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Sydney Gilchrist

M, #3855, b. circa 1888
Last Edited: 27 Sep 2007

Parents:

Father*: Alexander Gilchrist b. c 1833
Mother*: Mary Helen Willocks b. 28 Apr 1850
  • (Witness) Will: Sydney Gilchrist witnessed the will of Robert Stewart Willocks circa May 1938; From Ian McDOUGALL. Pitlochry, Scotland
    ROBERT never married. His will, which is the possession of Judith TOWERS father in Western Australia,
    divided his estate in the following way:
    Five hundred pounds to Mrs. Amelia WILLOCKS, Barnhill, Dalhousie Road, Broughty Ferry, Angus,
    Scotland, with the bulk of his estate to his sisters ELIZA and JESSIE of Turret Vale, Brechin, and his sister
    Anna LOWSON ms WILLOCKS.
    If ANNA predeceased PETER (sic) (Perhaps should be her husband JAMES?) (which she did), then his
    estate went to his nephews Robert James LOWSON and Douglas LOWSON and to his nephew Sydney
    GILCHRIST of Tullideph Road, Dundee, Scotland. (via Lee Whalmsley Sept 2007.)

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household31 March 1901They was listed as a member of the household of Alexander Gilchrist and Mary Helen Willocks in the 1901 census at 7 Inverary Terrace, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Sydney Gilchrist, 14, scholar, Fifeshire Newport; Alexander Gilchrist, head, mar, 68, machine merchant, employer, Perthsire Rattery; Mary H Gilchrist, wife, mar, 50, Forfarshire Brechine; Mary Ann Small, serv, single, 17, Domestic Servant, worker, Forfarshire Forfar; 8 rooms with windows.