Children of Charles and Henrietta (Riddell) Findlay

2.3.2.1 Charles Findlay (1889-1951)

The lives of Charles Findlay and his wives, Isabella Laird Muir and Martha Walker, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.2.2 Martha Jane Mair Findlay (1890-1972)

Martha Jane Mair Findlay was born on 8 July 1890 in the village of Kirkton in East Kilbride. She was Charles and Henrietta (Riddell) Findlay's second child. She 14 years old when her mother died. When the 1911 census was enumerated, Martha Jane lived with her father and some of her siblings at 10 Main Street in the village of East Kilbride. She never married and died on 8 Jun 1972 in Hairmyres Hospital of peripheral circulatory failure, acute myocardial infarction, and urinary tract infection. She was 81 years old. Before her death, she had being living at Belmont House on Tasman Drive in East Kilbride. She was a retired office cleaner.

2.3.2.3 Mary Findlay (1892-1964)

The lives of Mary Findlay and her husband, William McMurdo Cherrie, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.2.4 John Findlay (1893-1972)

The lives of John Findlay and his wife, Susan Dundas, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.2.5 Henrietta Findlay (1896-1983)

The lives of Henrietta Findlay and her husband, John Turner, will be covered in future posts.

2.3.2.6 Alexander Findlay (1900-1917)

Alexander Findlay was born on 18 October 1900 in the village of Kirkton, East Kilbride, to Charles and Henrietta (Riddell) Findlay. He was their youngest child. Before he was a year old, the family had moved to Strathaven Road in the village of East Kilbride.  Alexander lost his mother in 1904. Seven years after that tragedy the family lived at 10 Main Street in East Kilbride Village. After his schooling was completed, Alexander worked as a compositor. He died on 4 November 1917 at Shotts Sanatorium in Calderhead Parish. He suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis and tubercular peritonitis for several months, but two weeks before his death, he came down with the most virulent form of consumption -- tubercular meningitis. He had turned 17 years old the month before his death.

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1891 Scotland Census, 05/04/1891 Findlay, Charles (Census 1891 643/00 001/00 017)
1891 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 1; Page: 17; Line: 9; Roll CSSCT1891_237
1901 Scotland Census, 31/03/1901 Findlay, Charles (Census 1901 643/00 002/00 009)
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 2; Page: 9; Line 4; Roll: CSSCT1901_262
1901 Scotland Census, Parish: East Kilbride; ED: 2; Page: 9; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1901_262
1911 Scotland Census, 02/04/1911 Findlay, Henrietta (Census 1911 643/00 002/00 014)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1890 Findlay, Martha Jane Mai (Statutory Births 643/00 0050)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1900 Findlay, Alexander (Statutory Births 643/00 0081)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, 1917 Findlay, Alexander (Statutory Deaths 626/0B 0101)
Scotland, Statutory Registrations, 1855-2013, Extract of an entry from the Register of Births in Scotland