John Grier

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• _UID: 23A87BC922BD42B7924551C12F1E8DD680D5
• Occupation: 1901; piheadman
• Residence: 1901, Fitzgerald Mem Hall, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 27 Dec 1918; iron turner (deceased)
• Occupation: 22 Sep 1993; Iron Turner (deceased)

Family/Spouse: Jean McFarlane. Jean was born in 1859 in 23 James Nisbet Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Journalist, Daily Record
• _UID: B15A3108AC2944928EA21D892F831CD46793
• Residence: 1901, Fitzgerald Mem Hall, Torphicen, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 27 Dec 1918; spirit merchant
• Residence: 27 Dec 1918, Victoria Cottage, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 5 Sep 1921; Motor Driver
• Occupation: 22 Sep 1993; Administration Officer, Ministry of Pensions
• Residence: 22 Sep 1993, 29 Bridge Street, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 8 Jan 2009; Hospital Administrator (deceased)

Notes:

At the time of his wedding Arnold was stationed in France on active service

Arnold was the informant on the death of his wife, Agnes Milne in 1986

Informant on the death of Arnold was his son,also Arnold.

Arnold may have beend adoptedby John Grier and Jean McFarlane, believe this is his birth details -
Birth Certificate Transcript
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District Newington, Edinburgh
Parish 685/5
Entry 237
Surname Thomson (Illegitimate)
Name Arnold - Grier
Born 27 Jan 1892
Place 13 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh
Parents Address
Father
Occupation
Mother Janet Thomson, Daughter of a dairyman
M.S Name
Occupation
Married Date
Married Place
Informant Janet Thomson
Relationship Mother
Address

Arnold married Agnes Inglis Milne on 27 Dec 1918 in 33 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian. Agnes (daughter of David Milne and Catherine Aitken) was born on 6 Feb 1891 in 15 Caledonian Place, Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 10 Jan 1986 in 28 Bridge Street, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Captain Royal Engineers
• _UID: 1DFBD509A9C248FE94B2F7510C578693B151
• Residence: 22 Sep 1993, Elmbank, Culduthel Road, Inverness, Scotland
• Occupation: 8 Jan 2009, Inverness, Scotland; Ear, Nose, Throat Surgeon

Notes:

Raigmore surgeon who helped deaf community dies aged 87
Tribute to inverness specialist who remained as locum until he was 70
Published: 12/01/2009 Inverness Press & Journal
A long-serving Inverness surgeon, who dedicated his life to helping deaf people, has died after a long illness, aged 87.
Arnold Grier, of 68 Culduthel Road, Inverness, died at his home on Thursday morning after suffering a stroke. He had been ill for several years.
Mr Grier was born in 1921 and raised in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh.
He began training as an actuary, but just days after he turned 18, World War II began.
He served in the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of captain, and also helped with the development of radar, which was vital to the wartime defence of Britain.
After returning home, Mr Grier decided to follow his passion for medicine.
He qualified as an ear, nose and throat surgeon from Edinburgh University, before studying for a Fellowship in Surgery.
During his time in Edinburgh, Mr Grier met his Dutch wife Elisabeth, who was in Scotland on a six-week nursing placement.
In 1962 the couple married, a few months after moving to Inverness when Mr Grier was appointed consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at the Royal Northern Infirmary.
He later moved to Raigmore Hospital where he remained until his retirement in 1986, aged 65. He remained a locum at the hospital until he was 70.
Mr Grier was heavily involved in the Scottish Association for the Deaf, becoming its national vice-president, and the Highland Association for the Deaf.
During his career he was an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons, an honorary lecturer at Aberdeen University and helped develop a training course for medical secretaries at Inverness College.
In his spare time he was a keen gardener and enjoyed breeding budgies.
He is survived by his wife, three children Arnold, Geraldine and Rik and granddaughter Lissie.
Consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon at Raigmore Hospital, Bill McKerrow, said: "Mr Grier served patients in the Highlands for almost 30 years, working beyond his retirement to provide cover for colleagues as a locum. He was always obliging and friendly and a popular figure in the ENT field in Scotland."
A funeral service will be held tomorrow at 1pm at Ness Bank Church of Scotland, Inverness.

Publihed in The Scotsman 9 th Jan 2009
GRIER
Arnold MacFarlane
(Inverness)
Passed away peacefully, at home, on January 8, 2009, Dr. Arnold Macfarlane Grier MB ChB FRCS (Ed), Elmbank, 68 Culduthel Road, Inverness, aged 87 years, former ear, nose and throat surgeon, R.N.I and Raigmore Hospital 1962 - 1991, National Vice President of the Scottish Association for the Deaf, beloved husband and best friend of Elisabeth, loving father and father-in-law of Arnold and Lisa, Geraldine and Paul and Rik and grandfather of Lissie. Greatly respected in the Medical Profession in Inverness and beyond. Arrangements by William T. Fraser and Son, Culduthel Road, Inverness.


Arnold was the informant on the death of his father in 1933

Arnold married Elisabeth Johan Kluten in 1962. Elisabeth was born in in Holland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: Pinkie, Musselburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
• _UID: C59B52417B42459ABA1EF546380468E52B43

Notes:

Name maybe Catherine Aitken Grier born in 1920 at Bathgate. Married Alojzy Wilem Herok at Musselburgh in 1948. May have had a child called Ian Alexander Herok in 1948 in Edinburgh. Ian Alexander Herok married Rosalind Mary Bulmer in Edinburgh, in 1975.
Reena lived at Pinkie, Musselburgh

Family/Spouse: Lisa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Paul. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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