Some articles have been omitted here if they were repeats of others. I also skipped some of the military promotions and lots of dog racing & other gambling/racing results because often just the surname was given, which doesn't tell us much. Some articles not present here are filed in their respective trees.
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| 1832 | 25 Apr | The parish school at Galashiels, taught by Mr. Fyshe and his two assistants, Mr. Wanless and Mr. Murray...the examiners were very pleased with the performance of the academy students. | |
| 1833 | 4 May | Galashiels Academy, the parochial school of Galashiels, taught by Mr. Fyshe and his assistant Mr. Wanless...pupils passed exams, are a great credit to their teachers. | |
| 1836 | 20 Apr | Edinburgh - Letter to Councillor Russell, Calton Jail, Edinburgh, apparently a dissenting minister incarcerated, sympathising with and decrying his plight, signed among others by John Wanless. | |
| 1843 | 2 Sep | Perth - Harvest news - Mr. Wanless of St. Magdalene's has commenced harvesting. | |
| 1851 | 21 May | Scots Bankrupts: Sequestration of William Wanless, grocer and dealer in grocery and other goods, Market Stairs, North Bridge, Edinburgh - Creditors meet in Dowell's Rooms, 18 George St, Edinburgh on 26th May and 18 June at 12 o'clock. | |
| 1863 | 28 Apr | The body of a Newcastle ship captain named Wandless, who had gone amissing some time ago, was found on Saturday in the South Dock, and from the fact that the throat had been cut, it is conjectured that he committed suicide. | |
| 1869 | 14 Dec | In a case of letter tampering against a postman at Galashiels, a reference was made to Mary Wanless, cook for the Rev. Mr. Russell at The Manse, Yarrow. | |
| 1872 | 20 May | Glasgow - Annual Conference of the Latter-Day Saints or Mormons was held in the City Hall Saloon. Local elders attending were...James Wanless, president of the Armadale branch. The Glasgow conference, which embraces the whole of Scotland, counts 767 members. | |
| 1873 | 14 Oct | Coursing - Longhurst puppy stakes results, Morpeth, Northumberland - Mr. T. Wanliss's Buckfoot | |
| 1874 | 27 July | Shocking Murder in Edinburgh. ...Shortly after midnight a young man named William Wanless, residing in East Crosscauseway, saw the woman Ritchie , together with Robert Crichton, and another man... |
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| 1875 | 26 Mar | Glasgow Small Debt Court: Margaret Muirhead, domestic servant, against her late employer, James Wanless, claimed £12 as wages, board wages, and the value of a chest with contents which she claimed the defendant had illegally withheld from her. Apparently there had been a series of petty disagreements between mistress and maid which resulted in the latter leaving the house without due warning. At the time, she refused to open the chest, which was said to contain some stolen articles, saying that "she knew the law as well as her master". A few days later she called with a policeman and again declined to hand over the key, boasting of her superior legal knowledge. His Lordship stated that it was far from clear that under ordinary circumstances a master was entitled to retain the goods of his servant, but in the present case, when there were suspicions against the pursuer which she might have dispelled by opening the chest, so he dismissed the case with expenses. He remarked that the master should not have detained her belongings but instead have laid a criminal charge against her as the right course of action. | |
| 1876 | 25 Oct | Perth Bankruptcy Court: John Wanliss, farmer, Cargill, was examined yesterday at Perth. He had failed to appear on 2 former occations and was apprehended last week. On Saturday, when part of the examination took place, he was committed to prison for refusing to reveal the name of the person who was keeping £50 for him, with which he said he intended to go to America. Yesterday he gave a more explicit statement and delivered the £50. The bankrupt's liabilities are £2807 and the assets £2503, leaving a deficiency of £504. | |
| 1878 | 24 Jul | Ad: Houdans (pure), several pairs cocks and hens, 3-1/2 months. Robert Wanless, Maxwell Street, Morningside |
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| 1879 | 22 Nov | Edinburgh Burgh Court yesterday: John Wanless, drover, 8 Maxwell St, Morningside, was fined 21s. for having, on the 5th at the Edinburgh cattle market, cruelly stabbed 8 or 10 stirks or bullocks on the hips with a sharp-pointed piece of iron fixed to the end of an ash stick. | |
| 1882 | 23 Mar | Edinburgh Police Court - John Bertram and Robert Wanless, the 2 men who were apprehended in connection with a disturbance at Causewayside on Tuesday evening, were brought to court. Bertram was charged with presenting a pistol at the head of a cabman and threatening to "do for" him, and also with assaulting Constable M'Caffery by striking him with a leather bag containing shot and knocking him down. Bertram denied having a pistol but pleaded guilty to the assault. He was fined 7s 6d. with the alternative of 5 days imprisonment. Wanless was charged with assaulting M'Caffery and with having attempted to rescue Bertram from his custody. He pled guilty and was ordered to pay a fine of 5s. or go to jail for 3 days. | |
| 1885 | 2 Sep | A petition has been presented to the Sheriff of the Lothians & Peebles, at Edinburgh, by Mrs. Mary Jane Elizabeth Wanlass Smith or Nixon, widow of the late Joseph Nixon, Railway Clerk, 8 Shandon Place, Edinburgh, executrix dative qua and relict of the said deceased Joseph Nixon, praying that Caution to be found by her in the Confirmation be restricted to £100. Objections must be lodged with the Commissary Clerk within 10 days. | |
| 1885 | 14 Sep | Ad: Ferrets, splendid lot to dispose of, capital workers, for 5s each. A. Wanless, Duke Street, Alnwick, Northumberland [this ad was repeated several times in 2-3 years] |
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| 1885 | 21 Dec | A Warwickshire Story: The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant "Surely the talk about Bishops is very foolish" - Spectator "Told with much power" - Athenaeum "A remarkable as well as an able book" - Morning Post "Deeply touching and spirit-stirring" - Scotsman " 'A bitter cry of outcast London' re-echoed in a Warwickshire village" - Manchester Guardian "A book well worth reading" - Weekly Dispatch "The author has no ordinary skill in giving his work the magic touch of intense living realism" - Glasgow Herald Manchester: Johnd Dale & Abel Heywood & Son/ London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co; and all booksellers |
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| 1891 | 5 Aug | Edinburgh City Police Court yesterday: John Wanless, George M'Cluskey, John Murray, Robert Imrie, and Charles Jenkinson were each fined £1, with the alternative of 5 days imprisonment, for having, in the Prince of Wales hotel, West Register street, on Sunday July 26th, obtained each a pint of beer by falsely representing that they had come from Gorebridge. | |
| 1899 | 28 Dec | A. Phyllis Wanless O'Gowan will be glad to receive and forward socks and flannel shirts for the soldiers of the 2nd Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) in South Africa from any kind friends or those who have relatives in the regiment. Address to Mrs. R. Wanless O'Gowan, 5 Upper Fitzwilliam St, Dublin. | |
| 1901 | 26 Jan | A fatal accident at Davy Pit, Glenbuck, Muirkirk, befell William Wilson, miner, resident of Wanlass Place, Muirkirk. | |
| 1901 | 28 Mar | Married: At Young's Rooms, Nethergate, Dundee on the 26th, by Rev. Alexander Alexander, William Wanless, fish salesman, to Mary, only daughter of Mrs. M'Leod, 7 Victoria St, Dundee | |
| 1904 | 19 Aug | Golden Wedding: Wanless-Dick - At Leith on 18th Aug 1854, by Rev. Wm. Stevenson, Robert Wanless to Margaret Dick. Resident at "Mountquhanie", 29 Montpelier, Edinburgh. | |
| 1904 | 22 Oct | Notice to Debtors & Creditors: Mrs. Wanliss, Restaurateur, Dundee Arms, High Street, Dundee, having retired from business, all persons having claims against her are requested to lodge same by 24th Oct and all persons indebted to her are requested to make payment within the like period. By James Urquhart & Walker, 10 Reform St, Dundee. | |
| 1904 | 30 Nov | Death: At her daughter's house (Mrs. Muirhead, 19 Fowler terrace), on the 28th, Isabella, widow of Charles Wilson, mason, and eldest daughter of the late William Wanless, parish schoolmaster of Longformacus, in her 85th year. | |
| 1905 | 19 Apr | Half-yearly licensing courts held to consider applications for certificates from Whitsunday 1905 to Whitsunday 1906. An application was made by Mrs. Mary Wanliss, Dundee, a new tenant, for the Cross Keys Hotel, Milnathort, Kinross-shire, and a license was granted. | |
| 1906 | 3 Feb | All-England Pigeon Shoot Plough Hotel, Alnwick Thomas Wanless, Proprietor |
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| 1907 | 16 Mar | Glasgow Police Court - Two brokers, Mrs. Margaret Wanless and William Mullan, were each fined £5, in default 30 days imprisonment, for purchasing from young lads brass and copper in a less quantity than prescribed by the Prevention of Crimes act. | |
| 1909 | 19 Nov | Mr. T.D. Wanliss raised a question at the meeting of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, objecting to the use of "England" where "Britain" is meant. [A number of other letters were received in the same vein. On 17th Nov, he is referred to as "late member of the Australian Parliament".] | |
| 1910 | 13 Apr | The Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) - Supernumerary Major C. Wanliss is restored to the Establishment, vice D.G. Prendergast, promoted. | Cecil Wanliss |
| 1910 | 30 July | For sale - Darnick, near Melrose - 2 storied dwelling houses and cottage i the village of Darnick belonging to the late Thomas Nichol, tenanted by William Simpson, Richard Wanless, Mrs M'Telfer, etc. Total rental: £33. Fen-duty nominal. Upset price: £300 | |
| 1912 | 14 Aug | Arrived at Granton August 12th, the Brentwood, s. 731, Wanless, from London, ballast. Sailed August 14th, the Brentwood, s. 731, Wanless, for London, coal. |
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| 1912 | 14 Mar | Maryhill Police Court yesterday - Jane Wanless, dealer, Hinshaw Street, Glasgow, was fined £5 or 30 days imprisonment for having on the 4th in her premises at 74 Main Street, Maryhill, Glasgow, resetted 40 lb. of sterotype metal which was stolen from a printer's establishment in Anniesland. | |
| 1914 | 12 Dec | Wounded - Scottish Regiments, Gordon Highlanders - J. Wanless, 1355 | |
| 1914 | 23 Dec | Wounded - Scottish Regiments, the Black Watch - J. Wanliss, 2613 | |
| 1915 | 25 Mar | Death - killed - S. Wanless, 11857, Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Expeditionary Force, reported 7th March | |
| 1915 | 25 May | Death - Private James Robertson, 'A' Company, 7th Royal Scots, age 17, son of William Robertson, Meadow Cottage, Carronshore, near Falkirk. He was one of the soldier victims in a train disaster near Gretna. His uncle, Lieutenant Wanless of the Black Watch, was recently killed. [details omitted] | |
| 1915 | 27 Feb | Death - previously reported wounded, now reported killed - J. Wanless, Gordons, 9747, Scottish regiments, reported 13 Jan | |
| 1915 | 25 Mar | Killed - Kings Own Scottish Borderers - Wanless, S., 11857 | |
| 1915 | 29 Oct | Wounded - Coldstream Guards, 3rd Battalion, C. Wanlass, 13379, reported 19th Oct | |
| 1915 | 3 June | Wounded - James Hill Wanless, Sto. 1st Class, Nelson Battalion, reported 29 May, Royal Naval Division | |
| 1915 | 3 May | Wounded - J.W. Wanless, A.B., Royal Naval Division, in the Dardanelles 25th-30th April | |
| 1915 | 30 Oct | Married - at South Leith parish church on the 28th, Q.M. Sgt. Richard Wanless, B.E.F., eldest son of Richard Wanless, 8 Hermitage Terrace, to Elizabeth Liddle (Liz) Cockburn, eldest surviving daughter of the late William Cockburn, N.B.R. and of Mrs. Cockburn, 25 Halmyre Street, Leith | |
| 1915 | 31 Aug | The King invested Major-General R. Wanless with the insignia of the Companion of the Orders for Most Honourable Order of the Bath, at Buckingham Palace. | |
| 1916 | 13 Mar | Wounded Soldiers Arrive in Perth at the V.A.D. Hospital - Dvr. J. Wandless, 57164, R.F.A., 37th How. Batty., 8th Brig. | |
| 1916 | 21 July | Ivan Wanless Dickson, M.B. Toronto University, M.C.P. & S. Ontario, M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P. Lond., was admitted as a Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. | |
| 1917 | 10 Jul | Award for gallantry - 5454, Lance Corporal (A.Q.M.S.) R. Wanless, D. Gds. - For continuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has consistently done good work throughout and has at all times set a splendid example to his men. | |
| 1917 | 22 Oct | Capt. Harold Boyd Wanless, D.S.O., Australians, killed in action, is the only son of Mr. Newton Wanless, Melbourne, and grand-nephew of Mrs. Bell, Tedlanet, Perth. Capt. Wanless, who was born in 1891, was mentioned in dispatches and received the D.S.O. for services in the present war. | |
| 1917 | 31 Aug | Death - killed in action in the Black Watch - R.A. Wanless, Auchterarder, 290837 | |
| 1918 | 31 Oct | Rank and file Scottish losses - killed from the Royal Scots - Wanless, J. (Longniddry), 44312 | |
| 1919 | 24 Jan | Death attributed to enemy action reported during the month ending June 20, 1917 - A.Wanless, steward, Glasgow | or "A. Steward Wanless" ? |
| 1919 | 28 Aug | Cumberland Lawn Tennis tournament, Carlisle, Cumberland - F. Ritson beat A.M. Wandless | |
| 1919 | 4 June | Marriage - St. Ninian's parish church, Aberdeen, 2nd June, Alexander Wanless to Sophie, 2nd daughter of John Young, R.N.R., 10 Forest Rd, Aberdeen | |
| 1920 | 14 Aug | Perth - Auction of valuable antique furniture from, among other sources, the Misses Wanliss in Perth. | |
| 1924 | 11 Aug | Death - Mrs. Mary Ann Wanliss, late of the Cross Keys Hotel, aged 79, at Westerloan, Milnathort on the 9th. Burial in Orwell churchyard. | |
| 1925 | 1 Aug | British Commonwealth Labour Conference - Mr. W. Wanless of South Africa says immigrants must have employment guaranteed on arrival or possess £100 when they enter the country. | |
| 1925 | 10 June | The Duke & Duchess of York again visited the Wembley Exhibition yesterday. During their tour of the South African Pavilion. Mr. William Wanless, a Scotsman, who represents Durban, told the Duchess that he had known her from infancy. He recalled an incident which occurred when he was playing cricket with her father. The Duchess said she did not recall the incident, but was charmed to hear Mr. Wanless speaking Scots. | I don't know which Wm Wanless was in Durban politics. In 1925, the Duchess of York was Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore & Kinghorne, who later became the mother of Queen Elizabeth II. She was born in 1900. |
| 1925 | 11 Mar | Death - at 4 Marshall Place, Perth, of Jessie Moon Wanliss in her 92nd year, on the 9th. Burial in Abernethy Churchyard. | |
| 1925 | 17 Apr | Severe northwesterly gale blowing 46 mpg on the English channel at Dover. A gale tragedy resulted in the death of Joseph William Wanless (45), Council lamp repairer, at Clousden Hill, Northumberland. Wanless was cycling along the highway and as he was rounding a corner, a severe gust of wind forced him into collision with the side of a motor bus. He was carried some distance and eventually crushed to death by the heavy bus against a stone wall. | born abt 1880 - I'm not sure who this is |
| 1925 | 7 Oct | Death - Agnes Wanless, widow of Thomas Wanless, at 15 Cathcart Place, Edinburgh on the 6th | |
| 1926 | 25 Aug | Death - at a nursing home in Edinburgh, on the 23rd, Jessie Wanless wife of William Wilson Braid, 20 Esslemont rd, Edinburgh. Liberton Cemetery. | |
| 1926 | 29 Dec | Marriage - at Windsor House, Edinburgh, on the 25th, John Wanless to Margaret Ramage, younger daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Ramage, Leith. | |
| 1927 | 15 Nov | Death - at Isla House, Bridge of Earn, on 13 Nov, in his 89th year, John Wanliss, fifth son of the late John Wanliss, farmer, Jamesfield, Abernethy. | |
| 1927 | 25 Mar | Death - 11 Church St, Alloa, on the 24th, James Finlayson, late goods agent, L.M.S. Balway, Alloa), aged 73, beloved husband of Mary Ann Wanless. | |
| 1928 | 14 Mar | Sir William James Wanless knighted on 5th Mar | |
| 1928 | 6 Nov | Durban, South Africa - Mr. Wanless, general secretary of the Labour party | |
| 1928 | 9 June | Ernest Wanless, waiter, Royal Hotel, Galashiels | |
| 1928 | 5 Jul | Running Races: 100 yards (under 15) 1. J Hassan, Holy Cross; 2. R. Wanless, Tyncastle, Edinburgh. 5/7/1928. |
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| 1929 | 26 Feb | Death - John Wanliss Bell, aged 58, at Dalroch, Strathbraun on 23rd Feb. Burial in Kinfauns Churchyard. | |
| 1932 | 17(?) Oct | Death - Winton. - At Deaconess Hospital, Edinburgh, on the 16th October 1932, Janet Wanless Allan, dearly beloved wife of Daniel Winton, Malleny Mills, Balerno. Funeral from the house to Currie Churchyard, 19th October. | |
| 1933 | 19 May | A woman, later identified as Nettie Wanless (29), 14 Edina Place, was found lying unconscious on the Radical Road, King's Park, Edinburgh, yesterday afternoon. She was taken to the Royal Infirmary, where she died. | May be Antoinette d/o John Stewart Wanless, b. 1903. |
| 1935 | 23 Mar | Death - Crawford. - At 28 Forrest Road, Edinburgh. on 21st. March, Horace Wanless Crawford, M.A..eldest son of the late John Dawson Crawford. | |
| 1936 | 1 May | Swimming - Honour Certificates for School Pupils. Leith AcademySecondary -- Ann Elizabeth Wanless. |
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| 1936 | 15 May | At the annual meeting of the Berwick-on-Tweed Conservative & Unionist Association, Mr. L. Wanless proposed a resolution to institute some form of compulsory military service in this country. The Army is getting insufficient recruits and many got were physically unfit. Men should be trained for a period of, say, 12 months. Regular training & discipline, he is sure, would improve the physical condition of the young men of the country. Later, he withdrew his motion, saying that all present seemed to be more or less in favour, but to advocate compulsory service would be a bad thing from an electioneering point of view. | |
| 1938 | 5 Jul | Broughton Secondary School. The Principal prizewinners were: Dux. George Wanless; proxime accessit. |
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| 3 Mar | 1939 | Races Star of Love -- E. Wanless. Coffee Cup ---- J. Wanless. |
Are these the jockeys or the owners? |
| 1939 | 21 Jul | Mr. R.W. Wanless, president of the Falkirk Rotary Club, spoke of the relation between Rotary and the Scout movement, quoting the Chief Scout Lord Baden-Powell, who had described the Scout movement as the "Junior Rotary". | |
| 1944 | 24 June | Faculty of Arts.Alexander Darling Scholarship to Mary Wanless Young | |
| 1947 | 13 Sep | Birth - At hospital, Adelaide, S. Australia, on 23rd August 1947, to Don and Betty Simmons (nee Wanless, 21 March Road, Edinburgh.4 ) a son ( Bruce Richard ). | |
| 1949 | 17 Sep | At Adelaide, South Australia.on 8th Sept. 1949, to Don and Betty Simmons, ( nee Wanless, 21 March Road, Edinburgh, 4) a daughter (Jennifer Elizabeth) | |
| 1949 | 1 Jul | Degrees Conferred :B.L.- Alexander M. Wanless, Dundee. | |
| 1950 | 5 Jan | Granton - The fishing trawler Margaret Paton is six days overdue and was last heard from 8 days ago, when they were fishing in the Coral Bank area of the North Sea. An RAF bomber searched a very large of ocean at first light yesterday and will be resumed today. The Leith Trawlermen's Association decided to delay normal sailing until Monday of next week if there is no news today (about a dozen trawlers in the Granton fleet go out from Leith). The 13-man crew of the Margaret Paton includes Henry Wanless (age 34), 6 Wilkie Place, Leith, second fisherman. | Henry s/o Peter Wanless & Elizabeth Strachan |
| 1950 | 17(?) Jan | Death - Masterton. - At 82 Stevenson Avenue, Edinburgh,11. (the home of her niece, Miss Niven).on 16th January 1950. Helen Thorburn Niven. beloved wife of the late Andrew Masterton, Tailor and Clothier, Windygates and Leven, Fife. and sister of Mrs C.T. Wanless. 21 March Road, Edinburgh. 4. Service Warriston Crematorium |