A better day with some sunshine in afternoon + no rain to speak of. N.W. [wind] slight. Motored to Kilncroft [?], Beechwood + Hospital where sheep have done a lot of damage to the garden + grounds. Got Beattie1 down to look at it. Message in evening to Mrs Neil, Fairnilea.2 Went there after dinner + on my return found that Mrs Elliot Thomson3 was requiring my attendance.
1 Assume Thomas Beattie (1878-1952), architect and sometime Burgh Surveyor for Selkirk; born 6 August 1878, Aberchirder, Marnock, Banffshire, died 21 February 1952 at Leith, married 5 June 1912 at Craigiebrae, Marnock, Banffshire, Isabella Copeland, music teacher, children Thomas (1912-), George Copeland Beattie (1913-) and William James Beattie (1916-), children born S Queensferry, Linlithgow; Cathcart, Lanarkshire and Marnoch, Banffshire respectively. At 1 Chapel Street, Selkirk 1921 Census.
2 Assume Christina Assume Christina Neil née Scott, married 4 April 1919 at Oxnam to Adam Grey Neil, forester and joiner; she had a daughter, Agnes Grey Neil, later Caie (1921-1987) in April 1921; the family was at Whitmuir, Selkirk [1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/333, Selkirk County, page 333 of 611].married 4 April 1919 at Oxnam to Adam Grey Neil, forester and joiner; she had a daughter, Agnes Grey Neil, later Caie (1921-1987) in April 1921; the family was at Whitmuir, Selkirk [1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/333, Selkirk County, page 333 of 611].
3 Mrs Elliot Thomson is unidentified.
[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/25, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1922]
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