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Primrose Davidson Nicholson

F, #1420, b. 27 April 1888
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 24 Feb 2013

Parents:

Father*: Robert Davidson Nicholson chief engineer b. c 1853, d. 29 Dec 1924
Mother*: Margaret Combs Sword powerloom weaver b. 4 Dec 1853, d. 1 Feb 1934
Relationship:
1st cousin 2 times removed of Patricia Catherine Adamson
  • Birth*: Primrose Davidson Nicholson was born on 27 April 1888 at 48 Crescent Lane, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1888 births in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee ref 621, Primrose Davidson Nicholson, 1888 April April Twenty-seventh 1h 0m pm 48 Crescent Lane Dundee, female parents Robert Davidson Nicholson engine fitter journeyman and Maragret Nicholson ms Sword m 1874 Aug 7th Dundee, signed M Nicholson mother, registered 1888 may 18th at Dundee F MacDairmid registrar.1
  • She was the daughter of Robert Davidson Nicholson chief engineer and Margaret Combs Sword powerloom weaver.
  • (Bride) Marriage*: Primrose Davidson Nicholson married Henry Robertson, son of Bethune Walker Robertson and Helen Keith, on 22 December 1914 at 4 Wortley Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1914 marriages in the district of St Andrew in the burgh of Dundee; ref 356; 1914 on the twenty-second day of December at 4 Wortley Place Dundee after banns & publication according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland; H Robertson house furnishers manager bachelor, 27, 89 Bellvue Road Edinburgh, Bethune Robertson grocer & spirit dealer (dec) Helen Robertson ms Keith (dec); Primrose Davidson Nicolson drapers salewoman spinster, 26, 4 Wortley Place Dundee, Robert Davison Nicholson marine engineer Margaret Nicholson ms Sword; H M Davidson minister of St Andrews parish, Alexander Mackenzie, Margaret Nicholson witnesses; registered 1914 December 23rd at Dundee Jas Murray registrar.2
  • Married Name: As of 22 December 1914, her married name was Robertson.

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household31 March 1901They was listed as a member of the household of Robert Davidson Nicholson chief engineer and Margaret Combs Sword powerloom weaver in the 1901 census at 1 Graham Place, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Primrose Nicolson, daug, aged 12, scholar, born Dundee; Robert D Nicholson, head, married, aged 47, engine fitter, worker, born Dundee; Margaret Nicholson, wife, married, aged 46, born Dundee.3

Citations

  1. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory births 1888 St Andrew Dundee ref 621 [Nov 2004].
  2. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Marriage 1914 St Andrew Dundee ref 356 [Nov 2004].
  3. [S17] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Parish of St Andrew, City of Dundee, book 7, page 19 [May 2004].
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Spense, Margaret c1703 descendants
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