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

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

Census

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

Census-Household Member

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

Occupation

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