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HAIMES, George Hairdresser, DNA Linked
(About 1806-1883)
TAIT, Helen (DNA Linked)
(1800-1869)
HAIMES, Andrew Candle Maker, later Tobacconist, DNA Link
(About 1830-)
NEILSON, Hannah
(About 1829-1864)
HAIMES, Charles Nelson Mason, later a Grocer
(About 1853-1895)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. TAIT, Martha Hately

HAIMES, Charles Nelson Mason, later a Grocer 2

  • Born: About 1853, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland 3 4
  • Marriage (1): TAIT, Martha Hately in 1876 in Garvald, East Lothian, Scotland 1
  • Died: 24 September 1895, 15 Montgomery Place, Edinburgh, Scotland 2
  • Buried: 26 September 1895, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 5

   Cause of his death was apoplexy.2

   Other names for Charles were HAIMES, Charles 6 7 and HARMES, Charles.4

   User ID: R101

  General Notes:

No Birth or Baptism record for Charles has been found.

In 1881 'Charles Harmes' was living with his wife Martha and son Andrew at 270 Leith Walk, Leith. He was a mason, 27 years old and born in Hawick, Roxburghshire.


"HAIMES
CHARLES NELSON
42
NELSON
M
1895
685 / 2 / 652
St Andrew (Edinburgh)"

from Index of Deaths

In his death certificate, Charles was recorded as a grocer married to Martha Tait, at the time of his death, and aged 42 years. His mother was deceased but his father still living. 2

  Research Notes:

THANKS

Patrick's People is indebted to G. Hendry for pointing out the existence of Charles and passing on details of his death.

  Medical Notes:

Marton Burnet MB certified the cause of death.

Archibald Cuthbert, who was the brother in law of Charles and had been present where he died, gave notice to the registrar at Edinburgh on 25 September 1895 of the death of Charles. 2


Charles married Martha Hately TAIT in 1876 in Garvald, East Lothian, Scotland.1 (Martha Hately TAIT was baptised on 8 September 1850 in Garvald parish, East Lothian, Scotland and died in 1930 in Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland.)


  Marriage Notes:

"HAIMES
CHARLES NELSON
TAIT
MARTHA HATELY
1876
707 / 4
Garvald"

from Index of Marriages

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, Index of Marriages.

2 GRO Scotland, Edinburgh Midlothian Deaths.

3 1891 UK Census, St Andrew's district, Edinburgh, Midlothian.

4 1881 UK census, Leith South; ED: 14; Page: 32.

5 ancestry.co.uk, Edinburgh, Scotland, Cemetery Registers, 1771-1935.

6 1891 UK Census.

7 1871 UK census, Haddington parish East Lothian; ED: 2; Page: 11.

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