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Personal data George Wilson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born in the year 1825 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 1, 4, 5
  • Occupations:
    • Butcher (Master).Source 3
    • in the year 1841 Flesher Apprentice in 6 High Street, Edinburgh Old Church, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1851 Flesher Man in Monteith’s Close 5th House, Edinburgh Trinity College, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1848 Flesher in Monteith’s Close, Edinburgh Trinity College, Midlothian, Scotland.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: .Source 1
    • in the year 1841: 6 High Street, Edinburgh Old Church, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1851: Monteith’s Close 5th House, Edinburgh Trinity College, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1848: Monteith’s Close, Edinburgh Trinity College, Midlothian, Scotland.
  • He died before 1874.
  • A child of George Wilson and Margaret McCulloch

Household of George Wilson

He is married to Ann Brown.

They got married on November 21, 1848, he was 23 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. William Wilson  1861-???? 
  2. Thomas Wilson  1860-????
  3. John Wilson  1866-????
  4. Mary Wilson  1869-????
  5. David Wilson  1874-????
  6. George Wilson  1853-????
  7. Alexander Wilson  1855-????

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George Wilson
1798-1847

George Wilson
1825-< 1874

1848

Ann Brown
1834-????

William Wilson
1861-????
Thomas Wilson
1860-????
John Wilson
1866-????
Mary Wilson
1869-????
David Wilson
1874-????
George Wilson
1853-????
Alexander Wilson
1855-????

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  1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for George Wilson Parish: Edinburgh Canongate; ED: 75; Page: 3; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1861_127 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 George Wilson
    Name: George Wilson
    Age: 36
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Ann Wilson
    Mother's Name: Margaret Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Edinburgh
    Registration Number: 685/3
    Registration district: Canongate
    Civil parish: Edinburgh Canongate
    County: Midlothian
    Address: 43 New Street
    Occupation: Scholar
    ED: 75
    Household schedule number: 17
    Line: 19
    Roll: CSSCT1861_127
    Household Members Age Relationship
    George Wilson 36 Head
    Ann Wilson 28 Wife
    George Wilson 8 Son
    Alexander Wilson 5 Son
    Thomas Wilson 1 Son
    Thomas Bailey 15 Nephew
    Margaret Wilson 59 Mother
    Georgena Steele 9 Servant
  2. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1826 Record for George Wilson & Ann Brown Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for George Wilson & Ann Brown
    Name: George Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1826
    Marriage Place: Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Spouse: Ann Brown
    FHL Film Number:1066764
    / Ancestry.com
  3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1887 WILSON, WILLIAM PAXTON, GRACE (Statutory Registers Marriages 685/2 146 St Andrew (Edinburgh))
    1887 WILSON, WILLIAM PAXTON, GRACE (Statutory Registers Marriages 685/2 146 St Andrew (Edinburgh))
    Marriages in the District of St Andrews in the Burgh of Edinburgh 1887,
    1887 Fifteenth April
    8 Fettes Road, Edinburgh
    After Publications according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland
    (signed)
    William Wilson
    Surgical Instrument Maker (Bachelor) Age 26
    9 Davie Street, Edinburgh
    Parents: George Wilson
    Butcher (Master) (Deceased)
    Ann Wilson
    M.S. Brown
    (signed)
    Grace Paxton
    Domestic Servant (Spinster) Age 25
    Geenholm, Gilsland Road, Edinburgh
    Parents: Father recorded as William Paxton (something scored out)
    Farmer
    Grace Paxton
    M.S. Drysdale (Deceased)
    (signed)
    Alex Kennedy, Trinity College
    (signed)
    John Wilson, Witness
    Mary Wilson, Witness
    Registered
    1887 April 20th, Edinburgh
    JM Bennet
    Assistant Registrar
  4. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for George Wilson Parish: Edinburgh Old Church; ED: 2; Page: 4; Line: 830; 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 George Wilson
    Name: George Wilson
    Age: 43
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1798
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Midlothian, Scotland
    Civil parish: Edinburgh Old Church
    County: Midlothian
    Address: 6 High Street
    Occupation: Flesher Journeyman
    Parish Number: 685/1
    Household Members Age
    George Wilson 43
    Margaret Wilson 38
    George Wilson 15
    William Wilson 10
    Elizabeth Wilson 12
    Mary Wilson 7
    Alexander Mac 15 Edinburgh Flesher Ap
  5. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for George Wilson Parish: Edinburgh Trinity College; ED: 8; Page: 16; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1851_178; 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 George Wilson
    Name: George Wilson
    Age: 24
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Ann Wilson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Edinburgh
    Parish Number: 685/1
    Civil Parish: Edinburgh Trinity College
    County: Midlothian
    Address: Menteiths Close 5th House
    Occupation: Flesher Man
    ED: 8
    Page: 16
    Household Schedule Number: 53
    Line: 11
    Roll: CSSCT1851_178
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    George Wilson 24
    Ann Wilson 18
  6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1848 WILSON, GEORGE ANN BROWN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 685/1 690 119) Edinburgh Downloaded from Ancestry @
    1848 WILSON, GEORGE ANN BROWN (Old Parish Registers Marriages 685/1 690 119) Edinburgh
    Register of Marriages for 1848
    Edinburgh
    20th November 1848
    Proclaimed 19th November 1848
    George Wilson, Flesher, residing in Monteiths Close, Trinity College Parish, and Ann Brown, residing in same place and Parish, Daughter of Alexander Brown, Flesher, Edinburgh, have been Three times Proclaimed in Order to Marriage, in the Parish Church of Trinity College, and no objections been offered, Married at Edinburgh on the 21st day of November 1848 by the Rev. William Steven D.D. of Trinity College Church

Historical events

Day of marriage November 21, 1848

  • The temperature on November 21, 1848 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 3 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
    • January 24 » California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
    • January 31 » John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.
    • February 2 » Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.
    • May 29 » Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
    • June 2 » The Slavic congress in Prague begins.

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