Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Notes:
Sir Wallace Fairweather D.L. 1853 - 1939

Wallace Fairweather was born in St Vigeans, Angus in 1853, the son of Wallace Ritchie Fairweather, a grocer and Margaret Gibson. He married Margaret Eureka McIntyre in 1877 and was knighted in 1933.



He worked for a time in the office of Sharp and Smith, a Motherwell firm of sugar brokers, where he was apprenticed as an engineer. He later worked for Mr Hunt, a patent agent, thereafter setting up in business as a Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent with a Mr Thomson on whose death he entered into the partnership of Cruikshank and Fairweather. This firm is still in existence today.



About 1909 Wallace Fairweather purchased the Shaw- Stewart estate in Mearns and commissioned the architectural firm of Burnet and Boston to build Fa?side House, adjacent to the original building. The Shaw- Stewart estate included several farms including Maidenhill and Burnside and it also included Mearns Castle.



Sir Wallace took a keen interest in Newton Mearns and in 1933 he gave ?1000 for the the building of the Fairweather Hall which opened on 25th November 1933 as a social and recreational centre for the village.



He also was very interested in the welfare of young people and in particular the Boy Scout Movement. At the time of his death, he was vice-president of the County of Renfrew Scout Council and Honorary President of the Eastwood Local Association.

Birth

Matches 1 to 9 of 9

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID
1	Gilmour, Thomas	1874	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40694
2	Gilmour, Allan	1877	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40695
3	Gilmour, Elizabeth	1878	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40696
4	Gilmour, Agness	1880	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40697
5	Gilmour, Andrew	1881	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40698
6	Gilmour, Barbara	1884	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40699
7	Gilmour, Jeanie	1886	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40700
8	Gilmour, Andrew	1887	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40701
9	Gilmour, John	1888	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40702

Census

Matches 1 to 5 of 5

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Census		Person ID
1	Gilmour, Thomas of Burnside Farm	1861	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40433
2	Gilmour, Thomas of Burnside Farm	1871	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40433
3	Gilmour, Thomas of Burnside Farm	1881	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40433
4	Gilmour, Thomas of Burnside Farm	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40433
5	Gilmour, Thomas of Burnside Farm	1901	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40433

Census-Household Member

Matches 1 to 24 of 24

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Census-Household Member		Person ID
1	Gilmour, Barbara	1861	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40428
2	Gilmour, Margaret	1861	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40434
3	Bell, Margaret	1881	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40693
4	Gilmour, Agness	1881	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40697
5	Gilmour, Allan	1881	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40695
6	Gilmour, Andrew	1881	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40698
7	Gilmour, Elizabeth	1881	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40696
8	Gilmour, Thomas	1881	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40694
9	Bell, Margaret	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40693
10	Gilmour, Agness	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40697
11	Gilmour, Allan	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40695
12	Gilmour, Andrew	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40701
13	Gilmour, Barbara	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40699
14	Gilmour, Elizabeth	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40696
15	Gilmour, Jeanie	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40700
16	Gilmour, John	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40702
17	Gilmour, Thomas	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40694
18	Bell, Margaret	1901	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40693
19	Gilmour, Agness	1901	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40697
20	Gilmour, Allan	1901	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40695
21	Gilmour, Andrew	1901	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40701
22	Gilmour, Elizabeth	1901	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40696
23	Gilmour, Jeanie	1901	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40700
24	Gilmour, John	1901	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40702

Occupation

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Occupation		Person ID
1	Gilmour, Thomas of Burnside Farm	1871	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40433
2	Gilmour, Thomas of Burnside Farm	1881	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40433
3	Gilmour, Thomas of Burnside Farm	1891	Burnside Farm, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland	I40433