Eliza McLaren (Soot)

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Eliza McLaren (Soot)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: November 10, 1959 (91)
Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas McLaren and Ann Sutton (Soot)
Wife of John Steel
Mother of Henrietta A. W. Steel; Barbara J. Steel; Connie Steel and Ian A. Steel
Half sister of Jane (Jean) Ann Sutton (Soot) and Jessie Duff (Soot)

Occupation: Parlourmaid
Managed by: Alan J. White
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Immediate Family

About Eliza McLaren (Soot)

1868: born (illegitimate) to Ann Soot in Hardhill, Kirriemuir, Angus.

(later documents give her the surname McLaren, and marriage entry names father as Thomas McLaren, crofter)

1871: age 3, living with grandparents, James & Anne Soot, in Kingoldrum, Angus.

1881: age 13, scholar, still living with grandparents at W. Kinclune Farm Cottage, Kingoldrum

1891/1901 census: not found

1901: witness at half-sister Jane's wedding in Kirriemuir.

1905: parlourmaid in Kirriemuir at time of marriage

Presumably retired from Greenlaw to Blairgowrie after husband's death

1959: died, age 91

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Eliza McLaren (Soot)'s Timeline

1868
May 31, 1868
Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1906
May 26, 1906
Greenlaw, Berw, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1908
January 19, 1908
Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1909
June 13, 1909
Scotland (United Kingdom)
1911
June 15, 1911
Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1959
November 10, 1959
Age 91
Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)