Elizabeth (Laidlaw) Connacher (1826)

Born 3 Sep 1826 in Selkirk, Scotland

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1826^[1] . She was the daughter of Adam Laidlaw and Elisabeth Scott.

On the night of the 1841 Census (June 6) living at Newark Mill, Selkirkshire

LAIDLAW Adam M 55 Agricultural Labourer SEL

LAIDLAW William M 20 Agricultural Labourer SEL

LAIDLAW Mary F 20 SEL

LAIDLAW Elizabeth F 14 SEL^[2]

LAIDLAW ELIZABETH PETER CONOCHAR/FR1471 (FR1471) 30/08/1850 778/ 60 370 Selkirk

Elizabeth Laidlaw and Peter Conochar married in Selkirk in 1850^[3].

In the 1861 Census, in household of Lord MASSEY, at Reedley Gate, Lancashire, England

CONAGHER Peter G H Servnt M M 33 Gardener Unknown Dunkeld No Britain

CONAGHER Elizabeth Wife M F 34 Gardener Wife Scotland Selkirk No Britain

CONAGHER William Son - M 4 Lancashire Marsden^[4]

In the 1891 Census, at 1, Glenroy, Isle of Wight Hampshire, England

CONACHER Peter Head M M 64 Naturalist(Notem) Scotland

CONACHER Elizabeth Wife M F 64 Scotland^[5]

In 1891, Elizabeth's unmarried sister Mary left Scotland to live with Elizabeth. She died and was buried soon after.

Mary's gravestone reads as follows:

IN AFFECTIONATE

REMEMBRANCE

OF

MARY LAIDLAW

THE BELOVED SISTER OF

ELIZABETH CONACHER

OF GLENROY HIGH PARK RYDE

WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JAN 18TH 1899

IN HER 81ST YEAR

AND WAS INTERRED JAN. 20. 1899

ISLE OF WIGHT OBSERVER Saturday 30th January 1904 DEATH OF MR. P. SCOTT CONACHER.- Our obituary records the death of a well-known and much-respected inhabitant of High Park, Mr P. Scott CONACHER, which took place on the 27th inst. Mr CONACHER, who had resided at High Park for about 25 years, had been failing somewhat of late, but his health seemed to have rather improved during the last few weeks, and on Sunday last he was at his son's house, in apparently better health than usual. He was about on Tuesday, but on Wednesday morning at five o'clock he had some sort of heart seizure. He became unconscious, and died shortly before eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning. Mr CONACHER was noted as a very clever naturalist and taxidermist, (an occupation he had followed for 50 years) and the clever and life-like manner in which he could pose birds and animals secured him orders from all parts. He will be greatly missed in High Park, and by many friends to whom his genial and kindly manners had endeared him. he deceased was a native of Shipley, Yorkshire, and a nephew of the late Rev. P. SCOTT, of that place.

Sources

1. ↑ Selkirk Parish Baptisms
2. ↑ 1841 Census
3. ↑ Selkirk Parish Marriages
4. ↑ ["General Register Office: 1861 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/59036d71e9379091b1be0b3e : viewed 19 May 2022), Peter G H CONAGHER in household of Lord MASSEY, Reedley Gate, Lancashire, England; from 1861 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 9/3077, Folio 73, Page 34, Schedule 162, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.]
5. ↑ ["General Register Office: 1891 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/59033407e9379091b1f01966 : viewed 19 May 2022), Peter CONACHER, 1, Glenroy, Isle of Wight Hampshire, England; from 1891 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 12/892, Folio 48, Page 11, Schedule 56, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.]