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Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

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Jurisdiction: Scotland
Registering authority: General Register Office for Scotland
Record type: mixed
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FamilySearch's index of the Scottish statutory registers of births, marriages and deaths. Birth entries name both parents; death entries name the deceased's parents and spouse.

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Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Marriage, 8 January 1857 Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For Alexander Arklay & Betsy Smith

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9GD-VGBZ : Fri Jul 31 17:19:58 UTC 2026), Entry for Alexander Arklay and George Arklay, 8 Jan 1857.

Marriage registration. Markup tags removed from FamilySearch's citation line. Indexed persons: Alexander Arklay (age 39 years, birth 1818), his parents George Arklay and Janet Smith Arklay, Betsy Smith, and her parents William Smith and Janet Dodds Smith.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Birth, 24 August 1859, Murroes Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For Alexander Arklay & Betsy Smith

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6TFG-LGLL : Fri Oct 25 22:06:22 UTC 2024), Entry for George Alexander Arklay and Alexander Arklay, 24 Aug 1859.

Birth registration of George Alexander Arklay (person #11547 in this family), father Alexander Arklay, mother Betsy Smith Arklay. The date matches the tree's 24 AUG 1859 exactly.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Birth, 1 May 1861, Murroes Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For Alexander Arklay & Betsy Smith

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9GJ-ND5C : Wed Dec 18 10:23:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Jessie Smith Arklay and Alexander Arklay, 1 May 1861.

Birth registration of Jessie Smith Arklay (#11548), father Alexander Arklay, mother Betsy Smith Arklay. Her middle name is the mother's maiden surname. Date matches the tree exactly.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Birth, 27 March 1863, Murroes Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For Alexander Arklay & Betsy Smith

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9G9-SHXQ : Wed Dec 18 05:32:30 UTC 2024), Entry for Helen Arklay and Alexander Arklay, 27 Mar 1863.

Birth registration of Helen (Nellie) Arklay (#11549), father Alexander Arklay, mother Betsy Smith Arklay. Date matches the tree exactly.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Birth, 28 January 1865, Murroes Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For Alexander Arklay & Betsy Smith

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS7M-6F2P : Wed Jan 01 10:05:26 UTC 2025), Entry for William Arklay and Alexander Arklay, 28 Jan 1865.

Birth registration of William Arklay (#11550), father Alexander Arklay, mother Betsy Smith Arklay. Date matches the tree exactly.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Birth, 2 July 1867, Murroes Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For Alexander Arklay & Betsy Smith

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSSK-TJTC : Sat Dec 28 08:01:35 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Stoddart Arklay and Alexander Arklay, 2 Jul 1867.

Birth registration of Mary Stoddart Arklay (#11546), father Alexander Arklay, mother Betsy Smith Arklay. Scotland, Births and Baptisms gives the same event as 2 Jul 1867 at Murroes, Angus. Date matches the tree exactly.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Birth, 25 June 1857, Dundee Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For James Kennedy Martin & Agnes Arklay

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6TFG-6WY2 : Fri Oct 25 18:32:24 UTC 2024), Entry for Thomas Martin and James Martin, 25 Jun 1857.

Birth registration of the tree's Thomas Arklay Martin (#14097), indexed as Thomas Martin, father James Martin, mother Agnes Arklay Martin, Dundee. Date matches the tree's 25 JUN 1857 exactly.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Birth, 14 January 1859, Monifieth Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For James Kennedy Martin & Agnes Arklay

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6TFG-1DY5 : Fri Oct 25 23:54:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Hannah Margaret Martin and James Martin, 14 Jan 1859.

Birth registration of Hannah Margaret Martin (#14098), father James Martin, mother Agnes Arklay Martin, Monifieth. Date matches the tree exactly.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Birth, 14 May 1871, Torphichen Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For James Kennedy Martin & Agnes Arklay

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9P8-S7RZ : Wed Dec 18 20:58:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Agnes Kerr Martin and James Kennedy Martin, 14 May 1871.

Birth registration of Agnes Kerr Martin (#12525), father James Kennedy Martin, mother Agnes Arklay Martin, Torphichen. Date matches the tree exactly.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Birth, 23 July 1872, Torphichen Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For James Kennedy Martin & Agnes Arklay

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSZH-XSN7 : Mon Jan 20 05:05:56 UTC 2025), Entry for James Kennedy Martin and James Martin, 23 Jul 1872.

Birth registration of James Kennedy Martin (#12524), father James Martin, mother Agnes Arklay Martin, Torphichen. Date matches the tree exactly. His mother died three weeks later.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Death, 15 August 1872, Torphichen Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For Thomas Arklay & Margaret Smith

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS74-L67V : Thu Jan 02 04:34:51 UTC 2025), Entry for Agnes Martin and Thomas Arklay, 15 Aug 1872.

Evidence for adding Agnes as a daughter of this couple: her death registration names her parents as Thomas Arklay and Margaret Smith Arklay. This family had no children recorded, and its husband's only existing citation is the same Ancestry 'Record for Agnes Arklay' page.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For Betsy Smith

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9GD-VGBZ : Fri Jul 31 17:19:58 UTC 2026), Entry for Alexander Arklay and George Arklay, 8 Jan 1857.

The same marriage registration names the bride as Betsy Smith, daughter of William Smith and Janet Dodds Smith. Her children's birth registrations index her as Betsy Smith Arklay.

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 Death, 15 August 1872, Torphichen Primary

Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891 · General Register Office for Scotland · FamilySearch

For Agnes Arklay (1836–1872)

"Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS74-L67V : Thu Jan 02 04:34:51 UTC 2025), Entry for Agnes Martin and Thomas Arklay, 15 Aug 1872.

Her death registration: Agnes Martin, age 36, birth 1836, died 15 Aug 1872 at Torphichen; indexed with Thomas Arklay and Margaret Smith Arklay (her parents) and James Kennedy Martin (her husband).