Harrower Family Tree » James Wilson (1815-1881)

Personal data James Wilson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born in the year 1815 in Granton, Elginshire/Cuminestown, Aberdeen, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1872 Flaxdresser; marriage of Son, John.Source 6
    • in the year 1843 Flaxdresser; marriage to Marjory Aitken.Source 7
    • in the year 1871 Flax Dresser in Anderson Close, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 8
    • in the year 1861 Flaxdresser in Mid Street, Pathhead, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1851 Flax Overseer Jour in Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1841 Flax Dresser in High Street, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1881 Flax Dresser (Unable To Work) in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1871: Anderson Close, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1861: Mid Street, Pathhead, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1851: Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1841: High Street, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1881: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1881: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
  • (Informant at Death) on June 19, 1881 in Port Brae, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland: Informant, John Muir, Inspector of Poor, Kirkcaldy..Source 9
  • He died on June 19, 1881 in Port Brae, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, he was 66 years old.Source 9
    1881 WILSON, JAMES (Statutory registers Deaths 442/ 121)
    Oorzaak: Chronic Phthisis (Uncertain) 1881 WILSON, JAMES (Statutory registers Deaths 442/ 121)
  • A child of James Wilson and Isabella?

Household of James Wilson

He is married to Marjory Aitken.

They got married on April 10, 1843 at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, he was 28 years old.Source 10


Child(ren):

  1. John Wilson  1852-1928 
  2. Barbara Wilson  1857-????
  3. Isabella Wilson  1849-????
  4. James Wilson  1844-????
  5. Margaret Wilson  1847-1916 


Notes about James Wilson

1. Cuminestown, a straggling village in Monquhitter parish, N Aberdeenshire, 6 miles ESE of Turriff, under which it has a post office, with money order and savings' bank departments. Founded in 1763 by Cumine of Auchry, it contains a branch of the Aberdeen Town and County Bank and the plain Episcopal chapel of St Luke (1844; 130 sittings), whilst adjoining the parish church and Free church of Monquhitter. A fair is held at it on the Thursday after 27 April. Pop. (1841) 477, (1861) 459, (1871) 572, (1881) 565.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

2. 24/03/1843 AITKEN, MARJORY, JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 426/ 70 192 Dysart)
10/04/1843 AITKEN, MARJORY, JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 442/ 60 144 Kirkcaldy)

3. 1881 WILSON, JAMES (Statutory registers Deaths 442/ 121)

4. Qualification of informant of death - John Muir, Inspector of poor, Kirkcaldy.

5. It is stated on James's death cert that his parents are "not known", but on his marriage register with Marjory Aitken in 1843, it states that his Father was James, and he was a weaver.

6. James Wilson's birthplace is unclear, as can be seen from census as follows.......

1841 census - Scotland
1851 census - Cunningstone, Aberdeen (thought to be Cuminestown, see below)
1861 census - Granton, Elginshire
1871 census - Washton, Morayshire (Ancestry.com), Grantown, Morayshire (Scotlands People)
1881 census - Dysart, Fife

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Ancestors (and descendant) of James Wilson

James Wilson
1776-????

James Wilson
1815-1881

1843

Marjory Aitken
1815-1884

John Wilson
1852-1928
Barbara Wilson
1857-????
Isabella Wilson
1849-????
James Wilson
1844-????
Margaret Wilson
1847-1916

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  1. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wilson Parish: Kirkcaldy; ED: 5; Page: 5; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1871_76 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for James Wilson
    Name: James Wilson
    Age: 56
    Estimated birth year: abt 1815
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Marjory Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Grantown, Morayshire
    Registration Number: 442
    Registration district: Kirkcaldy
    Civil Parish: Kirkcaldy
    Town: Kirkcaldy
    County: Fife
    Address:Anderson Close
    Occupation: Flax Dresser
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number: 26
    Line: 15
    Roll: CSSCT1871_76
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Wilson 56
    Marjory Wilson 56 Kirkcaldy
    Margaret Wilson 24 Kirkcaldy Millworker
    John Wilson 19 Kirkcaldy Coachman
    Barbara Wilson 14 Kirkcaldy Millworker
    Marjory Wilson 3 Grandaughter Balmalcolm
  2. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wilson Parish: Kirkcaldy; ED: 13; Page: 16; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1851_91; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for James Wilson
    Name: James Wilson
    Age: 37
    Estimated birth year: abt 1814
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Marjory Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Cunningstone, Aberdeen
    Parish Number: 442
    Civil Parish: Kirkcaldy
    County: Fife
    Address: Kirk Wynd
    Occupation: Flax Overseer Journeyman
    ED: 13
    Page: 16
    Household schedule number:76
    Line: 19
    Roll: CSSCT1851_91
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Wilson 37
    Marjory Wilson 36
    James Wilson 7
    Margaret Wilson 4
    Isabel Wilson 2
  3. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wilson Parish: Dysart; ED: 3; Page: 5; Line: 890; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
    Record for James Wilson
    Name: James Wilson
    Age: 65
    Estimated birth year: abt 1776
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Scotland
    Civil Parish: Dysart
    County: Fife
    Address: High Street
    Occupation: H L W
    Parish Number: 426
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Wilson 65
    James Wilson 25
    Isabella Taylor 30
    Sophia Taylor 11
  4. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wilson Parish: Dysart; ED: 6; Page: 7; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1861_56 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for James Wilson
    Name: James Wilson
    Age: 46
    Estimated birth year: abt 1815
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Margery Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Granton, Elginshire
    Registration Number: 426
    Registration district: Dysart
    Civil Parish: Dysart
    Town: Pathhead
    County: Fife
    Address: Mid Street
    Occupation: Flaxdresser
    ED: 6
    Household schedule number: 43
    Line: 23
    Roll: CSSCT1861_56
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Wilson 46
    Margery Wilson 45
    Margaret Wilson 14
    Isabella Wilson 12
    John Wilson 9
    Barbara Wilson 6
  5. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wilson Parish: Kirkcaldy; ED: 5; Page: 6; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1881_122 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online. In the 1881 Ancestry Census, there are 4 Females listed as being in same house as Andrew and his family in New Row, Dunfermline. Checks on Scotlands People show they are living in St. Leonards Street, Dunfermline. Again another problem transcript.
    Record for James Wilson
    Name: James Wilson
    Age: 66
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1815
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Marjory A Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dysart, Fife Should be Grantown
    Registration Number: 442
    Registration District: Kirkcaldy
    Civil Parish: Kirkcaldy
    Town: Kirkcaldy
    County: Fife
    Occupation: Flax Dresser (Unable to Work)
    ED: 5
    Household Schedule Number: 32
    Line: 15
    Roll: CSSCT1881_122
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Wilson 66
    Marjory A Wilson 65
    Juliet Sanderson 48 Stepdaughter Flax Mill Worker
    Marjory Wilson 13 Grandaughter Flax Mill Worker
  6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1872 WILSON, JOHN, MARY MERCER (Statutory registers Marriages 426/ 86)
    1872 WILSON, JOHN, MARY MERCER (Statutory registers Marriages 426/ 86)
    Marriages in the District of Dysart in the County of Fife.
    1872. Eighth November at Dysart. After Banns according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland.
    (Signed) John Wilson, Wine Cellarman (Bachelor) Age 21, Kirkcaldy. Parents: James Wilson, Flaxdresser, Marjory Wilson, M.S. Aitken.
    (Signed) Mary Mercer, Mill Worker (Spinster) Age 20. Wemyss. Parents: Andrew Mercer, Pit Wright, Agnes Mercer, M.S. Dunsire.
    (Signed) J.W.Gibson, Minister of Dysart
    (Signed) Alex. Mercer. Witness. Barbara Wilson. Witness.
    Registered 1872 November 8th at Dysart. William Bonthron Registrar
  7. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1843 WILSON, JAMES, MARJORY AITKEN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 426/ 70 192 Dysart) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10170652?image=192&return_row=1 KIRKCALDY 10/04/1843 AITKEN, MARJORY, JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 442/ 60 144 Kirkcaldy) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10170651?image=144&return_row=0 Web address below shows both documents
    1843 AITKEN, MARJORY. JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 426/ 70 192 Dysart)
    https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10170652?image=192&return_row=1

    DYSART
    24/03/1843 AITKEN, MARJORY, JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 426/ 70 192 Dysart)
    1843 Wilson & Aitken.
    March 24th James Wilson, Flaxdresser of this parish and Marjory Aitken of the parish of Kirkcaldy were regularly contracted and after ?this? - Married

    KIRKCALDY
    10/04/1843 AITKEN, MARJORY, JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 442/ 60 144 Kirkcaldy) Page 144 of 386
    https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10170651?image=144&return_row=0

    KIRKCALDY
    10/04/1843 AITKEN, MARJORY, JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 442/ 60 144 Kirkcaldy)
    1843 Marriages of the Parish of Kirkcaldy.
    118 Wilson Aitken. Upon the 26th March, 2nd & 9th of April 1843 were proclaimed. James Wilson, Flaxdresser, of the Parish of Dysart, son of James Wilson, Weaver, and Marjory Aitken of this Parish, daughter of the late James Aitken, Wright, Ky and Married on the 10th
  8. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 WILSON, JAMES (Census 1871 442/00 005/00 005) Parish: Kirkcaldy 1871 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Name: James Wilson
    Age: 56
    Estimated birth year: abt 1815
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Marjory Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Grantown, Morayshire
    Registration Number: 442
    Registration district: Kirkcaldy
    Civil Parish: Kirkcaldy
    Town: Kirkcaldy
    County: Fife
    Address:Anderson Close
    Occupation: Flax Dresser
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number: 26
    Line: 15
    Roll: CSSCT1871_76
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    James Wilson 56
    Marjory Wilson 56 Kirkcaldy
    Margaret Wilson 24 Kirkcaldy Millworker
    John Wilson 19 Kirkcaldy Coachman
    Barbara Wilson 14 Kirkcaldy Millworker
    Marjory Wilson 3 Grandaughter Balmalcolm
  9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1881 WILSON, JAMES (Statutory registers Deaths 442/ 121)
    1881 WILSON, JAMES (Statutory registers Deaths 442/ 121)
    Deaths in the District of Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall in the County of Fife 1881.
    James Wilson. Flax Dresser.
    Married to Marjory Aitken (Pauper).
    1881 June Nineteenth. 0H 30m AM,
    Port Brae, Kirkcaldy.
    M. 67 Years.
    Parents: Parents not known [From marriage record Father James]
    COD Chronic Phthisis.
    Uncertain, As Certified by A.L. Carr M.B.Ch.
    Inf. John Muir,
    Inspector of Poor, Kirkcaldy.
    Registered
    1881 June 20, Kirkcaldy.
    PM Macknight.
    Registrar
  10. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1843 AITKEN, MARJORY, JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 426/ 70 192 Dysart) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10170652?image=192&return_row=1 KIRKCALDY 10/04/1843 AITKEN, MARJORY, JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 442/ 60 144 Kirkcaldy) https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10170651?image=144&return_row=0 Web address below shows both documents
    DYSART
    24/03/1843 AITKEN, MARJORY. JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 426/ 70 192 Dysart)
    https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10170652?image=192&return_row=1

    DYSART
    1843 WILSON, JAMES, MARJORY AITKEN, (Old Parish Registers Marriages 426/ 70 192 Dysart)
    1843 Wilson & Aitken.
    March 24th James Wilson, Flaxdresser of this parish and Marjory Aitken of the parish of Kirkcaldy were regularly contracted and after pro(clamation) - Married

    KIRKCALDY
    10/04/1843 AITKEN, MARJORY, JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 442/ 60 144 Kirkcaldy)
    https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/10170651?image=144&return_row=0

    KIRKCALDY
    10/04/1843 AITKEN, MARJORY, JAMES WILSON (Old Parish Registers Marriages 442/ 60 144 Kirkcaldy)
    1843 Marriages of the Parish of Kirkcaldy.
    118 Wilson Aitken. Upon the 26th March, 2nd & 9th of April 1843 were proclaimed. James Wilson, Flaxdresser, of the Parish of Dysart, son of James Wilson, Weaver, and Marjory Aitken of this Parish, daughter of the late James Aitken, Wright, Ky and Married on the 10th

Historical events

Day of marriage April 10, 1843

  • The temperature on April 10, 1843 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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  • In the year 1843: Source: Wikipedia
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    • February 25 » Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
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Day of death June 19, 1881

  • The temperature on June 19, 1881 was about 14.7 °C. There was 16 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
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  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
    • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
    • June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
    • July 2 » Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19).
    • August 27 » The Georgia hurricane makes landfall near Savannah, Georgia, resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
    • November 7 » Mapuche rebels attack the Chilean settlement of Nueva Imperial, as defenders fled to the hills and the settlement was effectively destroyed.


Same birth/death day

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