John SCOTT, CAPT.

Birth:
14 Dec 1852/54
Westoe, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England
Death:
20/22 Jun 1940
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Marriage:
23 Nov 1876
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Father:
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   BIRTH: Frank Scott of Lerwick 1990
   MARRIAGE: same as above
   DEATH: same as above
Dwelling:	Main St Garriocks House. Lerwick (1881 census)
   Occupation: Seaman

NOTE
   MARRIAGE: John also married a Joan Jamieson or Hughson who had previously
             been married to Andrew Hughson (born 1847) and married Johanna or
             Joan in Walls 1882
             John Scott and Joan, his second wife built
             Adelaide the other half of Vingolf, completed in 1911.
             Later around 1922 they imigrated to Australia where she died. John
             returned to Lerwick around 1936.
                  
Elizabeth GRAY
Birth:
7 Oct 1855
Gunnister, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
6 Apr 1907
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974
   BIRTH: date from Frank Scott
   MARRIAGE: same as above
   DEATH: Frank Scott of Lerwick 1990

NOTE
   PARENTS: Mc.Gowan Gray
            Elizabeth was known as Betty and was a distant relative and was
            from Bressay.
                  
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
21/31 Jul 1877
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
7 Mar 1953
Sydney, Nsw, Australia
Marr:
3 Sep 1907
Liverpool, Lancashire, England 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974
         also Frank Scott of Lerwick
NOTE
MARRIAGE:to Jeannie Gray 3 Sep 1907 daughter of Wm Gray of Bressay (a relative)
             No family
     bayannie.info/Shetland  has death date 9 Oct 1952
                  
2
Birth:
21/31 Jul 1877
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
11 Jan 1942
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Marr:
26 Nov 1908
Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974

NOTE
    TWINS: McGowan Scott and John Scott were twins
    PARENTS: Mc.Gowan Gray
    MARRIAGE: to Mary Paterson 26 Nov 1908 and had one son.  McGowan or Mackie as
             he was called sailed at one time on the Great Lakes. came back to
             Britain and went into Iron mongery business and eventually owned
             business of Robt. Gorrdie & Son Lerwick.
             Mackie's son Jack born 4 Aug 1925 married Dorothy Johnson of
             Aberdeen 5 Oct 1949. Jack was badly wounded at Arnhem 2nd W. War
             was employed in a newspaper office in Aberdeen.
             Jack has a son John born 9 Dec 1951
               "  has a daughter Sheila born 10 feb 1956
               "  has a daughter Margaret born 27 Apr 1958
                  
3
Birth:
11 Aug 1879
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
25 Jan 1960
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Marr:
5 Sep 1911
Bingham, Nottingham, England 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974
   MARRIAGE: date from Frank Scott (son)

NOTE
   MARRIAGE: to Kathleen Violet Alger 5 Sep 1911 who was a daughter of a
             Methodist minister.  They had a son Frank who married Rhoda
             Ollason and they had one daughter. (Frank was born 2 Jan 1918)
             Kathaleen and Laurence also had one daughter Kathleen who married
             Alistair Robertson and they had 3 daughters. (Kathleen born 2 Sep
             1912)  Both Kathleen and Frank (brother and sister living in
             Lerwick) from Mary Cromarty above
                  
4
Birth:
29 Nov 1881/82
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
29 Jun 1955
Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
Marr:
22 Oct 1907
Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974

NOTE
   Peter married Mary Bethune and they had one daughter, Ruth and two sons, Ronnie
   and Bryan.
   Ruth married Harry Gray a descendant of the Bressay Grays
   Ronnie married in Lerwick and has one daughter
   Bryan in Bank in New york for a while and now in Bank in San Francisco 1974
                  
5
Birth:
28 Mar 1884
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
5 Mar 1951
Pitcaple, Aberdeen, Scotland
Marr:
12 Jun 1911
Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974

NOTE
   MARRIAGE to Robert Tullock about 1911
            Annie's son Jack now lives in Moose Jaw, Sask. who works in Roads
            Dept. there (has three sons)
                  
6
Birth:
11 Jul 1886
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
31 Mar 1959
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Marr:
11 Dec 1926
Brisbane, Queensland, Australi 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974
   MARRIAGE: from Frank Scott of Lerwick 1992
   DEATH: from the Sheltand Times

NOTE
   MARRIAGE: married an Australian in Australia - no family
   NAME CHANGE: Shetland Times - On 31 March 1959 at Brisbane Australia Capt.
                James Moffat son of the Late Capt. John Scott M.B.E. and brother
                of Laurence Gray Scot of Rocklea Lerwick.
            James Scott's name was changed to James Moffat.  James Scott when a
            a child was adopted by his Aunt and Uncle and they gave him their
           name of Moffat.  This information came from Mrs Cecilia Cowie. and
           the death anouncement in the Shetland Times confirms it.
   Frank Scott says that James Moffat Scott was brought up by James Moffat but
   documents such as marriage certificate James used his birth name of James
   Moffat Scott. His family down to the present day (1989) uses the name of
   Scott.
                  
7
William SCOTT
Birth:
3 Jul 1888
Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
25 Jul 1958
Sydney, Nsw, Australia
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974

NOTE
   OCCUPATION: worked in the growing of fruit in Australia- came over with the
               Azzyies in 1st World War and died as a result of war experiences
   MARRIAGE: single
    death place from    bayannie.info/Shetland
                  
8
Thomas Moffat SCOTT
Birth:
7 Nov 1890
Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
14 Jul 1918
Jericho, Jordan, Egypt
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974

NOTE
   MARRIAGE: Single
   OCCUPATRION: worked in a Bank - Went to Australia came back with Auzzies and
                was killed in Egypt 1st World War.
                Frank Scot says Thomas died in Palestine, 10 miles North of
                Jericho
   MARRIAGE: single
     bayannie.info/Shetland says death was  in Jordan Valley, Palestine
                  
9
Francis Halcrow SCOTT
Birth:
20 Oct 1892
Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
4 Apr 1917
France
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974

NOTE
   MARRIAGE: Single
   OCCUPATION: Frank was a chemist with Laing chemist, Lerwick
               Killed in 1st World War about 1917
                  
10
Birth:
10 Oct 1894
Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
2 Jan 1978
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Marr:
27 Jun 1925
 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974

NOTE
   CHILDREN:  none
   OCCUPATION: Robert - Capt in merchant navy now retired - living in Vancouver
               in poor health and no family
                  
11
Bertram SCOTT
Birth:
9 Oct 1897
Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
2 Jan 1919
Australia
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974

NOTE
   MARRIAGE: Single
   DEATH: of pneumonia on way to Australia after 1st World War
          from wounds
                  
12
Birth:
1 Jan 1899
Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Death:
29/30 May 1981
Orient Point, Nsw, Australia
Notes:
                   SOURCE
   CORR: with Mary (Cromarty) Johnson of Lerwick in 1974

NOTE from Frank Scott of Lerwick
   MARRIAGE: 1st - a Scotish women named "Shaw"
                   Divorced after 1945
             2nd - Lillian Freeman nee Nicolson born 4 Dec 1896
             No offspring
Thought to be living in Australia
Death place from bayanne.info/Shetland
                  
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John Scott, Capt. - Elizabeth Gray

John Scott, Capt. was born at Westoe, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England 14 Dec 1852/54. His parents were John Scott and Jean G. S. Gray.

He married Elizabeth Gray 23 Nov 1876 at Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland . Elizabeth Gray was born at Gunnister, Bressay, Shetland, Scotland 7 Oct 1855 daughter of McGowan Gray and Annie Hughson .

They were the parents of 12 children:
John Scott born 21/31 Jul 1877.
McGowan Gray Scott born 21/31 Jul 1877.
Laurence Gray Scott born 11 Aug 1879.
Peter Scott born 29 Nov 1881/82.
Ann Scott born 28 Mar 1884.
James Moffat Scott born 11 Jul 1886.
William Scott born 3 Jul 1888.
Thomas Moffat Scott born 7 Nov 1890.
Francis Halcrow Scott born 20 Oct 1892.
Robert Michael Scott born 10 Oct 1894.
Bertram Scott born 9 Oct 1897.
Samuel Hunter Gray Scott born 1 Jan 1899.

John Scott, Capt. died 20/22 Jun 1940 at Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland .

Elizabeth Gray died 6 Apr 1907 at Lerwick, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland .