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Janet (née Cook) Inglis[C.1.14] and Descendants
Eight daughter of Neil[C.1] and Catherine (née Currie) Cook;
1820 – 1888
THE YOUNGEST of Neil[C.1] and Catherine Cook’s children was Janet [C.1.14], presumably born in Sliddery in January 1820 and baptised on the 17th.
On the 22nd of November 1853, she married a forester in the em-ploy of the forestry department at Brodick Castle named David Inglis. Born between 1820 and 1822, he was the son of David and Euphemia (née Hamilton) Inglis. The man took a keen interest in religious matters and was closely attached to the Brodick Free Church. The pair had a number of children: William in 1855, Catherine Currie in 1856, John in 1860, and James Cook in 1862. The family lived in Brodick …show more content…
Such a lifestyle did not suit him, however, and returning to Arran he became involved with the Clyde passenger steamers. About 1874, he be-gan work as purser aboard the steamship Rothesay Castle, which ran the Arran-Ardrossan route. Three years later, William entered the employ-ment of the Clyde Shipping Company for a short while, before returning to a more open lifestyle. Thereafter, he was purser aboard passenger steamers Vesta and Guinevere for a number of years. Subsequently, he found employment as clerk at the Brodick and Lamlash piers for a short time, and was then appointed by the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company as their agent in Arran following the company’s expansion in 1892. When Inglis wrote in 1917, William was still employed in this ca-pacity. About this time, he was also correspondent for the Scotsman news-paper, having previously been the Arran correspondent for the defunct North British Daily …show more content…
He worked first as a railway clerk in Glasgow and afterwards as shipping clerk. About 1859, the Volunteer Force was founded in Great Britain as a part-time citizen army; throughout the latter part of the 19th century, it became increasingly integrated with the British Army. As a young man in Glasgow, John became a volunteer and was made a member of the 3rd Lanark Rifles. Inglis writes that John was present at Queen Victoria’s royal review of the volunteer forces in 1881 in Edinburgh. John’s “de-sire for Colonial life” eventually caused him to emigrate in 1888 aboard the steamship Oroya to Melbourne, Australia. Whilst clerking with the steamer Coy, a seamen’s strike resulted in him and a number of other non-seamen voluntarily manning the steamers so as to ensure communication with Tasmania. This experience brought about his first view of the is-land south of the Australian mainland, which he compared to his native
Janet (née Cook) Inglis[C.1.14] and Descendants
Eight daughter of Neil[C.1] and Catherine (née Currie) Cook;
1820 – 1888
THE YOUNGEST of Neil[C.1] and Catherine Cook’s children was Janet [C.1.14], presumably born in Sliddery in January 1820 and baptised on the 17th.
On the 22nd of November 1853, she married a forester in the em-ploy of the forestry department at Brodick Castle named David Inglis. Born between 1820 and 1822, he was the son of David and Euphemia (née Hamilton) Inglis. The man took a keen interest in religious matters and was closely attached to the Brodick Free Church. The pair had a number of children: William in 1855, Catherine Currie in 1856, John in 1860, and James Cook in 1862. The family lived in Brodick …show more content…
Such a lifestyle did not suit him, however, and returning to Arran he became involved with the Clyde passenger steamers. About 1874, he be-gan work as purser aboard the steamship Rothesay Castle, which ran the Arran-Ardrossan route. Three years later, William entered the employ-ment of the Clyde Shipping Company for a short while, before returning to a more open lifestyle. Thereafter, he was purser aboard passenger steamers Vesta and Guinevere for a number of years. Subsequently, he found employment as clerk at the Brodick and Lamlash piers for a short time, and was then appointed by the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company as their agent in Arran following the company’s expansion in 1892. When Inglis wrote in 1917, William was still employed in this ca-pacity. About this time, he was also correspondent for the Scotsman news-paper, having previously been the Arran correspondent for the defunct North British Daily …show more content…
He worked first as a railway clerk in Glasgow and afterwards as shipping clerk. About 1859, the Volunteer Force was founded in Great Britain as a part-time citizen army; throughout the latter part of the 19th century, it became increasingly integrated with the British Army. As a young man in Glasgow, John became a volunteer and was made a member of the 3rd Lanark Rifles. Inglis writes that John was present at Queen Victoria’s royal review of the volunteer forces in 1881 in Edinburgh. John’s “de-sire for Colonial life” eventually caused him to emigrate in 1888 aboard the steamship Oroya to Melbourne, Australia. Whilst clerking with the steamer Coy, a seamen’s strike resulted in him and a number of other non-seamen voluntarily manning the steamers so as to ensure communication with Tasmania. This experience brought about his first view of the is-land south of the Australian mainland, which he compared to his native