Mary Hosie - my maternal great grandmother
One my 8 great grandparents
Over the next few months I intend to publish a short biography about each of my 8 great grandparents. Here’s the first one.
Mary Hosie was born on 18 Jul 1868 in Towie, a small hamlet in Aberdeenshire on the River Don. Her father Jonathan was a master shoemaker. Her parents didn't marry until she was nearly 3 months old on 10 October 1868 in Kildrummy in Aberdeenshire. The eldest of 5 siblings she had 2 younger brothers (James and William) and 2 younger sisters (Elizabeth and Jane known as Jeannie). They lived in Mossatside, "a farm steading situated on the old country road which lead from Alford to Strathdon".
In the 1891 census she has moved in with her Aunt (also called Mary Hosie) in Old Machar near Aberdeen and is working as a baker's cashier. She remained living with Mary for over 10 years, they moved house together and Mary appears on the 1901 census aged 33 and working as a wholesale confectioner's bookkeeper.
Marriage to William Dey
She married William Dey at 2pm on 20 Nov 1903 at the Central Hotel, Bridge Street, Aberdeen aged 35. He was 33 and I have a copy of their wedding invitation addressed to the Gammie family (her cousin Mary Hay Hosie married James Gammie).
Children
Their son William Hosie Dey was born on 7 Sep 1904 followed by my grandmother Elizabeth Mary Dey on 16 Dec 1906.
She was the only Hosie sister to get married and have children.
Death and Burial
Mary died aged 76 of intestinal cancer on 18 May 1945 in Laurencekirk.
She is buried with William in Allenvale Cemetery in Aberdeen.
What beautiful family photos! Thanks for sharing them and your great grandma's story.
The wedding invitation is so cool! I love researching my Scottish ancestors as the records are really incredible. I generally consider my ancestors as being from Aberdeenshire but at the time they left in the 1860's St. Fergus was a part of Banffshire inside of Aberdeenshire. Forever mixing up my searches.