Person:Walter Wight (1)

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Walter Wight
b.17 Sep 1816 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
d.31 Oct 1886 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
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m. 25 Jul 1795
  1. Walter Wight1816 - 1886
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  • H.  Walter Wight1816 - 1886
  • W.  Helen SintonAbt 1820 - 1883
m. 20 Jun 1841
  1. Helen Sinton Wight1848 - 1941
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Walter Wight
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][6] 17 Sep 1816 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
Christening[2][7] 15 Oct 1816 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
Marriage 20 Jun 1841 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785to Helen Sinton
Census 30 Mar 1851 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785with Helen Sinton
Census 7 Apr 1861 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotlandwith Helen Sinton
Census 7 Apr 1871 Maxton Village, Roxburghshire, Scotlandwith Helen Sinton
Census 3 Apr 1881 Maxton Village, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785with Helen Sinton
Death[1][3][8] 31 Oct 1886 Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
Burial[4][9] Maxton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 55.56352,-2.615785
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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Helen Sinton HENDERSON nee WIGHT (43). LTR WIGHT/SINTON children bdms ex dtr Helen , Maxton 28 Nov 1875, Recipient: family, Author Address: Helensval. (28 Nov 1875)
    original held by L Henderson.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 OPR: Maxton, Roxburghshire, Subject: Births baptisms burials, Location: Maxton, ROX (Dist 798)
    Register of Births and Baptisms: Walter WIGHT 1816, p/copy held L McIntosh.
  3. ↑ DC WIGHT, Walter 1886 Maxton, Record Type: death cert, Name Of Person: Walter WIGHT (44). (31 Oct 1886)
    Transcr. (Lorna) Sep 1994, p/copy held.
  4. ↑ Borders FHS. MIs: Roxburghshire Maxton. (Borders FHS, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland)
    Entry #117.
  5. ↑ Interviews, hearsay and personal knowledge of the ANDREWS and HENDERSON extended families, Record Type: interv
    Iris WIGHT nee BEVERIDGE (13786) to L McIntosh Oct 1995.
  6. ↑ 1851 census implies 1820, dtr Helen's note says "Walter WIGHT my Father died Oct 31st 1886 aged 71" which implies c. 1815. Actual date entered in register is 17th Sep 1816
  7. ↑ "William Wight, carrier in Maxton and his wife Elisabeth Richardson had a child born 17th Sept 1816 and baptised 15th Oct following called Walter"
  8. ↑ Dist 798 Cert #8 reads: "Walter Wight (Farmer) (widower of Helen m.s. Sinton), 1886 Oct 31 between 7 & 8 o'clock am, Maxton, 71 yrs (should be 70). Father: William Wight , farmer, dec, Mother: Elisabeth m.s. Richardson dec. Cause: Cardiac exhaustion after alcoholic excess. Certified by Jas Galt FRCSE(M?), informant Peter S Wight, son, registered Nov 2nd at Maxton Schoolhouse"
    Dtr Helen's note 1875 reads "Walter Wight my Father died Oct 31st 1886 aged 71"
  9. ↑ Their h/stone reads: IMO Helen Sinton wife of Walter Wight who died at Maxton 12.1.1883 aged 64 also the above Walter Wight who died 31.10.1886 aged 71 also their daughter Susan R. Wight who died 15.3.1860 aged 14 mths"
  10. ↑ Walter used to go to St Boswell's market, and the horse always stopped at Buccleugh Hotel, often to the consternation of anyone else doing the market trip instead of Walter - which may account for the cause of death on his dth cert.
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