Thomas Gorrie (bef. 1834 - 1853)

Born before 24 Oct 1834 in Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 10 Mar 1853 after age 18 in Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

Thomas Gorrie was born in Scotland.

Thomas was born about October 1834 probably at Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland and baptised on 24 October 1834 at St Vigeans^[1]. He was the first son and third child of Alexander Gorrie and Isabella Ruxton, named for his father's father.

In 1841 he aged 6 was living with his parents, Alexander (a flax spinner aged at least 38) and Isabella (28), and three sisters - Margaret (10), Catherine (8), and Isabella (8 months) - at Linktown, High Street, Abbotshall, Fife^[2]. There were a number of other families at that same address^[3].

Thomas died on 10 March 1853 aged 18 at Arbroath^[4] and was buried on 14 March^[5].

Research Notes

Thomas has a baptism given on FamilySearch and on a couple of Ancestry trees, but no source for that has yet been found. The family should have still been in Arbroath at the time of his birth before moving to Abbotshall, Fife.

Thomas is not listed with his parents and siblings on the 1851 Census when they had returned to Forfarshire from Fife. Nor has he been found anywhere else yet. There is a Thomas Gorrie, an apprentice shoemaker aged 14, in the household of William Black (a shoemaker aged 40) at Ferry Port on Craig, Cupar, Fife in the 1851 Census^[6]. However, that one was born in Fife (although birth locations are not always correct for non-family members). But, there is a Thomas Gorrie born in 1836 at Ferry Port on Craig, Fife^[7] who is more likely to be this one still living there. (Dickson-4413 04:45, 22 December 2023 (UTC))

Sources

1. ↑ Thomas Gorrie 24 October 1834 – Deceased. MBYP-F94 Accessed 21 Dec 2023
2. ↑ "1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census". Schedule: 23. FindMyPast Transcription Accessed 22 Dec2023
   Thomas Gorrie (6) in Linktown, High Street, Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland: Reels 1-151. Parish: Abbotshall; ED: 5; Page: 8; Line: 495; Year: 1841. Accessed 22 Dec 2023
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   Thomas Gorrie (6) on Linktown High St, Abbotshall, Fife. Born in Scotland.
4. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Deaths and Burials". National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 272; Ref: 90/497. ScotlandsPeople (digital database) Accessed 22 Dec 2023
   Thomas Gorrie death or burial (died age 18) on 10 Mar 1853 in Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland.
5. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Deaths and Burials". National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 272; Ref: 80/435. ScotlandsPeople (digital database) Accessed 22 Dec 2023
   Thomas Gorrie burial on 14 Mar 1853 in Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland.
6. ↑ "1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census". Schedule: 120. FindMyPast Transcription Accessed 22 Dec 2023
   Thomas Gorrie (14), unmarried apprentice, Shoemaker, in household of William Black (40) in Ferry Port on Craig in Cupar registration district in Fife, Scotland. Born in Scotland.
7. ↑ "Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929". FindMyPast Transcription Accessed 22 Dec 2023
   Thomas Gorrie baptism (born 1836), son of Thomas Gorrie & Agnes Dingwall, in Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland.

Acknowledgements

• Biography written by Margaret Bailey Allison