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Bessie Fetch Legg 1894–1980 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1894

Birth Location: , , Ord, Ord, Banffshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1980

Death Location: , , Inverness, Inverness and Bona, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Father: George Legge

Mother: Ann Lawrance

Spouse(s): James Spence

Children(s): John Spence, Georgina Spence, James Spence, William Spence, George Spence, Elizabeth Spence

Bessie Fetch Legg was born in 1894 in , , Ord, Ord, Banffshire, Scotland, the child of George Legge And Ann F Lawrance. In 1901, Bessie Fetch Legg was recorded in the census in Cotter House, Boghead, , Banff, Banffshire, Scotla. In 1911, Bessie Fetch Legg was recorded in the census in , , , Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland. Bessie Fetch Legg married James Alexander Spence, and had children including Elizabeth Jean Spence, George Spence, Georgina Brown Spence, James Alexander Spence, John Lawrence Spence, Marguerita Spence, William Spence. Bessie Fetch Legg passed away in 1980 in , , Inverness, Inverness and Bona, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Bessie Fetch Legg was born in 1894 in , , Ord, Ord, Banffshire, Scotland, the child of George Legge And Ann F Lawrance.
  • In 1901, Bessie Fetch Legg was recorded in the census in Cotter House, Boghead, , Banff, Banffshire, Scotla.
  • In 1911, Bessie Fetch Legg was recorded in the census in , , , Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland.
  • Bessie Fetch Legg married James Alexander Spence, and had children including Elizabeth Jean Spence, George Spence, Georgina Brown Spence, James Alexander Spence, John Lawrence Spence, Marguerita Spence, William Spence.
  • Bessie Fetch Legg passed away in 1980 in , , Inverness, Inverness and Bona, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

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Bessie Legg's Ancestors

Self
Bessie Legg
1894–1980
Birth Place: , , Ord, Ord, Banffshire, Scotland
Parents
George Legge
1870–1942
, , , Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
Ann (F) Lawrance
1873–1944
, , Ord, Ord, Banffshire, Scotland
Grandparents
George Legge
1848–1924
, , , Deskford, Banffshire, Scotland
Agnes Murdoch
1850–1933
, , , Alvah, Banffshire, Scotland
John Laurance
1831–1898
, , Banff, Banff, Banffshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Fetch
1842–1921
, , Banff, Banff, Banffshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Legge
1821–1901
Jessie Skinner
1827–1865
Robert Murdo
1804–1854
Mary
1815–
Alexander Laurence
1808–1851
Ann Fergusson
1809–1871
William Fetch
1810–1888
Jean Watt
1808–1891
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Legg
1799–1883
Margaret Goodbrand
1799–1888
George Skinner
1795–1864
Jean Munro
1797–1873
John Murdo
–1857
Mary Cruickshank
1769–1857
Forbes Watson
1800–1873
Thomas Laurence
1778–
John Ferguson
1771–
Christian Smith
1781–
James Fetch
–1888
Isabella Low
–1888
James Watt
–1891
Jane Bonnyman
–1891

Bessie Legg's Descendants

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Bessie (Fetch) Legg (1894–1980) m. James (Alexander) Spence (–AFT 22 JUL 1963)
  1. 1. John (Lawrence) Spence 1920–1988
  2. 2. Georgina (Brown) Spence 1916–
  3. 3. James (Alexander) Spence 1917–
  4. 4. William Spence 1925–
  5. 5. George Spence 1922–2018
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Jean) Spence 1924–2007

Bessie Legg's Timeline

4 Records

1894
1894
Birth of Bessie Fetch Legg in , , Ord, Ord, Banffshire, Scotland
, , Ord, Ord, Banffshire, Scotland
1901
31 MAR 1901
Age 7
Bessie Fetch Legg appeared in census in Cotter House, Boghead, , Banff, Banffshire, Scotland
Cotter House, Boghead, , Banff, Banffshire, Scotland
1911
2 APR 1911
Age 17
Bessie Fetch Legg appeared in census in , , , Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland
, , , Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland
1980
1980
Age 86
Death of Bessie Fetch Legg in , , Inverness, Inverness and Bona, Inverness-shire, Scotland
, , Inverness, Inverness and Bona, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1894
    Event Place: , , Ord, Ord, Banffshire, Scotland
    Record Source: National Records of Scotland website "Scotland's People"

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 31 MAR 1901
    Event Place: Cotter House, Boghead, , Banff, Banffshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1901 Scotland Census

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 2 APR 1911
    Event Place: , , , Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1911 Scotland census, Rathven, Banffshire, Scotland, head of household: George Legg

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1980
    Event Place: , , Inverness, Inverness and Bona, Inverness-shire, Scotland
    Record Source: National Records of Scotland website "Scotland's People

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