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NISBET, Alexander of Waterhead
(About 1755-)
STIRLING, Elizabeth
(About 1755-)
NISBET, John of Whinhall, Shipowner & Merchant
(1781-)
ANDERSON, Mary
(About 1790-)
NISBET, Alexander Ironmonger
(1811-1884)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. HUNTER, Mary (or Janet)

2. Unknown

NISBET, Alexander Ironmonger 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

  • Born: 23 Apr 1811, Airdrie, New Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
  • Marriage (1): HUNTER, Mary (or Janet) on 1 Aug 1839 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1 2
  • Marriage (2): Unknown on 30 Apr 1632 in Saint Nicholas Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 3
  • Died: 8 Feb 1884, 13 Sandyford Place, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 12 13

   Other names for Alexander were NISBETT, Alexander 10 and NISBETT, Alexander.10

   User ID: SP21

  Birth Notes:

Event Description: "lawful son of John Nisbet of Whinhall and Mary Anderson"

  Death Notes:

Event Description: Ironmongermarried to Janet Hunter; 72 years; parents decd. father Shipowner & merchant; Disease of Urinary Bladder; informant son Robert

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 3 May 1811, Airdrie, New Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 10 11

• Residence: Relationship: Head, 1851, 106 Cumberland Street, Gorbals parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 6 7

• Residence: Relation to Head of House: Head, 1861, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 4 5

• Residence: Relation to Head of House: Visitor, 1881, Kilmore and Kilbride, Argyll, Scotland. 8 9


Alexander married Mary (or Janet) HUNTER, daughter of Robert HUNTER Cabinet maker & Wright and Agnes BELL, on 1 Aug 1839 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.1 2 (Mary (or Janet) HUNTER was born on 5 Dec 1819 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 and died on 12 Mar 1899 in Clifton, Row, Dunbartonshire, Scotland 12 13.)


Alexander next married on 30 Apr 1632 in Saint Nicholas Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.3


  Marriage Notes:

"On the 30th April, 1632, while yet scarcely eighteen years of age, Jaffray married Jean Dun, a daughter of Principal Patrick Dun, of Marischal College..."

from Aldermen and Provosts

"JAFFRAY
ALEXANDER
JEANE DUNE/FR4006 (FR4006)
30/04/1632
168/A
120 373
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages 3 29

Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

2 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

4 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 71; Page: 3; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1861_109.

5 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 71; Page: 3; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1861_109.

6 Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Gorbals; ED: 33; Page: 12; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1851_166; Year: 1851.

7 Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Gorbals; ED: 33; Page: 12; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1851_166; Year: 1851.

8 Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2007 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Kilmore and Kilbride; ED: 2; Page: 7; Line: 5; Roll: cssct1881_153.

9 Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Kilmore and Kilbride; ED: 2; Page: 7; Line: 5; Roll: cssct1881_153.

10 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

11 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

12 Ancestry.com, Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 (Ancestry Operations, Inc. Date:2015 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

13 Ancestry.com, Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 (Ancestry Operations, Inc.).

14 Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Row; ED: 5; Page: 29; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1851_107; Year: 1851.

15 Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Row; ED: 5; Page: 29; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1851_107; Year: 1851.

16 Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Gorbals; ED: 33; Page: 16; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1851_166; Year: 1851.

17 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 71; Page: 3; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1861_109.

18 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 71; Page: 3; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1861_109.

19 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 71; Page: 11; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1861_109.

20 Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Gorbals; ED: 33; Page: 12; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_166; Year: 1851.

21 Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Gorbals; ED: 33; Page: 12; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_166; Year: 1851.

22 Ancestry.com, 1871 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Govan; ED: 20; Page: 10; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1871_144.

23 Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2007 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Row; ED: 11; Page: 4; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1891_163.

24 Ancestry.com, 1891 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Row; ED: 11; Page: 4; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1891_163.

25 Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Partick; ED: 30; Page: 30; Line: 25; Roll: cssct1881_258.

26 Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Barony; ED: 1B; Page: 10; Line: 1055; Year: 1841.

27 Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Barony; ED: 1B; Page: 10; Line: 1055; Year: 1841.

28 Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Barony; ED: 1B; Page: 10; Line: 1010; Year: 1841.

29 e-books, Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen 1272-1895 by A. M. Munro (1897).

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