A nicer day with sunshine in afternoon + no rain. River very heavy [and] a few small patches of snow visible on Newark Hill at Foulshiels¹. Got some Christmas cards + presents from Patons² (Haggis + 2 hankies), Mrs Mack³ post: a cake, Devonshire cream: Gruyere cheese + eggs! Cards from Mrs Dubs⁴, Dees⁵, Jack Spittal⁶ +c. Cycled to Hospital, Forest Road, Oakwoodmill (where I saw a rat hunt + 36 killed), Gilkeekit (Willie Mitchelhill⁷). Ordered presents of cigars + cigarettes for Jack⁸ + David⁹. Accepted post as Med. Ref. for Dominions migrants¹⁰.

¹ Newark Hill, grid reference NGR NT405,286 and Foulshiels, NT427,303

² The Patons were Isabella Clementina ‘Isa’ Paton (about 1838-1929) and Marion Agnes Paton (about 1841-1940), sisters living on their own means at Selkirk until May 1918 when they had flitted to Galashiels

³ Agnes Mackintosh, née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946), of Elm Park, Selkirk

⁴ Margaret Forsyth Dubs, formerly Smith, née Arthur (1853-1935), born 1853, Barony, who had married, 2ndly, 1909 at Blythswood, Frank Albert Dubs, this being around the time that he moved from Glasgow to Yair Mansion, Caddonfoot, Selkirkshire; he died in 1920 and Margaret relocated to a house called Woodbourne at Wemyss Bay, Inverkip, Renfrewshire, flitting from Selkirk sometime after 12 March 1921 (c.f. Dr Muir’s diary entry for 12 March 1921)

² Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper

⁶ John Kerr ‘Jack’ Spittal (1883-1946), accountant; son of Charles Grey Spittal (1836-1891) and Rachel Spittal née Harvey (1845-1917)

⁷ Willie Mitchelhill is not identified at Gilkeekit, on the edge of the Bowhill estate, though William Mitchelhill senior and junior, both garden labourers, were recorded at Old Peel, Caddonfoot in the 1911 Census

⁸ John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966), mill owner and Provost of Selkirk, and Dr Muir’s son-in-law, later knighted “for political and public services in Selkirk”

⁹ The Dees family was Robert Irwin Dees (1872-1923), landed proprietor, formerly a marine engineer, his wife Edith Mary Boileau Dees née Henderson (1872-1948) and their surviving children (their daughter Phyllis Mary ‘Fiff’ Dees (1899-1920) had previously been attended by Dr Muir in her illness)

¹⁰ The Overseas Development Committee came into being during or just after December 1918 and in April 1919 the UK Government announced “that ex-service men and women who had served in the war and who wished to settle within the Empire overseas might … obtain free passages for themselves and their dependants” with applications allowed to the end of 1921 and travel to the end of 1922 [source: Leak, H., and T. Priday. “Migration from and to the United Kingdom.” Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, vol. 96, no. 2, [Wiley, Royal Statistical Society], 1933, pp. 183–239, https://doi.org/10.2307/2341791]

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]

To Edinburgh at meeting of the Scott. Rural Sub-Comm^ttee1.¹ Went in by 10.29. It was quite fresh + the snow completely gone but it poured all day. Ettrick in flood. In Edinburgh it was a beastly day of wind + rain. Went out to Lutton Street² + got Dora³. Took the great coat to Meeks⁴ to be altered. Saw Jean⁵ at the shop. Went back with Dora to H. & I.⁶ about silver watch + to [illegible] where I bought a tea cosy for Mrs Mack⁷. Called for the Glendinnings⁸ at N. Charlotte Street⁹. Went to the meeting at 2. Martine¹⁰ of Haddington in chair. Got cup of tea there [and then] went to the Picture House till 5.30. Bought a box of chocs. for the children + came out at 6. Present at the meeting Craig¹¹, Pathead [sic], McDiarmid¹², Kippen: Drever¹³, Martine: Dewar¹⁴: Douglas¹⁵, Cupar, Burgess¹⁶, Stanley, + Bryson¹⁷, Thornhill.

¹ Scottish Rural Practitioners’ Sub-Committee of the British Medical Association (B.M.A.)

² Actually Lutton Place, Newington, where Jean Muir’s husband Frederick Charles Pike had died, just off South Clerk Street and parallel with East Preston Street

³ Andrina Dorothy ‘Dora’ Muir (1882-1978), nurse and Dr Muir’s youngest daughter

⁴ Perhaps William Meek, tailor, who was Proprietor of a shop at 56 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh [1925 Valuation Roll, VR010000502-/21, Edinburgh Burgh, page 21 of 307]

⁵ Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Pike née Muir (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter

⁶ Hamilton & Inches, celebrated Edinburgh silversmiths

⁷ Agnes Mackintosh, née Watson, formerly Harper (1859-1946), of Elm Park, Selkirk

⁸ The Glendinnings have not been identified

⁹ Considering their location on the edge of the Moray Estate on the western edge of Edinburgh New Town, there is what seems to the Editor to be a rather desultory listing on ‘British Listed Buildings’ of the properties at the junction of North Charlotte Street and Queen Street, Edinburgh [Listing Date: 3 March 1966, Category: A, Source: Historic Scotland, Source ID: 369609, Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB29574 and at Canmore ID: 115055 Edinburgh, 5, 6 North Charlotte Street]

¹⁰ William Robert Martine (1871-1956), M.B., C.M., medical practitioner, of Haddington, East Lothian, sometime Chair of the Scottish Rural Practitioners Sub-Committee and President of the Edinburgh Branch of the B.M.A., 1923-24 [“Dr. W. R. Martine.” The British Medical Journal, vol. 2, no. 4995, BMJ, 1956, pp. 773–773, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20359437.%5D

¹¹ Robert William Craig (1880-1952), medical practitioner, was at the Surgery, Pathhead (Crichton Parish, Midlothian), 1920 and 1925 Valuation Rolls; presumably the same Robert William Craig (1880-1952), medical practitioner (physician), who was elected F.R.S.E. on 6 March 1944 [Source: Former RSE Fellows 1783-2002]

¹² Duncan MacDiarmid, sometimes M’Diarmid (1862-1938), medical practitioner, born 1862, Killin, Proprietor of a house ‘Oakbank’, Kippen, 1925 Valuation Roll, died April 1938, aet 77, at Park Terrace, Stirling, usual residence Kirkhill, Kippen, Stirlingshire [Sources: 1925 Valuation Roll, VR011900069-/64, Stirling County, page 64 of 788; burial, Kippen Cemetery, Kippen, Stirlingshire, Stirling Council Records Stirling Council Records Surnames H-M.

¹³ James Richan Drever (1873-1956), medical practitioner and administrator, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.P.Ed., born Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, M.A., 1893, M.B., C.M. (Glasgow), 1906, Scottish Medical Secretary of the B.M.A., 1919- [“J. R. Drever, M.A., M.B., F.R.C.P.Ed. Late Scottish Medical Secretary, British Medical Association.” The British Medical Journal, vol. 1, no. 3772, BMJ, 1933, pp. 725–26, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25351306.%5D

¹⁴ There are a few possible matches for Dewar in the Medical Directory 1920 with perhaps the best match being Thomas Finlayson Dewar (1866-1929), C.B. who had a wide experience of public health including at the Local Government Board Edinburgh around 1920 [see The Medical Directory 1920]

¹⁵ Charles Edward Douglas (about 1856-1943), LL.D., M.D., F.R.C.S.Ed., medical practitioner, born Cannanore, South India, M.B. (Edinburgh), 1877, D.P.H., 1894, served in the South African and First World Wars, in general practice and sometime Medical Officer of Health, Cupar, Fife with long-time involvement in the B.M.A. [Sources: “C. E. Douglas, LL.D., M.D., F.R.C.S.Ed.” The British Medical Journal, vol. 1, no. 4332, BMJ, 1944, pp. 99–100, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20344289 and death, 1943, 453/ 122, St Andrews and St Leonards]

¹⁶ Robert Burgess (about 1872-1943), M.B., C.M. (Aberdeen); in medical practice at Stanley, Perthshire, medical officer for Kinclaven and Moneydie and joint medical officer for Auchtergaven, joined the B.M.A. in 1900, sometimes representing his Division and President of the Perth Branch 1922-24 [Sources: “[Dr. Robert Burgess].” The British Medical Journal, vol. 2, no. 4320, BMJ, 1943, pp. 530–530, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20327575. and death, Stanley, 1943, 393/B 12]

¹⁷ Mungo Bryson (about 1869-1941), M.B., C.M., medical practitioner, Inhabitant Occupier of a house at 129 Drumlanrig Street, Thornhill, Morton, Dumfriesshire, his roles included Medical Officer for Upper Nithsdale Combination Poorhouse, Medical Officer for the Scottish Education Department and Secretary of the Local Medical and Panel Committee of Dumfriesshire, a ledger, 1894-1936, from his medical practice is held at Archives of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow [Sources: 1925 Valuation Roll, VR009700053- xxx xxx; Archive Collection Dr Mungo Bryson MB, CM; death, 1941, 685/7 936, Morningside]

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]

What a change! Snow lying + throughout the day snow blizzards from W.N.W. but it melted on the streets. I was knocked up after 1 for Mrs Lindores¹, Synton Mill but David² went taking Baptie³. They did not get back till between 6 + 7 this morning + encountered the gale + snow. I was a long time at the Hospital with Kennedy⁴ and spent the afternoon + evening writing out some points about the Hospital for a Committee meeting tomorrow.

¹ Mrs Lindores’ identity is not known (though she is possibly Maggie Jamieson) but Alex. Lindores, ploughman, was Inhabitant Occupier not rated of a house at Synton Mill, Ashkirk [1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/301, Selkirk County, page 301 of 611]

² David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner

³ Thomas Baptie (1860-1929), driver and handyman for Dr Muir

⁴ The Editor previously suggested, in relation to a B.M.A. meeting (diary entry 16 November 1921) that this might just conceivably be Dr William Milroy Kennedy (1897-1938), M.B., Ch.B., Glasgow, 1921, Proprietor Occupier of a house, garden etc at Delamford Road, Edinburgh Road, Tranent, but this is a very tentative identification

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]

Mild with S.W. [wind] gradually increasing to a gale at night: occasional drizzle but there must have been rain during the night as the roads were very wet. I motored to Essenside first thing + found Geo. Heard¹ much better. Gave Chlor[oform] at Viewfield for Mrs Short², Crosslee, curetting), Miss More³ (abscess right iliac fossa following appendectomy) + Mrs Thomson⁴, Chapel Street (curetting). Sent Guy⁵ a pheasant: wrote more cards for V.A.D.s re present for Princess Mary⁶. David⁷ had operation at 9 p.m. on Lizzie Walker⁸ + had Mrs Alec Brodie’s⁹ confinement at the Home after.

¹ George Heard, born Wester Essenside, Ashkirk, 1917 [1917, 773/B 4, Ashkirk]

² Assume Jane Short née Sandilands, wife of Walter Short, grieve, Inhabitant Occupier of a house at Crosslee, Ettrick in 1921 but recorded at a number of other Selkirkshire locations across the first quarter of the 20th Century; they had married 1903 at Yarrow [1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009- xxx xxx and marriage 1903, 779/1 1, Yarrow]

³ Miss More is not identified

⁴ Mrs Thomson, Chapel Street is not identified

⁵ The Reverend Gavin Struthers ‘Guy’ Muir (1846-1927), Dr Muir’s brother

⁶ Victoria Alexandra Alice ‘Mary’, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary; during the First World War Princess Mary made an enormous contribution to a number of welfare activities, many relating to women’s institutions such as the Girl Guide movement, the V.A.D.s, and the Land Girls, and she herself trained at a nurse from 1918, thus prior to her marriage in February 1922 there was extensive fund-raising for a wedding present

⁷ David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner

⁸ Lizzie Walker is not identified

⁹ Robert Steele Brodie, born 20 December 1921 at Viewfield Nursing Home, Selkirk, the son of Alexander Johnston ‘Alec’ Brodie, joiner, and Sophia Anderson Brodie née Steele of 22 Forest Road, Selkirk; Robert was lost at sea “missing presumed drowned or killed”, 10 October 1942, when his ship S.S. Orcades was sunk (after a long fight) by submarine U-172 commanded by Kapitänleutnant Carl Emmermann [parents’ marriage, Alexander Johns ‘Alec’ Brodie and Sophia Anderson Steele, 1908, 778/ 40, Selkirk; birth, Robert Steele Brodie, 1921, 778/ 117, Selkirk; Commonwealth War Graves Commission ‘Junior Engineer Officer Robert Steele Brodie’]

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]

Gale subsided + wind moderated. S.W. Roads wonderfully dry but between 3 + 4 it began to rain + drizzled all evening. I cycled first to Hospital + Clifton Road + then to Wester Essenside¹. I thought little Geo. Heard’s² throat less like Diph.³ Was in house all afternoon + arranged names of V.A.D.⁴ to ask for subscription for Princess Mary’s marriage present⁵. Went to evening service + supped at Wellwood⁶.

¹ Wester Essenside, Ashkirk, grid reference NGR NT442,201

² George Heard junior (1917-2006), born April 1917, Wester Essenside, son of George Heard, farmer, and Lizzie Davidson Heard née Bulman, married March 1914, Hawick, he died aet 89, 2006, East Kilbride [birth, 1917, 773/B 4, Ashkirk; parents’ marriage, 1914, 789/ 27, Hawick; death, 2006, 575/ 531, East Kilbride]

³ There was a prolonged outbreak of Diphtheria at Selkirk in 1921 and the Heard family had been among those involved

⁴ V.A.D. was the Voluntary Aid Detachment, the civilian unit providing nursing care for military personnel

⁵ Victoria Alexandra Alice ‘Mary’, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897-1965), only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary; during the First World War Princess Mary made an enormous contribution to a number of welfare activities, many relating to women’s institutions such as the Girl Guide movement, the V.A.D.s, and the Land Girls, and she herself trained at a nurse from 1918, and prior to her marriage in February 1922 there was extensive fund-raising for a wedding present

⁶ Wellwood, Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk, home of John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior (1876-1966), Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948) and their children

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]

A very strong N.W. gale raged all last night + today but without rain + therefore the roads dried a bit. Walked to Forest Mill, Dunsdale Road + Hospital + then motored to Whitmuirhall (Cochrane¹). Was just settling down to a quiet afternoon when I got a message to see little Geo. Heard², W Essenside who went home from Hospital on Wed. Left at 2.30 + got back at 4. It looks as if he had Diph. again. Helen³ came back at 7.30.

¹ William ‘Willie’ Cochrane, gardener, and Janet Austin Cochrane née Mair (1883-1960) of Whitmuirhall [birth, Janet Austin Mair, 1883, 775/ 255, Galashiels; death, Janet Austin Cochrane / Mair, 1960, 778/ 51, Selkirk]

² George Heard, born Wester Essenside, Ashkirk, 1917 [1917, 773/B 4, Ashkirk]

³ Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]

David¹ was in Edin. with Mrs Burns-Lindow². I motored to Philiphaugh Stables + Philipburn. I saw a terrible change in Mrs Ballard³ who had a shock some time ago. Came round by Hospital +c. Louise + Nancy⁴ looked in. The former returned from school this morning. Helen⁵ went to Edin. at 10.29 to stay till tomorrow with Jean⁶. Greenhill Farm Steading⁷ was burned at night.

¹ David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner

² Madelaine Harriette Mary Theresa Burns-Lindow née Boileau (1869-1948), wife of Isaac William Burns-Lindow

³ Assume Julia Mary Ballard née Anderson (about 1838-1922), of Philipburn, Selkirk

⁴ Louisa Jane ‘Louise’ Roberts, later Rutherford (1906-1982), Dr Muir’s granddaughter and Agnes Amelia ‘Nancy’ Roberts née Muir (1878-1948), Dr Muir’s second daughter and Louise’s mother

⁵ Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper

⁶ Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Pike née Muir (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter

⁷ Dr Muir was incorrect, it was Greenhead (not Greenhill) Farm, Selkirk, proprietor James Toner Hay of Blackhall Castle, Banchory, tenants James Oliver and Angus Barton Oliver, grid reference NGR NT491,294, see Ordnance Survey 6 inch Roxburghshire Sheet XIII, published 1863; the Southern Reporter 22 December 1921 reported that the fire was notified around 10 p.m. from which time farm workers and many “enthusiastic volunteers from Selkirk” organised themselves into bands of firefighter and limited the fire’s spread, though the barn was destroyed along with corn, straw and machinery, total value £1,000, and unfortunately the Selkirk Fire Brigade did not arrive until “about midnight” after problems finding horses for their engine [1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/333, Selkirk County, page 333 of 611]

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]

Message to William Mitchellhill¹, Newburgh². Motored up there first thing + called at Oakwoodmill for Mrs Barton³. Then I went out to Whitmuirhall + found Willie + Mrs C⁴ better. Helen⁵ had Miss Dunn⁶, Nurse Finlay⁷ + Miss Watson⁸ (Jack’s nurse at Viewfield⁹) for tea. Miss Taylor¹⁰, Mountbenger School called to consult me. David¹¹ called about Income Tax return. He has been seeing Chapman¹². Flitted back to my dressing room the new basin being finished but there is still a shelf to be fitted + that wood varnished + painted.

¹ William Mitchellhill is not identified there in 1921 but may be the individual recorded, aged 13, at Innerleithen, 1911 [Census Return 762/1 4/ 18, Innerleithen]

² Newburgh, Kirkhope Parish, approximate grid reference NGR NT323,199, is roughly midway between Gilmanscleuch and Tushielaw / Crossley

³ Assume Rebecca or Rebekah Monti Garden Barton née Grant (1867-1932), wife of Andrew Barton, farmer; born at Moulin, Perthshire, married 1892 at Stirling, their older children born in Stirlingshire and Perthshire, at Oakwoodmill Farmhouse [1901 Census and 1920 Valuation Roll], she survived pneumonia and died aet 65 in 1932, at Upper Tofts, Cavers

⁴ William ‘Willie’ Cochrane, gardener, and Janet Austin Cochrane née Mair of Whitmuirhall

⁵ Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper

⁶ Assume Hyndmer Rutherford ‘Miss’ Dunn (about 1843-1922), daughter of John Dunn, chemist & druggist, and Hyndmer Rutherford Dunn née Hewat, and brother of Thomas ‘Tom’ Dunn; she was Tenant Occupier of a house at 13 High Street, Selkirk [1921 Valuation Roll, VR007900012-/113, Selkirk Burgh, page 113 of 644]

⁷ Nurse Finlay has not been identified though it may be possible to do so when the 1921 Census is published early next year

⁸ Nurse Watson has not been identified though it may be possible to do so when the 1921 Census is published early next year

⁹ This is presumably John ‘Jack’ Roberts junior, Dr Muir’s son-in-law, but the reference to Viewfield is not clear

¹⁰ Miss Jessie Taylor, teacher, Mountbenger School and tenant at the schoolhouse, Mountbenger [1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/340, Selkirk County, page 340 of 611]

¹¹ David Charteris ‘Dav.’ Graham (1889-1963), M.B., medical practitioner and Dr Muir’s business partner

¹² Perhaps Pike & Chapman, solicitors, Galashiels

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]

Shoot at Fairnilea¹: dull day with tendency to drizzle: dark: mild: a little W. wind. Motored over to Whitmuirhall² + was able to say it was not Diph.³ Met at the house. Other guns were Pat. Smith⁴, Ham. [?] Murray [?]⁵, Stewart Alex^r6, Ovens⁷ + Ramsay of Bowland⁸. We hadn’t much sport. Did the big wood first where I got a pheasant + a fox: I never shot anymore. After lunch we did Young Neidpath⁹ + expected a lot of hares but only got one. I fired 11 shots. I came away before the end to attend a Red Cross meeting.

¹ Fairnilee, Clovenfords

² Whitmuirhall, Selkirk, where William ‘Willie’ Cochrane, gardener, and Janet Austin Cochrane née Mair were giving concern over possible Diphtheria, see diary entry for 13 December 1921

³ There was a nasty outbreak of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever which had been running in Selkirk since the summer of 1921 and continued into 1922

⁴ Assume Patrick ‘Pat’ Smith (1858-1930), advocate and sheriff-substitute, sometime of The Firs, Selkirk

⁵ Ham., presumably Hamish, Murray is unidentified

⁶ Stewart Alexander is unidentified

⁷ Assume William Roberts Ovens who was landowner at Caddonfoot – including Proprietor Occupier at Caddonfoot Mansion House at The Peel, Caddonfoot [1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009- xxx xxx]. ??? death of William Roberts Ovens aet 89 [deaths, 1936, 775/ 149, Galashiels]

⁸ Assume Douglas Munro Ramsay (about 1888-1951), of Bowland, Stow, Midlothian

⁹ The best reading of this text is Young Neidpath by which the Editor assumes Dr Muir means Neidpath Plantation, or a part of it, north of Fairnilea and below Neidpath Hill and centred on grid reference NGR NT457,341

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]

Clear calm sunny day with a little frost which looked like increasing at night. Cycled via Curror Street + Hospital to Sunderland to see a lad Richardson¹ whom Menzies² had certified yesterday but I found him quite well. Came back to County Buildings for Shankland’s trial³ but Pollok⁴ didn’t call me till after 2.30. My evidence was really unnecessary. Then I cycled out to Whitmuirhall to see Mrs Cochrane⁵ with a suspicious throat + Willie also had it. Called for Dunlop⁶. Letter from Jean⁷ very depressed. Helen⁸ had tea party. New basin in dressing room looking already [sic].

¹ Richardson has not been identified

² James Morris Menzies (1871-1926), M.B., Ch.M., M.D., medical practitioner, of Ettrick Lodge, Selkirk

³ Dugald Cowan Shankland, ship owner, and sometime of Whinfield, Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire had hit and injured a young man named Wilfred Lees whilst driving at Fairnilea on 11 August 1921

⁴ John Pollok (1858-1938), Town Clerk and Procurator Fiscal, Selkirk

⁵ Janet Austin Cochrane née Mair (1883-1960), woollen darner, had married, July 1915 at Galashiels Parish Manse, William ‘Willie’ Cochrane, gardener, of Whitmuirhall, he was Inhabitant Occupier not rated at Whitmuirhall, Selkirk [sources: Janet’s birth, 1883,775/ 255, Galashiels, and death, 1960, 778/ 51, Selkirk; 1921 Valuation Roll, VR011700009-/333, Selkirk County, page 333 of 611]

⁶ Assume Charles Walter Dunlop (1846-1922), merchant, of Whitmuirhall, Selkirk

⁷ Jane Henderson Logan ‘Jean’ Pike née Muir (1877-1941), Dr Muir’s eldest daughter

⁸ Helen Frances ‘Mousey’ Muir (1880-1963), Dr Muir’s third daughter and sometime housekeeper

[Source: Scottish Borders Archives & Local History Service SBA/657/24, Dr J S Muir of Selkirk, medical practitioner, journal for 1921]