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James Smith Moran 1924 – 1982 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Jan 1924

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 20 May 1982

Death Location: Torbay, Devon, England

Father: Harold Moran

Mother: Wilhelmina Smith

Spouse(s): Gladys Pillar

Children(s): Leslie Moran

James Smith Moran was born in 1924 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Harold Johnston Moran and Wilhelmina Smith. James Smith Moran married Gladys Hilda Pillar, and had children including Leslie James Moran. James Smith Moran passed away in 1982 in Torbay, Devon, England.

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Biography

  • James Smith Moran was born in 1924 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Harold Johnston Moran and Wilhelmina Smith.
  • James Smith Moran married Gladys Hilda Pillar, and had children including Leslie James Moran.
  • James Smith Moran passed away in 1982 in Torbay, Devon, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Moran's Ancestors

Self
James Moran
1924 – 1982
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Harold Johnston Moran
1903 – 1986
Wilhelmina Smith
1898 – 1957
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Grandparents
James Moran
1880 – 1915
Dumfries
Agnes Finlay
1881 – 1924
Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George Finlay
1843 – 1917
Agnes Johnston
1844 – 1933
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Finlay
1811 – 1898
Agnes Milroy
1799 –
James Johnston
1808 –
Elizabeth McMichan
1817 – 1903

James Moran's Descendants

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James (Smith) Moran (20 Jan 1924 – 20 May 1982) m. Gladys (Hilda) Pillar (20 Apr 1925 – 10 Sep 2007)
  1. 1. Leslie (James) Moran (1949 – )

James Moran's Timeline

2 Records

1924
20 Jan 1924
Birth of James Smith Moran in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1982
20 May 1982
Age 58
Death of James Smith Moran in Torbay, Devon, England
Torbay, Devon, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jan 1924
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 21; Page: 2180

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 May 1982
    Event Place: Torbay, Devon, England

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