Fine sunny morning but wind round to N. + much colder. Did not think it safe for Jean1 to drive. Message to vaccinate Dalkeith baby at Bowhill.2 Cycled there + Newark. Old Mrs Bathgate + Mrs Jas. Scott, Tait’s Hill, died today.3 4 Met William Henderson5 in consultation about Annie Cunningham6, the Glebe, + then cycled round by Dunsdale + Hospital + out to Haining Henhouse. Nurse Taylor7 + Helen8 went for a drive to Bowhill.
1 Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Muir, later Pike (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter, suffering from pneumonia at this time.
2 Lady Mary Theresa Montagu Douglas Scott, born March 1904, was the daughter of John Charles Montagu Douglas Scott, Earl of Dalkeith, later 7th Duke of Buccleuch, and Lady Margaret Alice Bridgeman.
3 Margaret Bathgate née Cairns (about 1821-), died 25 April 1904 at 7 Heatherlie Terrace, Selkirk, aged 85. The widow of James Bathgate, tweed manufacturer, she was the daughter of John Cairns, woollen weaver, and Margaret White.
4 Margaret Scott née Biggar died 25 April 1904 at Pine Cottage, Tait’s Hill, Selkirk, aged 77. The wife of James Scott, jobbing gardener, she was the daughter of Walter Biggar, shepherd, and Elizabeth Brydon.
5 The Editor had automatically assumed that William Henderson was a medical practitioner but no good matches can be found in the UK Medical Directories.
6 Annie Cunningham (1877-), draper’s assistant, daughter of George Cunningham, draper, and Isa Cunningham née Graham, lived at Glebe Terrace, Selkirk.
7 Nurse Taylor is so far unidentified.
8 Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/7, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1904]
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