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     William Douglas Weir 1st Viscount Weir was born on 12 May 1877 in 12 Albert Drive, Crosshill, Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of James Weir and Mary Douglas.^1,2,3,4,5,6 He married Alice Blanche MacConnachie on 2 June 1904 in Pollokshields Church, Glasgow, Scotland.² He died on 2 July 1959 in Eastwood Park, Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, at age 82.³
     William Weir (son, age 3) was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in Silverbank Villa, Ardoch Grove, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the household of James Weir.⁴ William Weir (son, age 13) was enumerated in the census on 5 April 1891 in Ardoch Grove, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the household of James Weir.⁵ William Weir (son, age 23) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in Holmwood, St Andrews Drive, Glasgow, Scotland, in the household of James Weir. He was a mechanical engineer.⁶
     William Weir was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 68 Glencairn Drive, Glasgow, Scotland, as managing Director of engineering works, age 33.⁷

     Alice Blanche MacConnachie was born on 2 March 1882 in 68 Maxwell Road, Glasgow, Scotland.² She married William Douglas Weir 1st Viscount Weir, son of James Weir and Mary Douglas, on 2 June 1904 in Pollokshields Church, Glasgow, Scotland.¹ She died on 9 November 1959 in Eastwood Park, Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, at age 77.³
     Alice Blanche Weir was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in Strathearn House, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, age 29, with James Kenneth Weir and John William Weir in her household. She had been married 6 years with 2 children (both living.)⁴

     James Kenneth Weir 2nd Viscount Weir was born on 10 September 1905 in 68 Glencairn Drive, Glasgow, Scotland.¹ He was the son of William Douglas Weir 1st Viscount Weir and Alice Blanche MacConnachie.^1,2 He married Dorothy Isabel Lucy Crowdy on 2 March 1929 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.³ He married Dorothy Dear on 3 March 1973 in Glasgow, Scotland.^4,5 He died on 5 August 1975 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, at age 69.⁵
     James Kenneth Weir (age 5) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in Strathearn House, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, in the household of Alice Blanche Weir.²

     John William Weir was born on 3 April 1907 in 68 Glencairn Drive, Glasgow, Scotland.¹ He was the son of William Douglas Weir 1st Viscount Weir and Alice Blanche MacConnachie.^1,2,3 He married Irene Marguerite Robertson McKechnie on 19 April 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland.^2,4,5 He died on 18 January 1953 in 293 Fenwick Road, Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, at age 45.^2,4
     John William Weir (age 4) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in Strathearn House, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, in the household of Alice Blanche Weir.³

     Elspeth Marjory Jessie Weir was born on 18 March 1912 in Glasgow, Scotland.^2,3 She was the daughter of William Douglas Weir 1st Viscount Weir and Alice Blanche MacConnachie.¹ She married Richard Fairfax William Cartwright on 31 January 1933 in Eastwood Church, Glasgow, Scotland.¹ She married Eustace Benyon Hoare on 29 November 1957 in Westminster, London, England.^2,4 She died in 1988 in Bath, Somerset, England.⁵

     Dorothy Isabel Lucy Crowdy was born on 31 December 1907 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.² She married James Kenneth Weir 2nd Viscount Weir, son of William Douglas Weir 1st Viscount Weir and Alice Blanche MacConnachie, on 2 March 1929 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.³ She died on 12 February 1972 in Florida, USA, at age 64.^1,3,4

     William Kenneth Weir 3rd Viscount Weir is the son of James Kenneth Weir 2nd Viscount Weir and Dorothy Isabel Lucy Crowdy.¹