Eliza Margaret Nisbet
| Rank | Civilian | |
| Medals | British War Medal | |
| regiment | Scottish Churches Huts | |
| Military Service | Margaret (as she seems to have been known) Nisbet and her sister Amy Jane arrived at Etaples in June 1916. Margaret died 3 months later but Amy served until September 1919.  The Scottish Churches Hut at Montreuil, 13km from Etaples. | |
| Born | 23rd November 1864, Glasgow | |
| Death | 16th August 1916 | |
| Circumstances of Death | Miss Nisbet died in a military hospital at Etaples. It is presumed she died of disease though that has not been confirmed. Medical research now suggests that the influenza that caused so many deaths in 1918-1919 first appeared at Etaples in the winter of 1916. | |
| Age | 51 | |
| Burial | Etaples Military Cemetery, I. B. 43. | |
| CWGC Information | Daughter of David and Jane Stevenson Nisbet | |
| Parents | David Nisbet (1819-1876) & Jane S Stevenson (c1832-1907) | |
| Siblings | Christopher J (1859-1863), Robert S (1860-), Amy J (1862-), David S (1867-), Elizabeth D (1869-), James S (1874-) | |
| Spouse | Unmarried | |
| Education | Not known | |
| Occupation | Not known | |
| 1871 Census | 6 Oakfield Terrace, Partick, Glasgow | |
| 1881 Census | 4 Kelvin Drive, Maryhill, Glasgow (EMN not at home) | |
| 1891 Census | Kelvin Drive, Maryhill, Glasgow | |
| 1901 Census | 4 Kelvin Drive, Maryhill, Glasgow | |
| 1911 Census | 24 Roxburgh Street, Hillhead, Glasgow | |
| Home Address | 1916 – 3 Saltoun Gardens, Glasgow | |
| Glasgow Necropolis | Compartment Petra Lair not known | |
| Other Memorials | Scottish National War Memorial – there is an entry for EM Nisbet of the Young Men’s Christian Association with no date or place of death. This may be our Miss Nisbet. | |
| Other Information | Miss Nisbet left an estate to the value of £3710. Her sister Amy was sole beneficiary under her will. | |
| Acknowledgements and Sources | Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to the National Records of Scotland, Ancestry, and Find my past. | |
Gallery
Eliza Margaret Nisbet Monument - Petra
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
