Monument Details Q07

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Forename
Surname
Date of Death
Age
Place Name
Basil
Baird
03 July 1896
62
Jean
Baird
25 January 1891
86
George
Baird
15 August 1885
84
Faside
Margaret
Baird
03 July 1845
n/a
George
Baird
n/a
4

Relatives: Son of George & Jean Baird. Stone Condition: Sound Material: Granite Height: 2 Breadth: 0.99 Depth: 0.43 Inscription Condition: Clear but worn Inscription Technique: Incised Mason: W. Scott, Cathcart Pre 1855 no. 14 ( What's this? )

Monument Inscription

SACRED
TO
THE MEMORY OF
GEORGE BAIRD, FASIDE,
WHO DIED 15TH AUGUST 1885,
AGED 84 YEARS.
HIS CHILDREN
MARGARET,
DIED 3RD JULY 1845, AGED 9 MONTHS
GEORGE
DIED IN 1847 AGED 4 YEARS.
ALSO HIS WIFE
JEAN BAIRD
DIED 25TH JANUARY 1891 AGED 86 YEARS
ALSO THEIR SON
BASIL,
DIED 3RD JULY 1896, AGED 62 YEARS.

Family History

The Baird family, while a well known farming family, were not native to Mearns Parish. Centred on Carmunnock, they spread out to several locations to the east of the River Earn towards Eaglesham and district.

One of the family George, was to break this pattern by taking the tenancy of the farm at Fa’side. Born in December 1800 at Carmunnock of parents Basil Baird and Ann Pettigrew, George in 1831 married Jean Baird, a first cousin from East Kilbride. This couple had a total of eight children including one set of twins, during their marriage, one of whom was to be given the first name Basil after his paternal grandfather. This name was to perpetuate, virtually unbroken, through the family lineage till present times.

Two of the children of this couple were to perish as infants. Daughter Margaret died aged only nine months while her older brother George died aged four years, two years after her.

The farm at Fa’side extended to fifty-two acres of hilly though reasonable arable land. It was to be the residence and support for this family over six decades and two generations.

On George’s death in 1885 the farm passed to son Basil who kept the farm operating with the assistance of two general servants and one farm worker. His niece Jessie Harvie came to live at the farm for a time, acting as his housekeeper.

Basil died, still unmarried, in 1896 and was laid to rest alongside his parents in this grave.