SELCRAIG, John
- Born: 28 August 1832, Edinburgh, Scotland 1 2 3
- Baptised: 31 October 1832, Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland 3
- Marriage (1): WINTON, Elizabeth Robertson on 6 July 1863 in 26 London Street, Edinburgh, Scotland 1
- Died: Before 17 December 1918 4
General Notes:
The 1851 UK census for Edinburgh Greenside in Midlothian recorded Thomas Selcraig as head of a household living at 2 Simpson Court. With him lived his wife, Agnes and seven children of theirs. John Selcraig, the eldest child, had been born in Edinburgh and was recorded as 18 years old. He was a journeyman boot closer by occupation.
John Selcraig was recorded in the death certificate of his wife, Elizabeth, in 1918 as having been a 'Boot Merchant'. 4
John married Elizabeth Robertson WINTON, daughter of Robert WINTON and Helen WEBSTER, on 6 July 1863 in 26 London Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 (Elizabeth Robertson WINTON was born on 16 February 1844 5, baptised on 2 March 1844 in Saint Cuthbert's Parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 5 and died on 17 December 1918 in 12 Viewforth Square, Edinburgh, Scotland 4.). The cause of her death was pulmonary embolism over one day.
Marriage Notes:
The couple were married, after banns, according to the forms of the Church of Scotland. Andrew Milroy, Minister of the Free Tron Church, Edinburgh, conducted the service. The witnesses were John Kennedy, of 9 Jamaica Street, and Helen Crerar, of 25 Barony Street, Edinburgh.
John Selcraig was a bootmaker of 30 years of age. He lived at 12 Royal Exchange Square, Edinburgh, and was single.
Elizabeth Robertson Winton was a sewing machine worker. A single woman, she was 19 years old, and lived at 25 Barony Street, Edinburgh. Her father was deceased.
The marriage was registered at Edinburgh on 13 July 1863, Robert Dickie being the registrar.
NOTE
Here are some extracts from the Jules Verne Forum, that include a reference to the minister who married John Selcraig and Elizabeth Winton:
" Mirifiques aventures de Maitre Antifer
From: Ian Thompson <ithompson~at~geog.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:01:13 -0000
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Thanks to Grant for drawing to my attention that rather more than two chapters of Maitre Antifer take place in Edinburgh as the group of treasure hunters attempt to find the last clue to its location. Verne mixes information from his own visit in 1859, some correct fact and some error in the course of the episode.....
The main action in Edinburgh concerns the attempt to obtain the last clue from a clergyman, the Reverend Tyrcomel. He is portrayed as a minister (clergyman) of the Free Church of Scotland, preaching at the Tron Kirk (church). Verne had seen the imposing Tron Church, completed in 1647, on his 1859 visit so it was natural for him to select it as a location. However, after the "Disruption" of 1843 when the Free Church split from the Church of Scotland, taking with it about a third of the ministers and congregations, new "Free" churches were built. The novel is set in 1862 at which time there existed the "Auld (old) Tron Kirk of the Church of Scotland, which Verne had seen, and a much more modest "New" Tron Kirk belonging to the Free Church of Scotland, which Verne was almost certainly unaware of. To suit the plot therefore, Verne used the old Church of Scotland Tron Kirk, but transposed a fundamentalist minister from the nearby but inconspicuous "Free" Tron Kirk. In 1862, the Free Church minister was a Reverend Andrew Milroy and so, as usual in his Scottish novels, the name Tyrcomel was fictitious."
with acknowledgment and thanks
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