Smellie/Allan

[Elmca]

Looking for anyone with links to WILLIAM SMELLIE who
was a farmer at Coursington Farm mid 19th century.
He had a son also called William - this William
married a JANET HALL who died young, they had 2
children called William (b.1864) & Ann Leishman
Smellie (b.1861) William married again to JANE ALLAN in 1869 they lived at Flat Farm, Jerviston
they had 2 children called Martha (b.1869) and Mary
(b.1872)  Mary died in childhood but Martha survived and married a JOHN
MEIKLE. They emigrated to Canada.   
William Smellie Senior had several children including William
there was a JOHN, HUGH, JAMES, ROBERT, ALEXANDER and
MARY. Their mother was ANN LEISHMAN.

JANE ALLAN was born in 1835 in Glassford.
Her parents were John Allan & Isabella Hamilton.
Jane had a brother THOMAS and a sister MARTHA but I don't have any
info on them.  Jane had an illegitimate daughter ISABELLA JARDINE ALLAN born in 1861
and she was my GG-GM.

[JimmyM]

Hi,
I have a connection to the Martha Smellie who married John Meikle and emigrated to Canada.  Martha was my great grandmother.  I don't remember Martha too much as she died when I was quite young but John lived until 1964 so I remember him quite well.  My grandmother was Helen Janet Thomson Meikle so I have connections to Thomsons as well.  If you have any more information about the Smellie family, I would be interested to exchange information. The information from the post below was quite helpful.

[Lodger]

The Smellies of Coursington Farm are buried in Dalziel old parish burial ground in Motherwell. I think you may already have the monumental inscriptions from there, if you don't then I will post them here.
Coursington was a dairy farm so you may find the tenant being refered to as a "cowfeeder". Coursington was part of the estate of Dalzell, owned by the Hamiltons of Dalzell who were the local lairds.

In the first couple of decades of the 19th century Hugh Smellie (his wife may have been Elizabeth Anderson) was the tenant at Flemington farm in Dalziel parish and in the same time frame Coursington was tenanted by a man called John Hinshaw.

Smellie is one of the oldest names in Dalziel parish, they are mentioned in kirk session records at the end of the 17th century.
In one of the earliest directories of the town (1875 edition) there is a listing for "William Smellie, farmer, Coursington".

Lodger

[Elmca]

Thanks for your reply Lodger.  sorry i'm late in getting back to you but only just saw the post.  I don't have any of the Smellie MI's - only for William who was married to my ggg-grandmother Jane Allan.  William's parents were William Smellie & Ann Leishman, his grandparents were Hugh Smellie & Elizabeth Anderson.  Thank you, Elaine

[Lodger]

Hi Elaine,
The headstone with the Smellie & Allan inscription is one of four stones on a large plot belonging to the Smellie family.
The inscriptions on the other 3 are -

1. "1799 Erected by John Smillie and Isobel Baillie in memory of their deceased children".

2. "Erected by James Smellie in memory of his father William Smellie, his mother Ann Leishman, his brother Alexander and his brother Hugh, husband of Isabella Blackwood".

3. "1813 Hugh Smellie and his wife Elizabeth Anderson".

Hope this helps,

Lodger

[Elmca]

Thank you Lodger.  I didn't realise the Allan/Smellie stone was part of a plot.  That's interesting.  I was sent a picture of that one stone a few years ago but unfortunately I have lost it.  Thanks for the information. 

Elaine 

[Worthingtons]

Thank you everyone for this information.  I have been looking into this Smellie family on and off for the last few years and just found this posting which has been very interesting, especially from Lodger.

JimmyM, just wondering if your grandmother Helen Janet Thomson Meikle was known as Nellie and married William H Greggain?  If so I have managed to find the right connection when searching the other night, would love to know a little more.

My husband descends from Robert Smellie who emigrated to NZ in 1862 and married Sophia Grant in NZ.

Cheers
Karen

[lud]

Greetings
Popped down to graveyard today, took a few pics, here's one.

Cheers

[Worthingtons]

Hi Lad, that is such a great photo of the headstone, you wouldn't have by any chance got the others ie. Hugh Smellie, William Smellie (husband of Ann) esp. They are the ancestors of my husband, Hugh Smellie was his 4G Grandfather.  Thank you in advance if you do have them.
Karen