Ada Courtier-Dutton was born on 10^th September 1880 at 7^h 15^m am, at Woodland Villa, off Copland Road, Govan. The informant was E. A. Courtier-Dutton, her mother. Her father, William, was at that time an underwriter’s shipbuilders’ surveyor. The marriage had taken place on 2^nd October 1873 at Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, England.

Further information concerning Ada’s family background is provided by the 1891 census, at which time she was ten and the family was living at St George’s Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The full entry reads:

William T. Courtier-Dutton, head, married, 42, Surveyor to Lloyd’s Reg. of Shipping, employed, born Isle of Man, Douglas Emmeline A., wife, 42, born York Sydney, son, single, 16, book keeping apprentice, employed, born Lancashire, Ormskirk Margaret, daur, single, 14, born Scotland Edith, daur, single, 13, born Scotland Jane, daur, single, 12, born Scotland Ada, daur, single, 10, born Scotland Frederick L., son, single, 3, born Scotland Margaret Tomlinson, servant, 23, general domestic servant, born Lancashire, Liverpool

Edith Courtier-Dutton (spinster), aged 24, married John Nicholas Morrison Sykes, a commission merchant (bachelor), aged 26, on 11^th September 1901 at St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Glasgow, After Banns according to the Forms of the Episcopal Church. Edith’s usual address at this time was 30, Kelvinside Gardens, Glasgow.

John was resident at Hamilton Park Terrace, Glasgow. His parents were entered as William Sykes, a commission merchant (deceased) and Amelia Thompson Sykes MS Crooks.

The bride’s father, William Tranbrooke Courtier-Dutton, was on this occasion designated as ‘Chief Shipping Surveyor British Corporation’. The witnesses were Margaret Courtier-Dutton and Charles Henry (Russell?).

Jane Courtier-Dutton (spinster), aged 24, married Charles Robert Robertson, a Clerk in Holy Orders, (bachelor), aged 29, on the 8th of September 1903, at St Mary’s Episcopal Church, Glasgow, After Banns according to the Forms of the Episcopal Church.

Charles’s usual address was entered as St Augustine’s Rectory, Dumbarton and hers as Moraig, Helensburgh.

Charles’s parents were entered as Charles Robertson, also a Clerk in Holy Orders, and Helen Taylor Robertson, MS McLeish.

The bride’s father was on this occasion designated as ‘British Shipping Corporation Chief Surveyor’.

The witnesses were Ada Courtier-Dutton and John Morrison Sykes.

William Twanbrooke Courtier-Dutton, a Naval Architect married to Ada Emmiline Burkill, died on 31^st December 1903 at 8^h 30^m pm, at Moraig, Helensburgh. He was 55 years of age. The multiple causes of death were certified as Bright’s disease, intestinal haemorrhage, cerebral haemorrhage and pulmonary oedema. The informant was Daisy Courtier-Dutton, his daughter.

William’s parents were identified as Lionel Courtier-Dutton, a gentleman, and Emma Courtier-Dutton MS Hall, both deceased.

Ada’s brother Sydney lost his wife early in life. Grace Thomson Burr Courtier-Dutton, married to Sydney Courtier-Dutton, Tea Estate Manager, died on 16^th May 1909 at two in the afternoon, at 2, Rosewood Terrace, Dundee. Her usual residence was entered as U. R. Rajai Tea Estate, Assam, India. She was 31 years of age. The cause of death was entered as ‘Malarial Neuritis (multiple)’ from which she had been suffering for six months. Grace’s parents were identifed as William Alexander, Architect, and Margaret Henderson Alexander MS Crawford, both deceased.