Alfred MEIKLE

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
MEIKLE, ALFRED, M, year 1884, ref 715/ 35, in Ormiston

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Died:
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
MEIKLE, ALFRED, aged 97, mother's maiden name SPIERS, year 1981, ref 763/ 3, in Newbattle, Dalkeith, Scotland

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Notes:

Birth:
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: James Meikle Gender: Male Birth Date: 11 Oct 1855
Birth Place: Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland
Father: Robert Meikle Mother: Christina Murray

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James married Janet (Jessie) SPIERS on 26 Feb 1878 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, UK. Janet (daughter of James SPIERS and Mary SOUNESS) was born on 4 Oct 1857 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, UK; died on 26 Oct 1911 in House of Muir, Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Their children:
Mary Souness MEIKLE
ABT 1878 Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
29 Jan 1967 Morningside, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
MEIKLE, MARY SOUNESS, F, year 1879, ref 715/ 4, at Ormiston

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https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
MEIKLE, MARY SOUNESS and BROWN, WILLIAM, in 1908, ref 716/ 1 in Pencaitland

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https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
BROWN, MARY SOUNESS, aged 88, year 1967, ref 685/7 95, in Morningside

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UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
Name: Mary Souness Brown
Register Type: Cremation Death Date: 29 Jan 1967
Burial or Cremation Date: 1 Feb 1967
Burial or Cremation Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
URL: https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?DetsView=Summary&src=ext&fileid=2379426

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Christina Murray MEIKLE
ABT 1880 Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
5 APR 1950 Largo, Fife, Scotland
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Alfred MEIKLE
ABT 1886 Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
1981 Newbattle, Dalkeith, Scotland

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Birth:
1857 births in the parish of Ormiston in the county of Haddington
No 18, Janet Souness, 1857 Oct 4 at 2.30pm at Ormiston, female, illegitimate*, dau of Mary Souness. Informant: Mary Souness, mother, present.
*James Spiers is the presumed father as Mary Souness brought the child into the marriage and Janet/Jessie was always presented as their child.
James and Mary married about four months after she was born.

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Died:
1911 deaths in the parish of Ormiston in the county of Haddington
No 13, Jessie Meikle, married to James Meikle, master grocer, 1911 October 26, found dead in bed 8am, House of Muir, Ormiston, female, 54 years, dau of James Spiers*, master blacksmith, deceased, and Mary Allan, previously Spiers, M.S. Souness. Cause: Gastro enteritis, cardiac failure. Informant, Alfred Meikle, son.
*Note that Janet/Jessie was born Janet Souness with no father named on birth certificate. However, she was always presented as the daughter of James Spiers and Janet Souness.

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Notes:

Married:
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
SPIERS, JANET and MEIKLE, JAMES, year 1878, ref 715/ 4, at Ormiston

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1878 marriages in the parish of Ormiston in the county of Haddington
No 4, 1878 Feb 26 at Ormiston. James Meikle, general merchant, bachelor, aged 22, of Ormiston, son of Robert Meikle, coachman and Christina Meikle, M.S. Murray and Janet Spiers, spinster, 20, of Ormiston, dau of James Spiers, blacksmith, deceased and Mary Spiers, M.S.Souness.

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Cinderhall, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1861, Ormiston Kirk Toll, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, UK

Notes:

Birth:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTYQ-96P
Name: James Spiers Gender: Male
Christening Date: 08 Sep 1827
Christening Place: , HADDINGTON, EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 27 Aug 1827
Father's Name: John Spiers Mother's Name: Margaret Henderson

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Census:
1861 Scotland Census for Ormiston Kirk Toll, Haddington.
Name: James Spiers, Age: 29 (should be 33) Estimated Birth Year: abt 1832 (should be 1827) Relationship: Head
Gender: Male Where born: Haddington, Haddington
Registration Number: 715 Registration district: Ormiston Civil parish: Ormiston County: East Lothian Address: Ormiston Kirk Toll
Occupation: Blacksmith
ED: 2 Household schedule number: 7 Line: 18 Roll: CSSCT1861_135
Mary Spiers 24 Wife, born Gifford, Haddington
Janet Spiers 3 Daughter, born Ormiston, Haddington
Thomas Spiers 1 Son, born Ormiston, Haddington
John Spiers 1 Mo (18 Feb 1861) Son, born Ormiston, Haddington
Barbara Souness 10 Sister-in-law, born Pencaitland, Haddington

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Died:
1868 deaths in the parish of Cockpen, in the county of Edinburgh
No 33, James Spiers, blacksmith, married to Mary Souness, 1868 April 23 at 4.15pm at Hunterfield, Cockpen, male, 38 years*, son of John Spiers, blacksmith and Margaret Spiers, M.S.Henderson,. Cause: Compression of brain from accident. Informant: W.Falconer, brother-in-law.
*He was actually 40, as born 27 Aug 1827.

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James married Mary SOUNESS on 19 Feb 1858 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland, UK. Mary was born on 6 May 1837 in Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland, UK; died in 1921 in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After her husband, James Spiers, because of an accident in 1868, she remarried as follows:
SPIERS, MARY and ALLAN, JAMES, year 1876, ref 685/2 109, in St Andrew (Edinburgh)

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Birth:
Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: Mary Souness Gender: Female Age: 0
Birth Date: 6 May 1837 Baptism Date: 30 Sep 1837
Baptism Place: , Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland Residence Date: 1837
Residence Place: Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland
Father: Adam Souness Mother: Lilian Cockburn

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Died:
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
ALLAN, MARY, aged 83, year 1921, ref 691/ 35, at Lasswade

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Notes:

Married:
1858 marriages in the parish of Ormiston in the county of Haddington
No 2, On the nineteenth day of February, 1858, at Ormiston. James Spiers, 26, of Ormiston, bachelor, blacksmith, son of John Spiers, blacksmith, and Margaret Spiers M.S. Henderson and Mary Souness, aged 21, of Ormiston, spinster, dau of Adam Souness, lawyer and Lilian Souness, M.S. Cockburn. Witnesses Peter Dunlop, Elizabeth Spiers.

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Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
Name: James Spiers Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 19 Feb 1858 Marriage Place: Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland
Spouse: Mary Souness
FHL Film Number: 280202

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Blacksmith
• Census: 1841, Cinderhall, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1851, High St, Haddington, Ormiston, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1861, High St, Haddington, Ormiston, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1871, Nungate, Haddington, Ormiston, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1881, Cockpen, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

Notes:

Census:
GRO 1841 census 722/00 013/00 011
Cinderhall, Parish of Tranent.
John SPIERS, aged 45, blacksmith, born Scotland
Margaret SPIERS, aged 40, born Scotland
Jessie SPIERS, aged 19, born Scotland
James SPIERS, aged 13, born Scotland
Margaret SPIERS, aged 10, born Scotland
William SPIERS, aged 5 born Scotland

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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:
Name John Spiers Age 64 Estimated Birth Year abt 1797 Relationship Head
Spouse's Name Margaret Spiers Gender Male Where born Lauder, Berwickshire Registration Number 715
Registration district Ormiston Civil parish Ormiston County East Lothian
Address High Street Occupation Blacksmith
ED 1 Household schedule number 48 Line 11 Roll CSSCT1861_135
John Spiers 64
Margaret Spiers 64
William Spiers 22
Margaret Falconer 8
James Rodgers 22

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Census:
Nungate, Haddington, Ormiston, Scotland, UK
ED 5 Household schedule number 52 Line 1 Roll CSSCT1871_172
John Speers 75
Margaret Speers 74

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Died:
GRO Statutory Deaths 698/0035
1883 deaths in the district of Stobhill, Edinburgh.
No 35, John Spiers, blacksmith widower of Margaret Henderson, 1883 23 September at 7.50pm at Hunterfield, parish of Cockpen, male, aged 90 years, son on James Spiers, blacksmith, and Elizabeth Spiers M.S. Dunn, cause senile decay. Informant. William Falconer*, grandson.
*The son of John's daughter Janet.

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John married Margaret HENDERSON on 24 Mar 1834 in St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK. Margaret (daughter of William HENDERSON and Janet DODDS) was born about 1799 in Haddington, Scotland, UK; died on 26 Jan 1879 in Ford Rd, Nungate, Haddington, Ormiston, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, High St, Haddington, Ormiston, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1861
• Census: 1871, Nungate, Haddington, Ormiston, Scotland, UK

Notes:

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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Died:
GRO Statutory deaths 709/00 0014
1879 deaths in the parish of Haddington. No 14, Margaret Spiers (married to John Spiers, blacksmith), 1879 January 26 at 4.30am, at Ford Rd, Nungate, Haddington, female, 80 years, daughter of William Henderson, weaver thiner?, deceased, and Janet Henderson M.S.Dodds (deceased), senile decay. Informant, Elisabeth Spiers, daughter.

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Notes:

Married:
GRO 1841 census 722/00 013/00 011
Cinderhall, Parish of Tranent.
John SPIERS, aged 45, blacksmith, born Scotland
Margaret SPIERS, aged 40, born Scotland
Jessie SPIERS, aged 19, born Scotland
James SPIERS, aged 13, born Scotland
Margaret SPIERS, aged 10, born Scotland
William SPIERS, aged 5 born Scotland

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