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John Wotherspoon
1868 - 1914 (46 years)-
Name John Wotherspoon Born 10 Dec 1868 Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Gender Male Died 25 Dec 1914 At Sea - 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
Siblings 7 siblings Patriarch & Matriarch 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 , d. 7 Jan 1913 (Age 79 years) Mother Eugenia Galbraith, b. 16 Jan 1838, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK , d. 5 Oct 1920, Clachan, Argyll, Scotland, UK (Age 82 years) Family ID F2238 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Wife Isabella Stewart, b. Abt 1870, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK , d. 23 May 1949 (Age 79 years) Married 20 Dec 1894 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK - 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 , d. 1925 (Age 29 years) 2. Eugenia Wotherspoon, b. Abt 1899, Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK , d. 1943 (Age 44 years) 3. John Wotherspoon, b. Abt 1900, Kilcalmonell And Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK , d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 10 Oct 2011 Family ID F2242 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- drowned by the mining of S. S. Gem. off Scarborough