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Alexander Mowat Cardno

Male 1870 - 1955  (85 years)


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  • Name Alexander Mowat Cardno 
    Born 18 Jul 1870  Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Census 2 Apr 1911  Falkirk, Stirlingshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Commissionaire. Army pensioner 
    Died 2 Oct 1955  Tarbrax, West Calder Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I653  Cardno
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2022 

    Father Charles Calder Cardno,   b. 11 May 1840, Crimond, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1922, Aberdeen, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Jessie Mowat,   b. 19 Jan 1844, Pitsligo Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1910, Aberdeen, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1862  Pitsligo Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Family ID F237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret Rosie,   b. 1872,   d. 20 Mar 1932  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 27 Jun 1897  St Lukes, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Notes 
    • in Glasgow; with issue
    Children 
    +1. Marguerite May Cardno,   b. 10 Sep 1898, Dover, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1973, Concord, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +2. Jessie Gladys Evelyn Cardno,   b. 5 Mar 1900, Cairo, Egypt Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1981, Glenns Ferry, Elmore, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Amy Edith Cardno,   b. 5 Jan 1904, Nasirabad, India Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1908, Stenhousemuir, Stirlingshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
    +4. Frances Lilian Alexander Cardno,   b. 10 Sep 1905, Aberdeen Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1938, Falkirk, Stirlingshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
    Last Modified 26 Jan 2020 
    Family ID F241  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harriet Johnson,   b. 1887, West Calder, Midlothian Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1956, Tarbrax, West Calder, Midlothian Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 27 Oct 1932  Cobbinshaw Manse, West Calder, Midlothian Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2022 
    Family ID F1109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Jun 1897 - St Lukes, Chelsea, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Oct 1955 - Tarbrax, West Calder Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Alexander Mowat Cardno
    Alexander Mowat Cardno
    Alexander Mowat Cardno in later years wearing masonic regalia.
    Restored poster Seaforth Highlanders poster with image of Lance-Corporal Alexander Mowat Cardno
    Restored poster Seaforth Highlanders poster with image of Lance-Corporal Alexander Mowat Cardno
    Seaforth Highlanders poster Alexander Mowat Cardno
    Seaforth Highlanders poster Alexander Mowat Cardno
    Seaforth Highlanders poster with image of Lance Corporal Alexander Mowat Cardno
    Seaforth Highlanders poster restored
    Seaforth Highlanders poster restored

  • Notes 
    • Attestation 28 September 1887. Disharged 03 January 1905. Re-enlisted 07 September 1914; medical discharge 29 January 1915

  • Sources 
    1. [S122] Births (SR) Scotland, Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire. 18 July 1870. CARDNO, Alexander Mowat. 233/58. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed, 17 Aug 2022.

    2. [S94] http://www.anzwers.org/free/nickson/Trees/Mowat/.

    3. [S125] Census. Scotland., Falkirk, Stirlingshire. 02 April 1911. CARDNO, Alex (Head). 479/ 17/ 1. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed, 17 Aug 2022.
      1 Smith Street, Falkirk:
      Alex. Cardno. Head. 40. Marr. Commissionaire; Army Pensioner. Worker. b. Sandhaven, Aberdeenshire.
      Margaret Cardno. Wife. 39. Married 13 years; 5 children, 3 living. b. England.
      Marguerite M. Cardno. Daur. 12. b. England.
      Jessie G. E. Cardno. Daur. 11. b. Cairo.
      Frances L. Cardno. Daur. 05. b. Aberdeen

    4. [S16] Marriage Certificate.

    5. [S30] Cardno Manuscripts, (unpublished notebooks, c.1920-30).
      m. at Percyhorner

    6. [S95] British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 , Ancestry.com. , (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc).

    7. [S124] Marriages (CR) Scotland, West Calder, Midlothian. 27 October 1932. CARDNO, Alexander Mowat and JOHNSTON or MORRISON, Harriet. 701/ 41. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed, 17 Aug 2022.
      Alexander Mowat Cardno, widower, Chief Compulsory Officer (retired) aged 62 married Harriet Johnston or Morrison, widow, Housekeeper, aged 45.