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Alexander Sheill

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Spott, East Lothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: January 12, 1910 (69-78)
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom) (Pneumonia)
Immediate Family:

Husband of Margaret M.D. Scott
Father of David Sheill; Alexander Sheill; Maggie Sheill; Mary Sheill; Alexander Sheill and 1 other

Occupation: Farm steward / Railway surfaceman
Managed by: Alan J. White
Last Updated:

About Alexander Sheill

1836 (approx): born Spott, East Lothian.

1841 census: living at Bothwell, Spott, East Lothian with parents and 6 siblings.

1861 census: age 25, a farm steward at Harehead Farm, Innerwick, East Lothian, single.

1861 marriage to Margaret Scott at Monklands, Lanarkshire (where her family lived).

1871 census: Railway surfaceman, living in West End, Chirnside, married with 4 children.

1881 census: Railway surfaceman (foreman), living in Chirnside with wife and 4 children.

1891 census:age 53, railway surfaceman, living at Free C Manse, Chirnside with wife Margaret, daughter Ellen and son John.

1901 census: widower, 64, living in Chirnside, with sons David and John, daughters Alison (Alice on census), housekeeper, and Ellen, plus brother-in-law John Scott.

1910: Died at Kirkgate, Chirnside.

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Alexander Sheill's Timeline

1836
1836
Spott, East Lothian, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1862
1862
Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1864
1864
Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1889
1889
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1893
1893
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1896
1896
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1899
1899
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1910
January 12, 1910
Age 74
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)