Oor Ain Folk: George Brown Inglis (1854-1936)

Rev. George B Inglis, Ashburton The following article is an extract from Oor Ain Folk by James Inglis regarding his brother George Brown Inglis.

The large Family Bible which is to be found in Inglis Memorial Hall was once owned by George when he was in New Zealand. When he died in 1936 it was sent back to Edzell.

From page 261:

Next on the list is George. He has manifested the hereditary bent, and is now a minister of the New Zealand Presbyterian . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk: George Brown Inglis (1854-1936)

Oor Ain Folk: William Burnet Inglis (1851-1888)

The following article is an extract from Oor Ain Folk by James Inglis regarding his brother William Burnet Inglis.

From pages 260 and 261 of Oor Ain Folk:

Willie, the next, lies in a lonely grave by the great Australian inland river. He had taken an honourable position on the London Stock Exchange, but his health breaking down, he came out to Australia. After entering the service of one of the leading banks there, he accepted the position of branch manager in the far back, pastoral, riverside town of Wilcannis [sic]. Here he was joined by . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk: William Burnet Inglis (1851-1888)

Johnny Bhoy

Dan Doyle, 1890 A second cousin, once-removed, of mine (Anne James) got back in touch recently. We’re both descendants of Edward Doyle, a Scottish miner (ironstone, coal, shale, whatever was paying him at the time) who lived between 1858 and 1937. It was his cousin who was Dan Doyle (left) of Celtic fame, who I mentioned in this post.

Anne got in touch partly to get back in touch and also to talk about a possible link between Dan and another Celtic player. This time Johnny Doyle . . . → Read More: Johnny Bhoy

Oor Ain Folk: David Inglis (1831-1888)

The following article is an extract from Oor Ain Folk by James Inglis regarding his eldest brother David Inglis.

From our researches we know that David was born in Invermark, Lochlee on 2nd September 1831 and died, of the inflammation of the lungs, on 26th August 1888. He had seven children, two girls, five boys and married his cousin Ann Brand on 22nd April 1868.

James, in his preamble to his outline of his siblings’ lives mentions on page 253:

[w]ith the miserably inadequate salary of a Free Church country minister of the time, it . . . → Read More: Oor Ain Folk: David Inglis (1831-1888)

William Burnet Inglis 1851 – 1888

William was one of James Inglis‘ younger brothers, I have written about him before I think. He was tempted to Australia by James and took a position in a bank in Wilcannia (a town in New South Wales about 450 miles North West of Sydney) taking with him his wife and four young children Helen, Mary, Robert and William.

There is a transcription of a vivid account (given by Helen, using the name Daisy because her second name was Margaret) of life in Wilcannia and the death of their father, on rootsweb . . . → Read More: William Burnet Inglis 1851 – 1888