James GRIER

1858 - 1936  (77 years)

• Name	James GRIER  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	21 Aug 1858	Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Clerk unemployed (1881), Farmer (1891, 1936), Stone Machineman, Stone sawyer (1901), Stone cutter (1906); Dockyard Labourer (1918)  [1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Census	1871	Baldridge House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [11]
  	aged 12, scholar
  Census	1881	Baldridge House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [7]
  	Aged 22, unmarried
  Census	1891	Bullions Farm House, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland   [9]
  	aged 32
  Census	1901	Brucehaven Road, Limekilns, Fife, Scotland   [10]
  	aged 42
  Cause of Death	Chronic Myocarditis, senile dementia, prostatic hypertrophy as cert by Robert H Tait MB ChB  [12]
  Death	21 Jun 1936	Wellwood Cottage, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [12, 13]
  	8h 20 pm, Dunfermline Press 27 Jun 1936
  Burial	24 Jun 1936	Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland   [13]
  Person ID	I80	Mastertons from Cramond
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	Thomas GRIER,   b. 2 Sep 1823, Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland d. 12 Dec 1867, Baldridge House, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Margaret GALLIE,   b. 31 Jan 1828, Inveresk with Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 10 Jul 1883, Bullions Farm, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1855	Rothes Mill, Markinch, Fife, Scotland   [14]
  Family ID	F59	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine Orr DANKS,   b. 18 Jul 1859, Carnock, Fife, Scotland d. 18 Sep 1882, Bullions, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland (Age 23 years)
  Marriage	11 Jan 1882	Carnock, Fife, Scotland   [15, 16]
  Children	1. Isabella Swan (Ella) GRIER,   b. Bef 18 Sep 1882, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Mary LOW,   b. 1 Mar 1864, Claylands, Ratho, Edinburgh, Scotland d. 30 Jan 1942, Venturefair Farm, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1883	Transy Farm, Dunfermline, Fife   [1, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Elizabeth (Bessie) Muir GRIER,   b. 1884, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland d. 1972, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (Age 88 years)   2. Margaret Gallie GRIER,   b. 14 Apr 1886, Bullions Torryburn, Fife, Scotland d. 26 Oct 1958, 20 North Row, Charlestown, Fife, Scotland (Age 72 years)   3. Thomas GRIER,   b. 15 Jul 1887, Bullions Farm, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland d. 1958 (Age 70 years)   4. Mary Low (Polly) GRIER,   b. Bef 13 Dec 1888, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland d. 1941 (Age > 52 years)   5. Robert Low GRIER,   b. 1890, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland d. 1957, Grangemouth, Stirling, Scotland (Age 67 years)   6. James GRIER,   b. 1892, Torryburn, Fife, Scotland d. 1960 (Age 68 years)   7. Ronald GRIER,   b. 17 Feb 1903, 17 Carnegie Street, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d. 30 Mar 1988, Islington, London, England (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F55	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2022

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Margaret Grier Birth Cert. [S66] Mary Grier death certificate. [S82] Margaret Gallie Thomson death cert. [S85] George Hogg Thomson & Janet Young marriage cert. [S21] James Grier & Mary Low marriage cert. [S23] Ronald Grier Birh cert. [S41] 1881 Census. [S598] Registers of Scotland, Leslie Hughes and "Polly" Grier marriage, (20 December 1918). [S67] 1891 UK Census. [S69] 1901 UK Census. [S132] Jill Smith, Re: (FIF) SCT Coalminers - MASTERTON. [S68] James Grier death certificate. [S37] Trevor Kirkman, Ancestral research into the grave at Dunfermline Abbey. [S81] Thomas Grier & Margaret Gallie. [S175] Barbara Don, Family Tree on Genes Reunited. [S20] .