Mary Scott (Clarke) Glaister (1853 - 1932)

Born 2 Aug 1853 in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Glaister Sr. — married 8 May 1878 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Died 18 Dec 1932 at age 79 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

Mary was born in 1853. She was the daughter of Robert Clarke and Isabella Scott Scoular.^[1][2]

Mary married physician and surgeon, John Glaister, on the 8th of May 1878 in Glasgow.^[1]

She and her husband died of influenza within hours of each other on the 19th of December 1932. They had been ill for only a few days at their home of 3 Newton Place, Glasgow. They had been married for almost 55 years.^[2][3][4]

GLAISTER.- At 3 Newton Place, Glasgow, on Sunday, 18th December 1932, JOHN GLAISTER, M.D., LL.D., F.R.F.P.S.G., F.R.S.E., F.C.S., D.P.H.(Camb.), Emeritus Professor of Forensic Medicine in the University of Glasgow, husband of Mary Scott Clarke. Also at 3 Newton Place, Glasgow, on Sunday, 18th December 1932, MARY SCOTT CLARKE, widow of the above JOHN GLAISTER. Funeral arrangements later.^[3]

Research Notes

• parents Robert Clarke, Blacksmith Master, (Retired) and Isabella Scott Clarke nee Scoular (Deceased)^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 8 May 1878, 20 St Vincent Crescent, Glasgow (After Banns - United Presbyterian Church), GLAISTER, JOHN & CLARKE, MARY SCOTT (Statutory registers Marriages 644/10 93) Original record image viewed on Scotlands People
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 9 December 2020), memorial page for Mary Scott Clarke Glaister (2 Aug 1853–18 Dec 1932), Find A Grave: Memorial #198824647, citing St. Kentigern's Churchyard, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland ; Maintained by Glenlivet (contributor 49123124) .
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Scotsman, 19 December 1932, p16, c7 via FindMyPast
4. ↑ Dundee Evening Telegraph, 19 December 1932, p4, c3 via FindMyPast