George Kay

George Kay was listed at No. 1 in the directories for 1878-79 and 1879-80.¹ He appears to have then moved to 15 Spring Gardens, Abbeyhill.² George Kay was born at Leith on 28 August 1847, son of William Kay and Jane Gavin.³ In 1881 he was described as a clerk in a money order office,⁴ and in 1877 as a timber salesman.⁵ He died aged 38 on 28 September 1884 at 15 Spring Gardens.⁶

George Kay married Elizabeth Stark on 28 December 1875, in Edinburgh.⁷ They had two sons born before moving to No. 1 Malta Terrace, named Ronald G. Kay (born 1876) and Frederick Arthur Kay (born on 28 April 1877).

George Ronald (or Ronald George) Kay was born in 1876.⁸ He was described as a clerk in Electoral Registers. He married Jessie Paterson Orchison at Moonzie, Fife on 03 June 1911.⁹ They lived for many years on East Trinity Road, Edinburgh.¹⁰ He died in 1953.¹¹

Frederick Arthur Kay was born on 28 April 1877.¹² He was a wholesale glass merchant, living at 25 Spring Gardens, when he enlisted in 1915.¹³ He served in France as a gunner in the Royal Garrison Artillery and was demobbed on 24 March 1919.¹⁴ He died at Perth on 11 April 1933.¹⁵

1. PO Directories 1878-79 and 1879-80.
2. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. KAY, George (Head). 685/3 37/ 03. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
3. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. North Leith, Midlothian. 05 October 1847. KAY, George. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
4. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. KAY, George (Head). 685/3 37/ 03. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
5. Births (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 19 May 1877. KAY, Frederick Arthur. 685/1 830. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
6. Burial registers. Edinburgh. 02 October 1884. KAY, George. City of Edinburgh Archives. BR0013. Ancestry collection ‘Edinburgh, Scotland, Cemetery Registers, 1771-1935′. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
7. Marriages (SR) Scotland. St Andrew, Edinburgh. 28 December 1875. KAY, George and STARK, Elizabeth. 685/2 389. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 08 September 2024.
8. Births index (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 1876. KAY, Ronald George. 685/1 582. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
9. Marriage announcements. Scotland. The Scotsman. 05 June 1911. KAY, George Ronald and ORCHISON, Jessie Paterson. p. 02, col. 08. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
10. Electoral registers.
11. Deaths index (SR) Scotland. Leith, Edinburgh. 1953. KAY, Ronald George. 685/8 436. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
12. Births (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 19 May 1877. KAY, Frederick Arthur. 685/1 830. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
13. War Office. Soldiers’ Documents from Pension Claims. Attestation. 12 December 1915. KAY, Frederick A.  WO 364/1965. Ancestry collection ‘UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
14. War Office. Service Records. 1915-1919. KAY, Frederick A. WO 363/. Ancestry collection ‘UK, British Army World War Service Records, 1914-1920’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 18 December 2022.
15. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. Inventory. 19 December 1933. KAY, Frederick Arthur. Ancestry collection ‘National Probate Index’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 14 December 2022.