Alexander Craig, Kilbirnie

[Mirren]

Trying to find death of Alexander Dean Craig, b.1871 in Dalry Ayrshire.   His parents were John Craig and Mary Wilson.   He married Marion Ferguson 1899 in Glasgow.   I cannot find any information for him after 1907.   Any help will be appreciated.

[CaroleW]

Have you looked on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Could he have served/died in WW1 - www.cwgc.org

[dowdstree]

Nothing obvious coming up on SP Index unfortunately.

Have you found his wife in the 1911 census and how does she describe herself?

Dorrie

[CaroleW]

According to a tree on Ancestry he had a son David born in Glasgow in 1910 so is presumably on the 1911 census?

[CaroleW]

Same tree - Marion married Thomas Clayton Reid on 25.12.1914 and are shown as widow & widower so presumably Alexander died between 1910 & 1914

[dowdstree]

Not necessarily CaroleW he could have died before or just after the child David was born.

Wonder what it says and who registered David's birth.

Dorrie

[CaroleW]

As the children were both b Glasgow and the remarriage was Glasgow it seems more logical that his death would be in Glasgow & not Ayrshire

[CaroleW]

What is his occupation in 1911?  Just wondered if he was a seaman.  1901 occ is transcribed as Cransman and 1891 he is a coke labourer

[Mirren]

I was unaware of a child named David b.1910 as there was a child named David born pre 1907 and as far as I know he was still living in 1911.   I will have to check that out.   I have tried Scotland's People but can find no death for him.   As far as I know Marion was a widow when she married Thomas Clayton Reid.