• Born: 20 January 1870, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland ²
• Marriage (1): Margaret Greenlaw WOOD on 4 January 1895 in Midlothian, Scotland ¹
• Died: 30 June 1947, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland at age 77
• Buried: 1947, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

  Burial Notes

Rosebank Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1881 Census of Scotland on 3 April 1881 in Leith South Parish, Midlothian, Scotland. ²
  

Address:  20, Glover Street, Leith South Parish, Midlothian, Scotland

George Black       Head            54   abt 1826   Tranent, Haddingtonshire      Formerly Spirit Merchant
Mary Black         Wife            48   abt 1832   Haddington, Haddingtonshire
Eliza Black        Daughter        21   abt 1859   Leith, Midlothian             Milliner
James Black        Son             16   abt 1864   Leith, Midlothian             Clerk (Wine Merchants) 
John Black         Son             11   abt 1869   Leith, Midlothian             Scholar
Mary Black         Daughter         9   abt 1871   Leith, Midlothian             Scholar
William Black      Nephew          18   abt 1862   Tranent, Haddingtonshire      Engineer Turner
Margaret Pringle   Mother-in-law   78   abt 1802   Haddington, Haddingtonshire   Formerly Seamstress

John married Margaret Greenlaw WOOD, daughter of Alexander WOOD and Abigail WILSON, on 4 January 1895 in Midlothian, Scotland.¹ (Margaret Greenlaw WOOD was born on 19 August 1869 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, died on 10 November 1940 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and was buried in November 1940 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.)