Watson Dunsire

Watson Dunsire[1]

Male 1858 - 1931  (72 years)


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  • Name Watson Dunsire 
    Birth 15 Sep 1858  Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID 56F3444C9AAD4FF989D96D2B7818FECCBC3B 
    Death 11 Jul 1931  Liberton, , Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4131  The Maw Family Tree
    Last Modified 25 Oct 2017 

    Father Thomas Dunsire,   b. 4 Sep 1825, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1895, Innerleven, Buckhaven, , Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Mother Eliza Baird,   b. 1838, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1913, Buckhaven, , Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 27 Apr 1857  Markinch, , Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Fam.#59
      Watson Dunsire b.1858 was in 1891 found living in North Leith with his wife Barbara (maiden name Reid, Statutory Register of Marriages), and four children: Thomas (7), Elizabeth (5), Mary R.S. (2), and a baby Catherine Reid. In 1901, the family was in St Andrew parish, Edinburgh, with additions Robert [8] and Isabella [5]. Robert may have emigrated to South Africa in 1916.
      According to the Statutory Register of Death Index, Watson age 73 died in 1931 in Liberton, Edinburgh.
      The death certificate gives the cause of death as 'Cirrhosis of the liver, probably four years ...' The informant was Thomas Dunsire, his son.
      Watson's marriage certificate gives him as a journeyman joiner, 26, of 18 Buchanan Street, Leith; Barbara a domestic servant, 29, of Hamilton Street, Portobello. The wedding was acc. to the forms of the Church of Scotland, at Red House, parish of Orwell. Witnesses Alexander Hume and Jane Reid. No explanation of why wedding was in Kinrossshire.

  • Sources 
    1. [S23] Andrew Dunsire, Andrew Dunsire.