PERSONALIA ET PRINGLEANA – ALEX. PRINGLE M.A. B.Sc

This is the scrapbook of my Great Great Great Uncle Alex , who was very proud of his nieces and nephews. I don’t know if he had ever envisaged such a thing as the Internet – but he would have got his head around it no trouble, and I trust he would approve of his scrapbook being posted on it – he was the one for getting his family’s name in print – you will see.

In the following “table of contents”, Alex usually denotes the scrapbook’s creator i.e. Alexander Pringle M.A. BSc. , whereas “Alexander Pringle” is the former’s father (i.e. the Lambden land steward). Clicking on the links in the Contents column should “jump” down the page to my feeble attempts at biographical notes. The links in the page column should open that particular page in the scrapbook. Use Back key to come back to this page.

Also included are materials kindly provided by other Pringle descendants, and some other kind souls . I would like to thank Karen McLeod, Kenneth Johnston, Les Hewett, Robert Pringle Chapman, Laura Chapman, Vivien and Alison Bell, Nan Oliver, Ann Chatham, Lesley Abernethy, Jan Carlstedt- Duke , Bev Phillips and the many other people who have sent me cuttings , photos and other family information over the last few years .

Most of all I’d like my family, the ones I’ve known and the ones I’ve not – not least of which Alex himself.

Page	Contents
(i)	“Title Page” ALEX. PRINGLE M.A. B.Sc. , PERSONALIA ET PRINGLEANA.
(ii)	The Children of Alexander Pringle and Ann McCall
1	Schoolwork - Writing , Greenlaw
2	Schoolwork - Writing , Greenlaw
3	Schoolwork - Writing , Greenlaw
4	Schoolwork - Drawing, Greenlaw
5	Schoolwork - Drawing, Greenlaw
6	Schoolwork - Drawing, Greenlaw
7	Schoolwork - Drawing, Greenlaw
8	Schoolwork - Drawing, Greenlaw
9	Schoolwork - Cartography , Edinburgh
10	Schoolwork - Cartography , Edinburgh
11	Schoolwork - Drawing, Greenlaw
12	Artwork probably by Mary Lillian Thomas ?, on reverse of Picture 1 " My darling's painting" ; on the 2nd " My mannie's painting"
13	Drawing
14	BLANK
15	Academic and Professional Highlights, including Newspaper Cuttings with University Exam Results.
15 ii	Ditto – had trouble fitting onto scanner
16	Newspaper Cuttings with University Exam Results, also Sporting Prizes
17	Photos of academic awards; Photo of Teapot given by Sir Francis H Laking; letter from Sir Francis H Laking MD
18	Strip Cartoon about Sir Edwin Arnold ( Daily Telegraph) going back to India
19	Letter from Lady McLaren inviting Alex to spend Xmas day with the family; Letter from Sir Edwin Arnold asking for a testimonial for his son; clippings McLaren/Aberconway , Photo HD Pochin,
20	Photo of Henry Davis Pochin
21	Strip Cartoons: Little Pringle? And on friend Rev George Brown ; Marriage Carter-Brown; Photo Ednam School House, David Pringle In Garden
22	Photo of Agnes Johnston's grave, James Johnston Jnr and Alexander Pringle Johnston with bicycle
23	Museum of Practical Geology - successful application by Alex for Post of Assistant Curator
24	Letter by Alex to Border Counties Gazette and the Berwickshire Advertiser: Annexation of Berwick
25	Cutting: Letters by Alex to Editors of "Money Market Review" and "Financial News": Mexican National Railroad
26	Cuttings: Ernest Pringle - medical studies ; James Johnston snr death notice, article about Sgt Major David Pringle in Boer War; Edinburgh Philosophical Institution - Rev Thomas Davidson recites folk tales; letter from Archibald Geikie regarding errata
27	Letter from E S Dana, American Journal of Science and Arts; Preface Textbook of Petrology, proof read by Alex Pringle
27a	Letter to Alex from General Manager, North British Railway Company re stations serving St Abbs
27b	Letter to Alex from HR Smail, Proprietor of Berwickshire Advertiser, re articles on St Abbs
27c	Articles about St Abbs
28	Articles about St Abbs
29	Articles about St Abbs, Photo of St Abbs , Photo of St Abbs Church
30	3 Sketches by Mary Lilian Thomas ( Alex Pringle's wife)
31	Article: David Pringle buys Newmains of West Reston; Article about Mary Lilian Thomas; Marriage of Mary Lilian Thomas and AP; Article on Death of William Dillwyn Sims
32	Photo of WD Sims residence in Ipswich; Photo of Mary Lilian Thomas and her cousins
33	Centenary of Tarves Parish Church, Speech by Rev John Pringle
34	Photo of Tarves Manse; Photo of Tarves Church; Photo of Rev John Pringle
35	Photo of Garden at Tarves; Photo of house of Frederick James Pringle , Ramsgate; Photo of Edwin Lester Arnold
36	Photo of Mary Lilian Thomas's brother F Howard Thomas and his partner; Map of Tucuman Argentina; Death Notice for F Howard Thomas
37	Article about Embroidery by Edwin Arnold
38	Parrot Post Mortem; Article by Alex in Kelso Mail re London Borderers; Marriage James Johnston - Annie Greer
39	London Borderers
40	Advert for Chambers English Dictionary, edited by Thomas Davidson
41	Pictures of Barns Elms , HD Pochins grounds , now the Ranelagh Club
42	Death of Mary Lilian Thomas; Photo of Sim's residence Ipswich; Article on John Davidson's call to Dunipace; Marmion edited by Robert Pringle Davidson; Death of John Burn;
43	Chambers 20th Century Dictionary, preface Thomas Davidson
44	Article about Anabella Waldie Pringle imminent marriage
45	Photo of bungalow, Singapore; Wedding of Anabella Waldie Pringle and William Middleton Sime.
46	A Geological Palace – article about a visit to the Museum of Practical Geology
47	A Geological Palace – continued
48	Letter from Earl Of Roseberry; Letter from Edwin Arnold
49	Photo of Edwin Arnold; Articles mentioning Edwin Arnold; Photo of Eden House
50	Marriage of Mary Ann Pringle and Frederick Finlayson, Rev John Pringle-Catherine Garden (or Young) marriage; Thomas Pringle of Woodhead, formerly Philiphaugh presented with chain; Death of Isabella Jane Sudden
51	The return of the Discovery and relief Ships from Antarctic - George Adam Davidson ,
52	Coronation Year in London 1902-1903 by John Wickstead of Ottawa Free Press
53	Coronation Year in London 1902-1903 by John Wickstead of Ottawa Free Press , mentions Alex
54a	Menu card for David Pringle’s retirement “do”
54	David Pringle retirement
55	David Pringle retirement
56	David Pringle retirement
57	David Pringle retirement; Political Meeting at Ednam – mentions David Pringle Letter from John Dillwyn Sims; Death of John Dillwyn Sims
58	Funeral of John Dillwyn Sims
59	Photos of Sims Family; letter from John Dillwyn Sims
60	Death of Alexander Thomson; Article about Ipswich Town Council mentioning Arthur Maxwell Nicholson Pringle; Funeral of MRS John Dillwyn Sims
61	Photo of Dunedin home of James Johnston jnr, 1909 ; Photo of Eden House 1909, home of David Pringle
62	Death of John Davidson; Prize-winning Dorothy G Davidson; Marriage Robert Pringle Davidson- Mary Theodora Clarke; Article mentioning David Pringle;2 articles about Tarves/ Rev John Pringle; Prize-winning Anna P DavidsonThe Reverend John Pringle (1835-1919) of Tarves and his Children
63	Death of Hattle L Pringle ( née LePage) ; Article about painting by Thomas Austen Brown – mentions (D) G Davidson; Articles mentioning Dr Arthur Maxwell Nicholson Pringle
64	Arthur Maxwell Nicholson Pringle gives a lecture; James Wilson and bull incident
65	Arthur Maxwell Nicholson Pringle articles : cutting about James Bethune Scott
66	Distinguished visitors to the Museum ; Princess Margaret of Connaught ( later Crown Princess of Sweden) ; Princess Patricia of Connaught ; Lord Dufferin
67	Letter from Duke of Argyll and photo
68	Photo of Museum of Practical Geology
69a	Geological Palace - article about a visit to the Museum of Practical Geology
69b	Geological Palace - article about a visit to the Museum of Practical Geology
69	Photo of Museum of Practical Geology
70	Illustration of Colour Printing as applied to Minerals and Precious Stones
71	Illustration of Colour Printing as applied to Minerals and Precious Stones
72	Illustration of Colour Printing as applied to mounted Precious Stones
73	Alex retires from Museum of Practical Geology, signatures of colleagues
74	Articles about McLaren family , including death of Francis McLaren
74a	Prince of Wales with Lord Aberconway
75	Funeral of Mrs Pochin
76	Funeral of Mrs Pochin; story about one of the Pochin’s friends who knew Garibaldi.
77	Map of Selkirkshire; Alex honoured; David Pringle retires as registrar after 53 years
78	"How Duns responded" - articles about volunteers around 1800
79	"How Duns responded" - articles about volunteers around 1800
80	Historical articles about the Borders
81	Historical articles ; Pringles of Whytbank ; Reception at Duns Castle, mentions many Pringles from Duns.
82	The Late Captain Pringle RN of Torwoodlea
83	Articles about Gala
84	Funeral of W.J. Pringle of Yare;The Late Mrs Edith Pringle (Yair); Lauder; Village Function, mentions Stichill Pringles.
85	A South African Bard ( Thomas Pringle)
86	Thomas Pringle: Poet of the Karroo
87	Thomas Pringle: Poet of the Karroo; A Notable Borderer
88	A Notable Borderer; Photo of Thomas Pringle, poet
89a	Handwritten notes by Alex on ancestry of Thomas Pringle, poet
89	A Notable Borderer; London Borderers; Death of Mrs Baillie Hamilton, daughter of John Pringle of Newhall.
90	"BodySnatching in Berwickshire"; Old Time Recollections - Cromwell; Meaning of "Mailros"; 1910 Death of James H Pringle , Shoemaker, Duns; 1912 Mary Gavin Baillie-Hamilton's Art Collection
91	Hume and Pringle Endowments; Major Pringle (Board of Trade) issues report on Hampstead rail collision; Death of Alexander Fisher Forbes, shoemaker, Duns, mentions late Gilbert Pringle; Complicated funeral of John Robert Pringle of Catford; George C Pringle, Rector of Peebles High School publishes novel maps; Will of Rear-Admiral John Eliot Pringle of Ipswich bequeaths portrait of Pitt the Younger to the National Gallery; Shortreed-Pringle; Captain J W Pringle; Personal Estate of Fanny Pringle; daughter of RK Pringle, Selkirkshire; Death of Mary Arbuthnot Pringle of Yair; Professor Seth Pringle Pattison entertains ex Prime Minister Arthur J Balfour.
92	Death of George Pringle, Builder, Duns; Letters to Editor by George Pringle opposing Sir H Seton-Karr, Unionist Candidate, Berwickshire; W M R Pringle MA LLB, native of Gordon , wins Lanark seat; Death of Miss Pringle of Spittal aged 92, sister of Edward Pringle of Soremerston, related to Gladstone; Sir Norman R Pringle, Walton-on-Thames resigns 2 positions; Death of 2 Gordon Natives- Mrs Jean Armstrong and Thomas Pringle , whose father was a farmer at Midmill; 2 articles about the Pringle Park; marriages of William Leckie Webster to Eva Marjorie Pringle-Pattison of Haining; Rev James Chrystal Muir to Mary Edith Pringle of Wood Norton, Hawick; 1913 Personal Estate of Dame Magdalene Breadalbane Pringle Harvey, daughter of Sir J Pringle , 5th baronet of Stitchill ; Death of William Pringle, foreman spinner, Galashiels, well-known natural historian; "A 17th Century Tour through Scotland" ; Mrs Robert Pringle of Woodnorton, Hawick presents Scottish Border Motor Cycle Club cup ; Drowning at South Shields of Edward Pringle
93	Major Pringle presents report into Aisgill train disaster; Deaths of Thomas Pringle , Darnchester West, son of George Pringle, St Leonard's Hawick and David Pringle , late shepherd of Phaup ; Mary Pringle , eldest daughter of A Pringle, Schoolhouse Lanton passes Trinity College exam; Death of Rev J W Pringle, Newlands, Glasgow, born Blairgowrie 1842
94	Sale of Work at Ednam, mentions death of Mrs Pringle ( Alice Fisher) ; Mr J A Pringle, MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone backs Prohibition
95	Arthur Pringle, guide to Stanley, returns from Miramichi with 24 bear pelts; Advert for the RET Pringle Company, Electrical Apparatus and Supplies, of St. John New Brunswick, Montreal Quebec, and Toronto Ontario; Railway Accident Ottawa, William Pringle injured; Advert T Pringle & son, Hydraulic, Mill & Electrical Engineers, Montreal; California Births - of a daughter to John W Pringle, San Rafael,- and of a daughter to George S W Pringle , San Francisco. ; Death of J A McCall, New Jersey, ex-President New York Life Insurance Company. Golden Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs James Pringle, Stratford, Ontario, originally from Duns; Death of "Tobacco Lord" George McCall, Daldowie, new Brunswick; Larder Central Gold Fields shares offered, estate manager John D Pringle, Toronto; Rev John Pringle ( of Yukon , later Sydney, Nova Scotia) speaks out against corruption in Yukon territory.
96	BLANK
97	James J M Pringle , master builder of Sydney, born Greenlaw, presented with award for combating socialism ; Sit John McCall , Agent-General departs for Tasmania; James Pringle of New South Wales donates to Greenlaw War funds; Newspaper Photograph of the Third Regiment Wellington Mounted Rifles, includes Lt-Col. Pringle; Captain Alex T Pringle , son of George Pringle, who emigrated to Australia 30 years previously, presented with Gold watch at Bathurst; 1918 Death ? of Captain A T Pringle V.D. , Bathurst, Sidney , 4th son of late George; Estate of James Pringle, director of Thomas and James Bernard Ltd , Edinburgh; Death of Thomas Pringle, Chirnside Paper Maker; Etching "Wind in the Scottish Border" by Alex McNeil, grandson of James H Pringle, Duns wins prize; Article mentioning Robert Pringle, Schoolmaster, Cranston; "Silk Hat Comedy in the House - Mr Pringle's Headgear in great demand" - article about House of Commons
98	Argentina - end of strike by workers on the Pringle railway track at Bahia-Blanca ; Map of Buenos Aires and surrounds showing Pringle railway track ; Article about South Africa mentions Pringlekop; map of some area in Canada? - showing station called Pringle ; "Important Manual By Sheffield Professor" - The Law of Contract during War by W P Trotter MA LLM.
99	3 cuttings about the poet John Mackay Wilson (supposedly related to James Wilson) ; Handwritten Note - 1930 Sydney Death of Andrew Hislop Pringle, grandson of George Pringle of Greenlaw; Death of James Nisbet of Lambden; "Home Rule Bill - Criticism by Mr Balfour"- article mentions Scottish MP Pringle; "Home Rule A Source of Loyalty" - article mentions speech by W M R Pringle, MP for Lanark
100	Lambden Stories - handwritten tale about the young Rev John Pringle ; "Certificate" for Sir Archibald Geikie, on stepping down as Director General of the Geological Survey (1882 to 1901), signed by the staff members , including Alex; Letter from Secretary W Mackenzie of RCAMS to Alex
101	2 Articles by Alex - Pringles and Smailholm Pringles
102	Article by Alex on Thomas Pringle , poet ; "Was Robert the Bruce English?" -letter by James E Thomson , USA , Reply by Alex ; Death of Rebekah Walker, widow of Herbert R Francis, daughter of Robert Nisbet of Lambden; Marriage of Edwin Lester Arnold and Jessie Brighton
102a	Letter from Rev John Pringle DD of Yukon then Sydney, Nova Scotia to Alex
102b	Sympathy Note from Mr Nisbet, Lambden
103	Prince Charles in Kelso; Sale of Lambden
104	3 cuttings mentioning W M R Pringle, MP ; Military Cross for Robert Hunter Pringle; The Great war – Casualties : Hawick - John Porter, James Dalgleish, David Pringle son of Alex Pringle, 24 Garfield Street; Cpl Frank Lough Pringle, Hide-Hill ; Cpl GL Pringle, Berwick; Pte William G Pringle, Chirnside; 2^nd Lt Matthew Pringle RFA , a schoolmaster, son of Mrs John Pringle, Uddingston ;Captain Sir Norman R Pringle ( Newhall);Capt Lionel G Pringle (Torwoodlee); James Bethune Scott awarded Military Cross; Alexander Whyte Davidson awarded Military Cross; Galashiels soldiers wounded - Pte George Pringle KOSB , Cpl W Paterson KOSB , Pte Gilbert Brownlee; Scientist John Pringle of Selkirk awarded Lyell Geological fund
105	The Great war : Richard Humphrey Smith shell-shocked; GM Adam awarded Military Cross; Robert Pringle, Director-General Army Veterinary Service; The Great war – Casualties ; Galashiels, Robert Pringle KOSB, Stirling Street; Lt-Cpl Robert Pringle, Wheatfield St, Edinburgh, parents in Wilkieston; Sec. Lieut. W Gerald Pringle KOSB, son of Robert of Woodnorton; Sgt James Pringle of Lowick home on leave; Captain NS Pringle Pattison home on leave; Major HG Pringle awarded 4^th class of the Order of the Rising Son; Seaman J Brown Pringle HMML Ravenswood home on leave, parents in Hutton, brother Maurice killed previous year; Private AC Pringle 1/5 Royal Scots of Dalmeny St, Leith killed in Dardanelles; Pte Frank Pringle 7^th NF home on leave, younger brother Pte J Pringle 7^th NF, wounded; Pte Richard Pringle 1/7^th NF of Longdyke, Lowick killed; Pte John Pringle 2^nd NF , of Coldingham; wounded; L-Corpl Morris Pringle son of James Pringle, Hutton , died of wounds; son of Robert Pringle of Bairnkine dies aged 73 at East Nisbet; Died of Wounds: S Spence , Royal Scots , Edinburgh , T Inglis, Royal Scots , Uphall, Sgt G Pringle, Somerset LI Edinburgh; Capt RW Hay Pringle killed, son of David ; West Fife men killed – Peter Strachan 1^st Black Watch , Dunfermline; George Pringle 1/7^th Black Watch , Crossgates; Coldstream - Gunner GP Pringle 1/4^th KOSB invalided , Pte Wm Pringle serving with 30^th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers; War Gift by James M Pringle from Greenlaw now Bathurst , NSW , brother George C Pringle rector of Peebles High School.
106	The Great war – Casualties : Andrew McCall son of John McCall, joiner, Castlegate feared dead; death of Hubert A M Pringle; Deaths of Wallace and Robert Bruce Burn, sons of Forbes Burn ; Miraculous escape by Charles H Pringle of Toronto
107	Rev John Pringle of Yukon then Sydney, NS joins up (15/12/1914) : 2 cuttings about Bobby Pringle of Markham;; John Pringle of Markham dies; John Wannless dies in Canada; David Pringle retires from Ednam school board; Rev John Pringle steps down at Tarves; The Great war – Casualties – Captain Lionel G Pringle M.V.O. of Torwoodlee,; Hubert Montgomery Pringle ( son of Alexander Charles Montgomery Pringle and Edith Monkhouse)
108	“Berwickshire High School, Speech Day at Duns” , July 20 1915 , mentions Alex ‘s gift of a cabinet containing 2400 fossil specimens; 2 Cuttings about the Rev John Pringle DD of the Yukon then Sydney, Nova Scotia
109	Article on Thomas Pringle, poet , Dec 1921 ; Example of Johnston, Sons & Co stationery ( Dunedin) ; Cutting about Aileen Pringle Finlayson – Civil Service Success : Cutting – Alexander Whyte Davidson Military award ; Death of Sir John Pringle of Jamaica ( son of John of Whaup, Roxburghshire and ? McKenzie, married to Amy Levy ); Sale of Prieston farm, Bowden to James Pringle of Crosslee, Bowland, Galashiels ; Mrs Sime and children hold a tea Party at Ednam ; Article about house of Commons, mentions Pringle M.P.
110	Border Worthies; Death of Thomas Davidson; Cutting about the Rev. Henry Francis Lyte.
111	letter from John Burleigh about Alexander Pringle, land steward ; Examples of Alexander Pringle’s handwriting
112	Letters from Lady Aberconway and Geo Douglas
113	Continuation of Border Worthies; Engagement of Charles W Dixon and Dorothy M Pringle ( Torquhan) ; Obituary for Rev John Cairns, mentions David Pringle; Concert at Eddleston, mentions Major W M Sime; cutting mentions Charles P Finlayson; Alex aka “the People” backs Calton Jail Site for the “coming” Scottish Parliament.
114	Letter from Scottish Borders Association to Alex re Smailholm Tower.
115	Death of David George Davidson ; 1912 Fallsidehill farm, Hume let to George Wilson ( Hume; Photo of James Wilson, winner of Bowmont Dux medal 1924 – son of James Wilson of Legat ; Miss C Hewat shared prize with dux
116	Berwickshire Worthies;
117	Cutting with photo of Mrs Topp ( Jessie Isabella Pringle) ; cutting about John Pringle of Markham and family ; James Wilson saved by dog ; death of Ann Wilson
118	James Wilson’s dog Glen gets award
119	Thomas Davidson appointed to New Cumnock; Rev Gordon Campbell Pringle moderator-elect for St.John ; death of Hubert Montgomery Pringle; Obituary for James Wilson snr of Stenmuir
120	Articles relating to James Johnston , Dunedin: – yachting success , loss of the Komuri- cutting describing a Fiat ‘’probably the highest priced motor car in the show” on the reverse written " bought by Jas. Johnston " Otago State" May 1916 ; marriage of James Greer Johnston to Dorothy Gladys MacPherson. ; birth of William Eric Johnston; James Johnston purchases a Fiat; Prizewinning A P Johnston
121	Rev John Pringle : Articles on his retirement ; death ; obituary
122	Further articles on death of Rev John Pringle; Arthur Maxwell Nicholson Pringle gets a pay rise
123	Gordon Campbell Pringle silver jubilee at Kincardine; Disposal of James Wilson’s stock at Stenmuir; Articles about Soutra Pringles – mention Alex; Farm of Stobswood for sale 1922; Major WM Sime purchases Darnhall 1925,
124	George Pringle of Galashiels appointed Edinburgh Burgh Assessor; Death of George C Pringle of Greenlaw, general secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland; Funeral of PJ Pringle, chairman of Leith Dock Commission; Estate of James Pringle of Drumheugh Gdns, Edinburgh; Sir John Pringle, Hull Rail Disaster Enquiry; Death of David Pringle and obituary
125	obituary of David Pringle continued ; Marriage Jean Alston Humphry Bridges-Smith to Charles Mitchell ; Cutting about Canadian W Gibson, father AL Gibson from Greenlaw; 1927 Letter form Edinburgh Public Libraries to Alex – the Scots Independent to be taken at the libraries ; Letter from Dorothy Johnston of Dunedin , giving the family birthdays; Trinity College Music Exam results – Dorothy I Johnston.
126a	Border Worthies
126b	Cutting with picture of Dorothy Morton Hunter taking part in an Opera; John Sime at Darnhall Aviator Display
126c	Letter from Scottish National Party – Alex lent them a flag.
127	“Bank of Health” from Edwin Lester Arnold; Pringle and Booth of Toronto
127b	Berwickshire High School Correspondence
128	Berwickshire High School Correspondence – re Alex gift of a cabinet
129	James Johnston Ltd advert and stationery, Major Sime of Darnhall wins corn stack building competition; Mt Pringle , Edinburgh assessor retires; Rachel Pitt of Hawick celebrates 103^rd birthday;
130	Children of Gordon Campbell Pringle; Prizewinning Margaret Pringle, Ipswich
131	Dunedin wedding photos Cecil Robert Johnston and Gwendoline Daisy Bates
132	Gordon Campbell Pringle jnr; Death of James Johnston jnr ; Mrs Scott , daughter of John Wanless of Toronto , visits Berwickshire ; AP Johnston wins golf tournament; Trinity Music College – results for Dorothy Irene Johnston
133	Gordon Campbell Pringle - doctor of divinity
Loose1	Birth and Death dates?
Loose2	List of dates and addresses
Index	Original Index to Scrapbook. Note the pages are not all in order, there appears to have been a re-indexing which hasn’t quite worked…
Loose3	Picture of Thomas Carlyle
Loose4	Picture of Mary Lilian Thomas
Loose5	Whytbank Pringle tombstone
FallOut1	Gordon Campbell Pringle honour , possibly should be page 94
FallOut2	Article on Pringill's Bridge by Alex
Fallout3	Death of Lord Aberconway; Rural Education on the borders; Trotter Law Chair; Alex Book Review; JP Court; Lilla's birthday; June 15 1912, Anglian Daily; March 21 1913, Scotsman
Fallout4	Tarves

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Alexander Pringle BSc MA ( 1842 –1934 )

Alexander Pringle BSc MA was born on 10^th March 1842 at Lambden in the parish of Greenlaw, Berwickshire.

 He attended Greenlaw School , then from 1859 till 1860 Edinburgh Normal School he read Senior Humanity under Professor ? Pillans and Greek Language and Literature under Professor Blackie ( see page 15 of scrapbook) . The following year, he worked as the General Assistant at Edinburgh Normal School under Currie.

The following year ( 1861/62 ) he took a first class Honours in Mathematics , winning the 5^th prize under Holland and also read Logic and Metaphysics under Fraser.

Then from April 1862 till Aug 1863 , he assisted at Nairn Academy under Fraser , teaching “French, German etc”. He then tutored until 1864 – Brodie in Edinburgh and Captain Hankeys , Middleton Hill, Uphall. In 1864/65 he was Assistant Mathematical Master at Edinburgh High School. He thereafter tutored again , firstly at Innerleithen till Xmas ? ; then for 3 years at the Manse of Abernethy.

In 1868 , he returned to Edinburgh University , reading : in 1868-69 Natural Philosophy (under PG Tait ?), Moral Philosophy ( Calderwood) ; in 1869-1870 Logic ( Fraser), Rhetoric and English Literature (14^th prize, 1^st for essay , Masson) , In 1870-71 : Chemistry ( Crum Brown) , Physiology ( Bennett); in 1871 Natural History ( Wyville TC Thomson ) , Botany ( Balfour) and in 1871-1872, Geology( Geikie) . For the latter subject he received the Class Medal .

He finally graduated in 1872, aged 30. During his time at University he excelled in sports, winning the putting the cannon ball ( Shot-put ? ) - with a throw of 34 foot 6 inches . ( 3 competitors ) . A photograph of the cup is on Page 17.

NB , according to the 1871 census, Alex was a medical student. Had he hoped to become a doctor ?

Apparently student life was tough for the Pringle boys- according to Alex’s great-nephew, who knew him, they lived on a diet of salt herring and oatmeal, and on the occasional long weekend, they headed home to replenish their food stocks.

After graduating, he tutored Edwin Lester Arnold in science ( in London and Paris ) for a few months. Edwin was the son of Sir Edwin Arnold , Daily Telegraph see page 18 , 19 ……. . Edwin junior would himself become an acclaimed author of both fictional and non Fictional Works:

From February 1873 to April 1874?, he was tutor to the Sims family at St Matthew’s , Ipswich.

From April 74 to September 1876?, he was employed as Private Secretary and Tutor at Barnes Elms,, Putney to Henry Davis Pochin , renowned millionaire industrial chemist and briefly the MP for Stafford. and also Mayor of Salford, Vice Chairman of the District Railway, Director of Bolekow Daughan & Co, Palmers Shipbuilding Co, John Brown Co, etc.

He then tutored to the Jenkins family from Oct 1876 to April 1877? at Jenkin Place , Bentley Hants .

In 1877 he took the examination for the post of Assistant Curator to the Museum Of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London, also known as the Royal School of Mines. This post he held until his retirement in 1907.

According to The Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society
by Mineralogical Society (Great Britain)  -  Mineralogical Society , Volume X

Alex recommended that a mineral discovered by a Mr Baddeley in 1898 be named Geikielite after Sir Archibald Geikie.

On 16^th March 1895 at Peckham, a 53 year-old Alex took the plunge with Mary Lilian Thomas ( “Lilla “), an artist who was related to his old employers, the Sims. Alex had remained friends with the Sims, spending every Christmas with them from 1877 onwards. Sadly Lilla died just 4 years later on 18^th May 1899 at Brighton. There were no children.

After he retired , Alex came back to Scotland and lived at 22 Hillside Street, Edinburgh. According to his great-nephew, who used to visit him in those days , he enjoyed a daily walk and a gossip However he began to lose his sight (was once found “reading” a book upside down) and deemed unable to live by himself any longer was placed in a home in 24 Abercromby Place. He did not enjoy being a “prisoner” .He died on 20^th June 1934 from pneumonia, contracted after a “fall” from the 5^th floor window.

His nephew, Rev Robert Pringle Davidson was the death informant. A little ironically perhaps, Robert got a few family details wrong on the death certificate…. Robert also made the arrangements for Alex to be buried in Eccles churchyard like his parents. We know this from a letter written by Robert to an unknown recipient, notifying them of Alex’ death. This letter was found in a bookshop by Nan Oliver

Letter Page 1 ,

Letter Page 2

Alex left us a great gift. A scrapbook which not only reveals much about him, his friends, family , interests but also opens a window to a time we did not live.

The scrapbook contains items relating to Alex’ life as

A geologist :

On page 26 and 27 we find letters from Archibald Geikie ( his former University Geology Professor) and E.S.Dana of “The American Journal of Science and Arts” thanking him for his proofreading – Page 27 shows the frontispiece to “The Text-book of Petrology” , mentioning Alex’ thorough revision ( 1st edition 1890, 2^nd 1892 and 5^th edition 1909 ).

 An Article on Pages 46,47 describing a visit to the Museum of Practical Geology mentions Alex thus – “Mr Pringle held me spellbound among the precious stones and economic exhibits” . Same or similar article on pages 69a and b.

A Religious man

It is possible that Alex was a Member of “The Society of Friends” , often referred to as the Quakers.

Certainly his marriage was reported in “The Friend” and appears to have taken place at one their “meeting houses”. ( See page 31 , which also reports the death of William Dillwyn Sims , and mentions that he was a member ).

A Passionate Borderer

It looks like Alex’ favourite place was St.Abbs in Berwickshire. (See paintings by his wife Lilla on page 30 , article and photos on P 28 and 29 ). So keen was he to for others to enjoy the area, in 1893, he wrote to the North British Railway Company suggesting that they amend their timetables so that Reston Station would be designated as Reston for Coldingham and St.Abbs. ( see page 27 a for the reply) . He then wrote an article for the Berwickshire Advertiser on the subject ( 27b and c). 2 new pages were added to the Tourist Programme of the Great Northern and other railways.

In 1896 , Alex was instrumental in the setting-up of “The London Scottish Border Counties Association” (see page 38) , a body set-up to “unite socially the Border colony at present in London” as well as to assist “young Borderers coming to seek their fortunes” . Alex was the Honorary Treasurer of the Association until 31^st December 1897 ( p 39).

 A Passionate Scot:

 Page 24 contains a cutting of a letter by Alex published 1884 in the Border Counties Gazette and the Berwickshire Advertiser, arguing against the “annexation” of Berwick to England. He lost ….

On page 48, we find a letter from the Earl of Roseberry to Alex about plans to “commemorate” the grave of Robert the Bruce at Dunfermline.

On page 102 , Alex rebuts a claim that Robert the Bruce was English.

On page 113 , Alex aka “The People” claims that the old Calton Jail should be the site for the new Scottish parliament. It looks like he thought a new Scottish parliament was just round the corner. I think he would have been dismayed to learn that devolution would take another 70 years and even more dismayed at the eventual cost…

A businessman:

Page 25 contains letters by Alex to Editors of "Money Market Review" and "Financial News" - on the subject of Share Performance of the Mexican National Railroad . According to one of his great-nephews he spent some time working n Mexico and lost a lot of money on the Railroad shares.

A historian and genealogist:

After you have been through the scrapbook a couple of hundred times… you realise that Alex wasn’t just collecting cuttings about his relatives . In 1933, the year before he dies Alex published his book “The Records of the Pringles or Hoppringles of the Scottish Border”. Some of the people mentioned in the cuttings are included , some are not. It is not the easiest read in the world, but is often cited – by peoplewith a Pringle ancestry. So I have typed it out and indexed it and those of us whose family copy got lost can read it here.TheBook.htm

Alex was also very interested in and wrote about the ancestry of the South African poet Thomas Pringle ‘102, 89a and The Pringles of Soutra Aisle ( page 101 ) and his scrapbook has many cuttings related to the history of the Borders. A cutting of an article he wrote about Pringills bridge has fallen out the scrapbook – see FallOut2 . An essay on the Pringles of Fountainhall and Soutra was published in 1924 in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries Scotland, vol 58, 302-8 – now on-line at

http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_058/58_302_308.pdf

Mary Lillian Thomas , Alex’ Wife

“Lilla”

Wife of Alexander Pringle BSc MA – see cutting on page 31

Photographs of Lilla are on page 32 and “Loose 4”.

Lilla was born to Frederick Thomas ( 1832- ) and Mary Hooper Curtis (1818 –1888 ). Mary was the daughter of James Curtis ( 1777 - ?) and Mary Hooper ( 1784 –1856) of Alton. Mary was supposedly related to the Sims/May household. Eliza May ‘s grandmother was Ann Curtis (1775 - ?) of Alton , and it seems a least possible that Ann and James Curtis were siblings.

Lilla was an artist – see article on page 31 Some sketches by Lilla are found on page 30

Her death notice is on page 42

One brother Frederick Howard Thomas, Engineer, Born 29 May 1860 Died 24 April 1916, Lules, Tucuman, Argentina. See page 36

Alex seems to have kept up correspondence with surviving members of Lilla’s extended family - many of the dates and addresses “Loose 1” and “Loose 2” refer to Lilla’s relations .On page 60 there is a death notice for Alexander Thomson, an uncle

Friends and Correspondents

Sir Edwin Arnold K.C.I.E.( 1832 –1904)

“my life-long friend”

Born Gravesend June 1832.

Died 24 March 1904.

Married 3 times.

The second son of Mr. Robert Coles Arnold, a Sussex magistrate, and elder brother of the late Sir Arthur Arnold, formerly M.P. in the Liberal interest for Salford …

Educated King’s School at Rochester; King’s College, London ; University College, Oxford

Taught at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Bombay University in India (Fellow)., journalist Daily Telegraph 1861-1904 , from 1873 till ? some of that time editor.

Knighted in 1888.

From his Obituary: The Times, Friday, Mar 25, 1904; pg. 8; Issue 37351

He won fame for his epic The Light of Asia (1879), dealing with the life of Buddha. The poem was attacked for its alleged distortion of Buddhist doctrine and for its tolerant attitude toward a non-Christian religion. Besides other volumes of poetry, he wrote a number of picturesque travel books and translated Asian literature.

See strip cartoon page 18, and article about embroidery on page 37 and articles about Edwin and photo on page 49

Sir Edwin employed Alex to tutor his son Edwin Lester Arnold for a few months and they remained friends afterwards. On page 19 , there is a letter from Sir Edwin asking Alex to give Edwin jnr a reference., on page 48 a letter from Edwin thanking Alex for lending him some “works”,

It was he who, on behalf of the proprietors of the Daily Telegraph in conjunction with the New York Herald, arranged the journey of H.M. Stanley to Africa to discover the course of the Congo River, and Stanley named after him a mountain to the north-east of Albert Edward Nyanza. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Arnold) . The articles Border / Berwickshire Worthies in the scrapbook mention that Alex turned down a place on the Stanley Exhibition.

Edwin Lester Arnold ( 1857 – 1935)

Son of Sir Edwin Arnold . above

“..educated at Cheltenham College, and after leaving school bred cattle on a wild part of the Scottish border. Afterwards he went to India, where he opened up to cultivation a large tract of previously unsurveyed forest in Travacore. After returning to England he devoted himself to literary and journalistic work ..” From his obituary in The Times, Monday, Mar 04, 1935; pg. 19; Issue 47003.

Novels: 

· The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician (1890) aka Phra the Phoenician

· The Constable of St. Nicholas.. (1894)

· Lepidus the Centurion: A Roman of Today (1901)

· The Voyage of Ithobal (1901)

· Lieutenant Gulliver Jones: His Vacation (1905) aka Gulliver of Mars

See http://www.erblist.com/erbmania/novels/gullivertxt.html

For many years there has been speculation that Edgar Rice Burroughs might have been influenced by Edwin L. Arnold's Gulliver of Mars (1905) when he created the world of Barsoom. (A Princess of Mars) To date scholarly research has not located any reference of that book in Burroughs' papers. This year (2004), however, Danton Burroughs, grandson of Edgar Rice Burroughs, discovered Arnold's earlier book Phra The Phoenician in the office inventory circa 1924-1928, as well as a fine copy of the book in recently unearthed boxes! The central character of Phra has been suggested as the pattern for John Carter

·   The Story of Ulla: And Other Tales (1895)

Non fiction

·   Coffee: Its cultivation and profit (1886)

· On the Indian Hills: or, Coffee-Planting in Southern India (1893)

Anthologies containing stories by Edwin Lester Arnold

·   Terror by Gaslight (1975)

Short stories

· A Dreadful Night (1895)

Photo on page 35 , cutting re marriage on page 102, “cheque from the “Bank of Health” from Edwin to Alex on page 127.

Sir Francis Henry Laking, Bart., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., M.D. ( 1847 – 1914 )

“The Kings Physician”

· Born 9 Jan 1847 .

· Married 1875 daughter of Joseph Mansell of Kensington. Wife died March 1905.

· Knighted 1893

· Received Baronetcy in 1902

· Made K.C.B in 1910

· Died 21 May 1914.

Source : The Times, Friday, May 22, 1914; pg. 10; Issue 40530; col B

Surgeon Apothecary to Queen Victoria ( 1879) then in 1901 Physician in Ordinary to the Prince Of Wales (later King George ) and Physician in Ordinary to Prince and Princess Christian of Scheswig-Holstein

Source : The Times, Friday, Jun 03, 1910; pg. 8; Issue 39289;

In 1910 appointed Physician in Ordinary to King George, also Surgeon Apothecary to his Majesty and his Majesty’s Household.

Source :The Times, Saturday, Jun 11, 1910; pg. 10; Issue 39296;

Then Physician in Ordinary and Surgeon Apothecary to Queen Alexandra’s household

Source: The Times, Saturday, Sep 24, 1910; pg. 11; Issue 39386

Born 1848. Began as house Physician at St George's Hospital

In his book "Folket" (The People) published October 2004 by Capellen, Tom Bomann-Larsen claims that Francis or possibly his son Guy Francis Laking was the biological father of King Olav of Norway.

http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article890633.ece

In 1898 Francis H Laking presented Uncle Alex with a silver teaset ( see page 17 for photo ) . In Sir Francis’ letter he thanks Alex for his gift of a can of minerals and a food catalogue? ( good doctor he was - his handwriting is not the clearest) and enquires when Alex is free.

Henry Davis Pochin ( 1824-1895 )

Born 1824, son of William Pochin of Wigston, Leicestershire.

Mayor of Salford 1866-1868.

Connected with Iron and Steel Industries.

Elected Liberal MP for Stafford 1868 ( later unseated on petition , further attempts to gain election unsuccessful)

Author of ‘Plan of parliamentary Reform’

From: The Times, Saturday, Dec 05, 1868; pg. 7;

Died Oct 28 1895.

Founder of “H.D. Pochin & Co (Ltd)” ; Introduced “aluminous cake” into commerce; acquired many leading steel and iron concerns, converting them into limited liability companies, but retaining the majority of capital and directorship:- including John Brown and Co. ; Deputy Chairman of Metropolitan Railway Company; Director of the Manchester, Salford and Lincolnshire Railway; Member of the Reform Club.

Obituary: The Times, Saturday, Nov 02, 1895; pg. 6; Issue 34724

Married to Agnes

Son.

Daughter Laura , Lady McLaren, wife of Sir Charles McLaren.

Photos on page 19 and page 20.

Photographs of Barnes Elms on page 41

Agnes Pochin ( née Heap) (1825-1908)

Born 1825, daughter of George and Hannah Heap of Timperley.

Married Henry Davis Pochin in 1852, Manchester..

Died Feb 12 1908

Early Pioneer of the suffragette movement. See “The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928”, by Elizabeth Crawford  , 1999 , Routledge

Obituary : The Times, Friday, Feb 14, 1908; pg. 12; Issue 38569;

See pages 75 and 76 for photo and description of her funeral.

Lady Abercromby ( Laura McLaren née Pochin) married Lord Abercromby ( Sir Charles B B McLaren )

Daughter of Henry Davis Pochin and Agnes Heap..

MP for Stafford , co-founder of the National Liberal Club

Chairman of the Metropolitan Railway Company; Palmer’s Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd, John Brown and Co Ltd.

See http://www.thepeerage.com/p2405.htm

See articles/clippings on page 74 ,page 19 , Fallout 3 and 74a

Son Francis Walter Stafford McLaren was the youngest MP of the time . Killed in flying accident at Montrose 1917 ( see page 74.

See Letter on p 19 – Lady Aberconway invites Alex to spend Xmas day with the family , also letter on page 112 , where she thanks her for sending her a cutting.

William Dillwyn Sims ( 1825 – 1895 )

Born 1825 London, son of John Sims and Lydia Dillwyn. Orphaned young, went to live on Ipswich with Richard Dykes Alexander ( married to Wm’s aunt, Ann Dillwyn)

Connected to firm Ransome and May , later Ransome , Sims and Jefferies .

President of Ipswich Y.M.C.A. , member of London Anti-Vivisectionist Society.

Married to Eliza May , daughter of Dr Edward Curtis May ( of the same family as the Mays of “Ransome and May” ) and Caroline Hooper. Three children , John Dillwyn, Carrie and Ivie.

Obituary on page 31

Photos of residence on pages 32 , 42

William employed Alex as a tutor in 1873-1874 and Alex remained friends with his son . Lilla was related to the family – probably to the Mays.

Interestingly from a historical research point of view, there is a large volume of correspondence by the May family which has been transcribed and made available on the internet at http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/bedscc/sdcountyrec.nsf/web/thepage/Letters+from+Friends.

This might be a good place to start if anyone wants to take up the challenge of Lilla’s ancestry.

John Dillwyn Sims ( 1862-1905 )

“my lifelong friend”

Only son of William Dillwyn Sims , born April 8^th 1862, Ipswich.

Director of the company Ransome , Sims and Jefferies - “Orwell Works” , married Mildred Ransome , daughter of Robert Charles Ransome, the original chairman of the firm Ransome , Sims and Jefferies

Member of society of friends .Photographs of his family on page 59, also a letter from John written shortly after Lilla’s death.

Died of TB , see letter from John whilst at Nayfield sanatorium on page 57 , also obituary on same page and account of funeral in page 58. An obituary for his wife appears on page 60

Rev George Brown (c1842 – 1892),

Chaplain to the Brixton Military prison and St. Ann’s Home, Streatham-hill; son-in-law of Philip Blunt Burgess Esq. of Chelsea. Cartoon on page 21

Died 22 March 1892.

Death Notice :The Times, Friday, Mar 25, 1892; pg. 1; Issue 33595; col A

Daughter Violet married Henry Morris Carter (cutting on page 21).

Friend of Uncle Alex.

Sir Archibald Geikie O.M., (1835 - 1924 ),

“Doyen of British Geology”

Born Dec 28 1835 Edinburgh, died Nov 10 1924 Haslemere.

Educated Edinburgh High School, Edinburgh University.

Appointed Assistant to the Geological Survey in 1855. Made Director, Scottish Branch in 1867 . In 1881 made Director-General of the UK Geological Survey and Director of the Museum of Practical Geology. In 1871 appointed Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Edinburgh University.

President of the Geological Society in 1891, 1892 and 1907

President of the British Association in 1892,

Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society 1890-94, Secretary 1903-1908 and President 1908-1913

Received Honorary Degrees from Edinburgh, Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, Glasgow, Aberdeen, St. Andrews, Durham, Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Upsala, Leipzig, Prague and Strasbourg.

Received Gold Medals from the Geological Society, the Royal Geographic Society of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Society of London, the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.

Trustee of the British Museum, a member of the 1851 Exhibition Commissioners, a member of the Council of the British School In Rome, and from 1892 till 1922 a governor of Harrow School . In 1920 made chairman of the Royal Commission on Trinity College, Dublin.

Knighted in 1891, received K.C.B. in 1907 and the Order of Merit in 1914.

· Scenery of Scotland, (1865)

· Account of the Progress of the Geological Survey in Scotland, (1865)

· Physical Geography, (1873)

· Colliers of Carrick, (1873)

· Life of Sir Roderick I Murchison, Bart, ( 1875)

· Outlines of Field Geology, (1877)

· Elementary Lessons in Field Geology, ( 1877)

· Text-book of Geology, (1882)

· Geological Sketches at Home and Abroad, ( 1882)

· Classbook of Geology; Illustrated with Woodcuts, (1886)

· Geology, (1886)

· Memoir of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, ( 1895)

· Founders of Geology, (1897)

· Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, ( 1897)

· History of the Geography of Scotland; with Maps and Illustrations, (1906)

· French Impression of Scotland and the Scots in the Year 1784, (1907)

· Charles Darwin as Geologist, (1909)

· Birds of Shakespeare, (1916)

· Annals of the Royal Society Club: the Record of a London Dining-Club in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, ( 1917)

· autobiography “ A Long Life’s Work” 1924.

“From the first Geikie was a field geologist, and during his long connexion with the Scottish Survey he traversed every part of the country and mastered its features. As a lecturer he was clear, precise and inspiring, but one of the great features of his Professorship was practical work in the museum and laboratory, supplemented by weekly excursions not only around Edinburgh, but often to distant parts of the Highlands. These excursions delighted the students on account of the geniality and good comradeship of their leader, whose conversation and reminisces were full of interest, and who had a rare fund of anecdotes which he could tell in characteristic Doric”.

Sources: Obituary, The Times, Wednesday, Nov 12, 1924; pg. 9; Issue 43807,Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Volume II

Perhaps the man who most determined the course of Uncle Alex’ career.? Alex had studied under him ar Edinburgh University ( see Page 15) and it was in Geology that Alex received the Class Medal. We can only guess whether Geikie was influential in obtaining Alex his position at the Museum of Practical Geology.

When Geikie stepped down as DG of the GS , his staff presented with a “ certificate” on p100

See page 26 , for letter from Archibald Geikie to Alex , thanking him for a long list of errata he had provided ( for which book I do not know) .

EDWARD SALISBURY DANA (1849-1935 )

Born November 16, 1849. , son of James Dwight Dana ( 1813- 1895), mineralogist.

Graduated from Yale in 1870

Became an Editor of American Journal of Science in 1875. 

Published Textbook of Mineralogy in 1877.

Published Sixth Edition, System of Mineralogy in 1892. 

Died June 16, 1935, aged 85.

See page 27 for letter from ES Dana to Alex thanking him for his proofreading.

THE BURN FAMILY

John Burn (c 1809 – 1901 )

married Margaret Allison at Ednam , 20 Aug 1850 . He farmed at Ednam West Mains, then Hardacres , and then was a commission agent at Yetholm. John died 1901 at Heaton, Newcastle aged 92, see page 42 at home of daughter Isabella Pringle.

3 children born at Ednam :

Elizabeth Burn ( 1964 - )

Forbes Burn (b 1853 - d in Australia )

Farmed at Hardacres with father then became a station manager in New Zealand and also Australia.

Forbes sons William Wallace Burn and Robert Bruce Burn ( a patriotic family ? ) were killed in the Great War ( page 106 ) William Wallace Burn was the first New Zealand pilot to be killed in action.

(see Dictionary of New Zealand biography http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=3B59

Isabella “Isa” Burn ( 1859 – 1924 )

Married 1^st Alexander Pringle in 1881 , 2^nd William Scott, a farmer in 1916.

His Family

Alexander Pringle (c1804 – 1886), Land Steward

“…HE SHALL STAND BEFORE KINGS…”

Alexander was born about 1804 in the parish of Swinton, Berwickshire. At the time of writing I have been unable to locate a baptismal entry in the parish registers. However all the census data we have for Alexander indicate that he was born in Swinton about 1804. His death certificate names his parents as Robert Pringle, master joiner and Isabella Purves

Alexander Married Ann McCall (in those days McGall seemed to be the preferred spelling) in the parish of Bunkle and Preston on 5^th May 1827 (see extract from registers below)

At the time of their marriage, Alexander is a farm servant at Oldcastles in the neighbouring parish of Chirnside.

This map is from John Thomson’s 1821 Map of Berwickshire and can be viewed ‘dynamically” at the National Library of Scotland’s Website : http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/early/index.html

Ann McCall according to her death certificate was the daughter of John McCall, farm steward, and Ann Kerr ( died Lambden 5th April 1862, aged 86). Although some of the children of this couple have been located in the parish registers (again with the spelling of McGall), Ann’s baptism has not been found . Again from the 1851 census, we can deduce she was born in the parish of Ayton about 1805. John McGall may be the the .Duns volunteer  on page 79 whose name has an arrow next to it..

Alexander and Ann had 8 children, the first of whom, Robert, was baptised at Chirnside 2 days before his parents were married. The next Anna, was baptised in the parish of Eccles, the remaining children in Greenlaw , the parish where Lambden lies. ( see preface ii )

In an age where infant mortality was very high, it is remarkable that of the 8 children, only one, Margaret, failed to reach adulthood. Tragically the youngest of them all, Agnes, predeceased her father in New Zealand , at the age of 28.

It is obvious that Alexander was held in fond and high regard by his children and others: Examples in the scrapbook are the testimonial by the Rev John Burleigh on page 111. This text can be found Burleigh’s “Ednam and its Indwellers” – quite a feat, as Alexander was never an indweller of Ednam… There are also touching examples of Alexander’s handwriting on this page. The articles “Border Worthies” and “Berwickshire Worthies” on pages 110 and 116 and 126a are also full of praise for his devotion to his children’s education. If he believe what we read, he learnt Latin in middle age, so that he could help his boys. Most heart-warming of all is the story on page 100, which describes how Alexander “persuaded” son John to continue with his schooling in Greek instead of taking up farm-work. The Presbytery of Tarves and a good few others in Canada owe him a great deal of thanks for that.

Alexander was, according to his gravestone ( see below) and the above testimonial of the Rev John Burleigh, 40 years land steward at Lambden. Presumably this employment commenced between the birth of Anna in 1829 and that of Isabella in 1832. At the time of the 1871 census, the family are still living at Lambden When his wife Ann died in 1874, they were living at Leitholm, Eccles . Although not far from Lambden, it probably signifies Alexander has left the latter place – although it does not say he has retired.

Lambden House and estate were owned by the Nisbet family for many generations. On page 102 there is a death notice for Rebekah Walker, daughter of Robert Nisbet. Rebekah and her brother Thomas Hood Nisbet were the witnesses to the marriage of Alexander’s daughter Agnes McCall Pringle and James Johnston. On page 99 there is a death notice for James Nisbet (son of Robert) the last male in the Nisbet line also a sympathy note from Mr Nisbet on page 102b and on page 103 details of the sale of Lambden in 1910, which gives some historical background and tells us that the Lambden farm was about 650 acres in extent. ,

Lambden shown on the border of Greenlaw and Eccles parishes on JohnThomson's 1821 map of Berwickshire at the National Library of Scotland.  In. In more detail a map from 1862:

Image produced from the www.old-maps.co.uk service with permission of Landmark Information Group Ltd. and Ordnance Survey

Copyright © and/or Database Right Landmark Information Group and Ordnance Survey Crown Copyright and/or Database Right 2002. All rights reserved. 

This map can be viewed at the following address:
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/oldmaps/index_external.jsp?easting=374409&northing=643120&countyCode=58

Here is a photograph I took recently, the building to the rear is Lambden House. The reddish one to the front is more recent. . (In relation to the above map I was standing on the road which disappears of the top in the left-hand corner) .

For a much better photo of Lambden House click here Lambden House and for the steward’s cottage , click here. Lambden Stewards cottage ( thanks to Vivienne and Alison Bell ) .

After the death of his wife Ann, Alexander went to live with his daughter Isabella Wilson and family. On the 25^th November 1884 , he died at the Wilson home in Wiselaw Mill in the parish of Channelkirk at the age of 82, his life’s work done. He had been suffering from hemiplegia (paralysis down one side) for 4 days. His son Alex, now resident in London, signed the death certificate.

Photo kindly  supplied by L Abernethy

Inscription: IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER PRINGLE FOR 40 YEARS STEWARD AT LAMBDEN WHO DIED AT WISELAW MILL 25^th NOV 1886 AGED 82 YEARS ALSO ANNE MCCALL HIS WIFE WHO DIED AT LEITHOLM 11^th JUNE.1874 AGED 69 YEARS ALSO ISABELLA PURVES HIS MOTHER WIFE OF ROBERT PRINGLE JOINER THIRLSTANE WHO DIED AT HASSINGTON 20^th JAN 1856 AGED 77 YEARS." I can only believe that Thirlstane was an error on the part of the inscriber – Robert and Isabella lived at Thirlington (Eccles) not Thirlstane ( Lauder)

Robert Pringle (1827 - 1901) Schoolmaster Cranshaws

Robert married Janet Flighty ( 1833-1908), daughter of William Flighty and Mary Clerk, on 16th Febrary 1953 at Jedburgh. Their 1st 2 children were born at Ratho,  the remainder at Cranshaws where Robert was schoolmaster until his death on 26th August  1901
Robert  is mentioned on pages 97., 110,116,126a

Alexander Pringle ( 1854 - bef 1916) , Teacher , Insurance Agent

Alexander was born in Ratho, 6 Aug 1854 . He was living in Edinburgh when he married Isabella Burn ( see Burns Family) on 18 Jun 1881.

At the time of their marriage , Alexander was a teacher of English. However he later became an insurance agent. A possible sighting of the couple in 1891 census had them in Derbyshire in England,, with no children. At the time of the 1901 census , Alexander is in Benfieldside, Durham , apparently living alone. However from John Burn’s obituary ( late 1901 ), we gather that Isabella is living in Heaton, Newcastle-upon Tyne. This location suggests she may be living with her sister-in-law , Jessie Topp . Isabella remarried in 1916 to William Scott, a Roxburghshire farmer. She died in 1924 in her county of birth.

William Pringle ( 1856 – 1934, South Leith ) Millwright Engineer

Was born 27 Apr 1856 in Ratho . At the time of the 1881 census, he was living with his parents, unmarried and his occupation was millwright engineer.

Married Georgina Millar Craib 22 October 1883 in Edinburgh and settled in the Newington area of Edinburgh.

Children:

William ( c1884 – 1928, Colinton ) .

Did not marry

Georgina Craib Pringle ( 1886-1938 , Newington)

Married Joseph Alexander Malcolm in 1922, Edinburgh.

Agnes (1888-1951, Newington )

Married Thomas Mark 1916 , Edinburgh

Alexander Craib Pringle ( 1892 - )

Married Annie Isabella Scott 1925.

James Craib Pringle (1894-)

John Craib Pringle (1897-1899)

Mary Ann Pringle (1858 – 1923 )

Mary Ann was born 11 Jun 1858 , at Cranshaws.

On 10^th November 1885 at South Leith, she married the Reverend Robert Bridges Smith, who was the minister of Cranshaws. The marriage ceremony was performed by her Uncle John (of Tarves).

The Scotsman, 16th July 1914, page 6

The manse was next to the schoolhouse, where her father Robert lived. After her husband died , Mary Ann lived in Morningside in Edinburgh. until her death in 1923. Robert and Mary Ann had seven children :

Andrew Robert Bridges Smith (1886 – 1906 Cranshaws )

Robert Bridges Smith ( 1888 – 25 August 1935, Morningside )

Served during WWI - Bombardier in RFA – see page 105.. Did not marry.

Jane Alston Humphry Bridges Smith ( 1891 - )

Married Charles Mitchell ( see page 125 )

Mary Christian Smith ( 1893 - )

Christian Kemp Smith ( 1896 - )

Richard Humphry Smith ( 1898 - )

Served during WWI - 2^nd Lieutenant A & S H . See page 105.

Donald David Smith ( 1900 - )

Jessie Isabella Pringle ( 1866 - )

Born 22 Sep 1861 at Cranshaws.

Matron of the Hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. See Newspaper cutting with Photo on page 117.

Married in 1891 to James Morison Topp, police constable. They lived at Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne and had 2 sons William (b 1892) and James (b 1894)..

Was executrix for her father’s will.

Agnes Margaret Pringle (1863-1950)

Born 4^th Dec 1863, Cranshaws.

Married James Morton Hunter, in 1890 at Cranshaws..

The Scotsman, 4th July 1950,

One daughter Dorothy Morton Hunter ( see page 126b ) for full photo

Agnes died 3^rd July 1950, Edinburgh.

Ann McCall Pringle ( 21.2.1866 – 1875 )

Robert Pringle (2.9.1868 – 31.12.1891 )

Sergeant Major David Pringle , 55^th Company N.H.D.C. , Imperial Yeomanry .

Born in 1870 . Fought in 2^nd Boer War ( see page 26 for an account of his experiences from Doorn river Camp ). Was still there when his father died (mentioned in Robert Pringle’s will). Not known if he returned to Scotland. Became Regimental Sergeant Major.

The Davidsons

Anna Pringle ( 1829 –1900 ) married John Davidson (1826 – 1909) , schoolmaster at Leswalt then Lochans. They later retired to Edinburgh.

Anna was the third child of Alexander Pringle and Ann McCall and was born 5^th Oct 1829 at Eccles.

They had 10 children, a son John Muir died aged 5 in 1868, two daughters Anna(b 1858) and Margaret Hamilton ( b 1861 ) died in 1880 and 1882 respectively. Of the remaining seven , 4 became ministers, 2 became doctors, and the surviving daughter married a law professor.

Anna died on 7^th December 1900 , her husband on 30^th March 1909. An obituary for John is on page 62.

Rev Alexander Pringle Davidson M.A. ( 1854 –1935 )

Here is the entry from the Fasti for Alexander Pringle Davidson ( hereafter referred to as APD ):

Married Mary Gemmel Duke: The Times, Friday, Jan 10,1890; pg.1; Issue 32905; col A It’s rumoured in Dunedin that APD didn’t see eye to eye with the man he was sent to help and eventually replace there. From the Otago Witness Jubilee Edition 1898 There is a chapter on APD in History of Knox Church, Dunedin. by John Hislop, written in 1892, before the trouble blew up. When APD left New Zealand he was presented with a beautiful book: here is a description of the book by a descendant of the Johnston family in New Zealand. “Alexander Pringle Davidson was obviously greatly loved not only by the parishioners at Knox but by the whole wider community. The book is a series of signed lists of session and parishioners of Knox Church, parishioners of other Presbyterian Churches around Dunedin, professors of the University and citizens of Dunedin. Each list is on a page and in the border is a watercolour painting by Hawcridge (evidently a great water colourist of the time). The paintings are beautiful and depict various scenes around Dunedin and the Otago region (i.e. our province). It is beautifully bound and is a real joy to see. The dedication at the front is a great tribute to AP Davidson “ “It somehow got back to Scotland but mysteriously was sent back to Knox in the 1950s for the cost of the one guinea postage. It is now at Hocken Library here in Dunedin and can be viewed. It is evidently priceless and has featured on a nTV programme in 1970s called "Antiques for love or money" “ The first 2 of the Davidson’s daughters were born in Dunedin – Dorothy and Anna. Once back in Scotland, it seems that an unforgiving church didn’t give him the sort of responsibility he merited. After 2 years in Edinburgh, where his third daughter Isabella was born he was assigned to Skirling in Lanarkshire, where his son Alexander was born. To the left an article from The Scotsman, 5th Oct. 1909, p. 9, describing the problem at Skirling – too small a congregation. In 1910 he made an unsuccessful application for the position of Chief Librarian at Edinburgh University (The Scotsman, 15th February 1910, page 6 )

An inaccurate ( and inadequate ) obituary from the Scotsman, 1st August 1935, page 12.

APD was not a Lanarkshire man, and spent 4 years not 8 in New Zealand.

APD and Mary had 4 , children, the first two of which born in New Zealand.

Dorothy Grace Davidson ( 1890 - )

Otago Witness, Thursday September 18th 1890

Dorothy attended George Watson’s Ladies College in Edinburgh , where she did very well, winning : - free year’s education for 1906/1907, 1907/1908 (The Scotsman, 26th July 1906, page 7, & 25th July 1907, page 9) ; in 1908 the prize for Scripture Knowledge The Scotsman, 23rd July 1908, page 9 ; and in 1909 she won Gold Medal for the best paper in English and a special prize for best essay. See page 62 (The Scotsman, 22nd July 1909 )

Dorothy read English at Edinburgh University, obtaining medals in 1912 (The Scotsman, 26th June 1912, page 4) In 1914 she graduated MA in English – along with her sister Anna. (The Scotsman, 4th July 1914, page 11)

In 1919 she graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

The Scotsman, 20th December 1919, page 7

Married Dr George M Adam , recipient of Military Cross in WWI – see page 105.

The Scotsman, 1st December 1920, page 12

Sadly George died at Tor-na-dee Hospital near Peterculter on 10^th August 1927, having suffered from lung illness for 2 years and undergoing several operations, and having been forced to retire from practice. Their usual residence at this time was in Brechin Dorothy later moved to Helensburgh.

They had 2 children.

Anna Pringle Davidson ( 1892 - )

Otago Witness, Thursday July 14th 1892

Anna attended George Watson’s Ladies College in Edinburgh , where in 1909 she won a bursary of £100 for educational advancement ( resigned) . See page 62 . The following year she won like her sister the previous year , the prize for best paper in English, and also the prize for best paper in Mathematics, and the prize for the best scholar in Latin. The Scotsman, 21st July 1910, page 5 – and again she won the bursary of £100 for educational advancement

In 1912, at Edinburgh University, she received 8^th prize The Scotsman, 26th June 1912, page 4

In 1914 she graduated MA in English – along with her sister Dorothy. (The Scotsman, 4th July 1914, page 11)

In 1921 she married the Rev. John Forsyth Marshall.

The Scotsman, 27th July 1921, page 12

Isabella Duke Davidson ( 1896 - )

Alexander Whyte Davidson M.C., M.B., F.R.C.S.(E.) ( 1898 - )

Was born 1898 in Skirling. During WW1 served with Seaforth Highlanders, gazetted to Northumberland Fusiliers in 1917 . Awarded Military Cross in 1919 - see page 104 , p 109. After war, graduated in medicine Edinburgh University, made Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons 1926.

London Gazette Issue 31480 published on the 29 July 1919. Page 54 of 136 The Scotsman, 13th November 1925, page 8

married Elizabeth Thubron Balmer The Scotsman, 21st June 1926, page 10 , also The Times, Monday, Jun 21, 1926; pg. 1; Issue 44303; col A The Scotsman, 24th July 1926, page 9

Rev Thomas Davidson M.A. (1856 - 1923)

Here are 2 entries for Thomas in the “Fasti”

See page 43 for preface by TD for Chambers 20^th , thanking brothers Robert Pringle Davidson and David George Davidson and advert for Chambers English Dictionary on page 40 An account of his appointment to Afton, New Cumnock is on page 119 An account of a recital of folk tales by Thomas is on page 26 Obituary on page 110 Here is an obituary from The Times, Tuesday, Jun 19, 1923; pg. 16; Issue 43371; col E From The Scotsman, 18th June 1923, page 5 The Scotsman, 20th June 1923, page 12

Read about Thomas work for Chambers and some of his early definitions at http://www.crossword.org.uk/chambers.htm>   . Here is an e-book about the early dictionary, originally downloaded from the Chambers website during their centenary year. : subject “ Words, Wit and Wisdom”

Anna Davidson ( 1858 –1880 )

Anna was born at Leswalt on 18^th May 1858 and became a teacher. She died at the family home (Lochans School House ) 5^th Dec 1880 of meningitis.

Margaret Hamilton Davidson ( 1861 – 1882 )

Margaret was born at Leswalt on 24 Feb 1861 and named after her paternal grandmother. She died of TB on 12^th July 1882 at Lochans School House.

John Muir Davidson ( 1863 – 1868 )

Was born 17 Mar 1863 Lochans.

Dr David George Davidson M.B. C.M. (1865 -1912)

Born 8^th May 1865 Lochans , Inch, Wigtown to John Davidson and Anna Pringle.

Died 9th September 1912 at Kinlochrannoch.

Graduate Edinburgh University 1889.

Large medical practice in Fountainbridge area of Edinburgh. Lived at 9 Granville Terrace ( his parents home after they retired to Edinburgh) .

Like his brothers assisted in editing the Chambers 20^th Officer of Edinburgh Territorials, Captain in the 3^rd Lowland Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., then Surgeon-Lieutenant 6^th Royal Scots

Married 7^th November 1901 to Mina Macrae, whose sister Lizzie Christie MacRae married Thomas Austen Brown, an Edinburgh artist of some repute. This just about explains the article dated May 17 1912 on page 63. The G Davidson should be DG Davidson. I wonder if the son got to keep the portrait.

David died whilst hill walking in Kinlochrannoch in 1912. He had lost his wife just a few months earlier. See p 115 for a moving obituary.

The Scotsman - Monday, 11th December 1911, page 14

The Scotsman, 10th September 1912, page 4

One son:

John Macrae Davidson MB, CHb ( 1903 - ), Doctor

Born 21^st March 1903, Morningside, Edinburgh.

It is believed their that John went to live with one of his uncles after his parents deaths. He graduated in 1929 from Edinburgh University in medicine and obtained a post at Chalmers Hospital before moving to Burton on Ternet.. Married to Muriel Leighton.

The Scotsman - Tuesday, 22nd November 1927, page 11

The Scotsman - Thursday, 18th July 1929, page 6. The Scotsman - Saturday, 27th July 1929, page 9 The Scotsman - Thursday, 6th June 1935, page 16

Agnes Elizabeth Davidson (1868 – )

Agnes was born 27 March 1868 at Lochans and married William Finlayson Trotter ( 1871 – 1945 ), then an advocate, on 4^th August 1898 at Newington, Edinburgh. They lived for a while at 11 Rothesay Place. William became Professor of Law at Sheffield University and wrote “the law of contract during war” ( p 98 ). . he was appointed to the Kings Counsel in 1912 .On retirement, the Trotters moved to Torquay, but returned to Edinburgh during the war.

William died 8^th February 1945 in Edinburgh, survived by Agnes . The couple had no children.

The Times, Wednesday, Feb 12, 1919; pg. 2; Issue 42022; col C An example of WF Trotter at work: The Times, Wednesday, Apr 30, 1930; pg. 6; Issue 45500; col F See cutting about law chair “Fallout 3” The Times, Saturday, Feb 10, 1945; pg. 1; Issue 50064; col A

The Scotsman, 9th February 1945, page 4

Rev John Davidson M.A. ( 1870 - 1945 )

Born 20^th July 1870 at Lochans and educated at Edinburgh University, New College and Germany. In 1896 he was called to St Martyrs U.F. Church, George IV Bridge

The Scotsman, 30th July 1896, page 4 A literary man like his brothers he had also worked for Chambers. On 5^th June 1905 Married Aileen daughter of Oliphant Smeaton,( a well known author and lecturer, died 1914, Edinburgh ). Earlier that year John’s volume “St Peter and his training” was published.- part of a Oliphant Smeaton’s “Bible Handbook Series” The Scotsman, 9th January 1905, page 2 He was also editor of “ Provincial Letters of Pascal” for Messrs Dent & Co. The Davidsons had at least 4 children, two of whom became missionaries: The Scotsman - Saturday, 19th May 1906, page 16 The Scotsman, 6th May 1911, page 1 The Scotsman, 20th June 1913, page 10 The Scotsman - Tuesday, 7th November 1916, page 8

In 1905 he was called to Dunipace U.F. Church – see page 42 The Scotsman, 4th May 1905, page 7 Member of the General Assembly of the United Free Church (The Scotsman, 2nd April 1913, page 8) He continued to preach in Edinburgh as well: The Scotsman, 28th August 1930, page 8 Scotsman, 26th September 1930, page 11 John died in 1945 The Scotsman - Saturday, 24th November 1945, page 8.

Rev Robert Pringle Davidson

Born 1 Jul 1872 at Lochans. Educated Edinburgh University,

Elected fellow Oxford University.

The Scotsman - Wednesday, 2nd September 1896, page

Graduated MA from Oxford.

Ordination : The Times, Tuesday, May 30, 1899; pg. 13; Issue 35842; col E

Chaplain at Dartmouth Naval School , Assistant Master Malvern College, produced an edition of “Marmion” by Sir Walter Scott, with notes and illustration. ( see page 42 ) . Lived in Edinburgh later in life.

Married Mary Theodora Clarke on Dec 18^th 1909 at Brompton, – see page 62 , who died in 1936.

One daughter, Sylvia married Gavin-Scott Plummer in 1936. Click here to see newspaper cuttings

The Times, Thursday, Mar 05, 1936; pg. 1; Issue 47315; col A

Dr George Adam Davidson M.B. (1874 –1906)

Born16 Oct 1874 at Lochans.

See page 51 for newspaper photo of “The Morning”. Alex says that George gets a mention in Chapter 16 of Scott’ “ Voyage of the Discovery”

For articles relating to his place on the “Morning” ( Antarctic Expedition).see The Times, Monday, Jul 07, 1902; pg. 4

Here is a link to a photograph taken March 1903 of George ( right) with explorer Ernest Shackleton on board the Morning at Lyttelton, New Zealand.
http://digital.natlib.govt.nz/get/24447?profile=access
 at the Alexander Turnbull Library ,

According to page 201 of Pilgrims on the Ice: Robert Falcon Scott's First Antarctic Expedition by T H Baughman, Publisher Nebraska Press, George was appointed ships surgeon on the recommendation of Professor Wylie. 

His death on 19^th March 1906 was reported in The Times, Tuesday, Mar 27, 1906; pg. 1; Issue 37978; col A :

THE WILSONS

Isabella Pringle (1832 –1909) was born 28^th September 1832 , Lambden and married James Wilson ( c1827 –1914), son of William Wilson and Elizabeth Burns, on the 25^th November 1857 at Greenlaw :

James was a farmer, supposedly related to the poets James Mackay Wilson (see cuttings on page 99) and Robert Burns. After their marriage, they farmed at Castlemill ( Greenlaw) , Leitholm Mill ( Eccles) , Wiselaw Mill ( Channelkirk) and Stenmuir ( Hume) . Together they raised 9 children, and all of the sons would become successful farmers . Isabella died on 19^th August 1909 at Stenmuir, and James followed her on 3^rd February 1914. His obituary is on page 119 , and a cutting related to the disposal of his stock on page 123 .

The Scotsman, 20th August 1909, page 8

Photographs:

Pringle Wilson family group

James and Isabella in younger days

James and Isabella in later life

Ann Wilson ( 1857 – 1926 )

born 10 Dec 1857, Greenlaw, married John Thomson , police constable. Died 24 Nov 1926, Galashiels, Selkirk, Scotland p. 117

Elizabeth Wilson (1859 - 1944 ), emigrated to Chicago, Illinois

born 23 Jul 1859, Greenlaw.

Married her 4^th cousin George Bennet ( 1856 – 1936 ?,son of George Bennet and Elizabeth Pringle) * . in 1882 at Wiselaw Mill in Channelkirk . The next time we catch sight of this couple is in the U.S. Census for 1900, living in Chicago with their 3 daughters.

According to this census, they had come to the US in 1882 – perhaps immediately after their marriage. All of their children were enumerated as having been born in Illinois. George is working as a ‘horseshoer’. (In her father James Wilson’s obituary on page 119, it is mentioned that one of his daughters is abroad )

“Other anecdote now reports that the Bennet~Wilsons sent both a harmonium ( as temporary organ ) for Traquair Church and an agricultural corn-binder with a Milwaukee logo, to Alexander Wilson at Newhall, Traquair. That emigrated family were always mindful of the folks at ' home ' in Scotland”.

Elizabeth died on April 20, 1944 at 3304 Walnut Street (Chicago Tribune).

* this finally Explains the handwritten notes on page 50 - both Alex himself and Thomas Pringle of Woodhead were grand-uncles to the Young (Wilson) Bennets of Chicago who were:

Photographs :

Elizabeth Bennet née Wilson

George Bennet and Elizabeth Wilson

Elizabeth Bennet née Wilson at home

Isabelle Bennet (1883 – 1973) , Milliner

Isabelle resided in Elmhurst and died in Jun 1973. According to her obituary she was the past Worthy Matron of Chicago Chapter No. 340 of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Photograph

Elizabeth “Bessie” Bennet (1886 – 1952)

Resided at 205 Hawthorne avenue, Elmhurst . Died Dec 1952. ( Chicago Tribune).

Helen Bennet (1889 – 1986 )

Married a Mr Courtenay – mentioned on her sisters and mother’s obituaries. Died Jun 1986 at Burr Ridge, Cook, Illinois.

Recently discovered amongst the Wilson family photo collection, 2 photographic portraits taken in Chicago – we assume these to be Bessie and Helen :

Bennet Sister 1

Bennet Sister 2

Agnes Wilson ( 1861 - 1948 )

born 10 Jan 1861, Greenlaw.

Married John Simpson a shepherd in 1884 at Channelkirk. They lived at Blackhopebyres in Innerleithen .

Agnes and John had 7 sons : William, James, John, Alexander, Robert, George and Walter (see photograph Simpson family ), some of whom attended Westruther school

Agnes died November 14^th 1948 at Kingsland Hospital, Peebles. The informant was her son Walter Simpson of Blackbyers

William Wilson ( 1862 – 1945 )

born 11 Dec 1862, Greenlaw. Initially William worked as a carpenter , but then switched to farming. He had the farms of Kelphope in Lauderdale and later Legars ( Hume ) as well. At the latter he was joined by his brother James. Married first Margaret Rutherford Scott who died 11 Feb 1924, Kelphope second Agnes Stobie who died 23 Apr 1940, Greenlaw. William died 2 Sep 1945 at Legars. Photograph of Legars ( thanks to Sandra Bain )

The Scotsman, 18th July 1914

Alexander Wilson JP ( 1864 –1948 ) , Farmer at Newhall, Traquair

born 22 Sep 1864, Leitholm, Eccles . Married Agnes Brown b. Abt 1866, d. 31 Jan 1943, Traquair, Peeblesshire.

Children :

James Wilson (1896 - )

Annie Somerville Wilson ( 1898 - )

Isabella Pringle Wilson ( 1899 - )

married Henry Scott Dalgliesh , 4 Jun 1924, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.

Williamina Brown Wilson ( 1901 - )

Agnes Brown Wilson ( 1903 - )

Alexander Pringle Wilson ( 1907 – 1974 )

married Agnes Struthers Richardson . Has descendants.

Isabella Pringle Wilson (1867 - 1937 )

born 29 Jun 1867, Leitholm, Eccles, Berwick, Scotland.

Married Thomas Paterson Scott , a Lauder farm manager on 6^th April 1893 at Wiselawmill, Channelkirk.

Died 1937 – residence Stanley Villa, West Bere, Sturry, Kent, England.

Scotsman, 19^th June 1937

James Wilson ( 1870 -

born 2 Apr 1870, Leitholm, Eccles, Berwick, Scotland

married Cecilia Jane Bertram at Hume Mill, 14^th June 1899. Farmed at Stenmuir with father – was nearly killed by a bull – dog Glen came to the rescue. The wee dog was later rewarded - see page 64 , p 117 , 118 . He then went to Stobswood – see sale notice on p 123. Later he became Farm Manager at Legars , Hume ( with brother William )

A son James was Bowmont Dux , Kelso - see page 115. Later in Hove, Sussex. Their daughter Jane Brownlee Dodds Wilson married James Dickson.

Catherine Wilson ( 1872- )

born 19 Sep 1872, Leitholm.

married Robert Kirk, shepherd on 17^th March 1893 at Wiselaw Mill. After her briether George left Fallsidehills, the Kirk’s took over the tenancy.

George Wilson (1875 – 1929 ) , Grocer, Farmer

born 1875, Leitholm, Eccles.

Married Mary Dickison in 1899 in Edinburgh. At time of his marriage, George was living and working in Peebles, where he had set up a grocer’s business. The couple’s fist 2 children were born in Peebles, then they moved to Leith where 3 children were born.

After his wife’s death in 1910, George moved his family back to Hume, taking the tenancy at Fallsidehills ( p 115 ) , neighbouring farm to Stenmuir. In 1919 he married Sarah Isabella Hogg, widow of accountant George Brown Robson.

In the early 20’s he moved his family to his brother James’ farm at Stobswood , where he remained until the time of his death . George was buried in Rosebank ceremony.

Family Photograph

Photograph of Fallsidehills farmhouse

Phtograph of Children of George Wilson and Mary Dickison

Children by Mary Dickison:

Margaret May Wilson (1900 – 1983) , Landlady

Landlady of several properties in Edinburgh .Married Joseph Mate.

Margaret May Wilson

James Wilson ( 1901 – 1971 ) , Farmer, Innkeeper

Worked with father at Stobswood, later ran Royal Hotel in Duns with wife Marie Gavin. Died in Langholm, Dumfries.Has living descendants.

Andrew Wilson (c1903 – 1973 ) , Surveyor

Emigrated to Nova Scotia where he married Annie.

George Dickison Wilson ( 1904 – 1908)

Mary Dickison Wilson ( 1910 – 1988 )

Married Ralph McDonald ( 1902- 1968 ) . Has living descendants in Moray

Mary Dickison Wilson 1

Mary Dickison Wilson at Fallsidehills

The Reverend John Pringle (1835-1919) of Tarves and his Children

“ one who did more than most to break down the walls of Sectarianism in Buchan”

The following entry from the “Fasti” for the parish of Tarves, gives a summary of John’s life.

Omissions/Errata in Fasti ( left) : Elizabeth married Dr John Scott, Alexander died in 1896 not 1897, Annie’s husband was John Marr. John’s 2^nd wife’s maiden name was Garden not Gordon. Retirement: The Scotsman, 3rd November 1916, page 7 Obituary from the Scotsman, 30th July 1919, page 6:

The Scotsman, 27th March 1891, page 7

See story on page 100 on how John nearly gave up his studies.

John married twice : first in 1857 to Mary Ann Montgomery Dixon Dick and secondly in 1904 to Catherine Garden, widow of John Young. ( p 50 ) .

By Mary Ann, he had eight children , of whom two would follow him into the ministry (Alexander Charles Montgomery and Gordon Campbell) , two would become doctors ( Ernest Edwin and Arthur Maxwell Nicholson) , one a vet ( Frederick James ) , one an insurance clerk ( John Montgomery) , one daughter married a doctor ( Elizabeth Brown Dick) and the other married a local farmer ( Annie Jane ).

“he was always the life and soul of the marriage party” - the Chairman of the Kirk Session of Tarves parish Church on presenting John with a silver salver on his retirement in 1916.

On page 33, there is an account of his speech on the occasion of the centenary of Tarves Parish Church in 1898, described as touching , but personally I find it a little morose . Perhaps the death of his son Alexander had affected him. On the way to Alexander’s funeral , John had an accident , but survived unscathed (see page 62 )

On page 34 , there are photos of the Tarves Manse and Church and of the Rev. John himself, on page 35 a picture of the garden at Tarves , with John and his wife . As I don’t know when the photo was taken, I don’t know if this was Mary Ann or Catherine.

John’s retirement is covered on page 107 , also on page 121 : his death on pages 121 and 122.

A bronze tablet was erected in his memory in the church :

“ To the glory of God and in affectionate memory of John Pringle M.A., for 46 years the faithful minister of this parish. Born January 8th 1835, and died July 25th 1919 . A gentle and upright Christian, the counsellor and friend of his people. He being dead yet speaketh. Erected by the congregation and friends.”

Elizabeth Brown Dick Pringle ( 1858 - )

Elizabeth was born 11th December 1858, Edinburgh. She married Dr John Scott 4^th June 1885. John practised in Manchester. In 1901 they lived at 249 Upper Brook Street Manchester. Elizabeth’s brother , Frederick was boarding with them.

The Scotts had one son born in Lancashire:

Dr James Bethune Scott( c 1888 - )

James graduated in medicine from Manchester University and became a house surgeon at a maternity hospital in Manchester. ( page 65)

He served in the R.A.M.C. during WWI and received the Military Cross. ( page 104 )

Rev Alexander Charles Montgomery Pringle ( 1860 – 1896 )

Was appointed to Demerara, British Guiana.

Accidentally drowned HMS “Para” 1896.

Married Edith Louise Monkhouse who later married Louis Kerr.

A son Hubert Montgomerie Pringle died . p 106 , p 107 , p 119

John Montgomery Pringle ( 1862- 1909 )

Born 30 Apr 1862, Edinburgh. An insurance clerk, who did not marry, he died on 1 Nov 1909 at Laurieston Gardens, after influenza . His cousin DG Davidson attested the cause of death and the informant was his brother Arthur.

Ernest Edwin Pringle (1863 - 1909)

Born 4^th Nov 1863 at Edinburgh. Doctor of medicine - Cutting on page 26 shows exam success , and handwritten notes reveal that he was a “doctor on board whaling ships; 3 years at Moose Fort, Hudson’s Bay; left there with a party of Indians; not since heard of (1909) .” It looks like Alex tried to help in tracking him down – the letter from Rev John Pringle DD on page 102a seems to refer to an earlier letter by Alex enquiring about Ernest )

Reverend Gordon Campbell Pringle DD ( 1865 – 1952 ).

Born 20^th Feb 1865, Edinburgh. Educated at George Watson’s, Edinburgh University , Divinity Hall Church of Scotland.

According to his obituaries ( kindly provided by his grandson in Canada) , Gordon spent 2 or 3 years sheep-ranching In Australia and New Zealand , before being licensed to preach in Ellon, Aberdeenshire in April 27 1892. .He arrived in Canada on May 21 1892. After 3 months each at Hampton and Lorneville, he was ordained September 7^th 1892 in the Calvin Presbyterian Church, St.John. . After 3 years at Lorneville , he was inducted as minister of Kincardine Presbyterian Church – in which position he remained until his death 56 years later , exactly 60 years after he had arrived in Canada.

Obituaries1 Obituaries2

Married 9th Nov 1898 Hattie Louise Le Page, daughter of the Rev Alfred E LePage and Helen Taylor, d Oct 2^nd 1909 see page 63.

According to his obituary he made trips home in 1903 and 1910.

In 1914 he was made Moderator-elect of the Presbytery of St. John’s ( see p 119 ) . According to the account of his 40 year jubilee ( see below) , he was retiring in disposition -

“ One story is told that one occasion he was elected Moderator of Saint John Presbytery, and discharged the duties of his office so efficiently that his brethren were determined that year to elect him to the Office of Moderator of Synod. I need only state, however, that when the time came, Mr. Pringle was not to be found”

An article about his silver jubilee is on page 123 . In the material provided by his grandson, there are cuttings about the celebrations of his 40^th anniversary and then of course the “golden jubilee”. Jubilees1 Jubilees2

Received Doctor of Divinity in 1933 ( see copy of letter on page 133 ). See also GCPringleDD . The cutting on “Fallout 1” is probably related to his “D.D.” .

Children: - see part of letter from Gordon’s daughter Helen Louise on p 130

Helen Louise Pringle ( 1899 - )

Born 7^th December 1899 , Woodstock, New Brunswick Married C.M.Robinson.

Mary Montgomery Pringle ( 1901 – 1977 )

Born 7th Dec 1901, Kincardine, New Brunswick . Married Robert Harris Chapman (1903 – 1966 ) on 12^th August 1925. They had two sons.

Dorothy LePage Pringle ( 1904 - )

Born 30^th April 1904 , Kincardine, New Brunswick . Married Harold V Colpitts 21^st August 1930.

Reverend Gordon Campbell Pringle jnr (1906 –1986 )

Born 28^th July 1906.

Graduate of Woodstock High School, Dalhousie University and Pine Hill Divinity Hall. Page 132

Married Mary ( Mollie) Wynona Freeze on 2^nd September 1932. Mollie died 7^th Feb 2003 .

Hattie Elizabeth Pringle ( 1909 - 2001 )

Born 13^th June 1909 .

. Hattie was a teacher in Sackville and surrounding areas and retired to Moncton.  She passed away on 24th July 2001.
Obituary kindly provided by her great niece Laura Chapman.

Annie Jane Pringle ( 1866 – 1926 )

Born 18^th November 1866, Edinburgh. Married John Marr , an Aberdeenshire farmer and widower on 3^rd June 1902 at Tarves.

Their second son Alexander ( Sandy ) died 2 Oct 1912 aged 7½ . John died on Christmas day 1914.

Annie died on 28^th April 1926 .

John Marr farmed at Cairnbrogie and after his cousin William Smith Marr died in 1904, he took over his tenancy at Uppermill. Both Marr’s were extremely famous in farming circles for their breeding of short-horn cattle of the “Cruickshank type” . The annual sale of Collynie and Uppermill calves was a famous one, with the Marr’s animals often making the papers for having reached national record prices, and for winning prizes at shows all over the British Isles.

John was also a noted breeder of Clydesdale horses.

In 1906 the Inland Revenue sued the trustees of WS Marr as the cattle which had been valued at £9931 for estate duty purposes had fetched £17,772 at the dispersion sale the following year . John Marr argued in court that practically all his farm costs that year had been incurred in getting the cows ready for sale, that 1904 was an exceptional year, that the price had been artificially high due to a buyer from Argentina being present. (The buyer later declared that the majority had to be slaughtered as they failed the Argentine TB test ). For once the courts found against the Revenue . Well done John.

John was the chairman of the Aberdeen Cattle and Farm Produce Association ( Ltd) .

Frederick James Pringle MRCVS ( 1868 - )

Born 18^th April 1868, Edinburgh. In 1901 he was working in Manchester – and living at the Upper Brook Street home of his sister Elizabeth Scott (from the 1901 census ).

By 1913 , he was practising in Ramsgate at West Cliff Road.

See rather faded photo of his house there on page 35

Dr Arthur Maxwell Nicholson Pringle M.B., C.M. Edin, D. Ph. Camb.(1872- )

Born 17^th Jan 1872 , Tarves. In 1901 he was working at a hospital in Pendleton, Lancashire. In 1902 he was living in Salford when his mother died. He married Gertrude Frances Coulton at Eccles, Lancashire in 1903 .

Arthur was chief medical officer for Ipswich from 1906 till 1937.

Like her husband she was a keen golfer. She was Lady Captain of Ipswich Golf Club in 1912 and 1924 . Arthur was club captain in 1921 and president in 1942 . See Ipswich Golf club website www.ipswichgolfclub.com. Arthur represented his club in various matches :

The Times, Thursday, Feb 05, 1914; pg. 12; Issue 40439; col C

The Times, Tuesday, Jan 05, 1932; pg. 4; Issue 46022; col F

The Times, Tuesday, Apr 04, 1922; pg. 5; Issue 42997; col D

In 1910, during his time as medical officer for Ipswich, the borough found itself at the centre of an outbreak of rat plague. See Rat plague The Times, Thursday, Dec 22, 1910 Scrapbook articles relating to Arthur’s time as medical officer of Ipswich on pages 60 , 63 , 64 , 65, 122 .

In 1938 he wrote An Enquiry Into Malnutrition for the Ipswich Committee against Malnutrition.

Arthur and Gertrude had one daughter Margaret who did well at school ( p 130) and married David Kernohan

Margaret Pringle ( 14. Feb 1838 – 1850 )

David Pringle M.A., F.E.I.S., J.P. (1839-1927 ), Schoolmaster, Ednam

Born 8^th Dec 1839 Greenlaw.

David graduated from Edinburgh University, and then was assistant mathematical teacher at Edinburgh High School, and briefly assistant teacher at Mill Hill Grammar school in London, before he took up the post of Schoolmaster at Ednam in 1864.

See page 21 for photo of Schoolhouse, Ednam, where David and family lived until he bought Eden House ( photos on page 49 and 61) shortly before retirement.

Recent photographs :

Eden House

style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Ednam old school and schoolhouse

In 1969 , he was elected chairman of the local branch of the Educational Institute. The following is from the Edinburgh Evening Courant, Thursday Aug 5, 1869

David married Alice Fisher , daughter of Thomas Fisher, farmer, and Mary Ann Spence, on 28^th December 1871 in Eccles, Berwickshire.

They had 3 daughters, all born at Ednam: Mary Ann Spence 17 Feb 1873 , Anabella Waldie b 5 Apr 1875 and Lily Alice Jane b. 1877. Prior to the wedding, at the time of the 1871 census David had had his niece Mary Ann Pringle for company - presumably he was assisting in her education.

In 1892, David purchased the estate of Newmains of West Reston. ( see page 31). As far as I know, he did not live there, as it was bit far from Ednam to “commute”.

Here is a description of Newmains from the Scotsman dated 2nd July 1892

From 1873 onwards all schools were required to maintain a log book. David faithfully kept the Ednam logbook up to date – and some of the entries in it can normally be found on the Ednam School website at http://www.ednam.scotborders.sch.uk/ . ( At the current time the website appears to be under reconstruction. ) This gives a very interesting window on the times – old practices such as “barring out” are mentioned ( where the pupils lock the schoolmaster out) - and on the impact of the social conditions on education ( disease, diet , harvest time, floods ). There are entries relating to some personal events , such as the tragic loss of his daughter Lily. The generosity of the Waldie Griffith family to the school is perhaps reflected in the naming of his daughter Anabella – although her birth certificate only mentions Waldie as a middle name, a couple of sources indicate that her full name was Anabella Waldie Griffith Pringle.

David also tutored privately . Amongst his many school pupils who went on to become teachers, doctors , ministers etc were the Rev. John Cairns, ( see page 113 for obituary) , Rev WT Cairns And the Rev David S Cairns who became moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church.

In 1905 he retired from the school, see page 54 for a description of his farewell presentation from his pupils (they gave him gold-rimmed sunglasses – cool ) and for the dinner ( menu card on page 54a) held in his honour at the CrossKeys Hotel, where he was presented with a roll-top desk. Amongst those present were Richard Waldie Griffith , a nephew of Principal Cairns , and James Nisbet (of Lambden, once his father’s employer). The discussions, still fairly sober, toasts to the King, the army etc, are reported further on page 55, ( see also menu with David’s photo on it) , on page 56 things are getting more jocular, we learn that David as a young man had a “fine flowing beard which was the admiration and the envy of the whole of the scholars” , also that he had increased the school roll from 13 to 140. By page 57 , it sounds as though they were really “fleeing” and of course a member of the Sime family recites “Tam o’Shanter” (as Simes often do)

A cutting on page 62 makes reference to David’s time as headmaster.

After his retirement from teaching, David continued as Clerk and treasurer of the School Board, a position he had held since about 1872.

In the period 1908 – 1915, David placed at least 9 ads in the Scotsman for Assistant Female Teachers – such as this one. One wonders what the trouble was .

He retired from this position in 1915 , on which occasion he was presented with a silver inkstand – see page 107

David also occupied the position of Parish Registrar for 53 years . ( see Page 77) ,

A Unionist, he continued his involvement in politics meetings: this article appears in the Scotsman of 21st December 1909. See also page 57 where a “Radical” newspaper has a dig at him.

In July 1913 he is appointed as a Justice of the Peace :

From the Scotsman, 10th July 1913.

Alice died at Eden House on April 13th 1920. A small reference to her death is on p 94 .

David died at his home, Eden House, on 16^th March 1927 . He had been succeeded by George McDonald not only as headmaster, but also as parish registrar. George entered David’s occupation on his death certificate and also on Alice’s as Schoolmaster “Retired”. A lengthy obituary appears on pages 124 and 125.

Below is the one which appeared in the Scotsman :

The Scotsman, 18th March 1927, page 7

David and Alison are buried at Ednam parish church –

Photo of David Pringle, Alice Fisher gravestone

Photo of Ednam Parish Churchyard

Mary Ann Spence Pringle (1873 - 1955)

Mary graduated as a school teacher in 1895 at Aberdeen.

Mary married Frederick Finlayson, postmaster of Ecclefechan, on.28 Oct 1904 at Roxburgh Hotel, Edinburgh ( see 50 for an account of the wedding gifts she received from the Women’s guild and the Quoiting club).Marriage service conducted by AP Davidson, her cousin, now returned from New Zealand. Mary Ann died in Kirkcudbright on 3^rd June 1955. She was survived by her husband who lived to be 100 .

Photographs of Mary Ann and Frederick Finlayson

Children :

Aileen Anne Pringle Finlayson ( 1906 - 1951 )

The Scotsman, 30th April 1906, page 10

See Page 109 for a cutting on Aileen’s success in the Civil Service examinations.

Aileen married Brian Gjemre Daly, a doctor. Sadly Aileen died at Dechmont, West Lothian on March 30^th 1951, predeceasing both her parents.

Photos of Aileen and Charles Pringle Finlayson

Charles Pringle Finlayson M.A. Dip. Pal (1911 - 1985 )

The Scotsman, 6th June 1911, page 10

Charles was keeper of the MSS, Edinburgh University Library from 1946-1978 and author of many articles, particularly for "The Scots Magazine" and the "University of Edinburgh Journal"; his detailed study of the collection which founded the University Library, "Clement Litill and his Library", was published in 1980 by the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society and the Friends of Edinburgh University Library to coincide with the Library's 400 anniversary

See p 113.

Click here to see an obituary for Charles, kindly provided by his niece.

Anabella Waldie Pringle (1875-1952)

Anabella (usually shortened to Ana) was a pupil teacher at her father’s school (Ednam) by the age of 16. She then attended teacher training college in Aberdeen, before going on to take an M.A. at Edinburgh University, graduating on 9^th April 1903.

On Aug 1 1903, in Singapore, Anabella married Major William Middleton Sime (1873-1943) , who would later found Sime Darby in Malaysia -. see page 45

Prior to her departure, she was presented with a silver teas service by the Rev John Burleigh - see page 44

Anabella and William spent much of their early married years in Singapore, with frequent return journeys to Scotland where their children were educated. In 1925, William purchased Darnhall Mains from Viscount Elibank ( see page 123 ) , which remained in the family hands till the 1960’s. See also 113, 126b and 129 for some of the social events which took place at Darnhall. Page 109 has a cutting about a tea-party at Ednam where her children provide the entertainment.

Three of their remarkable children made it comfortably into their 90’s, sadly only one is still alive , having sailed by himself from Scotland to Australia and struck gold..

Descendants in Scotland, England, Australia, South Africa and Belgium - including ME.

Photographs of Ana Ana Teacher Graduation , Ana in Singapore ( thanks to the Bell family )

Lily Alice Jane Pringle ( 1877-1882).

Lily died on May 15th 1882 at Ednam aged 5 , of tubercular meningitis. Her illness and her passing were recorded by her father in the Ednam School Log book

1882 5th May
Lily, my youngest child, lying seriously ill and school conducted on Friday by Mr Ferguson, my former Pupil Teacher.

1882 8th May
School standing about 2 inches deep with water, caused by a remarkable rainfall yesterday (Sunday) and the pipes were not sufficient to carry the water off. The door-step being too low the water found its way into the Schoolroom and Class-room. The floor today was so wet that we found it necessary to dismiss the Scholars. Measles have broken out in epidemic form and most of the Scholars who have not had them before are now lying therewith.

1882 15th May
Lily, my youngest child, died today, and made a sad blank in School and house.

NB the above logbook was available to view at The Ednam Primary School website, but the site seems to be under reconstruction.

Alexander Pringle M.A. B.S.c. ( 1842 – 1934 ), Assistant Curator , Author and Fond Uncle

See above.

THE NEW ZEALAND JOHNSTONS
Agnes McCall Pringle (1846 –1875) married James Brown Johnston (c 1841 – 1890) , Architect

James ( born c1841 , Norham – just south of the Border to John Johnston and Agnes Brown) and Agnes ( born 21^st August 1846 ) were married at Lambden on 16^th Sep 1868. The witnesses to the marriage were two of the Nisbets. At the time James was already working in London (at Tolmer’s Square, Hampstead Road) and the family lived there at Whittlebury Street until at least January 1872. The first of their children James was born at Lambden on 14^th August 1869, his mother apparently having returned home for the birth of her first child. The second child Alexander Pringle Johnston was born 5^th January 1872 in St. Pancras, London ( and not in Sacramento as stated in the scrapbook).

On 3^rd August 1872, the SS Abyssinia arrived from Liverpool at New York, bearing the young Johnston family. It would appear they must have then crossed over to the West Coast and sailed onward from (probably) San Francisco. A shipping notice in the Southern Cross, Auckland in October 1872 mentions the arrival of a J B Johnston and this may signal the arrival of the family in New Zealand.

On 14^th Dec 1873 , Agnes gave birth to their third child, Annie Kartigi Johnston at Trotters Creek, Oamaru, Otago ( South Island) . Sadly Agnes died on the 6^th August 1875 after giving birth to their daughter. just short of her 29^th birthday.

James’s sister Margaret had also come to Oamaru. SadlyOamaru ( not known when ) . Unfortunately she died in 1876. 1876 and is buried in the adjacent plot to Agnes.

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On page 22 there is a photo of Agnes’s gravestone. Below a recent picture of the stone, to which her husband’s name has been added.( photograph thanks to Karen McLeod )

James and Agnes’ children:

James Johnston born Lambden

Alexander Pringle Johnston , born London

Annie Kartigi Johnston, born New Zealand, married Andrew McBeth and died in New South Wales.

James Johnston seems to have had “ants in his pants” to quote one of his descendants. By the time he died in 1890, he had lived and worked in Scotland, London, New Zealand and Australia – and probably California as well .

In 1869 , when he married Agnes , he described himself as an organ-builder. On the 1871 census, he is a builder, thereafter in New Zealand he is an architect. And what an architect. Some examples of his buildings:

Smiths Grain Store 1881 –1882 , International Architecture Database, http://www.archinform.net “Probably New Zealand's most elegant grain store” “more like a temple of art than a grain store”

Waitaki County Council Chambers, 1882 Photo from North Otago Museum Oamaru styles itself “New Zealand’s capital of Victorian Architecture”. Many of the buildings were crafted from the creamy-white limestone quarried nearby. For more information see: http://www.historicoamaru.co.nz/ Other buildings by James: Waitaki House ( 1876-77), London House ( 1877), Globe Hotel (1881) , ( From “Forrester and Lemon” by P Conall McCarthy. According to the Curator of North Otago Museum, of the 113 tenders in 1882, James received 26.

About 1885 , James moved on to Orbost, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, where he died July 12^th 1890 at 17 Mile Camp , MacKenzie Diggings. (Death notice on page 26 – Abbost appears to be a misspelling) .

Descendants in New Zealand today include a popular barrister and the proprietress of a ballet school .

Click here to read an interesting account of James Brown Johnston’s life written by his descendant Kenneth Johnston

James Johnston ( 1869 – 1930 ) , Publisher

James was born 14^th August 1869 at Lambden, his mother Agnes evidently having left home in London to be with her family for the birth of her first child.

James attended Oamaru North School where he was Dux. He left in December 1883 – destination “gone to sea”

.On page 22 , there is a photo of James on his bicycle with his brother taken in 1894. Beneath the photo Alex quotes James, who must have written to him about his success in cycling events that year.

Some more details of his cycling prowess from the Otago Witness of Thursday April 12th 1894 :

James married Annie Greer ( born 1877 to Jas. William Greer and Margaret McGeenty) on 14th January 1897 , at Dunedin . ( page 38 ) . A photo of their home at Eglinton Road is on page 61

He withwas well known in nautical circles enjoying racing success with the motor launch “Komuri” , which he built – see page 120, which also describes a very expensive Fiat which he purchased at a motor-show.

To see a photograph of the Komuri – please click here. ( Photograph kindly provided by Kenneth Johnston, great-grandson of James. ) In 1915 a book entitled “With Komuri in Southern Waters'” was published by James Greer Johnston ( James’ son) and George Elvidge, a friend of the family. The book is subtitled 'being an authentic account of the cruise of the yacht 'Komuri', January 10th to 17th, 1915

An obituary in a Borders newspaper (surely the details came from Alex ?) is on page 132.

According to this obituary, James gained his mates certificate on clipper ships, and worked in America before joining the Bank of New Zealand, and then becoming South Island Manager of the Colonial Mutual Insurance company.

He then started his own publishing business: James Johnston Ltd later Johnston, Sons & Co - see pages 109 and 129 for examples of stationery, and advertisement . According to this advertisement dated 1931, the company had been publishing good books since 1878 . Since James was only 9 in 1878, one wonders if his father was originally involved - or perhaps he took over some other publishing business.

Their children:

James Greer Johnston ( 1897 – 1979 )

Otago Witness, Nov 18 1897, p33

married Dorothy Gladys MacPherson 22 Aug. 1918. ( Page 120 ) and had two children.

Alexander Pringle Johnston ( 1900 - 1983 )

Married Nellie Gwendolyn Marjorie Brookes 9 Oct 1923.

Company Manager, Dunedin.

In 1917 , he won the Jubilee Memorial Fund Prize – see page 120 . A good golfer – see page 132 .

One son of the same name, who predeceased him.

A daughter Betty died in a road accident in Switzerland.

Leonard Arthur Johnston ( 1905 - )

Married, one son.

Cecil Robert Johnston ( 1907 - 1990 )

m Gwendoline Daisy Bates 29^th July 1931 . See Wedding photos on p 131.

One son.

Dorothy Irene Johnston ( 1912 - )

On page 125 there is a lovely letter from Dorothy to Alex . Dorothy studied with Trinity Music College. Some Exam results are on page 125 and 132. Dorothy married and had 2 daughters.

William Eric Johnston ( 1917 – c1935 )

Birth Notice on Page 120.

William died aged eighteen in a motorcycle accident.

Kenneth Johnston has provided 2 wonderful photographs of the Johnston family.

Picnic at Broad Bay

Johnston family portrait

Alexander Pringle Johnston (1872 - ) , Farmer

NB the note to the right of the picture on page 22 of the scrapbook indicates he was born in Sacramento, California – he was actually born in St. Pancras, London ( from birth certificate kindly supplied by Johnston family , New Zealand).

Attended Oamaru North School .

Farmed at Maurewhenua near Duntroon, Otago, New Zealand.

Father of Minnie Alexandra Pringle.

Not known what became of him after 1900.

Annie Kartigi Johnston ( 1873-1940)

married Andrew Charles McBeth and died 1940 in New South Wales

James Pringle ( c1806 - 1877 ) and Joan(na) Wanless ( c1806 - 1884) of Markham

Note James’ baptism has not been found in the records. From the 1861 and 1871 census data , he was born sometime around 1804 - 1806. James married Joan Wanless in Vaughan , York County, Ontario on 2 Oct 1834.

Joan was the sister of William Wanless , schoolteacher at Longformacus. Many of William’s children emigrated to Ontario , including John Wanless, a jeweller ( death notice on page 107). A school, a park and several streets in Toronto were named after either him or his son (also John Wanless, a jeweller). Years later John senior’s daughter Mrs Scott made a trip “home” to Scotland in – see p 132 . For anyone interested in Joan Wanless’s genealogy or indeed any Wanless genealogy , Holly Wanless Cochrane has a wonderful website http://www.wanlessweb.org/

James is thought to have emigrated around 1832 , along with brother John to Canada, coming first to “Hogg’s Hollow”, before settling in Markham. As Joan’s sister Jessie is known to have emigrated around this time , it seems entirely possible that the Wanless sisters and the Pringle brothers travelled together , and may have known each other in Scotland . Perhaps we’ll never know. Certainly Jessie married George Brack ( also of Berwickshire) and settled in Vaughan – where James and Joan married.

James established himself as a “Waggon maker” - continuing in the traditional Pringle craft of wrightsmanship. . When he died , the business was carried on by 2 of his sons Robert and George. Here are some adverts :

Friday, April 15, 1881 , The Markham Sun The boys were regular prize winners at county fairs: Friday, October 21, 1881, The Markham Sun

Thursday, December 25, 1890, the Markham Economist They had a fair bit of business with the town council – an example - Markham Economist , Thursday, July 30, 1891

James is mentioned in the biography of his son Robert in “A History of Toronto and County of York” published on 1885, also online at http://www.historyoftoronto.ca/history/bios/markvillagePW.html . However there may be some inaccuracies.

Derived from 1861 census data transcribed by Craig Bowen, Ontario Genweb, http://www.census-sense.com/ogw/transcript.asp?id=3680&pg=118

their children included Robert ( c 1835) , George ( C1836 ) , Jennet ( c 1838) James c1841 , William ( c 1844 ),

Margaret ( c1846 ) John (c1847) and Amy (c1850 )

According to a letter sent by Howard Pringle, a descendant of James, to W M P Sime, James died on 29 Oct 1877. This seems likely as James appears in the head of household index to the 1871 Census, but by the 1881 census, Joan is a widow. Joan died 12 Nov 1884 at Markham ( Markham Economist)..

Robert Pringle ( c 1835 – 1923 )

Robert carried on the wagon business with brother George

He married (1) Mary Ann White and had 3 Children :

Clara Augusta Pringle ( c1865 – 13 Feb 1914 , Markham ) , Spinster

Did not marry.

William Pringle ( b 10 July 1866 ) , Carriage Trimmer

married Laura Herrick in 1896, had several children including:

Archie Russel Pringle ( 28/21897 – 27/2/1968), Druggist

Married Margaret Adair 1917 at Trenton , Hastings County, Ontario

Had children including Gordon who died 1968 Toronto

William Harvey Pringle ( 25/11/1898 - )

William enlisted fir World War I. His enlistment papers can be viewed online at Archives Canada:

http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=pringle&s2=harvey&s3=&Sect4=AND&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect5=CEF6PEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=CEF6&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010602_e.html&r=1&f=G

Elsie Mary Pringle (13/4/1902-)

Douglass Franklin “Frank” Pringle (20.5.1907 - )

Stanley Grant Pringle ( 1909 – 1978)

Married Marjorie Poulton

Margaret Lyons née Pringle

Grace Ferrier née Pringle

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Franklin James Pringle (1869- 1966 )

Born 24th November 1869

Married Eva Label Venstone Johnson.

Died 19^th March 1966 Oshawa, Ontario,

Robert married (2) Rosanna Nighswander on 7 Jun 1876 , by whom he had 4 children.

Charles Howard Pringle ( 1877 – 1948), Purchasing Agent

Born,6 Jun 1877, Markham)

See page 106 for an account of his lucky escape when he was aboard the White Star Line liner “Arabic” that was torpedoed of the coast of Ireland in 1915. The German navy initially claimed that the Arabic was trying to ram the submarine, this was later retracted.

Here is another article from the Toronto Star of September 11th 1915 . continued next column This is from the Scotsman of 21 August 1915.

Charles married Ethel Monkton on 28^th April 1910 in Toronto and died on 31 July 1948 .

Surviving children are listed below.

Doris Eileen Lewis née Pringle ( 1911 – 1985 )

Doris was a graduate of the University of Toronto. She had a distinguished career at the University of Waterloo, becoming the first Chief Librarian there in 1959 . In 1976 the Doris Lewis Rare Book room was opened in her honour.

The attached link give more details , including a very nice photograph of Doris.

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/SpecColl/dorislewis.html

Doris married Marshall Ernst Lewis 17^th October 1936 in Toronto.

Howard Monckton Pringle (1912-2003)

Born 27^th October 1912 Toronto, married Mary , died 15 April 2003.

Howard flew in the Royal Canadian Airforce during WW2 and was awarded the D.F.C.

Further details of his airforce career can be found at

http://www.airforce.ca/wwii/ALPHA-PR.html

Howard was keen on genealogy and reinitiated the transatlantic correspondence between the Canadian and Scottish branches of the family.

Margaret Elizabeth “Peggy” Burnet née Pringle ( c1914 – 2005 )

Married Sylvester Clifford Burnet in 1937

Catherine Reesor Blair née Pringle ( c1917 – 1995 )

Married William Edgar Blair on 12^th October 1940 at Toronto and died 12 Ocober 1995 in Oshawa.

Robert Bruce “Bobby” Pringle ( 1879 - )

Born 7 May 1879, Markham

Lacrosse star . see p 107

Fought in WWI . At the time of his enlistment he was a ledger keeper. His enlistment papers can be viewed on-line at Archives Canada :

http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=pringle&s2=robert&s3=&Sect4=AND&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect5=CEF6PEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=CEF6&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010602_e.html&r=2&f=G

Bobby married Margaret Kilpatrick in Renfrew County in 1902.

A son Robert Reginald Pringle was born 4^th October 1903 in Nipissing, Ontario.

In the 1911 Census, Robert Reginald is with his maternal grandparents in Copper Cliff , whilst his parents are in Ottawa, where Robert was a civil servant and played for the Ottawa Capitals.

On the other side of the Pond, the Pringles were also good students. The Markham press carried the monthly school attendance reports and the Pringles were regularly mentioned.

Thursday, November 19, 1891 Thursday, December 29, 1892, Markham Economist

Thursday, March 3, 1892, Markham Economist

Laura Reesor Pringle ( 1881 –1966 ), schoolteacher

Born 26 Nov 1881 , married Arthur Hood d 1945.

Mentioned in article about Markham Fair - Link removed as it no longer works !

Mina Marion Pringle ( b 29^th May 1886)

With parents on 1911 Census.

George Pringle ( c1837 - )

Carried on the family business with his brother Robert. Married 4 times:

( 1) Catherine Burgess on 9^th March 1865 2 Children , Willard (23 Oct 1866 ) blacksmith, and Walter Leslie (3 Dec 1868 )

!2) Margaret Burgess 24 Jun 1878, 2 children Lily Ellen (4 Feb 1879 - 22 Jan 1891), Minnie May b 13 May 1880 married Henry Jacob McGie 12^th Feb 1917 in York, Ontario.

(3- Martha Cecilia Widman on 7 Oct 1881 , I daughter Nellie Augusta (24 Nov 1882 - 25 Jan 1891)

(4) Catherine Mary Fretz on 13 Jul 1886 at Pickering. Catherine died in Markham on 25 March 1910.

Thursday, January 29, 1891, Markham Economist

Jennet Pringle ( c1838 - )

Appears with family on 1851 Census, but not on 1861 .

James Pringle( 1841 - 1936) , jeweller, watchmaker

Jeweller married a Scottish girl Jennie Bell 9 Jan 1872 at Markham. At this time he was living in Aurora, York County.

5 known children below: By the time their first son was born in 1872 they were living in Hespeler, Waterloo South.

James Douglas (1872 – 1957 ) , photographer co-founder of Pringle & Booth Ltd.

Born 29^th December 1872 in Hespeler, At the time of the 1901 census he was still at home with his father in Hespeler and his occupation was given as weaver. By the time he married Geoegina Mary Ryan in 1908 in Berlin, Waterloo, he has moved to Toronto and become a photographer. On page 127 you can see the photograph of the Prince of Wales referred to in his obituary below;

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Mary Augusta Carroll née Pringle (1875 – 1968 )

Mary Augusta Pringle was born on 12 June 1875 in Hespeler . In the 1901 Census she is housekeeper to her father and brothers Frank and James Douglas. She married Thomas Joseph Carroll on 10^th April 1907 at Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario. Children include Frank E Carroll born 1907 and Dorothea Carroll who married a Mr Adlers.

Robert Edgar Pringle (1877- )

Born 10^th July 1877 Hespeler. Not sighted after 1881 census.

William Rolph Pringle ( 1881 - )

Born 11 Sep 1881 Hespeler. Not with family on 1901 Census.

Frank Reginald Pringle ( 1887 - ).

Born 22 April 1887 in Hespeler. Occupation Ad. Writer. Married Ethel Consley on 9 Sep 1914 in Toronto.

Had children including James Murray Pringle who died in 1964. Ethel died in 1960 and Frank was still alive at that time.

William (c 1844 –1866 ) painter

Married Aberdeen born Lavinia Nichol on 11 January 1865 at Wellington, Ontario.

Sadly William died on 22 Mar 1866 of consumption.

Margaret ( c1846 - )

Appears with family on 1851 and 1861 Census.

John Pringle ( 1848 - 1915 ) , Painter

Born 1 Jan 1848 , Markham .

Married Harriet Tracy 21 Jul 1871.

Died 22 May 1915 , Brantford at home of daughter Mrs F P Scott - see page 107.

Also on page 117 , John receives a visit from his daughters Mrs Scott and Mrs Hamburg.

Harriet died 16 March 1930 at the home of her daughter Mabel Kennedy in Agincourt, Scarboro.

Known Children of John and Harriet:

Ada Mae Hamburg née Pringle (1873- )

born 22 Jan 1873 married William Hamburg on 25 July 1899 , one son named David John “Jack”.

Jessie Agusta Scott née Pringle (1876 – 1918)

born 14 May 1876, married Fred W Scott on 16 July 1902 in Markham.

Died 13 April 1918 in Brantford, Ontario.

Mabel Louise Kennedy née Pringle ( 1877- )

born 21 Jan 1877 . Married James Weir Kennedy on 31^st January 1906 in Markham. A son called Harry Pringle Kennedy, born in Agincourt, Scarboro, Ontario..

Cassel Vincent “Cass” Pringle (1882 - )

born 22 Aug 1882 Markham , married Gertrude Shaw on 30 September 1908 in Parry Sound, Humphrey, Ontario.

Cass and Gertrude had several children in Aurora, York County, Ontario.

Mentioned along with cousin Laura on Markham District High School website:

http://www.mdhsreunion.ca/mdhs_in_1896.htm

Amy ( c 1850 - )

Mentioned on 1861 census.

The Genealogy of the Pringles.

Although these notes were intended to carry on the “scrapbook” theme rather than provide a full genealogy …. since Alex did mention them in his scrapbook ….

Thomas Pringle of Woodheads (c 1846 –1914) , Farmer.

See page 50 . Hand written note by Alex says that Thomas was his 3^rd cousin.

A bit of research reveals Thomas to be the son of James Pringle ( 1801 – 1895 ) and Alison Sudden

.James was a farmer who had 2 children whilst married to his first wife, Helen Black , then 5 more with Alison ; all in Eccles or Greenlaw – so they probably knew “our” line .James would have been the second cousin of Alexander, the land steward. James’ parents were John Pringle, a blacksmith and Catherine Dickson; who had several children in Innerwick , East Lothian and later Duns, Berwickshire – around the same time as Robert Pringle ( his cousin ) and Isabella Purves.

I haven’t yet worked out who John’s parents were. Presumably his father was a brother of Robert Pringle who married Margaret Weir.

Thomas of Woodhead’s sister Elizabeth, married George Bennet –It is their grandchildren , Alex refers to as the young (Wilson) Bennets of Chicago on page 50 .( See also Elizabeth Wilson above) Nephew Thomas Bennet , of Danskine , Gifford was the informant on Thomas’ death certificate.

Isabella Jane Sudden may have been a sister of Alison Sudden, the Mr Pringle of East Linton, late of Luggate referred to is almost certainly John Pringle, who farmed at Luggate with his brother Joshua . These two were the sons of James Pringle and Helen Black.

Going Way Back ?

What we know is that there is a gravestone in the Old Churchyard of Preston, Parish of Bonkyl and Preston , according to "Pre-1855 Tombstone Inscriptions" published by David C Cargill :

entry 67:

Robert Pringle, Sometime residing in Preston d there 1.2.1820, 81 years, 2 ch. d. young, wife Margaret Weir , 7.8.1830 82 years , son Robert d at Thirlington 4.2.1845 66 years, Forebears: - James Pringle, wright in Preston d 11 .11. 1738 and his son James ( b 17th 1704) also wright there.

Also from Alex’ book “The Records of the Pringles or Hoppringles of the Scottish Border” on page

“According to the records George Pringle was represented in 1676 by William Pringle in Little Billie and David in Lintlaw, followed by James Pringle, wright in Preston 1704; Robert, wright in Lintlaw, who died in 1820; and Robert, wright there and in Thirlington where he died in 1845 and of whose family of five sons all, except the eldest Alexander, emigrated, like many of their relations, to Ontario (T. L.) (Jonet Pringill, 1676).”

This seems to imply there was James (? – 1738) , who was the father of James (1704 - ? ), who was the father of Robert (c1739 - 1820 ) who was the father of Robert (c1778 -1845 ).

However , I have studied the old parish records of Bonkyl and Preston , and I keep coming up with the feeling that there is either a generation missing, or that the name of the man born 1704 was Robert not James.

The baptism of a son of a James Pringle in Prestouns ( Preston) on 17th December 1704 is found in the OPR – but doesn’t state the name of the son.

A Robert is baptised 27^th May 1739 – but the father is a Robert not a James:

This father Robert would appear to have been married to Jean Wilson on 25^th May 1735

So my suggestion is that either the son born 1704 was Robert not James or there is an extra generation (implying marriage at a very young age for 2 generations.) However there was a James having children in the parish around the 1730’s – but there are no Robert’s born to him and baptised in the parish . However there is no guarantee that Robert was born in Bunkle or that he was baptised in the Church of Scotland – so maybe we’ll never know.

Another clue might be the gravestone next to “our one” – here the inscription is for James Pringle and Beatrice Sligh. ( James birth year is also consistent with him being a son of Robert Pringle/ Jean Wilson. )

Some More Branches ?

Returning to Robert Pringle and Isabella Purves , their children were :

Alexander ( c 1804 – 1886) , Land Steward , Lambden – see above

James ( c 1806 –1877); Waggon Maker , Markham, Ontario – see above

Robert (1811- .) , Master Joiner, emigrated to Ontario

Robert was born 28^th March 1811 in Duns. He lived at Thirlington with his parents and after his father Robert’s death he remained there , carrying on a trade , like his father as a master joiner, employing 8 persons. In 1846 he married Isabella Downie , and whilst still in Scotland they had  4 daughters: Agnes 1848, Isabella 1849,  Catherine 1851 and Margaret 1853. , and after the birth of 4 daughters, the family emigrated around 1855On 16th April 1855, young Isabella died at Thirlington,  and less than two months later the family set sail from Liverpool  for the US aboard the "City of Mobile" The ship arrived in New York on 18 Jun 1855. The family went on to Ontario where they settled in the Glenesk area.

John ( 1813- 1892 ) .

John was born 14/6/1813 in Duns . It is thought he emigrated with brother James to Ontario in 1832. It seems very likely that our John is the same fellow who married Jane Younie in Markham in 1836 and later farmed at Fullarton. This couple are buried in St Mary’s cemetery Perth Blanshard, and the age given on the inscription for John about a month off his age per the parish registers. There are many descendants and I hope to find one of them who can confirm he’s “our John”.

David ( 1816 - ).

David was born 11^th Feb 1816 in Duns, and was also a wright by trade. By 1851 he was living at Hassington ( also in the parish of Eccles)- , unmarried , with his unmarried sister Margaret, and his widowed mother Isabella Purves. After the death of Isabella in 1856 ( for which David was the informant) , David and Margaret do not appear in the Scottish records. It is thought they went to Ontario as well, but I haven’t found them there in any census records yet..

Margaret (1818 - )

Born 30th March 1818 Duns. See David.

PERSONALIA ET PRINGLEANA – ALEX. PRINGLE M.A. B.Sc 1

Alexander Pringle BSc MA ( 1842 –1934 ) 6

Mary Lillian Thomas , Alex’ Wife 8

Friends and Correspondents 8

Sir Edwin Arnold K.C.I.E.( 1832 –1904) 8

Edwin Lester Arnold ( 1857 – 1935) 9

Sir Francis Henry Laking, Bart., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., M.D. ( 1847 – 1914 ) 9

Henry Davis Pochin ( 1824-1895 ) 10

Agnes Pochin ( née Heap) (1825-1908) 10

Lady Abercromby ( Laura McLaren née Pochin) married Lord Abercromby ( Sir Charles B B McLaren ) 11

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William Dillwyn Sims ( 1825 – 1895 ) 11

John Dillwyn Sims ( 1862-1905 ) 11

Rev George Brown (c1842 – 1892), 12

Sir Archibald Geikie O.M., (1835 - 1924 ), 12

EDWARD SALISBURY DANA (1849-1935 ) 13

THE BURN FAMILY 13

Forbes Burn (b 1853 - d in Australia ) 13

Isabella “Isa” Burn ( 1859 – 1924 ) 13

His Family 13

Alexander Pringle (c1804 – 1886), Land Steward 13

Robert Pringle (1827 - 1901) Schoolmaster Cranshaws 17

The Davidsons 19

THE WILSONS 28

The Reverend John Pringle (1835-1919) of Tarves and his Children 32

Margaret Pringle ( 14. Feb 1838 – 1850 ) 36

David Pringle M.A., F.E.I.S., J.P. (1839-1927 ), Schoolmaster, Ednam 36

Alexander Pringle M.A. B.S.c. ( 1842 – 1934 ), Assistant Curator , Author and Fond Uncle 41

THE NEW ZEALAND JOHNSTONS Agnes McCall Pringle (1846 –1875) married James Brown Johnston (c 1841 – 1890) , Architect 41

James Pringle ( c1806 - 1877 ) and Joan(na) Wanless ( c1806 - 1884) of Markham 44

Robert Pringle ( c 1835 – 1923 ) 46

George Pringle ( c1837 - ) 51

Jennet Pringle ( c1838 - ) 51

James Pringle( 1841 - 1936) , jeweller, watchmaker 51

William (c 1844 –1866 ) painter 53

Margaret ( c1846 - ) 53

John Pringle ( 1848 - 1915 ) , Painter 53

Amy ( c 1850 - ) 54

The Genealogy of the Pringles. 54

Thomas Pringle of Woodheads (c 1846 –1914) , Farmer. 54

Going Way Back ? 54

Some More Branches ? 55

Alexander ( c 1804 – 1886) , Land Steward , Lambden – see above 55

James ( c 1806 –1877); Waggon Maker , Markham, Ontario – see above 55

Robert (1811- .) , Master Joiner, emigrated to Ontario 55

John ( 1813- 1892 ) . 55

David ( 1816 - ). 55

Margaret (1818 - ) 56