Hi James
By the look of what you have posted here, in the main, the notes you have inherited come from Esther Sutherland's 1855 death cert. 1855 was the first year of official registration in Scotland. For one year only, the entries ran over two pages of the register and included a wealth of additional info. By 1856, the entries has been cut down to one page.
So for deaths, they would include:
- spouse's details
- where the person had been born and how long they had lived at place where they died
- parents' details
- full list of children, inc. year of birth and year of any deaths
- details of where they were buried.
As you can see, this pretty much fits with what you have here.
The only bit I am not getting are the parent details for Esther at the beginning of your post as the names differ what looks to have been included on the cert.
The certificate is availble to view and download on
www.scotlandspeople.gov.ukMonica
