• Born: 28 October 1811, Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland ^{3 5 6 7}
• Christened: 10 November 1811, Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland ³
• Marriage (1): Catherine BROWN on 6 July 1851 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland ¹
• Died: 12 November 1897, Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland at age 86
• Buried: 1897, Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland

  Death Notes

Avon Place

  Burial Notes

St. Michael's Parish Churchyard, Linlithgow

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Parents: Andrew Wotherspoon and Katharine Buchanan. ^{1 3}

• He worked as an agricultural labourer on 7 April 1861 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. ⁶

• He appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. ⁶
  

William Wotherspoon     Head       M   49      Linlithgow, Linlithgow   Lab Agr
Catherine Wotherspoon   Wife       F   29      Abercorn, Linlithgow
Robert Wotherspoon      Son        M    9      Linlithgow, Linlithgow   Scholar
William Wotherspoon     Son        M    7      Linlithgow, Linlithgow   Scholar
James Wotherspoon       Son        M    5      Linlithgow, Linlithgow
Catherine Wotherspoon   Daughter   F    3      Linlithgow, Linlithgow
Margaret Wotherspoon    Daughter   F   10 Mo   Linlithgow, Linlithgow

• He worked as a jobbing gardener on 7 September 1877 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. ⁴

• He worked as a jobbing gardener on 3 April 1881 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. ⁷

• He appeared on the 1881 Census of Scotland on 3 April 1881 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. ⁷
  

William Wotherspoon     Head       M   69   Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire   Gardener (Jobbing)
Catherine Wotherspoon   Wife       F   50   Abercorn, Linlithgowshire
Robert Wotherspoon      Son        M   29   Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire   Commercial Clerk-Unemployed
Margaret Wotherspoon    Daughter   F   20   Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire   House Maid (Dom. Serv.) Unemployed
Jane Wotherspoon        Daughter   F   18   Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire   Milliner Unemployed
Hugh Wotherspoon        Son        M   12   Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire   Scholar
Marion B Wotherspoon    Daughter   F    8   Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire   Scholar

• He worked as a gardener on 5 April 1891 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. ⁵

• He appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. ⁵
  

William Wotherspoon       Head       M   79   Lgowshire Riccarton ?, Ayrshire   Gardener
Catherine Wotherspoon     Wife       F   59   Craigton, Lgowshire, Ayrshire
Jeanie Wotherspoon        Daur       F   28   Linlithgow, Lgowshire, Ayrshire   Milliner
Hugh Wotherspoon          Son        M   22   Linlithgow, Lgowshire, Ayrshire   Law Clerk General
Marion B Wotherspoon      Daur       F   18   Linlithgow, Lgowshire, Ayrshire   Dressmaker
Catherine B Wotherspoon   Grandaur   F    8   Lanarkshire Glasgow, Ayrshire     Scholar

William married Catherine BROWN on 6 July 1851 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.¹ (Catherine BROWN was born about 1831 in Abercorn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland,^{6 7} died on 13 January 1903 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland and was buried in 1903 in Linlithgow, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.)