Agnes (Brown) Dinning (abt. 1888 - 1953)

Born about 1888 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of Allan Best Dinning — married 1910 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Died 12 Aug 1953 at about age 65 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Agnes (Brown) Dinning was born in Scotland.

Agnes Brown was born about 1888, the daughter of Archibald Brown, a plumber, and Mary Scott, his wife. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1910, she married Allan Best Dinning in Greenock East district. ^[3]

On 12th August 1953, Agnes Dinning, née Brown, died of heart disease in Larkfield Hospital in Greenock. She was sixty-five years old. ^{[2] [4]}

Census enumerations

1891 census (Scotland)

• Arch [Archibald] Brown, age 52, head, spouse: Mary Brown, born at Greenock, occupation: plumber
• Mary, age 38, wife, spouse: Archd Brown, born do.
• Mary, age 19, daughter, father: Archd Brown, mother: Mary Brown, born do., occupation: mill worker
• Cath [Catharine], age 17, daughter, parents and born do., occupation: domestic servant
• Alex [Alexander], age 14, son, parents and born do., occupation: apprentice fitter
• Margaret, age 11, daughter, parents and born do., occupation: scholar
• Grace, age 8, daughter; parents, born, and occupation do.
• Agnes, age 4 [born c.1887], daughter, parents, born, and occupation do.
• Isab [Isabella], age 5-1/2 months, daughter, parents and born do.
• census place: 2 Open Shore, Greenock, Renfrewshire. ^[1]

1911 census

Index entries:

• Allan Dinning, age 23
• Agnes Dinning, age 22
• census place: Greenock East registration district. ^[5]

Research notes

• Estimated year of birth:—1887 per the 1891 census, ^[1], or 1888 per the death registration. ^[4] — Recommend that a birth registration be purchased though, with a name that occurred as frequently as Agnes Brown, the purchase of two or more civil registrations might be required to find the birth details for the Agnes Brown featured in this profile. ~Kilpatrick-1128 (2022-11-07)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Scotland 1891 Census. Household of Archibald Brown, age 40, with wife, Mary (38), and several children, in Greenock East, Renfrewshire. Original record: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Archival ref. film no. CSSCT1881-179, registration district and civil parish of Greenock Middle, registration district no. 564/1, enumeration district no. 2, household schedule no. 86. Transcript online at ancestry.ca (accessed 2022-11-07).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} National Records of Scotland. Statutory Registers. Deaths in the Distirct of Greenock in the County of Renfrew. Extract: No. 643. Agnes Dinning, married to Allan Dinning, boilermaker; died on 12th August 1953 at 3h. 30m. p.m. at Larkfield Hospital, Greenock; usual residence: 93 Drumfrocharr Road, Greenock; female, aged 65 years; father: Archibald Brown, plumber (deceased); mother: Mary Brown M.S. [maiden surname:] Scott (deceased); cause of death: essential hypertension coronary artery disease, left ventricular failure, as certified by Anne C.E. Thompson, M.B, Ch.B.; informant: Allan Dinning, widower, of 93 Drumfrochar Road, Greenock. Archival ref. Greenock (Renfrewshire) registration district, 564 643, pg. 215. Image online at ScotlandsPeople, hosted by National Records of Scotland, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk (purchased by Alison Kilpatrick, 2022-11-07).
3. ↑ National Records of Scotland. Statutory Registers. Index of Civil Registrations of Marriages. Index entry: Allan Dinning and Agnes Brown, married in 1910, registration district: Greenock East, ref. no. 564/1 10. Index online at ScotlandsPeople, hosted by National Records of Scotland, scotlandspeople.gov.uk (accessed 2022-08-25).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} National Records of Scotland. Statutory Registers. Index of Civil Registrations of Deaths. Index entry: Agnes Dinning, aged 65 years, mother’s surname not stated, died in 1953, registration district: Greenock, ref. no. 564 / 643. Index online at ScotlandsPeople, hosted by National Records of Scotland, scotlandspeople.gov.uk (accessed 2022-08-25).
5. ↑ Scotland 1911 Census. Index entries for Allan Dinning, age 23, and Agnes Dinning, age 22, in Greenock. Archival ref. Greenock East (Renfrew) registration district, 564/12 44/11. Index entries (and image, not purchased) online at ScotlandsPeople, hosted by National Records of Scotland, scotlandspeople.gov.uk (accessed 2022-09-12).