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William Laird Cupples (1878 - 1945)

William Laird Cupples
Born in Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotlandmap
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Died at age 67 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotlandmap
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William Cupples was born in Scotland.

William Laird Cupples was born on 13 October 1878 and was the son of Alexander Cupples and Margaret Laird.[1]


On the 1881 census, William, aged 2 years, is living on Newfieldyke Thorn Row, Slamannan, with his parents and brother: James (4 months).[2]

On the 1891 census, William, aged 12 years, is living at Binniehill, Slamannan, with his parents and siblings: James (10 years), Robert (7 years), Jane (7 years), Alex (4 years) and Annie (1 year). Alexander and Annie both died of measles within days of each other in 1893.[3]

William married Elizabeth Bonner on 20 May 1897 in the parish of Dalziel, Lanarkshire, and they had six children.[4]

  1. Margaret Laird Cupples (1898–1900)
  2. Annie Campbell Cupples (1901–1978)
  3. William Hyslop Cupples (1903–1967)
  4. Elizabeth Cupples (1905–1906)
  5. Jane Cupples (1908–1910)
  6. James Cupples (1910–1973)


On the 1901 census, William, a coal miner, and Elizabeth are living at 155 Watsonville, Dalziel, Lanarkshire, with their daughter, Annie, who is under 1 month. The couple's oldest daughter, Margaret, died in infancy. They would also lose their daughters, Elizabeth and Jane in infancy.[5]

On 19 November 1912, William applied for poor relief from Dalziel Parish as a partial debility had prevented him from working and he was granted 5 shillings. Further comments reveal he was granted 8 shillings per week from Paisley Parish from 4 February 1914 but he started working the following week.[6]

William Laird Cupples died of bronchitis, aged 67 years, on 24 October 1945.[7]


Census Records

1881 Scotland Census

  • Alexander Cupples Jr, Head, Married, 28 years, Coal Miner, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Margaret Cupples, Wife, Married, 26 years, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • William Cupples, Son, Single, 2 years, Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • James Cupples, Son, Single, 4 months, Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland

1891 Scotland Census

  • Margaret Cupples, Head, Widowed, 34 years, General Labourer, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • William Cupples, Son, Single, 12 years, Coal Miner, Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • James Cupples, Son, Single, 10 years, Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Robert Cupples, Son, Single, 7 years, Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Jane Cupples, Daughter, Single, 7 years, Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Alex Cupples, Son, Single, 4 years, Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Annie Cupples, Daughter, Single, 1 year, Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland

1901 Scotland Census

  • William Cupples, Head, Married,, 22 years, Coal Miner, Slamannan, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  • Elizabeth Cupples, Wife, Married, 21 years, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  • Annie Cupples, Daughter, 1 month, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland


Sources

  1. ↑ CUPPLES, WILLIAM (Statutory Registers Births 489/ 210 Slamannan) Scotlands People
  2. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Parish: Slamannan; ED: 3; Page: 56; Line: 18; Roll: cssct1881_140. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Parish: Slamannan; ED: 3; Page: 3; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1891_155. Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  4. ↑ CUPPLES, WILLIAM (Statutory Registers Marriages 639/ 70 Dalziel) Scotlands People
  5. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Parish: Dalziel; ED: 18; Page: 42; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1901_260. Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  6. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Lanarkshire, Scotland, Poor Law Applications and Registers, 1849-1917 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019. North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre; Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland; North Lanarkshire Poor Law Applications and Registers; Reference: CO1/37/50.
  7. ↑ CUPPLES, WILLIAM (Statutory Registers Deaths 573/1 1143 Paisley) Scotlands People




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