GATT

[torryawa]

looking for info re. elizabeth wiseman gatt (b) Lerwick 1902, also who were
her ancestors, also her marr. to david smith.

[ev]

hi torryawa 

scotlandspeople site has
david smith marriage to elizabeth gatt 1924 lerwick shetland

ev

[torryawa]

 
 thankyou ev my mother catherine gatt was a friend of elizabeth when they
 were herring lassie's, i am quite sure we are related, I am trying to trace,  elizabeth wiseman gatts ancestors
                           torryawa

[torryawa]

elizabeth wiseman gatt's   father  william gatt possible (b) gamrie abt 1875
he died from burns received in a ship fire while trying to rescue two men from
the engine room he had got one out went back to get the other but didn't make it. in the Shetland Roll of Honour, he died 1940.
               
                      torryawa

[ev]

torryawa

is this the william gatt died 16/12/1940 ?
engineman - royal naval patrol service
H.M. boom defense vessel FEAR NOT
age 56(born c1884?)
details from CWGC web site
son of james and ellen gatt , husband of mary ann gatt of campbeltown
argyllshire
buried new machar cemetery
did this incident happen at aberdeen harbour ?

ev

[torryawa]

   
            ev
 yes, william gatt died 16/12/1940, result of fire on HM boom defense
  vessel FEAR NOT  he reduced his age so he could join the RN. (b)abt 1875
      the fire on the FEAR NOT    occurred in Lerwick Harbour.
   son of james & helen gatt/ms watt ?
   husband of mary ann gatt of campbelltown.

 mary ann gatt was stepmother to elizabeth wiseman gatt (b) 1902 Lerwick
 I noticed on the CWGC  buried in new machar cemetry ?

                        torryawa

[thurston]

My grandfather William Buchan Gatt was adopted my William Gatt and Mary Ann Gatt nee McMillian (she was from Campletown),  His adopted father William Gatt was burnt on a boat in Lerwick harbour but died in Aberdeen hospital as he was flown there after the accident.  I know my grandfather had a sister called Mary Ellen but did not know about Elizabeth wiseman however he did know wisemans in Lerwick so probably were related. 

[torryawa]

William Gatt b 1879 Gamrie died 16/12/1940 Newmachar Hosp,Aberdeen. Elizabeth Wiseman Gatt b Lerwick
was dau of (1) marriage to Margaret Wood Wiseman b 1882 Gamrie died unknown. I knew of (2) wife Mary
McMillan, but didn't know about, William Buchan Gatt adoption. 

                             torryawa

[thurston]

yes my granddad was known as Willie Gatt and he was brought up by William Gatt & Mary Ann.  He had a sister called Mary Ellen but I'm not sure if she was adopted too or if her mother was Mary Ann or Elizabeth Wiseman.  Did Elizbeth die then?  Did they have children?