Life Events
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| Birth | Thomas Alexander Torrance was born circa 1853 in Loanhead, Edinburgh.1
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| Note. | He was in Kirknewton Midlothian in the 1861 through 1881 census records. In 1881 he was a Quarry Master.1 |
| Marriage | He married Jessie Davidson Dawson on 6 Dec 1881 in Warriston, Currie, Midlothian.
Thomas was the Manager of Coal and Lime Works and the witnesses were Robert Torrance (brother) and Jane Orr Dawson (sister).1 |
| Marriage | Thomas Alexander Torrance married Elizabeth Graham Stirling Kinross, daughter of Thomas Kinross and Mary Reid Stirling, on 29 Apr 1890 in Loig, Ardoch, Perthshire.
Witnesses were Robert Torrance [Thomas' brother] and Mary Kinross [either Elizabeth's mother or sister]. Married by George D Macnaughton, Minister of Ardoch. Thomas was a Contractor and Lime Merchant.1 |
| 1891 Census | Thomas H and Lizzie G Torrance appeared on the 1891 Census of Kirknewton & East Calder, Midlothian, at Camp Villa Burnhouse. Thomas was 37, birthplace Loanhead Edinburgh, and a Farmer. Lizzie was 29 and born in Leig Brars, Peeblesshire [sic - probably a poor transcription of Loig, Perthshire]. In their household were their children Janie F (7), Jessie G (7), Lewa A (4), and Mary R D (1 month), Lizzie's mother Mary Kinross (53), and a general servant [note: the first three children were Thomas' by his first wife].2 |
| 1901 Census | Thomas A and Lizzie G appeared on the 1901 Census of Liberton, Midlothian, at Limefield House, Main Street. Thomas was a colliery-agent, age 47, born in Loanhead, Edinburgh. Lizzie was 37 and born in Ardoch. Their children were Jessie G (17), Jane F (16), Helena A (14), Mary R S (10), William (8), and Roberta E (1).3 |