596. Nellie FAIRLEY
1Statutory Index Scotland, Langholm 1877 839 47.
Mother's maiden surname not in index.
1Statutory Register Scotland, Langholm 1901 839 12.
Witnesses George Todd and Mary Douglas Fairley.2England and Wales Index to BMD, Sunderland Q3 1871 10a 590.
Mother's maiden surname Burn.3Newspaper Obituary, The Province, Vancouver Wed 29 Jul 1936.
"Ralph Graham Is Dead After Long Illness
The death occurred on Tuesday morning of Ralph Graham at his home 2112 W 8th after a long illness.
Born in Sunderland, England, in 1871, Mr. Graham came to Vancouver in 1910 and for many years was engaged in the decorating business. During the war he served overseas with the Canadian Army Service Corps. He was a member of Composite Lodge A. F. & A. M.
He leaves his wife and four sons, John, Archie, Harry & Fred. Two sisters Live in England.
Funeral services, which will be private will be held Thurday under charge of Nunn & Thomson. Rev. C.B. Clarke of Holy Trinity Church will officiate. Interment will be in the Masonic Cemetery."
597. Mary Douglas FAIRLEY
1Statutory Index Scotland, Langholm 1878 839 124.
Mother's maiden surname Glendinning.2Statutory Register Scotland, Montrose 1934 312 17.
Age 55
Informant her husband.3Newspaper Announcement, The Montrose Review 26 Jan 1934.
"RITCHIE - At 200 High Street Montrose, on 19 January, Mary Douglas Fairley, wife of A. Wemyss Ritchie, chemist."4Confirmation of Estate, 1934.
"RITCHIE, Mary Douglas Fairlie or, 200 High Street, Montrose, died 19 January 1934 at Montrose, intestate. Confirmation Forfar, 28 February, to Andrew Wemyss Ritchie, Chemist, 200 High Street aforesaid, the husband. Value of Estate, £245: 1: 6."
1Statutory Register Scotland, Langholm 1909 839 4.
2Statutory Index Scotland, Kilmarnock 1875 597 780.
Mother's maiden surname Mackay.3Statutory Register Scotland, Stracathro 1956 320 251.
Age 81
Informant Helen G Ritchie, daughter.
Usual residence at time of death 200 High Street, Montrose.4Newspaper Announcement, The Montrose Review - Thurs 13 Dec 1956.
"RITCHIE At Stracathro Hospital, Brechin, on 9th December 1956 Andrew Wemyss Ritchie, ex Provost of Montrose."5Newspaper Obituary, The Montrose Review - Thurs 13 Dec 1956.
"TOWN COUNCIL'S TRIBUTE TO FORMER PROVOST
DEATH OF MR A. WEMYSS RITCHIE
Montrose Town Council observed a minute's silence on Monday in memory of ex-Provost Andrew Wemyss Ritchie who died on Sunday at Stracathro Hospital.
Tribute to his services to the burgh in varying capacities and to the Town Council for 15 years as councillor, Dean of Guild, bailie, and Provost, was paid by Provost W. Johnston.
Ex-Provost Ritchie, who was over 80 years of age and had been in ill-health for some time, retired 18 months ago after being in business as a chemist and optician in Montrose since 1908.
The ex-Provost who had been a chemist for over half a century, was a native of Kilmarnock, and served his apprenticeship in Langholm before qualifying in Edinburgh.
COUNTY HEALTH INTEREST
After taking up business in Montrose he became associated with the Pharmaceutical Committee for Angus of which he was hon. secretary for 30 years.
In 1932 he was elected to Montrose Town Council and in addition to the many Council offices he held, he served on Angus County Council for nine years. His particular interest was the County Public Health Committee and he also served on the Licensing Appeal Court and the County Valuation Appeal Court.
Mr Ritchie was a member of the Harbour Board and chairman for three years. He was a past president of the Merchants' Association and also served on the M.T.I.A., the board of Dorwa."6Confirmation of Estate, English Probate.
"1957 RITCHIE Andrew Wemyss of 200 High Street Montrose died 9 December 1956 at Stracathro near Brechin Confirmation of Ann Cumming Cruikshank Brown or Ritchie widow Helen Glendinning Ritchie and Katherine Mackay Ritchie, Sealed London 26 February."
1181. Helen Glendinning RITCHIE
1Statutory Register Scotland, Montrose 1913/181.
2Statutory Index Scotland, Linlithgow 2005 777/00 0131.
Age 92.3Newspaper Obituary, The Independent Fri 20 Jan 2006.
The Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton, insisted that its matron must be a communicant of the Church of England. It had been so from its foundation in the 1840s, when its chaplains were High Church men. It was still so a hundred years later, in the National Health Service. In 1953 it was made clear to Helen Ritchie that if she was appointed to be matron she must become an Anglican. Helen Ritchie was a Scotswoman. She had been born in Montrose, where her father was Provost, and she trained as a nurse at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, and as a midwife at the Simpson Memorial Pavilion, Edinburgh. Naturally she was a member of the Church of Scotland. But whilst matron's assistant at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, she had taken communion in the hospital's Anglican chapel. So she spoke to the London Hospital chaplain. He arranged for her to be confirmed at St Paul's Cathedral, and she became the matron of the Royal at Wolverhampton in 1953. Her matron's flat was in the former All Saints vicarage. She was also the Royal's last matron. In 1961 her remit was extended. She became group matron to Wolverhampton Hospitals, which had 1,860 beds. Her task was to amalgamate the nurses at the Royal, the former voluntary hospital, with those of the former local authority ex-workhouse infirmary, and create the new district general hospital at New Cross. The Women's Hospital, the Eye Infirmary and hospitals in Shropshire, such as the Lady Forester Cottage Hospitals at Much Wenlock and Park Street Hospital, Shifnal, also came under her supervision. She drove to them in her Morris Minor. As soon as she came to Wolverhampton she pioneered many changes in the rapidly developing hospital scene, replacing noisy bed screens with curtains, installing bedpan washers, and introducing a catering officer. She actively encouraged men to study nursing, including the first male nurse to be knighted, Stephen Moss. She was instrumental in getting a League of Friends set up, to give voluntary support to the hospitals. To promote the esprit de corps among nurses, she supported the establishment of a Nurses' League. She took an active interest locally in her professional bodies, being chairman of the Wolverhampton branch of the Royal College of Nursing and secretary of the Birmingham Group of the Association of Hospital Matrons, and was a supporter of the Nurses Christian Movement. On retirement, she married Dr Thomas Galloway, a widower, whom she had originally met 24 years earlier when she was a sister at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle. Ritchie loved gardening and embroidering. She was a member of the Embroiderers Guild and embroidered kneelers for hospital chapels. And, as a true Scot, she always had a "westie", a West Highland terrier. Laurence Dopson."
"Helen Ritchie, nurse administrator: born Montrose, Angus 25 October 1913; Sister, Cumberland Infirmary 1943-45; Sister Tutor, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow 1945-46; Night Superintendent, Royal London Hospital 1947-49, Matron's Assistant 1949-50; Assistant Matron, West London Hospital 1950-53; Principal Matron, Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton 1953-61; Group Matron, New Cross and Royal Hospital, Wolverhampton 1961-67; married 1968 Dr Thomas Galloway (died 1989); died Linlithgow, West Lothian 6 December 2005.4Confirmation of Estate, English Probate.
"2006 GALLOWAY Helen Glendinning died 6 Dec 2005 Grant and Will Newcastle upon Tyne 23 May 2006."5Newspaper, Dundee Courier 21 Mar 1953.
"ANGUS MATRON'S NEW POST
Miss Helen G Ritchie, daughter of ex-Provost A W Ritchie, Montrose has been appointed matron of Wolverhampton Royal Hospital and its branches.
She is at present assistant matron at West London Hospital.
Educated at Montrose Academy, Miss Ritchie was trained at Edinburgh Infirmary and the Sick Children's Hospital, Edinburgh.
Her home is at 200 High Street, Montrose, and her father is a chemist in the town."
Dr Thomas McLaren GALLOWAY MB ChB
1England and Wales Index to BMD, Border Northumberland Q4 1967 1a 32.
2England and Wales Index to BMD, Carlisle Q2 1989 1 303.
Birthdate 2 Jun 1905.3Newspaper Obituary, British Medical Journal 5 Aug 1989.
"Tom Galloway went to Carlisle as an assistant in 1933 and within two years was appointed honorary consultant physician. With the introduction of the NHS he became consultant physician to the hospitals of east and west Cumberland. He served on hospital and regional board committees; was twice chairman of the medical staff committee; and gave his time freely, furthering the development of Silloth Convalescent Home and the Doughty Fund, a hospital charity of which he was a trustee. From 1955 to 1969 he was an examiner in medicine and therapeutics for the Royal
College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Proud of his attachment to Cumberland Infirmary, he wrote a well researched history of the hospital, a shortened version of which was published when a new wing was opened in 1982.
Tom Galloway seemed a shy, introspective man with a quiet and unassuming manner to the outside world, but he was an excellent and generous host to his friends, whom he entertained with a sharp wit and not infrequently with a joke directed against himself. Despite a busy medical career he found time for other interests, notably music - he was a talented pianist. He was interested in radio from his schooldays and held a transmitting licence for many years, and he was also an enthusiastic photographer. He is survived by his wife, Helen, and two children, Anne and Colin, from his first marriage to Irene, who died in 1963.
Thomas McLaren Galloway, formerly consultant physician at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle, died 4 June. Born Kirkaldy, Fife, 1905. Educated Dollar Academy, Edinburgh University (MB, ChB 1928)."
1184. Isabel Fairley RITCHIE
1Statutory Register Scotland, Montrose 1918/73.
2England and Wales Index to BMD, Greenwich Q4 Nov 1993.
Birthdate 30 May 1918.3Confirmation of Estate, English Probate.
"1994 RITCHIE Isabel Fairley of 16 Wells Court Moden College London SE3 died 25 November 1993 Probate London 8 February not exceeding £125000."
1Newspaper Announcement, Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser 12 Mar 1884.
"Birth At Arkinholm Terrace here, on the 21st ult., the wife of John Fairley, of a daughter."2Statutory Index Scotland, Langholm 1884 839 16.
Mother's maiden surname Glendinning.3Statutory Register Scotland, Aberdeen 1973 302 2.
Age 88
Informant Helen D Steele, daughter.4Newspaper Announcement, The Montrose Review - Thurs 4 Jan 1973.
"JAMIESON At the Church of Scotland Eventide Home Nursing Annexe, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, on December 29, 1972, Grace Mitchell Fairley, dear wife of the late George Jamieson (Customs and Excise) and mother of James Jamieson, Oban and Helen Steele, Turriff."
1Statutory Register Scotland, Langholm 1911 839 13.
2Statutory Register Scotland, Kells 1880 868 25.
Mother's maiden surname Roan.3Statutory Register Scotland, Dundee West 1954 282/2 1033.
Age 73
Informant R D B Steele, son-in-law.4Newspaper Announcement, The Montrose Review - Thurs 9 Dec 1954.
"JAMIESON At Dundee Royal Infirmary on December 6th 1954, George Bentham Jamieson (late Customs and Excise), Husband of Grace Fairley, 14 Redfield Crescent, Montrose. Funeral Private. No Flowers, No Letters Please."5Confirmation of Estate.
"1955 JAMIESON George Bentham, Officer of Customs and Excise, retired, 14 Redfield Crescent, Montrose, died 6 December 1954 at Dundee, testate. Confirmation Forfar, 9 March to James William Jamieson, Shopkeeper, 3 Branksome Park, Oban and Helen Douglas or Steele, 3 Mall Park Road, Montrose, Executors nominate. Will dated 4 February 1941 recorded Forfar 28 February. Estate £2516: 7:10."
1185. James William JAMIESON
1Statutory Register Scotland, Galashiels 1912/177.
2Statutory Register Scotland, Oban 1981/526/110.
Informant his wife Caroline.
Caroline Scobie McLaren COUSER
1Statutory Register Scotland, Burntisland 1948/411-00/12.
601. Elizabeth Glendinning FAIRLEY
1Statutory Index Scotland, Langholm 1886 839 13.
Mother's maiden surname not listed in index.2Newspaper Announcement, Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser 10 Feb 1886.
"Birth at Arkinholm Terrace here on the 19th ult., the wife of John Fairley, of a daughter."3England and Wales Index to BMD, Whitchurch (Shropshire) Q1 1961 9a 345.
Age 74.4Confirmation of Estate, English Probate.
"1961 SMITH, Elizabeth Glendinning of Bellaport Old Hall Farm Norton-in-Hales Market Drayton Shropshire widow died 1 January 1961 Probate Birmingham 17 February to Barclays Bank Limited, Effects £1461 0s. 9d."
1Statutory Register Scotland, Langholm 190 839 15.
Witnesses Isa T F Fairley and A G Fairley (bride's siblings).2Newspaper Announcement, Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser 29 Oct 1884.
"Birth At Hillhead here, on the 9th inst., the wife of Andrew Smith, shepherd, of a son."3Statutory Index Scotland, Langholm 1884 839 88.
Mother's maiden surname Learmount.4England and Wales Index to BMD, Newcastle-under-Lyme Q4 1953 9b 227.
Age 68.5Confirmation of Estate, English Probate.
"1953 SMITH Robert McVitie of Woodhouse Farm Whitmore Staffordshire died 6 October 1953 Probate London 11 November to Barclays Bank Limited, Effects £10711 10s."
1187. Helen Douglas Fairley SMITH
1England and Wales Index to BMD, Brampton Q4 1909 10b 545.
Mother's maiden surname Fairley.2England and Wales Index to BMD, Stafford Q1 1980 30 1263.
DoB 3 Oct 1909.3Confirmation of Estate, English Probate.
"1980 HALL Helen Douglas Fairley of The Laburnams Heath Grove Loggerheads nr Market Drayton Salop died 26 February 1980 Probate Sheffield 14 July £25990."
609. Maria Digna BROOKS
1Gravestone.
"Marie D. Brooks wife of John Howes Burton September 13, 1872 - March 6 1959."
1Newspaper Announcement, New York Times Sunday 7 Dec 1902.
2Gravestone.
"John Howes Burton November 1, 1868 - August 1, 1946."
1189. Ernest Brooks BURTON
1Gravestone.
"Ernest B Burton May 2, 1906 - November 2, 1975."
1Gravestone.
"Sarah F Harris wife of Ernest B Burton February 23, 1920 - October 7, 2000."
611. Ernest BROOKS
1Newspaper Announcement, Newsday (Suffolk Edition) NY 14 Nov 1957.
"BROOKS - Ernest, of Lawrence, L.I., on November 13, 1957. Father of Ernest Brooks, Jr. and Paul Brooks, brother of Mrs John Howes Burton and Harold W Brooks. Reposing at the Carman Funeral Home, 71 Washington Ave., Lawrence, L.I. services Friday, 10:00 A.M. at Trinity Episcopal Church, Hewlett, L.I. Intement Greenwood Cemetery."
1195. Luis Antonio DOUGLAS
1Gravestone.
"DOUGLAS Luis A. 1919 - 1992."
1Gravestone.
"DOUGLAS Walter Cooley 1887 - 1960 his wife Helen Clarke 1895 - 1968."
1Newspaper, Brooklyn Life 13 Mar 1915.
"Weddings April 20 (Sat.) - Miss Dorothy Bell Topping, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Topping, to Mr Walter Cooley Douglas; 4:30 o'clock Central Presbyterian Church, Summit, N.J."2Newspaper, Brooklyn Life 27 Mar 1915.
"A large contingent of Brooklyn people journeyed to Summit, N.J., last week Saturday for the marriage of Miss Dorothy Bell Topping, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Topping, to Mr Walter Cooley Douglas, son of Mrs John F Douglas of 200 West Seventy-first Street, Manhattan....."
1197. Dorothy DOUGLAS
1Newspaper Announcement, Brooklyn Life 13 Mar 1915.
"DOUGLAS - Dorothy, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Cooley Douglas; Greenwich, Conn., March ffth."
626. Mary VIZARD
1Newspaper Announcement, News Press 16 Dec 1991.
"Collier County
Kelly, Mary Vizard, of Naples, services in Mobile, Ala."2Gravestone.
"Mary Kelly Vizard wife of William T Kelly Jr. born Mobile, Alabama July 21, 1907 died Naples, Florida December 13, 1991."
1Newspaper Announcement, News Press 18 Jan 1982.
"Collier County
Kelly, William T Jr, 74 of 1511 Galleon Drive, Naples, services pending."2Gravestone.
"William T. Kelly Jr. born Mobile, Alabama June 5, 1907 died Naples, Florida January 17, 1982."
1Newspaper, Montgomery Advertiser, Alabama 29 Jun 1973.
Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, Alabama) 05 Jul 1973, Thu • Page 1
"GUILMARTIN, Mr. John F. a native of Midway, Ala. and a resident there for the past year, passed away at St. Jude Hospital in Montgomery early Tuesday morning. Mr. Guilmartin, a graduate of the University of Alabama and the Army Aviation Cadet program (1935), was deeply involved in aviation during the 1930's and 40's. both as an Air Force Officer and as an inspector for the Civil Aviation Authority (now the FAA). Following his release from active military services as Lieutenant Colonel in 1952, he entered business in San Antonio, Texas, where he lived until 1972. He is survived by his wife, Katherine, and his son. Maior John F. Guilmartin Jr.. now assigned to the Department of History, U.S.A.F. Academy, Colorado. Services will be private.
Death Claims J. F. Guilmartin
Mr. John F. Guilmartin, a native of Midway, Ala., and a resident there for the past year, passed away at St. Jude Hospital in Montgomery early Tuesday morning, June 26,
Mr. Guilmartin, a graduate of the University of Alabama and the Army Aviation Cadet program (1935), was deeply involved in aviation during the 1930's and '40's. both as an Air Force Officer and as an inspector for the Civil Aviation Authority (now the FAA). Following his release from active military services as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1952, he entered business in San Antonio, Texas, where he lived until 1972
He is survived by his wife, Katherine, and his son, Major John F. Guilmartin Jr., now assigned to the Department of History, U.S.A.F. Academy, Colorado
Private services were held with interment at the Midway Baptist Church."
and Union Springs Herald 7 Jul 1973.2Gravestone.
"John F. Guilmartin Nov. 12, 1912 - June 26, 1973."
1Newspaper Announcement.
"Mr. Jack Ferrill Ross, III -- A native and lifelong resident of Mobile, AL died at his residence on Wednesday, December 24, 2003. Mr. Ross retired from National Gypsum Company. He is survived by one son, Jack F. Ross, IV, of Mobile, AL; two daughters, Amelia Bloom, of Fremont, OH and Carol Ross, of Mobile, AL; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A memorial service will be held at 2 P.M. on Tuesday, December 30, 2003 at Christ Episcopal Church. The family will receive friends at the church on Tuesday from 1 P.M. until 2 P.M. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Christ Episcopal Church. Internment will be in Magnolia Cemetery."2Gravestone, Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile.
"Jack Ferrill Ross, III
Sept. 15, 1909 - Dec. 24, 2003
Marie Douglas Ross
Feb. 6, 1913 - Feb. 12, 1972."
1206. Amelia ROSS
1Gravestone.
"Amelia Ross Bloom
April 1, 1946
May 8, 2012."