Harrower Family Tree » John Wishart Rattray (1859-1916)

Personal data John Wishart Rattray 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  • He was born on January 18, 1859 in Dalgety, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 3, 4, 6, 8
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1871 Miner in Hill of Beath Colliery, Beath, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1891 Boot & Shoe Maker, & Merchant in 28 Causewayside, Edinburgh St Cuthbert, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1914 Bootmaker in 7 Sciennes, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1901 Boot & Shoemaker in 28 Sciennes Place, Edinburgh Newington, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 8
    • in the year 1881 Shoemaker in 377 Crighton Place, St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 7
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1861: .Source 1
    • in the year 1871: Hill of Beath Colliery, Beath, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1891: 28 Causewayside, Edinburgh St Cuthbert, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1914: .Source 2
    • in the year 1901: 28 Sciennes Place, Edinburgh Newington, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 8
    • in the year 1881: 377 Crighton Place, St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 7
  • (Civil) on February 8, 1917: Edinburgh, Scotland.Source 5
  • (Usual Residence) before December 9, 1916: 7 Sciennes, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 5
  • He died on December 9, 1916 in Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 57 years old.Source 5
  • A child of Andrew Walker Rattray and Jane Penman

Household of John Wishart Rattray

He is married to Margaret Nicol Fortune.

They got married on August 12, 1885 at 1 Salisbury Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 26 years old.Source 9


Child(ren):

  1. Ann Phobie Rattray  1887-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on August 12, 1885 in 1 Salisbury Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland : Wm Thompson, Catherine Ann Fortune, Wintness'.Source 9


Notes about John Wishart Rattray

RATTRAY, John Wishart, 7 Sciennes, Edinburgh, died 9 December 1916, at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, intestate. Confirmation granted at Edinburgh, 8 February, to John Fortune Rattray, 10 Moncrieff Terrace, Edinburgh, his son, and Ann noble Rattray or McDermid, wife of Thomas McDermid, 7 Sciennes aforesaid, his daughter, Executors dative qua noxt of kin. Value of Estate, £890, 15s. 7d.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Wishart Rattray

Thomas Rattray
1796-1862
Janet Walker
1799-1874
James Penman
????-
Christina Muir
1799-????
Jane Penman
1828-1892

John Wishart Rattray
1859-1916

1885

Margaret Nicol Fortune
1858-1890

Ann Phobie Rattray
1887-????
John Fortune Rattray
1890-????

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    1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for And(rew) Rattray Parish: Dunfermline Landward; ED: 5; Page: 30; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_55 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 and Rattray
      Name: And(rew) Rattray
      Age: 34
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's Name: Jane Rattray
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dalgety, Fife
      Registration Number: 424/2
      Registration district: Dunfermline Landward
      Civil parish: Dunfermline Landward
      County: Fife
      Address: Crossgates
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      ED: 5
      Household schedule number: 149
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1861_55
      Household Members Age Relationship
      And(rew) Rattray 34 Head
      Jane Rattray 33 Wife
      Chris Rattray 10 Daughter
      Thomas Rattray 8 Son
      James Rattray 6 Son
      And(rew) Rattray 4 Son
      John Rattray 2 Son
      Janet Rattray 4 Mo Daughter
    2. Edinburgh, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1832-1966, Ancestry.com, 1914-1915 Record for John Wishart Rattray Edinburgh City Archives; Edinburgh, Scotland; Register of Voters For the City of Edinburgh and the Burgh of Leith; Reference: Sl56/60
      Record for John Wishart Rattray
      Name: John Wishart Rattray
      Residence Year: 1914-1915
      Street Address: 7 Sciennes
      Residence Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
      Occupation: Bootmaker
      / Ancestry.com
    3. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 RATTRAY, ANDREW (Census 410/ 3/ 10) Parish: Beath 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.
      1871 RATTRAY, ANDREW (Census 410/ 3/ 10)
      Parish of Beath
      Hill of Beath Colliery
      Andrew Rattray 44 Head Miner
      Jane Rattray 43 Wife
      Christina Rattray 20 Daughter Pit Bank worker
      James Rattray 16 Son Miner
      Andrew Rattray 14 Son Miner
      John Rattray 12 Son Miner
      Janet Rattray 10 Daughter
      William Rattray 8 Son
      Jane Rattray 6 Daughter
      Euphemia Rattray 5 Daughter
      Dorothy Rattray 2 Daughter
      Helen Rattray 9 Mo. Daughter
    4. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Wishart Rattray Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 72; Page: 7; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1891_355 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 John Wishart Rattray
      Name: John Wishart Rattray
      Age: 32
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Beath, Fife
      Registration Number: 685/5
      Registration district: Newington
      Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts
      County: Midlothian
      Address: 28 Causewayside
      Occupation: Boot & Shoe Maker & Merchant
      ED: 72
      Household schedule number: 36
      Line: 13
      Roll: CSSCT1891_355
      Household Members Age Relationship
      John Wishart Rattray 32 Head
      Euphemia Rattray 25 Sister
      Ann Phobie Rattray 4 Daughter
      John Fortune Rattray 9Mo Son
      Jane Lamb Collins 16 Servant
    5. Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936, Ancestry.com, 1916 Record for John Wishart Rattray Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh under the Sheriff Courts Act, 1876. Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories.
      Record for John Wishart Rattray
      Name
      John Wishart Rattray
      Death Date: 9 Dec 1916
      Death Place: Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh
      Confirmation Date: 8 Feb 1917
      Confirmation Place: Edinburgh, Scotland

      RATTRAY, John Wishart, 7 Sciennes, Edinburgh, died 9 December 1916, at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, intestate. Confirmation granted at Edinburgh, 8 February, to John Fortune Rattray, 10 Moncrieff Terrace, Edinburgh, his son, and Ann noble Rattray or McDermid, wife of Thomas McDermid, 7 Sciennes aforesaid, his daughter, Executors dative qua noxt of kin. Value of Estate, £890, 15s. 7d.
      / Ancestry.com
    6. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1859 Record for John Wishart Rattray Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
      Record for John Wishart Rattray
      Name: John Wishart Rattray
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 18 Jan 1859
      Birth Place: Dalgety, Fife, Scotland
      Father: Andrew Rattray
      Mother: Jane Penman
    7. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John W Rattray Parish: St Andrew; ED: 21; Page: 2; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1881_284 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 John W Rattray
      Name: John W Rattray
      Age: 23
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
      Relationship: Boarder
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
      Registration Number: 685/2
      Registration district: St Andrew
      Civil parish: St Andrew
      County: Midlothian
      Address: 377 Crighton Place
      Occupation: Shoemaker
      ED: 21
      Household schedule number: 8
      Line: 16
      Roll: CSSCT1881_284
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Clinkskel 64 Head
      Mary Clinkskel 36 Daughter
      Catherine Clinkskel 34 Daughter
      David Clinkskel 26 Son
      John W Rattray 23 Boarder
    8. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Wishart Rattray Parish: Edinburgh Newington; ED: 68; Page: 7; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1901_387 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.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
      Record for John Wishart Rattray
      Name: John Wishart Rattray
      Age: 42
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Dalgety, Fife
      Registration Number: 685/5
      Registration district: Newington
      Civil parish: Edinburgh Newington
      County: Midlothian
      Address: No 28 Sciennes Place
      Occupation: Boat & Shoe Maker
      ED: 68
      Household schedule number: 54
      Line: 14
      Roll: CSSCT1901_387
      Household Members Age Relationship
      John Wishart Rattray 42 Head
      Ann Dobbie Rattray 14 Daughter
      Helen Rattray 30 Sister
    9. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1885 RATTRAY, JOHN W MARGARET NICOLL FORTUNE (Statutory registers Marriages 6855 337)
      1885 RATTRAY, JOHN W MARGARET NICOLL FORTUNE (Statutory registers Marriages 6855 337)
      Marriages in the District of Newington in the City of Edinburgh 1885.
      1885 Twelfth August
      1 Salisbury Square, Edinburgh
      After Banns according to the Forms of the UP Church
      (Signed)
      John W Rattray
      Bootmaker Bachelor Age 26
      26 Causewayside, Edinburgh
      Parents: Andrew Rattray
      Coal Miner (Deceased)
      Jane Rattray M.S. Penman
      (Signed)
      Margaret Nicol Fortune
      Spinster Age 27
      1 Salisbury Square, Edinburgh
      Parents: John Fortune
      Watch Maker
      Ann Fortune M.S. Dobie
      (Signed)
      John Kay, M.A. Minister
      (Signed)
      Wm Thompson, Catherine Ann Fortune, Witness'
      Registered
      1885 August 14 Edinburgh
      H. Murray
      Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday January 18, 1859

    • The temperature on January 18, 1859 was about 7.8 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
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    Day of marriage August 12, 1885

    • The temperature on August 12, 1885 was about 20.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
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    Day of death December 9, 1916

    • The temperature on December 9, 1916 was between 2.4 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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