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James Scrimgeour registrar Dundee, St Andrew

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Last Edited: 8 Nov 2021
  • (Registrar) Death: James Scrimgeour registrar Dundee, St Andrew was the officiating registrar when the death of James Ramsay was registered on 21 December 1868 at 4 Nelson Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1868 deaths in the district of St Andrews in the burgh of Dundee; James Ramsay linen merchant & manufacturer married to Mary Janes; died 1868 December twenty-first 5h 30m am 4 Nelson Street Dundee; male aged 45 years; parents William Ramsay linen manufacturer (dec) and Jean Ramsay ms Lawrence (dec); cause cancer of tongue ... months as cert by P Stevin surgeon; signed James Laing Ramsay son present; registered 1868 December 21 at Dundee signed James Scrimgeour registrar.1
  • (Resident) Address: As of 1869, James Scrimgeour registrar Dundee, St Andrew was living with James Scrimgeour registrar Dundee, St Andrew and 4th (1869 St Andrew's) Registration District Dundee at at 16 King Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES.
    —Ist or St Peter's District—David Scott, Registrar; Office -224 Perth Road.
    2d or St Mary's District—Alexander Leask, Registrar; Office, Ward House, Ward Road.
    3d or St Clement'Jr- District—James Kinnison, Registrar; Office, 51 Reform Street.
    4th or St Andrew's District—James Scrymgeour, Registrar; Office., 16 King Street.
    5th or Lochee District—James Young, Registrar; Office, 114 High Street, Lochee.

    Office Hours, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m; and from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registrations must he effected as follows, viz. :—Births within VA days; Deaths within 8 days; Marriages within 3 days; Vaccina- tions within Six Months, unless certificate of postponement be granted by a qualified Medical Practitioner.

    For the purposes of the Acts of Parliament relative to the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, those portions of the Parish of Dundee and of the United Parishes of Liff and Benvie, comprehended within the boundaries of the Burgh of Dundee, are divided into Five Districts as follow

    Fourth, or St Andrew's District, to include that .portion of the Burgh comprehended -within the Eastern Boundary of St Clement's District and the Eastern Boundary of the Burgh.2
  • (Registrar) Birth: James Scrimgeour registrar Dundee, St Andrew was the officiating registrar when the birth of John Stewart Key was registered on 1 May 1869 at Milton of Craigie, parish of Dundee, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1869 births in the district of St Andrews in the burgh of Dundee, ref 550; John Stewart Key; 1869 May first 4h 0m am Milton of Craigie parish of Dundee; m; George Key ploughman (foreman) Ann Key ms Ford 1865 Dec 8 Inverkeillor; George Key father present; registered 1869 May 17 at Dundee James Scrimgeour registrar; image held.3

Citations

  1. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS statutory deaths Dundee ref 282/04 0834 image held [Jul 2008].
  2. [S37] Directory Dundee (Dundee:, digital collection PCC. Hereinafter cited as Dundee Directory.
  3. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS ref 282/01 00550; [confimed August 2007].