Mary Gardner Laird Simpson

1903 - 1929  (25 years)

• Name	Mary Gardner Laird Simpson
  Birth	26 Nov 1903	Youngs Land, Thorniewood, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	At 1.30am Parents: William Simpson, Coal Miner & Mary Laird Married: June 24th 1891, Bothwell Father William Simpson was present at her birth
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Apr 1929	Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [1, 3]
  	Mary Gardner Laird Scott Married from 12 Crest Street, Anderson Bay, aged 26 Born Lanarkshire Scotland, in NZ 3 years Parents: William Simpson, Coal Miner & Mary Simpson MS Laird Married: Lanarkshire, Scotland when aged 22 to Neil Fairholm Scott Living children: M: 4 F: 3, 11 months
  Death Notice	29 Apr 1929	"Otago Daily Times", New Zealand   [4]
  	SCOTT On April 28 1929 at Dunedin, Mary dearly beloved wife of Neil F Scott, sister-in-law of Adam G Scott, 12 Swan Street, Dunedin; in her twenty-seventh year. "A patient sufferer gone to rest" Private interment Hope & Kinalton, undertakers.
  Burial	30 Apr 1929	Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand   [5]
  	In Loving Memory Of Mary beloved wife of Neil F Scott d.28 April 1929 in her 27th year. Erected by her loving husband and children. Concrete Sealed. Ceramice Roses set on the Seal. Purchased by Neil F Scott 1929:
  Person ID	I274	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	William Simpson,   b. 17 Aug 1870, West Byres, Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland d. 21 Jan 1953, 6 Donaldson Place, Tannochside, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Laird,   b. 6 Sep 1870, Thomson's Land, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 2 Jan 1940, 297 Old Edinburgh Road, Tannochside, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Neil Fairholm Scott,   b. 22 Dec 1900, Provident Building, Tannochside, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 27 Jul 1962, 30 Embo Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	7 Mar 1924	United Free Church Manse, Aitkenhead, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 6]
  	After Publication According to the Forms of the United Free Church of Scotland. Neil Fairholm Scott Commercial Motor Driver, Bachelor, aged 23 Usual Res: Provident Place Tannochside Parents: Adam Scott, Pitheadman & Marion Pickard Scott MS Fairholm Mary Gardner Laird Simpson Domestic Servant, Spinster, aged 20 Usual Res: 2 Birkenshaw Terrace Tannochside Parents: William Simpson, Coal Miner & Mary Gardner Simpson MS Laird Witnesses: Alex Smith, Birkenshaw Gardens Uddingston & Maggie Simpson, County Houses, Birkenshaw Uddingston
  Number of Children	3 children, 1 still living
  Children	+ 1. Adam Gibson Scott,   b. 18 Jun 1924, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 30 May 2001, 111B Fitzroy Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural] + 2. Isabella Gardner Laird Scott,   b. 3 Feb 1926, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 3 Feb 2007, Ings Memorial Home, 9 Mitchell Avenue, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Margaret June Scott,   b. 1 Jun 1928, Batchelor Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand d. 5 Apr 2022, Queen Rose Home, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 7 Mar 1924 - United Free Church Manse, Aitkenhead, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  SCOTT Neil and Mary with Isabella c1927 Dunedin

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1903 Bothwell, Lanark, 625/01 0614. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), NZ Online Database: 1929/ 5508 aged 26. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, Otago Daily Times, 29 April 1929 - as sighted 4 Sept 2002 at McNab Library, Dunedin. [S3] NZSG, NZ Cemetery Records, (Name: NZSG, Auckland, New Zealand & Online Council Databases; Date: 1988;), Vol 3 No 2155. Block 111 Plot 83. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1924 Bothwell Lanark, 625/01 0016.