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Archibald Smith

Male 1858 - 1924  (65 years)


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  • Name Archibald Smith 
    Born 30 Sep 1858  Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1895 
    farm servant/Ploughman 
    Died 28 Apr 1924  Rothesay, Isle Of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cause: Heart disease, embolism 
    • Died Canada House, Serpentine Road, Rothesay
      Catherine M Smith daughter is informant
    Buried Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Neil Smith,   b. Abt 1762, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1843, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)  (Great Grandfather) 
    Catherine MacNeill,   b. Abt 1781,   d. 7 Mar 1851, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  (Great Grandmother) 
    Notes 
    • Born Drumyeonshore
    Person ID I13  Clark
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2012 

    Father John Smith,   b. 5 Aug 1821, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1893, Drumyeonshore, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Other partners Mary MacNeill  m. 4 Aug 1859  
    Mother Catherine MacNeill,   b. 26 Jun 1833, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1858, Isle of Gigha, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 25 years) 
    Family ID F13  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Mysie (Marjory) Mathieson,   b. 24 Dec 1869, Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1936, Southend, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 24 Jan 1895  Muasdale, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Archibald Smith's addres at time of marrige: Drumyeonbeg, Parish of Gigha and Cara, Kintyre, Argyll, UK. Marjory Mathieson's address was Muasdale, Parish of Killean and Kilchenzie, Kintyre, Argyll, UK

      A Neil Smith and Kate Bannantyne were witnesses. Neil Smith was probably the brother of Archibald Smith.

      At the time of the marriage of daughter Marjory they were still alive and Archibald Smith is a ploughman.

      They lived at Carse Cottage Nr 1, Kilberry certainly till 1901as per the census
      1901 census Kilberry Public Road Carse Cottage No 1
      Archd Smith 42 born Gigha Occupation: Ploughman
      Marjory Smith 30
      Marjory Smith 7
      John Smith 5
      Angus Smith 3
      Archd Smith 1
      David Borland 28 Boarder
      Dugald Blair 47 Boarder
      John Carmichael 21 Boarder

      1911 census Buteshire
      Dunallunt Cottage 2 rooms with one or more windows
      Archibald Smith 52 head Gaelic + English speaker, ploughmanm worker, born Gigha
      Marjorie Smith 40 wife Gaelic + English speaker married 18 years, 8 children (all living), part time dairy maid, born Killean
      Marjorie Smith 17 daughter Gaelic + English speaker single dairy maid born Killean
      John Smith 15 son Gaelic + English speaker single milkman part-time, born South Knapdale
      Angus Smith 13 son Gaelic + English speaker school born South Knapdale
      Archie Smith 11 son Gaelic + English speaker school born South Knapdale
      Malcolm Smith 9 son Gaelic + English speaker school born Weymus Bay
      Catherine Mary Smith 7 daughter Gaelic + English speaker school born Weymus Bay
      Neil Smith 3 son Gaelic + English speaker born North Bute
      Donald Smith under 1 month son born North Bute
    Children 
    +1. Marjory Smith,   b. 8 Feb 1894, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1968, Colintraive, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Archibald Clark  m. 20 Feb 1914
    +2. John Smith,   b. 5 Nov 1895, Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Angus Smith,   b. 19 Sep 1897, Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Aug 1918, Etaples, Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
    +4. Archibald Smith,   b. 4 Mar 1900, Kilberry, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1962, Rothesay, Isle Of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Ellen Harper  m. 27 Aug 1919
     5. Malcolm Smith,   b. 14 Dec 1901, Inverkip, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1965, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    +6. Catherine Smith,   b. 17 Feb 1904, Inverkip, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1989, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Alexander Martin Buglass  m. 1941
     7. Neil Smith,   b. 13 Dec 1907, North Bute, Isle of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1983, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Elizabeth Jane Percy  m. 1943
    +8. Donald Smith,   b. 31 Mar 1911, North Bute, Isle of Bute, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1979, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    Kitty E. Burrell  m. 1939
    Last Modified 4 Aug 2012 
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart