Catherine Lyall

1910–1953 (Age 43)
Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life of Catherine

When Catherine Lyall was born in 1910, her father, Christopher Lyall, was 43 and her mother, Euphemia Swan McInroy, was 40. She married Harold Philip on 3 June 1936, in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom. In 1936, at the age of 26, her occupation is listed as milliner in Dundee, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom. She died on 20 June 1953, in Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 43, and was buried in Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Catherine Lyall
1910–1953
Harold Philip
1909–
Marriage: 3 June 1936

Spouse & Children

  • Catherine Lyall

    Female1910–1953Female

  • Harold Philip

    Male1909–Male

MARRIAGE
3 June 1936
Dundee, Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(7)

  • Euphemia Swan Lyall

    Female1893–Female

  • Thomas Marshall Lyall

    Male1895–1938Male

  • Johan Lyall

    Female1900–Female

  • Christopher Lyall

    Male1902–1987Male

  • Anne Lyall

    Female1907–2010Female

+2 More Children

World Events (8)

1913 · Leith dockers strike 1913

Age 3

The Leith dockers strike was a strike that brought the town of Leith to a standstill after dock workers demanded an increase in pay, better working conditions, and shorter hours. The strike had an effect on the local community by not allowing trade to flow smoothly out of the docks. There totaled around 4,600 people a part of the strikes and riots but it ended near the middle of August with no demands met. since then two more strikes would happen at the same location, once in 1983 and, most recently, in 1989.
1914

Age 4

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
1924

Age 14

First UK government led by the Labor party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.

Name Meaning

Scottish: probably from an Old Norse personal name Liulfr, composed of an uncertain first element + úlfr ‘wolf’, although Reaney gives this as a pet form of Lyon or Lionel.

Possible Related Names

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Catharine in entry for Philip, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
  • Catherine Philip in entry for Philip, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"
  • Catherine Lyall, "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices"

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