Barbara Smith LOCKIE
1886 - 1958 (71 years)
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Name Barbara Smith LOCKIE Birth 13 Jul 1886 Whitton, Roxburghshire 
[1, 2] Gender Female Occupation Nurse [2] Reference Number V708 Individual Note Did not marry or have children. Emigrated to USA Death 1 Jun 1958 Mercy Hospital, Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA [3] Person ID I708 VaughanDavies Last Modified 29 Jan 2025
Father David Brown LOCKIE, b. Abt 1847, "Mid Crosswood", West Calder, West Lothian d. 15 Aug 1916, Whitslaid Farm, Hawick, Roxburghshire (Age 69 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth Kay BROWN, b. 3 Nov 1843, West Libberton, Lanarkshire d. 19 Feb 1889, Manorhill Farm, Kelso, Roxburghshire (Age 45 years) Relationship natural Marriage 30 Dec 1870 Libberton, Midlothian [4, 5] Marriage Fact They were second cousins. Marriage witnesses were Thomas Lockie and Mary Brown, possibly David's brother (P217) and Elizabeth's sister (P242) ???? [4] Family ID F282 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 13 Jul 1886 - Whitton, Roxburghshire 
Death - 1 Jun 1958 - Mercy Hospital, Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Travelled with her sisters Margaret and Mary to New York on the SS California (2nd class) sailing from Glasgow on 6/4/1912.
The US Nationalisation papers say she arrived in New York on 16/4/1912. One of the petitioners is George Ross, a machinest living in New York. Not sure if he has a connection to Thomas Ross who her sister Mary married.
In the NY 1925 Census, she is aged 38, and occupation nurse
In the federal 1930 Census, she is aged 44, and occupation servant
Her death certificate says she is a cook, and died of bladder cancer
- Travelled with her sisters Margaret and Mary to New York on the SS California (2nd class) sailing from Glasgow on 6/4/1912.
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