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Williamina Forbes Caithness

F, #5511, b. circa 1923, d. 2000
Last Edited: 6 Oct 2021
  • Birth*: Williamina Forbes Caithness was born circa 1923.
  • (Bride) Marriage*: She married John Gow Dickson, son of Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler and Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier, on 25 February 1944 at St Mary's Church, Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; after banns according to the forms of the Roman Catholic Church; signed John G Dickson electrical engineer apprentice wireman Royal Navy bachelor aged 20 residing 40 Guthrie Street Dundee now engaged in active service, parents Alexander Dickson jute calenderer & Mary Dickson now Nay ms Patterson; signed Wilhamina Forbes Caithness munition worker spinster aged 21 residing 5 Lundie Avenue Lohee parents William Caithness labourer & Elizabeth Caithness ms Curran; signed Jospeh Keenan parish priest St Mary's Church Lochee, witnesses signed John Caithness 5 Lundie Avenue Lochee & signed Eliza J Dickson 40 Guthrie Street Dundee; registered 1944 February 28th at Lochee signed John R Nicol registrar.1
  • (Deceased) Death*: Williamina Forbes Caithness died in 2000 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .2
  • Name Variation: Williamina Forbes Caithness was also known as Mina.
  • Married Name: As of 1944, her married name was Dickson.
  • (Witness) Newspaper Article: She and John Gow Dickson was mentioned in a newspaper article about John Dickson on 28 May 1945. BIRTHS. DICKSON-AT DRI.on May 27. 1945 to Mina (nee Caithness, wife of W M. John Dickson RN - a son. (Both well.)3
  • (Witness) Newspaper Article: Williamina Forbes Caithness and John Gow Dickson and Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier was mentioned in a newspaper article about John Dickson on 3 February 1947. First name(s)     John
    Last name     Dickson
    Sex     Male
    Death year     1947
    Death date     01 Feb 1947
    Place     Dundee
    Periodical     Courier & Advertiser
    Publication Year     1947
    Publication date     3 Feb 1947
    Page     4
    Father's first name(s)     John
    Father's last name     Dickson
    Mother's first name(s)     Mina
    Mother's last name     Dickson
    County     Forfarshire (Angus)
    Country     Scotland
    Event Type     Obituary
    Record set     Scotland, Newspaper Death Reports & Obituaries
    Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
    Subcategory     Parish Burials
    Collections from     Great Britain, Scotland.4
  • (Witness) Newspaper Article: Williamina Forbes Caithness and John Gow Dickson and Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier was mentioned in a newspaper article about John Dickson on 3 February 1947. DICKSON - At DRI on Feb 1 1947, John Dickson, beloved son of John and Mina Dickson, 5 Lundie Ave., and dearly beloved grandson pof Mrs Nay, 40 Guthrie Street. Funeral today (Mon) 2pm to Balgay Cemetery. Any friends desirous of attending please notify M'Hugh, undertaker, Brook St.4
  • Photograph*: John Gow Dickson and Williamina Forbes Caithness are in this photograph taken on 5 July 1972 at St Paul's Church, Nethergate, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , John G Dickson, Mina Caithness.5

Family:

John Gow Dickson b. 19 Dec 1923, d. 11 May 2016
  • (Bride) Marriage*: She married John Gow Dickson, son of Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler and Mary Keith Paterson Johnston hotelier, on 25 February 1944 at St Mary's Church, Lochee, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; after banns according to the forms of the Roman Catholic Church; signed John G Dickson electrical engineer apprentice wireman Royal Navy bachelor aged 20 residing 40 Guthrie Street Dundee now engaged in active service, parents Alexander Dickson jute calenderer & Mary Dickson now Nay ms Patterson; signed Wilhamina Forbes Caithness munition worker spinster aged 21 residing 5 Lundie Avenue Lohee parents William Caithness labourer & Elizabeth Caithness ms Curran; signed Jospeh Keenan parish priest St Mary's Church Lochee, witnesses signed John Caithness 5 Lundie Avenue Lochee & signed Eliza J Dickson 40 Guthrie Street Dundee; registered 1944 February 28th at Lochee signed John R Nicol registrar.1

Child:

John Dickson b. 27 May 1945, d. 1 Feb 1947

Citations

  1. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory marriages Dundee, Lochee, ref 282/04 0042 [Feb 2010] image held [June 2020].
  2. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), probable GROS ref 351/00 0302 [Feb 2010].
  3. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Find My Past Newspapers Collection Dundee Courier & Advertiser Monday May 28th, 1945 [Nov 2013].
  4. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) John Dickson in 1947
    Scotland, Newspaper Death Reports & Obituaries
    Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [Sept 2021].
  5. [S43] PCC Wedding Album 1972.