Misc. Notes
First name of ‘Annie’ from Pamela Booth’s book, “Blink Bonnie”, published March 2010. Pamela’s great-great grandparents were Robert Clark Higgie b.1855 and Jane Hearn Rapley.
Sailed to New Zealand with the Higgie family on the ‘Olympus’ in 1841:
Scott- Thomas age 26 Ploughman
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Mary age 20 [Therefore born circa 1820.
Her real name was Ann]?- John age 13 months (as at November 1840, therefore born circa October 1839) Died at sea 7/1/1841 "Intestinal Worms" Long 6.00N Lat 21.33W [North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Guinea, Africa]
Official first name of ‘Ann’ and surname, date of death, from:
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1s2/scott-thomasDate of marriage, place of marriage confirmed, from Scotland Marriage records found in May 2023:
Groom: Thomas Scott
Bride: Ann Wilson
Marriage Date: 30 Dec 1837
Marriage Place: Logie, Fife, Scotland
Year and country of death, different estimated year of birth, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2023:
1879/3466. Scott, Ann. Died age 65Y [Therefore born circa
1814]
Full date of death of 7 July 1879 confirmed from further searching in May 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.