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Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st

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Last Edited: 8 Nov 2021
  • (Resident) Address*: As of 1856, Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st was living with Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st and 1st (1855) Registration District Dundee at at 19 St Andrews Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; A line from the Harbour along Castle Street, High Street, Reform Street, Meadowside, Ward Street, and along the Newtyle Railway to the extreme North, divides the First, or East, and Second, or West Districts, of the Town and Parish.1
  • (Registrar) Birth: Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st was the officiating registrar when the birth of Mary Reilly was registered on 5 July 1857 at 22 Mid Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1857 births in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 945; Railey Mary, 1857 July Fifth 2am 22 Med Street Chapelshade Dundee, female, parents Charles Railey flax handloom weaver and Catherine Railey maden name Bridie, signed Charles Railey his + mark father present Wm Fairweather regr witness, 1857 July 11th at Dundee Wm Fairweather registrar.2
  • (Registrar) Death: Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st was the officiating registrar when the death of Mary Reilly was registered on 14 October 1857 at 21 Mid Street, Chapelshade, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1857 deaths in the 1st district in the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 798; Railley Mary single, 1857 October Fourteenth 9.30 pm 21 Mid Street Chapelshade Dundee; female aged 3 months, parents Charles Raily flax handloom weaver and Catherine Railey maiden name Bridie, cause convultions 10 days no medical attendant, buried Dundee New burying ground as certified by Archibald Beets undertaker, signed Charles Raily his + mark father present signed Wm Fairweather regtr witness, registrered 1857 Octoebr 16th at Dundee signed Wm Fairweather registrar.3
  • (Registrar) Marriage: Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st was the officiating registrar when the marriage of Agnes Langlands and Alexander Hodge Milne on Tuesday, 1 December 1857 at Princes Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , was registered; 1857 marriages in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 317, On the First day of December 1857 at Princes Street Dundee - marriage after banns was solemnized between us accoring to the Forms of the Glassite Church, signed Alxr Milne, 24, Hawhill Dundee, merchants clerk widower, parents James Milne factory manager andn Margory Matthew; and signed Agnes Langlands, 27, Princes Street Dundee, spinster, parens Roberts Langlands bookseeler and Larjory Patterson; signed Geo H Baxter minister, James Welsh, George Langlands and James Milne, registered at Dundee on the 3rd day of December 1857, signed Wm Fairweather registrar.4
  • (Registrar) Birth: Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st was the officiating registrar when the birth of Agnes Swan Hood was registered on 28 December 1857 at Commercial Street, Maxwelltown, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1858 births in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 65; Hood Agnes Swan, born 1857 December Twentyeight, 1pm, Commercial Street Maxwelltown Dundee, female, parents John Ogilvie Hood carter and Isabella Hood maiden name Guthrie, signed John Ogilvie hood father not present, registered 1858 January 15th at Dundee signed Wm Fairweather registrar.5,6
  • (Resident) Address: As of 1858, Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st was living with Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st and 1st (1855) Registration District Dundee at at 19 St Andrews Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; A line from the Harbour along Castle Street, High Street, Reform Street, Meadowside, Ward Street, and along the Newtyle Railway to the extreme North, divides the First, or East, and Second, or West Districts, of the Town and Parish.1
  • (Registrar) Death: Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st was the officiating registrar when the death of Mary Laing was registered 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.7
  • (Registrar) Birth: Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st was the officiating registrar when the birth of Terence Reilly was registered on 2 June 1859 at 22 Mid Street, Chapelshade, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1859 births in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 732; Terence Railey, 1859 June Second 0pm 22 Mid Street Chapelshade Dundee; male, parents Charles Railey flax weaver and Catherine Railey ms Bridie; signed Charles Railey his + mark father not present signed Wm Fairweather Regr witness; registered 1859 June 6th at Dundee signed Wm Fairweather registrar.8
  • (Registrar) Death: Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st was the officiating registrar when the death of Isabell Guthrie was registered on 16 December 1859 at Craigs Land, Caldrum Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1859 deaths in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 1037; Hood Isabella wife of a carter, died 1859 December sixteenth 6pm Craigs Land Caldrum Street Dundee, female aged 25 years, parents William Guthrie farm servant and Marion Guthrie maiden name Edward, cause acute jaudice complicated with pregnancy 8 days signeed Jas A Cowper MD who saw her 16th Decr; buried Murroes church yard as certified by William Jack sexton; signed John Ogilvie Hood husband present; registered 1859 December 17th at Dundee signed Wm Fairweather assistant registrar initialled WF (Wm Fairweather) registrar.9
  • (Registrar) Marriage: Wm Fairweather registrar Dundee, 1st was the officiating registrar when the marriage of Margaret Millar Bell and Alexander Adamson sawyer on Friday, 18 May 1860 at 14 Wellington Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , was registered; 1860 marriages in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 133; On the Eighteenth day of May 1860 at 14 Wellington Street Dundee marriage after banns was solemnized between us according to the forms of the Cjurch of Scotland; signed Alexr Adamson aged 21 residing 69 King Street Dundee, sawyer bachelor, parents Alexander Adamson stoker Dundee & Agnes Adamson ms Saunders; signed Margt Bell her + mark signed William Smith witness, aged 21 residing 3 Bucklemaker Wynd Dundee, power loom weaver spinster; parents Henry Bell seaman Dundee & Ann Bell ms Lees; signed R Logan minister Dundee, signed Willaim Smith M..., William Smith Tailor, witnesses; registered at Dundee on the 21st day of May 1860 signed Wm Fairweather registrar.10,11

Notes

  • (Witness) History: Dundee First District
    A line from the Harbour along Castle Street, High Street, Reform Street, Meadow side, "Ward Street, and along the Newtyle Railway to the extreme North, divides the First, or East, and Second, or West Districts, of the Town and Parish.12

Citations

  1. [S37] Directory Dundee (Dundee:, digital collection PCC. Hereinafter cited as Dundee Directory.
  2. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Births 1857 Dundee 1st District ref 282/?? 0945, image held [Aug 2004].
  3. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Deaths 1859 Dundee 1st District ref 282/?? 0798, image held [Jan 2006].
  4. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Marriage 1857 Dundee 1st District 282/01 0317 [March 2014].
  5. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription URL of this page: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1861%2f0022708815 [Jul 2016].
  6. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Stautory Births 1858 Dundee ref 282/01 0065 image held [Jul 2016].
  7. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Death 1859 Dundee ref 282/01 0468; image held [Jul 2008].
  8. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Births 1859 Dundee 1st District ref 282/?? 0732, image held [Jan 2007].
  9. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Stautory Deaths 1859 Dundee ref 282/01 1037 image held [Jul 2016].
  10. [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), LDS M112821 [May 2009].
  11. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory Marriage 1860 Dundee 282/01 0133 image held [Nov 2014].
  12. [S37] Dundee Directory, Dundee Directories Collection [Aug 2018].