William FALCONER

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 216682513
• _FNRL: 25 Jun 1939, Funeral notice, Edinburgh Evening News

Notes:

Edinburgh Evening News 23 June 1939, p7.
Gorebridge boy fatally injured
A 14-year-old Gorebridge boy was fatally injured as the result of a fall while at work in the premises of the Gorebridge Gas Company. He was William Falconer, son of Mr and Mrs William Falconer, The Avenue, Gorebridge, and while descending from the top of an embankment where he had been at work he fell to the ground. He sustained serious injures to the head, and died a short time afterwards.

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Birth:
FALCONER, WILLIAM, M, year 1924, ref 698/B 116, at Stobhill

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_FNRL:
Edinburgh Evening News 24 June 1939, p14 FALCONER.-At Gorebridge, the result of an accident, on 22nd inst., William, eldest son of Mr and Mrs William Falconer, jun., 5 The Avenue, Gorebridge. Funeral to Cockpen Churchyard on Sunday at 3 o'clock.

Died:
1939 deaths in the district of Stobhill in the county of Midlothian. No 14, William Falconer, gas fitter, 1939 June twenty-second at 3.45pm, at gasworks, Gorebridge, usual residence 5 The Avenue, Hunterfield, parish of Cockpen, male, 14 years, son of William Falconer, miner, and Janet Scott Falconer, M.S. Turnbull. Cause: Accident (fracture of skull). Informant, William Falconer, father, 5 The Avenue, Hunterfield.

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Buried:
UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Name: William Falconer Gender: Male Death Date: 22 Jun 1939
Death Place: Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland Cemetery: Cockpen and Carrington Parish Churchyard
Burial or Cremation Place: Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland
Father: William Falconer Mother: Janet Scott Falconer
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216682513/william-falconer

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