Aberdeen Combs at the Philadelphia Exhibition We are very pleased to learn that one of our most important local Industries, comb-making has received favourable notice at the Philadelphia exhibition, Mr. C.G Elrick, Rosemount Comb Works, having been awarded the only prize medal that has been granted for horn combs. It is only about a dozen [...]
MASTER AND SERVANT CASE At the Small Debt Court on Thursday, a case under the master and servant act was brought up before Sheriff Thomson, which involved some points of interest to the public. The pursuers were Messrs Stewart, Rowell, Stewart & Co., of Aberdeen Comb Works, and the defender James Keason, an apprentice in [...]
Charles Niven married Mary Stewart, the second of five daughters of Sir David and Lady Stewart of Banchory and Leggart. Niven oversaw the introduction of the BSc and PhD degrees, the introduction of women students, the teaching of Medical Physics and other changes in the University. He taught for 42 years, a period that saw [...]
Mary Stewart was born on 28th November 1865. She was the second daughter of Sir David and Lady Stewart of Banchory Leggart. Mary married Charles Niven in 1886 and they had one son and two daughters : Alice Margaret was born on 17th May 1888 and died 16th May 1894. Charles David Niven MA BSc [...]
Sir David Stewart married in 1860 Margaret Dyce, eldest daughter of the Rev. David Brown, DD, LLD, Principal of the United Free Church College. He is survived by Lady Stewart and the following sons - David Brown Douglas, Drumduan, lieut.-colonel and hon. colonel, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders (VD); William Dyce; and George Irvine Thompson, FRCS, [...]