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Mary SHEARER

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Mary Malcolm
widow of
James Malcolm
W... ?
Largs

1863
June
Twenty first
4H. 30m. P.M.
Lad.. ? land
Lade Street
Largs
 

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William Shearer
...? builder
deceased
Margaret Shearer
M.S. Speirs
deceased

chronic bronchitis for
several years
as
Cert. by
J/I.? Campbell
M.D.
 

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Can only guess at Lade's land and dike builder (dyke)? Can't get the occuption as it looks like wander - could be winder but no dot above i.
 

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If it is Wand.. then the d does not look like the 'd' in Widow or Lade or land.

So Wan?? - I have no idea what the last two (or is it 3) letters are.

Perhaps Ladie land

It does look like Dike - the 'D' is like the one in M.D. and it's typical for the 'k' to be more like a 'K' even though not a capital.
 
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