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WHITE, William
(About 1849-1929)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SCOTT, Jessie
2. WINTON, Janet Gold

WHITE, William 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1849, Alloa parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 2 4 5
  • Marriage (1): SCOTT, Jessie in 1869 in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland 1
  • Marriage (2): WINTON, Janet Gold on 4 June 1897 in All Saints Church, Brougham Street, Edinburgh, Scotland 2
  • Died: 9 July 1929, 3a Annandale Street, Edinburgh, Scotland 2

   Cause of his death was senile decay and cardiac failure.4

   User ID: L401.

  General Notes:

In the marriage certificate of his daughter, Mary Helen, in 1925, William White was recorded as a glass cutter.

"WHITE
WILLIAM
79
DICKSON (mother's surname)
M
1929
685 / 1 / 150
ST BERNARD"

from Index of Deaths

When William White died in 1929, his death certificate recorded him as a retired glasscutter who had married 1] Jessie Scott and 2] Jessie Winton. His recorded age at death was 79 years. His parents were deceased.

Janet White, William's second wife, died in 1943. Her death certificate recorded her as 'widow of William White glass cutter' 4 6 7 8

  Medical Notes:

H. G. Diverett MD certified the causes of death.

Jessie White, widow of the deceased man, who had been present where he died, gave notice of his death before the registrar, D. Dinnie, at Edinburgh on 10 July 1929. 4


William married Jessie SCOTT in 1869 in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland.1 (Jessie SCOTT was born about 1849, died in March 1887 in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England 9 10 and was buried on 5 March 1887 in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England 11.)


  Marriage Notes:

"WHITE
WILLIAM
SCOTT
JESSIE
1869
644 / 8 / 247
ANDERSTON"

from Index of Marriages 1

William next married Janet Gold WINTON, daughter of Thomas PHILIP and Normina WINTON, on 4 June 1897 in All Saints Church, Brougham Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.2 (Janet Gold WINTON was born 21 February 1873 at 7.30 am in Bonnyrigg, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland and died 16 March 1943 at 4.45 pm in 99 Lochend Road, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 4 6 12.). The cause of her death was cardiovascular degeneration over and hemiplegia over 1 year.4


  Marriage Notes:

The marriage was celebrated, after banns, according to the forms of the Episcopal Church. The priest was Alex D. Murdoch, and the witnesses were Peter McGow and Normina Gordon.

William White was a widower, recorded as 44 years of age. He lived at 2 St David's Terrace, Edinburgh. He was a glass cutter by trade. His parents, William White, a baker, and Mary Dickson were deceased.

Janet Winton was a single woman of 24 years of age. She lived at 44 George Square Edinburgh, and was a domestic servant.

The marriage was registered on 9 June 1897 at Edinburgh, Thomas Temple being the registrar.
2

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, Index of Marriages.

2 GRO Scotland, St Giles Edinburgh Marriages 1897.

3 GRO Scotland, Canongate and Portobello Midlothian Marriages.

4 GRO Scotland, Deaths Edinburgh St Bernard 685/1 no 150 1929.

5 1851 UK census, Alloa Clackmannanshire; 465/ ED: 5/3/5.

6 GRO Scotland, Deaths Leith 685/8 no 249 1943.

7 GRO Scotland, Marriages Edinburgh St Bernard 685/1 no 133 1925.

8 GRO Scotland, Index of Deaths.

9 Free BMD England and Wales.

10 ancestry.co.uk, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915.

11 ancestry.co.uk, England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991.

12 1891 UK Census, Edinburgh Newington 685/5 en d 70 page 4 187 Causewayside Edinburgh.

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