James Wood (1842 - 1863)

Born 1842 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland.

Ancestors

Husband of Helen (Weston) Robertson — married 31 Dec 1861 in Greenock East, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Died 10 Dec 1863 at about age 21 in Westerthird farm, Gartmore, Port of Menteith

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Biography

James died of consumption in 1863 age 21. He was listed as an engineer on his death record.

Sources

Statutory records of his marriage and death, parish record of his birth and 1851 census return. All from the website of scotlandspeople.gov.uk .

1851 census (388/03/007 page12) of Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Perthshire :- at Westerthird Farm ; James Montgomery, unmarried, 49, Farmer of 107 acres, born Callander, Perthshire; Jean Stewart, mother, widow, 79, born Callander, Perthshire; Jean Montgomery, sister, widow, 37, born Port of Menteith; William Wood, nephew, 15, farm worker, born Port of Menteith; James Wood, nephew, 9, born Port of Menteith: and also a ploughman

Information taken from extracts from the Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland 1855-date, the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland 1553-1854 and assorted transcriptions of graveyard and burial records, held by John M Sutherland-Fisher

Private papers and family correspondence in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher