A Very Scottish Ancestor Nov 2014 | Page 5

Crawford Brothers In 1887, Dr Macdonald married Agnes Crawford of Beith. Agnes was the daughter of James Crawford. James was a person of some substance. In 1881 he was owner of a thread manufacturing business, Crawford Brothers; a business which employed 400 people. Coll and Agnes Macdonald had two daughters; the eldest, my grandmother Jessie Macdonald and her sister Eva. Today the house belongs to the National Health Service, having at one time been a nursery and kindergarten school for girls. Marriage of my grandparents: Jessie Macdonald to Robert (Stanley)