David Brash
David was born on April 8th, 1778 in
Linlithgow.
1 2 David's father was
David Brash and his mother was
Margaret Easton. He had a brother and four sisters, named
Alexander,
Margaret,
Magdalene,
Jean and
Elisabeth. He was the second youngest of the six children. He died due to a respiratory problem and/or pneumonia, chronic bronchitis, duration 5 days, at the age of 85 on January 16th, 1864 in
Leith. He was buried in
Edinburgh.
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- Death Notes
- Brash David 24/02/1864 wine and spirit merchant in Leith Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills SC70/4/90
(5 pages)
Brash David 24/02/1864 Grocer and Wine & Spirit Merchant in Leith Inventory Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories SC70/1/119
(13 pages)
BRASH
DAVID
1864
692/2 50
Leith South
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Occupation Details
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From 1841 to 1864 David's occupation was Merchant Grocer Spirit Dealer in sales in
Leith.
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From December 24th, 1828 to December 25th, 1828 his occupation was juror for High Court, Edinburgh.
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- Occupation Notes
- trial of William Burke, resulting in death penalty.
From May 1847 his occupation was Edinburgh district committee member volunteer for National Association for the reform of Excise Abuses.
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From 1849 his occupation was bankrupt.
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From 1861 his occupation was grocer and spirit merchant in sales.
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Whereabouts
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David lived in
Leith for 36 years from 1828 to 1864.
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- Occupancy/Contact Notes
- 1828: Coalhill, Leith (see Burke and Hare trial)
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Connections & Relationships
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Individual Additional Information
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