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Agnes Strathie EASTON[1]

Female 1916 - 1991  (74 years)


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  • Name Agnes Strathie EASTON  [2
    Relationshipwith Mark GURDEN
    Birth 30 Sep 1916  Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Death 25 Sep 1991  Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I1706  Main Tree
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2006 

    Father James Galloway EASTON,   b. 1 Jun 1880, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1948, Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Agnes STRATHIE,   b. 4 Dec 1879, Winchburgh, Kirkliston, Linlithgow, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Sep 1949, Edinburgh, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jul 1899  Broxburn, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • [Easton July 2005.FTW]

      Witnesses at the wedding were George Easton, James' next oldest sibling,and Janet Peden. Both James and Agnes were 19 at the time. [4,1]
    Family ID F457  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Buick MCWHINNIE   d. 2 Oct 1996  [1
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F557  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2006 

  • Event Map
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    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Sep 1991 - Edinburgh, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • [Easton July 2005.FTW]

      Known as Nan.

      Worked as a bookbinder, but her passion was dance.

      Nan ran a dancing school in Portobello called the Nan Easton School ofDancing. She taught tap and ballet dancing. All the family (certainlyall the females) attended the dancing school classes. It was an extremelypopular and well know dancing school and put on a wonderful annualconcert which ran for 3 evenings in Portobello Town Hall. It was always asell out. In addition to the family dancing in the concert all familymembers were involved in one way or another (scenery, lighting,music,taking tickets at the door, opening the curtains, selling programmes,etc.) The biggest job by far leading up to event was the costume making.Her sister Nellie Easton and sister-in-law Betty Easton (Elizabeth AnnSmith - widow of Jim Easton) spent weeks making tutus and other costumesand their homes were filled with costumes, pieces of material and threadseverywhere with the sewing machine permanently on the kitchen table.

      Nan Easton (although we didn't realise it then) was very innovative inher dance routines. Soon after it had been invented she used ultra violetlight onto costumes to make skeletons. The lasting memory of all thefamily is that of skeletons dancing on stage - all the lights were out -no one had ever seen anything like this before and didn't know how it wasdone. I suppose many of the children in the audience may have hadnightmares! (Source: Neices Muriel Smart Bell and Christine Peace) [1]

  • Sources 
    1. [S148] Karen Adderley Research.
      Record originated in...

    2. [S214] Registration of Marriage of son George Easton.
      Date of Import: 24 Jul 2005

    3. [S252] Scottish Registration of Marriage, 672/37.

    4. [S148] Karen Adderley Research.