Hugh Wylie Athya

Hugh Wylie Athya, son of James Athya and Jane Wylie, was born on July 17, 1865 in Hutchesontown, Glasgow, County Lanark, Scotland. He was the sixth child of eight—James Wylie Athya, Isaac Athya, David Athya, Margaret Athya, John D. Athya, Hugh Wylie Athya, a second son named David Athya, and Jeanie Aithey (per her birth certificate). Hugh is my husband’s 2nd great-uncle with their nearest common relatives being his parents. 

Hugh’s birth certificate shows he was born at home at 117 Hospital Street in Glasgow. His father was a power loom tenter at the time and was present when Hugh was born. The birth was registered in Glasgow on August 4.

Hugh Wylie Athya birth register (click to enlarge)

One of Hugh’s brothers, David, was born and died before Hugh joined the family in 1865. David, the third Athya child, was born in Hutchesontown on April 9, 1859. He contracted the measles and died in Hutchesontown on September 14, 1860 at 17 months of age. When another son was born in Hutchesontown on June 2, 1867, he was also named David. Sadly, he died at home in Hutchesontown on April 25, 1868 from hydrocephalus, “the buildup of fluid in the cavities (ventricles) deep within the brain” according to the Mayo Clinic. You may know this condition as water on the brain. This David was just 10 months old. Hugh’s sister Jeanie, the youngest Athya child, was born on June 26, 1869 in Hutchesontown. She died of double pneumonia in Hutchesontown on January 11, 1871 at the age of 18 months. 

When Hugh was six years old, he contracted chronic bronchitis and died on September 30, 1871. His family still lived in the same home on Hospital Street in Hutchesontown. His father, now working as a cotton yarn twister, was the informant on his death certificate.

Hugh Wylie Athya death register (click to enlarge)

Hugh was buried in Lair 860 at the Southern Necropolis Cemetery in Glasgow on October 2, joining his siblings David, David, and Jeanie in eternal rest. Isaac Athya, the proprietor for Lair 860, was their grandfather. 

Southern Necropolis Cemetery Register of Interments (click to enlarge)

References

• David Aithey, Statutory registers Births 644/10 1073, National Records of Scotland, 1867.
• David Athya, Statutory registers Births 644/10 608, National Records of Scotland, 1859.
• David Athya, Statutory registers Deaths 644/1- 976, National Records of Scotland, 1860.
• David Athya, Statutory registers Deaths 644/10 494, National Records of Scotland, 1868.
• Hugh Wylie Athya, Statutory registers Births 644/10 1366, National Records of Scotland, 1865.
• Hugh Wylie Athya, Statutory registers Deaths 644/10 1288, National Records of Scotland, 1871.
• Hydrocephalus, The Mayo Clinic; https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hydrocephalus/symptoms-causes/syc-20373604. 
• Isaac Athya, Statutory registers Deaths 644/3 227, National Records of Scotland, 1933.
• James Athya, Statutory registers Deaths 644/5 418, National Records of Scotland, 1913.
• Jeanie Aithey, Statutory registers Deaths 644/10 70, National Records of Scotland, 1871.
• John Athya, Statutory registers Births 644/10 858, National Records of Scotland, 1863.
• Margaret Athya, Statutory registers Deaths 646/1 140, National Records of Scotland, 1885.
• Registration district Gorbals, Civil parish Glasgow Gorbals, County Lanarkshire, Scotland census, 1881.
• Registration district Hutchesontown, Civil parish Glasgow Govan, County Lanarkshire, Scotland census, 1861.
• Southern Necropolis Cemetery burial register—Hugh Wylie Athya, Jeanie Aithey.