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Note: Baptism: Death: GROS: 1903 Dunfermline, Fife p54/160 David Mercer, jobbing gardener, widower of Ann Whyte died on 28th April 1903 at Limekilns, Dunfermline aged 87yrs. Father: David Mercer, Limeworker, dead; Mother: Isabella Mercer, ms Thomson, dead. Cause of death: Senile decay as cert. by Robt E Grieve. Informant: John Anderson, grandson, present. Census notes: David and Ann are on the 1841 census for Dunfermline, Limekilns 33/18 Ann Mercer 20 YES Ann Mercer 2 YES David Mercer 20 ag lab YES --------------------------------------------------------------------- David and Ann are on the 1851 census for Dunfermline Landward Book 1 (Charleston) page 36/149 David Mercer head 32yrs Moulders Lab. Torryburn Ann wife 31yrs Dunfermline Isabella dau. 9yrs Linlithgow, Bo'ness Elizabeth dau. 4yrs Dunfermline David son 1yrs Dunfermline note: Ann and Isabella's birthplaces may have been transposed by mistake. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ann is on her own with David probably at sea on the 1861 census for Limekilns Ann Mercer 42 Seaman's wife Bo'ness Isabella do. 19 Handsewer Dunfermline Elizabeth 14 do. David 11 do. Bazil 8 do. Agnes 5 do. --------------------------------------------------------------------- David and Ann are on the 1871 census for Limekilns (Dunfermline enumeration district 3 page 30/183 David Mercer 53 Boatman born Dunfermline Ann do. 52 Bo'ness Agnes do. 15 Dunfermline --------------------------------------------------------------------- David is on his own as a widower in 1881 census at Limekilns. Source: FHL Film 0203521 GRO Ref Volume 424 EnumDist 19 Page 27 Elizabeth Anderson dau. marr. 33yrs Charleston, fife John Anderson gson 16mths Limekilns, fife William Anderson son in law 29yrs Carter Gawkhall, Fife Agnes Whyte Mercer dau. 8yrs Limekilns, Fife David Mercer head wid. 63yrs Blacksmith Lab. Charleston. note: dau. Agnes Wyte Mercer of David died aged 21yrs in 1877. This Agnes Whyte Mercer is possibly an ill. dau. of Elizabeth? --------------------------------------------------------------------- David still has daughter Elizabeth and family with him in 1891 living in Limekilns. David Mercer head 74yrs general labourer Dunfermline, Fifeshire William Anderson son-in-law 39yrs Hostler Carnock, Fifeshire Elizabeth Anderson dau 43yrs Dunfermline, Fifeshire Agnes W Mercer gdau 18yrs Domestic Servant Dunfermline, Fifeshire John Anderson gson 12yrs Scholar Dunfermline, Fifeshire Helen D Anderson gdau 6yrs Scholar Dunfermline, Fifeshire -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By 1901 the family, still with father David in Main Street (Limekilns?), Dunfermline, Fife. David Mercer head 84yrs Retired Labourer Charleston, Fife William Anderson son-in-law 52yrs General Labourer Gowkhall, Fife Elizabeth Anderson dau 55ys Charleston, fife John Anderson gson 21yrs Apprentice Tenter Limekilns, Fife Nellie Anderson gdau 16yrs Yarn Winder Limekilns, Fife -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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