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NISBET, William
(1819-045/1888)
SANDILANDS, Isabella
(About 1819-)
HAIMES, George Hairdresser, DNA Linked
(About 1806-)
TAIT, Helen (DNA Linked)
(1800-008/1869)
NISBET, Alexander Sandilands (DNA Linked)
(1839-)
HAIMES, Isabella (DNA Linked)
(About 1840-005/1890)
NISBET, Richard (DNA link)
(1882-1960)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. WALKINSHAW, Jane Baigrie

  • NISBET, Isabella Haimes (DNA link)+
  • NISBET, Richard
  • NISBET, Margaret Dobbie
  • NISBET, Jeanie Turnball

NISBET, Richard (DNA link) 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 26 December 1882, 5 Brown Street, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland 5 6
  • Marriage (1): WALKINSHAW, Jane Baigrie on 15 September 1909 in Sheriff Court House, Edinburgh, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 22 September 1960, 2 Newhaven Road, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 3

   Cause of his death was gastric carcinoma over 1 year/metastases to liver.4

   User ID: A183.

  General Notes:

Richard was the second child in the family to be given this name.

In 1891 Richard Nisbet was recorded by the census for Edinburgh living, the youngest child, at 5 Brown Street, his family home, which his sister, Eleanor, and her husband Henry McKeen, now ran, as pseudo parents, after the death of Alexander and Isabella Nisbet. Richard was 9 years old and was a scholar. He had been born in Edinburgh.

In 1901, the census Richard Nisbet was living with Henry and Eleanor McKeen and their five children, aged from 3 months to 9 years. The family had moved house from Brown Street to Braid Place, a couple of miles away. Richard was recorded as 18 years old and born in Edinburgh. He was an apprentice cooper by trade.

When Richard died in 1960 his death certificate recorded him as a brewery cooper who had married Jane Baigrie Dobie Walkinshaw. His age at death was 77 years. His parents were deceased. 3 4

  Medical Notes:

Richard Nisbet gave notice before the registrar at Leith on 23 September 1960 of his father's death. His address was noted as 1 Christiemiller Place, Edinburgh. 4


Richard married Jane Baigrie WALKINSHAW, daughter of William WALKINSHAW and Margaret DOBIE, on 15 September 1909 in Sheriff Court House, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 2 (Jane Baigrie WALKINSHAW was born in 1887 in Newington, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 7.)


  Marriage Notes:

"NISBET
RICHARD
WALKINSHAW
JANE
1909
685/4 678
St Giles"

from Index of Marriages



The marriage took place by Declaration, in the presence of Robert Dodds, a plumber, and Ann Dodds his wife. The warrant of the Sheriff-Substitute for Lothian and Peebles was dated 15 September 1909.

Richard Nisbet was a single man of 26 years of age. He worked as a cooper and resided at 5 South Gayfield Lane, Edinburgh. His parents were deceased.

Jane Walkinshaw was a tailoress and unmarried. She was 22 years old and lived at 13 Balfour Street, Leith. Her mother was deceased.

The marriage was registered at Edinburgh on 15 September 1909. 1 2

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, Index of Marriages.

2 GRO Scotland, St Giles Edinburgh Marriages.

3 Personal Communication, Email information from descendant Stewart Gray in May 2009.

4 GRO Scotland, Leith Edinburgh Deaths.

5 GRO Scotland.

6 GRO Scotland, Newington Edinburgh Births.

7 GRO Scotland, Index of Births.

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