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1940 Died. 'The death occurred at Learnington Spa, on Sunday of Mr George Sutherland Abbott, formerly of Middleton, Ayr. Mr Abbott, who was in his 78th year, left Ayr between four and five years ago, and took up residence in Leamington. Before he went to Middleton, a well-known residence in Ayr, he resided in another well-known Ayr house, Braemar, Midton Road. With his brother, Frank Abbott, he came to Ayrshire about the beginning of the century to the well-known Kilmarnock firm of [[George Clark and Sons]], Ltd. shoe manufacturers. Clark and Sons was renamed the Saxone Shoe Company, a name which is now very familiar to the general public. Mr George Abbott is survived by a widow, who was a Miss Cable, of the Cable Shoe Company, and three sons and a daughter. The daughter is married to a son of Brigadier-General Walker, Redburn, Irvine.'<ref>Kilmarnock Herald and North Ayrshire Gazette - Friday 20 September 1940</ref> | 1940 Died. 'The death occurred at Learnington Spa, on Sunday of Mr George Sutherland Abbott, formerly of Middleton, Ayr. Mr Abbott, who was in his 78th year, left Ayr between four and five years ago, and took up residence in Leamington. Before he went to Middleton, a well-known residence in Ayr, he resided in another well-known Ayr house, Braemar, Midton Road. With his brother, Frank Abbott, he came to Ayrshire about the beginning of the century to the well-known Kilmarnock firm of [[Clark and Sons| George Clark and Sons]], Ltd. shoe manufacturers. Clark and Sons was renamed the Saxone Shoe Company, a name which is now very familiar to the general public. Mr George Abbott is survived by a widow, who was a Miss Cable, of the Cable Shoe Company, and three sons and a daughter. The daughter is married to a son of Brigadier-General Walker, Redburn, Irvine.'<ref>Kilmarnock Herald and North Ayrshire Gazette - Friday 20 September 1940</ref> | ||
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George Sutherland Abbott (1862-1940) of F. and G. Abbott and later of Saxone Shoe Co
Born at Northampton the son of William Abbott and his wife Margaret Glenny Sutherland. Brother of Frank Abbott
1897 Married Isabella Catherine Cable
1904 Birth of son William Sutherland Abbott
1940 Died. 'The death occurred at Learnington Spa, on Sunday of Mr George Sutherland Abbott, formerly of Middleton, Ayr. Mr Abbott, who was in his 78th year, left Ayr between four and five years ago, and took up residence in Leamington. Before he went to Middleton, a well-known residence in Ayr, he resided in another well-known Ayr house, Braemar, Midton Road. With his brother, Frank Abbott, he came to Ayrshire about the beginning of the century to the well-known Kilmarnock firm of George Clark and Sons, Ltd. shoe manufacturers. Clark and Sons was renamed the Saxone Shoe Company, a name which is now very familiar to the general public. Mr George Abbott is survived by a widow, who was a Miss Cable, of the Cable Shoe Company, and three sons and a daughter. The daughter is married to a son of Brigadier-General Walker, Redburn, Irvine.'[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ Kilmarnock Herald and North Ayrshire Gazette - Friday 20 September 1940