Eliza was the daughter of James Wyld and Marion Stodart. On 19 April 1842 she married John Stuart Blackie, son of Alexander Blackie and Helen Stodart. There were no children born in the marriage. Eliza's personality and character is described over six pages in the book James Wyld of Gilston by her brother Robert Stodart Wyld.
DEATH: Publication: The Times (London, England) Issue: 38804 Date: Saturday, Nov. 14, 1908
STUART-BLACKIE. - On the 13th Nov., at 30, Walker-street, Edinburgh, ELIZABETH WYLD, widow of PROF. JOHN STUART-BLACKIE, in her 90th year.
UK GOV WILL: WYLD or STUART-BLACKIE Elizabeth Helen of 30 Walker-street Edinburgh widow died 13 November 1908 Confirmation of Alexander Watt Blackie merchant Archibald Stodart Walker M.B. and Patrick Murray and William Campbell Johnston W.S. Sealed London 2 January 1909.
BEQUESTS: The Times (London, England) Issue: 38849 Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1909
MRS. ELIZABETH HELEN WYLD STUART BLACKIE, of 30, Walker-street, Edinburgh, sometime of 9, Douglas-crescent, Edinburgh, who died on November 13, aged 90, widow of Professor John Stuart Blackie, formerly Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh, left personal estate valued at £9,385. By her will, dated April 23, 1895, she directed the trustees to pay £2,500 to the Principal and professors of the University of Edinburgh, to be held upon trust for a scholarship to be named the "John and Elizabeth Stuart Blackie Greek Theological Scholarship."
DEATH: Publication: The Times (London, England) Issue: 38804 Date: Saturday, Nov. 14, 1908
STUART-BLACKIE. - On the 13th Nov., at 30, Walker-street, Edinburgh, ELIZABETH WYLD, widow of PROF. JOHN STUART-BLACKIE, in her 90th year.
UK GOV WILL: WYLD or STUART-BLACKIE Elizabeth Helen of 30 Walker-street Edinburgh widow died 13 November 1908 Confirmation of Alexander Watt Blackie merchant Archibald Stodart Walker M.B. and Patrick Murray and William Campbell Johnston W.S. Sealed London 2 January 1909.
BEQUESTS: The Times (London, England) Issue: 38849 Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1909
MRS. ELIZABETH HELEN WYLD STUART BLACKIE, of 30, Walker-street, Edinburgh, sometime of 9, Douglas-crescent, Edinburgh, who died on November 13, aged 90, widow of Professor John Stuart Blackie, formerly Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh, left personal estate valued at £9,385. By her will, dated April 23, 1895, she directed the trustees to pay £2,500 to the Principal and professors of the University of Edinburgh, to be held upon trust for a scholarship to be named the "John and Elizabeth Stuart Blackie Greek Theological Scholarship."
Eliza was the daughter of James Wyld and Marion Stodart. On 19 April 1842 she married John Stuart Blackie, son of Alexander Blackie and Helen Stodart. There were no children born in the marriage. Eliza's personality and character is described over six pages in the book James Wyld of Gilston by her brother Robert Stodart Wyld.
DEATH: Publication: The Times (London, England) Issue: 38804 Date: Saturday, Nov. 14, 1908
STUART-BLACKIE. - On the 13th Nov., at 30, Walker-street, Edinburgh, ELIZABETH WYLD, widow of PROF. JOHN STUART-BLACKIE, in her 90th year.
UK GOV WILL: WYLD or STUART-BLACKIE Elizabeth Helen of 30 Walker-street Edinburgh widow died 13 November 1908 Confirmation of Alexander Watt Blackie merchant Archibald Stodart Walker M.B. and Patrick Murray and William Campbell Johnston W.S. Sealed London 2 January 1909.
BEQUESTS: The Times (London, England) Issue: 38849 Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1909
MRS. ELIZABETH HELEN WYLD STUART BLACKIE, of 30, Walker-street, Edinburgh, sometime of 9, Douglas-crescent, Edinburgh, who died on November 13, aged 90, widow of Professor John Stuart Blackie, formerly Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh, left personal estate valued at £9,385. By her will, dated April 23, 1895, she directed the trustees to pay £2,500 to the Principal and professors of the University of Edinburgh, to be held upon trust for a scholarship to be named the "John and Elizabeth Stuart Blackie Greek Theological Scholarship."
DEATH: Publication: The Times (London, England) Issue: 38804 Date: Saturday, Nov. 14, 1908
STUART-BLACKIE. - On the 13th Nov., at 30, Walker-street, Edinburgh, ELIZABETH WYLD, widow of PROF. JOHN STUART-BLACKIE, in her 90th year.
UK GOV WILL: WYLD or STUART-BLACKIE Elizabeth Helen of 30 Walker-street Edinburgh widow died 13 November 1908 Confirmation of Alexander Watt Blackie merchant Archibald Stodart Walker M.B. and Patrick Murray and William Campbell Johnston W.S. Sealed London 2 January 1909.
BEQUESTS: The Times (London, England) Issue: 38849 Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1909
MRS. ELIZABETH HELEN WYLD STUART BLACKIE, of 30, Walker-street, Edinburgh, sometime of 9, Douglas-crescent, Edinburgh, who died on November 13, aged 90, widow of Professor John Stuart Blackie, formerly Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh, left personal estate valued at £9,385. By her will, dated April 23, 1895, she directed the trustees to pay £2,500 to the Principal and professors of the University of Edinburgh, to be held upon trust for a scholarship to be named the "John and Elizabeth Stuart Blackie Greek Theological Scholarship."
