Blair family thornliebank Pollokshaws Eastwood

[net1]

Any Blair family? James and Christian Stevenson, John and Elizabeth Hosie,James and Elizabeth jane Gibb, William and Margaret Gordon Mills, Robert Gibb and Janet Mcgeachy. Anyone with information about them or photos please get in touch.

[Alan of Kaslo]

Hello.

Robert Gibb Blair and Janet McGeachy married in 1923:

MCGEACHY
JANET
BLAIR
ROBERT GIBB
1923
562 / 66
EASTWOOD

Before that in 1921 Janet lived with her parents Catherine and William:

MCGEACHY
CATHERINE
1921
F
38

MCGEACHY
WILLIAM
1921
M
39

MCGEACHY
EDWARD
1921
M
11

MCGEACHY
FRANCISS
1921
F
16

MCGEACHY
JOHN
1921
M
7

MCGEACHY
ANNIE
1921
F
2

MCGEACHY
JANET
1921
F
19

MCGEACHY
MARY
1921
F
17

The father William McGeachy married Catherine Myers in 1909:

MCGEACHY
WILLIAM
MYERS
CATHERINE
1909
564 / 1 / 68
GREENOCK EASTWOOD

Meanwhile 1921 census sees parents William Blair with wife Margaret in Eastwood with the kids you mentioned and others:

BLAIR
GEORGE
1921
M
8

JAMES
1921
M
27

JANE S C
1921
F
18

ROBERT G
1921
M
22

WILLIAM
1921
M
48

JOHN
1921
M
13

WILLIAM
1921
M
16

ELIZABETH B G
1921
F
23

MARGARET
1921
F
49

Margaret Mills married 1894:

BLAIR
WILLIAM
MILLS
MARGARET
1894
562 / 16
EASTWOOD

William Blair was born 1872:

BLAIR
WILLIAM
GIBB
M
1872
EASTWOOD

William's parents married  in 1858:

BLAIR
JAMES
GIBBS
ELIZA JANE
1858
EASTWOOD

[net1]

Alan thanks very much , I have the info you posted but there are a few details I didn't know about like my grtgrt grandad william having a middle name or that there was another marriage .
Thanks for all that , are you related to the blair or mcgeachy families

[Alan of Kaslo]

Not related... just enjoy searching. What is the furthest back couple you have for Blair's?

[net1]

The furthest I have got is with James Blair born 1761 and  Christian Stevenson born 1765 who married 1785 .They are my direct ancestors.
It's getting a bit difficult now though,  I'm looking for their death record. I though I found Christian in the 1841 census living in Barrhead age 90 but the age works out wrong, there's a death record 1836 age 79 but I don't know what it says it's so faded I can only make out her name. would you have a look at it please.

[Forfarian]

No doubt that that record refers to Christian Blair.

Whether or not she's yours it is impossible to  say.

It's quite probable that her death/burial/mortcloth record could be in her maiden rather than her married name.

[net1]

I'll have a look, I never thought of that.  The place is in Stirling and they lived there a while in Balfron 
I'm looking for James in death and burial at the moment.
I'm going to try the 1841 census for Stirling just to see if he is there and her record will be more likely if he is, wish me luck 🤞