Annie McKenna Boag¹

Annie (Boag, Coonie) and Alexander Dickson c1954

• Birth*: Annie McKenna Boag was born circa 1903 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, .²
• (Bride) Marriage*: She married Thomas McAuley Cooney jute preparer on 21 July 1923 at St Mary Chapel, Lochee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1923 marriages in the district of Lochee in the burgh of Dundee, ref 110; 1923 on the Twenty-first day of July at St Marys Chapel Lochee after publication according to the forms of the Roman Catholic Church; Thomas McCamley Cooney jute mill worker, 23, 16 Balgay Street Lochee, Frank Cooney jute batcher (dec) Kate Cooney ms [McBeth?] (dec); Annie McKenna Boag jute spinner spinster, 20, 81 Lorne Street Lochee, John Boag labourer (dec), Mary Boag ms Mc Kenna; signed Patrick Dumgher R C Clergyman St Marys Lochee Dundee, Francis Cooney 10 Balgay Street Bridget Henderson 67 Lorne Street Lochee witnesses; 1823 July 23rd at Lochee John R Nicoll registrar.³
• (Bride) Marriage: Annie McKenna Boag married Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler, son of John Dickson cloth inspector and Eliza Jane McManus jute spinner, on 6 June 1941 at St Clement, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Extract of Entry;
  1941 on the sixth day of June after publication in the office of the registrar for the district of at Clements Dundee and in the presence of said registrar in accordance with the Marriage Act Scotland 1939; signed Alexander Young Dickson calendar worker divorced, aged 42, residing 8 Pole Street Dundee, parents John Dickson calander worker retired and Eliza Jane Dickson ms McManus deceased; and signed Annie Boag or Cooney jute spinner widow aged 38 residing 81 Lorne Street Lochee Dundee, parents John Boag labourer deceased and Mary Boag ms McKenna; signed W H Phillip registrar, signed Andrew D Menzies 41 Kirk Street Lochee & Alice Dickson 8 Pole Street Dundee; registered 1941 June 7th at Dundee signed W H Phillip registrar; extracted from the register book of marriages for the district of St Clement in the burgh of Dundeethis 9th day of May 1941 signed W H Phillip registrar.^4,5
• (Deceased) Death*: Annie McKenna Boag died in 1990 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .⁶

• Married Name: As of 21 July 1923, her married name was Cooney.
• (Informant) Death: She registered the death of Thomas McAuley Cooney jute preparer on 28 December 1931 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1931 deaths in the district of St Clement in the Burgh of Dundee, ref 1065; Thomas McAuley Cooney jute preparer married to Annie Boag; died 1931 December Twenty-eighth 5h 10m pm in ambulance van at Royal Infirmary (UR 3 Kirk Street Lochee) Dundee; male aged 30 years parents Francis Cooney jute batcher (dec) and Catherine Conney ms Etchells (dec); asphyxia by inhalation of coal gas seen after death C S Young MRCS; signed Annie Cooney widow 3 Kirk Street Lochee; registered 1931 December 29th at Dundee signed H Loweden assist registrar initialled WHP [W H Phillip registrar].^1,7
• (Spouse) Death RCE: Her spouse Thomas McAuley Cooney jute preparer died on 14 January 1932 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Vol XV, page 100, Register of Corrected Entries for the district of St Clement in the burgh of Dundee; The following report of result of a Precognition haas been received touching the Death of Thomas McAulay Cooney, regitered under entry no 1065 in the Register Book of Deaths for the Year 1931;
  Thomas McAulay Cooney, 30 years, male died 28th December 1931 about 5h 10m pm in ambulance van on way from Kirk Street Lochee to Royal Infirmary Dundee (UR 3 Kirk Street Lochee Dundee); cause asphyxia by inhalation of coal gas, suicide;
  Procurator Fiscal's Office Dundee 7th January 1932, certified by J Rennie Archibald PF
  registered 14th January 1932 at Dundee W H Phillip registrar.⁸
• (Witness) Photograph: Annie McKenna Boag is in this photograph taken say 1940 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , along with John Dickson cloth inspector, Euphemia Dickson jute reeler, Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler, Mary McKenna Cooney and Isabella Millar jute spinner.²
  

  Front: Euphemia Dickson Small; John Dickson; Alexander Dickson
  Back: Mary McKenna Cooney Slammon; Annie Boag Dickson; Isabella Millar Dickson
• Married Name: As of 6 June 1941, her married name was Dickson.
• Name Variation: As of 6 June 1941, Annie McKenna Boag was also known as Wee Gran.
• (Witness) Photograph: She is in this photograph taken in 1955 at Angus, Scotland, , along with Robert Carson 'the Computer Doctor', Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler.⁹
  
• (Informant) Death: Annie McKenna Boag registered the death of Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler on 9 January 1957 at 22 Kerrs Lane, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; 1957 deaths in the district of Lochee in the burgh of Dundee, ref 005; Alexander Young Dickson jute mill worker (calender) married to 1) Mary Patterson and 2) Annie Boag or Cooney died 1957 January 9th 3h 30m AM at 22 Kerrs Lane Dundee aged 57 years; father John Dickson jute calender worker (deceased); mother Eliza Jane Dickson ms McManus (deceased); coronary thrombosis as certified by C J C Hinnricks MBChB; informant Annie Dickson widow; registered 1957 January 9th at Lochee A C Marshall registrar.¹⁰
• (Witness) Memorial Inscription: Annie McKenna Boag is commemorated on the headstone erected in September 1915 at Balgay Cemetery, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, . Inscription reads In memory of Martin F Dickson who died 6th Sept 1915 aged 7 years, also David M Dickson who died 28th Feby 1916 aged 14 years, and their mother Eliza Jane McManus beloved wife of John Dickson who died 14th March 1939 aged 80 years, also Spr James Dickson RE killed in Bari Italy 9th April 1945 aged 41 years husband of Isabella Millar, also John Dickson who died 12th April 1954 aged 84 years, and their son Alex beloved husband of Annie Boag who died 9th January 1957 aged 57 years.¹¹
  

  Headstone Dundee Balgay, Martin Fraser Dickson 1915