John Neave¹

Parents:

• Birth*: John Neave was born on 21 October 1895 at 11 South Street, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1895 births in the district of Forfar in the county of Forfar, ref 312; John Neave, 1895 October Twenty-first 5h 15m am 11 South Road Forfar, male, parents John Fenton Neave factory linen worker and Jessie Strathearn Neave ms Ogilvie, 1893 July 22nd Forfar, signed John F Neave father, 1895 October 29th at Forfar W H Thomson registrar.¹
• He was the son of John Fenton Neave and Jessie Strathearn Ogilvie.^2,3
• Death*: John Neave died on 24 November 1897 at Forfar Infirmary, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, , at age 2; 1897 deaths in the district of Forfar in the county of Forfar, ref 214; John Neave single, 1887 November Twenty-fourth 1h 20m pm Forfar Infirmary, usual residence 23 Arbroath Road Forfar, male aged 2 years, parents John Neave factory worker and Jessie Neave ms Ogilvie, burn 3 hours as cert by G Peterkin MBxx, signed James Neave father present 23 Arbroath Road Forfar, registered 1897 November 24th at Forfar W H Thomson registrar [RCE - see Reg of Cor. Entries Vol V p 72. 8 December 1897 Erasure col 6 XX].⁴
• (Deceased) Death RCE: His death registration was corrected on 7 December 1897 at Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland, , Vol V, page 72, Register of Corrected Entries for the district of Forfar in the county of Forfar; The following report of result of a procognition has been received touching the death of John Neave, registered under entry no 214 in the register book of deaths for the year 1897; John Neave, child aged 2 years male single; died about 1.30 pm on Wednesday 24th Novemebr 1897 in Forfar Infirmary, usual residence 28 Arbroath Road Forfar; parents John Neave factory worker and Jessie Irons or Neave; cause shock from burns, Dr Alexander Forfar was in attendance before death; cert by James Lowden Dep Procurator Fiscal, Procurator Fiscal's Office Forfar 7th December 1897, registered 8th December 1897 at Forfar W H Thomson registrar.⁵

• Newspaper Article*: He was mentioned in a newspaper article Boy Burned to Death. - A Forfar boy named John Neave was burned to death yesterday. He had been playing at the fire with firelighters. on 25 November 1897.⁶