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Hi Heather
Snap! My birth grandmother also gave birth to a baby at 25 West Princes Street. This was a couple of years later in 1937 and that baby was also put up for adoption.
If it was a mother and baby home, it might have gone by 1939 when my grandmother gave birth to my father (also adopted). He was born at the maternity hospital, which apparently was at 146 - 163 Rottenrow Glasgow G4 0NA until 1963.

Alexander could be a last name as well as a given name.

For what it's worth, it's very possible that some of the your aunt's child's names were after the father. My father was named after his birth father (who was married but acknowledged paternity) but the older child (different father) wasn't. So it depends on the father and the circumstances, but I'd say the Scottish naming traditions do run strong.

Kirsty

My 3x great aunt, Eleanor Church, lived at Lymiecleuch until her death in 1873. She and her sister Margaret farmed at Park house in Canonbie after their parents died and it looks like they must have had the tenancy of Lymiecleuch for a while as well.
Eleanor's probate record in 1873 gives Lymiecleuch as her address, and her sister's address (executor) as Lymiecleuch and Parkhouse in the parish of Canonbie.
It looks absolutely gorgeous from the pictures you've posted. But quite remote for 2 older ladies and not particularly near Canonbie or their brother's farm at Carlesgill.

I haven't found an MI for her in Canonbie so I wonder whether she was buried nearby.

Hello Maple
I’m looking for the exact same person so would love to know how you got on!

I will dm you

Thanks Forfarian!
 
Kirsty

Another request for a FASTI ECC. look up / interpretation, this time for Rev Dr Isaac Davidson (d.1810) of Sorbie, Wigtownshire.
I've found some info but don't quite understand the abbreviations. Does pres. by George III mean that was the date he took orders?

I'm looking for his date of birth and parents in particular.

many thanks
Kirsty