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Isabel was born in Aberdeen about 1819, daughter of James GRANT a manufacturer of Aberdeen, but her baptism has not been found, and nothing is known about her parents. She was probably a servant in Silver St, Aberdeen in 1841; in the next street was a grocer, John WALKER, and she married him at Aberdeen in 1843. A daughter Isabella was born the next year, but her husband died even before she was baptised. Isabel became a lodging house keeper off Union St and was there in 1851 with her daughter. Only 2 years later however she married James WALLACE, a law clerk, and moved to Glasgow. How did they meet? – Perhaps James lodged with Isabel Two children, James and Ann Smith were born in Glasgow. In 1861 she was probably still in Glasgow, as her daughter by her first marriage was being looked after in Aberdeen by Isabel's relative Ann GRANT who ran another boarding house. Her second husband, James, died sometime between 1862 and 1865 and Isabel returned to Aberdeen to live with her daughter Isabel now married to George Ogilvie STEVENSON. Her two WALLACE children came with her and she worked as a laundress. Isabel moved to London with her daughter and was with her in 1881 aged 62, but she was not there in 1891. Probably she died before this date, but no record of her death or burial has been found. Her grandson Frederick STEVENSON who grew up with her remembered her as a dour lady who accused him "whaur's that whistling on the Sabbath" |
C=Christened
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c1820 6Jun1841 21 9Jun1843 23 1843 23 2Mar1844 24 30Mar1851
31 c1855 35 29Feb1856
36 25Mar1858
38 7Apr1861 41 c1864 44 2Apr1871 51 3Apr1881 61 |
born in Aberdeen, daughter of James domestic servant at Silver St.Aberdeen married John Walker, grocer, Aberdeen husband John died dau Isabel Joan WALKER christened at Aberdeen lodging house keeper off Union St with da Isabel m James WALLACE, law clerk son John WALLACE born at Tradeston, Glasgow dau Ann Smith WALLACE born at Tradeston, Glasgow census not found; probably in Glasgow (dau Isabel with her aunt in
Aberdeen) husband James died widow, laundress, in Aberdeen with married dau Isabel STEVENSON, gson
Fred, and her two WALLACE children widow with married dau Isabel STEVENSON in Poplar (called Jane WALLACE) |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
From
census, Isabel was born about 1817/21 in Aberdeen; from her marriage, she was the da of James, a manufacturer in
Aberdeen. Only one possible C in
Aberdeen OPR:
C31Dec1825 Isabella Abernethy da James
GRANT advocate, & Margaret MATTOCKS or McGREGOR illegitimate.
wit: John JAMES shipmaster, Miss MILNE.
This is late, and the wrong class -
advocate not a manufacturer. No other children to these parents.
Other
possible leads:
1) At her marriage 1843 Isobel was recorded as the da of James GRANT, manufacturer in Aberdeen, not noted as deceased
The only James Grant in the Aberdeen directory at this time
who could be called a manufacturer was a shoemaker of 161 Gallowgate and 185
North St. It seems unlikely that shoemaker
would be called a manufacturer rather than a shoemaker, nevertheless, a
shoemaker, James Craigen, was a witness to the m of Isabel.
This James GRANT appears in the 1841 census in Gallowgate,
born 1782, with Margaret(58), Ann(18) and James(14 an apprentice tailor) none
of them born Aberdeen. I assumed that
Margaret was his wife and Ann & James his children, but James, tailor, was
found in John St in 1851 born 1826 Aberlour Banff; OPR has his C to Donald GRANT & Margaret ANDERSON (red38/orange40) who
were married 1827 Aberlour. also John
1829, Peter 1831 Margaret 1836 etc (pink4). Donald should therefore be son of James who could be the shoemaker
of Gallowgate.
James directory entries cease in 1847/8 and he has not been
found in the 1851 census. However at
161 Gallowgate in 1851 and 1861 was John GRANT shoemaker born 1806, Elgin,
Moray (with wife Jean and da Whilhelmina red32).
Also there in 1861 but with the FARQUHARSON family was William GRANT
grandson, shoemaker, born 1845 Tarland Aberdeen (should be son of GRANT &
FARQUHARSON) while in North St (close to if not at 185 was James GRANT
shoemaker j born 1809, Grange Banff (with wife Christina and da Elizabeth red25).
summarising these GRANT shoemakers of Gallowgate:
James b1782 not ABD,
shoemaker 161 Gallowgate and 185 North St 1841-41
John
b1806 Elgin Moray shoemaker 161
Gallowgate 1851-61
James
b1809 Grange Banff shoemaker 185? North St 1861
da? Ann
b1823 not Aberdeen; with James at 161 Gallowgate in 1841
James
b1826 Aberlour Banff tailor son of Donald & Margaret ANDERSON
gson?
William b1845 Tarland ABD shoemaker 161 Gallowgate 1861
There was another shoemaker David GRANT of Thistle St and Silver St from 1838 to 1858 (directory and census), b1808 Forres, Moray, son of Alexander Grant, mason, and Margaret MacIntyre; Alexander m1805 so was probably bc1780 - brother to above James? Children: John C11Jan1807 David C4Sep1808, James C12May1811 all at Forres; James Grant witnessed the latter C. Could these be the John and James above? Dates are right but seems unlikely as Forres is about 12m W of Elgin which is 17m W of Keith which is 1m W of Grange. David Grant m Elizabeth Robertson, children: Margaret, Alexander, James, Louisa; James was also a shoemaker.
Isobel born Aberdeen c1820 does not fit well into these
GRANTS who were all born outwith Aberdeen
Only possible link is that Isabella may have been a servant in Silver St
in 1841, though not with David GRANT
2) James GRANT, cabinet maker in Abd of Tark's Close Abd
m2Mar1820 Jane MACKIE d of James,
crofter in Ellon; w: John GRANT, James BLACK; at St Pauls Abd (black16). Is he the manufacturer? James Grant’s widow Jane
found at Upper Kirkgate in 1851 with da Jane b1829 and son Wm b1833 both
Abd. Neither of these children found in
IGI or OPR, so daughter Isobel could also be missing from the records. No Isobel MACKIE found in OPR Cc1820 (ie
born before the marriage). IGI has
only Marion C19Apr1820 St Nicholas to these parents;
C 19Apr1820 Marion d James GRANT, cabinet maker, & Jane MACKIE his
spouse by [---ordiner]in presence of Robert KILGOUR & Jane[?] MCINTOSH
Ellon OPR has James MACKIE m Jean BLACK 3Jun1797:-Agnes1798, Jean1799,
James1801, John1803, David1805.
(red35)
The 1851 family was in same enumerators block as the CRAIGEN
family (the James CRAIGEN who witnessed Isabel’s marriage), which adds some
support to this possible ancestry
James CRAIGEN shoemaker appears in the 1841 census (red66) at
Black's Buildings shoemaker age 25 m to Janet 20 with dau Isabel also Barbara
FARQUHAR (60) and John CRAIGEN 20 all yes.
The St Nicholas register has:
m 7Jny1840 James
CRAIGEN shoemaker in parish of Old Machar & Janet GRANT dau of John GRANT,
labourer in Aberdeen
by John Stuart
McCORRY, Catholic Clergyman in Aberdeen; wit: Alexander MILNE, tailor in
Aberdeen; John INNES MD
Same family at 27 Gallowgate in 51 (red35) tho
James now a furniture broker born 1813 Huntly; Janet 30 born Aberdeen. Nearby Cairnie by Huntly has Margaret
CRAIGEN b1782 m James GRANT, farmer 1809, with da Isobel etc 1817; tempting to think this is Isobel-4, but
James was a farmer born and buried in Cairnie, not a manufacturer in Aberdeen,
and his Isobel was not born in Aberdeen.
Janet
GRANT, b1820 in Aberdeen cannot be a sister of Isabel since her father was John
not James, but John and James could be brothers.
3) Isobel’s daughter Isobel WALKER was with her widow aunt Ann
GRANT at Berry Lane in 1861 census. Ann
GRANT was bc1790 Kintore. Assuming
that GRANT was her married name, she
could have married an older brother of Isobel, perhaps born about 1800. More likely, she was a great-aunt, married
to a brother of James GRANT. Kintore
searched for possible Ann C (black138).
Most likely is Ann SMITH (mother was WYNESS; James WYNESS wit to
Isabella WALKER's m in 1862) and Isobel WALKER named her daughter Ann Smith. However, no suitable Ann SMITH/GRANT
marriage has been identified(red130); only one in Aberdeen is to John
GRANT 24Apr1825 at Rhynie & Essie, but he was born there and his father’s
name was John not James, and no brother James known. Rhynie is some 20m from Kintore tho on the direct road to
Aberdeen
Ann GRANT was aged 72 in 1861 but not found in 1871.
Searched for her death 1861-71 (black56&143
red90) 5 possibles
found (orange93) and certificates extracted:
a
1862 Ann SMITH formerly GRANT OM278;
81 (b1781)
b
1867 Ann GRANT formerly DUNBAR StN 166;
76 (b1791)
c
1861 Ann GRANT formerly REID OM509;
65 (b1796)
d
1867 Ann GALL formerly GRANT StN
923; 70 (b1797)
e
1864 Ann GRANT formerly CHALMERS StN 1144; 58 (b1806)
None of these can be matched with a C at Kintore. bcd are most likely on grounds of age but c
can be eliminated since this Ann was at Jack Brae in 1861 census so cannot be
Ann at Berry Lane. b was widow of
Peter GRANT farmer, da of William DUNBAR and Ann CUMMING, d at 14 Castle St
(foot of Gallowgate) son Peter there at
death in 1867; no Ann DUNBAR found C at Kintore; Peter GRANT 24 at 165
Gallowgate in 1851 (b1826 Banff) (red32) but Peter 14 should have been at
Berry Lane in 1841 if this is the right Ann. Ann SMITH was the widow of Andrew SMITH
4) Also with aunt Ann GRANT in 1841 census was George Reid
GRANT,clerk, b1816 N. Was he son of
John GRANT & Isobel REID C1810 Grange or s George & Ann REID C1814 Aberdeen? As he was born outwith Aberdeen, the former
is most likely. Ann REID probably died
1861 see above. Other children of John
& Isobel are:
John 8Feb1817 Grange
Margaret 14Nov 1828 Keith
Margaret 2 Nov 1821 G
George 20Jan1810 G
Isobel 11Oct1812 G
Macduff 2Nov1819 G
William 2 may1823 G
Mary 10Nov1825 G
George Reid GRANT m Jane KNIGHT (dau of Neil McPHEE seaman in Aberdeen, so presumably Jane was a widow tho this is not stated in the register) 14Sep1833 St Nicholas and had John Reid Old Machar 8Dec1834, Mary Ann St Nicholas 8may1837 and James Reid 13Aug1840
5) Isobel was running a boarding house in 1851; with her was Margaret GRANT married b1821 Keith and her da Helen b1850 Abd; also Jessie FRASER b1810 Keith, possibly Margaret's sister. James FRASER was a witness at Isobel’s marriage, but the 1851 census shows he was born 1821 New Machar. Keith & Grange are only 1 mile apart
m 9Jun1843 after banns by Rev James FOOTE,
minister in Aberdeen
John WALKER, grocer in Aberdeen &
Isabel GRANT da of James GRANT manufacturer in Aberdeen
witnesses:James CRAIGEN, shoemaker
Aberdeen; James FRASER grocer Aberdeen
Isobel
married a second time to James WALLACE, law clerk, as is shown by her
daughter’s marriage certificate, in which she is named as Isabella WALLACE
previously WALKER nee GRANT; also by 71
census and by birth certificates of her children John & Ann in
Glasgow. Marriage must have taken place
between 1851 census (Isabel WALKER, widow) and birth of son John in 1856 but
has not been found in IGI or OPR. Two
children were baptised in Glasgow.
There is a
marriage of James DALLAS to Isabella GRANT Barony Parish 13Mar1853, but the
1861 index to the valuation rolls corroborates the name DALLAS and he was a
sadler not a law clerk as was James WALLACE.
C 2Mar1844 Isabel Joan d John WALKER dec
merchant & his spouse Isabel GRANT bap by Rev.David MITCHELL; wit:James
FRASER, clerk, James MITCHELL, merchant.
[NOTE: David MITCHELL was minister of free church of Blairdaff 1843-76]
b 29Feb1856 1.30am John WALLACE at 12
Salisbury St, Glasgow; fa: James WALLACE law clerk; mo: Isabella WALLACE nee
GRANT
r 20Mar1856 at Tradeston Glasgow by James WALLACE
father
b 25Mar1858 2.30am Ann Smith WALLACE at 10
Crawford St, Glasgow; fa: James WALLACE law clerk; mo: Isabella WALLACE nee
GRANT
r 22Apr1858 at Tradeston Glasgow by
Isabella WALLACE mother
Isabella
was with her daughter in London in 1881 age 62 but was not with her in
1891. She may have died between these
years, but the GRO death index has been searched to 1910 (age 91) for Isabella
or Jane WALLACE/WALLIS (black6,red87) and not found in London except for
Jane WALLACE died 1885 age 67 St George East; death cert registered by daughter
Sophia BLANEY; Sophia Jane WALLACE m James BLANEY at St.Matthew Bethnal Green
in 1863, father and witness:James Robson WALLACE, house painter (black118). This does not look like James the law clerk.
Only 1 possible Sophia WALLACE in OPR - C11Nov1844 d James WALLACE & Eliza
SMALL (black143). Much more likely that
Sophia WALLACE was C Paddington 1844 and 1881 index has her born at St George
East. This cannot be the required death
The 1881
census index has Isabella WALLACE formerly laundress wid 70 with son John 35
both born Scotland at St Pancras (red86).
This fits very well except for ages: Isabella should be 61/5 and John
should be 25. However, John of St
Pancras m Isabella in 1874 aged 28 (from certificate) so this confirms he was
born 1846 and cannot be the John b1856 in Glasgow son of Isabella GRANT. His father was a clerk but named John not
James. No connection with this family.
James must have died after or shortly before the baptism of
his last child in March 1858, and before the 1871 census in which Isobel was a
widow. At the marriage of Isobel’s
daughter in Jan1862, she was recorded as Isabella WALLACE previously
WALKER nee GRANT; but at her daughter’s second marriage in Dec1865 she
was recorded simply as Isabella nee GRANT.
Does this indicate that James died between the two marriages?
1859 Tradeston 622
1859 Tradeston 782
1860 Tradeston 333
these were
not the correct deaths; others also checked by Glasgow FHS but not found
Isabella
GRANT 24 1817
f.s y
This is a
little old for Isabella compared with later census (these give a birth year of
1820/21 making her 20 or 21 in 1841), but close by in this census was John WALKER,
j.grocer, who is very probably her husband to be; seems likely therefore that
this is Isabella; mistress of house may not have known her correct age
Isabella
WALKER he wid 30 1821
lodging house keeper Aberdeen ABD
Isabella
WALKER da 7
1844 scholar at home Aberdeen ABD
Margaret
ROSS se unm 18 1833
general servant Aberdeen ABD
Margaret
GRANT lo mar 30 1821
{blank}
Keith BAN
Helen D
GRANT lo 15?m1850 Aberdeen, ABD
Jessie
FRASER vi unm 41
1810 {blank} Keith
BAN
William M
MILLAR lo unm 24 1827
merchant and draper
Kilmarnock{?} Kincardine{?}
George M
KAY lo unm 21 1830
grocer Dumfriess DFS
John
SCAIP{?} lo mar 26 1825
tea dealer
Carlisle Dumfriesshire
1861 not
found; not at Crawford St Glasgow,
their address in 1858
Isabella
STEVENSON he mar 26 1845 Aberdeen
George
STEVENSON so 8
1863 scholar
Aberdeen
Frederick
STEVENSON so 4 1867 scholar Aberdeen
Isabella
GRANT mo wid 51 1820
laundress
Aberdeen
John
WALLACE hb 15
1856 message boy Glasgow
Ann
WALLACE hs 14
1857 factory worker Glasgow
Isabella
STEPHENSON wi mar 36 1844 Scotland
George
STEPHENSON so unm 17 1863
seaman, ships apprentice Scotland
Frederick
STEPHENSON so unm 14 1866
scholar
Scotland
Isabella M STEPHENSON da
6 1874 scholar Scotland
Eva M
STEPHENSON da 1
1879
Bromley MDX
Jane
WALLACE wm wid 62 1819
wm = wife's mother
Scotland
Anne
GRANT 45 1796
independent
y
James
MITCHELL 15 1826
shop A
y
John?
AMMAN-? 15 1826 y
Jane
ROBERTSON 80 1761
independent
y
Janet
FORBES 70 1771
independent y
-
George
GRANT 25 1816
clerk
n
Jane
GRANT 20 1821 y
James
GRANT 9m y
-
Chas
BRUCE 20 1821
brass founder
y
Chas
BRUCE 4 y
Benjamin
BRUCE 1 1840
y
Isobell
PIRIE 25 1816 y
Jas
GRANT 59 1782
shoemaker n
Jas
GRANT 14 1827
tailor ap
n
Margt
GRANT 58 1783 n
Ann
GRANT 18 1823
linen ---ty n
Ann
GRANT he wid 60 1790
lodging house keeper
Kintore ABD
David
INNES lo unm 18 1832
student Kings College Keith, Banff
William
GRANT lo unm 22 1828
confectioner
Tarland ABD
William
SHEYNE lo unm 36 1814
tailor
Portsoy Banff
Isabella
WALKER he wid 30 1821
lodging house keeper
Aberdeen ABD
Isabella
WALKER da 7
1844 scholar at home Aberdeen ABD
Margaret
ROSS se unm 18 1833
general servant
Aberdeen ABD
Margaret
GRANT lo mar 30 1821
{blank}
Keith BAN
Helen D
GRANT lo 15?m1850 Aberdeen, ABD
Jessie
FRASER vi unm 41 1810
{blank}
Keith BAN
William M
MILLAR lo unm 24 1827
merchant and draper
Kilmarnock{?} Kincardine{?}
George M
KAY lo unm 21 1830
grocer
Dumfriess DFS
John
SCAIP{?} lo mar 26 1825
tea dealer
Carlisle Dumfriesshire
Ann
GRANT he wid 72 1788
Boarding House Keeper
Kintore ABD
Isabella J WALKER ni unm 16 1844 scholar
Aberdeen ABD
William
CRUICKSHANK lo unm 20 1840 railway clerk Inverkethuy, BAN
Arthur
GILL lo unm 18 1842
engineer fitter
Fintray ABD
James
MILNE lo unm 17 1843
tinsmith
Peterhead ABD