John Roberts Baillie

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John Roberts Baillie lived at No. 9 between 1914 and 1936.1 He was born at Bathgate on 02 October 1866, son of Thomas Baillie, a candlemaker, and his wife Agnes Roberts.2 In the 1881 Census, when he was 14 years old, he was described as a stationer’s clerk.3 He worked for the West Lothian Courier and, as well as doing some reporting, was in charge of the clerical department.4 He left Bathgate about 1894 to take charge of the clerical staff of the Perthshire Constitutional, and in 1901 was living in Dunkeld Road, Perth.5 He later moved to Edinburgh to manage the Riverside Press6 and was living in Dunedin Street in 1911.7 About 1920 he formed his own printing company, The Dunedin Press, with premises in Thistle Street.8 He died at No. 9 Malta Terrace on 18 March 1936.9

John Roberts Baillie married Margaret Grindlay Gillies at Bathgate on 25 February 1885.10 Their golden wedding anniversary in 1935 was reported in the Edinburgh Evening News, Mr Baillie being well-known in the Edinburgh printing trade.11 Margaret Grindley Gillies was born at Bathgate on 08 January 1866, daughter of George Gillies, a brick maker, and his wife Margaret Robertson.12 She died at No. 9 Malta Terrace on 21 March 1947.13

John Roberts Baillie and Margaret Grindley Gillies had two sons, born almost twenty years apart. Both were listed at No. 9 in the Electoral Register at least once.

John George Gillies Baillie was born at Perth on 17 November 1907.14 He married Florence May Pirie in 1927.15 They were both listed at No. 9 in Electoral Registers from 1935 to 1955.16 He died on 08 March 1966.17

Florence May Pirie was born at Lossiemouth, Moray on 10 April 1906, daughter of William Pirie, Colour Sergeant in the Seaforth Highlanders, and Finas Sophia Waters.18 She died in Edinburgh in 1984.19

John G. G. Baillie and Florence Pirie had two sons who lived at No. 9.

    • John Robert Baillie was born in Edinburgh in 192820 and was listed at No. 9 in the 1950 Electoral Register.21 He married Maureen Lang at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan in 195622 and died in Oxfordshire in 2017.23
    • Ronald George Baillie, son of John G.G. Baillie and Florence Pirie, was born in Edinburgh in 1929.24 He was listed at No. 9 in the 1955 Electoral Register. He was a flying officer in the R.A.F., stationed at Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, when he died after a mid-air collision on 03 January 1957.25

John R. Baillie’s much older brother Thomas Baillie and his wife Marie were listed in the Electoral Register at No. 9 in 1925-26. Thomas Baillie was born at Bathgate on 11 July 1886.26 He was a printer’s compositor in 1901.27 He died at Blackhall, Edinburgh on 28 November 1962.28 Thomas Baillie married Marie Martin in 1908, at Perth.29

Marion Rait Gillies, John Roberts Baillie’s sister-in-law, was recorded at No. 9 when the 1921 census was taken.30 She was living with the Baillie family at 7 Dunedin Street in 191131 and remained at No. 9 until her death on 04 January 1948.32 She was born at Bathgate on 08 September 1871.33 In 1891 she was working as a hotel waitress in Girvan, Ayrshire34 and in 1901 as a hosiery machinist in Bathgate.35

References

  1. PO Directories 1914-15 to 1935-36.
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  3. Census records. Scotland. Bathgate, Linlithgow. 02 April 1881. BAILLIE, Thomas (Head). 662/1 1/ 6. Ancestry collection ‘1881 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 27 September 2023.
  4. ‘Bathgate Native Dies in Edinburgh.’ West Lothian Courier. 20 March 1936. p. 4, col. 8. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 28 September 2023.
  5. Census records. Scotland. Perth, Perthshire. 31 March 1901. BAILLIE, John R (Head). 387/ 5/ 12. Ancestry collection ‘1901 Scotland Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 28 September 2023.
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