Tour Scotland Video William Lindsay Mercer Gravestone Tibbermore Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the William Lindsay Mercer Gravestone on ancestry, history visit and trip to Tibbermore, Perthshire. William Lindsay Mercer was born in Edinburgh the 23rd of April, 1858. He married Ellen Lister in Cuckfield, Sussex, 1891. Ellen was born in Overton, Flintshire, Wales 1857. She was listed as a resident in the census report in 441 Langsell Road, Nether Hallam, Yorkshire, 1901. He was listed as a resident in the census report in 4 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh, 1861. William was a boarder 1871 in The Rectory, Barkston, Lincolnshire. He was listed as a resident in the census report in Anglesey Barracks, Portsea, Hampshire, 1891. He was listed as head of household in the 1901 census in 441 Langsell Road, Nether Hallam, Yorkshire. Lieutenant, 1 Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in 1891. Captain, Reserve of Officers in 1901. Major in the Yorkshire Regiment, " The Green Howards. " Laid to rest on September 4th, 1926.

Mercer is an English and Scottish surname. It is an occupational name, derived from the Old French word " mercier " or " merchier ", meaning a mercer, or a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles.

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