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kiterunner
05-09-21, 18:27
Name - "official" name and what they were known as James Laurie
Date and place of birth Don't know
Names of parents Don't know
Date and place of baptism - if applicable Not found
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any 3 Mar 1709 Edinburgh, to Margaret More
Occupation(s) - if any Tanner
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!). Edinburgh, Midlothian
Date, place and cause of death 17 Feb 1732 Edinburgh
Date and place of burial. Feb 1732 St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Testament Dative and Inventory dated 2nd Aug 1732 only names Margaret Moor, and doesn't mention names of children.

Memorial inscription - if any
St. Cuthbert's Parish Churchyard, Edinburgh, MI:
594 Upright monument, finely carved with floral ornammentation, partly sunk in ground.
"Here lyes James Lawrie, tanner in Portsburgh, who died 17th February 1732, aged 48 years, and eight of his children who died young; also Thomas Crichton, stabler, burgess of Edinburgh, both husbands to Margaret More, died 28th March ___ aged ___ years."