William Smith

M, #8884, b. 3 December 1888, d. 6 December 1965
     William Smith was born on 3 December 1888 at 108 Main Street, Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland.1,2 He was the son of George Smith and Ann Murray. His family was known by the tee-name of "Bodie". William Smith was a school teacher. He married Jessie Edgell Duncan at Bonar Bridge, Sutherland, Scotland, on 15 July 1924.3,2 William died on 6 December 1965 at West Banks Cottage, Wick, Caithness, Scotland, at age 77.4,2

Citations

  1. [S8078] William Smith, Register of Births in the District of Rathven in the County of Banff, "William Smith, 1888, December Third 10h 0m A.M. at 108 Main Street, Buckie, Male. Father: George Smith, Boat Carpenter. Mother: Ann Smith M. S. Murray, married 1875 Novr 5th in Rathven. Informant: George Smith, Father (present). Registered: 1888, December 18 at Buckie, John Webster, Registrar."
  2. [S772] Robert Mair, Neil Pirie, Information kindly supplied by Robert Mair of Durham, England.
  3. [S8080] William Smith to Jessie Edgell Duncan, Statutory Register of Marriages in the District of Bonar in the County of Sutherland, "1924, on the Fifteenth day of July at Bonar Bridge, After Banns, According to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland. William Smith, Teacher (Bachelor), 35 years, resident at 134 High Street, Wick, Father: George Smith, Ship builder, Mother: Annie Smith M.S. Murray. Jessie Edgell Duncan, Teacher (Spinster), 35 years, resident at East Banks, Wick, Father: James Grant Duncan, Ship broker (Deceased), Mother: Margaret Duncan M.S Campbell. John Cunningham Moore, Manse of Lairg. John Smith, 108 Main Street, Buckie, Witness. Ethel Smith, 108 Main Street, Buckie, Witness. Registered: 1924, July 16th at Bonar, Alexander Munro Registrar."
  4. [S8081] William Smith, Register of Deaths in the District of Wick in the County of Caithness, "R.C.E. 2/66 William Smith, School Teacher (Retired), Married to Jess Duncan, died 1965, December Sixth 9h 30m A.M. at West Banks Cottage, Wick, Male, 77 years. Father: George Smith, Boat Builder (Deceased), Mother: Ann Smith M.S. Murray (Deceased). Cause of death: I (a) Bronchopneumonia (b) Concussion (from fall 7 days before), II Cortereosclerotic Parkinsonism, As Cert by J.M. Eaton Turner M.B. Ch.B. Informant: John S. Duncan, Brother in Law, Gowan Lea, Wick. Registered: 1965, December 6th at Wick, M. Miller Assist. Registrar. NW Regr."