Elizabeth Baird (Inglis) Scott (abt. 1832 - 1885)

Descendants

Died 25 May 1885 at about age 53 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Elizabeth Baird Inglis (married name Scott) was born around 1832, the daughter of Elizabeth (Watson) Inglis and John Inglis.

She was married to Arthur Wilson Scott. Their children were:

• Walter George Scott (1860–?)^[1]
• Elizabeth Watson Scott (1863–?)^[2]
• Robert Orr Scott (1865–?)^[3]
• Florence Douglas Scott (1868–1892)^[4]
• Jane Stokes Scott (1874–?)^[5]

Elizabeth died on 25 May 1885 at her home, "Clyde Bank Cottage" on Studley Street in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, aged 53 years.^[6][7] Her remains were buried at the Melbourne General Cemetery.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record: 5776 / 1860. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Name: Walter George SCOTT); (Place: COLL); (Mother: Elizabeth INGLIS); (Father: Arthur Wilson)
2. ↑ Birth record: 1673 / 1863. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Name: Elizabeth Watson SCOTT); (Place: COLL); (Mother: Elizabeth INGLIS); (Father: Arthur Wilson)
3. ↑ Birth record: 7685 / 1865. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Name: Robert Orr SCOTT); (Place: COLL); (Mother: Elizabeth INGLIS); (Father: Arthur Wilson)
4. ↑ Birth record: 1800 / 1868. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Name: Florence Douglas SCOTT); (Place: C'WOOD); (Mother: Elizabeth Baird INGLIS); (Father: Arthur Wilson)
5. ↑ Birth record: 21900 / 1874. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Name: Jane Stokes SCOTT); (Place: C'WOOD); (Mother: Elizabeth INGLIS); (Father: Arthur Wilson)
6. ↑ Death record: 4768 / 1885. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Elizth Baird SCOTT); (Place of death: C'WOOD); (Age at death: 53); (Spouse at death: Arthur Wilson SCOTT); (Mother: Elizth WATSON); (Father: Inglis Jno)
7. ↑ "Deaths." 30 May 1885. Leader (Melbourne), page 42. Retrieved 18 June 2022 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197986322.

   SCOTT.—On 25th May, passed away, after five months' great suffering, at her residence, Clyde Bank Cottage, Studley-street, Collingwood, Elizabeth Baird Inglis, wife of Arthur W. Scott, brassfounder, eldest and last surviving daughter of the late John Inglis, Oldbasin, Port Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland, in her 53rd year.

8. ↑ "Funeral notices." 26 May 1885. The Age (Melbourne), page 8. Retrieved 18 June 2022 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/191199162.

   THE Friends of Mr. ARTHUR W. SCOTT (brass founder) are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his beloved wife, Elizabeth Baird Inglis Scott, to their last resting place. In the Melbourne General Cemetery. The funeral will move from his residence. Clydebank Cottage, Studley-street, Collingwood, TO-MORROW (Wednesday), 27th May, at a quarter to 3 o'clock precisely.
   W. G. RAVEN, Undertaker, Smith-street, Fitzroy, Brunswick-street, Fitzroy North, and at Rathdown-street, south end, Carlton.