Lizzie
Bella Gordon (later Lizzie Bella Coutts)(later “Grannie”)
3 November 1878
to 14 May 1958
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Lizzie Bella Gordon was born on 18 October
1880 in Aberdeen (School Admissions Register).
Her parents christened her Lizzie Bella instead of Elizabeth Isabella,
because they decided that is what she was going to be called anyway.
1881 census – 47 View Terrace, Old Machar
James Gordon, 25
Margaret Gordon, 28
Lizzie B Gordon, 5
Months
1891
1891 census – 34
Thistle Street, Old Machar, Aberdeen
James Gordon, 35
Lizzie B Gordon, 10,
scholar
James Gordon, 84
Elizabeth Gordon, 71
Elizabeth Robertson, 17
Lizzie B Gordon, born on 18 October 1880, was
admitted to Ferryhill School, Aberdeen (School
Admissions Register).
She later attended Aberdeen High School for
Girls.
1901
1881 census – 45
Beaconsfield Place, St Machar, Aberdeen
James Gordon, 45
Annie Gordon, 43
Lizzie B Gordon, 20
1904
Robert Merchant Coutts married Lizzie
Bella Gordon in perhaps about 1904.
Evelyn
Gordon Coutts (COU00003) was born on 18 June 1907.
1908
Evelyn Gordon Coutts with her parents Lizzie
Bella and Robert Merchant Coutts
1911
1911 Census – Rubislaw, Aberdeen
Robert Coutts, 31, upholstery salesman
Lizzie Coutts, 30
Evelyn Coutts, their daughter, 3
1912
Dorothea Harper Coutts was born on 13 July
1912.
1915
Kathleen Margaret Coutts was born on 10 June
1915.
1921
1921 census – 81 Devonshire Road, Rubislaw, South
Aberdeen
James Gordon, 65,
upholstery and cabinet maker
Robert M Coutts,
son in law, 41, upholstery and cabinet maker
Lizzie B Coutts, 40
Evelyn G Coutts,
14
Dorothea H
Coutts, 8 years 11 months
Kathleen M
Coutts, 6
2 others
Robert Merchant Coutts (left) and Lizzie Bella
Coutts (right), with their daughters in perhaps about 1930.
Dorothea Coutts back left, Evelyn Coutts back
right, Kathleen Coutts (sitting on floor)
1954
Lizzie and Robert
Coutts at their Golden Wedding in about 1954
Robert and Lizzie’s Golden Wedding in about
1954
Lizzie Bella Coutts died in Aberdeen on 14 May
1958 (Probate Index).
