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Family of Alexander CORMACK and Elizabeth LAURIE

  • Husband:

  • Alexander CORMACK (1836-1909)

  • Wife:

  • Elizabeth LAURIE (1838-1905)

  • Marriage:

  • 2 Mar 1876

  • Bower, Caithness1

Husband: Alexander CORMACK

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Alexander CORMACK, 1909, age 73

  • Name:

  • Alexander CORMACK

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Alexander CORMACK (c. 1791-1863)

  • Mother:

  • Hellen REACH (c. 1803-1873)

  • Birth:

  • 23 Feb 1836

  • Brabster, Bower, Caithness

  • Christening:

  •  

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 28 Feb 1836 (age 0)

  • Brabster, Bower, Caithness

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Builder2

  • Death:

  • 8 Jul 1909 (age 73)

  • Brabsterdorran, Bower, Caithness2

  •  

  • Cause: Influenza and pneumonia

Wife: Elizabeth LAURIE

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Elizabeth LAURIE, 1909, age 71

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth LAURIE2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Thomas LAURIE (c. 1791-c. 1875)

  • Mother:

  • Janet DURRAN (1802-1885)

  • Birth:

  • 17 Apr 1838

  • Rowe, Wick3

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Aug 1838 (age 0)

  •  

  • Death:

  • 3 Jun 1905 (age 67)

  • Brabsterdorran, Bower, Caithness

  •  

  • Cause: Rupture of post pharangeal abscess leading to suffocation.

Note on Marriage 1

It seems they perhaps didn't have any children.

 

There are a few to check out - but the most obvious looking are not theirs. Given they got married relatively late it's not unreasonable that this might be the case.

Note on Marriage 2

Compiled by A.S. Cowper & I Ross, Caithness Monumental Inscriptions Pre 1855, Volumes 1,2,3,4 (Published by the Scottish Genealogy Society, Edinburgh, 1992)

Volume 1, Page 121, Bower Cemetery, Monument # 86

Alexander Cormack builder Brabsterdorran died 08 July 1909, Aged 74 Years; his wife Elizabeth Laurie died 03 June 1905, Aged 66 Years

Note on Husband: Alexander CORMACK

Had a nephew, Alex Doull.

Note on Wife: Elizabeth LAURIE (1)

Died age 66

Note on Wife: Elizabeth LAURIE (2)

Laurie, Elizabeth: GROS REF (OPR BIRTHS 039/0020 0044 Olrig) 01/08/1838

Baptisms. Laurie. 1838. Elizabeth Lawful Daughter of Thomas Laurie & Janet Durran residing in Durran, was born 17th April & baptised 1st August 1838

Sources

1.

Alexander Cormack Elizabeth Laurie Marriage Certificate.

2.

Alexander Cormack Jr death cert.

3.

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