Friday, 18 March 2016

John Pyle

John Pyle appears in the Cumnock Chronicle list of men serving in WW1. He is an engineer on board HMS Anne, a seaplane carrier.

John was born on 7 February 1891 in Dumfries the son of a tailor William Lockerbie Pyle and Carolina Boggie Wilson.

The family was in Cumnock by 1899 when sister Robina was born.

In the 1901 census they are in Townhead Street and father William is a tailor's cutter.
William Pyle 32
Caroline Pyle 31
John Pyle 10
Caroline Pyle 8
Robina Pyle 1

In the 1911 census they are in 4 Waterside Place and John is an engineer, mechanical
There are two nieces living with them Mary 8 and Elizabeth Pyle 2 born in Dumfries.

John died in Cumnock in 1975.


PC written to his sister Ruby (Robina)



John in Cumnock Connections tree

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