My father, A. Alan Beveridge Teacher (Head of Physics, High School)
My mother, C. Anne Beveridge [Stevens] Teacher (Primary School)
Parents and brother Michael (on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City).
Michael, allegedly an undergraduate at Edinburgh University reading Business Studies,
is attempting a homepage at
this address.
At some point in 1998 I spent several days scanning in nearly 1000 old photos, here's a small selection...
Parents' wedding: Alexander Alan Beveridge and
Catherine Anne Beveridge (Stevens).
CARB as a baby (1976): Grandmother Mary Beveridge, Mother Catherine Anne Beveridge
and her mother, Grandmother Rena Stevens. Pictured in front of the garage of my parents'
North Berwick home.
Mother's side:
Grandparents and Great-Grandparents: Stevens-Thomson wedding (03 DEC 1940) left-to-right:
Great-Uncle Bill (one of my grandfather's two brothers) [Draughtsman, ICI]; Great-Grandmother Mary Agnes Thomson (McCabe); Great-Grandfather John Archibald Ross Stevens[Licensed Grocer & Property Landlord];
Grandfather George Lloyd Ross Stevens[Banker, Royal Bank of Scotland, &
Army surveyor]; Grandmother Catherine Stevens (Thomson)[Secretary, Ben Sayers Golf Clubs and
Church of Scotland];
her father:
Great-Grandfather John Thomson[Railway inspector]; Great-Grandmother Emma Stevens (Craighead); Great-Aunt Jean (grandmother's sister).
Grandma and Grandfather Stevens (left) at a party, of which there seem to be many in
North Berwick!
Grandfather G L R Stevens and Great-Grandfather John Stevens pictured in Castle
House, Kirkliston (just ouside Edinburgh to the west) back in the 1930s.
Grandfather G L R Stevens: many years later, after retirement. Pictured at home
(Springfield House, North Berwick), reading the paper.
Great-Uncle Jack Stevens: my grandfather's other brother, and like Bill (in the wedding
photo above) a WWI veteran though he was "affected" by the experience and was quite a
character. He was a director at Salveson plc in Leith and London and travelled
extensively, living in old age in a bungalow in Kirkliston.
I loved going to visit him when I was young, and my great-uncle Bill too who lived nearby
in Castle House, a listed building, formerly an inn where Robert Louis Stevenson was a
regular (my greatgrandparents ran the town store and their local property empire from it).
Great-Grandfather John Thomson (right, my grandmother's father) pictured receiving
a community service award from Edinburgh's Lord Provost. He and my great-grandmother Thomson
lived in St John's Terrace, Corstorphine (West Edinburgh) and eventually celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary. Photo: Edinburgh Evening News, #H03090-234.
Great-Great-Aunty Jean Thomson: sister of Great-Grandfather Thomson (above),
who lived actively to 105. She appeared on BBC News to advise on secrets of her
long life ("varied interests and hobbies"), having being born in 1882 in
Strathmiglo (Fife), leaving Britain for Toronto (Canada) in 1931 to run a shop and teach
music, returning to Leven (Fife) in retirement, spent as a crochet enthusiast (the hobby
she believed kept her mind and body healthy/active so long) and voluntary worker.
Pictured here with my brother Michael (left) and myself (not very
recently, quite obviously!) around the time of her 100th birthday party, which was
sponsored by the Clydesdale Bank, attended by Barry Henderson MP, and featured a
massive 3-part cake shaped as the number 100.
Father's side:
Grandfather Robert Beveridge[Grocer, in Perth]. and
Grandmother Mary Beveridge (Logie, see below) [Dry-cleaner;
later Home-Help]
Grandmother Beveridge on the High Street of Perth. She didn't look any older
than this right up to her late 80s and was always up for a hike in the hills surrounding
Perth.
Grandmother Beveridge's parents: Great-Grandfather John Logie[Miner then
eventually Deep-Sea Fishing Boat Owner, & Skipper, in Fife]
and Great-Grandmother Elizabeth Logie (x). They both lived into their 80s and celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary along with several dozen grandchildren!
Tay Ferry Boat August 6th 1953: Great-Grandfather Logie and Great-Grandmother
Logie again. My greatgrandfather was once missing at sea,
presumed dead, for 5 days but made it back to port (Buckhaven, Fife) alright.
Logie family: 30-40 years earlier; Great-Grandfather Logie and Great-Grandmother
Logie with all their children, including my Grandmother, the then Mary Logie. The two
oldest girls emmigrated to the US, Isobel had a career as a nurse at a hospital in the Bronx,
New York City, and Helen was housekeeper to the Du Pont family in New Jersey. The boy
at the back left lived the longest, to his late 90s, having been a uniformed policeman on
the beat in Glasgow for 30 years.
Grandfather Beveridge's parents: Great-Grandfather Alexander Beveridge, who fought in the Boer
War, and Great-Grandmother Beveridge, both of Dundee, with my Grandfather Robert Beveridge (right) and his brother & sister.