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Violet Gertrude Dallas

F, #556, b. circa 1890
Last Edited: 7 Aug 2022
  • Birth*: Violet Gertrude Dallas was born circa 1890.
  • (Bride) Marriage*: She married James Fisher Conway newspaper representative, son of William Fisher Conway and Jane Hutchison Wilkie jute weaver, on 4 April 1923 at 20 Bank Avenue, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1923 marriages in the parish of Mains & Strathmartine in the county of Forfar, ref 18; 1923 on the fourth day of April at 20 Bank Avenue Downfield Dundee after banns according to the forms of the United Free Church of Scotland; signed James Fisher Conway newspaper representative bachelor, aged 31, residence 20 Bank Avenue Downfield Dundee, parents William Fisher Conway dairyman retired and Jane Conway ms Wilkie; signed Violet Gertrude Dallas confectioner's bookkeeper spinster, aged 24, residence 11 Cardean Street Dundee, parents Alexander Dallas Hosier's assistant (dec) and Elizabeth Dallas ms Wilson; signed William Cumming Skinner MA minister of Hilltown UF Church Dundee, signed Peter A Black 323 R... Road Dundee witness, Elizabeth W Dallas 11 Cardean Street Dundee witness; 1923 April 5th at Downfield J M Craik registrar.1
  • (Bride) Marriage: Violet Gertrude Dallas married James Tosh in 1938 at Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .2
  • Married Name: As of 4 April 1923, her married name was Conway.
  • (Spouse) Death: Her spouse James Fisher Conway newspaper representative died on 27 November 1923 at 20 Bank Avenue, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1923 deaths in the parish of Mains & Strathmartine in the county of Forfar, ref 54; James Fisher Conway newspaper representative married to Violet Gertrude Dallas; 1923 November twenty-seventh 8h 45m pm 20 Bank Avenue Downfield Dundee; male aged 32 years; parents William Fisher Conway dairyman retired and Jane Conway ms Wilkie; influenzal pneumonia (double) & pleurisy - 6 days as cert by A M Hardie LRCPAS Ed; signed W F Conway father present; 1923 November 28th at Downfield C Gordon McKenzie registrar.3
  • Newspaper Article*: Violet Gertrude Dallas and James Fisher Conway newspaper representative were mentioned in a newspaper article Mrs James F Conway and Mr and Mrs W F Conway thank the many firnds for expressions of sympathy received during their recent bereavement. - Eden Grove, Bank Avenue, Downfield on 3 December 1923 at Downfield, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .4
  • Married Name: As of 1938, her married name was Tosh.
  • (Witness) Memorial Inscription: Violet Gertrude Dallas is mentioned on the headstone erected by William Fisher Conway in 1894 at Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, . Inscription reads Erected by William F Conway and his wife Jane Wilkie in loving memory of their daughter Jessie Young Conway who died 2nd July 1894 aged 5 years and 2 months.
    Also their son James F Conway who died 27th Novr 1923 aged 32 years, and husband of Violet Dallas.
    The above William F Conway died 21st January 1941 in his 76th year.
    And the above Jane Wilkie died 25th October 1945 in her 81st year.5
    Headstone Balgay Cemetery William F Conway family

Family:

James Fisher Conway newspaper representative b. 24 Jul 1891, d. 27 Nov 1923
  • (Bride) Marriage*: Violet Gertrude Dallas married James Fisher Conway newspaper representative, son of William Fisher Conway and Jane Hutchison Wilkie jute weaver, on 4 April 1923 at 20 Bank Avenue, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1923 marriages in the parish of Mains & Strathmartine in the county of Forfar, ref 18; 1923 on the fourth day of April at 20 Bank Avenue Downfield Dundee after banns according to the forms of the United Free Church of Scotland; signed James Fisher Conway newspaper representative bachelor, aged 31, residence 20 Bank Avenue Downfield Dundee, parents William Fisher Conway dairyman retired and Jane Conway ms Wilkie; signed Violet Gertrude Dallas confectioner's bookkeeper spinster, aged 24, residence 11 Cardean Street Dundee, parents Alexander Dallas Hosier's assistant (dec) and Elizabeth Dallas ms Wilson; signed William Cumming Skinner MA minister of Hilltown UF Church Dundee, signed Peter A Black 323 R... Road Dundee witness, Elizabeth W Dallas 11 Cardean Street Dundee witness; 1923 April 5th at Downfield J M Craik registrar.1

Child:

Elizabeth Wilson Conway b. s Dec 1923, d. 1980

Citations

  1. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory marriage 1923 Mains & Strathmartine ref 18 [Jul 2004].
  2. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS statutory marriage 1938 Lochee ref 282/04 0080 [June 2010].
  3. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory death Mains & Strathmartine ref 307/ 54 [June 2004].
  4. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Find My Past Newspapers Collection Dundee Courier 3 December 1923 [May 2019].
  5. [S43] PCC photographs [Nov 2016].
  6. PCC photographs [Nov 2016]