• Born: 3 October 1828, Darvel, Loudoun Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{3 4}
• Christened: November 1828, Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Marriage (1): Alexander GEMMELL on 9 December 1864 in Darvel, Loudoun Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{1 2}
• Died: 31 August 1885, Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland at age 56
• Buried: 1885, Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland

   Other names for Elizabeth were Elisabeth GEMMILL and Elisabeth McCARTNEY.¹

  General Notes

Monument in Darvel Old Cemetery (Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland) honors the memory of Alexander Gemmell, wife Elizabeth (McCartney) Gemmell, daughters Margaret Gemmell and Elizabeth Wallace Gemmell, wife's parents' David McCartney and Margaret Alison, and wife's brothers Robert McCartney and James McCartney. The stone was clearly placed some time after Alexander Gemmell died since his death date on the stone is incorrect:

ERECTED BY
MAGGIE & BESSIE GEMMELL
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THEIR PARENTS
ALEXANDER GEMMELL
DIED 5 JUNE 1879 AGED 56
INTERRED IN
DUNDONALD CHURCH-YARD
ELIZABETH McCARTNEY
DIED 30 AUG. 1885 AGED 57
THE ABOVE
BESSIE GEMMELL
DIED 20. NOV. 1941
IN HER 73RD YEAR
ALSO THE ABOVE
MAGGIE GEMMELL
DIED 8 MAY 1946
AGED 81 YEARS
"Thy will be done"

side 2:
ALSO
THEIR GRAND-PARENTS
DAVID McCARTNEY
DIED 27.AUG.1885 AGED 90
MARGARET ALISON
DIED 21.Sep.1860 AGED 69

side 3:
ALSO
THEIR UNCLES
ROBERT McCARTNEY
DIED 3.JUNE 1895 AGED 73
JAMES McCARTNEY
DIED 14 APRIL 1906 AGED 85

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  Death Notes

West Main Street

  Burial Notes

Darvel Old Cemetery

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• She resided at Barnhouse Farm in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland on 9 December 1864. ¹

• She worked as a dairy maid on 9 December 1864 in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland. ¹

• She worked as a shopkeeper (grocer) on 2 April 1871 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• She appeared on the 1871 Census of Scotland on 2 April 1871 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  

Alexander Gemmell     Head   47   Monkton, Ayrshire     Agr Labourer Ploughman
Elizabeth Gemmell     Wife   43   Loudoun, Ayrshire     Shop-keeper (grocer)
Maggie Gemmell        Dau     5   Dundonald, Ayrshire   Scholar
Elizabeth W Gemmell   Dau     3   Dundonald, Ayrshire

• She worked as a cowfeeder on 3 April 1881 in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• She appeared on the 1881 Census of Scotland on 3 April 1881 in Loudoun, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  

Elisabeth Gemmill   Head       53   Darvel, Ayr      Cowfeeder
Margt Gemmill       Daughter   15   Dundonald, Ayr   Lace Darner
Elisa W Gemmill     Daughter   13   Dundonald, Ayr   Lace Darner
Annie Mair          Boarder    20   Galston, Ayr     Lace Machinist
Mary Kerr           Boarder    18   Dundonald, Ayr   Lace Winder

Elizabeth married Alexander GEMMELL, son of James GEMMELL and Isabella PORTER, on 9 December 1864 in Darvel, Loudoun Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Alexander GEMMELL was born about 1816 in Monkton, Ayrshire, Scotland,⁵ died on 28 April 1878 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland ⁶ and was buried in 1878 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.). The cause of his death was Senile Decay, 6 months; Large Abscess, 1 day; as Cert by C. H. Skae, M.D.

  Marriage Notes

Hastings Square ²