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Note: Met his wife when they were both Sunday School teachers at the Old
Tolbooth church in Edinburgh. He was a chemist with Duncan and Flockhart
in Edinburgh, but he was supposed to have a weak chest so bought a
chemist's business in Thurso.
Christening record gives his name as Daniel, but name not seen after that.
6/11/01 From Marie@RPSIS.com "The only information I hold is very basic
the Annual register and that tells you the date the Chemist was registered
and his address. I can confirm that David Dandie Cairnie on December 19
1877 residing at 19 Traill Street Thurso Scotland."
02/01/02 1917 - CAIRNIE, David Dandie, Chemist and Druggist, Thurso
died 7 June 1916 at Thurso, Testate. Confirmation granted at Wick 14
June, to Mary Wilson Bruce or Cairnie, Rose Street, Thurso, his widow,
Robert Cairnie, Chemist and Druggist, Cowdenbeath, his brother, Robert
Cairnie, Cchemist and Druggist, Thurso, his son, Executors nominated in Will
or Deed, dated 8 April 1910, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot
of Caithness 14 June 1917.
Line 1131 from GEDCOM File Modified on Import:
NOTE 6/11/01 From Marie@RPSIS.com "The only information I hold is very basic
CONT Value of Estate - £1719.5s.2d.
Value of Estate - £1719.5s.2d.
04/04/02 Re: Cairnie, Thurso
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 13:28:47 EST
From: SaraJayneD@aol.com
Hi Alan,
Here's the memorial inscription from David Cairnie's gravestone.
In loving Memory
of
David Dandie Cairnie
Chemist, Thurso
who died 7th June 1916
aged 63 years
also his second son
David Dandie Cairnie, M.C.
2nd Lieut 5th Seaforth Highlrs
(51st division)
Chemist, Brora
who fell in action in France
on 21st March 1918, aged 31 years
also his wife
Mary Wilson Bruce
who died on 6th Feby 1924
aged 63 years
and his eldest daughter
Elizabeth
who died on 7th Dec 1963
aged 71 years
The grave is situated at the back of the old cemetery, facing the River
Thurso. It is halfway down on the right hand side from the steps that lead
to the river. It's a traditional arch shape made of white marble and
decorated.
16/04/02 Thurso, Caithness
Lair K293 Mount Vernon Old Cemetery
Sales register 1195 Date of purchase 7 June 1916
Owner, Mrs Mary Cairnie
Residence 13 Rose Street, Thurso
no. in burial register 2930
David Dandie Cairnie age 63 Chemist 13 Rose Street
date of internment June 10th 1916
no in burial register 3413
Mary Cairnie [no age in column] 13 Rose Street
date of internment 9th February 1924
no in burial register 5792
Elizabeth Cairnie age 71 Chemist 2 George Street,
Thurso
date of internment December 10th 1963
no in burial register 7047
Mary Georgina Innes age 82 North Calder,
Halkirk
date of internment June 16th 1981
[no more people in this lair]
23/01/03 From 1901 census, schedule 299, page 44,
David D. Cairnie 47, chemist and druggist, Lanarkshire;
Mary M D Cairnie 40, Ireland;
Robert, son, 15, apprentice chemist, Thurso;
David D, son, 14, scholar, Thurso;
John B., son, 11, scholar, Thurso;
Elizabeth, daughter, 9, scholar, Thurso;
Mary G., daughter, 2, Thurso.
21/03/03 Looked for him again in 1881 census but could not find him as
either David or Daniel.
16/07/08 From an e-mail to Andrew Newton
From: Alan Cairnie [mailto:cairnie@cogeco.ca] Sent: 10 July 2008 19:06To: Andrew NewtonSubject: Re: More Photos from the Cairnie album
Andrew, forgive me for being so slow in replying to your e-mails. They came at a busy time!
I missed the fact until now that the album was given to my grandfather in 1883 and that it was in Edinburgh (139 Princes St.). That ties in with some information I collected a few years ago but leaves some puzzles. I understand he opened in Thurso in December 1877 and before that my understanding is that David Dandie Cairnie (1853-1916), started as an apprentice with a firm called Dandie (either his grandfather or uncle) on the High street in Perth, and then worked at Duncan and Flockhart in Edinburgh, and finally started his own business in Thurso.
The dates have some problems. If he started in Thurso in 1877, and got married in 1884 in Edinburgh, what is the source of the album? Could it have been an engagement present? Or, was it the empty album that was given to him and the photos were added by him? I think image3 is my grandmother but it must be close to 1914 since she looks much the same as in a photo I have with the boys, I judge, in thier twenties - in fact it looks like the same blouse and brooch. Images 2 and 5 look like my grandfather, and 4 might be the boys camping at Reay with the Boys Brigade. So, in other words it may be a collection of photos over a period of time. There are lots of people I don't recognise.
The photo of D& R Cairnie Chemists shopfront is intriguing and I have asked John Williamson, who followed Uncle Bob in the business, about that. He has never heard of such a shop and says it is not the site of the present shop. My guess is that at one time his brother Robert who was also a chemist, was involved in some way, though I have never heard of him living in Thurso. There was a bottle dug up in Thurso recently which bore the inscription "D & R Cairnie Chemist Thurso". You can find correspondence about it at www.caithnessforum.org <http://www.caithnessforum.org>.
Thanks for sharing these photos. If you have any more I would like to have them too.
My regards to Bernadette and your folks. Does your mother have any ideas about the album?
Alan
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