William Burnet Scott
ID # 4553, (1864-1926)
| Father | John Burnet Scott (1828-1865) |
| Mother | Eliza McCrea (1839-) |
| Birth | William Burnet Scott was born in August 1864 at Hamilton, Ontario. |
| Marriage | He married Christina Bruce on 11 January 1888 at Guelph, Wellington Co., Ontario. Mrge reg. 012313-88 Guelph, Wellington Co. William Burnett Scott, 25, residing Great Falls, Montana, born Hamilton, bachelor, train dispatcher, parents John B. Scott and Eliza McCrea. Christina Bruce, 26, born and residing Guelph, spinster. Parents, Alex Bruce and Margaret Rawer, or similar. Witnesses Edwin Knowles and G.B. Bruce, both of Guelph. January 11, 1888, at Guelph. The groom was a Methodist and the bride a Presbyterian. Clergyman Thomas Wardrop, D.D. |
| Death | He died on 7 July 1926 at Seabrook, Harris County, Texas, at age 61. |
| Burial | He was buried at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris Co., Texas. |
| Note | In the 1900 U.S. census, William and Christina are in Temple, Texas. In the 1910 census, they are in Chicago. Christina is said to have given birth to 8 children, of whom 7 are living. In 1920, the family is in Harris County, Texas, with Madge, Douglas and Austin. William's mother is said to have been born in New York. In 1930 Christina is in Harris County, Texas, with sons Norman and Douglas. She is a widow. William's date of death, 7 July 1926, at Harris, Texas, is taken from a Familysearch database: Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, ex Texas Dept of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin, Texas. Find-a-Grave favours us with a photo of William's gravestone in Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. Years and locations of the births of the children are taken from various census years. |
Children of William Burnet Scott and Christina Bruce |
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| Last Edited | 13 Mar 2017 |