Moir, David

Education

Student United College 1835-1836 Gk. Jun.; Lat. Jun. 1836-1837 Gk. Prov.; Log.; Math. 1 1837-1838 Gk. Prov.; Math. 2; Ethics 1840-1841 Lat. Sen.; Physics. Bayne bursar, 1836.

Birth/childhood

Born 11.5.1817 3rd child and eldest son of David Moir, overseer flax manufactory and farmer, Waterside of Thornton, Laurencekirk and Mary M’Rae.

Career

Catechist, Jamaica 1838-1840.

Congregational minister Laurencekirk May 1841 - September 1845. South Shields October 1845 - November 1852. Rothbury 1852 - April 1855. Edinburgh City Mission April 1855 - 11.3.1856 (died). [Minister]

Death

[Died 11.3.1856.]

Sources

  • UYUC400:12.11.1836
  • UYUY911 Dial. Soc.
  • W.D. McNaughton, The Scottish Congregational ministry 1794-1993 (Glasgow, 1993)
  • Alexander Reid, Christian devotedness, 1856