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Mary Laing

F, #4462, b. circa 1824, d. 13 April 1859
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Pedigree
Last Edited: 7 Aug 2022
  • Birth*: Mary Laing was born circa 1824.
  • (Bride) Marriage*: She married James Ramsay, son of William Ramsay and Jean Lawrence, on 1 December 1844 at Dunnichen, Forfarshire, Scotland, .1
  • (Deceased) Death*: Mary Laing died on 13 April 1859 at Victoria Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , 1859 deaths in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar; ref 468; Ramsay or Laing Mary married; died 1859 April thirteenth earlier in the morning pricise hour unknown at Victoria Street; f 35 years; no parents recorded; cause suffocation as cert by Dr Cocks Dundee saw body soon after death; burial place not known; registered on the information of John Skinner for John B Baxter Procurator Fiscal, registered 1859 May 19th at Dundee signed Wm Fairweather registrar.2
  • Married Name: As of 1 December 1844, her married name was Ramsay.
  • Newspaper Article*: She and James Ramsay were mentioned in a newspaper article Death intimation : Suddenly, at Victoria Street, Dundee, on the 13tgh inst., Mary Henderson Laing, wife of James Ramsay - deeply regretted. on 22 April 1859 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .3
  • Newspaper Article: Mary Laing and James Ramsay were mentioned in a newspaper article Death intimation : Suddenly, at Victoria Street, Dundee, on the 13tgh inst., Mary Henderson Laing, wife of James Ramsay - deeply regretted. on 23 April 1859 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .4
  • (Witness) Memorial Inscription: Mary Laing is commemorated on the headstone erected by James Ramsay in 1852 at Dunnichen Churchyard, Dunnichen, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Inscription reads 1852 erected by James Ramsay and Mary Laing his spouse in memory of their son William James who died in Dundee the 14th April 1851 aged 5 years; also William James died 19th June 1857 aged 3 years 3 months and 6 days; Mary Laing died 13th April 1859 aged 37 years; James Ramsay died 21 Dec 1868 aged 45 years; James Laing died at Bathurst Africa 5 Nov 1874 aged 24 years.5
    Dunnichen - James Ramsay & Mary Laing
    Dunnichen - James Ramsay & Mary Laing

Family:

James Ramsay b. 4 Mar 1823, d. 21 Dec 1868

Children:

William James Ramsay b. 4 May 1846, d. 14 Apr 1851
James Laing Ramsay b. 4 Jan 1850, d. 5 Nov 1874
William James Ramsay b. 25 Feb 1854, d. 19 Jun 1857
Edward Lawrence Ramsay b. 28 Mar 1856
Mary Jane Ramsay+ b. 28 May 1858

Citations

  1. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), LDS [July 2008].
  2. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Death 1859 Dundee ref 282/01 0468; image held [Jul 2008].
  3. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Newspapers and Periodicals Collection, Dundee Perth & Cupar Advertiser [May 2017].
  4. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Newspapers and Periodicals Collection, Dundee People's Journal [May 2017].
  5. [S43] PCC photos held [Aug 2008].