Thomas Spittal

   Cause of his death was Gastric fever (10 days).

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as an Apprentice Baker in 1851 in Leslie, Fife, Scotland.

• He appeared on the census in 1851 in Leslie, Fife, Scotland. Recorded (aged 20) as a lodger living with James Ireland (Master Baker, 42), his wife Ann (39), their children Jean (12, scholar), James (7, scholar), Robert (6, scholar), David (9 months), their neice Joan Falconer (15, servant) and fellow lodgers James Archibald (21, journeyman baker) and William Johnstone (19, journeyman baker).

• He worked as a Baker in Jun 1855.

• He worked as a Journeyman Baker from Jul 1858 to Mar 1859.

• He had a residence from Jul 1858 to Mar 1859 in Tanshall, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland.

• He was ill with gastric fever from Feb to Mar 1859.

Thomas married Christian Crawford, daughter of Brodie Crawford and Cecilia Elder, on 2 Aug 1853 in Templehall, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland. (Christian Crawford was born on 2 Jul 1825 in Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland, christened on 17 Jul 1825 and died on 25 Jul 1897 in Newton, Markinch, Fife.) The cause of her death was cerebral softening (2 months).

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They had marriage banns published on 2 Aug 1853 in Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland. Thomas Spittal, baker, and Christian Crawford, both residing in this parish, having been duly proclaimed were married on the second of August 1853 by the Rev Mr Alison U P Leslie.