Cecilia Ramsay

  General Notes:

John and Cecilia's daughter Rebecca married in Canada (she had gone out to join her brother),her husband had already 'joined up' to fight in WWI. Rebecca was pregnant and, on hearing that her husband was missing, set off for Uk (and Scotland to her mother's) to but then David Robertson died at the beginning of 1916. Cecilia with her two small children Caroline and James (Jim) plus Rebecca and William left for Canada to join her son Alex and wife Mary. There they remained and Cecilia died in the early 1940's.

  Research Notes:

Alistair

Thanks for your message. Your great grandmother Agnes Gair was the sister of John Gair who was married to my wife's grandfather's sister Cecilia Ramsay. They married on 5 Jun 1885 at Rosebank, Denfield, Arbroath, Angus. We do not have the date of John's death but it was before 1894. He may have died in the USA. Cecilia then married David Robertson who was the widower of Sarah Gair (sister of John and Agnes) in 19 March 1897 and they went to Canada after their daughter Caroline was born. Sarah Gair died 7 July 1896 in Monifieth, Angus.
Regards

Richard and Edna South

  Noted events in her life were:

• Occupation: General Domestic Servant, 1881, Myreton Farmhouse, Murroes, Forfarshire. The farmers that she worked for were the Fenton family.
She was also working as a Domestic servant (not sure who she worked for at this point) in 1885.

• Travel: On the Servia from Liverpool to New York, bound for Missouri, 1888, Liverpool To Missouri. ¹¹⁵ Arrived in New York (in transit) on 19th March 1888, with Cecilia aged 2 and Alexander aged 6 months.

• Residence, 1901, 3 Balgillo Farm Cottages, Monifieth, Forfarshire. ¹¹⁵

Cecilia married John Gair, son of Alexander Gair and Rebecca Canning, on 5 Jun 1885 in Rosebank, Denfield, Arbroath, Forfarshire.³⁸⁷ (John Gair was born on 17 Mar 1865 in Rescobie, Forfarshire ^115,385 and died in 1895 in Greene County, Missouri, USA ³⁸⁸.)

Cecilia next married David Robertson, son of George Robertson and Isabella Smith, on 19 Mar 1897 in East Balgillo, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire ¹¹⁵.^,386 (David Robertson was born on 7 Oct 1857 in Lundie & Fowlis, Forfarshire,¹¹⁵ died in Jan-Apr 1916 in Scotland and was buried in 1916 in Barnhill Cemetery, Broughty Ferry,.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Emigration: To Canada, Cir 1900. ³⁸⁶ Emigrated as a family to Canada after birth of daughter Caroline (see source for detail).