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Alexander SEMPLE
(1796 –1874)
Agnes CURRIE
(1799 – Bef 1851)
Alexander GUTHRIE
(Abt 1795 – )
Frances VASS
(Abt 1800 – )
John SEMPLE
(1822 –1898)
Margaret GUTHRIE
(1826 – )
Dr. William SEMPLE
(1861–1947)

 

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Dr. William SEMPLE 1 2 3 4 5
  • Born: 17 March 1861, Newton on Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland 3 4 5 6
  • Died: 2 August 1947, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland at age 86
  • Buried: 4 August 1947, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

bullet   Cause of his death was Myocardial Degeneration; Anasarca; Cert'd by Charles Stewart, M. B.

bullet   Another name for William was Wm SEMPLE.6

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bullet  Death Notes

2h. 0m. A.M., Mile Ash, Moffat Road, Dumfries; Age at death 86 years.

bullet  Burial Notes

Dumfries High Cemetery, Section H, Grave No. 20

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He has conflicting birth information of 17 March 1861 and Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 2
  • He worked as a scholar on 2 April 1871 in Newton on Ayr, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 3

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  • He appeared on the 1871 Census of Scotland on 2 April 1871 in Newton on Ayr, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. 3

1871 Census of Scotland, Civil Parish of Newton Ayr, Parliamentary Burgh of Ayr, Town of Newton Ayr;
page 3; household schedule no. 13, Guthries Land North Quay (GROS Number 578/00 014/00 003).

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Name    Relationship to head   State Sex  Age  Occupation                Where born

John Semple           Head      Mar   M   48   Ironmonger                Ayrshire  Stair
Margaret Semple       Wife      Mar   F   44                               "       Newton Ayr
Frances V. Semple     Daur      Unm   F   30                               "          "
Alexander G. Semple   Son       Unm   M   18   Ironmonger (Apprentice)     "          "
Agnes Semple          Daur      Unm   F   15   Scholar                     "          "
John Semple           Son             M   12   Scholar                     "          "
William Semple        Son             M   10   Scholar                     "          "
Jane G. Semple        Daur            F    7   Scholar                     "          "
Robert J. Semple      Son             M    1                               "          "
Sarah Davidson        Servant         F   17   Domestic Servant            "       Dailly
   3 children from 5 to 13 attending school or being educated at home.
   7 rooms in the house with one or more windows.

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  • He worked as a student of arts on 3 April 1881 in Edinburgh Newington, Midlothian, Scotland. 4
  • He appeared on the 1881 Census of Scotland on 3 April 1881 in Edinburgh Newington, Midlothian, Scotland. 4

James Buist      Head      M   55   Dysart, Fifeshire       Optician
Anna Buist       Wife      F   60   Edinburgh, Midlothian
James Buist      Son       M   25   Edinburgh, Midlothian   Optician (Shopman)
William Buist    Son       M   22   Edinburgh, Midlothian   Optician (Shopman)
Andrew C Buist   Son       M   20   Edinburgh, Midlothian   Student Of Medicine
John L Buist     Son       M   16   Edinburgh, Midlothian   Apprentice (Clerk)
William Semple   Boarder   M   20   Ayr, Ayrshire           Student Of Arts
Mary Brown       Servant   F   26   Wishaw, Lanarkshire     General Serv

  • He worked as a chemistry teacher on 5 April 1891 in Aberdeen St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 6
  • He appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Aberdeen St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 6

Sophia Stewart       Head     F   43   Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire          Keeper of Lodgings
Robert Stewart       Son      M   18   Glasgow, Lanarkshire             Tel Mess G P O
Sophia Stewart       Daur     F   15   Glasgow, Lanarkshire             Assists At Home
Maggie Stewart       Daur     F   12   Glasgow, Lanarkshire             Drapers Cash Girl
Margaret Robertson   Mother   F   73   Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire          Formerly Servant
Christina Campbell   Lodger   F   28   Eastness, Lanarkshire            Dressmaker
George Thomson       Lodger   M   25   Crashes, Aberdeenshire           Seedsman
Wm Semple            Lodger   M   30   Ayr, Ayrshire                    Teacher of Chemistry
Jane Marr Arthur     Lodger   F   36   St Forgue, Aberdeenshire         Elementary Teacher
Wm Gore              Lodger   M   74   Braco Inverurie, Aberdeenshire   Leather Merchant
John A Ross          Lodger   M   28   Golspie, Sutherlandshire         Bankers Clerk

  • He worked as a science teacher on 31 March 1901 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. 5
  • He appeared on the 1901 Census of Scotland on 31 March 1901 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. 5

William Semple   Head   M   40   Ayr, Ayrshire   Teacher Of Science

  • He worked as a Teacher of Science (Retired) before 2 August 1947 in Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Kirsty M. Haining.
  2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) [database on-line] (Copyright © 1980, 2002), Parish Records, Batch No. C115781 (Ayr, Ayr, Scotland), 1855 –1875.
  3. National Records of Scotland and brightsolid Online Publishing Ltd., ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), 1871 Census of Scotland; digital images (Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1–191. © Crown copyright), John Semple household, Guthries Land North Quay, Newton on Ayr, Ayr Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; GROS Number 578/00 014/00 003.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, William Semple in the James Buist household, 9 Abbotsford Crescent, Edinburgh Newington, Midlothian, Scotland; Parish: Edinburgh Newington, ED 118, page 9, line 15, roll cssct1881_294.
  5. Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, William Semple household, Airlie, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland; Parish: Dumfries, ED 12, page 11, line 20, roll CSSCT1901_429.
  6. Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Wm Semple in the Sophia Stewart household, 20A Broadford Place, Aberdeen St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; Parish: Aberdeen St Nicholas, ED 60, page 1, line 15, roll CSSCT1891_51.


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