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Hector Giffen

Hector Giffen

Male about 1823 - 1890  (~ 67 years)

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  • Name Hector Giffen  [1
    Born about 1823  Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 March 1890  Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I74535  Clan Moffat Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2006 

    Father Alexander Giffen,   b. before 1800 
    Mother Margaret Dempster,   b. about 1786 
    Married Y  [1
    Family ID F52181  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family/Spouse Catherine Buchanan,   b. 27 February 1824, Troon, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 January 1900, Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 30 May 1845  Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Margaret Giffen,   b. about 1847,   d. December 1912, Crosshill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
     2. Sarah Giffen,   b. about 1848, Troon, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 April 1922, New Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years)
     3. Alexander Giffen,   b. about 1853, Troon, Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Hector Giffen,   b. 24 July 1855, Newton Green, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 September 1939, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     5. Nathaniel Giffen,   b. 2 February 1857,   d. 18 April 1861, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)
     6. Mary Buchanan Giffen,   b. 1 December 1860,   d. March 1926, Newark, Essex Co., New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F52180  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • ADDRESSES: (image downloaded March 8, 2006)
      Extract from the 1861 census for Scotland
      Parish of Newton Ayr
      No. of Schedule 80
      Woodsides Land
      Hector Giffen Head Married 40 Railway Guard Ayrshire Ayr
      Catherine Do Wife Married 35 Do Troon
      Margaret Do Daur 15 Servant (lined out) Do Do
      Sarah Do Daur 10 Scholar Do Do
      Alexander Do Son 8 Scholar Do Do
      Hector Do Son 6 Scholar Do Do
      Nathaniel Do Son 4 Do Ayr
      Mary Do Daur 5 m Do Ayr

      DEATH: Transcript:
      Death Ref. No. 1890 576/2 23
      23rd March 1890 6h 20m am Bruce's Lane, Ardrossan
      Hector Giffen, 62 years, Railway guard, Married to Catherine Buchanan
      Father: Alexander Giffen, Blacksmith (deceased)
      Mother: Margaret Giffen ms Dempster (deceased)
      Cause: Atheroma, hemiplegia 21 days as certified by J Macdonald MBCM
      Reg. By Maggie Smith (daughter) (present) 24.3.1890, [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2020] GEDCOM file titled “Rankin August 2008.ged”, submitted by Bill Rankin.



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