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Matthew Gardiner Scott 1804–1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 JUL 1804

Birth Location: Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 13 JUN 1889

Death Location: Block DB. Plot 133. New Cemetery, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand

Father: James Scott

Mother: Lillias Moffatt

Spouse(s): Margaret Coats, Susannah None, Margaret Hunter

Children(s): Mary SCOTT, James Scott, Thomas Scott, Matthew Scott, William Scott, Matthew Scott, Lillias Scott, John Scott

Matthew Gardiner Scott was born in 1804 in Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of James Scott And Lillias Moffatt. In 1841, Matthew Gardiner Scott resided in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Matthew Gardiner Scott married Margaret Coats, Margaret Hunter, Susannah, and had children including James Gardiner Scott, John Coats Scott, Lillias Moffat Scott, Mary Scott, Matthew Gardiner Scott, Thomas Scott, William Scott. Matthew Gardiner Scott passed away in 1889 in Block DB. Plot 133. New Cemetery, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Matthew Gardiner Scott was born in 1804 in Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of James Scott And Lillias Moffatt.
  • In 1841, Matthew Gardiner Scott resided in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • Matthew Gardiner Scott married Margaret Coats, Margaret Hunter, Susannah, and had children including James Gardiner Scott, John Coats Scott, Lillias Moffat Scott, Mary Scott, Matthew Gardiner Scott, Thomas Scott, William Scott.
  • Matthew Gardiner Scott passed away in 1889 in Block DB. Plot 133. New Cemetery, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Scott
1774–1859
Birth Location: South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
JS
Lillias Moffatt
1778–1858
Birth Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LM

Spouses(s)

Margaret Coats
1806–1843
Birth Location: High Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland
MC
Susannah None
1840–1889
Birth Location: –
S
Margaret Hunter
–1849
Birth Location: –
MH

Children(s)

Mary SCOTT
1836–1876
Birth Location: Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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James Scott
1828–1916
Birth Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JS
Thomas Scott
1830–1881
Birth Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
TS
Matthew Scott
1832–1833
Birth Location: Bothwell, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
MS
William Scott
1834–1847
Birth Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
WS
Matthew Scott
1838–1922
Birth Location: Uddingston in Bothwell parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Lillias Scott
1840–1936
Birth Location: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
LS
John Scott
1843–1920
Birth Location: Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JS

Matthew Scott's Ancestors

Self
Matthew Scott
1804–1889
Birth Place: Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
James Scott
1774–1859
South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Lillias Moffatt
1778–1858
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Scott
1740–
South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Jean Gardiner
1740–
Lanarkshire, UK
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matthew Scott's Descendants

1.
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Matthew (Gardiner) Scott (25 JUL 1804–13 JUN 1889) m. Margaret Coats (ABT 1806–30 Apr 1843) m. Susannah (1840–22 JUN 1889) m. Margaret Hunter (–7 APR 1849)
  1. 1. Mary SCOTT 1836–1876 m. John SOLOMON 1832–1890
    1. 1. Lillias (Scott) Carey 1865–1935 m. George (Hutchinson) Carey 1844–1931
      1. 1. George (Hutchinson) Carey 1890–1971 m. May Carey 1895–1965
        1. 1. Allen (Boyce) Carey 1922–1982 m. Lorna (Minnet) Lassen 1923–2012
        2. 2. Irene (Lillias Valerie) Carey 1916–2001 m. Cecil (Arthur) Brew 1907–1990
        3. 3. George (Robert Durrant) Carey 1918–1992 m. Shirley (Barbara) Boardman 1925–2002
        4. 4. Miles (Rowland) Carey 1929–1990 m. Louisa (June) Carey 1929–2016
        5. 5. Eunice (May) Carey 1915–1981 m. Bennett ("Jock") Sanson 1914–1992
      2. 2. Minnie (Hannah Hutchinson) Carey 1892–1959
      3. 3. Thomas Carey 1896–1896
      4. 4. Julia (Ann Margaret Reid) CAREY 1904–1998
      5. 5. Lucy (Harriet) CAREY 1902–1997 m. Patrick McGettigan 1900–1960
        1. 1. Robert (Ellison) McGettigan 1944–2015
      6. 6. May (Emily Irene) CAREY 1897–1975 m. George (David) Marshall 1901–1944
      7. 7. Alice (Eleanor) CAREY 1908–1944 m. William (Henry Jackson) Ledgerwood 1903–2002
      8. 8. John (Henry Edward) CAREY 1894–1962 m. Ada Williams 1895–1979
        1. 1. Lillias (Minnie) Carey 1919–1982
        2. 2. Estelle (Joan) Evans 1928–2016 m. Raymond Evans 1923–1997
        3. 3. Roland (Gary Reid) Carey 1940–2016
        4. 4. Ada (Frances) Carey 1939–2014
        5. 5. George (Edward Boyce) Carey 1917–1976
        6. 6. Morris (Desmond) Carey 1936–1973
        7. 7. Clanare Carey 1929–2010
        8. 8. Joyce Carey 1925–2015
        9. 9. John (Arthur) Carey 1935–1985
        10. 10. Peter Carey 1932–2019
        11. 11. Lily ((?New person)) Carey
      9. 9. Ena (Lillias) CAREY 1906–1990
      10. 10. Arthur (Boyce) CAREY 1899–1966
    2. 2. William (Samuel) SOLOMON 1860–1918 m. Eliza (Margaret) Keenan 1868–1949
      1. 1. Mathew (Gardiner Scott) Solomon 1885–1905
      2. 2. Mary (Margaret Scott) Solomon 1889–
      3. 3. Ann (Coates) Solomon 1892–
      4. 4. Francis (James) Solomon 1895–
      5. 5. Margaret (Ann) Solomon 1898–
      6. 6. Ellen (Scott) Solomon 1901–1983
      7. 7. William (John) Solomon 1887–
    3. 3. Matthew (Gardiner Scott) SOLOMON 1863–1905 m. Margaret (Ann) Thomson 1865–1944
      1. 1. James Thomson 1884–1947
    4. 4. Wilburgh (Beck) SOLOMON 1868–1885
    5. 5. Mary (Margaret) SOLOMON 1869–1945 m. Stewart MACDONALD 1876–1947
      1. 1. Norman (Andrew Lothian) MacDonald 1897–
      2. 2. Alice (Myrtle) MacDonald 1894–
    6. 6. Ellen SOLOMON 1872–1949 m. Donald (McFarlane Fletcher (born) FLETCHER) 1866–1934
      1. 1. Ivy (Euphemia) Fletcher 1899–1979 m. Robert (Marchant) Middleditch 1897–1974
      2. 2. Annabella (Wilberg Wilburgh Amabel) FLETCHER 1894–1899
      3. 3. Donald (John) FLETCHER 1896–1962
      4. 4. Ellen (Mary Scott) FLETCHER 1909–1994
    7. 7. Ann (Coats) SOLOMON 1873–1958 m. William Yeoman 1870–1948
      1. 1. Edna (Doreen) Simpson 1900–1986
      2. 2. Edward (John) Yeoman 1902–1902
      3. 3. Dorothy (Ann) Green 1903–1986
      4. 4. Stanley (George Matthew) Yeoman 1905–1968
      5. 5. Ernest (William) Yeoman 1914–2009
    8. 8. John (Charles Coates) Solomon 1876–1881
  2. 2. James (Gardiner) Scott 1828–1916 m. Ellen ((Helen)) LOWRIE 1826–1901
    1. 1. John SCOTT 1866–
    2. 2. Margaret SCOTT 1867–1914
    3. 3. Ellen (Nellie) SCOTT 1863–1947
    4. 4. Margaret SCOTT 1853–1855
    5. 5. Matthew (Gardiner) SCOTT 1856–1880
    6. 6. James (Gardiner) SCOTT 1860–1939 m. Marion LAWRIE 1862–1912
  3. 3. Thomas Scott 1830–1881
  4. 4. Matthew (Gardiner) Scott 1832–1833
  5. 5. William Scott 1834–1847
  6. 6. Matthew (Gardiner) Scott 1838–1922
  7. 7. Lillias (Moffat) Scott 1840–1936
  8. 8. John (Coats) Scott 1843–1920

Matthew Scott's Timeline

6 Records

1804
25 JUL 1804
Birth of Matthew Gardiner Scott in Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1804
29 JUL 1804
Matthew Gardiner Scott was baptized in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1841
1841
Age 37
Matthew Gardiner Scott resided here in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 47
Matthew Gardiner Scott resided here in Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1889
10 JUN 1889
Age 85
Death of Matthew Gardiner Scott in Dowling Bay, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand
Dowling Bay, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand
1889
13 JUN 1889
Age 85
Burial of Matthew Gardiner Scott in Block DB. Plot 133. New Cemetery, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand
Block DB. Plot 133. New Cemetery, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 JUL 1804
    Event Place: Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 29 JUL 1804
    Event Place: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Bothwell; ED: 7; Page: 9; Line: 1230; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 27 NOV 1847
    Event Place: Houston and Killellan, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Uddingston, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Bothwell; ED: 4; Page: 2; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1851_149; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 JUN 1889
    Event Place: Dowling Bay, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 13 JUN 1889
    Event Place: Block DB. Plot 133. New Cemetery, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand
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