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Monument Inscription
ERECTED
BY
JAMES RITCHIE
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF HIS WIFE
ISABELLA GRANGER
DIED 11TH MAY 1911 AGED 62 YEARS.
ALSO THE ABOVE
JAMES RITCHIE
DIED 14TH FEB. 1927 AGED 77 YEARS
THEIR DAUGHTER
ISABELLA McLEAN RITCHIE
DIED 4TH FEB. 1968 AGED 85 YEARS
AND THEIR DAUGHTER
CATHERINE WILSON RITCHIE
DIED 22ND AUG. 1975 AGED 90 YEARS
Family History
James Ritchie of Eastfields Smithy was a journeyman blacksmith at the time of his marriage to Isabella Grainger in 1881.Although the marriage took place in the parish of Glassford in Lanarkshire, the address of both parties, as recorded on their marriage certificate, was in Paisley. William Ritchie, James’s father, had been a silk weaver but died in 1863 (cf. Monument K08).
Eastfield Smithy was situated on the road leading from the Mearns Kirk to Southfield House (now Mearnskirk Hospital), on ground presently occupied by a restaurant.
Catherine (Kate) Wilson Ritchie, daughter of James and his wife Isabella, had a long association with Mearns School, first as a pupil, then as a pupil teacher and latterly as the infant mistress. She retired in 1946.
A much respected member of the community Miss Ritchie was given the honour of opening the present Mearns Parish Church Halls in 1970.
The previous Church Halls, built in 1910 on the Ayr Road, were subsequently sold and are now occupied by the congregation of Glasgow New Synagogue.