The
Carmichael Family - family members
The
Carmichael family had a fifty year association with Craiglockhart which began
in its early days as a Hydropathic, lasted throughout the First World War
and then continued during its time as the Convent of the Sacred Heart. This
fifty-year association began in 1891 when Henry Carmichael was invited to
become Head Gardener at the Craiglockhart Hydropathic by its owner, James
Bell.
Henry
Carmichael and his wife Catherine accepted Bell's offer and moved to the Hydropathic
Cottages from their home in Dunblane, near Stirling, where they had lived with
their children. Henry and Catherine had thirteen children: Janet; Daniel; James;
Robert; William; Henry; Mary; George; Alexander; Catherine; Margaret; Archibald;
and Elizabeth. Two of these children, Archibald and Elizabeth were born at the
Hydropathic Cottages.
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