James Wilson Monteith

James Wilson Monteith was living at 7 St Bernard’s Row when he died suddenly on 26 January 1943.¹ His widow Janet remained there until 1962.² In 1939 they were resident at 11 Dundonald Street, Edinburgh.³

James W. Monteith was born in Dublin, Ireland on 10 May 1890, son of James Monteith, a clerk, and Catherine Wilson, who were both Scottish.⁴ The family were at 13 Carlyle Place, Musselburgh in 1901.⁵ James W. Monteith was a stationer, resident at 26 Mansfield Avenue, Musselburgh, when he enlisted in December 1915, to serve as a private in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was discharged medically unfit in September 1916.⁶ In 1921 he was a bookbinder employed by T. Nelson & Sons⁷ and in 1939 he was a ‘stationary traveller.’⁸

James Wilson Monteith married Janet Brown McLean in 1912.⁹ She was born at Airdrie, Lanarkshire on 13 February 1891, daughter of John Brown, a coal miner, and Maggie Drysdale. She died at Blackpool in 1979.¹⁰

Their daughter Catherine Wilson Monteith, born on 30 August 1916,¹¹ married William Semple Glen at Musselburgh on 04 August 1939.¹² The couple lived with Catherine’s widowed mother and were listed at 7 St Bernard’s Row in the electoral register from1945 to 1962. William S. Glen, who was born at Musselburgh in 1914,¹³ son of Samuel Glen, a hotel porter, and Jane Semple, was a restaurant bar attendant when he married. He died at Blackpool, Lancashire on 19 October 1989.¹⁴ Catherine Wilson Monteith or Glen died at Blackpool, Lancashire on 26 May 2005.¹⁵

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