SANG, Andrew ^{2 3}

   Cause of his death was debility and old age.⁶

   User ID: B144.

  General Notes:

The 1841 census for Old Machar Aberdeenshire recorded an Andrew Sang living there at 21 Hardwen. He was recorded as aged in the 75-79 years age group and had been born in Aberdeenshire. He was a labourer by occupation. With him lived Margaret Robertson and another Andrew Sang aged 15 years.

Andrew Sang was a labourer in Aberdeen according to the marriage entry of 1847 for his daughter Eve in the Old Parish Registers.

Andrew Sang died in 1855. His death certificate contains a great deal of information about him provided by his son Thomas Sang. It recorded that he was a pensioner aged 79 years of age. He was born in Kincardine O'Neill in Aberdeenshire, and had lived 38 years in the parish of Old Machar Aberdeen. His parents were recorded as George Sang, labourer deceased, and a woman who was deceased and whose maiden surname was Yule, though her christian name was unknown to the informant. Andrew had two wives, the name of the first was unknown to the informant, the second was Margaret Robertson. If there were any children of the first marriage their names too were unknown to the informant. From the second marriage nine children were born including the informant. They were:

Thomas aged 41 years
Robert aged 39 years
Ann 39 years
Jane deceased in infancy
Eve 36 years
Margaret 33 years
William deceased aged 27 years in 1852
Helen 23 years
Andrew deceased aged 19 years in 1851.

In his daughter Eve's death certificate of 1896 Andrew Sang was recorded as a labourer by occupation. ^{2 4 6 7}

  Medical Notes:

No medical attendant was present for Andrew in his last illness.

He was interred in Spital Burying Ground, as certified by William Stevenson undertaker.

Thomas Sang, son of the deceased, gave notice of his father's death before the registrar, John Leask, at Old Aberdeen on 6 March 1855. ⁶

Andrew married Margaret ROBERTSON on 5 June 1813 in Fort George, Ardersier, Inverness-Shire, Scotland.¹ (Margaret ROBERTSON was born about 1782 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland ⁸.)

  Marriage Notes:

The OPR for Marriages for Fort George. Ardersier parish, Invernessshire contains the following entry:

"5 June 1813
SANG

Andrew Sang soldier in RVB and Margrat Robertson were this day regularly married before witnesses at Fort George by...." ¹