Dunsire, Watson[1]

Male 1858 - 1931  (72 years)      Has 24 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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    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 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Dunsyre, Andrew
              b. Abt 1635, ? Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Unknown, ? Find all individuals with events at this location  (5 x Great Grandfather) 
    Baird, Eliza
              b. 1838, Dundee,, Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1913, Buckhaven,, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  (Mother) 
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    Person ID I4131  The Family Maw
    Last Modified 25 Oct 2017 

    Father Ancestors Dunsire, Thomas
              b. 4 Sep 1825, Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1895, Innerleven, Buckhaven, , Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Other Partners: Reid, Euphemia  m. 14 May 1849  
    Mother Baird, Eliza
              b. 1838, Dundee, , Angus, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 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 
    Age at Marriage He : 31 years and 7 months - She : ~ 19 years and 4 months. 
    Family ID F1328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Sep 1858 - Wemyss Parish, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Jul 1931 - Liberton, , Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth
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  • 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.