• Born: 1802, Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Marriage (1): Helen GEBBIE on 29 May 1829 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Died: 8 March 1881, Galston, Loudoun Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland at age 79 ²
• Buried: 1881, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland

   Cause of his death was Heart Disease, Chronic; As cert. by William Frew, M.B. C. M., Edinb.

   Another name for Charles was Charles CARRIE.

  Death Notes

11 h. 40 m. p.m., Standalane Street, Galston, Parish of Loudoun; Age at death 79 years.

  Burial Notes

Galston Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  

Charles Carrie   M   35   Ayrshire, Scotland
Helen Carrie     F   35   Ayrshire, Scotland
William Carrie   M   15   Ayrshire, Scotland
James Carrie     M    8   Ayrshire, Scotland
Hugh Carrie      M    6   Ayrshire, Scotland
Charles Carrie   M    4   Ayrshire, Scotland
Grozie Carrie    F    1   Ayrshire, Scotland

• He worked as a blacksmith on 7 April 1861 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  

Charles Currie   Head   M   59   Stair, Ayrshire        Blacksmith
Helen Currie     Wife   F   60   Riccarton, Ayrshire
Adam Currie      Son    M   18   Kilmarnock, Ayrshire   Colliers Clerk

• Although Charles was buried at Galston Cemetery in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1881, his son Charles Currie erected a memorial to him in Kaimshill Cemetery. Kaimshill Cemetery is located in Riccarton (which is now part of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland), and is a little over 3½ miles away from Galston Cemetery.  The attached photo features the panel in Kaimshill Cemetery that memorializes Charles Currie (1802 –1881).
  
  
  CHARLES CURRIE, BLACKSMITH,
  DIED 8TH MARCH 1881,
  AGED 70 YEARS.
  INTERRED IN GALSTON CEMETERY.

• Gallery: the Charles Currie family monument in Kaimshill Cemetery in 2012 in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
  
  Monumental Inscriptions:
  
  center panel:
  ERECTED
  BY
  CHARLES CURRIE
  IN LOVING MEMORY OF
  HIS WIFE
  MARGARET BROWN,
  WHO DIED 17TH MARCH 1881,
  AGED 41 YEARS.
  AND THEIR CHILDREN
  MARGARET,
  DIED 17TH MARCH 1863 AGED 20 MONTHS.
  GRACE,
  DIED 4TH APRIL 1870 AGED 17 MONTHS
  INTERRED IN RICCARTON CHURCHYARD.
  GEORGE BROWN,
  DIED 23RD NOV'R 1877, AGED 14 YEARS.
  JAMES,
  DIED 30TH DEC'R 1878, AGED 6 MONTHS.
  HELEN GEBBIE,
  WHO DIED AT AYR, 8TH NOV'R 1910,
  AGED 45 YEARS.
  MARGARET BROWN,
  DIED 8TH AUG'T 1916, AGED 49 YEARS.
  CHARLES BROWN,
  DIED 4TH JANY 1919, AGED 59 YEARS.
  THE ABOVE
  CHARLES CURRIE,
  DIED 24TH NOV'R 1922, AGED 85 YEARS.
  
  
  right panel:
  ALSO
  HIS MOTHER
  HELEN GEBBIE,
  DIED 16TH MARCH 1875
  AGED 74 YEARS.
  AND
  HIS FATHER
  CHARLES CURRIE, BLACKSMITH,
  DIED 8TH MARCH 1881,
  AGED 70 YEARS.
  INTERRED IN GALSTON CEMETERY.
  
  
  left panel:
  ALSO
  HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
  MARGARET LEGGAT,
  DIED 1ST SEPT. 1845,
  AGED 45 YEARS.
  AND
  HIS FATHER-IN-LAW
  GEORGE BROWN, GARDENER
  DIED 11TH FEB'Y 1861,
  AGED 75 YEARS.
  INTERRED IN RICCARTON CHURCHYARD

Charles married Helen GEBBIE on 29 May 1829 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Helen GEBBIE was born on 14 March 1801 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland, christened on 23 March 1801 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland, died on 16 March 1875 in Galston, Loudoun Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland ³ and was buried in 1875 in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.). The cause of her death was Heart Disease, 9 Months. As Cert. by John B. McLeod, M.D. M.B.