Charlotte Fyffe Cattanach

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• Birth*: Charlotte Fyffe Cattanach was born on 29 January 1855 at Dunnichen Village, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; certs held; 1855 births in the parish of Dunnichen in the county of Forfar registered by Wm Macfarlane registrar; Catanach Charlotte Fyfe not present, female, January twenty-ninth 10h 0m am Dunnichen Village, John Catanach farm servant 25 years Aberlemno, 1853 Dunnichen 1 boy living, Mary Catanach ms Stirling her 2nd child 20 years Dunnichen, John Catanach father, 9th February 1855 at Dunnichen Wm Macfarlane registrar.
• She was the daughter of John Cattanach and Mary Stirling.
• (Bride) Marriage*: Charlotte Fyffe Cattanach married John Simpson Wilkie, son of Jean Simpson, on 31 December 1878 at Letham, Angus, Scotland, ; cert held; 1878 marriages in the parish of Dunnichen in the county of Forfar; 1878 on the thirty-first day of December at Letham Dunnichen after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland, John Simpson Wilkie railway servanet bachelor, 21, Newmonthill Forfar, Jean Simpson powerloom weaver; Charlotte Fyfee Catanach factory worker spinster, 23, Letham Dunnichen, John Catanach labourer Mary Catanach ms Stirling; David Barrie minister of Dunnichen, wit Alexander Hackney, Mary Kinnear Catanach.
• (Deceased) Death*: Charlotte Fyffe Cattanach died on 16 April 1923 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, , at age 68.

• Married Name: As of 31 December 1878, her married name was Wilkie.
• (Witness) Memorial Inscription: She is commemorated on the headstone erected in August 1914 at Dunnichen Parish Church, Letham, Angus, Scotland, . Inscription reads In sacred memory of John Cattanach died 25th August 1914 aged 84 years and his wife Mary Stirling died 17 November 1914 aged 80 years. Also their daughters Ellen died 25th January 1879 aged 15 years, their son Charles died at Islay, Alberta, Canada 31st July 1930 aged 76 years, Mary died 24th April 1943 aged 83 years, Johanna died 3rd February 1944 aged 73 years, Charlotte wife of John Wilkie, USA, died 16th April 1923 aged 89 years. And their children who died in infancy. Their daughter Ellen died 17th February 1950 aged 71 years.¹
  

  Dunnichen Churchyard John Cattanach Mary Stirling

  

  Dunnichen Churchyard John Cattanach Mary Stirling

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	7 April 1861	They was listed as a member of the household of John Cattanach and Mary Stirling in the 1861 census at 7 Guthrie Road, Dunnichen, Forfarshire, Scotland, . Charlotte Catanach, daug, 6, scholar, Dunnichen; John Catanach, head, 31, quarrymaster, Aberlemno; Mary Catanach, wife, 26, Dunnichen.2
Spouse	3 April 1881	She was listed in the household of John Simpson Wilkie in the 1881 census at 9 Coutties Wynd, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, . FHL film 0203492 GRO ref vol 288 enum dist 13 page 9; John S Wilkie, head, mar, 24, factory oiler, Dundee; Charlotte Wilkie, wife, mar, 26, Dunnichen. Mary Jane Wilkie and Mary Kinnear Cattanach were also listed in the household.
Spouse	5 April 1891	She was listed in the household of John Simpson Wilkie in the 1891 census at 2 Ogilvies Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, . John S Wilkie, head, mar, 33, powerloom tenter, employed, Dundee; Charlotte Wilkie, wife, mar, 36, Forfar; 2 rooms with windows. Mary Jane Wilkie, Elspeth Simpson Wilkie and Charlotte Wilkie were also listed in the household.