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Elisha Whyte Currie 1888 – 1955 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Jan 1888

Birth Location: Falkirk,Stirlingshire

Death Date: 06 Mar 1955

Death Location: Dunedin, New Zealand

Father: Henry Currie

Mother: Isabella Whyte

Spouse(s): Andrew Watson

Children(s): Helen Watson, Jean Watson, Gabriel Watson, Andrew Watson, Elisha Watson, Elizabeth Watson, Walter Watson

Elisha Whyte Currie was born in 1888 in Falkirk,Stirlingshire, the child of Henry Currie and Isabella Whyte. Elisha Whyte Currie married Andrew Wallace Watson, and had children including Helen Hunter Prentice Watson, Jean Hunter Watson, Gabriel Wood Watson, Andrew Wallace Watson, Elisha Whyte Watson, Elizabeth Hunter Watson, Walter Bruce Watson. Elisha Whyte Currie passed away in 1955 in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Elisha Whyte Currie was born in 1888 in Falkirk,Stirlingshire, the child of Henry Currie and Isabella Whyte.
  • Elisha Whyte Currie married Andrew Wallace Watson, and had children including Helen Hunter Prentice Watson, Jean Hunter Watson, Gabriel Wood Watson, Andrew Wallace Watson, Elisha Whyte Watson, Elizabeth Hunter Watson, Walter Bruce Watson.
  • Elisha Whyte Currie passed away in 1955 in Dunedin, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elisha Currie's Ancestors

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Elisha Currie
1888 – 1955
Birth Place: Falkirk,Stirlingshire
Parents
Henry Currie
1839 – 1905
Campsie, S, Dunbarton
Isabella Whyte
1854 – 1924
Dalziel, Lanarkshire
Grandparents
Henry Currie
1807 – 1888
Co Antrim, Ireland
Margaret Linn
1804 – 1870
Co Antrim, Ireland
John PRENTICE
1831 – 1857
Dalziel,Lanarkshire, Scotland
Helen Dyer
1830 – 1902
Largs, Ayrshire
Great-Grandparents
Isaac Lynn
Jane Bryans
1780 – 1870
Robert Prentice
1787 – 1830
Isabella Prentice
1796 – 1855
William Dyer
Mary Ross
1805 – 1859
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Prentice
1758 – 1841
Grizal Harvie
1764 –
John Prentice
1758 –
Grisel Harvie
1764 –

Elisha Currie's Descendants

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Elisha (Whyte) Currie (15 Jan 1888 – 06 Mar 1955) m. Andrew (Wallace) Watson (06 May 1886 – 21 Jul 1971)
  1. 1. Helen (Hunter Prentice) Watson (05 Nov 1911 – 22 Jun 1985) m. Alfred (Errol) Ansell (October 1911 – 20 Dec 1963)
  2. 2. Jean (Hunter) Watson (11 Oct 1914 – 2000) m. Alan (George) Macgregor (1909 – 1986)
    1. 1. Alan (Kenneth) McGregor (1942 – 2013) m. Deanna (Elva) Duncan (17 Apr 1940 – 20 Oct 2020) m. Lexene
      1. 1. Mel Whyte (9 Oct 1971 – )
        1. 1. Dylan Whyte (29 Aug 1992 – )
        2. 2. Tyrone Bingle (10 May 1995 – )
        3. 3. Angel Rutherford (28 Jan 1997 – )
        4. 4. Brayden Walker (11 Oct 2002 – )
  3. 3. Gabriel (Wood) Watson (01 May 1917 – 26 Sep 1992) m. Mary (Edwards) Liddel
  4. 4. Andrew (Wallace) Watson (15 Jul 1918 – 16 Dec 1988) m. Lorna ((twin)) Campbell (22 Jan 1923 – 30 Dec 1986)
  5. 5. Elisha (Whyte) Watson (04 Nov 1919 – 04 Nov 1919)
  6. 6. Elizabeth (Hunter) Watson (07 Dec 1921 – 19 July 2018) m. John (William Stephen) Callander (05 Jan 1909 – 28 May 1976)
  7. 7. Walter (Bruce) Watson (14 Aug 1926 – 30 Apr 2004)

Elisha Currie's Timeline

3 Records

1888
15 Jan 1888
Birth of Elisha Whyte Currie in Falkirk,Stirlingshire
Falkirk,Stirlingshire
1955
06 Mar 1955
Age 67
Death of Elisha Whyte Currie in Dunedin, New Zealand
Dunedin, New Zealand
1955
8 Mar 1955
Age 67
Burial of Elisha Whyte Currie in Dunedin, Otago, Otago, New Zealand, New Zealand
Dunedin, Otago, Otago, New Zealand, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Jan 1888
    Event Place: Falkirk,Stirlingshire
    Record Source: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Mar 1955
    Event Place: Dunedin, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 8 Mar 1955
    Event Place: Dunedin, Otago, Otago, New Zealand, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

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