Alexander Lightbody

1855 - 1905  (50 years)

• Name	Alexander Lightbody  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23]
  Birth	1855	Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1861	Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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  FSID	L15P-2H3
  Residence	1861	Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [12]
  	Age: 6; RelationToHead: Son
  Occupation	Abt 1869
  	Coal Miner
  Occupation	Aft 1869
  	Hotel Porter
  Occupation	Aft 1869
  	Professional Artist (Landscapes)
  Occupation	1871
  	Farm Servant
  Residence	1871	Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [6, 12]
  	Age: 15; RelationToHead: Servant
  Occupation	1881
  	Painter of Pictures
  Residence	1881	Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [5, 10, 12]
  	Age: 26; RelationToHead: Head
  Occupation	1891
  	Landscape Artist
  Residence	1891	Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2, 9, 12, 19, 21]
  	Age: 36; RelationToHead: Head
  Occupation	1901
  	Artist Landscape
  Residence	1901	Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  	46 Age: 46; Head RelationToHead: Head
  Residence	1901	Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 8, 12, 13, 20, 22]
  	Age: 46; RelationToHead: Head
  Death	29 May 1905	Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [12, 14, 17]
  Burial	Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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  Person ID	I138	Composite Tree
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	John Lightbody,   b. 16 May 1821, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 4 Mar 1896, Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Hastings,   b. 1821, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland d. 1 Mar 1896, Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Aug 1850	Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland   [25, 26, 27, 28, 29]
  Family ID	F105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Brown,   b. 1 Jul 1857, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1 Nov 1945, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	6 Jul 1877	Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Children	1. John Lightbody,   b. 24 Apr 1878, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 6 Nov 1938, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. David Brown Lightbody,   b. 5 Jul 1880, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 9 Feb 1948, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Alexander Lightbody,   b. 22 Sep 1882, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 9 Aug 1954, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. William Lightbody,   b. 25 Sep 1886, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 22 Jun 1966, Kirkfieldbank, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jane Anderson Lightbody,   b. 6 Feb 1890, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 26 May 1969, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Robert Louis Stevenson Lightbody,   b. 10 Sep 1896, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 14 Dec 1974, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. James Hastings Lightbody,   b. 6 May 1893, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 24 Sep 1971, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Aug 2022

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1855 - Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland Census - 1861 - Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Age: 6; RelationToHead: Son - 1861 - Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Age: 15; RelationToHead: Servant - 1871 - Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland Marriage - 6 Jul 1877 - Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Age: 26; RelationToHead: Head - 1881 - Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Age: 36; RelationToHead: Head - 1891 - Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - 46 Age: 46; Head RelationToHead: Head - 1901 - Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Age: 46; RelationToHead: Head - 1901 - Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland Death - 29 May 1905 - Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland Burial - - Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Alexander Lightbody b1855
  		Business Card - Alexander Lightbody 1855 - 1905 Landscape and Portait Artist
  		A windmill in an unknown location, currently held in Canada.
  		Most likely a village in Lanarkshire, maybe Dillarbarn but possibly another in the Lesmahagow/Carluke area. Currently in Canada.
  		Currently in the USA, this picture is of the ruined Craignethan Castle in South Lanarkshire.
  		An unknown countryside location with an Impressionist feel to it.
  		Currently in Canada, this picture bears a remarkable resemblance to the Cadzow Forest picture.
  		This shows deer on a hillside in the foreground with the peak of The Cobbler (also known as Ben Arthur) at Arrochar behind. Currently in Canada.
  		The third of three landscape paintings, possibly Glencoe, currently in Canada.
  		The second of three landscape paintings, possibly Glencoe, currently in Canada.
  		One of three landscape paintings, possibly Glencoe, currently in Canada.
  		The Waterfall - possibly the Falls of The Clyde.
  		The Silver Birch.
  		Most probably the "Three Sisters" also known as Bidean nam Bian Mountain in the Scottish Highlands near Glencoe. Alternatively it may be Buachaille Etive Mòr (The Buachaille) which is a pyramidal mountain at the head of Glen Etive also near Glencoe.
  		A second picture of the White Park cattle on the Cadzow estate.
  		A Lananarkshire countryside scene - similar to the Hay Wain.
  		Another Lanarkshire landscape this time having the artist's full signature and the date 1890. For the majority of his paintings Alex just initialled them or failed to sign them at all, which makes attribution difficult unless they are held within the family - which many of these examples are.
  		The Hay Wain - Lanarkshire country life around the turn of the century.
  		This is a picture of the White Park cattle in the Cadzow Estate.
  		A picture of his wife Janet, (nee Janet Brown (1857-1945)). The Artist's wife
  		John R S Hunter-Selkirk 1835-1898 A very important commission in the artist Alexander Lightbody's career was when a painting of this gentleman - and the story is told in the second History about him.
  		John Lightbody 1821-1896 - Alexander Lightbody Owned within the family and held in England, this is a portrait of the artist's father John Lightbody (1821 - 1896). It is dated 1881 making the artist c. 26 years old when he painted it and his father, John 60 years of age.
  		John Lightbody 1878-1938 - Alexander Lightbody Owned within the family and held in England, this is a picture of one of the artist's own children. Initialled but undated. If the boy is c. 12 years old it could be John (painted c.1890), David (painted c.1892), Alexander (painted c.1894) or William (painted c.1898). Alex died in 1905 so that makes it highly unlikely to be James and it could not be Robert. On balance it is probably an earlier painting favouring John, but is impossible to be sure who the subject is. It is owned by a descendant of Alexander (the artist's son) - possibly a clue, but it is impossible to be sure.
  		A boat at sunset, in an unknown location. Initialled in the bottom right hand corner and dated 1903, only two years before his death.
  		Again the location is uncertain but most probably Glencoe, several people have thought maybe the ruins of Kilchurn Castle.
  		A boat and shoreline, unknown location. Currently held in Canada.
  		Kirkton Street, Carluke - upper end of street The exact address of Alex Lightbody's Studio is not recorded, This picture taken c. 1890 shows the upper end of the street. This shows several shops and most of these are still there.
  		Kirkton Street, Carluke - lower end of the street The exact address of Alex Lightbody's Studio is not recorded, This picture taken c. 1890 shows the lower end of the street. Most of the buildings on the right are still there but those on the left are long gone.

  
  

  Histories		Alexander Lightbody (1855-1905) Portrait and Landscape Artist Date:17/08/2022 19:44:36
  		Alexander Lightbody (1855-1905) Working Class to Middle Class Date:17/08/2022 19:44:36

  
  

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  [S10] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 1; Page: 24; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1901_256. Record for Alexander Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1101&h=1717492&indiv=try [S11] Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 6; Page: 15; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1891_231. Record for Alexander Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1108&h=2900745&indiv=try [S11] Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 6; Page: 15; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1891_231. Record for Alexander Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1108&h=2900741&indiv=try [S10] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 1; Page: 24; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1901_256. Record for Alexander Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1101&h=1717489&indiv=try [S12] Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Lesmahagow; ED: 3; Page: 6; Line: 6; Roll: cssct1881_262. Record for Alexander Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1119&h=2520057&indiv=try [S13] Ancestry.com, 1871 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Avondale; ED: 2; Page: 3; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1871_116. Record for Alex Leightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1104&h=546965&indiv=try [S14] Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Dalserf; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1861_95. Record for John Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1080&h=1942681&indiv=try [S10] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 1; Page: 24; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1901_256. Record for Janet Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1101&h=1717490&indiv=try [S11] Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 6; Page: 15; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1891_231. Record for Janet Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1108&h=2900742&indiv=try [S12] Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Lesmahagow; ED: 3; Page: 6; Line: 7; Roll: cssct1881_262. Record for Janet Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1119&h=2520058&indiv=try [S14] Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Dalserf; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1861_95. Record for Elizabeth Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1080&h=1942682&indiv=try [S21] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). Record for Jane Anderson Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=30014994412&indiv=try [S10] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 1; Page: 24; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1901_256. Record for James Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1101&h=1717495&indiv=try [S63] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 May 2019, 17:23), entry for Alexander Lightbody (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L15P-2H3 ); contributed by various users. PersonID L15P-2H3. Alexander Lightbody https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L15P-2H3 [S63] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Canada, British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZY-NPG : 22 February 2021), Alexander Lightbody in household of David Lightbody and Margaret Graham Kelly, 27 Mar 1919; citing New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11389, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,984,110. Alexander Lightbody in entry for David Lightbody and Margaret Graham Kelly, "Canada, British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZY-NPG [S63] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Canada, British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZG-D68 : 22 February 2021), Alexander Lightbody in household of David Lightbody and Annie Brown, 28 May 1913; citing New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11381, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,709. Alexander Lightbody in entry for David Lightbody and Annie Brown, "Canada, British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDZG-D68 [S63] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 August 2021, 19:51), entry for Alexander Lightbody (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L15P-2H3 ); contributed by various users. PersonID L15P-2H3. Alexander Lightbody https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L15P-2H3 [S63] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP8-PQF : 8 November 2017), Alexander Lightbody in entry for David Lightbody, 1948. Alexander Lightbody in entry for David Lightbody, "Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLP8-PQF [S11] Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 6; Page: 15; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1891_231. Record for Jane Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1108&h=2900747&indiv=try [S10] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 1; Page: 24; Line: 25; Roll: CSSCT1901_256. Record for Robert Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1101&h=1717496&indiv=try [S11] Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 6; Page: 15; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1891_231. Record for William Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1108&h=2900746&indiv=try [S10] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Carluke; ED: 1; Page: 24; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1901_256. Record for William Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1101&h=1717493&indiv=try [S15] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Alexander Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=27389099&indiv=try [S129] Ancestry.com, 1921 Census of Canada, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 17; Census Place: 17, New Westminster, British Columbia; Page Number: 9. Record for David Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8991&h=7976379&indiv=try [S16] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for John Lightbody https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60144&h=2561371&indiv=try [S16] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Elizabeth Hastings https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60144&h=2561372&indiv=try [S63] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 06 September 2021, 23:54), entry for John Lightbody (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LLW5-JT5 ); contributed by various users. PersonID LLW5-JT5. John Lightbody https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LLW5-JT5 [S63] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTR3-K2Q : 11 February 2020), John Lightbody, 1850. John Lightbody, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTR3-K2Q [S63] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, , Birth certificate , various Scotland Parishes Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.index, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org)., Page number: John Lightbody; FHL 1042969, Reference Number: - 2:16JH1PN ; 16 May 1821. Legacy NFS Source: John Lightbody - birth: 16 May 1821; Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland