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Elizabeth Tait 1826–1909 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Jul 1826

Birth Location: Grindiscool, Bressay, SHI, SCT

Death Date: 28 Aug 1909

Death Location: Old, Manse, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland

Father: William Tait

Mother: Margaret Morrison

Spouse(s): Gifford Gray

Children(s): Margaret Gray

Elizabeth Tait was born in 1826 in Grindiscool, Bressay, SHI, SCT, the child of William Tait And Margaret Morrison. Elizabeth Tait married Gifford Gray, and had children including Margaret Gray. Elizabeth Tait passed away in 1909 in Old, Manse, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Elizabeth Tait was born in 1826 in Grindiscool, Bressay, SHI, SCT, the child of William Tait And Margaret Morrison.
  • Elizabeth Tait married Gifford Gray, and had children including Margaret Gray.
  • Elizabeth Tait passed away in 1909 in Old, Manse, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elizabeth Tait's Ancestors

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Elizabeth Tait
1826–1909
Birth Place: Grindiscool, Bressay, SHI, SCT
Parents
William Tait
1789–1838
Wadbister Shetland Islands
Margaret Morrison
1795–1855
Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
Grandparents
Ross Tait
1754–1833
Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
James Morison
1762–1836
Ann Anderson
1760–1838
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elizabeth Tait's Descendants

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Elizabeth Tait (12 Jul 1826–28 Aug 1909) m. Gifford Gray (18 Jan 1816–1904)
  1. 1. Margaret Gray 1847–1893 m. Thomas Gaunson 1840–1929
    1. 1. Harriet Ganson 1883–1959 m. William (John Morrison) Gray 1881–1963
      1. 1. Norman (J) Gray 1915–1983 m. Jessie (Sloss) Morrison 1918–2011
      2. 2. William (John) Gray 1905–
      3. 3. Harry Gray 1909–1980
    2. 2. Williamina (Margaret) Gaunson 1881–

Elizabeth Tait's Timeline

3 Records

1826
12 Jul 1826
Birth of Elizabeth Tait in Grindiscool, Bressay, SHI, SCT
Grindiscool, Bressay, SHI, SCT
1897
5 JUL 1897
Age 71
Death of Elizabeth Tait in Uphouse, Bressay, SHI, SCT
Uphouse, Bressay, SHI, SCT
1909
28 Aug 1909
Age 83
Death of Elizabeth Tait in Old, Manse, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
Old, Manse, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Jul 1826
    Event Place: Grindiscool, Bressay, SHI, SCT

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 JUL 1897
    Event Place: Uphouse, Bressay, SHI, SCT

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Aug 1909
    Event Place: Old, Manse, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland

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