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Frank Ford Mackay jute weaving overseer1

M, #1572, b. 1892
Last Edited: 12 Nov 2020
  • Birth*: Frank Ford Mackay jute weaving overseer was born in 1892 at St Andrew, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .2
  • (Groom) Marriage*: He married Helen Jane Nicolson, daughter of Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman and Jane Lawson Pitkethly, on 8 May 1925 at Arklay Street Hall, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Frank Ford Mackay 32, 17 Morgan Street Powerloom tenter, father James Mackay, mother Agnes Ford
    Helen Jane Nicolson 35, 22 North Erskine Street, Jute Weaver
    witnesses Harry Millar Nicolson (bro) 22 N Erskine St and Helen ... Mackay 17 Morgan St.3
  • (Spouse) Death: His spouse Helen Jane Nicolson died on 6 December 1929 at Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, ; Helen Jane Mackay, 39, ur 22 North Erskine Street, Cardiac Failure (anecdotal - died in childbirth as no c-section)
    inf David Watson B-in-law, 111 Arbroath Road.1,4
  • (Witness) Newspaper Article: Frank Ford Mackay jute weaving overseer and Forester Cockburn Nicolson seaman and Jane Lawson Pitkethly was mentioned in a newspaper article about Helen Jane Nicolson on 9 December 1929. Death notice MACKAY - At DRI suddenly, on the 6th Dec, Helen Jane Nicolson, beloved wife of Frank Ford Mackay, Ganges Jute Mills, India, and second daughter of the late Forester Nicolson and Mrd Nicolson, 22 North Erskine Street - deeply mourned. Friends wishing to attend funeral meet cortege at Eastern Cemetery gate Tuesday at 2.20pm.5

Family:

Helen Jane Nicolson b. 26 Apr 1890, d. 6 Dec 1929

Child:

stillborn Mackay5 b. 6 Dec 1929, d. 6 Dec 1929

Citations

  1. [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory death 1929 Dundee St Clement 282/nn 1041 image held [Jun 2006].
  2. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory birth 1892 Dundee St Andrew 282/4 1140 [May 2020].
  3. [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, GROS Statutory marriage 1925 Dundee St Andrew 282/nn 115 [Jun 2006].
  4. [S40] Additional death info from CK [Nov 2020].
  5. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Newspaper collection, Dundee Evening Telegraph BMD notices 9 Dec 1929 [Nov 2020].