Dennis Edward SURGENOR

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1946-49; Royal Air Force

Notes:

Awarded MBE 1991. As well, ISA award for outstanding service to the poultry industry in 1993

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Birth:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
Name: Dennis E Surgenor Registration Date: Oct 1928 Registration district: Liverpool Inferred County: Merseyside
Mother's Maiden Name: Forsyth Volume Number: 8b
Page Number: 466
Plus: Personal correspondence from Dennis, September 2004.

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Died:
SURGENOR Dennis Edward MBE, NSch Peacefully, on June 23, 2019, at Ivybank Nursing Home, Polmont, Falkirk, aged 90 years, beloved husband of Muriel for 66 years, much loved father of Malcolm, Allan and Valerie, grandfather of Lorna, Allison, Brian and Paul and brother of Sheila. Funeral service and celebration of his life at Falkirk Crematorium, on Thursday, July 4, at 12.15 pm.
https://announcements.johnstonpress.co.uk/obituaries/falkirkherald-uk/obituary.aspx?n=dennis-edward-mbe-nsch-surgenor&pid=193254871

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Dennis married Muriel McCARTNEY on 2 Jun 1953 in Park Church, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland, UK. Muriel was born on 26 Nov 1930 in Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland, UK; died on 27 Mar 2024 in Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Stirling Rd, Larbert, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Source scotlandspeople.gov.uk: 1953 SURGENOR DENNIS E and MCCARTNEY MURIEL at DALBEATTIE /KIRKCUDBRIGHT 864/00 0011

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1. Living
2. Living
3. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Costing clerk
• _MILT: 1918-22; RAF
• Census: 1901, 56 Faraday Street, Everton, Lancashire, England, UK
• Census: 1911, 210 Lothair Rd, Walton, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK
• Residence: 1945, 58 High St, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland, UK

Notes:

Birth:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Leslie Surgenor Registration Year: 1899 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration District: West Derby Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b Page: 334a

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_MILT:
Family information - Joined RFC 16 3 1917 RAF 1.4.1918 No 67246 Height 5' 8" Demobed on 2.5.1922. Promoted to Sergeant 30.9.1918 Worked for Inter-Allied Aeronautical Commission of Control until 27.4.1922. Paris and Berlin. Spoke French and German. Special constable during 1939 /45 war.

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Census:
1901 census 56, Faraday Street, Everton, Lancashire:
SURGENOR, James Head Married M 41 1860 Sugar Refiners Labourer Ireland
SURGENOR, Sarah Wife Married F 42 1859 Ireland
SURGENOR, George Son Single M 21 1880 Clerk Fruit Merchants Ireland
SURGENOR, William Son Single M 19 1882 Flour Merchants Clerk Ireland
SURGENOR, Annie Daughter Single F 17 1884 Housework Liverpool Lancashire
SURGENOR, John Son M 14 1887 Clerk In Insurance Office Liverpool Lancashire
SURGENOR, Maggie Daughter F 12 1889 Liverpool Lancashire
SURGENOR, Harry Son M 10 1891 Liverpool Lancashire
SURGENOR, Bessie Daughter F 8 1893 Liverpool Lancashire
SURGENOR, James Son M 5 1896 Liverpool Lancashire
SURGENOR, Albert Son M 3 1898 Liverpool Lancashire
SURGENOR, Leslie Son M 2 1899 Liverpool Lancashire
MCFALL, Maggie Mother-In-Law Married F 73 1828 Living On Own Means Ireland
MCFALL, Maggie Sister-In-Law Single F 27 1874 Dressmakers Machinist Ireland
RG number: RG13 Piece: 3485 Folio: 121 Page: 16

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Census:
1911 census for 210 Lothair Road Walton Liverpool, Lancashire:
RG number: RG14 Piece: 22394 Reference: RG14PN22394 RG78PN1321 RD455 SD4 ED38 SN209
SURGENOR, James Head Married M 51 1860 Sugar Boiler County Antrim Bllyclore Resident
SURGENOR, Sarah Wife Married
32 years F 51 1860 Antrim Ballyclore Resident
SURGENOR, William Son Single M 29 1882 Worker Tram Sheds Antrim Ballyclore Resident
SURGENOR, Annie Daughter Single F 27 1884 Lancs Liverpool
SURGENOR, John Son Single M 24 1887 Clerk In Tobacco Trade Lancs Liverpool
SURGENOR, Margaret Daughter Single F 22 1889 Lancs Liverpool
SURGENOR, Harry Son Single M 20 1891 Insurance Clerk Lancs Liverpool
SURGENOR, Bessie Daughter Single F 18 1893 Lancs Liverpool
SURGENOR, James Son Single M 15 1896 Office Boy Student Lancs Liverpool
SURGENOR, Albert Son M 13 1898 School Lancs Liverpool VIEW
SURGENOR, Leslie Son M 12 1899 School Lancs Liverpool

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Residence:
Lived at 58 High St, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland, as per father-in-law Edward Forsyth's death cert

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Died:
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
SURGENOR, LESLIE, aged 54, year 1953, ref 869/ 39, at Kelton.

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Leslie married Jessie FORSYTH on 14 Sep 1927 in Egremont Presbyterian Church, Liverpool, England, UK. Jessie (daughter of Edward Johnstone FORSYTH and Grace Agnes TODD) was born on 14 Sep 1902 in 61 Langton Rd, West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK; died on 27 Feb 1971 in 17 Ernespie Rd, Castle Douglas, Dumfries, Scotland, UK; was buried in Feb 1971 in Balmaghie, Dumfries, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1911, 6 Broughton Rd, Seacombe, Cheshire, England, UK
• Census: 1921, 6 Broughton Rd, Seacombe, Cheshire, England, UK

Notes:

Birth:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: Jessie Forsyth Registration Year: 1902 Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec Registration District: West Derby
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b Page: 659

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Died:
Source scotlandspeople.gov.uk: 1971 SURGENOR JESSIE other surname FORSYTH F 68 CASTLE DOUGLAS /KIRKCUDBRIGHT 861/00 0017

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Notes:

Married:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Jessie Forsyth Registration Date: Jul 1927
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration District: Birkenhead Inferred County: Cheshire Spouse: Leslie Surgenor
Volume Number: 8a Page Number: 1585

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer. Sugar Refiners Pansman

Notes:

Birth:
Details from Dennis Surgenor (BK4470)

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Occupation:
Details from Dennis Surgenor (BK4470)

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Died:
Details from Dennis Surgenor (BK4470)

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Buried:
Details from Dennis Surgenor (BK4470)

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James married Sarah Craig McFALL on 24 Feb 1880 in Registrars Office Ballymena Co, Antrim, Ireland. Sarah was born on 25 May 1858 in Parish Of Craigs Co, Antrim, Ireland; died about 1950 in Ballymena Hospital. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived until aged about 96.
Her mother was a covenanter and her father a Catholic, she was baptised in the Church of Ireland.
Had jet black hair. Black until she died. Was a major source of family history.
Smoked a pipe. Some say she lived to be 100.


Birth:
Details from Dennis Surgenor (BK4470)

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Died:
Details from Dennis Surgenor (BK4470)

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Notes:

Married:
Details from Dennis Surgenor (BK4470)

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1911, 6 Broughton Rd, Seacombe, Cheshire, England, UK
• Census: 1921, 6 Broughton Rd, Seacombe, Cheshire, England, UK

Notes:

Birth:
Birth registered Balmaghie 13-11-1875 Balmaghie Parish
Birth 3 30 PM 2-11-1875

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Buried:
No 18 Stewartry of Kirkcudbright County Council
Balmaghie Burial Ground
Date pf purchase of Lairs 20th June 1945, Amound paid 3 pounds. No of Lairs 2 makred on section new and number 180, 181 on plan of burial ground.
Record of burials in above Lairs
180 Edward Johnstone Forsyth June 22 1945.
181 Grace Agnes Forsyth 13.4.63

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Died:
Transcript of death cert: 1945 deaths in the district of Kelton in the Stewartry of Kircudbright. No 29, Edward Johnson Forsyth, printer's reader retired (married to Grace Agnes Todd), 1945 Jun 19th at 5.40pm at 19 Ernespie Rd, Castle Douglas, male, 68 years, son of Edward Johnston Forsyth, gamekeeper (deceased) and Jessie Forsyth M.S.Robertson (deceased), cause cerebral thrombosis as cert by J. Maurice Donald. Informant L.Surgenor, son-in-law of 58 High St, Dalbeattie

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Edward married Grace Agnes TODD on 26 Jun 1901 in Douglas Arms Hotel, Castle Douglas, Kelton, Dumfries, Scotland, UK. Grace (daughter of John TODD and Margaret SPIERS) was born on 8 Jul 1876 in Balmaghie High Lodge, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK; died on 10 Apr 1963 in Dumfries Infirmary, Dumfries, Scotland, UK; was buried on 13 Apr 1963 in Balmaghie Burial Ground, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1881, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1891, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1901, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1911, 6 Broughton Rd, Seacombe, Cheshire, England, UK
• Census: 1921, 6 Broughton Rd, Seacombe, Cheshire, England, UK

Notes:

Letter from Grace Todd (married name Forsyth) written in 1946 from Broughton, Ernespie Road, Castle Douglas, Scotland to her niece Margaret Isabella Silver in Queensland, Australia My Dear Bella, I am afraid I am very bad with the pen. Well, I had yours some time ago and went about answering right away but here I am. I went to see Aunty Dan on way here. (I am at ?? for a few days with my younger daughter). Auntie is really looking very well but her memory and sight have gone since I seen her last. I try and see her every few weeks. She forgot you sending her the beef tea.
I tried to talk of people she knew well, but at times she went right away. It is all very sad and I feel terrible sorry she is so far away but there is a great comfort in knowing she is so well cared for. She has every thing that she needs. The sister was so nice and told us she was their best patient, so that is nice to know. How is your Dad? I really ought to write him, he really is a marvellous man. I am always interested to hear of you all and often feel how nice it would be to pop in and have a real heart-to-heart talk. That is how I am enjoying the few day's here. I really ought not to have come down at present, so much to be seen to in the garden, but it was just a chance (they were all thrilled to see me) The girls knew nothing about me coming and what a surprise they had. This is a lovely place and the sea is almost on their doorstep and I love the sea. At home, I am miles away. Jessie my other daughter is still waiting on a house in Inverness. Her hubbie went to a place last Christmas and has not been able to get a house yet. They are in Dalbeattie, seven miles from Castle Douglas, so I see her and the children fairly often. Dennis the eldest will have to join up in October, he will be eighteen. I know his mother is not looking forward to him going. She has a little girl, eleven years old, which will help to keep her company. So you see house are not to be had; prices are also scandalous when there is one on the market. Everything really is tighter then during the war. The bread is being rationed which I think is ridiculous. Of course, this government is to blame; at least I feel it is. However, we have to grin and bear it. If I was a younger woman, I would be going overseas. I had a lovely letter from Lizzie in South Africa as I came away. We have got two new cousins, both boys. They are very proud of them naturally, I don't hear very often from America. Of course, it was poor Aunty Lizzie who wrote but she has gone and the younger members have not the same inclination to write - not like you, you are really good. Please remember me to Dad when you write to him and when you have time, tell me about all the different members of the family. Love and best wishes from Aunty Gracie.

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Birth registered Balmaghie 18 July 1876 by William Sproat

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Wedding Minister HMB Reid Witness John Robertson. Elizabeth Forsyth (sister)

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Birth certificate gives the spelling of the parents as John and Margaret TOD with one D but banns for their marriage as TODD.

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Christened in the family gown

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. Great knitter. Knitted and re-footed all husband's socks

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Birth:
1876 births in the Parish of Balmaghie in the Stewardry of Kirkcudbright No 17
Grace Agnes Tod (one D on birth cert, later two Ds)
1876 July eighth 5am at Balmaghie High Lodge
Father: John Tod gamekeeper
Mother: Margaret Tod M.S. Spiers who married 1857 September 14th at Edinburgh
Witness: John Tod father>

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Census:
1881 census for Gamekeepers house, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland:
John TODD, head, mar, aged 45, born Skirling, Peebles
Margaret TODD, wife, aged 45, born Haddington
Janet TODD, dau, unm, aged 16, housemaid, born Cockpen, Edinburgh
Robert TODD, son, unm, aged 11, scholar, born Forgandenny, Perth
Joanna TODD, dau, aged 9, scholar, born Forgandenny
Gracie TODD, dau, aged 7, scholar, born Forgandenny
Mary TODD, dau, aged 4, born Balmaghie, Kirkcudbright

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Census:
1891 census for No 38, Balmaghie Cottage, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire:
John TODD head married 56 gamekeeper born Peebleshire, Skirling
Margaret TODD wife married 56 born Haddington
Robert TODD son unmarried 21 grocer (foreman) Born Perthshire Forgandenny
Joanna TODD dau unmarried 19 Born Perthshire Forgandenny
Grace A TODD dau unmarried 14 Kircudbrightshire Balmaghie
Richard T. HUTCHINSON grandson 4 Kinrosshire, Milnathort
1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. Genera).
Birth date: abt 1887 Birth place: Milnathort, Kinrosshire Residence date: 1891 Residence place: Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1891scotland&h=3475467&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

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Census:
1901 census Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland:
No 30 Balmaghie North Cottage
John TODD, head, married, aged 62, gamekeeper (domestic), born Peebleshire, Skirling
Margaret TODD, wife, married, aged 62, born Haddington
Joanna TODD, dau, single, aged 27, born Perthshire Forgandenny
Richard HUTCHINSON, grandson, aged 15, born Perthshire Milnathort
Elizabeth KEEGAN, visitor (John and Margaret's daughter) married, aged 36 (should be 38 as born 1863), born Midlothian Dalhousie
William KEEGAN, visitor, aged 4, born Edinburgh
Margaret KEEGAN, visitor, aged 2, born Edinburgh
Norah KEEGAN, visitor, aged 9 months, born Edinburgh
1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. Genera).
Birth date: abt 1886 Birth place: Milnathort, Kinrosshire Residence date: 1901 Residence place: Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1901scotland&h=2712159&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

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Census:
1911 census for 6 Broughton Road, Seacombe, Cheshire, England:
RG number: RG14 Piece: 22104 Reference: RG14PN22104 RG78PN1310B RD452 SD3 ED52 SN50
Edward Johnstone FORSYTH, head, married aged 35, printer compositor, born 1876 Kircudbrightshire, Balmaghie
Grace FORSYTH, wife, married 9 years (2 children, both living), aged 34, born 1877 Kircudbrightshire, Balmaghie
Jessie FORSYTH, daughter, aged 8, born 1903, Lancashire Liverpool
Marguerite FORSYTH, daughter, aged 6, born 1905 Lancashire Liverpool

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Census:
1921 Census for 6 Broughton Rd, Wallasey, Cheshire, England
First Last name Rel. to head Sex Birth Age in years Birth place Occ. Employer
Edward Johnson Forsyth Head Male 1876 45 years 6 months Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Linotype Operator "liverpool Daily Post & Mercury" & "Echo" Coy Ltd, Newspaper
Grace Agnes Forsyth Wife Female 1876 44 years 11 months Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland - -
Jessie Forsyth Daughter Female 1902 18 years 9 months Liverpool, Lancashire, England Book Keeper Wallasey Grocers Assocn
Marguerite Johnson Forsyth Daughter Female 1905 16 years 5 months Liverpool, Lancashire, England Chemists Assistant John Wood, Chemist

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Died:
Source scotlandspeople.gov.uk: 1963 FORSYTH GRACE AGNES other surname TOD F 86 DUMFRIES /DUMFRIES 821/00 0230
1963 deaths in the district of Dumfries in the County of Dumfries. No 230, Grace Agnes Forsyth (widow of Edward Johnston Forsyth linotype operator), 1963 10 April at 6.35pm at Dumfries Infirmary (Us. Res. 17 Ernespie Rd, Castle Douglas), female, 86 years, dau of John Tod gamekeeper (deceased) and Margaret Tod M.S.Spiers (deceased). Various causes. Informant Jessie Surgenor, daughter, of 17 Ernespie Rd, Castle Douglas.

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Buried:
No 18 Stewartry of Kirkcudbright County Council
Balmaghie Burial Ground
Date pf purchase of Lairs 20th June 1945, Amound paid 3 pounds. No of Lairs 2 makred on section new and number 180, 181 on plan of burial ground.
Record of burials in above Lairs
180 Edward Johnstone Forsyth June 22 1945.
181 Grace Agnes Forsyth 13.4.63

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Notes:

Married:
Statutory Register Index Marriage (1855-1927) 869/00 0011
1901 marriage in the parish of Kelton in the Stewardry of Kirkcudbright. No 11 1901 on the Twenty Sixth day of June at Castle Douglas after banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland. Edward Johnson Forsyth compositor bachelor aged 26 of Liverpool, son of Edward Foysuth gamekeeper and Jessie Forsyth M.S.Robertson (deceased) and Grace Agnes Todd cook spinster aged 26 of Balmaghie Lodge, daughter of John Todd gamekeeper and Margaret Todd M.S. Spiers. Witnesses John Robertson Forsyth and Elizabeth Forsyth

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Gamekeeper
• Census: 1841, Skirling, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1851, Birthwood, Coulter, Lanarkshire, Sctotland, UK
• Census: 1861, 90 Farm Cottage, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1871, Dunning Road, Little Kinnaird, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1881, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland
• Census: 1891, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland
• Census: 1901, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland
• Census: 1911, 88 Cotton St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK

Notes:

John and Margaret celebrated their golden anniversary on 14 Sep 1906 at Little Mains, by Castle Douglas and their Diamond Wedding on 14 Sep 1916 at 88 Cotton Street, Castle Douglas. (Note, though, they were married in 1857, so their celebrations were always a year early) NOTE: On John's death certificate, his father's name is given as John rather than James which it is on his wedding certificate.
As well, his mother's maiden surname is given as Henderson, not Cochrane, but his wife's mother's maiden surname was Henderson.

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Birth:
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: John Tod Christening Date: 13 Sep 1835 Christening Place: , SKIRLING, PEEBLES, SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 19 Aug 1835
Father's Name: James Tod Mother's Name: Margaret Cochrane
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTBV-QZK

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Census:
In house headed by Robert Paterson, landed proprietor
John TOD, aged 15, unm, born Skirling, Peebles, servant.
Ref ED: 1 Page: 1 Household Schedule Number: 4 Line: 19 Roll: CSSCT1851_151

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Census:
1861 census for 90 Farm Cottage, Edrom, Berwickshire:
Ref: 07/04/1861 census 1861 738/00 002/00 021
John TOD, head, mar, aged 27, gamekeeper, born Stirling, Peebleshire
Margaret TOD, wife, mar, aged 27, born East Lothian, Haddington
Margaret TOD, dau, un, aged 2, born Edrom, Berwickshire
James TOD, son, un, aged 1, born Edrom, Berwickshire

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Census:
1871 census for Dunning Road, Little Kinnaird, Perthshire:
John TODD, head, mar, aged 37, born Skirling, Peebleshire
Margaret TODD, wife, aged 37, born Haddingtonshire
Margaret TODD, dau, aged 12, born Blackadder, Berwickshire
James TODD, son, aged 11, born Torasay, Argyleshire
Elizabeth TODD, dau, aged 8, born Cockpen, Midlothian
Janet TODD, dau, aged 6, born Cockpen, Midlothian
Robert TODD, son, aged 2, born Forgandenny, Perthsire
Johana TODD, dau, aged 8 months, born Forgandenny, Perthsire
William Spiers, brother-in-law, aged 31, blacksmith, born Salter, Haddington

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Census:
1881 census for Gamekeepers house, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland:
John TODD, head, mar, aged 45, born Skirling, Peebles
Margaret TODD, wife, aged 45, born Haddington
Janet TODD, dau, unm, aged 16, housemaid, born Cockpen, Edinburgh
Robert TODD, son, unm, aged 11, scholar, born Forgandenny, Perth
Joanna TODD, dau, aged 9, scholar, born Forgandenny
Gracie TODD, dau, aged 7, scholar, born Forgandenny
Mary TODD, dau, aged 4, born Balmaghie, Kirkcudbright

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Census:
1891 census for No 38, Balmaghie Cottage, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire:
John TODD, head, married, aged 56, gamekeeper born Peebleshire, Skirling
Margaret TODD, wife, married, aged 56, born Haddington
Robert TODD, son, unmarried, aged 21, grocer (foreman) born Perthshire Forgandenny
Joanna TODD, dau, unmarried, aged 19, born Perthshire Forgandenny
Grace A TODD dau, unmarried, aged 14, born Kircudbrightshire Balmaghie
Richard T. HUTCHINSON, grandson, aged 4, born Kinrosshire, Milnathort

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Census:
1901 census Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland:
No 30 Balmaghie North Cottage
John TODD, head, married, aged 62, gamekeeper (domestic), born Peebleshire, Skirling
Margaret TODD, wife, married, aged 62, born Haddington
Joanna TODD, dau, single, aged 27, born Perthshire Forgandenny
Richard HUTCHINSON, grandson, aged 15, born Perthshire Milnathort
Elizabeth KEEGAN, visitor (John and Margaret's daughter) married, aged 36 (should be 38 as born 1863), born Midlothian Dalhousie
William KEEGAN, visitor, aged 4, born Edinburgh
Margaret KEEGAN, visitor, aged 2, born Edinburgh
Norah KEEGAN, visitor, aged 9 months, born Edinburgh

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Died:
1920 deaths in the Parish of Kelton in the Stewardry of Kirkcudbright
No 36
John Todd Gamekeeper (retired) widower of Margaret Spiers
July 6th 1920 3pm at 88 Cotton Street, Castle Douglas aged 87* years.
Father John (should be James - see marriage record) Todd (deceased) Mother Margaret Todd MS Henderson (should be Cochrane - see marriage record) (deceased)
Cause: Cardio vascular disease for six months.
Witness: Joan Todd daughter present
*Note that he was only 84. Linked his age to his wife from when they were married.

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John married Margaret SPIERS on 14 Sep 1857 in 29 Robbs Court, Castlebanks, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Margaret (daughter of John SPIERS and Margaret HENDERSON) was born on 26 Oct 1831 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, UK; died on 22 Jun 1919 in 88 Cotton St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright,Scotland, UK; was buried in Jun 1919 in Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Cinderhall, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1851, High St, Haddington, Ormiston, Scotland
• Census: 1861, 90 Farm Cottage Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1871, Dunning Road, Little Kinnaird, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1881, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1891, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1901, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1911, 88 Cotton St, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Scotland, UK

Notes:

Birth:
Haddington OPR, FR2282 709/00 0007:
John Spiers and Margaret Henderson had a daughter born 26 October and baptised same day named Margaret. Wit. George Fortune and Peter Crow?
"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBP8-KBC : accessed 23 Dec 2013), Margaret Spiers, 26 Oct 1831; citing, reference 2:15R7KCW; FHL microfilm 1067849.

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Census:
1851 census for High St, Haddington:
John Spiers, head, married, aged 56, blacksmith, born Westruther, Berwickshire
Margaret Spiers, wife, aged 54, born Haddington
Margaret Spiers, dau, unm, aged 18, house servant, born Haddington
William Spiers, son, unm, aged 14, scholar, born Salton, Haddington

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Census:
1871 census for Dunning Road, Little Kinnaird, Perthshire:
John TODD, head, mar, aged 37, born Skirling, Peebleshire
Margaret TODD, wife, aged 37, born Haddingtonshire
Margaret TODD, dau, aged 12, born Blackadder, Berwickshire
James TODD, son, aged 11, born Torasay, Argyleshire
Elizabeth TODD, dau, aged 8, born Cockpen, Midlothian
Janet TODD, dau, aged 6, born Cockpen, Midlothian
Robert TODD, son, aged 2, born Forgandenny, Perthsire
Johana TODD, dau, aged 8 months, born Forgandenny, Perthsire
William Spiers, brother-in-law, aged 31, blacksmith, born Salter, Haddington

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Census:
1881 census for Gamekeepers house, Balmaghie, Kircudbright, Scotland:
John TODD, head, mar, aged 45, born Skirling, Peebles
Margaret TODD, wife, aged 45, born Haddington
Janet TODD, dau, unm, aged 16, housemaid, born Cockpen, Edinburgh
Robert TODD, son, unm, aged 11, scholar, born Forgandenny, Perth
Joanna TODD, dau, aged 9, scholar, born Forgandenny
Gracie TODD, dau, aged 7, scholar, born Forgandenny
Mary TODD, dau, aged 4, born Balmaghie, Kirkcudbright

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Census:
1891 census for No 38, Balmaghie Cottage, Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire:
John TODD head married 56 gamekeeper born Peebleshire, Skirling
Margaret TODD wife married 56 born Haddington
Robert TODD son unmarried 21 grocer (foreman) Born Perthshire Forgandenny
Joanna TODD dau unmarried 19 Born Perthshire Forgandenny
Grace A TODD dau unmarried 14 Kircudbrightshire Balmaghie
Richard T. HUTCHINSON grandson 4 Kinrosshire, Milnathort
1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. Genera).
Birth date: abt 1887 Birth place: Milnathort, Kinrosshire Residence date: 1891 Residence place: Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1891scotland&h=3475467&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

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Census:
1901 census Balmaghie, Kircudbrightshire, Scotland:
No 30 Balmaghie North Cottage
John TODD, head, married, aged 62, gamekeeper (domestic), born Peebleshire, Skirling
Margaret TODD, wife, married, aged 62, born Haddington
Joanna TODD, dau, single, aged 27, born Perthshire Forgandenny
Richard HUTCHINSON, grandson, aged 15, born Perthshire Milnathort
Elizabeth KEEGAN, visitor (John and Margaret's daughter) married, aged 36 (should be 38 as born 1863), born Midlothian Dalhousie
William KEEGAN, visitor, aged 4, born Edinburgh
Margaret KEEGAN, visitor, aged 2, born Edinburgh
Norah KEEGAN, visitor, aged 9 months, born Edinburgh
1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. Genera).
Birth date: abt 1886 Birth place: Milnathort, Kinrosshire Residence date: 1901 Residence place: Balmaghie, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1901scotland&h=2712159&ti=5544&indiv=try&gss=pt

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Died:
1919 deaths in the parish of Kelton in the Stewardry of Kirkcudbright:
No 36 Margaret Todd married to John Todd retired Gamekeeper
June 22 1919 at 7.20pm at 88 Cotton Street Castle Douglas aged 86 years.
Father John Spiers Blacksmith (deceased). Mother: Margaret Spiers MS Henderson (deceased)
Witness Joan Todd daughter present

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Notes:

Married:
1857 marriage in the District of Denton? in the County of Edinburgh No 152: On the Fourteenth day of September 1857 at 29 Robbs Court Castlebanks Edinburgh Marriage (after Banns) was solemnized between us according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland John Tod Aged 24* of Ormiston Bachelor Father: James Tod Game Keeper (Deceased) Mother: Margaret Tod Maiden name Cochrane (Deceased) AND Margaret Spiers aged 24 of Ormiston Spinster Father: John Spiers Blacksmith Mother: Margaret Spiers maiden name Henderson Witnesses: William Nisbet Minister, Thomas Hamilton, James Darg, Margaret Gibson
*Note he was 22. Linked his age to Margaret's throughout the rest of their lives.

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