ayr deaths 1820 to1854 vol 13

[crystalight]

 

Wow Donna that's some list, thank you so much for all that effort 

I will see if I can match any up now, a couple look likely.

Reading the causes of death, don't things change  I can see where the phrase about being mortified comes from now.

Elaine, I have had a quick look through all my notes and as yet can not find a link to Givens but that's not to say it's not there   

The Wyllies seem to have scattered far and wide around the world in the later part of 1800's, America, Barbados, Burma, India, South Africa, Australia, Italy and Cuba to name a few, some becoming very prominent people of their time.

Kind regards Crystal 

[dmp1964]

glad to be of help ,hope you have luck with some of them
donna

[TheWhuttle]

Hi Donna,

This is a nice service that you are offering!

Could you check this person out for me?

    James Balvaird LATIMER


[Not in the civil registers after 1855.
 Known to be alive in 1813.
 Sisters Margaret, Mary, Jane died in Edinburgh in 1840s.
 Sister Catherine married James BALVAIRD.
 JBL might have been connected with the horse racing in Ayr.]


Ta,

Capt Jock

[dmp1964]

hi capt jock
j.b latimer,died 8 june 1834,custom house clerk,age 47,suddenly !
there is only one other latimer listed so i will put it up for you
sarah latimer,died 20 april 1847,townhaed,age 1 yr 3 mths,whooping cough
hope this is of use to you
donna

[TheWhuttle]

Donna,

Many thanks for the rapid reply - greatly appreciated.

Can I take it that that is literally what it says in the register?!
[i.e. "suddenly", and e.g. no home address given.]

Good to get birth year as 1786/1787.

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The occupation certainly fits in well.

His father, Christopher LATIMER, was "onetime Collector of Excise for the Paddington District".  His brother-in-law, James BALVAIRD (d.1815) , was "General Examiner of Excise".

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It is interesting to speculate why he died at Ayr in 1834?

There is a family connection with the area, but it is later.
His cousin (once removed), Latimer WHITTLE, married Anne Steen KELLY in Coylton near Ayr on 20-SEP-1847.
[This too happened "suddenly", with the Banns only posted 2 days earlier!]

Hmm, maybe that young Elizabeth that you found, who died earlier that year, was a natural child of theirs?
[There seems to have been quite a nest of KELLYs in Coylton.  They may well have been horse traders or trainers.]


LW was based at Oldstone near Antrim/Muckamore in Co Antrim in Ireland, where large horse fairs were held regularly, with buyers from England and Scotland attending.

[LW apparently lost a lot of money/property on the horses over the years, retiring to Jamaica even there struggling to retain the plantations that his grandfather Richard LATIMER had built up.]


Perhaps JBL was meeting up with LW (then just turned 21) at Ayr for a celebratory day at the races, and just got too overcome by the sight of so much non-taxable cash floating around!

Capt Jock

[dmp1964]

hi jock,
sorry no other info in the parish record,some of them put the home address,others their job,some have even less info, i did wonder about the word suddenly,as a lot have unknown written,so if they didnt know you would think they would put that, anyway im not going to start speculating i have enough trouble with the facts without adding my imagination to the mix 
donna

[TheWhuttle]

Donna,

Sounds like 'tis a (typed) transcript that you have there.
[I'll have to check the original source to be sure.
 Like all the good genealogists do ...!]

Thanks once again, greatly appreciated.

Capt Jock

[scully]

Hi Donna,
Would you mind checking for a Charlotte Wood after 1836, a Mary Hill after 1841, a William Agnew and a Janet Tierney both after 1851.

Regards
Scullion

[dmp1964]

hi scully,there are 2 williams after 1851
william agnew,died 23 nov 1853,high street,age 1 yr 4 mths,not known
william agnew,died 19 apr 1854,high street,age 40,decline
charlotte woods,died 9 sep 1840,ms douglas,wife of robert woods,age 42, dropsy
sorry no listing for janet tierney
there is no listing for mary hill but there are 3 for mrs so i will put them up
mrs hill,died 30 june 1841,wife of wm hill,town porter,age 49,consumption
mrs hill,died13 aug 1849,boyles closs,age 74,not known
mrs hill,died 7 dec 1837,relict of alexander hill,gardener,age 78,decay of nature
hope these are of some use to you
donna