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John F Craik registrar Forfar

M, #7115
Last Edited: 21 Jul 2019
  • (Informant) Death: John F Craik registrar Forfar registered the death of Jane Stirling on 9 October 1913 at 29 Queen Street, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1913 deaths in the district of Forfar in the county of Forfar; ref 140; Jane Thom married to John Thom joiner journeyman; 1913 October ninth 4h 50m pm 29 Queen Street Forfar; f 61 years; Alexander Stirling general labourer (dec) Isabella Stirling ms Anderson (dec); malignant disease of liver as cert by J Cable RMCP; Charles Thom son Low Main Street Wishaw; 1913 October 10th at Forfar John F Craik registrar.1
  • (Registrar) Death: John F Craik registrar Forfar was the officiating registrar when the death of Margaret Cameron was registered on 7 June 1916 at Fernbank, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1916 deaths in the district of Forfar in the county of Forfar; ref 99; Margaret Adamson grocer widow of William Adamson grocer; 1916 June seventh 8h 30m pm Fernbank Forfar; f, 50 years; David Cameron farmer and brewer Elizabeth Cameron ms Lawson; carcinoma uterine appendaged ... 8 years since as certified by G Peterson MD; David Cameron brother Station Road Laurencekirk; 1916 June 8th at Forfar John F Craik registrar.2
  • (Registrar) Death: John F Craik registrar Forfar was the officiating registrar when the death of David Lowson Adamson engineer fitter was registered on 10 October 1917 at 184 East High Street, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1917 deaths in the district of Forfar in the county of Forfar, ref 129; David Lowson Adamson engineer fitter No 72150 Private 27th Battalion Winnipeg 2nd Canadian Expeditionary Force, single, died 1917 October 10th 8h 10m am at 184 East High Street Forfar, male aged 39 years, parents William Adamson railway surfaceman (dec) and Isabella Adamson ms Lowson, cause tumour of pancreas, asthenia as certified by Jno Cable LRCP, signed Jas Moir brother-in-law present, registered 1917 October 10th at Forfar signed John F Craik registrar

    PrivateADAMSON, DAVID LOWSON
    Service Number 72150
    Died 10/10/1917
    Aged 39
    27th Bn. Canadian Infantry
    Son of William and Isabella Lowson Adamson, of Forfar.3,4,5
  • (Registrar) Death: John F Craik registrar Forfar was the officiating registrar when the death of James Gamley Moir tripe dresser was registered on 16 November 1922 at 22 Don Street, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1922 deaths in the district of Forfar in the county of Forfar, ref 131; James Gamley Moir tripe dresser married to Martha Adamson died 1922 November Sixteenth 1h 30m pm at 3 William Street Forfar, male aged 47 years parents John Moir general labourer (dec) and Elizabeth Gamley factory worker, cause valvular disease of the heart (mitral organic) as certified by J Ewan Cable MBChB, signed David adamson Moir son 395 West Muir Street Glasgow, registered 1922 November 17th at Forfar signed John F Crail registrar.6
  • (Registrar) Death: John F Craik registrar Forfar was the officiating registrar when the death of Ann Stirling domestic servant was registered on 3 January 1923 at 12 Lour Road, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1923 deaths in the district of Forfar in the county of Forfar, ref 4; Ann Smith widow of Peter Smith Farmer, died 1923 January Third 5h 20m pm 12 Lour Road Forfar; female aged 80 years, parents George Stirling gas manager (dec) mother not stated; cause castric carcinoma as cert by John Cable LRCP, signed George Smith son present; registered 1923 January 4th at Forfar signed John F Craik registrar.7
  • (Registrar) Death: John F Craik registrar Forfar was the officiating registrar when the death of Margaret Adamson was registered on 15 January 1923 at Forfar Infirmary, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Margaret McInroy (married to Robert McInroy tailor) 1923 Janaury 15th 11h 45m pm Forfar Infirmary ur Hemming Street Letham Dunnichen, f, 66 years, fath James Adamson handloom weaver (dec) moth Nancy Adamson ms Burnett (dec) pernicious anaemia heart disease as cert by Geo C Angus MD, inf Robert McInroy widower, reg 1923 January 16th Forfar John F Craik registrar.8
  • (Registrar) Marriage: John F Craik registrar Forfar was the officiating registrar when the marriage of James Fisher Conway newspaper representative and Violet Gertrude Dallas on Wednesday, 4 April 1923 at 20 Bank Avenue, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , was registered; 1923 marriages in the parish of Mains & Strathmartine in the county of Forfar, ref 18; 1923 on the fourth day of April at 20 Bank Avenue Downfield Dundee after banns according to the forms of the United Free Church of Scotland; signed James Fisher Conway newspaper representative bachelor, aged 31, residence 20 Bank Avenue Downfield Dundee, parents William Fisher Conway dairyman retired and Jane Conway ms Wilkie; signed Violet Gertrude Dallas confectioner's bookkeeper spinster, aged 24, residence 11 Cardean Street Dundee, parents Alexander Dallas Hosier's assistant (dec) and Elizabeth Dallas ms Wilson; signed William Cumming Skinner MA minister of Hilltown UF Church Dundee, signed Peter A Black 323 R... Road Dundee witness, Elizabeth W Dallas 11 Cardean Street Dundee witness; 1923 April 5th at Downfield J M Craik registrar.9
  • (Witness) Death: John F Craik registrar Forfar witnessed the death of Alexander Foulis Fullerton reedmaker on 13 April 1925 at 51 1/2 West High Street, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1925 deaths in the district of Forfar in the county of Forfar, ref 49, Alexander Fullerton factory worker married to Margaret Piggot, 1925 April Fifteenth 12h 0m pm 51 1/2 West High Street Forfar, male aged 66 years parents John (sic) Fullerton joiner journeyman (dec) and Helen Fullerton ms Stirling (dec), cerebral haemorrhage as cert by David Maylers MBChB, signed Betsy Hendry daughter present, registered 1925 May 1st at Forfar, John F Craik registrar.10
  • (Registrar) Death: John F Craik registrar Forfar was the officiating registrar when the death of John Moffat was registered on 23 October 1925 at 23 Montrose Road, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1925 deaths in the district of Forfar in the burgh of Forfar, ref 124; John Moffat jute and linen manufacturer Major Territorial Force JP married to Harriet Smith, died 1925 October Twenty-Third 4h 0m pm 23 Montrose Road Forfar usual residence Parkview Forfar; male aged 53 years parents James Moffat jute and linen manufacturer Provost of Forfar JP OBE and Margaret Moffat ms Lemon; cause cerebral haemorrhage as certified by David Myles MBChB, signed Jas Moffat father Mount Feredith Forfar, registered 1925 October 24th at Forfar signed John F Craik registrar [RCE].11
  • (Registrar) Death RCE: John F Craik registrar Forfar was the officiating registrar when the death of John Moffat was registered on 4 November 1925; Vol 7 Page 84 Register of Corrected Entries for the district of Forfar in the county of Forfar; initialled [CJ]B Reg 9 VII 26; The following report of result of a Precognition has been received touching the death of John Moffat registered under entry no 124 in the register book of Deaths for the year 1925; John Moffat, 54 years, male; died 23rd October 1925 about 3.30pm at 23 Montrose Road Forfar, usual residence Parkview, Lining Hills Lane, St James Road, Forfar; cause natural causes probably cerebral haemorrhage; certified by Thomas Hart Procurator Fiscal 4th November 1925 signed John F Craik registrar, Procurator Fiscals Office Forfar 4th November 1925.12
  • (Registrar) Death: John F Craik registrar Forfar was the officiating registrar when the death of Agnes Ann Adamson was registered on 29 May 1932 at 41 Queen Street, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Agnes Ann Small (married to John Small factory worker) 1932 May 29th 5h 0m pm, 41 Queen Street Forfar, f, 73 years, fath Thomas Adamson general labourer (dec), moth Ann Adamson ms Spark (dec), myocardial degeneration arteriosclerosis as cert by George R Flour MA ChM, inf Frank Small son 38 Yeaman Street Forfar, reg 1932 May 30 at Forfar John F Craik registrar.13
  • (Informant) Death: John F Craik registrar Forfar registered the death of Elizabeth Whammond Kinnear on 29 March 1935 at 11 Green Street, Forfar, Angus, Scotland, ; 1935 deaths in the district of Forfar in the county of Angus; ref 55; Elizabeth Whammond Kinnear confectioner single; 1835 March twenty-nineth 11h 0m pm 11 Green Street Forfar; f, 71 years, parents James Kinnear factory worker (dec) Betsy Kinnear ms Hebenton (dec); cause diabetes mellitus as cert by A Ross MD; William Kinnear brother present; registered 1935 April 1st at Forfar signed John F Craik registrar.14

Citations

  1. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory Death 1913 Forfar ref 288/ 140 image held [Feb 2006].
  2. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Death 1916 Dundee ref 288/A0 0099, image held [July 2008].
  3. [S40] DC headstone photo front [Jun 2016].
  4. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Record Transcription:
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour [Jun 2020].
  5. [S31] Website Commonwealth War Graves Commission (http://www.cwgc.org/) https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/327405/adamson,-david-lowson/.
  6. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Stautory Death registration 1922 Forfar ref 282/0A 0131 image held [Jul 2016].
  7. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, Statutory Death 1923 Forfar 288/A 4; image held [Feb 2020].
  8. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Death 1923 Forfar ref 10 image held [Aug 2005].
  9. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory marriage 1923 Mains & Strathmartine ref 18 [Jul 2004].
  10. [S40] From RM [Mar 2006].
  11. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Death 1925 Forfar ref 288/A 124 image held [Oct 2016].
  12. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Death 1925 Forfar ref 288/A 124 RCE image held [Oct 2016].
  13. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, image held; GROS statutory deaths 1932 ref 72 [Jan 2009].
  14. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory deaths 1935 Forfar ref 55; image held [Oct 2007].