Helen GEBBIE 1
- Born: 14 March 1801, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland
- Christened: 23 March 1801, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland
- Marriage (1): Charles CURRIE on 29 May 1829 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland
- Died: 16 March 1875, Galston, Loudoun Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland at age 74 2
- Buried: 1875, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland
Cause of her death was Heart Disease, 9 Months. As Cert. by John B. McLeod, M.D. M.B.
Other names for Helen were Helen CARRIE, Helen CURRIE and Helen GEBBY.
Death Notes
9h 40m. A.M., Standalane Street, Loudoun Parish; Age at death 74 years.
Burial Notes
Galston Cemetery
Recorded Events in Her Life
- Parents: James Gebby and Grizzel Smith.
- She 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
- She 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 Helen was buried at Galston Cemetery in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1875, her son Charles Currie erected a memorial to her 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 Helen Gebbie Currie.
HELEN GEBBIE,
DIED 16TH MARCH 1875
AGED 74 YEARS.
- 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
Helen married Charles CURRIE, son of William CURRIE and Anne TRAIN, on 29 May 1829 in Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Charles CURRIE was born in 1802 in Stair, Ayrshire, Scotland, died on 8 March 1881 in Galston, Loudoun Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 3 and was buried in 1881 in Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.). The cause of his death was Heart Disease, Chronic; As cert. by William Frew, M.B. C. M., Edinb.
|