1898; translated to Torrance 10th February 1921.
1921
JAMES WEBSTER KERR
Born 28th April 1874 at Laurencekirk, son of John Kerr and Jane Sim; educated at Laurencekirk St Lawrence School and privately; Glasgow City missionary 1896-98; missionary teacher, Old Calabar 1898-1903; ordained for Foreign Mission service by Presbytery of Glasgow 22nd December 1903; resigned owing to ill-health 25th April 1905; in charge of mission work at Blackburn till 1910; inducted Blackburn on its being raised to full status 4th September 1910; translated and inducted 4th September 1921. Married 6th June 1901, Mary Cunningham.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.286; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.10, p.169.]
PARTICK BROOMHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.106
Large hall with vestry and session room, opened 16th March 1899. Church with hall, church officer’s house, etc. opened 4th October 1903.
1899
JAMES HENDERSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.184
Born 25th April 1855 at London, son of Sir William Henderson, LL.D, D.L., and Jane Boyd Thompson; educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A., Aberdeen Free Church College; assistant at Perth and Brechin; ordained and inducted Inch 1880; appointed to Constantinople Presbyterian Church 1885; inducted Aberdeen East 1892; translated to Glasgow Queen’s Park 1894; translated and inducted 1899; died 15th July 1906. Married 29th September 1885, Isabella Moir.
1907
JOHN ALEXANDER BAIRD, M.A.
Translated from Campbeltown Longrow and inducted 9th May 1907; translated to Peebles St Andrew’s 12th May 1921.
1921
JAMES ARCHIBALD TURNER KENNEDY
Born 10th April 1886 at Latheronwheel, Caithness, son of James Kennedy and Jessie Mackenzie; educated at Keiss Public School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1907), Glasgow College (Clark Fellow, Hons. Diploma in Theology, 1911); licensed March 1911; assistant Glasgow Gillespie 1909-10, Glasgow Pollokshields West 1911-12; ordained and inducted 14th August 1912; translated to Hawick St Andrew’s January 1915; war service with R.A.M.C. and as Chaplain to the Forces in Salonika and in France, mentioned in Despatches 1919; translated and inducted December 1921. Married 27th September 1912, Jessie Miller.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.260; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.240; also Vol.10, pp.221 and 141.]
PATRICK DOWANHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.115
Church and hall, etc. Manse acquired in 1924. Mission hall in Kelvin Street.
1889
WILLIAM DICKIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.149; Vol.2, pp.117 and 556
Born 15th March 1854 at Paisley Abbey Parish
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Schoolhouse, son of William Dickie, Schoolmaster, and Margaret Main Millar; educated at Paisley Abbey Parish School and Grammar School (Dux, 1870), University of Glasgow, M.A. (1875), D.D. (1905), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Paisley and Greenock 4th June 1878; ordained and inducted Rosehearty 14th November 1878; translated to Perth Wilson 11th January 1881; translated and inducted 1889; became senior minister 1923. Married (1) 19th November 1878, Margaret Mackellar; (2) 21st October 1919, Jessie Thomson Ewing. Elected an artist member of Paisley Institute of Arts 1912; chaplain to T.A. from 1910 and during war; Convener of Assembly’s College Committee 1907-9; Convener of Assembly’s Committee on War Memorials; exhibited watercolours and oil paintings in Paisley, Glasgow and Liverpool. Publications – Story of the Mission of Old Calabar, Edinburgh, 1894; The Christian Ethics of Social Life, London, 1903; The Culture of the Spiritual Life, London, 1905; Life’s Ideals, London, 1907; History of Dowanhill Church, 1823-1923, Glasgow, 1926; articles and periodicals.
[For an account of this minister in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.266
1923
WILLIAM JAMES BAXTER
Born 14th December 1884 at Glasgow, son of Joseph Baxter and Isabella Martin; educated at Glasgow Centre Street Public School, Pupil Teachers’ Institute, Normal College (Diploma 1905), University of Glasgow, M.A. (1907), Glasgow College; Teachers’ Diploma 1907; Teacher in Cambuslang West Coats Higher Grade School School 1905-7, Tollcross Wellshot 1907-9; student assistant in Newton-on-Ayr 1908-10, Barrhead South 1910-11, Glasgow Caledonia Road 1911-12; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 30th April 1912; ordained and inducted Barrhead South 11th June 1912; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in France and Flanders 1915-17; translated to London Willesden 16th May 1919; translated and inducted 28th September 1923. Married 30th July 1919, Jessie Stewart Auld Fraser, M.A.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.266; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.158.]
PARTICK DOWANVALE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.106
Church with halls. Pipe organ installed in 1903.
1878
JAMES WALLACE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.350
Born 22nd January 1844 at Kilmarnock, son of Robert Wallace and Margaret Alexander; educated at Kilmarnock Free Church School, University of Glasgow; trained as teacher; Glasgow Free Church College; student missionary at Torrance; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow June 1875; ordained and inducted Alloa East November 1875; translated and inducted 31st October 1878; retired 1921; died 24th August 1923. Married 3rd January 1865, Mary Macilveen Merry. For 21 years a member of Govan Parish School Board.
1922
JONATHAN FRASER ROSS
Born 6th June 1884 at Alves, Forres, son of Simon Peter Fraser Ross and Margaret Cameron; educated at Alves Public School, Elgin Academy, University of St Andrews, Edinburgh Congregational College; assistant Fraserburgh Congregational Church 1915-16; ordained to ministry of Congregational Church at Rhynie, February 1916; admitted by General Assembly of 1920 on condition of attending one college one session; Aberdeen College 1921; appointed to Rhynie 1921; translated and inducted 16th November 1922. Married 28th April 1916, Bella Rainy Gray, M.A.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.286; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.472; also Vol.10, p.279.]
PARTICK EAST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p. 118
Church and Halls. Manse purchased in 1922 at cost of £1300; Electric light introduced 1925; pipe organ installed 1927 at a cost of £1600.
1900
DAVID MACKIE, M.A.
Translated from Dumfries Townhead and inducted October 1900; translated to Dyke, Aberdeen April 1921.
1921
ROBERT [RODERICK] GRAY MACDONALD
Born 12th October 1876 at Bellshill Free Church Manse, son of Rev. William MacDonald and Marion Fulton; educated at Bellshill Public School, Glasgow Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1898), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton April 1902; assistant Newton-on-Ayr 1902-4, Glasgow St Enoch’s 1904-5; ordained and inducted Almondbank St Serf’s 27th April 1905; translated and inducted 14th September 1921. Married 7th August 1907 Frances Elizabeth Bruce.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.286.]
PARTICK GAELIC
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.106
This congregation was known from 1908 as Gardner Street, q.v.
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PARTICK GARDNER STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.106
Before 1908 this congregation was known as Gaelic congregation. Hall in 1900. New church built and opened on 13th May 1905. Manse acquired in the period.
1898
ALEXANDER MACRAE
Ordained and inducted 23rd June 1898; translated to Creich 30th March 1903.
1903
DONALD FINLAY MACLEOD
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.24
Born 23rd May 1865 at Achmore, Lochs, Lewis, son of Murdoch Macleod and Catherine Mackay; educated at Stornoway Nicolson Institute, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Clydebank 1895, Greenock Gaelic 1895-7; licensed 30th June 1897; ordained and inducted Avoch December 1897; translated and inducted 3rd July 1903; died 9th November 1923. Married 1st June 1898, Annie Gracie.
1924
KENNETH GILLIES
Born 25th July 1887 at Applecross, son of Alexander and Catherine Gillies [née Mathieson]; educated at Applecross Public School, Glasgow Bible Training Institute; war service in Royal Navy 1916-19; University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1924), Aberdeen College; student assistant Aberdeen Torry 1920-1, High 1922-24; licensed by Presbytery of Lochcarron 8th April 1924; ordained and inducted 29th May 1924; [buried Applecross Burial Ground.] Married 10th July 1924, Mary Helen Stephen, [M.B., Ch.B., daughter of Rev. Alexander Edward Stephen.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.269, Gardner Street; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.159; and Vol.11, p.144.]
PARTICK HIGH
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.106
Church in 1900; hall added.
1872
HENRY BREMNER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.101
Ordained and inducted 19th December 1872; died 16th December 1912.
1911
WILLIAM STODDART
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.332
Born 1st August 1871 at Kelso, son of William Stoddart and Margaret Galloway; educated at Kelso High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1891), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1895; assistant Edinburgh Mayfield 1895-7, Greenock West 1897-8; ordained and inducted Innellan 15th March 1898; translated to Aberdeen Trinity 1901; translated and inducted 1911. Married 1900, Elizabeth Robertson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.286.]
PARTICK NEWTON PLACE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.117
Church and halls. Mccall Mission Hall. Manse acquired in the period.
1896
JOHN TUDHOPE BURTON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.430; Vol.2, pp.118 and 297
Born 24th March 1850 at Lesmahagow, son of Thomas Burton and Jessie Tudhope; educated at Lesmahagow, Public School, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1872), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1875; ordained and inducted Newmilns 3rd July 1877; translated to Edinburgh Nicolson Street 12th March 1885; translated and inducted June 1896; died 20th June 1920. Married 1877, Christina Boyd Campbell. A prominent advocate of Temperance.
1921
ARCHIBALD DAWSON
Born 20th May 1881 at Ardrishaig, son of John Dawson and Annie Mackay; educated at Ardrishaig Public School, University of Glasgow; teacher 1904-8; Glasgow College; student assistant Govan St Columba’s 1908-11, Glasgow Cowcaddens 1911-12; licensed May 1912; ordained and inducted Kildalton and Oa 5th June 1912; translated to Fort William 15th September 1915; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1917-19; translated and inducted 6th April 1921. Married 31st July 1912, Mary R. Easton.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.284, Newton Place; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.204.]
PARTICK VICTORIA PARK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.119
Church and hall. Additional hall built about 1903.
1882
JOHN WILSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.488; Vol.2, pp.119, 432 and 488
Born 10th October 1842 at New Pitsligo, son of John Wilson and Eliza Gordon; educated at New Pitsligo Public School, Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A., Edinburgh United Presbyterian College; ordained and inducted Stronsay 16th October 1867; translated to Edinburgh Canongate United Presbyterian 14th November 1871; translated to Stow 1874; translated and inducted January 1882; retired 3rd June 1909; died 13th September 1915. Married 27th July 1875, Agnes Stewart.
1909
CAMPBELL MACQUEEN MACLEROY
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.236
Born 10th January 1874 at Glasgow, son of Alexander Crawford Macleroy and Agnes Campbell; educated at Glasgow Millerstown Public School, Dennistoun Public School, High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons 1895), B.D.
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(1897), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; University of Halle 1897; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1897; assistant Dundee Lochee 1897-8; ordained and inducted East Kilbride West and East Kilbride West 13th December 1898; translated to Edinburgh Nicolson Street 6th October 1904; translated and inducted 3rd June 1909; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916-17, and as Chaplain to the Forces in France 1917-18; resigned 1st November 1929. Married 26th June 1914, Elizabeth Mary Robertson. Delegate of Foreign Mission Committee to Indian Mission Fields 1902-3; Fellow of Society of Antiquities of Scotland; member of Glasgow Archaeological Society and of Glasgow Egypt Society. Publications – joint translator of Warneck, History of Protestant Missions, Edinburgh, 1899; A Garden in the Waste, London, 1917.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.649.]
PHOENIX PARK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Known as Macdonald prior to 1902, and united with Somerville Memorial in 1907.
1902
JOHN BISSETT
Translated from Dundee Lochee Road and inducted 1902; became minister of the united congregation of Glasgow Somerville Memorial 16th May 1907.
PLANTATION
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.106
Church and halls.
1899
ANDREW SCOBIE, B.D.
Translated from Rochdale and inducted 25th April 1899; translated to Hightae and Dalton 13th January 1921.
1921
JOHN WATSON KELLY, M.A.
Ordained as probationer 1914; inducted Bishopbriggs Springfield 5th June 1919; translated and inducted 1921.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.287, Cornwall Street.]
POLLOK STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.94
Church with vestry, hall, session room, church officer’s house. New suite of halls erected in 1905. Manse acquired. Mission halls in West Street.
1900
THOMAS PRIMROSE RANKINE, M.A.
Translated from Waterbeck and inducted 3rd May 1900; translated to Aberdeen Carden Place 1st December 1906.
1907
DONALD GEORGE ROSS, M.A.
Translated from Irvine Mure and inducted 25th April 1907; translated to Hawick St George’s 28th September 1911.
1912
ROBERT BOWIE
Born 12th October 1875 at Crosshill, Glasgow, son of William Bowie and Isabella Dickson; educated at Glasgow Dames’ Private School, High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1890), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 27th June 1899; assistant Glasgow Claremont 1899-1901; ordained and inducted Dundee Downfield 2nd April 1901; translated and inducted 8th February 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917, and Scottish Churches Huts in France 1918-19. Married 25th November 1902 Margaret Renton Bewick.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.288, Pollok.]
POLLOKSHAWS EAST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.71
Church, hall and manse.
1857
DAVID STEWART
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.328
Ordained and inducted 1857; became senior minister December 1887; died September 1903.
1887
ALEXANDER WALKER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.349
Born 19th March 1856 at Rothesay, son of Alexander Walker and Janet Munn; educated at Glasgow St David’s Free Church School, Model School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1879), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow May 1882; assistant Port Glasgow Hamilton 1882-3, Rockferry, Cheshire 1883; ordained and inducted Deskford 15th April 1884; translated and inducted 15th December 1887. Married (1) 8th September 1886, Jane Grandison; (2) 1st June 1905, Elizabeth Parker Frew; (3) 20th March 1913, Jessie Isobel Hutchinson.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.288.]
POLLOKSHAWS POLLOK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.138
Church with vestry and session house. A suite of halls was opened in 1914. Pipe organ, new pulpit and choir platform erected in 1927. Mission Hall in Kirk Lane.
1889
GEORGE K[ER] HEUGHAN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.629; Vol.2, pp.140 and 302
Born at Dalbeattie; ordained and inducted Irvine Trinity 18th January 1876; resigned 22nd October 1878; inducted Nairn 2nd July 1879; translated
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and inducted 4th June 1889; resigned 31st October 1902; died 30th October 1903. Married (1) Mary Riddell; (2) Jeannie Macfarlane.
1903
ALEXANDER BAIRD DYKES
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, pp.510 and 587; Vol.2, p.20
Born 28th October 1858 at Glasgow, son of Samuel Dykes and Helen Baird; educated at Glasgow Free Church Normal School, High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1880), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student missionary, Alyth, summer 1881; assistant Paisley Abbey Close 1882-1883; loc. ten. Morebattle 1883; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Kelso July 1883; ordained and inducted Gatehouse of Fleet 27th February 1884; translated to Gorebridge 25th October 1887; translated to Leith Dalmeny Street 15th February 1894; translated and inducted 17th June 1903; war service with Huts 1917-18, 1919. Married 16th December 1885, Anne Helen Fleming.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.287, Pollok.]
POLLOKSHAWS WEST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.71
Church and manse.
1883
WILLIAM MCALPINE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.214
Born 29th October 1857 at Linlithgow, son of James McAlpine and Janet Stanners; educated at Linlithgow Sessional School and Free Church School, University of Edinburgh, Glasgow Free Church College, Edinburgh New College; student assistant North Leith 1882-3; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh June 1883; ordained and inducted 20th November 1883; retired 11th September 1929. Married 18th December 1883, Margaret Gordon Matthewson.
POLLOKSHIELDS ALBERT ROAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.101
Formerly Stockwell Free Church. Church and Halls.
1869
JOHN MCGREGOR
[Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.229]
Born 1st August 1840 at Aberfeldy; educated at University of Edinburgh, M.A., New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Peebles 1864; translated and inducted 1869; died 15th July 1909. Married 1893, Louise Sarah Seely.
1905
FRANK CAIRNS, M.A.
Translated from Cambusnethan and inducted 1905; translated to Broughty Ferry East January 1913.
1913
ROBERT GEORGE PATERSON
Born 19th September 1879 at Edinburgh, son of James Paterson and Joan Lumsden; educated at Edinburgh Miss Bell’s Preparatory School, Green’s Academy, Edinburgh Institution, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (2nd Class Hons. in Philosophy 1901), B.D. (1904), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1904; assistant Edinburgh Palmerston Place 1904-5; ordained and inducted Annan Erskine 14th September 1905; translated and inducted 11th June 1913; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1917. Married 5th October 1910, Jean Smyth Miller.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.253, Albert Drive.]
POLLOKSHIELDS EAST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.122
This congregation was named Maxwell until 1902. Church with halls, session room, managers’ room, church officer’s house. Manse acquired in the period.
1881
ALEXANDER BROWN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.506; Vol.2, pp.122 and 292
Born on 6th June 1843 at Greenburn, Linlithgow, son of Alexander Brown and Elizabeth Lawrie; educated at Fauldhouse Public School; engaged in Ironstone mining 1855-63; University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student missionary, Edinburgh St James’ 1867; licensed 1871; ordained and inducted Kilmarnock King Street 1st September 1872; translated to North Leith 14th June 1877; translated and inducted 4th September 1881; retired 1914; died 7th January 1928. Married 6th January 1874 Agnes Taylor.
1914
WILLIAM MANSON, M.A., B.A. (Oxon.)
Translated from Oban Dunollie Road and inducted 1914; appointed Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, Knox College, Toronto 1919.
1920
DAVID SOMERVILLE
Born 28th May 1883 at Rothesay Free Parish Manse, son of Rev. David Somerville, D.D., and Helen Walker; educated at Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1904), New College, Edinburgh, University of Marburg; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 14th September 1909; assistant Edinburgh New North 1909-11; ordained and inducted Peterculter May 1911; war service as Chaplain to the Forces at home and in France 1916-18; translated and inducted 4th June 1920; died 7th November 1922. Married 17th June 1914, Euphemia Beith Elder Macaulay.
1923
WILLIAM TOPANG MORTON
Born on 4th November 1876 at Helensburgh, son of Alexander Ferguson Morton and Margaret Maitland Baird; educated at Glasgow
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Springburn Public School, Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1899), B.D. (1902), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, Glasgow College, University of Marburg; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow September 1902; assistant Edinburgh Bonnington 1902-3; loc. ten. Alloa Moncrieff 1903, Stranraer St Ninian’s 1904; ordained and inducted Mearns 11th April 1904; translated to Edinburgh Lauriston Place 19th March 1910; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in France 1917-18; translated and inducted 27th June 1923. Married 20th August 1907, Agnes Simpson Scott. J.P. for the County of the City of Glasgow.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.288; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.657.]
POLLOKSHIELDS MAXWELL
Presbytery of Glasgow
The name of the congregation was changed in 1902 to East, q.v.
POLLOKSHIELDS TRINITY
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.122
Church.
1887
JAMES JEFFREY
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.537; Vol.2, pp.63 and 122
Born in 1841 at Greenock, son of James Jeffrey and Elizabeth Oliphant; educated at Edinburgh High School, University of Edinburgh, B.A. (1860), M.A. (1861), D.D. (1902), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of London 14th November 1864; probationer in charge, Silverhill, Hastings; ordained and inducted Dalkeith King’s Park 8th November 1865; translated to Glasgow Erskine 5th June 1873; translated and inducted 1st November 1887; retired 1912; died 29th May 1930. Married 13th February 1866, Mary Larg Whyte. Publications – Personal Ministry of the Son of Man, Edinburgh, 1897; The Gospel of Paul in the Gospel of Jesus, Edinburgh, 1899; The Way of Life, Edinburgh, 1904; Studies in the Septuagint, Edinburgh, 1927; contributions to periodicals.
1913
HENRY TAYLOR
Born 22nd June 1877, son of Henry Taylor and Isabella Galbraith; educated at Falkirk High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1901), Glasgow College (Hons. Diploma in Theology, 1904); licensed March 1904; missionary, Glasgow Bridgeton, missionary assistant Barony; ordained and inducted Bishopbriggs Springfield March 1905; translated to Glasgow Sydney Place March 1908; translated and inducted March 1913; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France. Married 22nd June 1909, Anne Ewing Shaw.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.310; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.182.]
POLLOKSHIELDS WEST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.97
Church with hall. Church remodelled in 1923. Mission at Wells Memorial Institute, West Scotland Street.
1875
JAMES WELLS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.354
Born in 1838, Dumfries, son of David Wells and Janet Tait; educated at Torthorwald Public School, Dumfries Academy, University of Edinburgh, B.A. (Hons. in Philosophy), M.A. (Hons. in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy), D.D. (1893), New College, Edinburgh; assistant Edinburgh Fountainbridge Mission, Glasgow Wynd 1862-4; ordained and inducted Glasgow Wynd 1864; translated to Glasgow Barony 1867; translated and inducted 1875; retired 30th April 1913; died 18th February 1924. Married Janet Findlay, daughter of Professor Simpson. Convener of Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Missions; Moderator of General Assembly 1911. Publications – Bible Echoes, London 1878; Bible Children, London, 1879; Bible Images, London, 1882; The Parables of Jesus, London, 1882; Christ and the Heroes of Heathendom, London, 1886, 1891; Rescuers and Rescued, London, 1890; Bible Object Lessons, London, 1891; A Home Mission, London; My First Communion, London, 1894; Travel Pictures from Palestine, London, 1896; The Hero, 1897; The Children’s Prayer, 1898; Through Bible Lands; Scotland Saint, Edinburgh; Christ and the Present Age, London, 1903; Memoirs of Dr J. Hood Wilson, London, 1903; Across India; Bible Lands Revisited; Memoirs of Dr Stewart of Lovedale, London, 1908; In South Africa.
1913
STUART ROBERTSON
Born 29th August 1874 at London, son of Walter Wood Robertson and Alice Alcorne; educated at Edinburgh Daniel Stewart’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1892), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 1897; assistant in Dunfermline Abbey 1897-8, Liverpool Sefton Park 1898-1901, London St John’s Wood 1901-3; ordained and inducted London Foresthill St John’s 2nd June 1903; translated and inducted 30th April 1913; war service in munitions 1916, with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916, and as Chaplain to the Forces in France 1916-17. Married 1st June 1904, Muriel McClure White. Publications – The Rope of Hair, London, 1911; Other Little Ships, London, 1916;
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The Red Flowers, London, 1919; Balanced Burdens, London, 1927.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.288; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.726.]
POLMADIE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.114
Church with vestry, session house, two halls, etc. Large hall and new vestry erected beside church; pipe organ installed in 1903, and electric light in 1925.
1898
WILLIAM TAYLOR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.114
Born 31st December 1857 at Johnstone, Renfrewshire, son of Daniel and Margaret Taylor; educated at University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow; ordained and inducted 7th September 1898; translated to Liverpool St George’s Myrtle Street February 1913; retired March 1926. Married 5th August 1884, Elizabeth McCallum.
1913
GEORGE LOW MCLEMAN
Born 8th January 1868 at Fraserburgh, son of John McLeman and Sarah Low; educated at Fraserburgh St Peter’s Episcopal School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed April 1898; assistant Aberdeen East 1898-1900; loc. ten. Airdrie West 1900-1; ordained and inducted Airdrie West 27th June 1901; translated and inducted 27th June 1913; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1917; retired 1929; died 1931.
1929
ALEXANDER MACKINNON, M.A.
[Born 26th August 1884 at Dunvegan, son of Hugh MacKinnon and Flora Ferguson;] ordained and inducted Ardchattan and Connel 7th June 1923; translated to Glasgow Lyon Street 28th December 1926; translated and inducted 27th June 1929. [Married 19th November 1912, Mary Barr.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.289; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.691; also Vol.10, pp.393 and 394.]
POSSILPARK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.97
Known from 1908 as Henry Drummond Memorial, q.v.
QUEEN’S CROSS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.97
Church with hall, session room, vestry, etc. Manse acquired in the period.
1899
GEORGE SINCLAIR
Translated from Broxburn and inducted September 1899; translated to Dunbar Abbey 1913.
1914
JOHN MILLER HUNTER, M.C., M.A.
Translated from Brechin Maison Dieu and inducted 15th April 1914; translated to Kirkcudbright 20th January 1921.
1921
JOHN WOOD MACPHAIL
Born 19th March 1880 at Torosay, Mull, son of John MacPhail and Catherine Robertson; educated at Torosay Public School, Aberdeen Robert Gordon’s College, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1907), Aberdeen College; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen May 1910; assistant Dundee Chalmers 1910; ordained and inducted Forgue 10th September 1910; translated to Carron 27th December 1917; translated and inducted 15th June 1921. Married 18th April 1911, Camillia Gordon.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.289; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.240; also Vol.10, p.141.]
QUEEN’S PARK EAST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.103
Church with two halls and rooms. Buildings entirely reconditioned and organ rebuilt, costing £10,000, 1925.
1876
FERGUS FERGUSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.555; Vol.2, p.103
Born 19th August 1832 at Glasgow, son of Hume Ferguson and Anne Weir; educated at Glasgow private school, University of Glasgow, D.D. (1885), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow; ordained and inducted Dalkeith East 20th September 1864; translated and inducted 16th March 1876; retired 1905; died 16th October 1911. Married 23rd September 1868, Jane Naismith. The trials for heresy 1871 and 1877-8, may be studied in J.H. Leckie, Fergus Ferguson, D.D., His Theology and Heresy Trial, Edinburgh, 1923. Publications – The Law of the Sabbath, Edinburgh, 1865; Sermons, Edinburgh, 1871; The Immortality of Man, Edinburgh, 1875; Reconstruction of the Creed, Glasgow, 1877; Defence and Vindication, Glasgow, 1878; The Relations in Thought subsisting between Psychology and Theology, Glasgow, 1884, Glasgow, 1890.
1906
JAMES ROBERTSON CAMERON, M.A., D.Phil.
Translated from Cove and Kilcreggan and inducted 1906; translated to Helensburgh Park 1909.
1910
JAMES GOLDER BURNS
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.229
Born 16th February 1875 at Larkhall, son of John Campbell Burns and Margaret Golder; educated at Larkhall Academy, Hamilton St John’s Grammar School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1895), B.D. (1898), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh, University of Göttingen 1898; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Hamilton 1898; assistant Edinburgh Morningside United Presbyterian 1898-1900; ordained and
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inducted Dumbarton Bridgend 21st March 1900; translated and inducted 24th February 1910; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1915-19, mentioned in Despatches, T.D. 1918; translated to London Marylebone October 1928. Publications – The Chosen Twelve, London, 1915; Through a Padre’s Spectacles, London, 1916.
1929
EDWARD THOMSON VERNON
Born 17th October 1890 at Arbirlot, son of Edward Thomson Vernon and Elizabeth Shirra-Gibb; educated at Arbroath High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1911), New College, Edinburgh, Mansfield College, Oxford; licensed by Presbytery of Arbroath and Forfar 1916; war service in H.M. Forces in France and Salonika 1914-19; ordained and inducted Kinross West 24th April 1919; translated to London Willesden 18th January 1924; translated and inducted 2nd May 1929. Married 3rd July 1919, Mary, daughter of John Boyd, Esq., of Ashburn, Strona, Argyll. Publication – Through, London, 1919.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.290, Queen’s Park St George’s; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.9, pp.274 and 213; and Vol.10, p.123.]
QUEEN’S PARK WEST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.97
Church with vestry, large hall and four small rooms. Manse purchased in 1928.
1899
JOSEPH LEITCH CRAIG
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.128
Born 31st January 1866 at Dumbarton, son of William Craig and Margaret Leitch; educated at Dumbarton Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1891), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dumbarton 1891; assistant Glasgow Kelvinside 1891-2; ordained and inducted Montrose 23rd June 1892; translated and inducted 31st May 1899; retired 30th September 1927. Married 29th June 1893, Helen Carnduff Allison.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.290.]
1927
SYDNEY CARDNO STILL
Born 18th March 1892 at Banchory-Devenick Free Church Manse, son of Rev. James Ironside Still, D.D., and Janet Peebles Adamson; educated at Banchory-Devenick Public School, Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1915), Aberdeen College (Eadie Prizeman, Lumsden and Sachs Fellow 1918); war service in H.M. Forces 1914-15; student assistant Aberdeen North 1917-18; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen 1918; loc. ten. Selkirk West 1918-19; ordained and inducted Kilcreggan and Cove 28th August 1919; translated and inducted 29th September 1927. Married 14th July 1920, Jane Douglas Craig.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.290; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.224; also Vol.10, p.129.]
REGENT PLACE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.55
Church. Manse acquired in the period.
1865
ALEXANDER OLIVER, B.A., D.D. (Edinburgh)
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.58 and 467
[Born 7th March 1827 at Southdean, Roxburghshire, son of Thomas Oliver and Jane Baptie;] ordained and inducted Galashiels East 18th October 1854; translated and inducted 26th January 1865; retired 1905; died 1912. [Married 1855, Elizabeth Nisbet.] Moderator of Synod of United Presbyterian Church in 1894.
1905
JOHN LEWARS, M.A.
Translated from Kirkcaldy Victoria Road and inducted 11th December 1905; translated to Edinburgh Hope Park 3rd June 1914.
1915
JOHN MCCALLUM ROBERTSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.225
Born 9th August 1874 at Uphall, son of George Robertson and Grace McCallum; educated at South Queensferry Public School, Bathgate Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1893), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow, June 1896; assistant Glasgow Pollok Street 1896-8; ordained and inducted Duntocher West 9th November 1898; translated to Hamilton Auchingramont 1st April 1902; translated and inducted May 1915. Married 21st April 1904, Jessie Roy MacGregor.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.290.]
RENFIELD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.97
Church. United with St John’s 1923.
1899
PATRICK CARNEGIE SIMPSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.316
Born at Belfast, Victoria, son of Rev. P. Simpson; educated at University of Edinburgh, M.A., D.D., New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Wallington 1891; translated and inducted 1899; translated to Egremont, Liverpool, 1921.
1911
JOHN FRASER
Translated from Kilmuir Easter and inducted 1911; translated to Dornoch 1923.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.290.]
RENFIELD STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.76
Church was vestry, three halls, etc. Manse acquired. Mission buildings at 65 Stirling Street, Cowcaddens, with five halls, etc.
1885
ANDREW F[ULTON] FORREST
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.76 and 670
[Born about 1850 at Hamilton, son of John Forrest and Marion Fulton;] ordained and inducted Stirling Erskine 4th July 1876; translated to Bristol 5th April 1881; translated
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and inducted 28th April 1885; retired 1921; died 13th April 1922. [Married 1876, Margaret Cameron Todd.]
1921
WILLIAM ERSKINE BLACKBURN
Born 18th March 1889 at Glasgow, son of John Blackburn and Mary Mackay Campbell; educated at Glasgow Mathieson Street Public School; in business 1901-12; University of Glasgow, M.A. (1915), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Wynd 1912, Henry Drummond Memorial 1913-15, Wellfield 1915-17, St Mark’s 1917-18; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1918; ordained and inducted West Kilbride Overton 3rd July 1918; translated and inducted 8th September 1921. Married 24th June 1918, Ella Forrester Brander. Publication – Invincible Love, London, 1916.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.291; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.562.]
RENWICK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.98
Church, halls, and manse. Original halls and manse were removed in 1918; new suite of halls built in 1914; new manse bought in 1925.
1882
JOHN FAIRLEY DALY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.132
Born 24th July 1853 at Glasgow, son of James Daly and Janet Fairley; educated at Glasgow Garnet Bank Public School, High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1879), B.D. (1880), D.D. (1931), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow May 1879; ordained and inducted Inch November 1879; translated and inducted October 1882; retired 14th May 1901 on appointment as Honorary Secretary to the Livingstonia Committee. Married 23rd September 1880, Margaret Dickson. Convener of the Assembly’s Committee on Foreign Missions 1923-8.
1901
WILLIAM SIMPSON, M.A.
Translated from Penpont West and inducted 3rd September 1901; translated to Glasgow Finnieston 15th April 1915.
1915
THOMAS PATERSON, M.A.
Translated from Darvel Irvine Bank and inducted 1915; translated to Stepps 1925.
1925
JOHN HERBERT ROSS
Born 26th March 1891 at Moukden, China, son of Rev. John Ross, D.D., and Isabella Strapp McFadyen; educated at Rosneath Hillside, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1913), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Dalry 1915-16, Fountainhall Road 1916, St George’s 1916-17; war service in R.A.M.C. in Far East Russia 1918-19; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Laurieston, Falkirk, 3rd October 1920; translated and inducted December 1925. Married 22nd June 1926, Marion Muir Morton.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.291; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.278.]
ROCKCLIFFE
Presbytery of Glasgow
This congregation was formed in 1901. Church, halls and manse.
1901
GEORGE BURNETT
Translated from Friockheim and inducted 10th October 1901; translated to Cromarty 7th July 1926.
1926
ROBERT HOWIE
Born 23rd December 1876 at Pollokshields, son of Rev. Robert Howie and Catherine Coulson Davey; educated at Glasgow Albert Road Public School, Hutcheson’s Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1896), B.D. (1900), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1901; assistant Crieff South 1901, Glasgow Fairbairn 1902; ordained and inducted Cambuslang St Paul’s 1902; translated to Weston, Winnipeg, Canada, 1912; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in Canadian Expeditionary Force; translated to Mull, Kent County, Canada, 1925; translated and inducted November 1926. Married June 1906, Annie Marguerite Condie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.291; for an account of this minister, see there andVol.9, p.613.]
ROCKVILLA
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.90
Church with hall, session house and vestry. A new War Memorial Hall with classroom, session house, etc., was opened on 15th November 1924.
1887
MOSES BRUCE MEIKLEHAM
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.90
Born 22nd May 1847 at Grange United Presbyterian Manse, son of Rev. John Meikleham, M.A., and Isabella Primrose; educated at Grange, Rothiemay and Pluscarden Schools, University of Aberdeen, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1881; assistant Newtyle and St Ninian’s; ordained and inducted 21st March 1887; became senior minister in 1917; died 16th September 1921. Married 5th July 1887, Jane Lorimer Brown. Member for 20 years of Glasgow School Board.
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1917
JAMES MAXWELL DEWAR
Translated from Shotts and inducted 19th November 1917; translated to Eaglesham 18th May 1928.
1928
ALEXANDER SWANSON MAIR
Born 4th February 1887 at Glasgow, son of Hugh Sloan Mair and Isabella Swanson; educated at Glasgow Woodside Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; missionary at Bridgeton with the Glasgow City Mission; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow in November 1917; ordained and inducted Gordon 12th April 1918; translated to Rosneath 21st February 1924; translated and inducted 17th November 1928. Married 12th May 1917, Isabella Mollison.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.291; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.701; also Vol.10, p.400.]
ROSE STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.98
Church and halls, church officer’s house. Larger halls were built in 1906.
1899
WILLIAM EWING, D.D.
Translated from Birmingham Broad Street and inducted 26th January 1899; translated to Stirling Allan Park 1902.
1902
ALEXANDER MACINNES, M.A.
Translated from Markinch and inducted September 1902; translated to Glasgow Cardonald December 1908.
1909
HAMILTON CAMPBELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.115
Born 14th November 1863 at Lochgilphead, son of William Latta Campbell and Janet McLean Russell; educated at University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student missionary assistant Rothesay; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1892; assistant Edinburgh High 1892-6; ordained and inducted Colmonell 28th October 1896; translated and inducted 29th April 1909; war service with Scottish Churches Huts and Y.M.C.A. in France 1917, 1918; translated to Alnwick Clayport Street, 3rd November 1920; died 18th July 1925. Married 18th April 1906, Edith Isabel Hannay.
1921
JAMES GRAY
Born 8th July 1867 at Greenock, son of Robert Gray and Agnes Williamson; educated at Greenock Highlanders’ Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A., New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Greenock 1901; assistant Glasgow Queen’s Park East 1901; ordained and inducted Coatbridge Coatdyke 26th December 1901; translated to Glasgow Berkeley Street 8th March 1906; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918; translated and inducted 15th March 1921; died 7th October 1927. Married 22nd January 1902, Laura Webster.
1928
GEORGE CAIRNS
Born 25th September 1884 at Glasgow, son of Peter Cairns and Robina McQueen; educated at Glasgow Highland Society School, City Public School; employed in commercial business 1900-12; missionary Aberdeen East 1912-13; missionary and missionary assistant Glasgow Belhaven 1913-28; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915 and in H.M. Forces in France 1916-19, awarded M.M.; University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 24th June 1927; ordained and inducted 2nd February 1928. Married 14th April 1915, Elizabeth Baird.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.291; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, pp.236 and 383; also Vol.10, p.229.]
RUCHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Large hall added and pipe organ installed in church 28th September 1910; further large hall with clubrooms, etc., added in 1919. Session was formed in 1901.
1901
GEORGE BENNETT
Ordained and inducted 3rd October 1901; resigned June 1904; inducted Morris Manitoba October 1904; inducted Tighnabruaich May 1908.
1905
WILLIAM DOUGLAS MILLER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.269
Born 20th October 1868 at Dreghorn, son of William Miller; educated at Perceton Free Church School, Irvine Academy, Ayr Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1889), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 1893; assistant Largs St John’s 1893-5; ordained and inducted Dunipace October 1895; translated and inducted 2nd March 1905; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916-17; died 2nd June 1924. Married 1896, Agnes Cameron Adam.
1925
DONALD ROSS, M.A.
Translated from Shiskine and inducted 12th March 1925; translated to Alyth 8th June 1927.
1927
HARRY LAW
Born 10th October 1887 at Kinnesswood, by Kinross, son of Matthew Law and Christian Paterson; educated at Portmoak Public School, Dunfermline High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1911), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Union 1914; licensed by Presbytery
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of Dunfermline and Kinross 29th June 1915; assistant Dundee St Paul’s 1915-16; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1914, in France 1918; ordained and inducted Monifieth Panmure 2nd March 1916; translated to Lochgelly Macainsh 17th May 1922; translated and inducted 5th October 1927. Married 30th March 1921, Mary Kerwick Johnston.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.292; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.166.]
RUTHERFORD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.93
Formerly Dennistoun Free Church Church, hall, session room and vestry. Electric light and pipe organ installed 1903; new suite of halls opened September 1929.
1896
JAMES BARR, B.D.
Translated from Johnstone and Wamphray and inducted 1896; translated to Glasgow Govan St Mary’s 1907.
1908
GEORGE GALBRAITH, M.A.
Translated from Kilmaurs Smyton and inducted 5th March 1908; translated to Dalkeith St John’s and King’s Park 28th July 1921.
1922
JAMES MCLEOD
Translated from Nairn Rosebank and inducted 7th April 1922; translated to Petty 18th May 1928.
1929
FREDERIC PEARSON COPLAND SIMMONS
Born 7th July 1902 at the Kingskettle United Free Manse, son of Rev. Arthur Simmons, M.A., and Euphemia Pearson Copland; educated at Low Fell Public School, Co. Durham, Gateshead Secondary School, University of Durham, B.A. (1922), M.A. (1924), Westminster College, Cambridge; licensed by Presbytery of Newcastle 7th July 1925; ordained and inducted Ashington, Northumberland 3rd September 1925; translated and inducted 23rd April 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.292; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.260; and Vol.11, pp.274 and 272.]
ST ANDREW’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.90
Church, two halls, vestry, etc.
1899
JAMES MUIR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.277
Born 15th September 1863 at Darvel, son of William Muir and Isabel Baird; educated at Darvel Mair’s School and Public School, University of Edinburgh M.A. (1885), B.D. (1889), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Lochgelly, summer 1885, 1886, Gilmerton 1887-8, Dysart 1888-9; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Irvine 1889; ordained and inducted Cowdenbeath 29th August 1889; translated to Glasgow Cowcaddens 10th September 1896; translated and inducted 30th November 1899; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918. Married 25th December 1894, Jeanie Grieve. Publication – Handbook of Temperance Progress in Scotland, Glasgow, 1923.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.293, St Andrew’s East.]
ST DAVID’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.98
Church.
1878
JOHN BURNETT, M.A., B.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.109
Translated from Leslie and Premnay and inducted 1878; retired 1907; died 1923.
1907
ROBERT ALEXANDER LENDRUM, M.A., D.D.
Translated from Kirkliston and inducted 17th January 1907; translated to Fairlie St Margaret’s 23rd February 1922.
1922
ALEXANDER MACINNES, M.A.
Formerly of Glasgow Cardonald; inducted September 1922; translated to Fossoway December 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.295, St David’s in the West.]
ST ENOCH’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.98
Church with session house, vestry, hall, church officer’s house, etc. Small hall added, and manse acquired.
1895
EDWARD DOBBIE FINGLAND, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.154
Translated from Greenock St Andrew’s and inducted 7th March 1895; translated to Stoke Newington 1902; translated to London Kensington 1908; retired 1913.
1902
WILLIAM HENDERSON HARROWES
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.182
Born 13th July 1872 at Aberdeen, son of William Knowles Harrowes and Helen Norrie; educated at Aberdeen Free Normal and Grammar Schools, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1896), Aberdeen Free Church College (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1899); licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Aberdeen 2nd May 1899; assistant Mortlach 1899; ordained and inducted Kirkcaldy Gallatown 30th April 1899; translated and inducted 5th September 1902; war service as Chaplain to the Forces at home. Married 28th November 1899, Elizabeth Stewart McConnachie. Publications – The Minister and His Work, London, 1909; A Handbook for Officebearers, Glasgow, 1912.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.295, St Enoch’s Kelvingrove.]
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ST GEORGE’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.99
Church with hall, session house, vestry, etc. Mission buildings at 7 Kelvin Street, North Woodside Road. United with St Peter’s to form St George’s and St Peter’s 5th September 1909.
1883
ROBERT SMITH DUFF
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.142
Born 3rd February 1844 at Kilmarnock, son of William Duff and Margaret Peden Smith; educated at Kilmarnock, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1872), D.D. (1894), Glasgow College, London English Presbyterian College, University of Leipzig; resident tutor in families of Sir Robert Napier, Bart., of Milliken, and Mr Thomas Corbett; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Tasmania 17th December 1873; ordained and inducted Evandale Presbyterian Church, Tasmania, 7th January 1874; resigned 1882; inducted 15th March 1883; died 23rd January 1909. Married 9th June 1903, Mary Gibson. Publications – Pleasant Places, Edinburgh 1894; The Song of the Shepherd, Edinburgh, 1898; Notes of a Visit to America, Kilmarnock, 1882; various booklets.
ST GEORGE’S AND ST PETER’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Formed by the local union on 5th September 1909. The St Peter’s buildings were transferred to the Highlanders’ Memorial Congregation.
1909
JAMES BROWN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.104
Born 4th December 1850 at Glasgow, son of Hugh Brown and Jane Finlay; educated at Glasgow High School, Universities of Glasgow, M.A. (1872) and Berlin, New College, Edinburgh; student missionary at Addiewell; ordained and inducted Tillicoultry 10th September 1874; translated to Glasgow St Peter’s 1879; became minister of the united congregation 1909; became senior minister 31st December 1913; died 1st July 1931. Married 28th June 1877, Helen MacGregor Archibald.
1913
JOHN WILLIAM COUTTS, M.A.
Translated from Aberdeen Ferryhill and inducted 24th October 1913; translated to Milngavie and Baldernock, 20th December 1920.
1921
ROBERT HILL THORNTON
Born 5th February 1877 at Dennistoun, Glasgow, son of Rev. Robert McAlpine Thornton, D.D., and Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Dr Robert Buchanan; educated at City of London School, University of Cambridge St Peter’s College, B.A. (Hons. 1899), M.A. (1902), Cambridge Westminster College (Crichton Scholar, Muter Scholar, and Williams Scholar); licensed by Presbytery of London North October 1902; assistant London Marylebone 1902-3; ordained and inducted Harrow 15th June 1903; translated to Whitley Bay 11th January 1911; war service as acting chaplain, Tyne Garrison, 1914-18, and with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918; translated and inducted 3rd June 1921. Married 3rd July 1907, Margaret Goldie, daughter of Rev. W.M. Macphail, M.A., Maybole and Streatham.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.296.]
ST GEORGE’S ROAD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.104
Church.
1901
JOHN HILL, M.A.
Translated from Coatbridge Coatdyke and inducted 1901; translated to Port William 1928.
1929
JOHN CHISHOLM
Born 10th October 1891 at Glasgow, son of Archibald Chisholm and Catherine Kennedy; educated at Glasgow Woodside Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. 1912), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Rose Street 1913-14, Glasgow Augustine 1916-17; war service with Scottish Churches Huts 1915-16; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow May 1917; ordained and inducted Carnbee 12th October 1917; translated and inducted 19th September 1929. Married 5th October 1927, Jean Stewart, daughter of Rev. Henry Norwell, M.A., Helensburgh Park.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.297; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.425; also Vol.10, p.252; and Vol.11, p.269.]
ST JAMES
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.99
Church. United with St Luke’s and Trinity in 1919 to form Central, but disunited in 1921.
1858
JAMES JOHNSTON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.194
Ordained as missionary to China 1853; admitted to Free Church 1858; inducted 1858; retired 1877; died 1905. Married (1) 1858, Margaret Corson; (2) 1869, Helen B. MacFee.
1888
FREDERICK HUGH GEORGESON, M.A.
Translated from Cluny and inducted 1888; became senior minister of Glasgow Central at local union in 1919; became senior minister of St James’ in 1921; inducted Fortingall 9th May 1923.
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1922
COLIN MCFARLANE GIBB
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.702; Vol.2, p.250
Born 16th October 1863 at Edinburgh, son of James Gibb and Caroline Amelia Fraser; educated at Edinburgh Daniel Stewart’s College, Royal High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1888), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Dumfries, 1888; missionary Dumfries Buccleuch Street; ordained and inducted Morebattle 27th March 1890; translated to Larbert United Presbyterian 23rd February 1899; translated to Glasgow Albert Street 30th September 1907; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1916, 1918; translated and inducted May 1922; resigned on appointment as Chaplain to Stobhill Hospital 15th January 1925; retired 30th June 1928. Married 29th July 1890, Maggie Stewart Goold. For 12 years a member of Glasgow Parish Council.
1925
JAMES MACMILLAN
Born 7th June 1871 at Port Dundas, Glasgow, son of Dugald MacMillan and Elizabeth Robertson; educated at Dalserf, Rutherglen, Glasgow Keppochhill Schools, University of Glasgow; missionary Dalmellington Free Church 1898-9, Glasgow City Missionary 1899-1900, Glasgow Renfield 1901, Cranstonhill 1902, Edinburgh Gilmore Street Mission 1902-3; Edinburgh Congregational College 1902-4; ordained to ministry of Congregational Church at Blantyre 22nd September 1904; translated to Ardrossan Congregational Church 1st November 1908; admitted to United Free Church 1915; war service with Soldiers’ Christian Association in England 1915; inducted Bishopbriggs Kenmure 12th August 1915; translated and inducted 27th October 1925. Publications – Through the Rapids with Christ, Glasgow, 1923; The Crucified and Risen Bible, London, 1926; Christ in the Hebrew Alphabet, London, 1927; various pamphlets and verses. [Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.297: John MacMillan, not James as in FUF.]
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.297, St James’ Glasgow Cross.]
ST JOHN’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.99
Church. United with Renfield in 1923 to form St John’s and Renfield.
1883
JOHN SMYTH CARROLL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.118
Born 12th August 1853 at Tullyharm, Co. Tyrone, son of John Carroll and Katherine Macewen; educated at Dennistoun Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1876), D.D. (1906), Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Edinburgh College; assistant Kirkwall; ordained and inducted Rathen 1881; translated and inducted 1883; retired 1922; died 26th November 1923. Married 1895, Katherine Anne Macpherson. Member of Dante Society of London. Publications – Exiles of Eternity, London, 1903; Prisoners of Hope, London, 1906; In Patria, London, 1911; The Looms of the Gods (addresses), London, 1914; The Motherhood of God (sermons), London, 1925; Or Sing a Song at Least, Glasgow, 1914; Heroes All, Glasgow, 1915 (the last two being verses by John Smyth Carroll. and his daughter Katherine Mary Carroll); pamphlets and sermons.
ST JOHN’S AND RENFIELD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Formed by the local union in 1923. Hyndland united with this congregation in 1927.
1924
GEORGE HOGARTH CARNABY MACGREGOR
Translated from Bridge of Allan Chalmers and inducted 25th January 1924; became minister of the united congregation 30th March 1927.
ST JOHN’S AND RENFIELD AND HYNDLAND
Presbytery of Glasgow
Formed by the local union on 30th march 1927.
1927
GEORGE HOGARTH CARNABY MACGREGOR
Born 26th November 1892 at Aberdeen, son of George Hogarth Carnaby MacGregor and Agnes Amelia Ross; educated at Eastbourne Wincobank School and College, University of Cambridge Gonville and Caius College, B.A. (1914), M.A. (1st Class Hons. Classical Tripos 1922), B.D. (1929), New College, Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, D. Litt. (1929); war service with Scottish Churches Huts 1915-17; Deputy warden, New College Settlement 1918; ordained and inducted Bridge of Allan Chalmers 16th October 1918; translated to Glasgow St John’s and Renfield 25th January 1924; became minister of the united congregation 30th March 1927; appointed Professor of New Testament, Hartford Theological Seminary, Connecticut, U.S.A., May 1929. Married 19th November 1918, Christine Elizabeth Goold. Publications – The Gospel of John, London, 1928; Eucharistic Origins, London, 1929.
[For a further account of this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.10, p.430.]
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1929
JAMES ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
Born 12th July 1886 at Glasgow, son of James White Campbell and Anna Robertson Ritchie; educated at Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1906), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow St Mark’s 1910-11; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1911; ordained by Presbytery of Glasgow for missionary service with the Jewish Committee 27th August 1911 and appointed to Budapest 11th September 1911; inducted Forres Castlehill 28th January 1915; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918; translated to Dumfries Maxwelltown 22nd February 1923; translated and inducted 6th June 1929. Married 20th August 1912, Jennie Hamilton Cameron.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, pp.297-8, St John’s Renfield.]
ST LUKE’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.99
Church and hall. United with Trinity and St James’ to form Central in 1919.
1867
JOHN FRASER MCGREGOR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.230
Translated from Bridge of Weir and inducted 1867; retired 1884; died 1907.
1891
CHARLES ROLLAND RAMSAY, M.A.
[Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.295]
Ordained and inducted Keiss 1890; translated and inducted 1891; inducted Glasgow Townhead (Church of Scotland) 1907.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Vol.3, p.473; Vol.2, p.311; Vol.8, p.182; Vol. 9, p.138.]
1907
JAMES NASH GOURLAY, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 4th November 1907; translated to Greenock Trinity 16th February 1912.
1912
DONALD CAMPBELL MACKINTOSH
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.241
Born 1868 at Inverness, son of John Mackintosh and Isabella Campbell; educated at Inverness Royal Academy, University of Aberdeen, New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Rogart 1897; translated to Ardeonaig 13th March 1907; translated and inducted 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France; resigned 1916; inducted Poolewe (Church of Scotland) 1918. Married 1901, Elizabeth M. Irons.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.7, p.164.]
ST MARK’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.99
Church with hall, session house, vestry, church officer’s house, etc. New hall built in 1927-8. Mission in Carrick Street.
GEORGE MILNE
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.270
Translated from Alloa East and inducted 1885; died 1906.
1906
WILLIAM LINDSAY, M.A.
Translated from Glasgow Battlefield and inducted 23rd February 1906; translated to Edinburgh Chalmers Territorial June 1914.
1914
JAMES MCNEILL LITTLE
Translated from Dumfries Maxwelltown and inducted November 1914; translated to Nairn High June 1921.
1921
JAMES WRIGHT, M.A.
Translated from Stewarton Cairns and inducted 1st December 1921; translated to Inverness Ness Bank 25th February 1925.
1925
THOMAS MACREADY NAPIER
Born 12th May 1872 at Uddingston, son of Robert Napier and Isabella Macready; educated at 23rd Street Primary School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oregon Street Grammar School, West Philadelphia, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1909), B.D. (1911), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Paisley June 1897; assistant Dundee Ryehill 1897-1900; ordained and inducted Stitchel 2nd August 1900; translated to Hamilton Avon Street 6th June 1916; translated and inducted December 1925. Married 5th April 1905, Jane Knox.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.299, St Mark’s West.]
ST MATTHEW’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.100
Church and halls.
1887
JAMES STALKER, D.D.
[Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.325]
Translated from Kirkcaldy St Brycedale and inducted 17th May 1887; appointed to Chair of Church History, Aberdeen College 1902.
1903
DAVID CHRISTIE, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.430
Ordained and inducted South Shields 1890; translated to Edinburgh Nicolson Street 16th February 1897; translated and inducted 1903; translated to Westminster Church, Winnipeg, Canada, 30th October 1909.
1910
ARTHUR JOHN GOSSIP, M.A.
Translated from Forfar West and inducted 4th September 1910; translated to Aberdeen Beechgrove 4th February 1921.
1921
GEORGE ANDERSON SMILLIE
Born 7th April 1881 at Elgin, son of Robert Smith Smillie and Jean Nicol Anderson; educated at Elgin Academy, Edinburgh and George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1902), New College,
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Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Linlithgow and Falkirk 1906; assistant Paisley Martyrs’ 1906-7, Leith St Andrew’s Place 1907-8, Arbroath Ladyloan 1908-9; ordained and inducted Livingston 7th October 1909; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917; translated to Grangemouth Grange May 1918; translated and inducted 1921. Married 10th July 1919, Sara Victoria Blacklay.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.300; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.412.]
ST PAUL’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.100
Church.
1895
DONALD CAMERON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.112
Translated from Rothes and inducted 1895; resigned 1920.
1921
JOHN MCLEAN JEFFREY
Translated from Dunning and inducted 7th April 1921; translated to Midcalder 30th April 1925.
1925
JOHN KENNEDY
Born 19th July 1893 at Strathaven, son of Thomas and Annie Kennedy; educated at Strathaven Academy, Hamilton Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1919); war service in H.M. Forces 1914-19; Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton 16th March 1921; assistant Glasgow Henry Drummond Memorial 1921; ordained and inducted Nitshill 6th September 1921; translated and inducted 27th November 1925.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.301.]
ST PETER’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.100
Church and halls. United with St George’s to form St George’s and St Peter’s 5th September 1909.
1879
JAMES BROWN, M.A.
Translated from Tillicoultry and inducted 1879; became minister of the united congregation 5th September 1909.
ST ROLLOX
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.84
Church with two halls, two rooms and vestry. Pipe organ installed, April 1903; manse purchased May 1921.
1898
WILLIAM ADAM
Formerly of Elgin South Street; inducted 1st September 1898; resigned January 1911; inducted Dundee Schoolwynd 1915.
1911
JOHN WILKIE
Translated from Sorbie and inducted 30th August 1911; translated to Kirkcaldy Invertiel 16th November 1927.
1928
JAMES FAIRWEATHER
Born 17th February 1884 at Whiteinch, Glasgow, son of James Fairweather and Hannah Shields; educated at Whiteinch Public School, University of Alberta, Robertson Theological College, Edmonton, Alberta; mission work in Alberta, Canada, 1912-17; licensed by Presbytery of Edmonton 4th April 1917; ordained and inducted Brownlee, Saskatchewan, Canada, 4th May 1917; translated to Druid, Saskatchewan, 1st July 1918; given status of ordained missionary in United Free Church May 1920; appointed to Scalloway and Quarff September 1920; admitted to full status by General Assembly 1922; inducted Stoneykirk 25th October 1922; translated to Roker, Sunderland, 2nd April 1924; translated to Old Meldrum 3rd March 1926; translated and inducted 29th March 1928. Married 29th March 1917, Jessie Crawford.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.302; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, pp.363 and 294; also Vol.10, p.174.]
ST STEPHEN’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Church with large and small halls, session house, vestry, etc. Pipe organ installed in 1902.
1901
ANDREW MARTIN GENTLES
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.432
Born 21st April 1864 at Duntocher, son of Robert Gentles and Susan Gay Martin; educated at Glasgow Board Schools, pupil teacher 1877-82, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1889); English lecturer, Greenock Ladies College 188-90; United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow April 1893; assistant Edinburgh Morningside United Presbyterian 1893; loc. ten. Ayr Darlington Place 1893-4; ordained and inducted Stow South 17th April 1894; translated and inducted 29th April 1901. Married 3rd April 1895, Elizabeth Martin Gardner. Contributed articles to United Presbyterian magazine.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.303, St Stephen’s West.]
ST VINCENT STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.64
Church.
1865
JAMES RENNIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.572; Vol.2, p.65
[Born 7th March 1826 at Edinburgh, son of Peter Rennie and Elizabeth Orr;] ordained and inducted Dalkeith King’s Park 16th January 1850; translated and inducted 1st August 1865; retired 1899; died 1924. [Married 31st July 1853, Catherine Stewart Muir.]
1899
DAVID MCQUEEN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.464; Vol.2, p.65
Born 12th May 1859 at Troon, son of David McQueen and Margaret Nicol; educated at Troon Academy, University
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of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Ayr 1886; assistant Dundee Hawkhill, Paisley Thread Street; ordained and inducted Edinburgh Arthur Street 10th January 1888; translated to London East India Road 19th December 1893; translated and inducted 31st May 1899. Married June 1888, Emma Mercer Bruce Patton.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.303]
SANDYFORD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.83
On 1st October 1913 this congregation removed to Hyndland, and the name was changed to Hyndland, q.v.
SCOTSTOUN
Presbytery of Glasgow
This congregation was formed in 1902. Hall, with vestry and session house, opened on 13th April 1902; church with hall, etc., opened on 31st August 1906; manse purchased in May 1920; pipe organ installed November 1927.
1902
DAVID EATON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.145
Born 11th January 1850 at Luthermuir, Kincardineshire, son of David Eaton and Betty Arkiston; educated at Marykirk Parish School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1874), D.D. (1900), Aberdeen Free Church College (Foote Hebrew Scholar 1874, Muir Hebrew Prizeman 1875); licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Fordoun July 1876; teacher of Hebrew, Aberdeen Free Church College, 1877-8; ordained and inducted 18th April 1878; translated to Aberdeen Melville 15th December 1884; translated to Glasgow Great Hamilton Street 1893; translated and inducted 1902; retired 1915; died January 1920. Married 5th June 1878, Annabelle Cameron. Examiner for Free Church Colleges in Church History 1893-5, in Hebrew 1895-8. Publications – translation of Weiss, Biblical Theology of New Testament, Volume 1, Edinburgh, 1882; translation of Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms, 3 volumes, London, 1887; translation of Rothe, First Epistle of John; articles in Hastings, Dictionary of the Bible.
1916
JOHN SIMPSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.316
Born 4th September 1868 at Glasgow, son of Donald Simpson and Mary Macaskill; educated at Glasgow St Matthew’s Parish School, Oakbank Public School, private tuition, City Public School, University of Glasgow M.A. (1894), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 25th April 1898; assistant Glasgow St Paul’s 1897-9; ordained and inducted Blair Atholl and Struan 23rd March 1899; inducted Woodstock, Presbytery of Cape Town, South Africa, 21st August 1902; translated to Salisbury, Presbytery of Rhodesia, 18th October 1908; acting Presbyterian Chaplain in Salisbury, Rhodesia, 1914-15; resigned 31st August 1915; assistant Glasgow St George’s and St Peter’s 1915-16; loc. ten. Dumbarton Bridgend 1916; inducted 28th November 1916. Married (1) 1899, Jean Mackenzie; (2) 7th July 1922, Margaret Barnes, M.A.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.304, Scotstoun East.]
SHAMROCK STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.77
Church and church officer’s house Rockvilla Mission Hall in Possil Row was destroyed by fire.
1862
JOHN DOBIE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.690; Vol.2, p.77
Born 1827 at Langholm, son of Rev. John Dobie, Langholm Secession Church; ordained and inducted in Linlithgow 6th August 1851; translated and inducted 30th April 1862; retired 1890; died 19th June 1909. D.D. from Chicago in 1871.
1891
JOHN POLLOCK
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, pp.202 and 492; Vol.2, p.78
Ordained and inducted Freuchie 7th January 1880; translated to Edinburgh Merchiston 26th February 1885; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 18th June 1891; translated to Belfast St Enoch’s 1901.
1901
WILLIAM HENRY STONEBRIDGE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.134
Born 29th May 1864 at Dumbarton, son of William Henry Stonebridge and Jeanie Goldie; educated at Dumbarton Academy, Dollar Institution, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1886), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed July 1889; assistant Glasgow Cambridge Street; ordained and inducted Cullen Reid Haven 13th November 1889; translated and inducted 5th December 1901.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.304; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.269.]
SHAWLANDS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.100
Hall opened in April 1899. Church built and opened June 1903 at a cost of £15,000. Pipe organ installed February 1904.
1899
DAVID FORSYTH
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.159
Born 14th December 1853 at Kirkintilloch, son of John Forsyth and Jane Gray; educated at Kirkintilloch Public School, Glasgow Gorbals Youth School, University of Glasgow,
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Glasgow Free Church College; student missionary, Bridgegate, 1873-5, Eaglesham 1875-84; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 2nd January 1884; ordained and inducted Glasgow Rose Street 21st February 1884; translated and inducted April 1899; became senior minister May 1924. Married 26th June 1884, Isabella Hogg.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.304.]
1924
THOMAS ANGUS FRASER
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.338
Born 18th December 1874 at Dundee, son of George Fraser and Ann Angus; educated at Arbroath High School, Edinburgh Moray House Normal School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1896), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Edinburgh 1899; assisted Tayport United Presbyterian 1899; ordained and inducted Ferry-Port-on-Craig Erskine 30th November 1899; translated to Greenock Trinity 25th April 1906; translated to Aberdeen Trinity 8th September 1911; war service with Scottish Churches Huts in France; translated and inducted 8th December 1924. Married 17th July 1900, Catherine Paterson Black.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.304, Shawlands Cross; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.179.]
SHERBROOKE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.100
Church and hall.
1895
SIMON GEORGE MACLENNAN, M.A.
Translated from Stonehaven and inducted 1895; translated to Crieff South 1907.
1907
WILLIAM MACINTOSH MACKAY
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.236
Born 14th June 1865 at Glasgow, son of William Murray Mackay and Christian Sutherland Sage; educated at Dennistoun Academy, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1889), B.D. (1893), D.D. (1921), Glasgow Free Church College, Universities of Tübingen and Wurtemberg 1899; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1889; assistant Glasgow Westbourne 1890, Dundee St John’s 1890, Brechin 1891; ordained and inducted Troon 14th January 1891; translated to Aberdeen South 1898; translated and inducted 20th September 1907; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1916. Married 16th April 1902, Isabella Simpson Moffatt. Publications – (all in London), Bible Types of Modern Men, I, 1909, II, 1914; Bible Types of Modern Women, I, 1912, II, 1916; The Disease and Remedy of Sin, 1918; Words of This Life, 1918; The Men Whom Jesus Made, 1922; Days of the Son of Man, 1926.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.305.]
SHETTLESTON CARNTYNE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.107
Church. Manse acquired in the period.
1890
JAMES ALLAN
Ordained and inducted 4th September 1890; translated to Carsphairn 6th January 1921.
1921
JOHN TAYLOR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Lochwinnoch Calder 1908; translated and inducted 1921.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.262, Carntyne Old; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.520.]
SHETTLESTON EASTBANK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.114
Halls opened 5th November 1899. Church opened on 4th March 1904; manse acquired in the period.
1897
JAMES HYSLOP
Ordained and inducted 2nd September 1897; resigned for health reasons 4th December 1900; inducted Duntocher West 18th September 1902.
1901
JOHN WALLACE MANN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.55
Born 12th August 1859 at Nairn, son of Hugh Mann and Margaret Wallace; educated at Nairn Academy, Edinburgh Royal High School, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Inverness 1886; assistant Lossiemouth 1886; ordained and inducted Langholm South 20th March 1890; translated and inducted 20th May 1901; died 27th July 1913. Married 2nd April 1890, Jessie Flint Stark Clark.
1914
ANDREW JAMES FORREST, B.D.
Translated from Galston Erskine and inducted 23rd February 1914; translated to Dundee McCheyne Memorial 12th February 1925.
1925
JAMES MENZIES
Born 6th April 1879 at Glasgow, son of James Menzies and Isabella Macintosh Stirling; educated at Glasgow Henderson Street Public School and privately, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1910; assistant Campbeltown Longrow 1910-12; ordained and inducted Bridge of Teith 17th July 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917; translated and inducted 18th July 1925. Married 29th October 1914, Matilda Dorothy Anderson.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.266.]
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SHETTLESTON SANDYHILLS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.107
Church with hall, vestry, session house, etc. opened September 1900. Manse. Pipe organ installed 3rd October 1926.
1893
WILLIAM NELSON
Ordained and inducted 1893; translated to Dundee Willison 1902.
1902
GEORGE LITHGOW WILSON
Translated from Campsie East and inducted June 1902; translated to Cullen Seafield December 1907.
1908
ALEXANDER STRANG
Born 1st November 1878 at East Kilbride, son of Alexander Strang and Jane Morton; educated at Slamannan Free Church School, Avonbridge Public School, Beloit Academy, Wisconsin, U.S.A., University of Glasgow, M.A. (1900), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Linlithgow and Falkirk 1903; assistant Possilpark 1902; loc. ten. Paisley Lylesland 1903; ordained and inducted Stewarton John Knox 10th January 1904; translated and inducted 1908; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915, and in Salonika 1917; became senior minister 16th September 1927.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.250.]
1927
MARCUS ACHESON SPENCER
Born 14th February 1892 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, son of Charles Hart Spencer and Mary Wilson Acheson; educated at Pittsburgh Osceola Public School, Shadyside Academy, Princeton University, B.A. (Hons. in Department of History, Politics and Economics 1914), Union Theological Seminary, B.D. (1917), University of Edinburgh and New College; student assistant Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City 1914-15, St George’s Episcopal Church, New York City, 1915-16, Grove Reformed Church, North Bergen, New York, 1916-17; licensed by Presbytery of Jersey City, 17th April 1917; ordained by Presbytery of Jersey City at Louisa Reformed Chapel, Weehawken, New Jersey, 19th June 1917; inducted Sixth Church, Washington, D.C., 5th October 1917; with New Era Movement 1920; appointed assistant First Church, Warren, Ohio, 1st September 1921; assistant Edinburgh Moray-Knox 1925-7; inducted 15th September 1927. Married 27th September 1916, Ella Helen Ross.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.250, Sandyhills.]
SIGHTHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.101
Church with hall, session house and vestry; manse. Adjoining ground bought for £1150 in 1924, and suite of new halls erected at a cost of £2500.
1872
GEORGE HANSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.181
Ordained and inducted February 1872; retired 1912; died March 1923.
1912
WILLIAM KEIR
Translated from Birkenhead and inducted as colleague and successor 11th September 1912; translated to Aberuthven 8th June 1927.
1927
HENRY HOUSTON AITCHISON
Born 13th September 1893 at Glasgow, son of James Aitchison and Jessie Patrick; educated at schools in Glasgow, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. 1925), Glasgow College; student assistant in Glasgow Renwick 1921-23; Alloa Moncrieff 1924-5, Glasgow Lansdowne 1925; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow June 1927; loc. ten. Glasgow Rutherford 1927; ordained and inducted 28th September 1927.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.306.]
SOMERVILLE MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.101
Church, etc. in one building. Phoenix Park United with this congregation in 1907.
1889
THOMAS HAVRE
Translated from Boharm and inducted 1889; retired 1906; appointed as ordained probationer, Maryculter 1907.
1907
JOHN BISSETT
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.314; Vol.2, p.395
Born 1st June 1854 at Largoward, Fife, son of Peter Bissett and Janet Hodge; educated at Radernie School, Cameron, Largo, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1884; missionary at Glasgow Cathedral Square; ordained and inducted Buckhaven Muiredge 27th July 1886; translated to Dundee Lochee Road 27th February 1894; translated to Glasgow Phoenix Park 1902; became minister of the united congregation 16th May 1907; died 8th March 1923. Married 30th December 1875, Mary Butler.
1923
WILLIAM DAVIDSON
Born 15th September 1874 at Arbroath, son of George Davidson and Helen Scott; educated at Arbroath Public School, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen College; missionary assistant Aberdeen South 1919-23; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen June 1923; ordained and inducted 25th September 1923. Married (1) July 1900, Eliza Wood; (2) March 1917, Beatrice Johnston.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.306, Somerville; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.191.]
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SOUTH SHAWLANDS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Formed in 1909. Muir Hall opened on 30th October 1909; church and lower hall opened 7th May 1913.
1910
WILLIAM MUIR, M.A., B.D., B.L.
Translated from Rothesay West and inducted 1910; appointed Secretary to Home Mission Committee August 1916.
1916
ROBERT WILSON
Born 6th July 1871 at Kerse, Dalrymple, son of John Wilson and Elizabeth Morrow; educated at Dalrymple, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1897), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Greenock 9th May 1900; assistant Linlithgow St Ninian’s, Dundee St John’s; ordained and inducted Motherwell Brandon Street 23rd December 1901; translated to Nairn High 28th April 1910; translated and inducted 9th November 1916. Married July 1902, Jessie Dougal.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.307.]
SPRINGBANK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.87
Church, etc. United with Burnbank in 1925.
1866
WILLIAM SINCLAIR
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.88
[Baptised 17th April 1828 at Leith, son of William Sinclair and Jacobina Ged;] ordained and inducted 22nd January 1866; retired 1900; died [12th February] 1901; [buried Western Necropolis, Glasgow. Married 1863, Elizabeth Dalgleish.]
1900
THOMAS CAMERON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 13th November 1900; translated to London Cricklewood 1922.
1922
JAMES THOMSON
Translated from Tranent St Andrew’s and inducted 1922; became minister of the united congregation of Burnbank 1925.
SPRINGBURN JOHNSTONE MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.95
Church with halls and classrooms.
1895
ALEXANDER [SEBASTOPOL] GILCHRIST
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.96
Born 1858 at Cromarty [Born 9th September 1855 at Rosskeen, son of Alexander Gilchrist and Christina Beaton; in 1881 he was a joiner, living in Linlithgow;] educated in U.S.A.; assistant at Arlington Heights, Chicago; ordained there May 1890; received into United Presbyterian Church as probationer May 1894; inducted 23rd April 1895; retired 1930; died at Chester. [Married 1880, Lizzie (Elizabeth) M. Mack.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.274, Glasgow Johnston.]
SPRINGBURN NORTH
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.101
Church, large and small halls. Vestry, church officer’s house. In 1911 the ground in front of church was cleared and made a recreation ground. Kitchen built there in 1927.
1899
BENJAMIN JAMIESON DAVIDSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.133
Born 18th January 1860 at Govan, son of William Davidson and Joanna Jamieson; educated at Partick Free Church School, Glasgow Free Church Normal School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1881), B.D. (1885), Glasgow Free Church College; in charge, Meigle, Skelmorlie, 1882-4, Eaglesham, 1885; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 13th May 1885; ordained and inducted Kilchattan Bay 6th January 1886; translated and inducted 6th April 1899; became senior minister December 1925. Married 4th April 1888, Agnes Paterson.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.307.]
1925
ANDREW FERGUSON ANDERSON
Born 20th June 1882 at Selkirk, son of William Anderson and Annie Gent Ferguson; educated at Falkirk Central Public School and High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1903), B.D. (1907), New College, Edinburgh, University of Halle 1906, University of Glasgow 1923, Teacher’s Certificate; student assistant Westerdale summer 1904, Port Ellen summer 1905; licensed by Presbytery of Linlithgow and Falkirk May 1907; assistant Dundee Ryehill 1907-8; Dumfries St George’s 1908-9, Aberdeen South 1909; ordained and inducted Carron 5th November 1909; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1915, and Scottish Churches Huts 1916-17, in France; translated to Glasgow Tron 26th September 1917; translated and inducted 3rd December 1925.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.307.]
SPRINGBURN WELLFIELD
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.96
Church and hall. Pipe organ installed 1903; manse acquired.
1896
DAVID MARSHALL FORRESTER, B.D.
Translated from Logiealmond and inducted 7th September 1896; translated to Broughton 20th January 1921.
1921
JOHN LINDSAY
Born 17th May 1886 at Greenock, son of John Lindsay and Catherine McGilp; educated at Greenock Holmscroft and High Schools,
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University of Glasgow, M.A., New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Greenock; assistant Selkirk West; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1914-15; ordained and inducted Auchterarder West 27th February 1918; translated and inducted 4th October 1921. Married 27th August 1918, Catherine Cameron Ross.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.312, Wellfield; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.378; also Vol.10, p.225.]
9 388
STEVENSON MEMORIAL CHURCH
Presbytery of Glasgow
Buildings completed in February 1902. Mission Hall at 329 North Woodside Road.
1902
WILLIAM MCCALLUM CLOW, M.A., B.D.
Translated from Edinburgh Barclay and inducted 27th February 1902; inducted as Professor of Practical Training and Christian Ethics 21st June 1911.
1911
WILLIAM JEREMIAH STREET, M.A.
Translated from London Willesden and inducted October 1911; translated to Brechin East, November 1921.
1921
JOHN GARDNER SMART
Born 9th September 1890 at Glasgow, son of John Smart and Margaret Peter; educated at Pollokshields Albert Road Academy, Bellahouston Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1912), Glasgow College, London School of Violinists, A.C.V. (Hons. 1904); student assistant Dumbarton High Street 1914-15, Glasgow St Mark’s 1915-16; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1916; loc. ten. Lenzie Union 1916-17; ordained and inducted Nairn High May 1917; translated and inducted 9th February 1921; resigned 6th September 1929. Married 5th June 1919, Mary Wills Wilson. Publications – The Quest for God, Edinburgh, 1926; contributions to religious periodicals.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.308; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.375.]
SYDNEY PLACE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.39
Church and halls. United with Campbell Street East to form Sydney Place and East Campbell Street.
1872
JAMES MCEWEN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, pp.459 and 583; Vol.2, p.42
Born in Kirkcudbright [21st July 1831, son of James McEwen and Marion Cavet;] educated at Kirkcudbright Academy, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Ford 9th December 1856; translated to Hawick East Bank 10th June 1862; translated and inducted 25th September 1872; retired 1908; died 26th May 1924. [Married (1) 1860, Jane Blackwood; (2) 1873, Maggie (Margaret) Melrose.]
1908
HENRY TAYLOR, M.A.
Translated from Bishopbriggs Springfield and inducted March 1908; translated to Glasgow Pollokshields Trinity March 1913.
1913
DAVID FORFAR, M.A.
Translated from Hamilton Saffronhall Associate Antiburgher and inducted 16th September 1913; translated to Perth North 17th September 1924.
1925
GEORGE BAIN BURNET, M.A.
Translated from Dalbeattie Park and inducted June 1925; became minister of the united congregation 1926.
SYDNEY PLACE AND EAST CAMPBELL STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Formed by the local union of Sydney Place and Campbell Street East in 1926.
1926
GEORGE BAIN BURNET
Born 3rd January 1894 at Pitcaple Manse, son of Rev. James Burnet and Margaret Beverley Thomson; educated at Logie-Durno Public School, Pitcaple, Dundee High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1915); war service with H.M. Forces in France and Belgium 1915-19; New College, Edinburgh (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1921); licensed by Presbytery of October May 1921; assistant Camberwell and Dulwich 1921-2; ordained and inducted Dalbeattie Park 16th March 1922; translated to Glasgow Sydney Place June 1925; became minister of the united congregation 1926; translated to Carlisle Warwick Road September 1927. Publications – The Brotherhood Movement, Glasgow, 1923; The Bishop, Edinburgh, 1924; articles in periodicals.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, 154; Vol.10, p.90; Vol.11, p.71.]
1928
WILLIAM POTTINGER
Born 23rd July 1886 at Stromness, Orkney, son of George Pottinger and Jessie Drever; educated at Stromness Higher Grade School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1907), Aberdeen College; student missionary, Maud, summer 1908; Huntly Kinnoir mission 1909-11; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen 17th April 1911; assistant Dunfermline St Andrew’s 1911; ordained and inducted Coalsnaughton and Fishcross 24th November 1911; translated to Carnoustie St Stephen’s 21st August 1917; translated to Edinburgh Bristo 5th October 1922; translated and inducted 8th March 1928. Married 27th February 1914, Janet Woodcock, M.A. Publication – Bronze Bison, London, 1927.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.308; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.701.]
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TOLLCROSS CENTRAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.54
Known as Main Street until 1921. Church, hall and rooms. Manse acquired in the period.
1876
CHARLES MCEWING
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.54 and 168
Born 24th May 1844 at Campbeltown, son of Alexander McEwing and Anne Harvey; educated at Campbeltown Grammar School, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Stornoway 13th June 1872; translated and inducted 11th December 1876; retired 1918; died 10th November 1919. Married 25th October 1872, Elizabeth Muir. Publication – The Old Historic Church of Tollcross, 1906.
1919
JAMES NEIL ALEXANDER
Born 8th September 1884 at Glasgow, son of Dugald Alexander and Agnes Paterson; educated at Glasgow Oakbank, Napierhall, and High Schools, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1905), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Gairbraid 1906-9; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1910; assistant Glasgow Woodlands 1910-11; ordained and inducted Innerleithen 18th July 1911; translated and inducted February 1919. Married 6th October 1914, Minnie Stewart Campbell, [daughter of Dugald Campbell, minister at Dalmellington.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.309; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.11, p.167.]
TOLLCROSS PARK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Formed in 1902. Church with hall. New church with vestry and three small halls, opened October 1905, and first church used as large hall.
1902
JOHN MANDEVILLE MCFIE, M.A.
Missionary at Rajputana; resigned for health reasons; inducted 1st April 1902; returned to Foreign Mission service at Rajputana 28th October 1909; introduced Bowden 11th June 1924.
1910
THOMAS SIMPSON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.492
Born 1st May 1865 at Newcastleton, Roxburgh, son of Thomas Simpson and Elizabeth Nichol; educated at Newcastleton School, University of Edinburgh, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed 1893; assistant Dunfermline Gillespie 1893-4; ordained and inducted Stromness Victoria Street 20th March 1894; translated to Aberdeen St Paul’s 5th September 1901; translated and inducted 3rd February 1910; died 17th November 1926. Married 31st July 1895, Margaret McNee Smith.
1927
BENJAMIN JONES
Ordained and inducted Strathtay September 1924; translated and inducted 1st January 1927.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.309; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.737; also Vol.10, p.420.]
TOLLCROSS VICTORIA
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.101
Church with vestry, new church opened on 16th October 1902.
1892
JOHN LEIGHTON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.207
Ordained and inducted 1892; died 19th March 1904.
1904
CHARLES LEWIS FERGUSON
Born 10th December 1866 at Glasgow, son of Rev. Lewis Ferguson, Edinburgh St Andrew’s, and Eliza Forbes; educated at Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1888), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 15th June 1896; assistant Strathaven 1897-9, North Leith 1900-2, Edinburgh Morningside 1903-4; ordained and inducted 17th November 1904. Married 23rd June 1908, Anna Gray Gardner.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, pp.311-2]
TRADESTON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.101
Church with halls. United with John Knox to form John Knox and Tradeston in 1911.
1884
WILLIAM FRASER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.162
Born 1845 at Stratherrick, son of Hugh Fraser and Margaret McGillivray; educated at University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1871), New College, Edinburgh; assistant Edinburgh St Paul’s; licensed 1874; ordained and inducted Nigg, Ross-shire, 1874; translated to Rothesay Chapelhill 1884; translated and inducted October 1884; retired 1906; died 9th January 1919. Married (1) 23rd February 1875, Jane Irvine Harley; (2) 2nd July 1901, Euphemia Dick Whitson.
1906
JOHN ROSS
Translated from Rosehall and inducted September 1906; became minister of the united congregation September 1911.
TRINITY
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.102
Church. United with St Luke’s in 1919 to form Central.
1895
NORMAN MACPHERSON
Translated from Yetholm and inducted 7th March 1895; resigned 1914; introduced Lochfyneside June 1919.
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1914
JOHN MONTGOMERY MCQUITTY, B.A.
Translated from Ballymena and inducted 3rd December 1914; translated to Kirkcaldy Abbottshall 4th September 1918.
TRON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.102
Church and hall. Pipe organ installed 1903; electric light introduced 1919.
1883
JOHN TAINSH
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.336
Born 4th August 1848 at Crieff, son of John Tainsh and Christian Rintoul; educated at Muthill Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1872; assistant Kirkcaldy; ordained and inducted Strichen 1872; translated to Aberdeen John Knox 1878; translated and inducted 1883; retired May 1916; died 28th January 1926. Married 26th June 1878, Jane Alexina Gowans. Convener of Praise Committee, and of Home Mission Committee.
1917
ANDREW FERGUSON ANDERSON, M.A., B.D.
Translated from Carron and inducted 26th September 1917; translated to Glasgow Springburn North 3rd December 1925.
1926
WILLIAM FLINT
Born 22nd February 1881 at Grahamstown, Falkirk, son of John and Agnes Flint; educated at Leeds Central High School, London Islesworth Borough Road School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1911), Westminster College, Cambridge; licensed 12th July 1912; assistant Liverpool Waterloo; ordained and inducted Benwell 12th July 1912; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in Egypt 1916-21; translated to Norham-on-Tweed 1922; translated and inducted 6th June 1926. Married 3rd September 1919, Annie Ruth Wilson, [daughter of William Nathaniel Wilson, minister.]
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.311, St Anne’s; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.490; also Vol.10, p.291.]
UNION
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.102
Church.
1898
GEORGE MITCHELL PHILPS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.292
Born 1853 at Airdrie, son of John Philps and Janet Hunter; educated at University of Glasgow, M.A., B.D., Glasgow Free Church College; ordained and inducted for Far East 1881; translated and inducted 1898; died 7th March 1917. Married Rachel Parker.
1917
THOMAS STRUTHERS SYMINGTON, M.A.
Ordained Edinburgh Fountainbridge Mission 17th June 1907; translated and inducted 1918.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.311; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.209; also Vol.10, p.120.]
VICTORIA
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.102
Church and small hall. Buildings destroyed by fire, 30th March 1929.
1875
JAMES CAMERON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.112
Translated from Kirkcaldy Pathhead and inducted 22nd April 1875; retired 1907.
1908
FRANCIS JOSEPH MACLAUCHLAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.243
Born 8th November 1871 at Govan, son of Lachlan MacLauchlan and Anna Begg Craig; educated at Glasgow Albany Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1894), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 11th May 1896; assistant Coatbridge Middle 1896, Glasgow St David’s 1897, North Leith 1898-9; ordained and inducted Dundee High 17th September 1899; translated and inducted March 1908; war service as Chaplain to the Forces with Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Married 17th May 1900, Isabella Macaulay, daughter of Rev. Colin Sinclair, Invergordon.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.311; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.300.]
WELLINGTON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.44
Church; mission halls in Anderston and Cranstonhill.
1868
JAMES BLACK, D.D. (St Andrews)
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, pp.176 and 251 ; Vol.2, p.45
[Born 12th August 1826 at Preston, Berwickshire, son of Adam Black and Helen Elliot;] ordained and inducted Urr 1854; translated to St Andrew’s 26th May 1857; translated and inducted 6th February 1868; retired 1902; died 1913. [Married 15th August 1855, Margaret Park Cunningham.]
1902
GEORGE HERBERT MORRISON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.275
Born 2nd October 1866 at Glasgow, son of Thomas Morrison and Alexandrina McKenzie; educated at Glasgow and Misses Mack’s Dames School and Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1888), D.D. (1913), Glasgow Free Church College; assistant editor New English Dictionary, Oxford, 1888-9; student missionary, Paisley Oakshaw; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1893; assistant Edinburgh St George’s 1893-4; ordained and inducted as colleague and successor, Thurso First, 15th August 1894; translated to Dundee St John’s 7th July 1898; translated and inducted 13th May 1902; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915; died 14th October 1928. Married (1) 27th September 1894, Agnes Gray Orr; (2) 30th March 1904, Christine Marie Auchenvole,. Moderator of General Assembly 1926.
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Publications – The Oldest Trade in the World, Edinburgh, 1898; Memoirs of the Lifetime and Writings of Thomas Boston, Edinburgh, 1899; Flood Tide, London, 1902; The Gentle Art of Making Happy, Edinburgh, 1902; Sun Rise, London, 1903; Life’s Nobler Penalties, Edinburgh, 1904; The Footsteps of the Flock, London, 1904; The Unlighted Lustre, London, 1905; The Wings of the Morning, London, 1907; The Hour Before the Dawn, London, 1909; The Return of the Angels, London, 1911; The Afterglow of God, London, 1912; The Weaving of Glory, London, 1913; Our Days and Our Strength, Stirling, 1913; Set Thine Heart to the Highway, Stirling, 1915; The Wind on the Heath, London, 1915; The Untrodden Way, Stirling, 1917; The Power of His Presence, Stirling, 1919; The Unseen Companion, Stirling, 1921; St Columba, Edinburgh, 1900; The Significance of the Cross, Glasgow, 1923; The Grace of Good Cheer, Stirling, 1923; Guidance, Stirling, 1925; The Turn of the Tide, London, 1926; Highways of the Heart, London, 1926; Gateways of the Stars, London, 1927; A Little Book of Good Hope, Stirling, 1927; Christ in Shakespeare, London, 1928; many articles, sermons and poems and periodicals; many tracts.
1929
ERNEST DAVID JARVIS
Born 28th February 1888 at Forfar, son of William Jarvis and Isabella Warden; educated at Forfar Academy, University of St Andrews, M.A. (Hons. in Classics and English Literature 1909), New College, Edinburgh; sub-warden, New College Settlement 1914-15; war service in H.M. Forces in India, Mesopotamia and Southern Russia 1915-19, mentioned in Despatches; licensed by Presbytery of Rajputana February 1916; assistant Edinburgh New North 1919-20; ordained and inducted Penicuik North 4th May 1920; translated to Muswell Hill, London, May 1924; translated and inducted 15th June 1929. Married 12th April 1921, Clara Lewis, daughter of Rev. John Reid, Dundee Tay Square and Inverness Ness Bank.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.312; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.183.]
WELLPARK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.103
Church with halls, session house, vestry, church officer’s house, etc. Manse acquired.
1884
HUGH MAIR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.260
Born 16th September 1844 at Stair, Ayrshire, son of James Mair and Jean Logan; educated at Crosshill Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow May 1873; assistant Rutherglen 1873; ordained and inducted Johnstone, Renfrewshire 26th November 1873; translated to Falkirk 12th January 1878; translated and inducted May 1884; retired 31st October 1924. Married 10th July 1874, Jessie Duncan McLaine.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.312.]
1924
DONALD THOMSON, M.A., B.D.
Translated from Clyne and inducted 1st October 1924; translated to Glasgow Highlanders’ Memorial 1st June 1927.
1927
WILLIAM CUMMING THOM
Born 6th July 1898 at Aberdeen, son of Charles Lumsden and Jane Ann Thom; educated at Aberdeen Robert Gordon’s College, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1917), B.D. (1920), Ph.D. (1924), Aberdeen College, Columbia University, New York, Union Theological Seminary, S.T.M. (1921); war service with H.M. Forces in France and Flanders 1917-18; licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen August 1920; ordained and inducted Carnoustie St Stephen’s 22nd January 1923; translated and inducted 22nd December 1927. Married 15th March 1923, Helen Allan Sorley, M.A.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.312; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.19.]
WEST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.103
Church, etc. The buildings were condemned in 1914. The congregation became the Highlanders’ Memorial Congregation in 1917.
1887
JOHN SCOTT, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.31
Translated from Houston and inducted 1887; retired 1902; died 1907.
1902
PETER MACFARLANE MACDONALD, M.A.
Translated from Stornoway High and inducted 4th September 1902; became minister of Highlanders’ Memorial at change of name 1917.
WESTBOURNE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.103
Church with halls and offices. Manse acquired. Building of new halls and church officer’s house commenced in March 1928.
1876
ALEXANDER ORROCK JOHNSTONE, D.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.194
Translated from Cambuslang and inducted 16th November
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1876; became senior minister 17th March 1896; died 15th March 1905.
1898
DAVID MORISON ROSS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.305
Born 3rd May 1852 at Meigle, Perthshire, son of Peter Ross and Marjorie Morison; educated at Alyth Free Church School, Edinburgh Royal High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1st Class Hons. in Philosophy 1874), D.D. (1907), New College, Edinburgh, Universities of Tübingen 1873, 1876, and Paris Sorbonne 1877; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Blairgowrie 1877; assistant Cupar, Fife 1877-8; ordained and inducted Dundee St John’s 4th July 1878; translated and inducted 17th March 1898; became senior minister 1st November 1912; died 27th September 1927. Married 22nd July 1885, Isabel Martha Smith. Publications – Cradle of Christianity, London, 1891; Christ in the Home, London, 1893; The Teaching of Jesus, Edinburgh, 1904; A Scottish Minister and Soldier, London, 1907; The Christ of Faith and the Jesus of History, London, 1921; The Faith of St Paul, London, 1923; The Spiritual Genius of St Paul, London, 1925; The Cross of Jesus Christ, London, 1927.
1912
HUBERT LOUIS SIMPSON
Born 13th May 1880 at Edinburgh, son of Sir Alexander Russell Simpson, Kt., M.D., LL.D., and Margaret Stewart Barbour; educated at Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1901), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 1905; assistant Glasgow Kelvinside 1905-6; ordained and inducted Kilcreggan 27th June 1907; translated and inducted 31st October 1912; war service 1915-17; resigned 1923. Married 4th November 1908, Elizabeth Spence Ward. Publications – St Mungo, Glasgow, 1918; The Intention of His Soul, London, 1920; Altars of Earth, London, 1922; Put Forth by the Moon, London, 1923.
1924
ADAM WILSON BURNET
Born 24th December 1883 at Cambuslang, son of James Burnet and Christina Smeaton Wilson; educated at Cambuslang West Coates School, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. in Classics), Glasgow College; student missionary, Rutherglen West 1909-10; licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton May 1910; assistant Glasgow St George’s and St Peter’s 1910-11; ordained and inducted Ferry-Port-on-Craig Queen Street 19th April 1911; translated to Kilmarnock King Street 3rd December 1914; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917, 1918; translated to Giffnock September 1920; translated and inducted May 1924. Married 29th June 1911, Agnes Brodie Smith Lennie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.312; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.38; Vol.10, p.22.]
WEST SCOTLAND STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.103
This congregation united with Kinning Park in 1919.
1900
JAMES POLLOCK, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 1900; translated to St Andrew’s, King William’s Town, South Africa, 17th March 1904; inducted Stirling Erskine 1915.
1904
JAMES LAMONT
Ordained in Australia 1901; inducted 1904; translated to Gateshead Park Terrace 1904; translated to Glasgow Augustine 1911.
1909
EDWARD BROWN
Translated from Belhelvie and Shiels and inducted 12th March 1909; translated to Annbank 17th August 1917.
WHITEHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.104
Formerly Dennistoun United Presbyterian. Church, hall and church officer’s house. Extensive repairs and alterations in 1919, at a cost of £3500. Mission buildings in Campbellfield Street.
1883
JAMES LESLIE MURRAY
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.104 and 293
Born 26th January 1844 at Aberdeen, son of John Murray and Marjory May McCombie; educated at Aberdeen William Rattray’s School, University of Aberdeen, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Kilmarnock Princes Street 5th March 1872; translated and inducted 1st May 1883; retired 1912; died 17th August 1926. Married 1872, Jean Ann Pittendrigh.
1912
JOHN STEWART LAWSON
Born 14th September 1874 at Glasgow, son of David Lawson and Margaret Stewart; educated at Partick Church Street Public School, Woodside Public School; apprentice engineer 1892; University of Glasgow, Glasgow College (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1901); student in charge at Eaglesham Station; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1901; ordained and inducted Eaglesham 19th September 1901; translated and inducted 19th September 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1918-19.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.313; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.179.]
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WHITEINCH
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.103
Church and manse.
1881
JOHN COUTTS, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.126
Translated from Kennethmont and inducted 1881; retired 1909; died 1914.
1909
THOMAS TULLY
Translated from Rattray and inducted as colleague and successor 21st October 1909; translated to Liff 4th October 1923.
1924
ALEXANDER MACLEAN
Born 7th September 1879 at Ullapool, son of William MacLean and Anne Mackenzie; educated at Ullapool Public School, Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1906), New College, Edinburgh; student assistant Edinburgh Moray 1906, Dalry 1907, Greenock Gaelic 1908; licensed by Presbytery of Inveraray 21st April 1909; ordained and inducted Kilbrandon 28th July 1909; translated to Kildonan and Bennecarrigan, Arran, 11th January 1912; translated to Kirkintilloch Park 6th December 1918; translated and inducted 14th February 1924. Married 16th September 1912, Alexandrina Margaret Graham.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.270, Gordon Park; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, pp.409, 552 and Vol.9, p.677; also Vol.10, p.385.]
WHITE MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.103
Church and manse.
1894
JAMES PATERSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.287
Born 14th May 1856 at Heathery Hill, Johnstone, Dumfrieshire, son of James Paterson and Mary Ann Rogerson; educated at Johnstone and Kirkpatrick-Juxta Parish Schools, University of Glasgow, M.A., B.D., Glasgow Free Church College; ordained and inducted Ballater 1887; translated to London Belgrave 1889; translated and inducted 1894; died 12th September 1912. Married 1884, Helen Reid.
1913
ARTHUR HERBERT GRAY
Born 9th September 1868 at Edinburgh, son of Alexander Gray and Maria M. Miller; educated at Edinburgh College School, Leys, Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1890), Universities of Tübingen 1889 and Jena 1894, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh April 1895; assistant Aberdeen Queen’s Cross 1895-7; ordained and inducted Manchester July 1897; translated to Glasgow College and Kelvingrove 1909; translated and inducted 1913; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1915-16, 1918-19; resigned 1922; inducted London Crouch Hill 1924, University of Glasgow, D.D. 1924. Married 6th September 1897, Mary C., daughter of Professor Marcus Dods, D.D. Publications – Aspects of Protestantism, London, 1901; What’s the Good of Religion?, London, 1912; As Tommy Sees Us, London, 1918; The Christian Adventure, London, 1919; Men, Women, and God, London, 1922; With Christ’s Guide, London, 1927; numerous pamphlets.
1922
KENNETH MOULTRIE MACLEOD
Born 14th May 1879 at Kingston, Co. Dublin, son of Donald Macleod and Anna Maria Brown; educated at Dublin High School, Kingston Grammar School, Dublin Trinity College, B.A. (1901), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 6th June 1905; assistant Edinburgh Viewforth 1905-7; missionary at Strathkinness 1907-8; assistant Edinburgh St Bernard’s 1908-9; ordained and inducted Fossoway 23rd April 1909; translated to Dunfermline St Andrew’s October 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1915-16, and as Chaplain to the Forces in France and Flanders 1917-18; translated and inducted 27th April 1922. Married 21st August 1909, Netta [Janetta McIntosh] Christie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.313; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.318.]
WHITEVALE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.98
Church, two halls and vestry.
1874
ADAM WELCH
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.369; Vol.2, p.100
Born in Galashiels [21st August 1834, the son of Atkin or Adam Welch and Margaret Cairns;] ordained and inducted Kincardine-on-Forth 19th January 1864; translated and inducted 2nd June 1874; became minister emeritus 1896; died 1902. [Married 1865, Margaret Davidson.]
1896
WILLIAM H. KELLOCK., M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.100 and 281
Ordained and inducted Kilmaurs 16th October 1890; translated and inducted 24th November 1896; translated to Liverpool 1904.
1905
JOHN THOMSON, M.A.
Translated from Dalry Courthill and inducted 17th April 1905; translated to Abernethy 12th May 1909.
1909
WILLIAM BARCLAY
Born 22nd November 1871 at Old Monkland, son of David Barclay and Agnes Crawford; educated at Bargeddie Public School, Old Monkland and Coatbridge, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; missionary, Glasgow Candlish Memorial 1894-7; student
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missionary Glasgow College 1897-1901; licensed by Presbytery of Hamilton June 1901; ordained and inducted Temple 16th October 1902; translated and inducted 24th November 1909; war service with Scottish Churches Huts at Invergordon.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.313.]
WOODLANDS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.73
Church with halls and church officer’s house. Mission halls at 41 Ancroft Street, N.W.; manse. Manse sold and another purchased.
1885
DAVID WOODSIDE
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.74 and 492
Born 14th June 1859 at Ayr, son of Hugh Woodside and Mary Marr; educated at Ayr Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1878), B.D. (1881), D.D. (1919), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow; ordained and inducted Stromness Victoria Street 6th December 1881; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 24th September 1885; died 24th October 1924. Married 29th June 1887, Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of Professor Henry Calderwood. Principal Clerk to Presbytery of Glasgow 1916-24; Convener of Business Committee of General Assembly from 1916. Publications – The Life of Henry Calderwood (in collaboration with W.L. Calderwood), London, 1900; The Soul of a Scottish Church, Edinburgh, 1918.
1926
JOHN OSWALD WESTWATER
Born 15th May 1893 at Blyth, Northumberland, son of Rev. James Westwater and Elizabeth Hossack Ingram; educated at Blyth National School, North-Eastern County School, Barnard Castle, Durham; war service in H.M. Forces 1914-19; Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh M.A. (1920), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 3rd May 1922; assistant Edinburgh St George’s 1922-3; ordained and inducted Chirnside 24th January 1923; translated and inducted 26th March 1926. Married 24th July 1918, Sybilla Robertson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.314; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.521; also Vol.10, p.308.]
WYND
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.104
Church, halls, church officer’s house, deaconess’ house, and manse. Mission Hall in Kidston Street. The manse was sold and a new manse purchased.
1886
JOHN RIDDELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.298
Born 11th July 1840 at Eskdalemuir, son of William Riddell and Janet Bell; educated at Eskdalemuir Parish School and privately, University of Glasgow, B.A. (1861), Reformed Presbyterian Church Divinity Hall; licensed by Reformed Presbyterian Presbytery of Dumfries 1864; ordained and inducted Dundee Hawkhill Reformed Presbyterian 14th December 1864; translated and inducted September 1868; translated to Glasgow Augustine 1872; translated to Paisley Road September 1875; translated and inducted again December 1886; retired 1911; died 16th February 1930. Married 23rd May 1865, Agnes Mary Robertson.
1911
JOHN COOPER, M.A.
Translated from St Abbs and inducted as colleague and successor November 1911; translated to Leith St Ninian’s 8th August 1918.
1918
JOSEPH FISHER ANDERSON
Born 16th November 1879 at Killylea Co. Armagh, son of John and Sarah Anderson; educated at Armagh Academy, Queen’s College, Belfast, Royal University of Ireland, B.A. (1910), Assembly’s College, Belfast; student assistant Belfast Great Victoria Street 1906, McQuisten Memorial 1908, First, Ballymacarrett 1910; licensed by General Assembly 5th June 1911; ordained and inducted Sandhills, Co. Tyrone 6th December 1911; translated to Bushmills 27th March 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1915, 1916; translated and inducted 18th November 1918; translated to Cootamundra, New South Wales 6th April 1926; translated to Ascot Vale, Melbourne, 18th March 1926; translated to Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 24th June 1931; [died 5th December 1972 at Edinburgh; buried Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh.] Married 16th May 1910, Rachel Stewart.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, pp.481, 463, 207 and 103; also Vol.10, pp.285 and 275.]
leslie 481; fossoway 463; lamlash 207; polwarth 103;
1925
GEORGE STEELE JEFFREY
Born 11th July 1875 at Chirnside, son of John Jeffrey and Margaret Steel; educated at Chirnside Public School, and privately, Harley College, London; ordained for missionary service with Regions Beyond Missionary Union, Exeter House, London, May 1898; admitted by General Assembly in May 1919; assistant Glasgow Lansdowne 1919; inducted Kilmarnock St John’s 7th October 1919; translated to Glasgow Young Street 4th August 1922; translated and inducted 9th March 1925. Married 26th November 1901, Rose Mantone.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.314; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.103.]
YOUNG STREET
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.104
Church with hall, session room and vestry; manse. The mission congregation at Hill Street united with this congregation in 1914, and Hill Street buildings were handed
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over to the Presbytery. The Presbytery sold them and bought a hall in Tobago Street and this was opened for work in connection with this congregation in October 1928.
1893
JOHN MCCRACKEN
Ordained and inducted 1893; translated to Burntisland Erskine 1919.
1919
ROBERT MCLEAN
Translated from Bonhill South and inducted October 1919; translated to Glasgow Buchanan Memorial 1922.
1922
GEORGE STEEL JEFFREY
Translated from Kilmarnock St John’s and inducted 4th August 1922; translated to Glasgow Wynd 9th March 1925.
1925
JAMES HOGG
Born 24th May 1884 at Uddingston, son of William Hogg and Elizabeth Pullar; educated at Uddingston Grammar School, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1905), B.D. (1910), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1910; assistant Campbeltown Lorne Street 1910-11, Wick Central 1911-12, Edinburgh Morningside 1912-13; ordained and inducted Yetholm 30th September 1914; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917, 1918-19; translated and inducted 2nd June 1925. Married 3rd September 1914, Kate Meredith Mackillop.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.314; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.311; also Vol.10, p.182.]
KIRKINTILLOCH PARK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.154
Church, vestry, small hall and manse. Pipe organ installed in 1902; new hall built in 1905.
1854
JOHN MITCHELL
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.155 and 401,
Ordained and inducted Leven 8th September 1846; translated and inducted 27th April 1854; retired 1892; died 26th January 1906; [buried Sandymount Cemetery, Glasgow. Married 6th December 1846, Margaret Brodie.]
1892
ALEXANDER TAYLOR, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 9th June 1892; translated to Ayr Darlington 15th January 1901.
1901
GEORGE LAMB, B.D.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 29th April 1901; resigned May 1918 while on war service as Chaplain to the Forces; appointed to Nice 1924.
1918
ALEXANDER MACLEAN, M.A.
Translated from Kildonan, Arran and inducted 6th December 1918; translated to Glasgow Whiteinch 14th February 1924.
1924
ROBERT GALL MCCONNACHIE, M.A.
Chaplain to Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow; inducted 3rd September 1924; translated to Kilmarnock St Andrew’s 1928.
1928
NORMAN ALEXANDER MCLEOD
Born 17th February 1905 at Dundee, son of James Mcleod and Helen Greig Soutar; educated at Dundee Dudhope Public School, Harris Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1925, Hons. in Semitic Languages, 1927), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Arbroath and Forfar 7th May 1928; assistant Edinburgh New North 1928; ordained and inducted 12th December 1928. Married 8th April 1929, Jessie Emslie.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.246; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.248.]
KIRKINTILLOCH ST ANDREW’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.105
Church, hall, manse. Additions to hall in 1901 and 1912-13.
1867
ANDREW MORRISON BROWN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.103
Born 15th May 1842 at Glasgow, son of Matthew Brown and Mary Ballantyne Macfarlane; educated at Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, B.A., M.A., B.D., Reformed Presbyterian Church Divinity Hall; licensed by Reformed Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1865; assistant Dalton, Dumfriesshire; ordained and inducted 22nd August 1867; died 18th March 1916. Married 15th September 1868, Mary Binnie Robertson. Publications – Our Western Hills, Glasgow, 1892; many contributions to Glasgow Daily Mail.
1917
HUGH DAVIDSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 2nd February 1917; translated to Paisley George Street 1921.
1922
JOHN FULTON
Born 22nd August 1879 at Glasgow, son of William Fulton and Annie Young; educated at Glasgow St George’s Road Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow East Campbell Street 1901-10, Rose Street 1910-13, Cowcaddens 1914-16, West 1916-18; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 13th November 1917; ordained and inducted Cardenden 17th April 1918; translated and inducted 30th March 1922. Married 25th June 1918, Agnes Paterson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.246; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.533.]
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KIRKINTILLOCH ST DAVID’S
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.105
Church with small hall, vestry and side rooms, manse. Large hall built in 1911. Old church and manse demolished, and new church opened in 13th June 1926. New manse purchased. Mission hall at Tintock.
1893
HUGH YOUNG REYBURN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.298
Born 3rd November, 1857, at Kilmarnock, son of Hugh Thomson Reyburn and Jane Young; educated at Kilmarnock, Edinburgh Royal High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (Hons. 1880), B.D. (1884), D.D. (1925), Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Glasgow St Matthew’s 1883-4; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1884; ordained and inducted Leven, Fife, 1884; translated and inducted February 1893; became senior minister 8th March 1923. Married (1) September 1885, Mary Jane Adams; (2) March 1900, Margaret Adam Scott. Publications – John Calvin: His Life, Letters and Work, London, 1914; The Story of the Russian Church, London, 1924.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.247.]
1923
A[NDREW] D[EAN] MORRISON, M.C., M.A.
Ordained and inducted Fossoway 1919; became minister of united congregation there 1921; translated and inducted 1923; left 1927.
1928
ROBERT JOHN WEDDERSPOON
Born 31st September 1894 at Larbert, son of Andrew Wedderspoon and Agnes Hogg; educated at Falkirk High School, University of Glasgow, M.A., Glasgow College (Joshua Paterson Fellow); war service in H.M. Forces 1915-19; licensed by Presbytery of Linlithgow and Falkirk April 1919; assistant Paisley St James’ 1921-22; ordained and inducted Larkhall Trinity 17th January 1922; translated and inducted 2nd February 1928. Married 15th November 1922, Amy B. Wedderspoon.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.247, Kirkintilloch St David’s Memorial; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.288; also Vol.10, p.170.]
KIRKINTILLOCH SOUTH
Presbytery of Glasgow
Church with hall, vestry, managers’ room, church officer’s house, etc. In 1900 this congregation belonged to the United Original Seceders (“Auld Lichts”), and came into the United Free Church in 1902.
1902
GEORGE RIDDELL AITKEN
Ordained and inducted Kirkintilloch United Original Secession 2nd July 1896; inducted June 1902; inducted Ochiltree 2nd June 1927.
1927
JOHN MACBRIDE BROWN
Born 10th February 1889 at Corriecravie, Arran, son of John Brown and Janet Downie; educated at Arran Sliddery Public School; clerk in Glasgow office 1906-10; Glasgow Skerry’s College, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. in English Language, Literature and History 1916), Glasgow College; student assistant Paisley Thread Street 1916, Govan St Mary’s 1917-18; ordained and inducted Limekilns 16th October 1918; translated and inducted 6th April 1927. Married 29th April 1925, Mary Walker Callender, Linlithgow.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.247; for an account of this minister, see Vol.9, p.764.]
LENZIE
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.159
Church and manse. Transept added in 1906. Fire destroyed roof and organ in 1923. Roof rebuilt, chancel and new suite of halls added, and church reopened in 26th January 1928.
1874
WILLIAM MILLER
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.660; Vol.2, p.159
Born at Crieff, son of David Miller and Catherine Sprout; educated at United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Falkirk Erskine 6th November 1860; translated and inducted 28th April 1874; died 6th July 1902. Married Anne Elizabeth Carter. Publications – The Transfigured Valley; The Vision of Christ.
1903
JOSEPH JOHNSTON, M.A.
Translated from Forres Castlehill and inducted 26th March 1903; translated to Paisley St James’ 16th May 1910.
1911
WILLIAM PURVES BOYES
Born 23rd August 1879 at Edinburgh, son of Joseph Boyes and Helen Reid Purves; educated at Edinburgh George Watson’s College, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1902), University of Marburg, New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh May 1905; assistant North Morningside 1905-7; ordained and inducted Ferry-Port-on-Craig Queen Street 9th May 1907; translated and inducted February 1911; war service as Chaplain to the Forces 1916-18; translated to Kensington St John’s January 1923. Married 3rd September 1907, Jean Marshall Purves.
1923
EDWIN BAIN MACLURE
Born 25th February 1888 at Bathgate, son of John Maclure and Barbara Carnochan; educated at Bathgate Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1912), New College, Edinburgh; war service in H.M. Forces
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in Balkans and in France 1914-19; licensed by Presbytery of Bathgate 1917; ordained and inducted Dumbarton Bridgend 19th May 1919; translated and inducted 1st June 1923. Married October 1920, Lillian Mitchell.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.248, Lenzie Union; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.11, p.151.]
MEARNS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.135
Church and session house, manse. New hall built in 1924.
1901
ANDREW BOYD SCOTT, M.A., B.D.
Ordained and inducted 1901; translated to Paisley Sherwood 13th May 1903.
1904
WILLIAM TOPANG MORTON, M.A., B.D.
Ordained and inducted 11th April 1904; translated to Edinburgh Lauriston Place 17th March 1910.
1910
JAMES MARSHALL ROBERTSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 20th October 1910; translated to Enfield 26th January 1918; translated to Edinburgh High 2nd October 1924.
1918
ALEXANDER GORDON STEWART, B.A., M.A. (Cantab.)
Ordained and inducted 2nd May 1918; translated to Troon Portland Road 11th January 1923.
1923
GODFREY DONALD MACFADYEN
Born 2nd May 1898 at Latheron United Free Manse, son of Rev. Godfrey Macfadyen and Jean Yuill Ancell; educated at Latheron, Aberchirder, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1918); war service 1916-17; Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Turriff 4th April 1922; assistant Dundee St Paul’s, 1922-3; ordained and inducted 18th May 1923.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.249, Newton Mearns.]
MILLERSTON
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.96
Church and manse.
1893
JOHN FRAME MILLER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.268
Born 25th July 1863 at Cambusnethan, son of William Miller and Janet Frame; educated at Kirk o’ Shotts Public School, University of Glasgow, M.A., Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1890; assistant Hamilton, Pollokshields West Mission; ordained and inducted 1893; died 9th January 1921. Married 1893, Mrs Isabella Colquhoun. Member of School Board and Parish Council. F.S.A. Scot. Member of Glasgow Bibliographical Society. Publications – “Bibliography of Blind Harry’s William Wallace”, in records of Glasgow Bibliographical Society, 1914; Ruchazie: A District and A School in the Provan, Glasgow, 1920; Old Shettleston, Glasgow, P.P., 1919; Scottish independence, 6th April 1320, Arbroath, 1920.
1921
JAMES SNEDDON
Ordained and inducted 3rd May 1921; translated to Newport Trinity 31st January 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.248.]
MILNGAVIE AND BALDERNOCK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.84
Church and hall; manse.
1873
WILLIAM YOUNG
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.363
Born 9th December 1845, at Lesmahagow, son of James Young and Elizabeth Wilson; educated at Lesmahagow, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1883), Glasgow Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1871; missionary at Keppochhill 1871-2, Rutherglen West 1872-3; ordained and inducted 10th April 1873; died 20th June 1920. Married 30th March 1875, Margaret Cockburn Johnston.
1920
JOHN WILLIAM COUTTS
Born 13th August 1876 at Manchester, son of Robert Coutts and Jean Henderson; educated at Manchester Grafton House, Victoria University of Manchester, B.A. (1894), M.A. (1897); licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1899; assistant Kelvinside 1900-1; ordained and inducted for Rangoon by Presbytery of London North 12th March 1901; inducted Coldstream Rodger Memorial 16th December 1902; translated to Aberdeen Ferryhill 13th June 1907; translated to Glasgow Glasgow St George’s and St Peter’s 24th October 1913; war service in France 1915-16; translated and inducted 28th December 1920. Married 10th November 1908, Rose Fleming. Publications – God and the Old Testament, Edinburgh, 1921; The Gospel and International Relations, London, 1923; The Church and the Sex Question, London, 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.372, Milngavie St Luke’s; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.126; also Vol.10, p.73.]
MILNGAVIE CAIRNS
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.158
Church and manse. Church closed 3rd May 1903; new church opened 10th May 1903; new manse bought; pipe organ installed January 1908.
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1900
THOMAS BIGGART HOGARTH
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.159 and 703
Born at Stranraer Ivy Place Manse, son of Rev. Robert Hogarth and Mary Robinson; educated at Stranraer Academy, Glasgow Academy, University of Glasgow, United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Clackmannan 25th June 1896; translated and inducted 17th April 1900; died 25th October 1918. Married Elizabeth Naismith Ronald.
1919
DAVID HALL HISLOP, M.A.
Formerly of Stranraer St Ninian’s; inducted 1st May 1919; translated to Edinburgh North Morningside 4th October 1923.
1924
JAMES JARDINE, M.A.
Translated from Portobello Windsor Place and inducted 29th April 1924; translated to Edinburgh Lothian Road 22nd September 1926.
1927
ROBERT HARVIE
Born 18th May 1881 at Bridgeton, Glasgow, son of Robert Harvie and Mary Aitken; educated at Bridgeton John Street Public School, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. in Mathematics 1904), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow April 1909; assistant Pollokshields Trinity 1909-10; loc. ten. Glasgow Whitehill 1910; assistant Edinburgh Rosehall 1910; ordained and inducted Earlston 13th January 1911; war service as Chaplain to the Forces at Salonika and in South Russia; translated to Hamilton St John’s 13th January 1921; translated and inducted 28th April 1927. Married 1st June 1911, Catherine Campbell Gordon. Publication – The King’s Uniform, London, 1916.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.372; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.208.]
RUTHERGLEN EAST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.106
Church. Manse purchased.
1889
WILLIAM LINDSAY, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 21st November 1889; translated to Stoneykirk 5th November 1924.
1925
ARCHIBALD HUGH TAYLOR
Born 7th February 1890 at Govan, son of Rev. William Taylor and Elizabeth McCallum; educated at Bellahouston Academy, Queen’s Park Higher Grade School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1914), Glasgow College; Glasgow City Mission 1912-14, Glasgow College Missionary Society 1914-17, 1919; war service in H.M. Forces 1917-18; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1918; ordained and inducted Abernethy, Perthshire 24th September 1919; translated and inducted 24th March 1925. Married 20th January 1920, Elizabeth MacEwen.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.249; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.147.]
RUTHERGLEN GREENHILL
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.145
Halls opened on 27th January 1901; church opened on 13th March 1904.
1899
WILLIAM STIRLING
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, pp.145 and 201
Born 4th June 1869 at Crosshill, Glasgow, son of William Neilson Stirling and Elizabeth Simpson; educated at Bellahouston Academy, Paisley Grammar School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1892), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student missionary, Dunfermline summer 1893, 1894; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Glasgow 1895; assistant Clydebank Union 1895; ordained and inducted Inveraray 10th December 1895; appointed to Greenhill 28th February 1898; inducted 18th May 1899; died 22nd August 1912. Married 18th December 1895, Alice Mackenzie Law.
1912
JAMES JACK
Born 29th December 1879 at Baillieston, son of James Jack and Jane Cullen; educated at Shawsburn, Glasgow Camden Street, Alexander’s, Whitehill Schools, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. in Classics 1900), B.D. (1905), D.Litt. (1923), Glasgow College; Hebrew Tutor 1903; student assistant Gallowgate 1903; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 3rd May 1904; loc. ten. Glasgow Caledonia Road 1904, Paisley Middle 1905-6; ordained and inducted Lockerbie Trinity 12th December 1906; translated and inducted 29th December 1912; war service with Y.M.C.A. in Salonika 1917. Married 22nd August 1911, Elizabeth Jane Rae. Hebrew Examiner and Assessor in United Free Church Colleges. Publication – A Great National Question, Edinburgh, 1916.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.249.]
RUTHERGLEN NORTH
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.144
The name was changed in 1912 to Stonelaw, q.v.
RUTHERGLEN STONELAW
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.144
Known as North from 1900 to 1912, the new church receiving the new name. Church and small hall. This was sold and a new church with halls, etc., was opened on 8th September 1912. Manse purchased later.
1870
JOHN MCNEILL
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.145
[Born 1833 at Glasgow, son of Malcom McNeill and Sarah McLeod;] ordained and inducted South Shields, 30th November 1859; translated to Middlesborough
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5th August 1863; translated and inducted 22nd February 1870; retired 1908; died 4th February 1913. [Married 1860, Janet (Jessie) McKechnie.]
1908
THOMAS WARDROP
Born 23rd June 1872 at Greenock, son of David Wardrop and Margaret Renton; educated at Greenock Kilblain Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1893), United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; student missionary, Dalkeith station 1894; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Kilmarnock and Ayr April 1896; in charge, preaching station, Ashington, Northumberland, 1896-8; ordained and inducted Ashington 1898; translated to Glasgow Bath Street 1903; translated and inducted 1908; war service with Scottish Churches Huts 1915, 1916 and Y.M.C.A. in France 1918. Married (1) 10th July 1899, Margaret Stoddart; (2) 10th August 1905, Janet Henderson.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.250.]
RUTHERGLEN WEST
Presbytery of Glasgow
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.106
Church and manse. Mission hall in Harriet Street.
1879
JOHN GALL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.164
Born 4th December 1846 at Ellon, son of William Gall and Christina Hall; educated at Halton Public School, Aberdeen Grammar School, University of Aberdeen, M.A. (1872), Aberdeen Free Church College; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Aberdeen June 1876; ordained and inducted Liff 11th January 1877; translated and inducted 20th November 1879; retired February 1913. Married (1) 14th February 1877, Eliza Allan Berry; (2) 30th April 1895, Jane Isabella Russell Porter.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.249.]
1913
WILLIAM DUNCAN THOMSON BLACK
Born 10th March 1881 at Glasgow, son of William Black and Elizabeth Bain Cochrane; educated at Glasgow John Street School and High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1903), Glasgow College; student missionary in Canada 1904; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1906; assistant Cowcaddens 1906; ordained and inducted Fraserburgh South 23rd November 1906; translated and inducted 25th February 1913; killed in action in Flanders 22nd August 1917. Married 6th November 1907, Janet Liddell Cunningham.
1918
DAVIDSON MURRAY, M.A.
Translated from Lesmahagow Cordiner and inducted 1st May 1918; translated to Crieff South 27th February 1924.
1924
JAMES NICOLL DICK
Born 11th February 1889 at Dundee, son of Thomas Dick and Margaret Isabella Nicoll; educated at Arbroath High School, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1914;), New College, Edinburgh; sub-warden, New College Settlement 1916-17; licensed by Presbytery of Arbroath and Forfar 1917; loc. ten. Hawick St Andrew’s 1917-18; ordained and inducted Coldstream Rodger Memorial 19th December 1918; translated and inducted 5th September 1924. Married 20th July 1925, Catherine Sinclair Miller.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.249, Rutherglen Munro; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.147.]
STEPPS
Presbytery of Glasgow
This congregation was formed in 1907.
1907
ADAM RENWICK, M.A.
Translated from Glasgow Cowcaddens and inducted 7th March 1907; translated to Motherwell Cairns 30th November 1911.
1912
JOHN ALEXANDER FLEMING, M.A.
Translated from Monikie and inducted 20th March 1912; translated to Dundee Ogilvie 27th January 1921.
1921
WALTER MCCALLUM CLOW, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 27th June 1921; translated to Bridge of Allan Chalmers 1st October 1924.
1925
THOMAS PATERSON
Born 22nd January 1878 at Maryhill, Glasgow, son of Thomas Paterson and Christina Cochran; educated at Dunoon Academy and Grammar School, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1899), Glasgow College; student assistant Milngavie 1901; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1903; assistant Aberdeen South 1903-5, Dumfries St George’s 1905; ordained and inducted Darvel Irvine Bank 3rd October 1905; translated to Glasgow Renwick 1915; translated and inducted 1925. Married 1908, Gellisse Hope Young [daughter of William Young, Free Church minister.]
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.251, Stepps St Andrew’s.]
THORNLIEBANK
Presbytery of Glasgow
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.147
Church and manse.
1848
ANDREW WIELD
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.148
Ordained and inducted 2nd May 1848; retired 1899; died 1902.
1899
ROBERT WILSON, B.D.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.148
Ordained and inducted 5th September 1899; resigned to become ordained assistant in Hawick (Church of Scotland) 20th April 1925.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.8, p.620.]
1925
JOHN LANDELS KENT, M.A.
[Born 1896 at Glasgow;] ordained and inducted 1925.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.251, Thornliebank Spiersbridge; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.262; also Vol.10, p.155; and Vol.11, p.140.]
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TORRANCE
Presbytery of Glasgow
A mission station in 1900; raised to full status in May 1917. Manse bought.
1917
CHARLES EDWARD TAYLOR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.337
Born 4th May 1854 at Nigg, Ross-shire, son of James Taylor and Jane Knowles Matheson; educated at University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; assistant Orkney, Callander, Abington, Thurso; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Edinburgh 30th June 1880; ordained and inducted Rafford, Forres, December 1881; resigned 31st March 1908; placed on Probationers’ List 9th January 1912; appointed to Torrance 1916; inducted June 1917; died 30th May 1920. Married 9th April 1885, Helen Carnegie Wilson.
1921
DAVID YOUNG
Translated from Glasgow Partick Anderson and inducted 10th February 1921; translated to Rosneath 1st May 1929.
1929
WALTER MURRAY
Born 9th September 1877 at Glasgow, son of George Murray and Marion Kirkwood; educated at Glasgow St David’s Public School, Rutland Crescent Public School, Allan Glen’s School, University of Glasgow; served on editorial staff of Blackie and Son 1898-1916; Manchester Unitarian College, University of Manchester, University of London, B.D. (1919); ordained to ministry of Unitarian Church in Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, 3rd July 1919; minister of Chesham Unitarian Church, Bury, Lancashire, November 1919 to May 1921; admitted to United Free Church as student on trials for licence 1921; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 23rd June 1921; ordained and inducted Deerness, Orkney, 31st October 1922; translated to Olrig 26th October 1927; translated and inducted 26th September 1929. Married 6th August 1920, Charlotte Flett Tait. Publications – Schoolbooks, Survey of the British Empire, etc., published by Blackie and Son; completed The Rise of Democracy, by Dr J. Holland Rose, Edinburgh, 1912; Home Rule for Scotland (pamphlet), Glasgow, 1922; devotional column, “The Quiet Hour” in the Orkney Herald, 1925-27.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.252.]
BROOMIELAW
Presbytery of Glasgow
Glasgow College Students’ Mission
1898
JAMES LAW, M.A.
Ordained missionary May 1898; inducted Dumfries South 1904.
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PRESBYTERY OF DUMBARTON
ALEXANDRIA BRIDGE STREET
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.238
Church and manse. Church sold to Baptist congregation and new church completed in 1909.
1878
JAMES ALLISON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, pp.184 and 240
[Born 18th June 1831 at East Kilbride, son of David Allison and Margaret Reid;] ordained and inducted London Oxenden 20th February 1866; translated to Cupar Boston 8th November 1870; translated and inducted 8th January 1878; retired 1897; died 29th October 1909; [buried Craigton Cemetery, Glasgow. Married 1866, Catherine Anderson McIntosh. Family: David James Allison, minister.]
1897
JOHN MANSIE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 25th September 1897; translated to Dundee Tay Square 11th April 1905.
1905
WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 8th November 1905.
[For an account of this congregation and of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.356.]
ALEXANDRIA NORTH
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.84
Church and manse.
1874
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, M.A., B.D.,
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.335
Ordained and inducted 1874; applied for colleague and successor 2nd February 1909; [died 17th January 1933.] Married 1878, Jane Bell.
1909
ROBERT SMITH MACMORRAN, M.A.
Formerly at Greenock St Thomas’; inducted as colleague and successor 29th October 1909; translated to Clydebank Hamilton Memorial 27th September 1923.
1924
KENNETH MACLENNAN, B.D.
Translated from Fortrose and inducted 27th February 1924; translated to Prestonpans 7th November 1928.
1929
JAMES PRYDE BATCHELOR
Born 11th June 1887 at Dundee, son of Alexander Simpson Batchelor and Isabella Whyte Pryde; educated at Dundee, University of St Andrews, M.A. (1913), Aberdeen College; student assistant Aberdeen Rutherford 1914-16, Maud 1916-17; licensed by Presbytery of Dundee 9th May 1917; ordained and inducted Falkland 30th August 1917; translated and inducted 13th March 1929. Married 14th November 1917, Eliza Low.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.356; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.521.]
ARROCHAR
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.84
Church and hall, under same roof, and manse.
1897
ALEXANDER PRENTICE TELFER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.339
Ordained as missionary to Calcutta 1888; returned to Scotland 1896; inducted 1897; applied for colleague and successor 3rd November 1925. Married 1889, Margaret T. Lennox.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.357.]
1926
RICHARD DYER ELLYET STEVENSON
Born 28th July 1865 at Kilmarnock, son of James Stevenson, schoolmaster, and Maria Andrew; educated at Kilmarnock Academy; worked in Glasgow analytical chemists’ office; University of Glasgow, Evangelical Union College; ordained to congregational ministry, Selkirk Evangelical Union 1895; resigned and admitted to United Free Church 1904; assistant Glasgow Partick High; inducted Ancroft Moor 1907; translated to Colmonell May 1918; translated and inducted 28th April 1926. Married 16th August 1899, Margaret Gibb Hill.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, pp.356-7, Arrochar Ballyhennan.]
BALFRON
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.214
Church and manse. Known as Balfron and Holm from 1901.
1871
JAMES LINDSAY, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.215
[Baptised 25th September 1846 at Dundee, son of James Lindsay, merchant, and Agnes Bowman; educated at St Andrews University (M.A. 1865);] ordained and inducted 17th October 1871; retired 17th October 1908.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.357.]
1909
GEORGE TURNER, M.A.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 11th March 1909.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.357, Balfron South.]
BONHILL NORTH
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.231
Church and manse.
1863
WILLIAM SMITH
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.235
[Born 2nd December 1831 at Monimail, Fife, son of Alexander Smith and Elizabeth Brabner; educated at St Andrews University;] ordained and inducted 24th March 1863; died 6th March 1904; [buried Bonhill Parish Church. Married 1867, Helen Rankine.]
1904
JOHN FINLAYSON YOUNG, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 2nd November 1904; translated to Thornton 22nd March 1922.
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1922
ROBERT PATRICK AITCHISON
Ordained and inducted 21st September 1922; translated to Ardchattan and Connel 4th November 1927.
1928
JOHN STUART LEISHMAN, B.D., B.L.
Ordained and inducted Abington 14th November 1902; war service as Chaplain to the Forces; resigned May 1919; took up tutorial work in Glasgow; inducted Port William Main Street 20th July 1922; translated and inducted 3rd April 1928.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.359.]
BONHILL SOUTH
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.84
Church, hall and manse. Also Jamestown Free Church School.
1877
THOMAS COLLINS
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.123
Ordained and inducted 1877; applied for colleague and successor 19th February 1913; died 1926.
1913
ROBERT MCLEAN
Admitted by General Assembly 1911; inducted as colleague and successor 31st October 1913; translated to Glasgow Young Street, October 1919.
1919
GEORGE GRAY, M.A.
Translated from Kirkcaldy Gallatown and inducted 28th January 1920; inducted Rio Tinto, Spain, 28th November 1926.
1927
THOMAS DICKSON GRAY
Born 3rd October 1896 at Bishopbriggs, son of Robert Gray and Mary Dickson; educated privately, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1921), Glasgow College; student assistant Glasgow Anderston 1921-23; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 8th April 1924; ordained and inducted Blackridge 10th December 1924; translated and inducted July 1927. Married 3rd March 1925, Margaret Crombie Beveridge.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.359; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.281; also Vol.10, pp.166 and .]
BOWLING
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.84
Church and manse. Old Kilpatrick Bankside united with this congregation in 1908.
1890
DONALD GEORGESON, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.167
Ordained and inducted 1890; died 10th December 1907. Married 1879, Isabella L. Murray.
1908
THOMAS SCOTT CAIRNCROSS
Born 1st April 1872 at Lesmahagow, son of Andrew Scott Cairncross and Margaret McCartney; educated at Lesmahagow Public School (pupil teacher), University of Glasgow, M.A., B.D., United Presbyterian College, Edinburgh; licensed by United Presbyterian Presbytery of Lanark 1896; assistant Helensburgh St Columba’s, Glasgow Cambridge Street, Kilmarnock King Street, Hamilton Avon Street, West Kilbride Overton; ordained and inducted Langholm South 23rd January 1902; translated to Old Kilpatrick Bankside 21st March 1907; became minister of the united congregation 29th March 1908; war service in France 1917. Married Margaret Hudson. Publications – Margin of Rest, London, 1901; Return of the Master, Langholm, 1904; Appeal of Jesus, London; Making of a Minister, London; Steps of the Pulpit, London; Blawearie, London; From the Kilpatrick Hills, Paisley; The Scot at Home, London.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.360; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.215.]
CARDROSS
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.85
Church and manse. Schoolroom next to manse. Hall was built and schoolroom sold.
1879
ROBERT BOOG WATSON, LL.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.352
Ordained as Chaplain to the Forces 1854; officiated at Madeira 1864-74; inducted 1879; retired 1897; died 13th June 1910. Married 1857, Jean Cowan.
1897
ADAM MITCHELL HUNTER, M.A., D.Litt.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 17th January 1898; resigned on appointment as Librarian in New College, Edinburgh 13th February 1922.
1922
JAMES WILLIAM ROBERTSON
Born 13th January 1870 at Gatehouse-on-Fleet, son of Rev. John Robertson, Free Church Manse, and Jane Paul; educated at Fleetside Public School, Kirkcudbright Academy, University of Edinburgh, M.A. (1890), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Presbytery of Kirkcudbright June 1898; assistant Perth West 1898-9, Aberdeen South 1899-1900, Bridge of Allan 1900-1, Edinburgh St Bernard’s 1901-2; ordained and inducted Lossiemouth High 30th January 1902; translated to St Paul’s Redhill, Surrey, May 1913; resigned while Chaplain to the Forces December 1917; war service as Chaplain to the Forces in Belgium and Macedonia 1917-20; inducted 14th June 1922. Married 14th November 1923, Katherine Frances Muriel Jackson.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.361, Cardross Burns; for an account of this minister, see there andVol.9, p.457; also Vol.10, p.271.]
CLYDEBANK BANK STREET
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.242
Church. United with Hamilton Memorial in 1909.
1900
WILLIAM ARCHIBALD THOMSON
Ordained and inducted 30th January 1900; resigned for health reasons 10th May 1903;
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short term appointment to Kinghorn Rosslands 1906-10.
1905
HUGH MARTIN DUNLOP
Ordained and inducted 29th June 1905; translated to Paisley Canal Street 14th May 1908.
1908
GEORGE MINTO
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.472
Ordained and inducted Lilliesleaf 2nd February 1897; translated and inducted 29th October 1908; became minister of the united congregation 7th March 1909.
CLYDEBANK HAMILTON MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.85
Church and manse. Bank Street united with this congregation in 1909.
1885
BUCHANAN BLAKE, B.D., D.D. (Glasgow 1919)
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.98
Ordained as missionary to Bombay 9th May 1876; resigned 1884; inducted 1885; became senior colleague at local union in 1909; resigned 1st July 1919.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.361.]
1909
GEORGE MINTO
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.472
Ordained and inducted Lilliesleaf 2nd February 1897; translated to Clydebank Bank Street 30th October 1908; inducted as colleague and successor in the united congregation 1909; resigned on appointment as Hospital Chaplain in Glasgow 30th April 1923.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae,Vol.9, p.796.]
1923
ROBERT SMITH MACMORRAN
Born 14th December 1872 Dunoon, son of Robert MacMorran and Margaret Kemp; educated at Dunoon Public School, Greenock Academy, Glasgow High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1895), New College, Edinburgh; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Dunoon May 1899; assistant Crieff South 1899-1900, Govan St Mary’s 1900-1, Montrose St John’s 1901-3; ordained and inducted Greenock St Thomas’ 17th December 1903; resigned to facilitate local union 28th July 1907; inducted Alexandria North 29th October 1909; war service as Chaplain to the Forces; translated and inducted 27th September 1923. Married 7th October 1905, Mary McMillan.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.361; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.216.]
CLYDEBANK UNION
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.241
Church. Manse acquired during the period.
1892
COLIN M. NICOL
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.241
Ordained and inducted Banchory United Presbyterian 5th June 1888; translated and inducted 9th August 1892; applied for a colleague and successor 2nd October 1928; died 11th March 1951.
1929
THOMAS CROUTHER GORDON
Born 15th February 1898 at Glasgow, son of George Donaldson Gordon and Margaret Carruthers; educated at Glasgow Petershill Public School, Colston Public School, Skerry’s College, University of Glasgow, M.A. (Hons. in Semitic Languages and Literature 1922), B.D. (1925), Glasgow College (Clark Scholar 1924, Kerr Travelling Scholar 1925); war service in R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. 1916-18, awarded D.F.C. November 1918; student assistant Glasgow Wellpark 1916, Kirkintilloch South 1923, Glasgow Queen’s Park East 1924-5; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow March 1925; ordained and inducted Pitlochry 19th March 1926; translated and inducted 29th May 1929. Married 9th June 1926, Gwendoline Victoria Phillips. Member of Glasgow University Oriental Society. Publications – articles in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Leyden, 1925-6; contributions to Expository Times, 1927-8; A Travelling Scholar, London, 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.362; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.445; also Vol.10, p.263 and Vol.11, p.229.]
CLYDEBANK WEST
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.85
Hall-church in 1900. Church opened on 2nd November 1907. Manse acquired during the period.
1897
RODERICK MCLEOD
Ordained and inducted 30th September 1897; translated to London Frognal 1903; appointed Superintendent of Highland Missions 1924.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.800.]
1903
GEORGE WALKER TAYLOR, M.A.
Translated from Carlops and inducted 1st October 1903; translated to Leith South 1st July 1909.
1910
JOHN WHITELAW, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 20th January 1910; resigned 2nd December 1919.
1920
ANDREW MACBRIDE MCKIRDIE
Born 26th January 1877 at Renton, son of Matthew McKirdie and Catherine Douglas MacBride; educated at Renton Public School, Vale of Leven Academy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Ardlui 1906, 1907, Glasgow Oaklands 1908-10, Warrack Street 1910-12, Broomielaw 1912-13; licensed by Presbytery of Dumbarton 24th April 1913; ordained and inducted Elsridgehill 3rd September 1913; war service with Y.M.C.A. 1916; translated and inducted 8th June 1920.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.363; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.177.]
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DALMUIR ROSS MEMORIAL
Presbytery of Dumbarton
This charge was erected in 1906 and was known as Dalmuir West. Hall opened January 1907; church built 1914-16. Manse.
1906
JAMES FLEMING ROSS, M.A.
Translated from Rochdale and inducted 14th December 1906; applied for colleague and successor 3rd October 1922; introduced Cray 31st October 1924.
1923
VICTOR CALDWELL, M.A.
Translated from Patna and inducted as colleague and successor 13th June 1923; translated to Aberdeen St Clements 14th May 1929.
1929
ISAAC HENRY CLYDE, B.A.
Ordained 20th October 1916; ordained preacher at Lochwinnoch Calder 1920-27; inducted as colleague and successor Garelochead 26th March 1927; translated and inducted 27th November 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.364; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.514.]
DRYMEN
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.234
Church and manse.
1857
ANDREW WILSON, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.235
[Born 14th February 1830 at Dunfermline, son of David Wilson and Jessie Aitken;] ordained and inducted 6th October 1857; died 24th September 1904; [buried Drymen Parish Churchyard. Married 1859, Jane Wilson.]
1905
SAMUEL HARVEY MCEWING, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 21st March 1905; Clerk of Presbytery from 7th September 1926.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.365, Drymen East.]
DUMBARTON BRIDGEND
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.227
Church and manse, hall and large hall.
1900
JAMES GOLDER BURNS, B.D.
Ordained and inducted 21st March 1900; translated to Glasgow Queen’s Park East 24th February 1910.
1910
WILLIAM JARDINE, M.A.
Translated from Coldstream West and inducted 8th June 1910; resigned while Chaplain to the Forces 5th November 1917; inducted Berwick Wallace Green 1920; inducted Glasgow Belhaven 1924.
1919
EDWIN BAIN MACLURE, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 19th May 1919; translated to Lenzie 1st June 1923.
1924
JOHN PATERSON
Born 20th September 1887 at Davington Schoolhouse, Eskdalemuir, son of John Paterson and Jane Jackson; educated at Rothesay Public School and Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1st Class Hons. in Classics 1910), B.D. (1914), Ph.D. (1929), Glasgow College; student assistant in Glasgow Langside Hill 1913-14; licensed by Presbytery of Dunoon 5th May 1914; loc. ten. Wishaw Chalmers 1914; ordained and inducted Penpont East 28th January 1915; translated and inducted 12th March 1924. Married 22nd August 1914, Jane Wilson Wiseman.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p..]
DUMBARTON HIGH
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.85
Church and manse.
1861
JOHN TAIT
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.337
Ordained and inducted 1861; retired 1898; died 2nd February 1903. Married 1861, Jane Inglis.
1898
ALEXANDER STEPHEN INCH
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.189
Born in 1863 at Blairgowrie; educated at University of Edinburgh, M.A., D.D. (1924), New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Dundee Willison 1889; translated and inducted as colleague and successor in 1898. Married 1890, Jemima C[rawford] Ovens. Moderator of General Assembly 1924.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.365.]
DUMBARTON HIGH STREET
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.230
Church with session house, etc.; two halls; shop and house property; manse.
1888
ADAM SCOTT MATHESON
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.232; Vol.2, pp.93 and 682
[Born 9th November 1836 and baptised on 8th January 1837 in Jedburgh Associate congregation, son of Adam Matheson and Isabella Wight;] ordained and inducted Alloa Townhead 26th November 1862; translated to Bootle July 1873; translated to Glasgow Claremont 17th April 1877; translated and inducted 27th November 1888; retired 3rd November 1909; died 14th October 1913. [Married (1) 1864, Agnes MacNish; (2) 1883, Jane Robertson Walker.]
1909
JOHN TURNBULL ALLAN, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.96
Ordained and inducted Brechin Maison Dieu 26th May 1897; translated and inducted as colleague and successor 23rd April 1909.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.366; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.103.]
DUMBARTON NORTH
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.85
Church with hall and manse. Mission work at East End Hall.
1888
JOHN COOPER BARRY, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.92
Translated from Lochmaben and inducted 1888; died 14th November 1909.
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1910
WILLIAM LANG STEPHEN, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Moffat St Mary’s 1904; translated and inducted 4th March 1910; translated to London Stoke-Newington 23rd April 1925.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.641.]
1925
MATTHEW ANDREW
Born 10th February 1892 at Glengarnock, son of Rev. Robert Beith Andrew and Jessie Thomson Small; educated at Glengarnock, Beith Spier’s School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1913), Glasgow College; war service with Huts and Canteens 1914-15, and in H.M. Forces 1915-18; student assistant Drumnadrochit 1914, Glasgow Ruchill 1919-20; licensed by Presbytery of Ardrossan 4th May 1920; ordained and inducted Kilmaurs Smyton 28th October 1920; translated and inducted 22nd October 1925. Married 28th July 1927, Margaret Frances Dyce Leighton.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.366; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.795; also Vol.10, p.450.]
DUNTOCHER EAST
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.85
Church and manse.
1890
JOHN ESPLEN FALCONER, M.A.,
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.150
Ordained and inducted 1890; died 27th June 1924.
1925
WILLIAM COWAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.127
Born 1865 at Perth, son of Rev. Robert Cowan, St Leonard’s, Perth; educated at University of Edinburgh, M.A., Ph.D., New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Banchory Ternan South 29th April 1891; war service as Chaplain to the Forces; resigned to facilitate local union 8th May 1918; appointed to Genoa 1919; introduced to 3-year term 2nd October 1925. Married 1891, Henrietta E[dith] L[eslie] Macqueen.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.367.]
DUNTOCHER WEST
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.224
Church and manse.
1898
JOHN MCCALLUM ROBERTSON, M.A.
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.225
Ordained and inducted 9th November 1898; translated to Hamilton Auchingramont 9th February 1902.
1902
JAMES HYSLOP
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.114
Ordained and inducted Glasgow Shettleston Eastbank United Presbyterian 2nd September 1897; resigned for health reasons 4th December 1900; inducted 18th September 1902.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.367.]
GARELOCHHEAD
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.86
Church with session house and manse.
1880
WALTER EDWARD IRELAND
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.191
Born 1855 at Skene, son of Rev. Robert Ireland and Christian S. Shepherd; educated at University of Edinburgh, M.A., New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted 1880; retired 27th November 1927; died 1930. Married 1883, Mary Burdett Thom.
1927
ISAAC HENRY CLYDE, B.A.
Ordained preacher at Lochwinnoch Calder; inducted as colleague and successor 24th March 1927; translated to Dalmuir Ross Memorial 27th November 1929.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.368, Garelochhead West.]
HELENSBURGH PARK
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.86
Church with session house, vestry and hall, and manse. Baptismal font in memory of Rev. Henry Norwell; new choir stalls 1911.
1862
WILLIAM HENDERSON CARSLAW, M.A.. D.D. (Glasgow 1901)
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.118
Ordained and inducted 1862; retired 1898; died 20th February 1926.
1898
HENRY NORWELL
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.285
Ordained and inducted Dunblane 1888; translated to Islington 1892; translated and inducted 2nd February 1898; died 11th November 1904.
1905
HENRY CROMBIE
Translated from Liverpool Fairfield and inducted as colleague and successor 20th April 1905; translated to Croydon St Paul’s 18th March 1909; translated to Melrose St Aidan’s July 1919.
1909
JAMES ROBERTSON CAMERON, M.A., D.Phil.
Translated from Kilcreggan and inducted 20th June 1909; translated to Aberdeen Queen’s Cross 30th January 1919.
1919
DANIEL LAMONT, B.D.
Translated from Glasgow Hillhead and inducted 7th October 1919; inducted to Chair of Apologetics, Christian Ethics and Practical Training in New College 30th June 1927.
1928
GEORGE JOHNSTONE JEFFREY
Born 19th December 1881 at Alloa, son of Archibald Jeffrey and Margaret Johnstone; educated at Alloa Burgh School and Academy, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1903), B.D. (1907), Glasgow College;
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licensed by Presbytery of Stirling March 1907; assistant Glasgow Dowanhill 1907-8, Camphill 1908; ordained and inducted Stewarton John Knox, 17th December 1908; translated to Kirkcudbright St Mary’s 20th January 1915; war service with Scottish Churches Huts 1917; translated to Kilmarnock High 22nd September 1920; translated and inducted 18th April 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.369; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, p.305; also Vol.10, p.180.]
HELENSBURGH ST COLUMBA’S
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.236
Church with vestry, hall, etc. manse. Hall in King Street.
1892
ADAM CLEGHORN WELCH, B.D.
Translated from Waterbeck and inducted 21st December 1892; translated to Glasgow Claremont 22nd April 1902.
1902
JAMES LORIMER MUNRO, M.A.
Translated from Selkirk Forest and inducted 4th November 1902; translated to Edinburgh Mayfield 18th June 1912.
1913
JOHN RIDDELL HUTTON, B.D.
Translated from Lockerbie St Cuthbert’s and inducted 19th February 1913; translated to Stow 20th June 1918.
1919
JOHN WILLIAM WALKER, M.A.
Ordained and inducted Birkenhead Hamilton 23rd February 1903; translated to Whitley 1907; translated to London Westbournegrove 1910; translated and inducted 26th March 1919.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.370.]
HELENSBURGH WEST
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.86
Church with hall, Free Church School, and manse.
1882
WILLIAM LEITCH
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.207
Born 1843 at Arbroath; educated at Belfast Queen’s College, B.A., Belfast Presbyterian College, D.D. (1904), New College, Edinburgh; ordained and inducted Kilmarnock St Andrew’s 1869; translated to Glasgow Tron 1876; translated and inducted 1882; resigned 1915; died 22nd April 1928. Married (1) 1870, Deborah Harden; (2) 1876, Catherine K. Young.
1916
STEPHEN BAND, B.A.
Translated from Roker, Sunderland and inducted as colleague and successor 1st March 1916; translated to Aberdeen St Nicholas’ Union Grove 24th January 1924.
1924
ANDREW DICK BARR
Born 29th July 1890 at Greenock, son of Robert Barr and Isabella Dick; educated at Greenock Glebe and High Schools, University of Glasgow, Glasgow United Free College; war service in Scott’s Shipyard, Greenock, 1915-19; licensed by Presbytery of Greenock May 1921; ordained and inducted Inverness East 15th May 1921; translated and inducted 3rd September 1924. Married 2nd September 1921, Edith Mary MacKinlay.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.369, Helensburgh St Andrew’s; for an account of this minister, see there; also Vol.10, p.221.]
KILCREGGAN
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.206
Church and manse.
1898
JAMES ROBERTSON CAMERON, M.A.
Translated from Craigs and Duntocher and inducted 7th June 1898; translated to Glasgow Queen’s Park East 1906.
1907
HUBERT LOUIS SIMPSON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 27th June 1907; translated to Glasgow Westbourne 31st October 1912.
1913
KENNETH IAN MCIVER, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 24th April 1913; translated to Dundee McCheyne Memorial 26th February 1919.
1919
SYDNEY CARDNO STILL, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 28th August 1919; translated to Glasgow Queen’s Park West 29th September 1927.
1928
JOHN MACLEOD
Born 20th August 1891 at Aird, Stornoway, son of John MacLeod and Christina Martin; educated at Aird Public School, Stornoway Nicolson Institute, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1st Class Hons. Mental Philosophy 1914), Glasgow College; licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 1919; ordained and inducted Stirling North and Craigs 20th January 1920; translated and inducted 23rd February 1928.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.363, Cove and Kilcreggan Lindowan.]
KILLEARN
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.86
Church and manse.
1896
HUGH SANDERSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.310
Ordained and inducted 7th May 1896.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.371, Killearn East.]
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KILMARONOCK
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.2, p.219
Church with hall and manse. New church on site of old church built in 1911.
1852
JAMES DUNLOP
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.219
Ordained and inducted 4th January 1852; applied for colleague and successor 6th April 1908; died 14th March 1910.
1908
WILLIAM ISAAC HUTCHEON MARR, M.A., B.Sc.
Ordained and inducted as colleague and successor 23rd June 1908; translated to Glasgow Parkhead 10th December 1914.
1915
WILLIAM WATSON JOHNSTON, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 27th April 1915; translated to Bulawayo 31st January 1921; inducted Fraserburgh South 25th March 1925.
1921
JOHN WILSON FULTON, M.A.
Translated from Glasgow Candlish Memorial and inducted 9th June 1921; translated to Larbert East September 1925.
1925
ROBERT LEE KIRK
Translated from Greenock Greenbank and inducted 3rd December 1925; translated to Rothesay Bridgend 29th June 1928.
1929
DAVID BAIRD MUIR
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.277
Born 14th February 1867 at Darvel, son of William Muir and Isabel Baird; educated at Darvel Public School, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh; student missionary, Edinburgh Stockbridge 1893, Viewforth 1893-5; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Irvine April 1895; assistant Govan St Mary’s 1895-7; ordained and inducted Greengairs 28th September 1897; translated to Glasgow London Road East as colleague and successor 10th October 1900; war service with Y.M.C.A. in France 1917; translated and inducted 3rd May 1929. Married 21st December 1897, Mary Carmichael.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.368, Gartocharn.]
LUSS
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.86
Church with vestry and small hall, and manse.
1883
THOMAS EDWARD JUBB, M.A.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.195
Ordained and inducted 31st October 1883.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.358, Bandry.]
OLD KILPATRICK BANKSIDE
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.232
Church and manse. United with Bowling in 1908.
1867
JAMES LAMB
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.233
[Born November 1835 at Perth, son of James Lamb and Christian Stewart;] ordained and inducted 5th February 1867; died 29th December 1904. [Married 1867, Mary Fleming.]
1906
GEORGE GRIEVE
Ordained and inducted 22nd June 1906; resigned on receiving call to Bulawayo, Rhodesia, 6th November 1906.
1907
THOMAS SCOTT CAIRNCROSS, B.D.
Translated from Langholm South and inducted 21st March 1907; became minister of the united congregation 29th March 1908.
OLD KILPATRICK BARCLAY
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.8
Church and manse.
1878
ROBERT MUNRO, B.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.279
Ordained and inducted 1878; died February 1919. F.R.S.E., F.S.A. Scot.
1919
ALEXANDER S. CAMPBELL, M.A.
Ordained and inducted 27th June 1919; resigned 31st March 1923.
1923
PETER YOUNG
Translated from Letham and inducted 5th September 1923; translated to Dunning 1928.
1928
GEORGE CAMERON GRANT
Ordained 7th May 1902; inducted Oldham 1909; translated to Wanlockhead 19th October 1916; translated to Glasgow Govan McGregor Memorial 1919; translated and inducted 11th December 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.373.]
RADNOR PARK
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.241
Church, small hall and manse. Church damaged by fire 14th October 1909; restored and re-opened 1st August 1910.
1891
WILLIAM ORR BROWN
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.242
Ordained and inducted 29th January 1891.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.362, Clydebank, Radnor Park.]
RENTON GAELIC
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.87
Church. Vacant in 1900. Most of the members adhered to Free Church and received the property. The remanent congregation was dissolved at its own request on 2nd November 1904.
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RENTON LEVENSIDE
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.87
Church and manse. United with South Congregation to form Levenside and South in 1910.
1898
JOHN RIDDELL, B.D.
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.298
Ordained and inducted 1898; became minister of the united congregation 13th March 1910.
RENTON LEVENSIDE AND SOUTH
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Formed by the union of Levenside and South congregations in 1910. Known as Union from 1911 to 1921.
1910
JOHN RIDDELL, B.D.
Minister of Levenside, continued as minister of the united congregation 13th March 1910; translated to Manchester Brunswick Street 9th August 1911.
1911
A. H. MACPHERSON
Ordained and inducted Pelaw 1905; translated and inducted 22nd October 1911; translated to Dublin 6th January 1921.
1921
WILLIAM ROBERT STEWART, M.A.
Translated from Slamannan and inducted 19th May 1921; translated to St Cyrus 5th November 1925.
1926
JOHN CHARLES HILL
Born 24th April 1890 at Glasgow, son of John Charles Hill and Elizabeth Train; educated at Glasgow Mathieson Street Public School; war service in H.M. Forces in Salonika 1916-19; University of Glasgow, M.A. (1926), Glasgow College (Hons. Diploma in Theology 1926); licensed by Presbytery of Glasgow 30th March 1926; ordained and inducted 1st July 1926.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.374, Renton Union; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, pp.192. 382, 218 and 379.]
RENTON MILLBURN
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.87
Church and manse.
1891
JOHN BLADES
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.97
Ordained and inducted 1891; retired 1928.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.373.]
1928
JOHN WOOD
Ordained and inducted Alva West 22nd April 1922; appointed chaplain to Tea Planters, Assam, 14th January 1926; resigned 17th July 1927; inducted as colleague and successor 18th January 1928.
[For an account of this congregation after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.373373; for an account of this minister, see there and Vol.9, pp.609, 611, 59 and 4; Vol.10, p.4.]
RENTON SOUTH
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Small, History of the Congregations of the United Presbyterian Church, Vol.1, p.226
Church and manse. United with Levenside in 1910 to form Levenside and South.
1894
ARCHIBALD MARR
Ordained and inducted 1st May 1894; resigned to facilitate local union 21st December 1909; appointed to Dunscore Renwick 1909.
ROSNEATH
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.87
Church and manse. Evening services in Clynder for some years prior to 1929. Dissolved in 1929. [Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.375: “The former U.F. congregation, known as Campsail from the date of Union, was not dissolved as stated in FUF, but united with Rosneath in 1930”.]
1856
JOHN MCEWAN
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.226
Ordained and inducted 1856; applied for colleague and successor 5th February 1901; died 20th December 1907.
1902
THOMAS LORIMER BEVERIDGE
Ordained and inducted 20th February 1902; translated to Falkirk Graham’s Road 21st May 1911.
1911
JOHN DYKES LANG
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.205
Ordained and inducted Stromness 1884; translated to Cromdale 24th July 1896; resigned on appointment as Superintendent of Glasgow City Mission 1904; inducted 1911; died 12th June 1923. Married 1895, Mary Frew.
1924
ALEXANDER SWANSON MAIR
Translated from Gordon and inducted 21st February 1924; translated to Glasgow Rockvilla 17th November 1928.
1929
DAVID YOUNG
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.362
Born 31st October 1864 at Dailly, son of William and Martha Young; educated at Wallacetown Public School, Newton-on-Ayr Academy, Glasgow Free Church Normal, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1891), Glasgow Free Church College; teacher in Glencairn School, Kilmarnock; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Ayr April 1895; in charge, Longriggend 1895; assistant St George’s Road 1895-6, St Matthew’s 1896-8; ordained and inducted Partick Free Church 27th January 1898; translated to Torrance 10th February 1921; translated and inducted 1st May 1929; died 28th November 1929. Married 26th April, 1898, Annie Gillies Young.
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SHANDON
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.87
Church, hall with church officer’s house, manse.
1882
HUGH MILLER
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.268
Born 1855 at Hamilton; educated at University of Glasgow, M.A., Glasgow Free Church College; ordained and inducted 1882; retired 1927; died 8th April 1929. Clerk of Presbytery from 13th November 1900 to 7th September 1926.
1927
JAMES ROBSON
Born 30th November 1890 at Port Glasgow, son of Rev. Charles Robson and Mary Jane Brownlie; educated at Albert Road Academy, Inverness Royal Academy, Alloa Academy, Stirling High School, University of Glasgow, M.A. (1912, 1st Class Hons. in Semitic Languages 1915), D. Litt. (1941), Glasgow College; assistant to Professor of Hebrew, University of Glasgow 1915-16; war service with Y.M.C.A. in Mesopotamia and India 1916-18; lecturer in English, Forman Christian College, Lahore 1918-19; ordained by Presbytery of Bombay for work in Keith Falconer Mission, Sheikh Othman, 13th July 1919; inducted as colleague and successor 14th June 1927; resigned on appointment as lecturer in Arabic, University of Glasgow 30th September 1928; appointed Reader in Arabic, University of Glasgow 1948; appointed Professor of Arabic, University of Manchester 1949. Married 9th September 1919, Annie Cunningham, M.A. Member of Glasgow Oriental Society, Royal Asiatic Society, Association of British Orientalists. Publications – Ion Keith Falconer of Arabia, London, 1924; Christ and Islam, London, 1929; On the Edge of the Desert, Edinburgh, 1928; articles in The Muslim World, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Transactions of the Glasgow University Oriental Society; etc.
.
[For further information on this minister, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.11, p.430.]
1929
GEORGE BENNETT
Born 9th March 1870 at Colishmount, Keith, son of Joseph Bennett and Jessie Russell; educated at Keith Public School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Free Church College; student assistant Glasgow St Peter’s Free Church 1892-6, Renwick Free Church 1896-1900; licensed by Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow 1900; assistant Ruchill 1900-1; ordained and inducted Glasgow Ruchill 3rd October 1901; translated to Morris, Manitoba October 1904; inducted Tighnabruaich May 1908; translated to East Wemyss 28th September 1916; war service with Scottish Churches Huts in France 1917-18; translated to Greenock Martyrs’ and North April 1925; translated and inducted 7th May 1929. Married 2nd April 1902, Helen Alison.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.375; also Vol.10, p.224.]
STRATHBLANE
Presbytery of Dumbarton
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.2, p.88
Church and manse. Church destroyed by fire, November 1905. New Church opened 1907.
1889
THEODORE JOHNSON
Ewing, Annals of the Free Church, Vol.1, p.194
Ordained and inducted 13th August 1889.
[For an account of this congregation and of this minister after 1929, in the Church of Scotland, see Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol.9, p.358, Blanefield.]