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William Stevenson

(1847-1876)

William Stevenson was born 7 March 1847 and christened 30 March 1847 in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, and died 16 August 1876 in Mainhill Pit, Bailiston, Lanarkshire. He married Alexandrina (Alice) McFarlane 18 June 1873 in Nether Glenny, daughter of Walter McFarlane and Janet McFarlane. She was born about 1849 in Port Of Menteith, Perth, Scotland, and died 16 November 1891 in Nether Glenny, Port of Monteith, Perthshire.

William lived at Park Farm with his parents in 1851 and was then at 25 Broad Street, Alloa with them in 1861. Form 1865 to 1866 he was still with his parents at 11 Forth Place, Stirling. From 1973, he lived at Gartsherrie and he was a colliery manager and mining engineer. He was killed in an explosion of gas in the coal mine.

In 1873, Alexandrina was living at Glenny, Parish of Port of Monteith, Perthshire and was there in 1876. After William was killed, she lived at Bridge End Street, Callander where she let a house in the summer months. She had general paralysis for about 9 years before she died.

William and Alexandrina had the following children:-

Robert Stevenson was born 8 August 1874, Victoria Villa, Weir Street, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire and died after 1911. He was residing at Bridge End Street, Callander in 1881. In 1901 he was a lodger at Byres Road, Kilwinning. By 1911 he was an Analytical Chemist and was staying at Eglinton Iron Works, Kilwinning (this opened 1845 - closed 1924)

Jessie McFarlane Stevenson was born 20 July 1876, Murray Place, Weir Street, Coatbridge and died 8 March 1961, 265 Golfhill Drive, Glasgow.

Jessie McFarlane Stevenson married John Scrimgeour on the 12th February 1904 at Drumcourt, Kilmadock. He was the son of William Scrimgeour and Christina McLean. He was born about 1866.

Children of Jessie Stevenson and John Scrimegour are:

Alice McFarlane Scrimgeour, born 15th December 1912 at Doune Lodge, Kilmadock. She was recorded as 'of Glasgow' so must have been residing there at some time.

Charles McFarlane Stewart Scrimgeour, born 31st December 1914 at Doune Lodge, Kilmadock. He was recorded as 'of Creiff' so must have been residing there at some time.

30 August 1876

Yesterday afternoon a fatal accident occurred in Mainhill Pit, Bargeddie, near Coatbridge. It was stated that the contractor William Baird & Co, to whom the pit belongs, accompanied by William Stevenson, mining engineer, had been engaged measuring the work done for the month, previous to the settlement, when a violent explosion took place. The onlays would appear to have been charged with fire damp, and as the men used naked lamps, an explosion of a violent nature resulted. When the men, employed in some distant working, alarmed by the explosion, arrived at the spot, they found Stevenson under a mass of stones torn from the roof,one

of his arms being fractured in three places, and quite dead from the effects of after damp. The contractor, who was further along the mine, was also in a deplorable condition, and very little hopes are entertained of his recovery. The utmost sympathy is expressed for Stevenson's family, as he was a young man of considerable ability, and had the supervision of the famous �Gartsherrie Coal-Cutting Machine�. Many a visitor to the �steam colliers� of Gartsherrie will learn with regret of the melancholy and untimely death of William Stevenson, the talented but unpretending mining engineer. [Herald 31st August 1876]

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