by War Baby » Fri Nov 25, 2016 9:57 am
k2,
It is very interesting that your great Grandfather was at Benallan in 1914, because I think my ancestors were there at that time too. Two of my ancestors were living at that house when they were married, one in 1915, the other in 1922.
The following info may or may not bring up a surname that connects with your great grandfather.
My grandfather had several brothers - two of them lived at Benallan. Willie Henry Martin was born 15 Jun 1886 at Barrhill Rows, Twechar, Kirkintilloch. He didn't stay there long but returned to the Kirkintilloch area about 1910 when he was 24, became a Deacon at St Davids Free Church, and is on the 1911 census at Benallan. The census reads:
William Martin, 53; Margaret (Russell)48; WILLIAM HENRY MARTIN, son, 24, and his brother Thomas Martin, 17.
In 1915 Willie Henry Martin was married at St Davids , and his home address is given as Benallan. He married Jane Isabella Reyburn, whose father was the Rev'd Hugh Young Reyburn at St Davids. They moved away sometime during the 1920's. (Willie became Provost of Clydebank, and was in the company of the King & Queen at the launching of the Queen Elizabeth in 1938 at Clydebank.)
On 14 Jun 1922, his brother Thomas Martin married Jean Bunting Christie at St Davids, Kirkintilloch, and he was still living at Benallan at the time. Jean Christie was living at "Brierybank", Kirkintilloch. They moved sometime in the 1920's.
A John Wilson was living at Benallan on the Valuation Rolls of 1916-16. I have Wilsons on my tree but can't see any connection.
Do any of the above surnames mean anything to you? I am wondering if Benallan was a big enough house to be taking in lodgers. If your G/Grandfather was there in 1914, he must have been either a relative, a lodger or a visitor but whichever it is, there DOES seem to be the "overlap" you are asking about.