Note: cert. shows Alexander as 36, plumber (master) resid. Sidegate, Haddington, s/o Alexander RUNCIMAN, plumber (master) & Helen m.s. HOGG; Margaret as 31 book-keeper resid. Peghdelone, d/o Peter BLAIR, Gas Manager & Elizabeth m.s. THOMSON (dec'd); Wit: Geo W SHAW, Mary Ann BLAIR; reg. 20th Jun[6][7]
Additional Comment: Sad to note that Margaret, like so many others, became a young and early war widow. Having married in June 1914, her husband signed up months later and was dead before 1915 was out. Margaret never remarried. The fact that her nephew 'PD Blair' was the informant on her death leads to the possibility that there were no children, but of course its possible that she outlived a child.
Sad.
Runciman-362 18:13, 3 June 2014 (EDT)
Sources
Source: S1197 Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Url: http://www.cwgc.org/ Abbreviation: C'Wealth War Graves
Source: S2970 Title: Statutory Registers Index: SCT, Subject: Births deaths marriages index, Location: Scotland 1855+, Film Number: http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk Abbreviation: SCT: SR Index Note: (index searches)
Source: S56 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php Abbreviation: BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855
↑ Source: #S1197 Page: Dth 5 Aug 1915 Alexander s/o Alexander & Helen RUNCIMAN, , #1135, Serjeant Royal Scots 8th Bn, aged 37, b. Haddington, h/o Margaret RUNCIMAN, Peghdelone, Haddington, bur. Haddington, extracted Jan 2012
↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 19 Jun 1914 Alexander RUNCIMAN & Margaret BLAIR, Haddington, ELN, 709/00 0007, extracted Jan 2012
↑ Source: #S1197 Page: Dth 5 Aug 1915 Alexander s/o Alexander & Helen RUNCIMAN, , #1135, Serjeant Royal Scots 8th Bn, aged 37, b. Haddington, h/o Margaret RUNCIMAN, Peghdelone, Haddington, bur. Haddington, extracted Jan 2012
↑ Source: #S2970 Page: Dth 1963 Margaret RUNCIMAN, aged 80, other name BLAIR, reg. Nth Berwick, ELN 713/00 #13, extracted from index Jan 2012
↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 19 Jun 1914 Alexander RUNCIMAN & Margaret BLAIR, Haddington, ELN, 709/00 0007, extracted Jan 2012
↑ Source: #S1197 Page: Dth 5 Aug 1915 Alexander s/o Alexander & Helen RUNCIMAN, , #1135, Serjeant Royal Scots 8th Bn, aged 37, b. Haddington, h/o Margaret RUNCIMAN, Peghdelone, Haddington, bur. Haddington, extracted Jan 2012
↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 19 Jun 1914 Alexander RUNCIMAN & Margaret BLAIR, Haddington, ELN, 709/00 0007, extracted Jan 2012
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Alan Runciman for creating WikiTree profile Blair-1326 through the import of RUNCIMANAlansPaternal4WikiTreeAug2013.ged on Aug 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Alan and others.
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