Person:Robert Scott (59)

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Robert Scott
m. 5 Nov 1848
  1. Sydney Scott1853 - 1908
  2. William Scott1855 - 1940
  3. Margaret Scott1857 - 1883
  4. Mary Ann Scott1859 - 1929
  5. James Robson Scott1861 -
  6. Charles Scott1863 -
  7. Elizabeth Scott1865 - 1890
  8. John Scott1868 -
  9. Robert Scott1870 - 1944
Facts and Events
Name Robert Scott
Gender Male
Birth[1] 16 Apr 1870 Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland
Census[2] 2 Apr 1871 Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland
Census[3] 3 Apr 1881 Ladykirk, Berwickshire, Scotland
Census[4] 5 Apr 1891 Kirkurd, Peeblesshire, ScotlandNetherend Bothy
Census[5] 31 Mar 1901 Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire, ScotlandGardeners Bothy
Death[6] 13 Aug 1944 Troon, Ayrshire, ScotlandDunalton Lodge, Monkton

Robert Scott was born at Ladykirk in Berwickshire, son of Alexander Scott and Mary Robson. His father was master gardener at Ladykirk House. Robert followed his father and several of his brothers to also become a gardener, travelling to Kirkurd in Peebleshire and Kells in Kirkcudbrightshire. Robert later married and settled at Troon in Ayrshire. His sister Mary Ann came to live with him towards the end of her life.

References
  1. Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, in FamilySearch: Unidentified database - please replace source when identified.

    b. 16 Apr 1870, Ladykirk, Berwickshire: Robert son of Alexander Scott & Mary Robson

  2. General Register Office for Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
    746/00 001/00 005, 2 Apr 1871.

    Address: Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    3 children in household in education
    6 rooms with one or more windows
    Alexander Scott, head, married, male, 51 [1819/20], Master gardener, b. Fowlis Wester, Perthshire
    Mary Scott, wife, married, female, 44 [1826/7], Gardeners wife, b. Kelso, Roxburghshire
    William Scott, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1854/5], Apprentice gardener, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    Margaret Scott, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1856/7], Gardeners daughter, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    Maryan Scott, daughter, unmarried, female, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    James Scott, son, unmarried, male, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    Charles Scott, son, unmarried, male, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    Elisabeth Scott, daughter, unmarried, female, 5 [1865/6], Gardeners dau, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    John Scott, son, unmarried, male, 4 [1866/7], Gardeners son, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    Robert Scott, son, unmarried, male, 11m [1870], Gardeners son, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire

  3. General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh)
    746/00 001/00 018, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: Private House, Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    6 rooms with one or more windows
    Alexander Scott, head, married, male, 61 [1819/20], Gardener (domestic serv), b. Fowlis Wester, Perthshire
    Mary Scott, wife, married, female, 53 [1827/8], Gardener wife, b. Kelso, Roxburghshire
    Margaret Scott, daughter, unmarried, female, 24 [1856/7], Gardener daur, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    John Scott, son, male, 13 [1867/8], Gardener apprentice, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire
    Robert Scott, son, male, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire

  4. General Register Office for Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).

    Address: Netherend Bothy, Kirkurd, Peeblesshire
    Robert Scott, 20 [1870/1], Gardener, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire

  5. General Register Office for Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).

    Address: Gardeners Bothy, Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire
    Robert Scott, 30 [1870/1], Gardener journeyman domestic, b. Ladykirk, Berwickshire

  6. Death certificate, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.

    1944. DEATHS in the District of Troon in the County of Ayr
    No.57
    Robert Scott, gardener, married to Jessie Annie Kiltie
    13 Aug 1944, 4h55m PM, Dunalton Lodge, Monkton
    Sex: M
    Age: 74 years
    Father: Alexander Scott, Master Gardener (deceased)
    Mother: Mary Scott, MS Robson (deceased)
    Informant: James K. Scott, son, present, 25 Longpark Avenue, Kilmarnock
    Registered: 14 Aug 1944