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English: David Sillar (1760 – 1830), farmer, poet, grocer, schoolteacher and baillie was a close friend of the poet Robert Burns. He died in 1830, aged 70 after a long illness, and was buried in Irvine's Old Parish Church cemetery. He first married a widow, Mrs Margaret Kerr, née Gemmell shortly after moving to Irvine and had seven children and his second wife was the sister of John Bryan of the Sun Inn, Kilmarnock.
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| Date of birth | 1760 Tarbolton | ||||
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| Date of death | 2 May 1830 Irvine | ||||
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Media in category "David Sillar"
The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total.
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Bachelor's Club plaque, Tarbolton, South Ayrshire.jpg 3,157 × 2,494; 1.25 MB
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Bachelor's Club, Tarbolton, South Ayrshire.jpg 4,896 × 2,752; 2.62 MB
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David Sillar's gravestone & setting, Irvine.JPG 1,712 × 2,288; 1.41 MB
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David Sillar's Poems - Dedication page.jpg 1,299 × 1,848; 863 KB
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David Sillar's Poems Title Page - 1789.jpg 1,378 × 2,396; 1.06 MB
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David Sillar, gravestone, irvine (2).JPG 1,385 × 1,593; 1.26 MB
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David Sillar, gravestone, Irvine.JPG 1,582 × 2,057; 1.38 MB
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Poems by David Sillar, 1789. Printed by John Wilson, Kilmarnock. Epitaph for a Poet.jpg 3,431 × 2,078; 1.78 MB
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Poems by David Sillar, 1789. Printed by John Wilson, Kilmarnock. Introduction.jpg 2,715 × 2,096; 1.27 MB
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Poems by David Sillar, 1789. Printed by John Wilson, Kilmarnock. To R.Burns poem.jpg 2,581 × 4,249; 1.82 MB
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Printing Office Site - Robert Burns' Poems.jpg 1,630 × 1,351; 1.36 MB
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Spittalside Farm, Tarbolton, Ayrshire. View from the east.jpg 4,420 × 2,310; 1.78 MB
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Spittleside Farm, Tarbolton, East Ayrshire. Home of David Sillars.jpg 4,008 × 1,985; 2.04 MB
