David Athya

David Athya, son of James Athya and Jane Wylie, was born April 9, 1859 at 112 Commercial Road in Hutchesontown, Glasgow, County Lanarkshire, Scotland. David was the third child born to his parents. The others were James Wylie Athya, Isaac Athya, Margaret Athya, John D. Athya, Hugh Wylie Athya, and a second son named David Athya. He is my husband’s 2nd great-uncle with their nearest common relatives being David’s parents.

When David was born, his father James worked with cotton as a Power-Loom Tenter. James, present at his birth, signed the birth register.

David Athya birth register (click to enlarge)

David didn’t survive infancy. In early September 1860, he contracted measles, one of the leading causes of death in Scotland at the time. Although under the care of a doctor, he died on September 14 at 103 Commercial Road in Hutchesontown. At the age of 17 months, David was buried at Southern Necropolis Cemetery in Glasgow.

David Athya death register (click to enlarge)

References

• 1861 Scotland Census, Hutchesontown Registration District, Glasgow Civil Parish, County Lanarkshire, Scotland.
• 1881 Scotland Census, Gorbals Registration District, Glasgow Civil Parish, County Lanarkshire, Scotland.
• David Athya, Statutory Registers Deaths 644/10 494, 1868.
• David Athya, Statutory Registers Deaths 644/10 976, 1860.
• James Aithie and Jane Wylie, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910.
• John Athya, Margaret Athya, Hugh Wylie Athya, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
• Knox, W. W., A History of the Scottish People: Health in Scotland 1840–1940, SCRAN Learning Culture Heritage; http://www.scran.ac.uk/scotland/pdf/SP2_3Health.pdf.