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John Wotherspoon

Male 1868 - 1914  (46 years)


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  • Name John Wotherspoon 
    Born 10 Dec 1868  Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Dec 1914  At Sea Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • drowned by the mining of S. S. Gem. off Scarborough

      Name: WOTHERSPOON, JOHN
      Initials: J
      Nationality: United Kingdom
      Rank: Boatswain (Bosun)
      Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine
      Unit Text: S.S. "Gem" (Glasgow)
      Age: 47
      Date of Death: 25/12/1914
      Additional information: Husband of Isabella Wotherspoon (nee Murray Stewart), of Shearers Land, Tarbert, Lochfyne, Argyllshire. Born in Argyll.
      Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
      Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

    Isabella Stewart headstone
    James Wotherspoon and Eugenia Galbraith headstone
    Siblings 7 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    James Wotherspoon   (Great Grandfather) 
    Eugenia McCallum  (Grandmother) 
    Notes 
    • born Ardlamy
    Person ID I8118  Clark
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2011 

    Father James Wotherspoon,   b. 30 Sep 1833, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jan 1913  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Eugenia Galbraith,   b. 16 Jan 1838, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1920, Clachan, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F2238  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Isabella Stewart,   b. Abt 1870, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1949  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1894  Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • John Wotherspoon, Kilberry, to Isabella Stewart, at Wheat
      December 1894. (Greenock Telegraph 21.12.1894)
    Children 
    +1. Catherine Wotherspoon,   b. Abt 1896, Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1925  (Age 29 years)
     2. Eugenia Wotherspoon,   b. Abt 1899, Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1943  (Age 44 years)
     3. John Wotherspoon,   b. Abt 1900, Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 10 Oct 2011 
    Family ID F2242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart