Birth: 6 AM 17 August 1874 Brodie's Square, High Street, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK
Father: Walter Ainslie c1835-1873
Mother: Mary Ann Purves c1838-1892
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: 7 PM 6 January 1955 Ballochhmyle Hospital, Maunchline, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
None known
Her father died before she was born.
Entry in Ancestry Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for Mary Ainslie born on 17 August 1874 in Innerleithen, Peebles, parents Walter Ainslie and Mary Purves.
Entry in the Register of Births for Mary Ainslie in 1874 in Innerleithen. "Page 23 1874 Births in the Parish of Innerleithen in the County of Peebles [...] No. 69 Mary Ainslie 1874 August Seventeenth 6 h 0 m am Brodie's Square High Street Innerleithen father Walter Ainslie Woollen Factory Dyer Journeyman) (Deceased) mother May Ainslie M.S. Purves 1860 July 20th Whitsome Infomant Mary Ainslie Mother [who made her mark] 1874 September 5th at Innerleithen".
In the 1881 census as Mary Ainslie aged 6, born in Innerleithen, Peebleshire, and living with her widowed mother (Mary), two brothers (John and William) and sister (Margaret) at Damside, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
In the 1891 census as Mary Ainslie aged 16, born in Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, a woolen yarn winder, and living with her mother (Mary), two brothers (John and William), and a boarder (Walter Wilson aged 9 and born in Peebles, Peeblesshire) at Damside, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
In the 1901 census as Mary Ainslie aged 26, born in Innerleithen, Peebles, single, a housekeeper and living with her two brothers (John and William) at 4 Damside, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
In the 1911 census as Mary Ainslie aged 36, born in Innerleithen, Peebles, single, a woollen yarn winder for a woolen yarn manufacturer, and living with her two brothers (John and William) and a boarder (Mary Thompson aged 10 and born in Peebles, Pebblesshire) in two rooms with windows at Damside, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
In the 1921 census as Mary Ainslie aged 46 years 10 months, born in Innerleithen, Peebles, single, a warp winder for Ballantyne Brothers & Co woolen manufactures, and living with her two brothers (John and William (head of family)) and a boarder (Mary K Thomson aged 20 years 7 months, born in Peebles, Pebblesshire, single and an assistant cashier at Innesleithen Co Op Society Ltd) in three rooms at Cairlea Cottages, Burghal, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
She was present at the death of both her brothers at Caerlee Cottages, Damside, Innerleithen on 4 May 1929 and 21 September 1929, and was the informant at Innerleithen on 6 May and 23 September 1929.
Two entries in Scotlands People Valuation Rolls as the tenent/occupier of a house in Caerlee Cottages, Innerleithen in 1930 and 1935.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Mary Ainslie in 1955 aged 80 in Mauchine. "Page 4 1955 Deaths in the District of Mauchline in the County of Ayr [...] see Reg. of ? ? Vol. 2 Page 218 February 12th 1955 No. 12 Mary Ainslie Wool Winder Retired 1955 January Sixth 7 hr 0 m P.M. Ballochhmyle Hospital Maunchline, Usual Residence 2 Logangate Terrace, Cummock aged 80 years father Walter Ainslie Woolen Factory Dyer (Deceased), mother Mary Ainslie M.S. Purves (Deceased) Fracture of Neck, of Left Femur, Bilatural ?, Pneumonia Congestive, Cardiac Failure Informant F W Cursetie Intimate Friend of 2 Logangate Terrace, Cummock".
Mary Ainslie was the first cousin once removed of Peter Purves, husband of Isabella Richardson Steele, wife of Robert James Gordon, father of Irene Alice Gordon, wife of George William Barton, brother of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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