The Tweedie Family - a genealogy - McNichols, Tweedie & Wyckoff 2005 Wood-cut on title page from Reminiscences of the Royal Burgh of Haddington; John Martine; John Menzies & Co., Edinburgh and Glasgow, 1883. About this book and the authors: This book is the work of many hands. In 1990 Edwin Tweedie of Wheaton, Illinois hired genealogist Hazel Weir to research the Tweedie family in Scotland. She put him in touch with several cousins in Scotland, who were descendants of great, great, uncle Alexander Tweedie. May Tweedie Stephen responded to Edwin’s letter and a meeting was arranged in Scotland. It was at this gathering that the idea of a book about the family history was born. The primary genealogist was Diane McNichols of Scotland who undertook this work at the behest and in the employ of of Ann Tweedie Rennie of East Lothian, Scotland in 1993. In 2001, with most of the research having been done, Mr. McNichols, the publisher and husband of Diane, took ill and work on the book was interrupted for several years. Despairing of the book ever being finished, Edwin with encouragement from his daughter, Lynne, consulted Ellen (Tweedie) Wyckoff, his niece, also of Wheaton to undertake to finish the project. Ellen had previously done most of the scanning of photographs for the book at the inception. Ellen, having only a preliminary galley proof to work from, had the text OCR Scanned into a workable format and proceeded to organize and format the book. She is also responsible for the style and decorations throughout, which are either taken from authentic sources or designed by her entirely. Edwin and Ellen also added much to the knowledge base concerning the last four generations of the family in America, based on their own recollections, stories they'd been told by parents and grandparents, as well as by researching many, many old photographs and their annotations. Information about the California Tweedies was gathered and written by Katherine MacIsaac Miller. Peter Alexander Tweedie took over the editing and writing of the history from Scotland after the death of his mother, Ann. Simon Vere Tweedie corrected and added material and photographs of the early Tweedies. Regaining his health in 2005, Mr. McNichols supplied the Family Tree diagrams as well as the index and most of the annexes. The book was composed with Quark XPress 4.0 on a Macintosh computer. The type is Times, set in various weights. The book was printed using the DocuTech process on acid-free paper. It is case-bound by hand using the time-honored method. Wheaton, Illinois October, 2005 PREFACE Y This Genealogy Book on the Tweedie Family was inspired by my father, Douglas Herbert Tweedie, 1890-1954. He was born in Chicago and quickly established his credentials as a young scholar during his formative years. Impressed by his swift grasp of academic challenges, he was twice encouraged by his teachers to skip an elementary grade. He was sent to a private high school until his father’s unfortunate early demise in July 1906 ended his formal education. Douglas was only 16 years old. His response to this unexpected catastrophe was typical of his character. He decided with his sisters Violet, age 18, and Dorothy, age 14, to keep the Tweedie family together. The seven children included Norman, 12, Herbert,10, Lawrence, 8, and Helen, 6. Violet, a graduate of Lyons Township High School, secured a position with a local Wheaton real estate developer, Will Stevens, her future husband. Douglas accepted a humble position with a sporting goods manufacturer, A. G. Spalding, in Chicago’s downtown “Loop”. His father, Herbert James, had managed this retail outlet prior to his death. Dorothy continued her schooling at Wheaton High School and assumed the household management duties for the entire household. Douglas started thirty-one years with Spalding by commuting from Wheaton to Chicago on the electrical railway six days a week. By virtue of his energy, dedication, loyalty and business acumen he rapidly rose through various management positions to a final appointment to Vice-President, Retail Sales, and Director of Spalding. He continued to work actively in the sporting goods field with his older son, Douglas Jr. until his death in 1954. He married Alice Finch Wanzer in 1915 and by 1925 had four children; Douglas, Joy, myself and Mary. With a growing family, he moved them into 510 Ellis Avenue in Wheaton. His father-in-law, Edwin Wanzer, was a widower in 1940 and was invited to join the family during WWII. Grandpa Wanzer remained with them for his final 13 years. During the war, the two wives and their children left behind were also in residence. During Doug Jr’s stint in the Army Signal Corp, he was stationed on the plains of Salisbury prior to the Normandy landings. To his disappointment, he was unable to visit James Tweedie’s former residence in Hoylake overlooking the Mersey River that our Dad spoke so often about. My father had always been very interested in knowing about this important segment of our family history. He did secure some impressive photographs of the property which I presented to the current owner during our trip in 1992. The purpose of our trip was to visit cousins at the 450 acre farm called Coates, enjoy a dinner with Peter Tweedie, and a round of golf at the Royal Liverpool Golf Course at Hoylake, where as a descendant of one of the founders, James Tweedie, we were warmly welcomed. When WWII ended, we all returned to 510 Ellis to rejoin the family, search for homes, and for both my younger sister, Mary, and myself, a spouse. Within a year this had been accomplished. After an interval of five years, I returned as a widower with two beautiful young daughters, Lynne Ann and Carol Elizabeth. My father and mother were now again taking care of four generations in their home. Dad passed away while on a business trip just three weeks prior to my second marriage. It was a devastating shock to the family. He seemed so indestructible. He was irreplaceable and his death left an great void for all of us. It is because of my deep love and admiration for my father, his selflessness and dedication to the concept of family that this genealogy book is dedicated to him. Edwin Clarence Tweedie CONTENTS Y Sources ii Abbreviations ii Glossary iii Surnames viii Peeblesshire: 1 • History 2 • Administration 6 • Farming 6 • Domestic Life 8 • Transport 9 • Worship 9 • Places 10 People and Events 23 Places and Maps: • Map of Scotland 26 • Places in East Lothian associated with T5/8 James Tweedie and his sister, T5/12 Margaret Tweedie, map of East Lothian 28 • Map of Peeblesshire - c.1880 29 • Places in Asia, map of India 30 • Map of Chicago area 31 • Places in USA associated with T6/7 James Tweedie and his son, T7/27 Herbert James Tweedie 31 The Family Biographies: • The Early Tweedies and their descendants 33 • The Tweedie Family 95 • The Welsh Family 183 Annexes for certain other families who married into the Tweedie Family 203 • The Armson Family 204 • The Ker Family 206 • The Mathews Family 207 • The Murray Family 208 • The Porteous Family 211 • The Ronaldson Family 212 • The Todrick Family 215 Annex for the Military Service of Certain Early Tweedies 217 Family Trees Index of People 221 i SOURCES Y Tweedie Family members Tweedie Family papers held by Edwin C. Tweedie The Drove Roads of Scotland: A R B Haldane, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1952 East Lothian Courier Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directories Genealogical Society of Utah, The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, International Genealogical Index General Register Office for Scotland: • Census Records • Index to the Old Parish Registers • Old Parish Registers of Births & Baptisms, of Marriages and of Burials • Statutory Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Griffiths Valuation, 1855 Roll of Graduates of the University of Glasgow 1727-1897, compiled by W. Innes Addison, 1898. Haddingtonshire Courier History of Peeblesshire The History of the Tweedie Family, Michael Forbes Tweedie, 1902 (at Rawlinson, Rolvenden, Kent): W P Griffith & Sons Ltd National Archives of Scotland (previously Scottish Record Office): • Commissariat of Edinburgh • Confirmations and Inventories • Index of Testaments • Register of Deeds • Register of Sasines Peeblesshire Monumental Inscriptions Reminiscenses of the Royal Burgh of Haddington and Reminiscenses of the County of Haddington Road Accompts 1792-1833 ii ABBREVIATIONS Y adc aide-de-camp; personal assistant to a monarch, general, governor, etc. AS Associate of Science. Brit Brittonic; ancient Celtic language. ChB Bachelor of Surgery. d denarius; a coin of the New Testament, and translated as penny; 12 old pennies, 12d, were worth a shilling DD Doctor of Divinity. DSO Distinguished Service Order. FEIS Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland. Ger German. HEICS Honorary East India Company Service. JP Justice of the Peace. KCB Knight Commander of the British Empire. MB Bachelor of Medicine. MD Doctor of Medicine. ME Middle English; term used for the development of the Old English language in Britain from c.1100 until c.1500. MP Member of Parliament. Nor Norse. OBE Order of the British Empire. OE Old English; based on the languages spoken by the Angles and Saxons of northern Germany. OFr Old French ON Old Norse; Germanic language of the ancient Scandinavians. POW prisoner-of-war Rev Reverend. RN registered nurse. s shilling; worth 12 old pennies; 20s were worth £1. SRO Scottish Record Office, now called the National Archives of Scotland. WS Writer to the Signet. £ “L” Roman libra “pound”, from Latin libra “scale”; the Roman libra was contracted in Britain to £ for pound in money and lb for pound in weight.