Harrower Family Tree » Robert Cook Wilson (1867-1956)

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1. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wilson Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 15; Page: 18; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1891_129 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. 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: 57
   Estimated birth year: abt 1834
   Relationship: Head
   Spouse's name: Catherine Wilson
   Gender: Male
   Where born: Beath, Fife
   Registration Number: 424
   Registration district: Dunfermline
   Civil Parish: Dunfermline
   County: Fife
   Address: Muircockhall Row
   Occupation: Coal Miner
   ED: 15
   Household schedule number: 91
   Line: 15
   Roll: CSSCT1891_129
   Household Members:
   Name Age
   James Wilson 57
   Catherine Wilson 54 Tillicoultry, Clackmannan
   George Wilson 26 Carnock, Coal Miner
   Robert Wilson 24 Carnock, Coal Miner
   Agnes L Wilson 19 Dalgety, Fife, Linen Weaver
   Margaret Wilson 14 Carnock, Linen Weaver
   John Wilson 16 Carnock, Coal Miner
   Catherine Wilson 10 Dunfermline
   James Heddles 17 Boarder

2. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 WILSON, JAMES (Census 422/ 2/ 7) Parish: Dalgety 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: 34
   Estimated birth year: abt 1837
   Relationship: Head
   Spouse's name: Catharine Wilson
   Gender: Male
   Where born: Beath, Fife
   Registration Number: 422
   Registration district: Dalgety
   Civil Parish: Dalgety
   County: Fife
   Address: Coles Terrace, Fordell
   Occupation: Coal Miner
   ED: 2
   Household schedule number: 35
   Line: 1
   Roll: CSSCT1871_72
   Household Members:
   Name Age
   James Wilson 34 Beath
   Catharine Wilson 30 Tillicoultry
   Thomas S Wilson 12 Carnock Coal M
   James Wilson 9 Carnock Scholar
   George Wilson 7 Carnock Scholar
   Janet Wilson 1 Carnock
   

3. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Thomas Cook Parish: Carnock; ED: 5; Page: 13; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1871_71 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 Thomas Cook
   Name: Thomas Cook
   Age: 54
   Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817
   Relationship: Head
   Spouse's name: Janet Cook
   Gender: Male
   Where born: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire
   Registration Number: 414
   Registration District: Carnock
   Civil Parish: Carnock
   County: Fife
   Address: 5 Blair Row
   Occupation: Ironstone Miner
   ED: 5
   Household Schedule Number: 64
   Line: 15
   Roll: CSSCT1871_71
   Household Members:
   Name Age
   Thomas Cook 54
   Janet Cook 51
   Sophia Cook 15 Daughter
   James Cook 13 Son
   Margaret Cook 7 Daughter
   Robert Wilson 4 Grandson

4. 1911 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1911 WILSON, CATHERINE (Census 424/ 20/ 5) Parish: Dunfermline 1911 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1911 census was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April 1911. There were new questions relating to fertility of marriage: on duration of marriage; the number of living children born to each marriage; and the number alive at the time of the census. There were changes to several others: categories for people with disabilities were revised and the introductory section to the third report on the 1911 census refers to the intended use of the terms as: (i) Lunatic - in cases where the infirmity had been acquired during life. (ii) Imbecile - in extreme cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age. (iii) Feeble-minded - in milder cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age.

   1911 WILSON, CATHERINE (Census 424/ 20/ 5)
   
   1911 Census Scotlands People
   Catherine Wilson Head Age 72 b. Tillicoultry
   Kate Wilson Daughter Age 29 b. Dunfermline, Shop Assistant (Draper) Dunfermline
   Rocath Place, Townhill, Dunfermline, Fife
   Adjacent House
   Robert Wilson Head Age 43 b. Carnock Draper
   Mary Wilson Wife Age 22 b. Dunfermline
   Married under 1 Year
   James Wilson Son Age 12 b. Dunfermline
   Lizzie Wilson Daughter Age 9 b, Dunfermline
   Adjacent House
   Helen Archibald Head Age 51 Linen Worker b. Fordell
   

5. 1901 Scotland Census Scotland People, 1901 WILSON, ROBERT (Census 424/ 18/ 18) Parish: Dunfermline 1901 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. 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

   1901 WILSON, ROBERT (Census 424/ 18/ 18)
   Name: Robert Wilson
   Age: 34
   Estimated birth year: abt 1867
   Relationship: Head
   Spouse's name: Catherine Wilson
   Gender: Male
   Where born: Carnock, Fife
   Registration Number: 424
   Registration district: Dunfermline
   Civil Parish: Dunfermline
   Town: Dunfermline
   County: Fife
   Address: Harrowers Buildings
   Occupation: Draper
   Household Members:
   Name Age
   Robert Wilson 34 Head Carnock Draper
   Catherine Wilson 24 Wife Dunfermline
   James Wilson 3 Son Dunfermline
   John Wilson 25 Brother Carnock Shopman Refreshment-room

6. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wilson Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 23; Page: 32; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1881_118 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

   Record for James Wilson
   Name: James Wilson
   Age: 44
   Estimated birth year: abt 1837
   Relationship: Head
   Spouse's name: Catherine Wilson
   Gender: Male
   Where born: Beath, Fife
   Registration Number: 424
   Registration district: Dunfermline
   Civil Parish: Dunfermline
   County: Fife
   Address: Old Kingseat
   Occupation: Coal Miner
   ED: 23
   Household schedule number: 144
   Line: 17
   Roll: CSSCT1881_118
   Household Members:
   Name Age
   James Wilson 44
   Catherine Wilson 42
   Thomas Wilson 21 Carnock, Fife, Coal Miner
   James Wilson 18 Carnock, Fife, Coal Miner
   George Wilson 16 Carnock, Fife, Coal Miner
   Robert Wilson 14 Carnock, Fife, Coal Miner
   Janet H Wilson 12 Carnock, Fife
   Agnes L Wilson 9 Dalgety, Fife
   John Wilson 6 Carnock, Fife
   Margaret Wilson 3 Carnock, Fife
   Catherine C Wilson 11 M Dunfermline, Fife

7. 1881 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1881 WILSON, THOMAS (Census 424/ 23/ 32) Parish: Dunfermline 1881 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.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

   1881 WILSON, THOMAS (Census 424/ 23/ 32)
   Name: James Wilson
   Age: 44
   Estimated birth year: abt 1837
   Relationship: Head
   Spouse's name: Catherine Wilson
   Gender: Male
   Where born: Beath, Fife
   Registration Number: 424
   Registration district: Dunfermline
   Civil Parish: Dunfermline
   County: Fife
   Address: Old Kingseat
   Occupation: Coal Miner
   ED: 23
   Household schedule number: 144
   Line: 17
   Household Members:
   Name Age
   James Wilson 44
   Catherine Wilson 42
   Thomas Wilson 21 Carnock, Fife, Coal Miner
   James Wilson 18 Carnock, Fife, Coal Miner
   George Wilson 16 Carnock, Fife, Coal Miner
   Robert Wilson 14 Carnock, Fife, Coal Miner
   Janet H Wilson 12 Carnock, Fife
   Agnes L Wilson 9 Dalgety, Fife
   John Wilson 6 Carnock, Fife
   Margaret Wilson 3 Carnock, Fife
   Catherine C Wilson 11 M Dunfermline, Fife

8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1909 JOHNSTON, CATHERINE (Statutory registers Deaths 424/ 93)

   1909 JOHNSTON, CATHERINE (Statutory registers Deaths 424/ 93)
   Deaths in the District of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1909.
   Catherine Wilson
   (Married to Robert Wilson, Draper)
   1909 February Twenty Third 6h 40m AM
   Main Street, Townhill, Dunfermline
   F. 33 Years
   Parents: David Johnston, Coal Miner (Decd.)
   Elizabeth Johnston M.S, Guthrie (Decd.)
   COD: Valvular Disease of Heart
   as Cert by J Dalgleish M.B
   Inf. Robert Wilson
   Widower (Present)
   Registered
   1909 February 24th, Dunfermline
   David Watson
   Assist. Registrar

9. Newspaper Article, 1920 WILSON, ROBERT Article 24 -- no title. (1920, Oct 27). The Scotsman (1860-1920) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.nls.idm.oclc.org/docview/485424214?accountid=12801
10. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1898 WILSON, ROBERT (Statutory registers Marriages 424/ 96)

    1898 WILSON, ROBERT (Statutory registers Marriages 424/ 96)
    Marriages in the District of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1898.
    1898 Sixth June
    Townhill, Dunfermline
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
    (Signed)
    Robert Wilson, Draper, (Bachelor)
    Age 31 Main Street, Townhill, Dunfermline
    Parents: James Wilson, Coal Miner
    Catherine Wilson M.S. Cook
    (Signed)
    Kate Johnstone, Housekeeper (Spinster)
    Age 23 Yules Place, Townhill, Dunfermline
    Parents: David Johnstone, Coal Miner
    Elizabeth Johnstone, M.S. Guthrie (Dec)
    (Signed)
    Jacob Plimmer
    Minister of Townhill Church of Scotland
    (Signed)
    John Wilson, Witness
    Betsy McInally, Witness
    Registered
    1898 June 18th, Dunfermline
    James Walls
    Registrar
    

11. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1910 WILSON, ROBERT, COOK MARY SIMPSON (Statutory registers Marriages 424/ 217)

    1910 WILSON, ROBERT, COOK MARY SIMPSON (Statutory registers Marriages 424/ 217)
    Marriages in the District of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1910.
    1910 Thirtieth November
    Main Street, Townhill, Dunfermline.
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
    (Widower)
    Robert Cook Wilson, Draper, (Bachelor)
    Age 41 Main Street, Townhill, Dunfermline.
    Parents: James Wilson, Coal Miner (Decd.)
    Catherine Wilson M.S. Cook
    (Signed)
    Mary Simpson
    Assistant Draper
    (Spinster)
    Age 21 Main Street, Townhill, Dunfermline
    Parents: George Simpson
    Grocer
    Janet Simpson M.S. Duncan
    (Signed)
    James M Baird
    Dunfermline Abbey
    (Signed)
    Janet Simpson, Witness
    James Wilson, Witness.
    Registered
    1910 December 1st, Dunfermline.
    David Watson
    Assist. Registrar

12. Newspaper Article, 1945 WILSON ROBERT http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/articles/31/22593?mode=print Mr Robert Wilson, Townhill, a former Provost of the burgh, retired in October after 42 years membership of the Town Council.

    Newspaper Article, http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/articles/31/22593?mode=print.
    
    Transcending all other events during 1945 was the victorious conclusion of the war against Germany and Japan. Public holidays were observed on 8th and 9th May to celebrate the cessation of hostilities in Europe, and a Services church parade and united service of thanksgiving took place in the Abbey. - A Welcome Home and Commemoration Fund for men and women returning from the Forces was inaugurated. It was decided that Bee Alley Gardens be laid out as a Garden of Honour, and that the bulk of the fund be subscribed to the Scottish Veterans’ Garden City Association for the provision in Dunfermline of houses for severely disabled members of the Forces. - On 9th March, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visited Rosyth Dockyard, where they held an investiture on board the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Implacable, and afterwards made a tour of the Dockyard. - Many Dunfermline soldiers liberated from German prison camps by the advance of the Allies were repatriated during April. In May there was a general 'stand down' order for the Civil Defence Services and Royal Observer Corps. - On 6th May, at a ceremony in the Regal picture-house, attended by Norwegian representatives, Dunfermline and district youth organisations 'adopted' the town of Trondheim in Norway. - On 11th May, Crown Prince Olaf of Norway embarked on a British warship at Rosyth Dockyard to return to his liberated country. The same evening, German naval surrender delegates were interrogated on board a British battleship lying off Rosyth.
    
    For some time the 'black-out' had been reduced to a 'dim-out,' and this restriction was finally abolished on 11th May. - On 5th June, King Haakon of Norway, accompanied by members of the Norwegian Royal Family, left Rosyth on board HMS Norfolk to return to Norway after five years of exile. - At the General Election on 26th July, Mr W M Watson retained the Dunfermline Burghs seat for Labour with a majority of 9,993 in a straight fight with Mr James Henderson (National Liberal). In West Fife, Mr W Gallacher (Communist) was returned with a majority of 2,056. His opponents were Mr W Hamilton (Labour) and Major Scott Stevenson (National Liberal). - At midnight on 14th August, after the Prime Minister’s announcement of the unconditional surrender of Japan, there were great celebrations in Dunfermline and a huge bonfire was lit in the Public Park. - Throughout the war, the mansion house and grounds of Pitreavie were occupied as headquarters of No 18 Group, Coastal Command. - Inglis Street Emergency Hospital was closed down on 15th September, having dealt with 4,660 patients, including a large number of wounded soldiers, since the beginning of 1940. - On Friday, 28th September, the King and Queen, accompanied by Princess Margaret, visited Rosyth Dockyard and inspected ships’ companies aboard several vessels of the Home Fleet. - Thanksgiving Week was held in Dunfermline from 13th to 20th October when the total amount invested in national savings was £473,023. - Field-Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery visited Rosyth Dockyard on 15th November.
    
    The Town Council accepted a recommendation with regard to the transfer by the Carnegie Trustees to the Town Council of the Carnegie Baths and Gymnasium, the four district Institutes, and Bandrum Children’s Home, on the basis of a lump sum settlement of £35,000 to be paid by the Trustees to the Town Council. - Mr George Izatt, Townhill, was elected Provost. As a result of the municipal election, Labour secured a majority of 13 to 8 in the Town Council. - Carnegie Trustees made a grant of £5,000 to provide an up-to-date X-ray apparatus in Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. - In spite of public protests, the Carnegie Trustees adhered to a decision to utilise the Women’s Institute as a youth headquarters. - The combined total of The Dunfermline Press Red Cross, Prisoners of War, and Comforts for HM Forces Funds passed the £20,000 mark at the beginning of the year. - Mr John McWilliam, managing secretary, Lochgelly Equitable Co-operative Society, appointed managing secretary of Dunfermline Co-operative Society Ltd. - A sound film projector was installed in Dunfermline Combination Home and Hospital, which was the first institution of the kind in Scotland to provide this form of entertainment. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    
    - Mr Robert Wilson, Townhill, a former Provost of the burgh, retired in October after 42 years’ membership of the Town Council.
    

13. Newspaper Article, 1903 WILSON, ROBERT COOK The Scotsman, Wednesday 28th October 1903 - Page 12 This article is from http://edu.archive.scotsman.com Wednesday 28th October 1903 - Page 12 Original article URL: http://edu.archive.scotsman.com/article.cfm?id=TSC/1903/10/28/Ar01203

    This article is from http://edu.archive.scotsman.com
    Wednesday 28th October 1903 - Page 12
    Original article URL:
    http://edu.archive.scotsman.com/article.cfm?id=TSC/1903/10/28/Ar01203
    
    WILSON, ROBERT Scotsman 28 October 1903
    DUNFERMLINE-- Third Ward (two vacancies)
    John Weir, Miner's secretary; Robert Philp, Linen factor; Robert Wilson, draper, Townhill

14. Newspaper Article, 1927 WILSON ROBERT ELECTED PROVOST http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/articles/1/22390 Mr Robert Wilson, Townhill, was elected Provost. The Scotsman 5 November 1927 Page 12 Dunfermline- Mr Robert Wilson, sub post master, Townhill was elected Provost by eleven votes to seven, the other candidate being Mr thomas Gorriee, solicitor the present hon. treasurerof the burgh. Mr Wilson has been a member of the Town Council for twenty-four years.

    Newspaper Article, http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/articles/1/22390.
    
    Under the Rating (Scotland) Act, 1926, which provided for the consolidation of local rates, the Town Council became the rating authority for all purposes. The total rates levied under the new arrangement were 4s 91û2d per £ on owners, and 6s 81û4d on occupiers, an increase of 21û4d on the former and 31û4d on the latter.
    - A new housing scheme was begun at Bellyeoman.
    - The municipal Wards were redistributed. What was virtually a new Ward was created in the southern portion of the Rosyth area.
    - Inspector Robert Stronach was appointed Chief Constable in succession to Mr George Bruce, retired.
    - Mr Robert Wilson, Townhill, was elected Provost.
    - A new industry of golf club-making was developed at Headwell Works.
    - Rosyth Dockyard, now on a care and maintenance basis, was used as a base for reserve destroyers.
    - All classes of the community combined in the effort to raise funds for the extension of Dunfermline and West Fife Hospital. By the end of the year the fund had reached £21,000.
    - Mrs Carnegie visited Dunfermline during the week ending 11th June in connection with the Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Memorial, for which she provided a sum of £8,000 for endowment purposes.
    Mr J. Peebles Conn was appointed conductor of Dunfermline Amateur Orchestra.
    - The Charles Carlow Memorial Convalescent Home for Miners was opened at Blair Castle, Culross.
    - The Carnegie Swimming Club celebrated its semi-jubilee on 21st September.
    - The Carnegie Trustees purchased Bandrum House and grounds, near Saline, and converted the mansion house into a holiday home for children.
    - Dunfermline Athletic FC retained their position in First Division football, and Fife Cricket Club won the Scottish Counties" Championship for the second year in succession.
    - The new Tea House, Pittencrieff Park, was opened on 1st June.
    

15. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1956 WILSON, ROBERT COOK (Statutory registers Deaths 424/ 111)

    1956 WILSON, ROBERT COOK (Statutory registers Deaths 424/ 111)
    Deaths in the District of Dunfermline in the County of Fife 1956.
    Robert Cook Wilson
    Sub Postmaster
    (Married to 1st Catherine Johnstone
    2nd Mary Simpson)
    1956 February Thirteenth, 3h30m.AM
    61A Main Street, Townhill, Dunfermline
    M. 88 Years
    Parents: James Wilson,
    Coal Miner (Deceased)
    Catherine Wilson MS Cook (Deceased)
    COD: Chronic Myocarditis, Bronchitis
    Cardiac Failure
    As Cert by RS Weir MBChB
    Inf. Chas. Simpson,
    Bother in Law
    11 Headwell Road, Dunfermline
    Registered
    1956 February, Dunfermline
    James McGregor
    Registrar
    

16. Publication, A history of the old "fitpaths" and streets of Dunfermline

    A history of the old "fitpaths" and streets of Dunfermline, then, and now
    Also Crossford, Halbeath, Rosyth, Townhill & Wellwood
    by Sheila Pitcairn
    
    Published 2000 by Millenium in [Dunfermline?] .
    Written in English

17. Newspaper Article, 1929 WILSON, ROBERT, Townhill 11 April 1929

    Glasgow Herald, Page 3, found in Google see source

18. Newspaper Article, 1920 WILSON, ROBERT SCOTTISH MAGlSTRATES: GLASGOW APPOINTMENTS THE NEW LORD PROVOST. (1920, Nov 06). The Scotsman (1860-1920) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.nls.idm.oclc.org/docview/485385426?accountid=12801
19. Newspaper Article, 1927 Robert Wilson Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 04 November 1927

    Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 04 November 1927
    From Pit Pony Driver to Civic Chief.
    Police Judge Robert Wilson, Townhill, is Dunfermline's new Provost. At the statutory meeting of the Town Council today Hon. Treasurer Gorrie and Police Judge Wilson were nominated for the office. On a vote Polite Judge Wilson was succsesful by 11 votes to 7. Police Judge the father of the Dunfermline Town Council. and has seen twenty--four years service on that Council. He missed the Provostship three years ago, when a few days prior to the statutory meeting he was regarded as something of a cert for the office, but Provost Fraser was elected after barely four years' service on the Town Council. Provost Wilson, who a native of the village of Oakley, about six miles from Dunfermline, has risen from the ranks.
    He became a driver in the Wallace Pit, Kingseat, when twelve years of age. and worked alongside Mr William Adamson M. P.
    For two years he was colliery inspector at Bannockburn and was a similar period in Townhill. He than took up a newsagents business at Townhill, and became sub-postmaster in 1906. He made his entry entry into Dunfermline Town Council In 1903, defeating Mr John Weir. who was Mr Adamson's predecessor as general secretary of the Fife, Kinross, and Clackmannan Miner's Association. Mr Wilson in turn has been convener of every committee of Dunfermline Town Council. He was elected Police Judge in 1923, having been a magistrate for nine years.
    In 1911 he was appointed a member of the Carnegie Dunfermline Trust, and was elected to the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust in 1924.
    He was the Council's representative last year at the Convention of Royal Burghs.
    Police Judge Wilson's proposer for the Provostship was Bailie McDonald abd his seconder Miss Frew, Treasurer Gorrie was proposed by Councillor Inglis and seconded by Councillor Parkinson..

Historical events

• Birthday March 26, 1867
• Day of marriage November 30, 1910
• Day of death February 13, 1956

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• Also born on March 26
• Also died on February 13

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