Individual Details
Elisabeth Aitken Shaw
(22 May 1847 - 7 Apr 1917)
Died of chronic bronchitis and cardiac disease at 51 ???? not true....
Low Craigends, Kilsyth at 8:30 AM on 7 April 1917.
Her death was reported by John Gray (widow) at Kilsyth.
(Extract of an entry in a register of Deaths, Kilsyth.
Mary Leishman recalled that in her will she left her family
quite a lot of money. Elizabeth & John Gray had one daughter.
DC 1917 Elizabeth Shaw Gray - Married
1st to James Abercrombie, Coal Miner
2nd to John Gray, Coal Miner
Died: 7 Apr 1917, Low Craigends, K., age 69
Parents: Robert Shaw, Cotton Weaver (dec)
& Margaret Shaw MS Bankier
Informant: John Gray, Widower
Hi Derek
I have Elisabeth Aitken Shaw born 1847 and died 1917 married to James Abe rcrombie who died as you say in a mining accident and according to famil y was brought home to his wife in a wheelbarrow and dumped on the doorste p. I have corresponded with a distant cousin (via FR) who confirms the st ory. Elisabeth is my GG grandmother and had 7 children with James. She we nt on to marry John Gray of Stirling.
Hope this helps
John
DC 1917 Elizabeth Shaw Gray - Married
1st to James Abercrombie, Coal Miner
2nd to John Gray, Coal Miner
Died: 7 Apr 1917, Low Craigends, K., age 69
Parents: Robert Shaw, Cotton Weaver (dec) & Margaret Shaw MS Bankier
Informant: John Gray, Widower
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Elizabeth Aitken
BIRTH: Also shown as Born Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
DEATH: Also shown as Died Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Low Craigends, Kilsyth at 8:30 AM on 7 April 1917.
Her death was reported by John Gray (widow) at Kilsyth.
(Extract of an entry in a register of Deaths, Kilsyth.
Mary Leishman recalled that in her will she left her family
quite a lot of money. Elizabeth & John Gray had one daughter.
DC 1917 Elizabeth Shaw Gray - Married
1st to James Abercrombie, Coal Miner
2nd to John Gray, Coal Miner
Died: 7 Apr 1917, Low Craigends, K., age 69
Parents: Robert Shaw, Cotton Weaver (dec)
& Margaret Shaw MS Bankier
Informant: John Gray, Widower
Hi Derek
I have Elisabeth Aitken Shaw born 1847 and died 1917 married to James Abe rcrombie who died as you say in a mining accident and according to famil y was brought home to his wife in a wheelbarrow and dumped on the doorste p. I have corresponded with a distant cousin (via FR) who confirms the st ory. Elisabeth is my GG grandmother and had 7 children with James. She we nt on to marry John Gray of Stirling.
Hope this helps
John
DC 1917 Elizabeth Shaw Gray - Married
1st to James Abercrombie, Coal Miner
2nd to John Gray, Coal Miner
Died: 7 Apr 1917, Low Craigends, K., age 69
Parents: Robert Shaw, Cotton Weaver (dec) & Margaret Shaw MS Bankier
Informant: John Gray, Widower
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Elizabeth Aitken
BIRTH: Also shown as Born Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
DEATH: Also shown as Died Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Events
| Birth | 22 May 1847 | Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland | |||
| Christen | 20 Jun 1847 | Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland | |||
| Marriage | 31 Dec 1866 | Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland - James Abercrombie | |||
| Marriage | 2 Sep 1887 | Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland - John Gray | |||
| Death | 7 Apr 1917 | Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland | |||
| FamilySearch Id | 2QB1-HTN |
Families
| Spouse | James Abercrombie (1846 - 1881) |
| Child | son Abercrombie (1867 - 1867) |
| Child | Margaret Bankier Abercrombie (1868 - ) |
| Child | Alexander Abercrombie (1871 - 1933) |
| Child | Jean Abercrombie (1873 - ) |
| Child | Mary Abercrombie (1875 - ) |
| Child | Robert Abercrombie (1880 - ) |
| Child | James Abercrombie (1881 - ) |
| Spouse | John Gray (1862 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Shaw Gray (1892 - ) |
| Spouse | Living |
| Father | Robert Shaw (1816 - 1849) |
| Mother | Margaret Bankier (1818 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Mary Shaw (1845 - ) |
| Sibling | John Shaw (1849 - ) |