The White Lady

There are many articles both in print and online about this quite famous memorial in the Glasgow

Southern Necropolis none of which have been particularly well researched, so hopefully, the

following information will reveal some previously unknown details.

The monument is located in south part of the Central Section of the Cemetery to the right of

the main path from the gates and is part of the Southern Necropolis Heritage Trail.

The ‘White Lady’ was born Magdelene Blair,

29^th June 1850 in the Gorbals.

She was one of seven children born to

Archibald Blair, a Coppersmith and Magdalene Ireland,

who married on 29^th December 1843 at West or Old Parish, Greenock

Her siblings were:

Helen Ireland Blair, born 7^th October 1844, Glasgow

Catherine Blair, born 6^th June 1846, Cathcart

Margaret Blair, born 5^th August 1848, Glasgow

Agnes Blair, born 29^th August 1852, Gorbals

Duncan Blair, born 23^rd August 1854, Gorbals

Janet Blair, born 18^th March 1857, Tradeston, Glasgow

(sourced from the IGI, www.familysearch.org)

Little can be found about Magdalene’s early life, until in 1880 when she

married John Stewart Smith, a carpet manufacturer.

Their marriage took place on 19^th October at 96 Regent Terrace, Glasgow

(Magdalene’s home)

Her husband was John Stewart Smith, age 40 of 23 Carlton Place,

son of Thomas Morton Smith and Margaret Smith nee Kitely.

Magdalene’s age is stated on their Marriage Certificate as 25,

and her occupation is Fancy Goods Dealer.

Her father Archibald in listed as deceased.

In 1881 however, father Thomas is found living with John and his new

bride, still at 23 Carlton Place:

John Stewart Smith, Head, age 40, Carpet Manufacturer

(employing 13 men, 3 boys, 6 women and 5 girls)

born Kilmarnock

Mrs. (Magdalene) Smith, Wife, age 25, born Glasgow

Thomas Smith, Father, age 71, late Carpet Manufacturer's Manager,

born Kilmarnock

Samuel Smith, Brother, age 38, Carpet Manufacturer, born Glasgow

Still at 23 Carlton Place in 1891

John S. Smith, Head, age 50, Carpet Manufacturer,

born Kilmarnock

Magdalene Smith, Wife, age 40, Milliner, born Glasgow

The Glasgow Post Office Directory 1891-92 lists the following which indicates

where John (and younger brother Samuel) carried out their business:

South York Street was re-named Moffat Street and can be seen on the 1912

Ordnance Survey Map to the left of St. Andrew’s Suspension Bridge on the south side

of the River Clyde opposite Glasgow Green.

On the Bird’s Eye view below, Moffat Street is marked by red arrows.

Thomas Martin Devine’s book ‘Glasgow 1830 to 1912’

lists the following: 

John and Magdalene continued to live at 23 Carlton Place

and are found on the 1901 Census:

John S. Smith, Head, age 60, retired Carpet Manufacturer,

born Kilmarnock

Magdalene Smith, Wife, age 50, Millinery Shopkeeper,

born Glasgow

An article can be found on the firm of J.S. & S. Smith here:

http://www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk/1888_Book/Smith_J_S_&_S.htm

Not very much of the detail remains on the inscription, but the details

from his Death Certificate read:

At 23 Carlton Place

of Prostatic Enlargement (Chronic), Retention of Urine & Cystitis

John Stewart Smith, retired Carpet Manufacturer, aged 68

Married to Magdalene Blair

Son of Thomas Morton Blair (deceased) & Margaret Smith nee Kitely

JOHN S. SMITH, Carpet Manufacturer, Nursery Mils, S. York Street

Died 24^th January 1909 Aged 68 Years

Almost four years later, Magdalene re-married.

Her second husband was widower Charles James Reid, age 67,

100 Bothwell Street, Glasgow

Son of Charles James Reid, Gas Office Official & Agnes Reid nee Scott

(both deceased)

Magdalene is listed as age 62, a Milliner and a widow,

residing at 92 Langside Avenue, Glasgow

The Marriage took place at 193 Bath Street, Glasgow

The details of her tragic death is published in the Glasgow Herald

30^th October 1933 issue:

"Killed on way from Church - Glasgow Lady knocked down by Tram

An elderly Glasgow woman, Mrs Magdalene Reid (82) 92 Langside Avenue, was

knocked down and instantaneously killed by a tram-car last night at Queen’s Drive

near Queen’s Park gate, Glasgow, while she was returning from church.

Her housekeeper, Mary McNaughton was also knocked down and

sufferered (d…….?) injuries. She was removed to the Victoria

Infirmary. A long line of tramcars were held up for some time at the scene

of the accident."

Her Death Certificate has the following details:

On October 29th 1933 at about 8 p.m.,Magdalene Reid, age 82, 

residing at 92 Langside Road,

 died at Queen’s Drive near Langside Road or in ambulance between

there and Victoria Infirmary

Widow of

1^st - Widow of 1^st John Stewart Smith, Carpet Manufacturer

2^nd Charles Reid, Printing Type Metal Traveller

Daughter of Archibald Blair, Gas Engineer and Magdalene Blair nee Ireland

(both deceased)

Cause of Death: Fractured Skull (Fatal Accident)

Informant: M? Scott, Nephew, 21 Hallside Street, Glasgow.

Her death being classed as a Fatal Accident went before the Procurator Fiscal and it

was recorded in the Register of Corrected Enries attached to the Death Certificate with

the details “Injuries sustained through being struck and knocked down by tramcar

per verdict of jury.”

The Monumental Inscription on the base of the stone reads:

MAGDALENE BLAIR

Widow of John S. Smith

Accidentally killed 29^th October 1933, aged 82 years

MARY McNAUGHTON

Devoted housekeeper of the above for almost

25 years died as the result of the same accident

4^th November 1933 aged 55 years.

The announcement of Mary McNaughton’s death appears in the Glasgow Herald

on the 6^th & 7^th November issues, 1933.

“McNaughton – At the Victoria Infirmary, on 4^th November 1933, the result of an accident

on 29^th October 1933, Mary McNaughton, youngest daughter of the late Peter McNaughton.

Funeral from house of the late Mrs. Reid, 92 Langside Avenue, Langside

on Wednesday 8^th November at 3 p.m.”

Her Death Certificate has the following details:

Mary McNaughton, age 55, Housekeeper (Domestic Servant)

Died 4^th November 1933 at the Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow,

Usual residence: 92 Langside Road, Glasgow

Daughter of Peter McNaighton, Carpet Factory Timekeper

and Janet McNaught nee Guthrie (both deceased)

Cause of death: Fractured Skull (result of an accident)

Informant: Sister, Sarah Mackie, 41 Srathcona Drive, Glasgow.

Also attached to her death certificate is a note of an entry in the Register of

Corrected Entries. but details were not viewed and they most likely are the same or

similar to that of Magdalene.

Bird's Eye view of 92 Langside Avenue

Above photo courtesy of Dave Forrest photography

So ........ the ‘White Lady’ isn’t very mysterious after all!

(but the white highlighting on certain lines above are!)

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The New Tidal Weir at Glasgow Green

Sketch of structure with sluices up

Glasgow Herald, Thursday December 26^th 1901

This structure, which is to be opened by the Lord Provost on Saturday, is a somewhat unique type of cross-river bridge, the only similar one in Britain being across the River Thames at Richmond.

The Lord Provost of Glasgow at that time was Samuel Chisholm.

Somewhere about 20 years ago, after much discussion, it was decided by the then Town

Council that the old weir, which consisted of a rough bank of stones and boulders of various

sizes submerged at high water, and which extended across the river about 100 yards east of

Albert Bridge, having a lock for the passage of boats at it’s north-end, should be removed, in the

expectation that various good results would follow, including less dredging in the harbour, and

unimpeding navigation as far as Carmyle.

Far from improving maters, however, the immediate effect of this step was an enormous

amount of scour in the river bed, causing the river banks for long stretches to cave in, and also

seriously injuring the foundations of several of the river bridges, the old Rutherglen Bridge being

the first to show dangerous symptoms, which ultimately led to its being taken down and replaced

by the present handsome structure, whilst the amount of dredging in the harbour was probably

increased by the deposit of the scoured-out material.

After considering the question for some time, and studying the result of the new weir just them

finished at Richmond on the ‘stoney’ principle, the Corporation decided to erect a similar structure

on the site of the old weir, as a result, Parliamentary powers were obtained in 1892.

The work of construction was not begun until a year or so later, but following very severe

flooding, the coffer-dam, which had been constructed by the first firm of contractors who

undertook the work, was undermined and a great amount of damage done, the final result

being that the Corporation took over the works from them. Sir Benjamin Baker, the well known

engineer, was called in by the Corporation, and, after a careful examination, be recommended

the carrying out of the works by the sinking of a series of caissons extending from bank to bank

by the pneumatic process, which he had employed so successfully at the Forth Rail Bridge.

Fresh designs were prepared under the supervision

of the City Engineer, and a new contract was let, the successful offerers being Messrs

Morrison & Mason Limited, and work was again resumed in the latter end of 1896.

The firm of Morrison & Mason specialised in building waterworks, docks, railway

construction, tenements, villas and public and commercial buildings.

Amongst some of their work in Glasgow between 1875 – 1908:

The General Post Office, George Square

Her Majesty’s Theatre (Citizen’s Theatre), Gorbals Street

Clyde Navigation Building (Clyde Port), Broomielaw

Great Western Road Bridge

Ruchill Hospital , Extension to Rottenrow Hospital

Colliseum Theatre

And possibly most famously – Glasgow City Chambers (1882 – 1890)

Progress Of The Work

Since that date the work has been quietly but steadily carried on under many difficulties,

particularly during the winter seasons, which since the work was resumed have been of a

very wet description, the river being in flood to a greater or less degree for weeks at a time.

The delay has arisen chiefly from the great difficulty which was experienced in sinking the caissons

through the solid masonry foundations of the old lock already mentioned and through the boulders

etc., forming the old weir, which had made their way many feet down into the sandy bed of the

river, and caused a great deal of trouble when getting below the cutting edges of the caissons.

The series of sill caissons, which were sunk right across the river, had to be finished one by one,

the work at one being completed and the water-way restored before another was started,

this being absolutely necessary owing to the amount of scouring action which immediately took

place when the water-way was restricted by their presence. As only four men could be employed

in one of these caissons at a time, the rate of speed was necessarily slow, and the daily amount

of sinking accomplished, even in the easiest material, very small. They are sunk to a depth of 45

to 50 feet below high water, so that their foundation is well below the limit of any scour which

could possibly occur in the future.

Operations Below Low Water Mark

Very great amount of accurate work had to be carried out below low water mar by the aid of

pumps or by divers, and as even the most powerful pumps were unable to control the water

except for a short period at low water of each day during the period of spring tides, the

operations were necessarily prolonged. In fact, many of the portions of the work carried out

have no precedent in engineering operations, in that no benefit was obtainable from prior

experience gained in similar work, and many expedients were tried from time to time by the

contractors to solve the various problems, and great credit is due to them for the manner in which

they have finally overcome all difficulties. It is also a matter for congratulation that, in spite of the

somewhat risky nature of the pneumatic process of forming foundations, especially in tidal

rivers, no fatal accident has occurred since the commencement.

The structure is now quite complete and the sluices in working order, the only thing remaining

to be done being the drawing of old piling and the placing of a new skin of heavy slag all over the

river bed, so as to prevent any scouring action in the future.

Division Of The Weir

The type of weir adopted, as already mentioned, is that patented by the late F.G.M. Stoney

and consists of three large sluice gates 80 feet long by 12 feet deep, each closing up one of

the three 80 feet spans into which the weir is divided. These gates weigh about 45 tons, but

20 tons of counter-balance weight is provided at either end, so that only five ton net lift remains.

The lower edges of these gates, when down for the purpose of damming up the water on the

upstream side, is in very close proximity to a massive granite sill by the caissons formerly

mentioned, but is not closed right down on it, a sufficient space being left so that just enough

water gets away underneath to ensure that the ponded up water on the upstream side shall

remain at a constantly uniform level. When there is a large amount of water in the river these

openings will be increased, and when a small amount, diminished. At high water, or shortly

after it, the gates are shut down and while the tide recedes on the down-stream side as it does

ordinarily on the up-stream side, the water remains at the level it held when the gates were shut

down, thus ponding up the water, and forming practically a long lake extending beyond

Dalmarnock Bridge, and as a consequence preventing that unsightly exhibition of

mud and garbage, and in summer the objectionable smell from decaying matter which

are observed at the present.

Navigation Arrangements

On the incoming tide rising and reaching the level of the ponded-up water on the up-stream

side, the water pressure on the gates is naturally equalised, and the gates are then lifted and

navigation allowed to go on unimpeded as through an ordinary bridge. As the gates rise they are

tilted over into a horizontal position, until the face of the sluice gate is at the same level as the

crown of the arch, and the appearance of an ordinary bridge is obtained. Each gate is raised and

lowered by a small hydraulic engine situated in the centre of each span, and the process of lowering

or lifting a gate takes about three minutes. As a final result of the undertaking, the dilapidation of

the river banks will be stopped and it is confidently expected that when they are restored, the

stretch of river lying to the east of the weir will once more become a boating centre, and with a

purified river, which is not very far distant, will once more prove an attraction to the citizens, and,

instead of being an eyesore, become the scene of much healthy and enjoyable recreation, not

very different from what obtains on the Thames at present.

Engineers and Contractors

It should be mentioned that the engineer in chief for the whole works has been Mr. A. B.

McDonald, M.Inst.C.E., the City Engineer, with Mr. John Cowan, Assoc. M.Inst.C.E., as

resident engineer, while Messrs Ransomes & Rapier (Limited) of Ipswich, have erected all the

steel work of the superstructure, as well as the ‘Stoney’ sluices, the foundations, masonry, and

general work being executed by Messrs. Morrison & Mason (Limited), Polmadie.

Completed Bridge, 1901 

The bridge remained until 1941 when flooding to the surrounding area

occurred - scour undermining the abutment foundations. At this time, both the structure and

the tenements on Adelphi Street on the south bank were demolished.

The present bridge was completed in 1949 and carries pipes across the river.

Bird's Eye View showing Glasgow Green on the north bank.

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The Thomson Family, Ireland and Glasgow

James Thomson, born 13^th November 1786 in County Down, Northern Ireland.

He matriculated at Glasgow University in 1810 and graduated in 1812, M.A.

After his graduation, he continued to attend classes in Medicine and Divinity

with the intention of becoming a minister.

In 1814, he was appointed to the Belfast Academical Institution where he taught arithmetic, geography and book-keeping for a year before moving to the college department becoming professor of mathematics.

In Belfast, he met Margaret Gardner, the daughter of a Glasgow Merchant, who he married in 1817. The couple lived in Belfast and went on to have seven children there.

Margaret died in 1830 and James arrived in Glasgow in 1832 after being offered the Chair of Mathematics at Glasgow University bringing with him his young family.

Sixteen years later, James was struck by a second Cholera epidemic to hit Glasgow and died on 12^th January 1849.

Glasgow Herald, January 15^th 1849

James Thomson Senior

James Thomson and Margaret Gardner’s children:

Elizabeth, born 1818, died 1896 (married Rev. David King)

Anna, born 1820, died 1857 (married William Bottomley)

James, born 1822, died 8^th May 1892

William, born 1824, died 17^th December 1907

John, born 1826, died 7^th February 1847

Margaret, born 1827, died 1831

Robert, born 1829, died 9^th September 1905 (Australia)

James Thomson Junior,

eldest son of James Thomson and Margaret Gardner

matriculated at Glasgow University in 1834

studying Engineering and Natural Philosophy.

He graduated B.A. in 1839 and M.A. (Hons.) in 1840.

Became a consulting civil engineer in Belfast 1851 to 1857 during which time

He was appointed Professor of Civil Engineering at Queen’s College.

He married Elizabeth Hancock c.1853 in Ireland

Returned to Glasgow on appointment to the Regius Chair

at Glasgow University in 1873.

In June 1877 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Served as President of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland

from 1884 - 1886

The Regius Chair of Civil Engineering had been founded by Queen Victoria in 1840 - it

had originally been entitled the Regius Chair of Civil Engineering and Mechanics.

James Thomson Junior and younger brother William are found on the 1851 Census as follows:

Living at College Buildings, High Street, Glasgow

William Thomson, Head, age 26

Master of Arts, Professor of Nat. Phil., University of Glasgow, born Belfast

James Thomson, Brother, age 29

Master of Arts, Civil Engineer, born Belfast

Agnes Gall, Aunt, age 53, born Glasgow

William Thomson,

second son of James Thomson and Margaret Gardner

matriculated with his elder bother James at Glasgow University in 1834

also studying Engineering and Natural Philosophy.

He did not graduate at Glasgow but went on to study at Peterhouse, Cambridge.

He became Professor of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow University aged 22,

holding the post for 53 years (1846 – 1899)

Married Margaret Crum, daughter of Walter Crum and Jessie Graham

14^th September 1852 at Glasgow

In 1866, he became the first scientist to be elevated to the peerage when knight by

Queen Victoria becoming Lord Kelvin of Largs.

He was Chancellor of Glasgow University from 1904 until his death in 1907.

In 1861, the brothers  are recorded as Living at Nelson Street, Largs, Ayrshire

William Thomson, Head, age 35

LL.D., University of Glasgow Philosophy, born Ireland

Margaret Thomson, Wife, age 34, born Eastwood, Renfrewshire

James Thomson, Brother, age 39

Master of Arts, Professor of Civil Engineering, born Ireland.

Elizabeth eldest daughter, born 1818, died 1896

Anna, second daughter born 1820, died 1857, married William Bottomley

On 8^th March 1844 at Glasgow.

John Thomson, fourth son born 1826, died 7^th February 1847

Margaret, third daughter, born 1827, died 1831

Youngest and seventh child, Robert Thomson, born in 1829,

Emigrated firstly to New Zealand around 1853 then to Sydney, Australia.

He died in Australia 9^th September 1905.

Margaret Thomson nee Crum, Lady Thomson, wife of Sir William Thomson

died on the 17^th June 1870.

A Death Notices appears Glasgow Herald and reads as follows:

“At Brooksby, Largs, on the 17^th instant, Margaret Crum,

wife of Sir William Thomson, Professor of Natural Philosophy

in the University of Glasgow.”

Death Notice from The Argus, Melbourne (Australia), Issue: Wednesday 31^st August 1870

William re-married 4 years later, on 17^th June 1874.

His second wife was Frances (Fanny) Anna Blundy,

Daughter of Mr. Charles Blundy of Madeira

Neither James nor William can be found on the 1871 Census.

James Thomson Jnr.

In 1881, James is found with his family

Living at Oakfield House, Hillhead, Glasgow

James Thomson, Head, age 59,

Professor of Civil Engineering, born Ireland

Elizabeth Thomson, Wife, age 62, born Ireland

Mary Hancock Thomson, Daughter, age 26, born Ireland

James Thomson Jnr., Son, age 23, Master of Arts, Glasgow University,

Born Ireland

Also enumerated with James and his family is:

William J. Hancock, Nephew, Student in Arts, Engineering, age 17,

Born Ireland.

In 1881, Frances is alone, living at ‘College No. 11’, Kelvin district of Glasgow

Frances A. Thomson, Wife of Bachelor of Arts & Professor, age 43,

born Madeira (British Subject)

In 1891, William is found with his wife Frances

Living at 11 University (?), Kelvin district of Glasgow

William Thomson, Head, age 66

Professor of Natural Philosophy, born Ireland

Frances A. Thomson, Wife, age 53, born Madeira (British Subject)

In 1891, James is found with his family

Living at 2 Florentine Bank  House, Partick district of Glasgow

James Thomson, Head, age 69

Emeritus Professor of Engineering, born Ireland

Elizabeth Thomson, Wife, age 72, born Ireland

Mary Hancock Thomson, Daughter, age 36, born Ireland

Bessie Thomson, Daughter, age 34, Artist (Painting), born Ireland.

William Thomson (Lord Kelvin)

In 1892 William Thomson was made Baron Kelvin of Largs, but it was also the year

in which his brother Professor James Thomson, niece Bessie and

sister-in-law Elizabeth Hancock all died within a week of each other at

2 Florentine Gardens, the family home.

Florentine Gardens

Their causes of death were as follows:

James, Lobar Pneumonia in both lungs (6 days)

Bessie (Elizabeth), Progressive Muscular Atrophy (22 years) and Pleuro Pneumonia

Elizabeth, Acute Pneumonia (about 10 days)

Obituary

‘Death of Professor James Thomson’

Glasgow Herald, 9^th May 1892

We deeply regret to have to record the death of Dr. James Thomson, lately Professor of Civil

Engineering and Mechanics in the University of Glasgow, which took place yesterday morning

at his residence, 2 Florentine Gardens.

Professor Thomson had not been in robust health for some time, but his death, after an illness

of three or four days, which was the result of a chill, will come as an unexpected sorrow

to many friends.

Professor Thomson was born in Belfast in 1822. His father, also James Thomson, was for

many years lecturer on, and afterwards professor of, mathematics in the Royal Belfast

Academical Institution, but subsequently became professor of mathematicsin Glasgow University.

He was a highly successful teacher and original investigator in mathematics, and was the author

of many important school books. There are not a few persons living who remember well the

spirited mathematical classes of those days, and also in particular the brilliant progress of the

professor’s two sons, James Thomson and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), who passed through

every class with credit and through many with unrivalled distinctness. The two young men early

showed that high inventive genius which had distinguished them through life, and James Thomson

chose for his career that of a civil engineer, serving his apprenticeship (after he had taken the

degree of M.A.) in the works of the late Sir William Fairbairn.

Mr Thomson, after the term of his apprenticeship was concluded, commenced business in

Belfast as a civil and mechanical and hydraulic engineer. His inventions of a vortex water wheel

and a centrifugal pump became widely known, and he was entrusted with work of much

importance both at home and abroad; and, in particular, designed and constructed great

pumps for the drainage of sugar plantations in Demerara. He was also engineer to the

Belfast Water Commissioners, and to the Lagan Navigation Works.

In 1857 he became Professor of Civil Engineering in Queen’s College, Belfast, an office which

he held till the death of the late Professor Macquorne Rankine in 1872. He was then elected to

fill the Glasgow chair, and he continued to fulfilhis duties of that office till 1889, when he was

obliged, owing to failure of his eyesight, to seek retirement. In spite of the sad blow which had

thus fallen upon him, Professor Thomson maintained undiminished all his zeal for scientific

pursuits and investigations; and, in March of this year, he completed a substantial paper on

‘The Grand Currents of Atmospheric Circulation’ which was rewarded by the Royal Society

as the Bakerian Lecture for the year.

Professor Thomson was the author of very numerous original papers on various subjects

connected with physics. In 1847 he communicated to the Royal Society of Edinburgh a

most important paper on the ‘Lowering by pressure of the freezing point of water.’ He led the

way to the development of thermo-dynamics which in the hands of Clausius, Rankine,

and others have done so much for the great modern improvements of the steam engine.

A man of singular purity of mind and simplicity of character, Professor Thomson was greatly

beloved by all with whom he came in contact. His gentle kindness and his unfailing courtesy

endeared him greatly to his pupils, and many will mourn the loss of so good and true a teacher.

He was conscientious to a degree, and clear-sighted in all that pertained to moral right and

wrong. Thus, never a public man, he held the strongest views on many burning political questions

– for example, the late American War, and still more recent Irish questions; and he was at all

times ready to uphold his convictions with keen logic and with the firmest decision.

Professor Thomson was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1877; he received the

honorary degree of D.Sc. from the Queen’s University in Ireland and of LL.D. from his own

University of Glasgow and from the University of Dublin.

In 1853 he married the only daughter of the late Mr. William John Hancock, J.P.,

of Lurgan, Co. Amagh, who survives him. He leaves also one son, Mr. James Thomson,

civil engineer, and two daughters.

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin’s statue, Belfast Botanical Gardens

Netherhall

William Thomson was President of the Royal Society from 1890 to 1895.

He died on 17^th December 1907 at his home 'Netherhall' near Largs in Ayrshire
and was buried in Westminster Abbey,

London on 23^rd December.  His grave lies in the nave beside that of Sir Isaac Newton

and a stained glass window designed by J. Ninian Cooper was erected within the Abbey

in 1913. More information can be found here:

http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/william-thomson,-lord-kelvin

The Thomson Family’s Lairs are located in Section Beta of the Glasgow Necropolis, on the

first level above the Egyptian Vaults at the main entrance from Glasgow Cathedral Precinct

across Wishart Street.

The smaller stone topped by a cross is to Annie Elizabeth Bottomley, a relative

of the Thomson Family.

Strangely, none of the Thomson Family appear to be listed amongst the

‘Who’s Who’ on the Necropolis Heritage Trail.

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