William FALCONER

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 216682071

Notes:

Birth:
1887 FALCONER, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Births 698/B 127)

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Died:
FALCONER, WILLIAM, aged 81, year 1969, ref 687/ 61, at Gorebridge.

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Buried:
In loving memory of William eldest son of William and Janet Falconer killed at Gorebridge 22nd June 1939 aged 14 years. Janet Scott Turnbull beloved wife of William Falconer died 14th January 1968 aged 71 years also William Falconer died 10 August 1969 aged 81 years

William married Janet Scott TURNBULL in 1922 in Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland, UK. Janet was born on 9 Mar 1896 in Mertoun, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK; died on 14 Jan 1968 in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, UK; was buried in Jan 1968 in Cockpen and Carrington Parish Churchyard, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
FALCONER, MARY SCOTT, F, year 1922, ref 698/B 79, at Stobhill

Died:
FALCONER, MARY SCOTT, aged 78, mother's maiden name TURNBULL, year 2001, ref 762/ 54, at Dalkeith

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 216682513
• _FNRL: 25 Jun 1939, Funeral notice, Edinburgh Evening News

Notes:

Edinburgh Evening News 23 June 1939, p7.
Gorebridge boy fatally injured
A 14-year-old Gorebridge boy was fatally injured as the result of a fall while at work in the premises of the Gorebridge Gas Company. He was William Falconer, son of Mr and Mrs William Falconer, The Avenue, Gorebridge, and while descending from the top of an embankment where he had been at work he fell to the ground. He sustained serious injures to the head, and died a short time afterwards.

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Birth:
FALCONER, WILLIAM, M, year 1924, ref 698/B 116, at Stobhill

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_FNRL:
Edinburgh Evening News 24 June 1939, p14 FALCONER.-At Gorebridge, the result of an accident, on 22nd inst., William, eldest son of Mr and Mrs William Falconer, jun., 5 The Avenue, Gorebridge. Funeral to Cockpen Churchyard on Sunday at 3 o'clock.

Died:
1939 deaths in the district of Stobhill in the county of Midlothian. No 14, William Falconer, gas fitter, 1939 June twenty-second at 3.45pm, at gasworks, Gorebridge, usual residence 5 The Avenue, Hunterfield, parish of Cockpen, male, 14 years, son of William Falconer, miner, and Janet Scott Falconer, M.S. Turnbull. Cause: Accident (fracture of skull). Informant, William Falconer, father, 5 The Avenue, Hunterfield.

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Buried:
UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Name: William Falconer Gender: Male Death Date: 22 Jun 1939
Death Place: Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Cemetery: Cockpen and Carrington Parish Churchyard
Burial or Cremation Place: Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland
Father: William Falconer Mother: Janet Scott Falconer
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216682513/william-falconer

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Notes:

Statutory registers - Marriages
FALCONER, MARGARET HADDEN and THOMPSON, JAMES, year 1946, ref 698/B 27, at Stobhill

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Birth:
Statutory registers - Births
FALCONER, MARGARET HADDEN, F, year 1927, ref 698/B 8, at Stobhill

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Died:
Statutory registers - Deaths
THOMPSON (nee FALCONER), MARGARET HADDEN, aged 68, mother's maiden name TURNBULL, year 1995, ref 821/ 65, in Kelso

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Notes:

Married to Thomas Charles HOOD who was born Borthwick, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

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Birth:
FALCONER, ELIZABETH, F, year 1933, ref 698/B 67, in Stobhill

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Died:
HOOD (nee FALCONER), ELIZABETH, aged 73, mother's maiden name TURNBULL, year 2007, ref 762/ 193, in Midlothian

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Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2020
Name: Mrs Elizabeth Hood Gender: Female Age: 74 Birth Date: 26 Oct 1933
Last Residence: Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland
Postal Code District: Eh23 Death Date: 25 Mar 2007

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