James SHIRRA
Birth:
16 Jan 1865
Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland
Death:
19 Nov 1956
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Burial:
21 Nov 1956
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Marriage:
Abt 1901
Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
REGISTRAR GENERALS OFFICE FALKIRK, STIRLING SCOTLAND PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF FRANCIS COWAN SHIRRA. See his biography in possession of Graham F Shirra.
He was a Gratefitter at the Grahamstown Ironworks but earlier was a soldier in the 42nd Black Watch Regiment and fought in the Egyptian and Sudan Campaigns under General Kitchiner at Khartoum and Tel El Kaber,Sudan in 1882 when he was 17.
.IGIa shows marriage date "abt 1889",F#455259
The 1881 Census shows him living with his parents at 107 Bainsford, Falkirk, Scotland.
DEATH: Jane McIvor Shirra has the date of death as 18 Nov 1956 and his plaque at the Mount Thompson Crematorium states that he died 17 Nov 1956.
Agnes Wright MUTER
Birth:
27 Nov 1866
Faldhouse, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Death:
19 Nov 1957
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Burial:
21 Nov 1957
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Source IGI m,Fische # 6035516.
This was the grandmother that I knew.
BURIAL: Agnes was cremated at the Brisbane,Queensland,Australia Crematorium.
IGI m also shows Birthplace as Whitburn, West Lothian,Scotland.
DEATH: Her plaque at the Mt Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane, states that she died 21 Nov 1957.
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James Shirra - Agnes Wright Muter
James Shirra
was born at Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland 16 Jan 1865.
His parents were James Shirra and Jane Bowie Rule.
He married Agnes Wright Muter Abt 1901 at Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland . Agnes Wright Muter was born at Faldhouse, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland 27 Nov 1866 .
James Shirra died 19 Nov 1956 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia .
Agnes Wright Muter died 19 Nov 1957 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia .