William SMITH & Margaret SAYER or Margaret SAYERS
Obituaries, 1854 & 1880 respectively:
"At Dumbarton, on the 3d inst., Mr. Wm. SMITH, preserver of birds and animals."
"Margaret SAYERS SMITH, aged 75,
relict of the late William SMITH, sculptor and ornithologist, Dumbarton;
at Moray Villa, Cardross [Dunbartonshire, Scotland] 12th inst.
- New Zealand and Australian papers please copy."

Courtesy of C. McGEOCH

William SMITH, son of David SMITH & Sarah BLACK
b: Bef. 16 Feb 1806 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland (Map);
m: Margaret SAYERS or Margaret SAWYERS;
d: 3 Mar 1854 Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland;
Buried: Dumbarton Cem., Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Occupation:
1839 - Curator, Mechanics' Institute, Liverpool, England * (Map)
(1839 - Sculpture gallery built);
1839 - 1854 - Mason;
1851 - Ornitholigist & Sculptor;
? - Preserver of birds and animals (taxidermist)

* About Mechanics' Institute, Liverpool:
1825 - Mechanics' Institute, Liverpool founded as School of Arts;
1835 - Altered to Mechanics' Institute;
1985 - Closed & due to be demolished;
campaign to keep the building was headed by old-boy Paul McCARTNEY;
Now - LIPA Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts

Residence:
1848 - Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Map);
1851 - The Quay, Dumbarton (Map)

Margaret SAYERS or Margaret SAWYERS,
daughter of James SAYERS & Margaret MACARA
b: Bef. 23 Mar West (Old) Parish, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland;
m: William SMITH 17 Jun 1826 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Map);
d: 12 Mar 1880 in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Moray Villa);
Buried: Dumbarton Cem., Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Residence:
1848 - Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Map);
1851 - The Quay, Dumbarton (Map);
1871 - 49 Church Street, Dumbarton (Map)
(Widow, living with unmarried son Alexander SMITH, 22, ship draughtsman,
together with a servant, Elizabeth CONNELL)

Links to:
Birding in Scotland Today;
Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland - Parish (GENUKI);
Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland - Village (GENUKI);
Dumbarton Parish, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (GENUKI);
Dumbarton Town, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (GENUKI);
New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland;
Old Occupation Terminology;
Quay, "Shipyard at Dumbarton", Artist Samuel BOUGH 1855;
West (Old) Parish, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Maps:
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, Church Street, Map;
Dumbarton, The Quay, Map
Dunbartonshire, Scotland Area Map;
Liverpool Mechanics' Institute, Mount Street, Liverpool L1 9HF (Map);
New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland Map

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