Robert Marshall Nutt and Hannah Frazer

Married  
Husband:   Robert Marshall Nutt

Born: 15-Jun-1899
Died: 15-Jun-1980
Father: William Nutt
Mother: Mary Marshall


Robert Nutt was a clever scholar who won prizes at school, but left early because of his deafness. Unable to find paid work, he worked with his father in Ferniegair Colliery, near Hamilton Lanarkshire, receiving some payment from his father's wage. Robert became a fully employed miner in Ferniegair and was known as 'The Mighty Atom' by his workmates because of his capacity for work.
Robert's deafness was alleviated by the invention of battery-powered hearing aids, and he became a store man with the Scottish Gas Board. Robert was born on June 15th 1899. 

Robert and Hannah Nutt also purchased their own terraced, stone-built cottage at 25, Burnhead, Larkhall and then at 18, Croft Place, Larkhall. These purchases signify their business sense and their thrift. Robert and Hannah had two daughters, Sarah and Mary. Nutt is a name stemming from the ancient name Canute. This name is also spelled Knutt and MacNutt; a spelling can be seen on a memorial stone on the internal wall of Salisbury Cathedral, the north wall as I remember it. The spelling is 'Knutt'.

Wife:   Hannah Frazer

Born: 6-Feb-1902
Died: 17-Nov-1977
Father: John Frazer
Mother: Sarah Judge


Hannah Frazer was born on the 6th February 1902 and died in 18 Croft Place, Larkhall, Lanarkshire on the 17th November 1977.
Hannah Nutt served as a Women's Voluntary Service Volunteer. The W.V.S. were trained to care for people in emergency and the word Royal was added to the name after the war, as a thank you for their work. They are now the W.R.V.S. Hannah Nutt also knitted countless woollen garments to be worn by soldiers, sailors and airmen.

Female  Child 1:   Sarah Judge Nutt

Born: 19-Apr-1930
Spouse: William Downie
Children: Samuel Downie, Robert Marshall Nutt Downie, William Fraser Downie, Craig Waddell Downie


Sarah was very numerate and worked in the accountancy department of Arnott Simpson, Argyll Street, Glasgow, part of the House of Fraser Group. Sarah, also known as Cissie, attended Machanhill School and Larkhall Academy, having been born at 25 Burnhead, Larkhall on the 19th August 1930. Sarah's father was Robert Marshall Nutt of Larkhall and her mother was Hannah Frazer of Auchinleck, Ayrshire. She had a younger sister, Mary, who died at an early age from Scarlett Fever.

William and Sarah Downie spent their married life, living in 18 Croft Place, Larkhall; 52, Drygate Street, Larkhall; 65, Alma Street, Falkirk; 'Stronevaar', 217, Glasgow Road, Dumbarton, and 32, High Meadow, Carluke, Lanarkshire. They presently live at 21 Pentland Crescent, Larkhall.

Female  Child 2:   Mary Marshall Nutt

Born: 1932
Died: 1935
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Mary died aged three of Scarlet Fever in 1935. She died in Road Meetings Hospital, by Carluke, Lanarkshire.