Alan CARSWELL {M} [P510] = Mary Thompson GREGG {F} [P509]

Married EST 1902, Tarbolton

Alan CARSWELL:

Born 1873, Tarbolton ? Ayrs
Died Friday 27 May 1955, Tarbolton
Buried Tarbolton Church Yard[ M.I. 286]
Buried in Lair No. 286 Tarbolton Churchyard. Alan inherited the 'Gregg Fiddle' after his wifes death(Mary Gregg P509) and later gave it away to a friend (James Niven) who eventually gave it it to John Weir (Chairman of Bachelors Club Tarbolton). J Weir presented it to the National Trust for Scotland in 1997 via Wallace Galbriath(Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra leader).


Mary Thompson GREGG:

Alias Mary CARSWELL (1902)
Born 1883, Tarbolton Ayrs
Died Thursday 28 January 1937, Tarbolton
Buried Tarbolton Church Yard[286]
Mary inherited the 'Gregg Fiddle' from her father John Gregg P507. After Mary's death, her husband Alan Carswell P510 gave it away to a friend (James Niven), who eventually gave it to John Weir (Chairman of Bachelors Club Tarbolton). J Weir presented it to the National Trust for Scotland in 1997 via Wallace Galbriath(Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra leader).

Mary Gregg was the last member of the Gregg family to own the Gregg Fiddle. (Sometimes known as the Burns Fiddle).