Catherine Wright Shanks

1911 - 2003  (91 years)

• Name	Catherine Wright Shanks
  Born	23 Sep 1911	Tartraven Farm, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	12 Nov 1941  [1]
  	Shop Assistant
  Residence	12 Nov 1941	Hilderston Glebe, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	1990	4 Holding, Champany, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	1994	35A Preston Road, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  _UID	F98F4577237E463E87B25FC0DC1B47191832
  Died	Apr 2003  [1]
  Person ID	I8952	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2010

  
  

  Father	Alexander Wright Shanks,   b. 3 Jan 1884, 54 Hopetoun St, Bathagte, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 8 Nov 1961, Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Nelly Margaret Bailey Aitken,   b. 31 Jan 1883, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 17 Mar 1974, 23 St Ninians Way, Blackness, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 91 years)
  Married	11 Jun 1906	35 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Family ID	F2965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Liddle Jamieson Bennett Manson,   b. 28 Apr 1908,   d. 18 Aug 1980, Champany Holdings, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 72 years)
  Married	12 Nov 1941	Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
  	At the wedding of Catherine W Shanks and William L J B Manson her sister Nan (Annie Aitken Shanks) was her bridesmaid, and, John Dobbie, a Farmer was the best-man.
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F2967	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Notes From Terry Stewart By 1994 she had moved into Linlithgow town, residing at 35A Preston Road. I found this wonderful lady there, in 1994. James Aitken Smith took me to see Silvermines Farmhouse which, when he last saw it, was derelect. When we got there we found it had been reroofed and an artist lady was living in it. She told us of David Aitken. When calling on David he then took us to Jimmy Shanks house at Lathallen. Jimmy was not there and when I phoned back later I spoke to his defacto wife. She told me to speak to his sister Kate Manson, in Linlithgow. This turned out to be Catherine Shanks. When I visited her she was using a walking frame as a result of breaking an ankle. When Kate realised how interested in the family she gave me a whole pile of photographs, trees, family letters etc, from the family reunion that her sister and mother helped organise. As she had no family she thought it would be good if I had them. It was through her that I managed to get back in touch with Cathy Hood nee Aitken. I visited with Kate again in July 1999. This time I introduced her to my mother and Aunt Nelly. When I went to see her in 2003 her house was empty and was being repaired after a fire. I was informed that Kate had entered a nursing home early that year, where a short time later she had died. Her house had been let out and the new tenants had the fire. Kate had died Apr 2003 at the nursing home.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3).