Name:- Falconer, James Bisset
Nationality:- UK
Age :- 31
Rank:- Gunner
Number:- 110396
Medal:-
Service:- Army
Regiment / ship:- 275th Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery
Date of death:- Thursday 27th September 1917
Cemetery / Memorial:- Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Blegium
Area of cemetery / memorial :- XXXIV.D.19A.
Family information:- Son of Lake Falconer (architect) and Mary Bisset Falconer, "The Alders", Rattray, Blairgowrie.
Extra information:-
1881 Census
James Street Cottages, Blairgowrie
Lake Falconer, 41, architect in employment, born Collace, Perthshire
Mary, wife, 40, born in Blairgowrie
William D.M., son, 14, scholar, born in Blairgowrie
Margaret, daughter, 12, scholar, born in Blairgowrie
Lake, son 8, scholar, born in Blairgowrie
Mary B., daughter, 6, born in Blairgowrie
James B., son, 4, born in Blairgowrie
Ruth, daughter, 2, born in Blairgowrie
Susan Jane, 7 - last name? relationship?
Margaret Lawrence, 14, servant, unmarried, born in Blairgowrie
Lake Robertson Falconer (John's father?) was born at Kirkmichael, Blairgowrie on 21st May 1861. His parents were Lake Falconer and Susan Grant. They were married on 12th July 1860 also at Kirkmichael.
Lake's siblings (John Bisset Falconer's uncles) were George Alexander Falconer, born 24th January 1868; John James Falconer, born 30th March, 1870; William John Falconer, born 14th September 1865; James Robert Robertson Falconer born 23rd January 1863 - all at Kirkmichael.
1891 Census
James Street Cottage, Blairgowrie
Lake Falconer, head, 41, architect, b. Collace Perthshire
Mary Falconer, wife, 40, b. Blairgowrie
William D M Falconer, son,14, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
Margt Falconer, daughter, 12, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
Lake Falconer, son, 8, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
Susan Jane Falconer, daughter, 7, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
Mary B Falconer, daughter, 6, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
James B Falconer, son, 4, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
Ruth Falconer, daughter, 2, b. Blairgowrie
Margaret Lawrence, domestic servant, 14, b. Blairgowrie
1901 Census
31 Hillside House, James Street, Blairgowrie
Lake Falconer, head, architect, 51, b. Collace, Perthshire
Mary Falconer, wife, 50, b. Blairgowrie
William D M Falconer, son, 24, civil engineer, b. Blairgowrie
Margaret Falconer, daughter, 22, Architects clerk, b. Blairgowrie
Lake Falconer, son, 18, Architects apprentice, b. Blairgowrie
Mary B Falconer, daughter, 16, assisting in house work, b. Blairgowrie
James B Falconer, son, 14, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
Ruth Falconer, daughter, 12, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
Susan J Falconer, daughter, 11, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
Frederick J Falconer, son, 8, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
Alice B Falconer, daughter, 7, scholar, b. Blairgowrie
Conformations & Inventories 1917
The Alders, Rattray, Blairgowrie, bombardier 275th Siege Battery, R.G.A., died 27th September 1917 in France, intestate. Confirmation granted at Perth, 22nd November, to Lake Falconer, architect, Blairgowrie, executor dative qua father. Value of estate, £134/19s.
The value of the Estate in 2006 using average earnings ratio would have been £27,798.79p