4 Halketburn Road, Skelmorlie
Photos: 1. Aerial picture of Ardoch taken in the 1960s. Source: Mrs M Blanche. 2. 1910 Ordinance Survey Map. 3. Ardoch from North. Source: ND 2. Ardoch from East. Source: ND.
| Owners | Dates | Notes/Alterations |
|---|---|---|
| The Earl of Eglinton & Winton | Land owner | |
| MR & Mrs William Oswald | Circa 1891 – 1919 | Rowanlea built and feu contract signed |
| Mr Alexander Morgan | 1919 – 1923 | |
| Miss Agnes Robson | 1923 – 1927 | |
| Isabella Young | 1927 – 1929 | |
| Mr Peter Ewing | 1929 – 1938 | |
| Mr Robert Harold Beckett | 1938 – 1939 | House renamed Avon-dhu |
| Mrs Margaret Bissett | 1939 – 1940 | |
| Mrs A Percival & Miss G Cant | 1940 – 1949 | |
| Mr & Mrs Francis Hortsmann | 1949 – 1950 | House renamed Uphill Cottage |
| Mrs Marion Allan | 1950 – 1959 | House renamed Rowanlea |
| Mrs Mary Rodger | 1959 | House renamed Ardoch |
| Mr & Mrs David Blanche | 1959 – 1982 |
About the house
Ardoch is situated between Belmar to the south and Halketburn Road and Glengyron to the north. The original driveway was accessed from Skelmorlie Castle Road, or the High Road as it was then known. Today, the main driveway is accessed via Halketburn Road. [1][2]
The history of Ardoch is unusual. The 1891 census clearly shows the Oswald family living at a house called Rowanlea on Skelmorlie Castle Road, but the feu contract between the Earl of Eglinton and William Wyld Oswald was not signed until July 1897. [1][8]
Author’s note: Typically, the feu contract comes first, as it contains conditions that need to be applied during the build. We wonder if William Oswald, being a master stonemason, could have been completing work for the Earl of Eglinton during the first 10 years of Ardoch’s life, instead of interim rent. This anomaly in dates, together with the gaps between censuses and valuation rolls, leaves us uncertain about the exact year the house was built.
During its lifetime, Ardoch has had multiple names. William Oswald, the first owner, named the house Rowanlea. Fifty years later, it was renamed Avon-dhu by the then-owner. The house name stayed as Avon-dhu for the next ten years, then changed to Uphill Cottage for a year, before returning to Rowanlea. In 1959, the then-owner renamed the house Ardoch, the name of their previous house in Perthshire. [1]
Ardoch lies east/west with the front of the house facing the sea. When it was built, the house was rectangular-shaped, 1.5 stories high, with dormer windows front and back and a single-storey room extending out to the east, which was most likely a maid’s bedroom. The back door at that time opened into the kitchen, which was on the southeast corner of the house. [2]
Author’s note: The footprint of the house can be seen in the Ordnance Survey map at the head of the page.
Photos: 1. Ardoch from SE. 2. Ardoch from West. 3. Old Laundry. Source: ND with kind permission from the current owners.
Sometime before 1959, the single-storey structure to the east was both widened and extended, and a second and third story added (marked in yellow). [2]
Further alterations were made to the west side of the house, with a boxed-out window built onto what would have been the drawing room/parlour and an oriel window added to what would have been the master bedroom. There was also interior remodelling. One of the walls of a passageway, which originally ran between the two public rooms to the west side of the house, was removed, enlarging what would have been the drawing room/parlour. [2]
The outbuilding to the south of the house (marked in green) was most likely the laundry. The old sink sis still in situ today. [2]
Like most houses in Skelmorlie, Ardoch is built from red sandstone and has a grey slate roof. The chimney stacks sit on the north and south gables. [3]
The main entrance to the house faces north, and the doorway itself is most striking. Dressed quoins (stones) surround the doorway. The reveal (inward plane of the doorway) is raked inwards at a 45-degree angle. The fanlight is triangular with panes of glass arranged to emphasise the shape, and the storm doors are solid wood. [3]
Inside these storm doors, there is a small vestibule and a decorative wooden front door. Here, the glazed fanlight is pentagon-shaped, with individual panes arranged to form a border around a smaller pentagon one. There is an oval window in the top third of the door, and narrow sidelights down both sides, allowing light to the hallway. [3]
Photos: 1. Main entrance from NW. 2. Front Door from interior. 3. Front door from NE. 4. Decorative stonework above gable windows. 5. Decorative stonework above patio door to the west. Source: ND with kind permission from the current owners.
In addition to the front door, there are other interesting stonework features. The walls at either end of the north side of the house are rounded, there are corbels two-thirds of the way up and there is stonework decoration above the north gable windows and the patio door to the west. [3]
Moving indoors. We believe the hallway, which is covered in mahogany boards, was originally ‘L’ shaped and led from the front door, on the north side, to a door on the west side, allowing access to a patio.
Opening off this hallway, on the west side of the building, would have been the house’s public rooms, i.e., the dining room and drawing room/ parlour.
The servants’ quarters were on the east side of the building. This included a small room opposite the dining room, possibly a cloakroom or butler’s pantry, a passageway through to the kitchen, which was at the southeast corner of the building, and a maid’s bedroom (the small extension to the east). The staircase rises from the middle of the house, and upstairs there are four bedrooms.
About the owners of Ardoch
William and Elizabeth Oswald (owners between 1897and 1919)
Gilston House, Newburn, Fife [7]
After leaving school, William became an apprentice stonemason. By 1871, he was qualified, aged 20, and living in a one-room flat in Glasgow with two other stonemasons of a similar age. [5]
A year later, in 1872, William(21) married Mary Storar (19) at her family home in St Andrews. It was a double wedding with Mary’s older sister Jane (23), marrying her fiancé at the same time. Mary and Jane’s father was Robert Storar, a ploughman, and their mother was Margaret (Blackwood) Storar, deceased by the time of the girls’ wedding. Both girls were employed as house servants. [4]
William and Mary went on to have three children: James, born in 1873, Robert in 1875, and Margaret in 1876. Tragically, Mary died in 1879, leaving William with three children under the age of 7 and the children without a mother. [4]
Two years later, we find William was living alone in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow. His two boys were staying with their aunt and uncle, Margaret and William Birnell, in Dunfermline, alongside their own two children, aged 3 and 1. [9]
William Oswald’s Family Tree
Author’s note: We’ve been unable to find where Margaret was staying at that time.
Later that same year, William remarried. He was 30, a master stonemason, and had just moved to Innes Park Buildings in Skelmorlie. His new wife was Elizabeth Hamilton, a domestic servant, aged 23. Elizabeth lived in Finlay Drive in Dennistoun, which was just around the corner from where William had been living in Glasgow. [4]
After the couple married, they moved to Auchendarroch House, on Skelmorlie Castle Road, where William’s three children from his first marriage would have joined them. A year after the wedding, Elizabeth gave birth to a daughter, known as Ellen, and two years later, a son, Andrew. [4][8]
Seven years later, in 1891, the family was living in the 8-room house, Rowanlea (Ardoch of today), on the High Road (Skelmorlie Castle Road). William was then 45, Elizabeth was 33, James was 17 and an apprentice stonemason, Robert was 15, Margaret was 14, Ellen was 8, and Andrew was 6. Staying with them was Margaret Mitchell, a knitting machinist. [8]
During his time in Skelmorlie, William was involved in building many of the new villas and buildings whilst living in the village.
An article in the Glasgow Herald, 11 October 1895, p.1,0 talks about “The stonework of the new Skelmorlie Parish Church (1893-1895) reflects the greatest credit on the builder Mr W. W. Oswald.” [6]
We know from our research into Morland that William Oswald was the appointed stonemason for the 2nd extension built in 1893 and that he received £847 for his work, equivalent to £140k in today’s money. [10]
From other documents, we also know that he was involved in the construction of Towerville on Eglinton Terrace and the construction of the ‘Concrete Chapel’ at Meigle on behalf of the Miss Stewarts of ‘Ashcraig’. [6]
Author’s note: We believe it highly likely that the architect, John Honeyman, who designed nine of the red sandstone villas in the village and made alterations to a further six, would have used William Oswald, a master stonemason, whenever he could. A review of the individual job books, held in the McIntosh library in Glasgow, would confirm this.
William, together with his family, moved to Colinslea, Paisley, around 1896, where he established a building plant. Despite the move, he retained Rowanlea in Skelmorlie and probably used it as a weekend and holiday home. [6][8]
In 1900 – 01, he won a contract to build the new Royal Alexandra Infirmary but died at home in Paisley of pneumonia not long afterwards (February 1901). He was just 50 years old. [4][6]
Following his death, William’s business was sold, and the houses in Paisley and Skelmorlie were left to his wife Elizabeth for her lifetime. [1][6]
Over the next eighteen years, Elizabeth moved home within Paisley several times but always stayed in the area. Her daughter Helen, lived with her. [11]
Elizabeth held onto the property in Skelmorlie (Rowanlea) but rented it out. We discover from the valuation role that in 1905 the tenant was Mrs Jane Ritchie, and in 1915 the tenant was Walter Bruce, Goods Manager. [8]
Elizabeth Oswald died in 1919, aged 61, her daughter Helen by her side. Four months later, Rowanlea was sold to Alexander Morgan. [1][4]
Alexander Morgan (1919 and 1923)
Alexander Morgan was a produce agent who resided at 4 Hart Street in Edinburgh when he bought Rowanlea in May 1919. [1][12]
He likely purchased Rowanlea as an investment rather than as a residence or holiday home, as we find Walter Bruce (tenant during the Oswalds’ tenure) still living there in 1920. [12]
The 1921 census confirms this. Walter Bruce, aged 81, is head of the household. Living with him was his 66-year-old wife, Margaret Johnstone Bruce, and his three grown-up children, Mary (34), Isabella (29), and Walter Jnr(28), an insurance clerk. Also staying at the house were three ‘boarders’: Sarah Clark (86), Agnes Robson (37), and Evelyn Ross (30). [12]
Agnes Robson (Owner between 1923 and 1926)
Two years later, in May 1923, Alexander sold the house to Miss Agnes Mary Robson, who was listed as one of the ‘boarders’ in the 1921 census. [1][12]
At the time of the 1925 valuation roll, Agnes is still listed as the owner of Rowanlea, and Walter Bruce is still the tenant. [12]
A year later, in April 1926, Walter died at Rowanlea, aged 86. Seven months later, Margaret also died at home, aged 71, with her son beside her. [13]
Isabella Young (Owner between 1926 and 1929)
Following the deaths of Walter and Margaret Bruce, Agnes Robson sold the house in early 1927 to Isabella Crawford Young of 77 Albert Avenue, Glasgow. We learn from the records that Isabella lived at Rowanlea for just under two years before selling the property to Peter Ewing of 7 Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow, in March 1929. [1]
Peter Ewing (Owner between 1929 and 1938)
Peter Ewing owned Rowanlea for just under eleven years. During this period, he appears to have split his time between his Glasgow residence (7 Lansdowne Crescent and later 4 Park Quadrant) and Skelmorlie. [1][14]
Author’s note: Despite an extensive search across public records, we’ve been unable to discover any further details about either Isabella Young or Peter Ewing. Please contact the author if you can add any information.
Robert Beckett (Owner between 1938 and 1939)
The next owner of Rowanlea was Robert Harold Beckett. [1]
Robert was born in Govan, Glasgow, in 1878 to Hugh Beckett, a retired calico printer, and Margaret Russell Anderson, the sixth of eight children. The family was well off. The house where Robert was born had 12 rooms and 5 live-in servants (in 1881). [1][15][16]
Sometime over the next ten years, the family moved to South Crescent in Ardrossan, where tragically, Robert’s mother died in 1888, when he was only 10. [15][16]
The family stayed in Ardrossan for three years, but by 1901, they’d moved to a 17-room house in Govan. Hugh, Robert’s father, was 77 by this time, and Robert was 23, and a clerk. Four of his brothers and sisters were also staying/living at home, and they continued to have five live-in servants. [16]
Author’s Note: As we’ve been unable to locate Robert’s whereabouts at the time of the 1911 census, we pick up the story again with his marriage.
Robert, then 37, and a stockbroker, married Muriel Kay Mitchell, aged 36, in February 1916. Muriel’s father, John Colin Mitchell, was a writer (a solicitor or lawyer), and her mother was Eliza Ann Kay. Robert was also a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as well as being a stockbroker. [15]
Fourteen months later, in May 1917, the couple had a son, Ronald Hugh Colin Beckett, who was born at number 11 Windsor Terrace, presumably the couple’s new marital home. It’s interesting to learn that Robert’s parents lived on the same street at No. 7, and that Muriel’s parents lived at No. 13. [15]
Author’s Note: As far as we can tell, there was only one child.
By 1921, the family had moved to Dun Dhu in Aberfoyle, a 17-room mansion on a wooded site overlooking Loch Ard. Robert and Muriel were 43 and 42, respectively, and Ronald was four years old. Living with them were five servants: a nurse, a table maid, a house maid, a kitchen maid, and a chauffeur. [16][17]
The family appears to have stayed in Aberfoyle until at least December 1937, when Muriel died aged 58. [15]
From there, Robert appears to have moved firstly to Belsfield, Eglinton Terrace, Skelmorlie, as a tenant rather than as an owner, and then, in August 1938, he purchased Rowanlea in Skelmorlie, which he renamed Avon-dhu. [1]
Sadly, his tenure at Avon-dhu was not long, as he died in April the following year, 1939, aged 61. Although his place of death is given as Claremont Place, Glasgow, the death certificate lists Avon-dhu as his usual residence. Ronald, his son, was with him and also gave his usual residence as Avon-dhu. [15]
Margaret Russell Crichton or Bissett (Owner between 1939 and 1940)
Following the death of Robert Beckett, his trustees sold Avon-dhu to Margaret Russell Crichton or Bissett. [1]
Margaret was born in Glasgow in 1865 to James Crichton, a jeweller, and Ann West. [18]
In 1911, she and her father could be found in the 12-room Muirend House in Cathcart. By this time, her father was 74, she was 45, and her mother was already deceased. Living with them were three servants: a cook, a general servant, and a housemaid.[19]
A year later, when she was 47 years old, she married William Bissett, a 55-year-old master cabinetmaker, whose father, by then deceased, had also been a cabinetmaker. His mother was Martha Ross, and the wedding took place at the Grand Hotel, Glasgow. [18]
In 1921, we find Margaret and William in Cardross, but thereafter lose sight of them until July 1939, when Margaret, then a widow living at the Hydro in Skelmorlie, purchased Avon-dhu. [1]
Less than a year later, she sold Avon-dhu. We don’t know where Margaret stayed after this, but we do know she lived to the grand age of 88 and died in 1949, at Craigdhu, Skelmorlie. [18]
Agnes Percival and Gertrude Cant (Owners between 1940 and 1949)
The next owners of Avon-dhu were Mrs Agnes Letton Percival (widow) and Miss Gertrude Cant, sisters. [1]
The two sisters were born in Partick in 1884 and 1885, respectively. Their parents were James and Fanny Cant, whose captivating story is recounted under Dunard, where they lived between 1920 and 1938. [20][21]
Returning to Agnes and Gertrude, we pick up their story in 1905 when the family moved to the 13-room Kilmeny House on South Crescent, Ardrossan. At this time, Agnes was 21 and Gertrude was 20. Their father was a timber broker who had a business in Glasgow. They had an older brother, John, who worked with their father but lived in Glasgow. [20]
Ten years later, Agnes got married on 30th December 1915, when she was 32. The wedding was reported in the Glasgow Herald. [22]
An interesting wedding took place in Kelvinside U.F. Church, Glasgow, yesterday when Miss Agnes Cant, daughter of Mr. James Cant, J.P., and Mrs. Cant, Kilmeny, Ardrossan, was married to Mr. Reginald Letton Percival, Second Lieutenant, 1-8th Manchester Regiment, son of Mr. Charles Letton Percival, Trafford House, Hale, Cheshire.
The officiating ministers were Rev. Professor Moffat, D.D., Glasgow, and the Rev. R. M. Adamson, M.A., St. John’s Church, Ardrossan.
Mr. Charles Ivory Letton Percival, Bradford, acted as best man to his brother, and the three maids included Miss Gertrude Cant (sister of the bride).
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a lace-draped gown of ivory chiffon-velvet weighted with ermine, a wreath of myrtle and orange blossom fastening the long tulle veil. Shell-pink taffetas frocks and muffs frilled with dark brown net were chosen by the three bridesmaids, whose hats were of dark brown silk and net.
After the marriage ceremony, a reception was held in the Grand Hotel by the bride’s parents. [22]
From the marriage certificate, we learn that the groom, as well as being a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st– 8th Battalion of the Grantchester Regiment, was a soft goods salesman. He was 26 and his father was a shipowner. [20]
After the wedding, the couple moved to Hertfordshire, although at the time of the 1921 census, Agnes was visiting her mother and father, who had by then moved to Dunard, Skelmorlie. [12][20]
Four years later, in 1925, Agnes and Gertrude’s mother died at home, aged 75. Sadly, six months after this, Agnes’ husband died when visiting Glasgow. He was only 36. [20]
Author’s Note: Although we can’t be certain, we assume that Gertrude was already living with her father at this point and that Agnes also moved to Dunard following the death of her husband.
Ten years later, when their father died, followed six months later by their elder brother, ownership of Dunard passed to Agnes and Gertrude. They kept the house for a further three years and sold it in 1938. [20][21]
In 1940, the two sisters, who, like their predecessor Margaret Bissett, were living at the Hydro, jointly purchased Avon-dhu. [1]
The sisters lived at Avon-dhu until 1949, when they sold and moved to Mayfield Terrace, Edinburgh. From there, it’s understood that they moved to St Andrews, where Gertrude died in 1961, aged 75, and Agnes died in 1970, aged 85. [1][20]
Both sisters are buried in Largs cemetery; Gertrude beside her mother, father, and brother John, and Agnes beside her husband Percival. [23]
Mr & Mrs Francis Hortsmann (Owners between 1949 and 1950)
The next owners of Avon-dhu were Francis Cecil Horstmann, Head of Design at Glasgow School of Art, and his wife Enid Beaumont (Marcroft) Horstmann. [1]
Author’s Note: We have been unable to discover much about the Horstmanns, apart from Francis publishing a “History of Building (Book I)” in 1946 and a “History of Building Book II” in 1957. The image is the cover of a 1964 reprint by Pitman.
During their short ownership of the house, the Horstmanns renamed it Uphill Cottage. [1]
Mrs Marion Douglas Allan (Owner between 1950 and 1959)
Marion Douglas Brown was born in 1873 in Cathcart, Glasgow. Her father, Adam Douglas, was a master saddler, and his mother was Sarah Sinclair. [24]
When she was 21, she married William Allan, aged 26, an asylum attendant working at Argyll and Bute Asylum in Lochgilphead. William’s father was a farm worker, and his mother was Mary Ann Deuchar. [24]
After the wedding, Marion joined her husband in Lochgilphead. There, they had four children: Williamina in 1897, James in 1901, Agnes in 1907, and William in 1913. [24][25]
At the time of the 1921 census, the family was still living in Lochgilphead. William was 54 and still working at the asylum, Marion was 47, Agnes was 14, and William (Jnr) was 7. There is no mention of 24-year-old Willimena nor 20-year-old James. [25]
After this, we lose track of the family until 1950, when Marion Douglas Allan purchased Uphill Cottage using the Trust fund left to her by her then-deceased husband. [1]
It is not clear whether Marion lived in Skelmorlie, as she died five months later, and her address was given as Clydeford Drive in Uddingston. [24]
The house, which by then had been renamed Rowanlea, was not sold for a further eight years, so we can only assume that it was either rented out for this period or used by the children and their families. [1]
Mrs Mary Rodger (Owner in 1959)
Mrs Mary Rodger bought Rowanlea in April 1959 and immediately renamed it Ardoch, presumably after her previous residence, Ardoch Lodge in Callander. [1]
Starting at the beginning. Mary Chalmers Blanche was born in November 1899 in Partick, Glasgow. Her father was David Blanche, a wine merchant, and her mother was Mary Scott Devlin. Mary Chalmers Blanche was one of four children. She had a brother, Richard, one year older, and twin sisters, Patricia and Grace, born two years later in 1901. [26]
Just before the twins were born, the family moved to Greenock. At the time, Mary was one, her brother was two, and her father and mother were 26 and 22, respectively. [26]
Tragically, just five years later, Mary’s mother died when Mary was only 6 years old. [26]
Two years later, Mary’s father remarried. Mary’s new stepmother was Annie Thom, who’d also been widowed. As a result of the marriage, Mary gained a stepbrother, Thomas, the same age as her older brother, Richard. [26][27]
Heathfield, Eldon Street, Greenock
After the wedding, the family moved to ‘Heathfield’ on Eldon Street in Greenock, where they could be found at each of the subsequent censuses, 1911 and 1921. [27]
We pick up Mary’s story in 1932 when she married Archibald Sword Rodger, who was 54 and a master stevedore, responsible for loading and unloading cargo from ships, presumably at Greenock’s port. Before her wedding, Mary was still living at home with her father, in Eldon Street. [26]
From the records, we believe that Mary and Archibald lived in Greenock throughout their marriage. In 1954, Archibald died at home, in Newark Street, Greenock, aged 76, when Mary would have been 54. After being widowed, Mary moved to Ardoch Lodge in Perthshire. [26]
Five years later, she purchased Rowanlea in Skelmorlie, presumably to be closer to her Greenock friends and family. Sadly, she died just 3 months later. After her affairs were settled, the house was put back on the market. [1][26]
Mr & Mrs David Blanche (Owners between 1959 – 1982)
Our next purchaser was David Goodman Blanche, nephew of Mary Chalmers Blanche. David was due to be married early the following year, and together with his fiancée, Marjorie Lang, they were searching for their first home. [1][26]
After their wedding, the couple lived happily at Ardoch with their daughter Judith, who was born in 1962, for twenty-three years. [1][26]
Ardoch Today
Since 1982, there have been at least 4 other owners of Ardoch: The Shields (1982-1985), The Crees (1985 – unknown), The McClures (1999 – 2021), and the current owners (2021 – Present). [1]
Ardoch originally sat in 2 roods (2,023 square metres) of ground on the southern corner of Skelmorlie Castle Road and Halketburn Road. [1]
Around 2006, the then-owners sold a substantial portion of the gardens to a developer, who subsequently built a large four-bedroom detached house, 6 Halketburn Road.
At this time, the main driveway and address changed to Halketburn Road rather than Skelmorlie Castle Road, although the latter entrance still exists today.
Acknowledgments
Our thanks to Gill Broderick and Ian Robertson, the current owners of Ardoch, for allowing access to their home and to both the current and past owners for providing information about the house and answers to questions not available in the public domain.
Sources and references:
[1 ] Land Registry – Summary Sasine Deed for Ardoch
[2] 1910 Ordinance Survey map – Skelmorlie
[3] Historic Scotland’s Glossary of Architectural Terms or skelmorlievillas.co.uk/architectural-glosary
[4] Birth, death, and marriage certificates for William Oswald and family.
[5] 1851 and 1861 census records for Newburn and 1871 for Glasgow.
[6] https://www.mackintosh-architecture.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/name/?nid=OswWm
[7] Gilston House – https://canmore.org.uk/site/32504/gilston-house
[8] Skelmorlie valuation rolls 1885, 1895, 1905,1915, and 1891 census.
[9] 1881 censuses for William (Glasgow) and Children (Dunfermline)
[10] skelmorlievillas.co.uk/Morland
[11] Paisley Census for 1901 and 1911 – Elizabeth Oswald
[12] 1920 and 1925 Skelmorlie Valuation Rolls. Skelmorlie Census 1921.
[13] Death certificates for Walter and Margaret Bruce.
[14] Skelmorlie valuation rolls 1930 and 1935.
[15] Birth, death, and marriage certificates for Harold Beckett and family.
[16 ] Govan censuses – 1881 and 1901. Ardrossan Census – 1901 and Aberfoyle Census – 1921.
[17] https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/Dun Dhu
[18] Birth, death, and marriage certificates for Margaret (Crichton) Bissett and family.
[19] Cathcart 1911 census
[20] Birth, death, and marriage certificates for Agnes Percival, Gertrude Cant, and family.
[21] https://skelmorlievillas.co.uk/skelmorlie-villas/dunard-tigh-geal/
[22] Details of Agnes’s wedding – https://www.threetowners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=166575
[23] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175486274/gertrude-cant and Agnes Percival
[24] Birth, death, and marriage certificates for Marion Douglas Allan and family.
[25] 1901, 1911, and 1921 Lochgilphead censuses.
[26] Birth, death, and marriage certificates for Mary Chalmers Blanche and family.
[27] Partick Census 1901, Greenock West census 1911 and 1921.
[28] Google Street View, Heathfield 89 Eldon Street.