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Wedderburn History

1813

Henrietta Wedderburn [b. 1776, 4th d. James W. ‘in Inchmarlo’ (bap. 1740) & Isobel Forbes (m. 1766)] m. John Black on 11/6/1813 at Dunfermline.  ‘Henrette’ was bap. at Banchory Ternan, Kincardineshire. - Henrietta, Mrs. Black, is named as one of his sisters by John W. (bap. 1780 at Newhills) in his Will, written the day before he died in London in 1846. [See John’s Will.] - 3 children of Henrietta & John Black found: Christian Wedderburn Black (b. April 1814); John Gibb Black (b. 4/6/1815); & Elizabeth Black (b. Dec. 1816).  


1814

Alexander Halkett [Sir Alexander Halkett, KC.H., in 1837, b. c 1773, 5th son of Sir John Wedderburn-Halkett ‘of Pitfirrane’, 4th Bt. of Gosford, & his 2nd wife, Mary Hamilton [d. of the Hon. John Hamilton, advocate, 2nd s. of Thomas, 6th Earl of Haddington, by Margaret, d. of Sir John Home of Blackadder] m. ‘about 1814’, Georgiana Sproule [d. of George Sproule, captain in the 16th Regt., and, later, Surveyor-General of the province of New Brunswick]. - They had 4 sons, and a daughter: Mary Anna Halkett (b. 26/10/1818), who m. at Edinburgh, in 1848, Alexander Leith of Freefield & Glenkindle, Aberdeenshire. - Mary Anna & Alexander Leith had an only child, Georgiana, who, in 1896, was living at Freefield.

  

1816

James Wedderburn [b. 1793] m. Margaret Lumsden [d. of David Lumsden, surgeon] on 25/3/1816 at Peterhead.   ‘A.W.’ says that James, described as ‘of Banff’, m. Margaret Duncan, and thathis only son George’ m. Margaret Lumsden - However it was James who m. Margaret Lumsden, and George (bap. 2/4/1816) was not their only son, but the eldest child of a large family. [See ***  above, after 1793 entry.] - James’s mother would seem to be Janet Duncan, who m. at Old Meldrum, in 1792, William W. (bap. 5/5/1762), the youngest s. of William W. ‘in Wardend of Old Meldrum’ (which makes him a first cousin of Joseph W., ‘farmer in New Wells’, b. 1782). - In the W.B., George is said to have had [by his wife, Margaret Lumsden,“who died at Peterhead on 3/11/1864, aged 67”] 2 sons, James & Alexander, & 3 daughters, Janet, Rachel & Margaret, but registers show that these children, and others, were George’s younger brothers and sisters: George was bap. in 1816 - the others are: William (b. 1819); Janet (b. 1823); Alexander James (b. 1824); Rachel (b. 1826); James (b. 1828); Herries (b. 1830); John (b. 1832); Margaret (b. 1834) & Williamina (b. 1836). - No dates of birth are given in the W.B. for James or George but ‘A.W.’ states that James was ‘drowned in 1848’ and that George died ‘before December 1859’. (James Wedderburn was aged 55 when he drowned, which confirms his d.o.b. as c1793.)  James Wedderburn (of North Shore, Peterhead) drowned off Peterhead on 22/8/1848, aged 55.   Margaret died at Peterhead on 3/11/1864, aged 67.


1816

William Wedderburn, 3rd son of George W. [‘at Tarves’, b. 1782, & Margaret (?or Mary) Webster (m. 1809)], bap. 30/3/1816 at Tarves.  William W. of Woodhead, Fyvie, later of Backhill of Gight, Millbrex, Aberdeen, m. Isabella Shepherd [d. of Alexander Shepherd], at Fyvie, on 12/6/1856, but by her (b. 1823) has no issue.  Living 1892”. In the 1881 Census, William, a Farmer aged 65 (b. Tarves), was living at Woodhead, Fyvie, with Isabella, aged 58 (b. Fyvie); James Fowler, a Farm Servant, & Jane Massie, a Farm Domestic, aged 14. - William died at Millbrex in 1893, aged 78.  


1816

George Wedderburn, e. son of James W. [‘of Banff’, b. 1793, & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)], bap. 2/4/1816 at Peterhead.   [In the W.B., George is said to have m. Margaret Lumsden ‘and to have had 2 sons & 3 daughters’ butit seems clear that Margaret Lumsden was George’s mother (wife of James ‘of Banff’) and that George was their eldest (not ‘only’) son and the children said to be his are his younger brothers and sisters.] “George died before 12 Dec. 1859”.   [See *** above [1793] and James W. ‘of Banff’, 1816.]


1816

Helen Wedderburne [4th & ygst. dau. of Joseph W. (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m. 1805),  but of Joseph’s father Keith W. acc. to other sources], bap. ‘in April’ 1816 at Old Meldrum. - “Helen m. James Gordon in 1833 (q.v.) & had issue. She died at Old Meldrum on 24/3/1866, aged 49, and is buried there”.  

1817 Elspet Wetherburn (sic) m. Robert Lumsden on 21/8/1817 at Peterhead.  - Elspet is one of the 3 daughters of William W. & Janet Duncan. - (William W. & Janet were m. at Old Meldrum in 1792 & Elspet must be a sister of James W. ‘of Banff’, b. 1793, m. 1816.) - “Elspet Wedderburn m. Robert Lumsden and died at Peter-head on 6/7/1869 aged 73” [i.e. Elspet was b. 1796-97 but her bap. not found. - Elspet’s father William is described as a farmer on her death cert. but as a seaman on the death cert. of her sister Rachel, in 1868. - Elspet’s husband, Robert Lumsden, was a seaman.  


1817

Rachel Wetherburn (sic) m. George Anderson on 28/8/1817 at Peterhead.  Rachel is another of the 3 daughters of William W. & Janet Duncan shown on W.B. p. 490. (William & Janet were m. at Old Meldrum in 1792 & Rachel must be a sister of James W. ‘of Banff’, b. 1793, m. 1816.) - “Rachel Wedderburn m. George Anderson and died a widow at Peterhead on 4/10/1868, aged 69” [i.e. Rachel was b. 1799-1800 but her bap. not found.]  Rachel’s father William and her husband George are both described as seamen on Rachel’s death cert., but her father is described as ‘farmer’ on her sister’s cert. (Death reg. by Agnes McPhillips, granddaughter.)


1818

John Wedderburn [2nd son of Joseph W. (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m. 1805), or of Joseph’s father Keith W. acc. to other sources.   Simpson there in 1849” (q.v.). - [They had 2 sons & 2 daughters.  See below.] “John died at Turriff 4/12/1862, aged 44, and is buried in the churchyard there. - In the 1881 Census, ‘Kate’ Wedderburn, a widow aged 69 (‘b. Auchterless’), was living at 7 Castle Hill, Turriff. - “Catherine died at Turriff in 1888, aged 76”.  

1819 T. Widerborn (sic), Child [unidentified], bap. 2/10/1819 at Peterhead.


1819

William Wedderburn, [2nd] son of James W. [‘of Banff’, b.1793, & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)], bap. 31/10/1819 at Peterhead.  

1819 William Wedderburn, Mason & Stone Merchant, of Mounthooly, Old Aberdeen [bap. 1754 at Dunnotar], died on 19/3/1819, aged 64, of ‘Cancer in face’. He was buried on 22/3/1819. [On W.B. shows that William Wedderburn, mason in Aberdeen, was buried on 23/11/1819 but this is incorrect.] The funeral service was held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral but as St. Andrew’s has never had its own burial ground he was probably buried in Old Aberdeen Burial ground.  William drew up a ‘Deed of Settlement’ in 1818 by which he arranged annuities for his widow Elizabeth & his sister Catherine, and for the whole free remainder and residue of his Estate to be divided equally between his daughter Jane, his son Alexander and Jane Wedderburn, the daughter of his deceased son William. - Elizabeth Wedderburn, alias Smith, ‘relict of William Wedderburn sometime Mason & Stone Merchant in Aberdeen’, died on 6/9/1829.  (See Inventory dated 19/10/1829.)   


1820

James Wedderburn [twin with George, below] bap. 26/9/1820 at Old Meldrum [3rd son of Joseph W. (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m. 1805), but also recorded as son of Joseph’s father Keith W. in other sources.   “James m. Helen Harper at Turriff in 1844 (q.v.). “James m. in this country then emigrated to Canada and later to America, U.S. - Had issue, one son”.  


1820

George Wedderburn [twin with James, above] bap. 26/9/1820 at Old Meldrum.  . “George m. Elizabeth Murray (d. of Alexander Murray) at Turriff in 1847”.  [Another sources shows as 17/6/1848, q.v.] - “They had 3 sons & 2 daughters who all died young”. - George died on 1/3/1874, aged 53, and is buried in Old Meldrum. - George’s widow, Elizabeth Murray, m. ii) on 18/12/1875, at Old Meldrum, Thomas Finnie of New Pitsligo. - Mrs. Finnie gave ‘A.W.’ details of her children “who all died young”, with dates of death of four of them but not of the eldest, George, of whom it says only “born at Turriff”.      

 **** The following inscription was on a tombstone in Old Meldrum churchyard: “Erected by George Wedderburn, Merchant, Old Meldrum, in memory of his father Joseph Wedderburn, farmer, New Wells, who died 3 December 1828, aged 47, and his mother Helen Gordon, died 3 August 1834, aged 55, and George Wedderburn, died 1 March 1874 aged 53.” [George and his twin James, b. 1820, are shown as sons of Joseph’s father Keith W. but as sons of Joseph W. (& Helen Gordon).   The tombstone confirms that the latter is correct. (It appears that Keith Wedderburn died before 1795, when a Barbara Christie m. a William Walker in Aberdeen. - See entry 1795 above.)]

  

1820

Isabel Wedderburn, dau. of George W. [‘at Tarves’, b. 1780, & his 2nd wife, Margaret Duguid - see 1809], bap. 15/11/1820 at Tarves.  In the 1881 Census, Isobella (sic), a Knitter, unm. aged 62, was living at Woodhead, Fyvie. - “Isabella died at New Deer, unmarried, on 8/8/1889, aged 67 years”.    

1820 Jane Weatherburn (sic) m. John Robertson ‘in 1820’ at Aberdeen  but the marriage took place on 13/2/1808 (q.v.).  


1821

Lydia Weatherbourn [b. c1752 - unidentified], widow of Patrick Baird (2nd s. of Charles Baird, manufacturer in Aberdeen, who died in 1812, aged 40), died in 1821, aged 60.   


1821

Harris Wedderburn m. John Sinclair on 2/9/1821 at Peterhead.   [‘Harris’ may be another sister of James ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793) - i.e. a daughter of William W. & Janet Duncan (m. 1792) - as James named a daughter ‘Herries’ on 14/10/1830.  


1823

Janet Wetherburn (sic), [e.] dau. of James Wedderburn [‘of Banff’, b. 1793, & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)], bap. 8/1/1823 at Peterhead.   “Janet b. 1823 m. John [sic] Jenkins & died in 1886”. - Janet Widderburn (sic), spinster, dau. of James W., Master Mariner, deceased, m. George Jenkins, Mariner, bachelor, s. of George Jenkins, Master Mariner - both ‘of the parish of St. Anne’ - at the District Chapelry, parish of St. Anne, Newcastle on Tyne, by licence, on 26/6/1853.  (The witnesses were Alan Dalziel & Margaret ‘Widderburn’ - no doubt Janet’s sister, b. 1834.) - “Janet’s husband, ‘Captain Jenkins’, in 1855 erected a memorial in Calcutta in memory of Janet’s brother Alexander Wedderburn”. - [See Alexander, 1824.]


1823

John Wedderburn, elder son of George W. [‘at Tarves’, b. 1780, & his 2nd wife, Margaret Duguid - see 1809], bap. 8/10/1823 at Tarves.  “John died unm. at Fyvie on 25/11/1879, aged 57”.  [John, a Farm Servant, unm., died at Woodhead Fyvie, his brother William present.]


1823

Forbes Wedderburn [Farmer, b. 1800, only surv. child of James W. ‘of Tarves’ & Isobel Soutar (m 1798, q.v.)] m. Ann Duncan [d. of John Duncan of New Deer] on 22/11/1823 at Ellon.  [Acc. to the W.B., Forbes m. Ann Duncan at New Deer in Nov. 1824, not 1823.] - They had 7 sons & 3 daughters: James (b. 1825); John (b. 1827, d. young); Anne (b. 1829); Forbes (b. 1831); William (b. 1833) & Andrew (b. 1834 - both d. young); Alexander & Charles (twins, b. 1836); Isobel (b. & d. 1839) & Margaret (b. 1840, d. 1891). - In the 1881 Census, James, a Farmer aged 81 (b. Ellon), was living at Auchleuchries, Cruden, Aberdeenshire, with Ann, aged 79 (b. New Deer), their unm. daughter Maggie A., aged 39 (b. Cruden) & their granddaughter Agnes R., aged 12 (b. 1869 at Aberdeen - the younger dau. of Forbes, b. 1831, & his first wife, Margaret Keith.). - “Forbes died on 11/3/1882 at Easterton, Cruden, where he is buried under a tomb with a short inscription giving his age and the date of his death. - His widow, Ann Duncan, was still living, at an advanced age, at Easterton in 1891”. (‘A.W.’), Ann Wedderburn died at Cruden in 1893, aged 92.  


1824

Alexander James Wedderburn, [3rd] son of James W. [‘of Banff’, b. 1793, & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)], bap. 2/10/1824 at Peterhead.   Alexander m. Catherine Abernethy in 1849 (q.v.).  - [They had 2 sons & a daughter.] - Alexander went to sea and died at Calcutta on 21/7/1855.  He was buried in the Episcopal burial ground at Chowringee.  - In a footnote, ‘A.W.’ states: “The following inscription is on his tomb: “Sacred to the memory of Mr. Alexander Wedderburn late chief officer of the barque ‘Peony’ of Glasgow. Died 21 July 1855, aged 31 years. Erected by Captain Jenkins”. [Capt. Jenkins was Alexander’s brother-in-law - see Janet Wetherburn (sic - b. 1823). ]


1825

James Wedderburne (sic), e. son of Forbes W. [Farmer, b. 1800] & Ann Duncan [m. 1823], bap. 4/9/1825 at Ellon.  James m Christian Cheyne at Methlick on 2/3/1851 (q.v.). [They had 2 sons & 3 daughters.] ‘Christina’ died at Methlick in 1886, aged 64, & James died at Middlemuir, Methlick, on 6/5/1892, aged 67.  

1826

Rachel Wedderburn, [2nd] d. of James W. [‘of Banff’, b. 1793, & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)], bap. 23/8/1826 at Peterhead.   [Rachel ‘b. 1827’ is said to be one of the daughters of George W. & Margaret Lumsden but she is one of George’s sisters.] - “Rachel married twice & died in 1885”.  No further details are given but Rachel Wedderburn, ‘dau. of James Wedderburn, mariner’, m. William Hutcheon at St. Mary’s, Rotherhithe, Surrey, on 11/4/1858.  - The Rachel W. who m. George Sellar at Peterhead on 14/10/1862 (q.v.) may be the 2nd m. of this Rachel.)] - Rachel Wedderburn died at Peterhead in 1885, aged 58

1826 Joseph Wedderburn, 2nd son of George W. [‘at Tarves’, b. 1780, & his 2nd wife Margaret Duguid - see 1809], b. 2/10/1826 at Fyvie.


1826

Ann Wedderburn [b. 1806, e.d. of Joseph W. & Helen Gordon (m. 1805)] m. James Gray on 6/6/1826 at Old Meldrum.  “Ann, bap. 1806, m. James Gray and had issue”. Ann Wedderburn or Gray died on 19/2/1873 at Old Meldrum and is buried there.   


1827

John Wedderburn, 2nd son of Forbes W.  [Farmer, b. 1800] & Ann Duncan [m. 1823], ‘was b. in 1827 & died in infancy at Tarves’.   


1828

James Wedderburn, [4th] s. of James W., sailor in Peterhead [James W. ‘of Banff’, b. 1793, & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)], bap. 10/9/1828. (Witnesses: James Cowie & Robert Will )-  [James b. 1828 is said to be the elder of two sons of George W. & Margaret Lumsden but another source indicates that he is George’s brother and that Margaret Lumsden is their mother.) - James became a Shipwright.  “He was at one time resident in Australia”. - James m. Eliza Leith in 1848 (q.v.). - [They had a daughter & 2 sons.] - “James died in 1869”.  [James & Eliza’s son David (b. 1852) is the person with whom ‘A.W.’ communicated when compiling his [seemingly inaccurate!] account of James ‘of Banff’ and his descendants.]

   

1828

Joseph Wedderburn, Farmer at New Wells [b. 1782, e.s. of Keith W. (b. 1757) & Barbara Christie (m. 1782)] died on 3/12/1828, age 47.  [See **** (1820 above) for inscription on his tombstone.]  


1829

Elizabeth Wedderburn [bap. 1808, d. of Joseph W. (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m. 1805)] m. Alexander Webster on 29/3/1829 at Old Meldrum.  “Elizabeth had issue and died about 1851”.   


1829

Anne Wedderburne (sic), e. dau. of Forbes W. [Farmer, b. 1800] & Ann Duncan [m. 1823], bap. 2/9/1829 at Ellon.  - In the 1881 Census, Anne, unm., aged 51, was Housekeeper to her widowed brother, the Rev. Charles W., at 5 N Mansionhouse Road, Newington, Edinburgh. - In the 1891 Census, Anne, unm. aged 61, was still living with Charles in Edinburgh. - She died there on 11/6/1898, aged 68.  


1829

Elizabeth Wedderburn [née Smith, m. 1801], ‘relict of William Wedderburn sometime Mason & Stone Merchant in Aberdeen’, died on 6/9/1829.   

(See Inventory dated 19/10/1829.)   


1830

Herries Wedderburn, [3rd] dau. of James W. [‘of Banff’, b. 1793, & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)], bap. 14/10/1830 at Peterhead.  [See m. of ‘Harris’ W.in 1821.]


1831

Forbes Wedderburn, 3rd but 2nd surv. son of Forbes W. [Farmer, b. 1800] & Ann Duncan [m. 1823], bap. 9/10/1831 at Cruden.  Forbes m. i) Margaret Keith in 1854 (q.v.). - [They had 8 sons & 2 daughters.] - Forbes m. ii) Agnes Malcolmson from Shetland, in 1872 (q.v.). - [By her had 5 sons & another daughter.]  Agnes died in 1891. - Forbes died at Wortley [N. of Sheffield, Yorks.] in the September qtr. of 1921, aged 89. - [In the 1901 Census,, Forbes’ 11th s., Thomas Moncrieff W., b. 1875 (his 3rd s. by his second wife), a Steel Moulder aged 25, was living with his wife Jessie, aged 23 (‘b. Scotland’), at 27 Attercliffe Rd., Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorks.]


1831

Jane Wedderburn [unidentified] m. James Duncan Gellie on 23/11/1831 at Ellon.

 

1832

John Wetherburn (sic), [5th] son of James Wedderburn [?‘of Banff’, b. 1793, & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)], bap. 10/6/1832 at Peterhead.   


1833

William Wedderburn, 4th son of Forbes W. [Farmer, b. 1800] & Ann Duncan [m. 1823], ‘was b. in 1833 & died in infancy at Tarves’.   


1833

Helen Wedderburn [b. 1816, 4th & ygst. d. of Joseph W. (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m. 1805)] m. James Gordon on 10/4/1833 at Old Meldrum. - “Helen had issue and died at Old Meldrum on 24/3/1866, aged 49 years. Buried at Old Meldrum”. [Helen & James had a daughter Jane (b. 1843 at Old Meldrum) who m. Charles McWilliam on 19/6/1862. Their daughter Ann(ie) m. Robert Milton on 22/12/1905.  


1833

Joseph Wedderburn [bap. 1812, e.s. of Joseph W. (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m. 1805)] m. Ann Webster on 1/11/1833 at Old Meldrum.  [According to the Rev. J.W. Mitchell of Ontario & the Rev. Alexander Webster of Kilmarnock (nephews of Joseph’s wife), Joseph m. Ellen or Christian Webster. “Joseph and Ann [or ‘Ellen’] emigrated to Canada and had 10 children. The sons were: Alexander (‘who d.s.p.’); John (‘of Michigan, U.S., who m. and had issue’); William (‘who d.s.p.’); George (‘of Michigan, U.S., who m. and had issue’); & James (‘of Michigan’) & the daughters: Christina (‘who m. Henry Jackson of Clanbrassill, co. Haldimand, Ontario, and had issue’); Anne (‘who m. John McHaltie of Cedar Springs, Michigan, and had issue’); Elsie (‘who m. William Briggs of Michigan, and died, leaving issue’); Ellen (‘who m. --- Worm, and died leaving a daughter’); & Rachel (‘who m. John Jackson of Clanbrassil, Ontario, and had issue’.) - [This information was given to ‘A.W.’ by two of the descendants of farmer Joseph W. in New Wells, “viz., his great grandson, James Gordon of Tillycairn, Old Meldrum, a grandson of Helen W. & James Gordon (m. 1833), and Miss Elizabeth Webster, of 3 Distillery Rd., Old Meldrum, a d. of Elizabeth W. & Andrew Webster (m. 1829).”] - Joseph m. ii) Helen Finnie, widow, of Old Meldrum”. [Was Helen Finnie the mother of Thomas Finnie, of Pitsligo, who became the second husband of Elizabeth (née Murray), in 1875? (Elizabeth Murray’s first husband was Joseph’s brother George, bap. 1820, q.v.)]  

1833 Elizabeth Wedderburn [unidentified] was b. c1833/34 at Old Machar, Aberdeen. - In the 1881 Census, Elizabeth, a Linnen (sic) Weaver, unm. ‘aged 53’ (‘b. Old Machar’), was a Boarder at the home of Alexander Leith & his family at 3 East Back Road, Old Machar, Aberdeen. - Elizabeth Wedderburn died at Old Aberdeen in 1902, ‘aged 69’.  


1834

Ann Watson Wedderburn, dau. of Alexander W. [b. 1810 at Tarves] by Penelope Pringle, was ‘b. 1834’.  [In the W.B. it is not made clear that Ann is the daughter of this Alexander, who apparently remained a bachelor. -  A --- Wedderburn, ‘s. of Alexander W.’, was bap. at Ellon in 1839, q.v.] - Ann m. Alexander Allardyce ‘of Fetterletter’ in 1858 (q.v.). - In the 1881 Census, Ann Allardyce ‘aged 50’ (‘b. Fyvie’) was living at Fetter-letter, Fyvie, with her husband Alexander Allardyce, a Farmer aged 54, their 6 children (including a daughter Penelope) & Ann’s father, Alexander Wedderburn, a retired farmer, unm. aged 70 (b. Tarves). - Ann Watson Wedderburn died in 1890, aged 61.


1834

Andrew Wedderburn, 5th son of Forbes W. [Farmer, b. 1800] & Ann Duncan [m. 1823] ‘was b. in 1834 & died in infancy at Tarves’.   


1834

Margaret Wedderburn, [4th] dau. of James W. [‘of Banff’, b. 1793, & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)], bap. 15/5/1834 at Peterhead.  “Margaret m. John Baines”.  [Margaret supposedly m. John ‘Barnes’ in 1859 (q.v.).] - [See *** above [under 1793] & James W. 1816 & 1848.]  


1834

Christian Wedderburn, e. dau. of Joseph W. [b. 1812, & Ann Webster (m. 1833)], bap. 11/8/1834 at Old Meldrum.  [Emigrated to Canada with her parents.]

 

1836

Rachel Wedderburn [b. 1810, 3rd d. of Joseph W. (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m. 1805)] m. John Nicolson on 4/6/1836 at Gamrie & Macduff, Banff.  - John Nicholson died in 1851.   “Rachel died in 1871 and was buried in Macduff Churchyard”.  - [There is no Rachel Nicholson shown in the Macduff Burial Records but she may have been buried in the ‘Old’ Cemetery there. ]  


1836

Williamina Wedderburn, [5th] dau. of James W. [‘of Banff’, b. 1793, & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)], bap. 24/8/1836 at Peterhead.  [Williamina is not shown in the W.B.] - [See *** above [under 1793] & James W. ‘of Banff’, 1816 & 1848.]


1836

Alexander Wedderburn [twin with Charles below], 6th [but 3rd surv.] son of Forbes W. [Farmer, b. 1800] & Ann Duncan [m. 1823], b. 8/10/1836 at Cruden.  - “Alexander became inspector of the poor for the district of Longside”. - He m. Jane Clark in 1860 (q.v.). - [They had 2 sons & 6 daughters.]  - In the 1881 Census, Alexander, a Shoemaker employing one man, and Inspector of Poor, aged 44 (‘b. Cruden’), was living at 6 Main Street, Longside, with 4 daughters & 2 sons. - His wife Jane, & their eldest d. Helen Ann (b. 1861), were in Edinburgh staying with Alexander’s twin brother, the Rev. Charles Wedderburn. (See next entry.)  - Alexander was a keen amateur poet, and a member of the local self-improvement society. He later became an estate factor, while continuing as an inspector of the poor. - Alexander died at Longside in 1908, aged 71.  


1836

Charles Wedderburn [twin with Alexander above], 7th [but 4th surv.] son of Forbes W. [Farmer, b. 1800] & Ann Duncan [m. 1823], b. 8/10/1836 at Cruden.   - Charles m. Eliza Milne of Rosehearty, Aberdeen, at Perth on 18/12/1862. - [They had a daughter, Eliza Milne (b. 1864) & a son (b. 1865). Eliza and her infant son died in Dec. 1865 at Edinburgh.]   “Charles was ordained a minister of the Free Church at Stirling, in Jan. 1873, and translated to Edinburgh in April 1879”. [See entry re James W. ‘of Tarves’, 1798.] - In the 1881 Census, the Rev. Charles Wedderburn, widower aged 44, Minister of the Cowgate Free Church in Edinburgh, was living at 5 N Mansionhouse Rd., St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh, with his daughter Eliza aged 16, his sister Anne aged 51, Housekeeper, his sister-in-law Jane (wife of his twin brother Alexander) aged 44, & Alexander’s & Jane’s daughter Helen Ann aged 18 (b. 1861, d. 1895), as Housekeeper’s Assistant. - In the 1891 Census, Charles, aged 54, was still living in Edinburgh, with his unm. sister Anne, aged 61, & his daughter Eliza M., aged 26.  


1839

Wedderburn son of Alexander W., b. 8/3/1839 at Ellon.   


1839

Frederick Lewis Scrymgeour-Wedderburn [b. 1808 in Edinburgh, 4th but only surv. son of Henry Scrymgeour (b. 1755 - Scrymgeour-Wedderburn from 1811) & Mary Turner Maitland] m. the Hon. Helen Arbuthnot, 5th dau. of John, 8th Viscount Arbuthnot, & Lady Margaret Ogilvie [e. dau. of Walter, 7th Earl of Airlie], on 26/4/1839 at Arbuthnott House.   [Frederick’s paternal grandmother was Katharine Wedderburn (b. 1715, 6th d. of Sir Alexander W., 4th Bt. of Blackness, & Katharine Scott) who m. David Scrymgeour of Birkhill in 1739, and died in 1796. (Henry Scrymgeour went out to Jamaica in 1772. He returned to Scotland in 1790-91 and m. Mary Turner Maitland in 1793. - On the death of his brother Alexander Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (b. 1744), without issue, in 1811, Henry succeeded to the ‘Wedderburn’ estates.] - “By the Hon. Helen, Frederick had a son and successor, Henry Scrymgeour Wedderburn, b. 18/4/1840. - Lady Helen died at Balgarvie, Fife, on 23/4/1840 & Frederick m. ii) at Hurst Church, Berks., on 31/8/1852, Selina Mary Garth (d. of Captain Thomas Garth, R.N., of Haines Hill, Berks.) by whom he had 2 more sons & 3 daughters. - Frederick died at Birkhill, Fife, on 16/8/1874.  


1839

Isabel Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of Forbes W. [Farmer, b. 1880] & Ann Duncan [m. 1823], bap. 12/12/1839 at Cruden.  - ‘Isobel died the same year & was buried at Tarves’.  


1840

Margaret Anne Wederburn (sic), 3rd & ygst. dau. of Forbes W. [Farmer, b. 1800] & Ann Duncan [m. 1823], was b. in 1840 & bap. 13/1/1841 at Cruden.  - In the 1881 Census, ‘Maggie’ was unm., living at Auchleuchries, Cruden, with her parents & their granddaughter, Agnes R. [Reid] W., aged 12. - “Margaret was living unm. in 1891”.   


1844

James Wedderburn [twin with George, b. 1820, 3rd.s. of Joseph W. (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m 1805)] m. Helen Harper on 21/7/1844 at Turriff.  “James m. in this country then emigrated to Canada and later to America, U.S. - Had issue, one son”.   


1846

Laurence Craigie Maclagan [afterwards Maclagan-Wedderburn], 5th son of Katharine Stormonth [b. 1814 - Maclagan-Wedderburn ‘of Pearsie’ from 1870] & the Rev. James Maclagan, D.D. [m. 1834 at Broughty Ferry], was b. 6/9/1846 at Aberdeen. (Laurence’s mother Katharine & her surviving children added ‘Wedderburn’ to their surname when Katharine inherited the estate of ‘Pearsie’ in 1870) - Laurence became the Minister at Madderty, by Crieff, Perthshire. - He m. his cousin, Gertrude Elizabeth Maxwell, in 1880 -  [They had 4 sons & a daughter.] - Gertrude died at Madderty in 1903, aged 48.  


1848

George Wedderburn [twin with James, b. 1820, 4th s. of Joseph W. (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m 1805)] m. Elizabeth Murray [d. of Alexander Murray] on 17/6/1848 at Turriff.  [George & Elizabeth m. 16 June 1847, acc. to A.W..]  - “They had 3 sons & 2 daughters, all of whom died young”. - George died on 1/3/1874 and is buried at Old Meldrum”. [See inscription on tombstone **** following 1820 entry, above.] - Elizabeth m. ii) Thomas Finnie of New Pitsligo at Old Meldrum on 18/12/1875.  Mrs. Finnie gave ‘A.W.’ details of her 5 children by George who all died young: George (‘born Turriff’); Alexander (‘b. Turriff’ - 1851 - ‘d. 1870, aged 19’); Mary (‘b. Turriff, d. 1861 aged 8’); Elizabeth Read (‘b. Kinnethmount 1857, d. 1861 aged 6’); & George (‘b. there 1857, d. 1861 aged 3’). - All except the eldest child are shown as ‘died at Old Meldrum’.  


1848

Isabella Stormonth Maclagan [afterwards Maclagan-Wedderburn], 3rd dau. of Katharine Stormonth [b. 1814 - Maclagan-Wedderburn ‘of Pearsie’ from 1870] & the Rev. James Maclagan, D.D. [m. 1834 at Broughty Ferry], was b. 8/9/1848 at Aberdeen.   In the 1881 Census, Isabella, unm. aged 33, was living with her widowed mother & sister Mary at 44 Heriot Row, Edinburgh. - In the 1891 Census, Isabella, aged 42, was still unm. & still living with her mother & sister in Edinburgh.  


1848

James Wedderburn [Shipwright, b. 1828, 4th s. of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793) & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)] m. Eliza Leith on 28/9/1848  (or 1849) at Peterhead.  - [In W.B., James is said to be the s. of George W. & Margaret Lumsden but one source indicates that James is George’s brother (i.e. Margaret Lumsden is their mother).] - “James was at one time resident in Australia”. [He & Eliza had a daughter Janet ‘who died young’ & 2 sons: David (b. 1852) & James (b. 1857 at Stepney, London, who d. at Peterhead aged 4).] - “James died in 1869”.   [James & Eliza’s son David is the person with whom ‘A.W.’ communicated when compiling his (seemingly highly inaccurate) account of James ‘of Banff’ and his descendants.   


1849

John Wedderburn [Merchant, b. 1818 at Old Meldrum, 2nd s. of Joseph W. (b. 1782) & Helen Gordon (m. 1805)] m. Catherine Simpson on 7/7/1849 at Turriff.  - John went to live in Turriff where he & Catherine had 4 children: John (b. 1850); William (b. 1852); Ann (b. 1857) & Helen “of whom there are no details”. - Helen must be ‘Ellen’ W. who, in the 1881 Census, was a Nurse in Dom. Service, unm., aged 31 (b. Turriff), living at ‘Gavenwood’ King Edward, Aberdeen (the home of John Hannay, a Factor & farmer of 208 acres, his wife Eliza, & their 2 children) -  She died at Turriff on 22/10/1898, aged 48. [See below for details of John & Catherine’s other children.] - “John died at Turriff on 4/12/1862, aged 44, and is buried in the churchyard there.   In the 1881 Census, ‘Kate’ Wedderburn, a widow aged 69 (‘b. Auchterless’), was living at 7 Castle Hill, Turriff. - “Catherine died at Turriff in 1888, aged 76”.  

 

1849

Alexander Wedderburn [Alexander James W., b. 1824, 3rd s. of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793) & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)] m. Catherine Abernethy on 13/12/1849 at Peterhead.  (Alexander is sometimes shown as the younger son of George W. & Margaret Lumsden, but other sources indicates that he is the s. of James W. ‘of Banff’ & Margaret Lumsden.)    Alexander & Catherine had 2 sons & a daughter: James (b. 1850); Alexander (b. 1852) & Margaret Lumsden (b. 1854, d. 1861).  - Alexander went to sea and died at Calcutta on 21/7/1855.    [See under 1824 for details of the memorial erected to him by his brother-in-law, Captain Jenkins.]  


1850

John Wedderburn, e. [surv.] son of John W. [Merchant, b. 1818] & Catherine Simpson [m. 1849], was b. in 1850 at Turriff. - He died there on 10 March 1861, aged 11.   


1850

Joseph Robert Maclagan [afterwards Maclagan Wedderburn], 6th & ygst. son of Katharine Stormonth [b. 1814 - Maclagan-Wedderburn ‘of Pearsie’ from 1870] & the Rev. James Maclagan, D.D. [m. 1834], was b. 16/10/1850 at Aberdeen.  (Joseph’s mother Katharine & her surviving children added ‘Wedderburn’ to their surname when Katharine inherited the estate of ‘Pearsie’ in 1870) - Joseph was admitted a Writer to the Signet in 1876 and practised at Edinburgh. - In 1898 he was unm., living at 3 Glencairn Crescent, Edinburgh.


1850

James Wedderburn, elder son of Alexander James W. [b. 1824, 3rd s. of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Catherine Abernethy [m. 1849], bap. 20/11/1850 at Peterhead.   “James went to South Australia & married there”.  


1851

Alexander Wedderburn, 2nd son of George W. [b. 1820] & Elizabeth Murray [m. 1848], bap. 5/1/1851 at Turriff.    “Alexander died at Old Meldrum on 10/8/1870, aged 19 years”.   


1851

James Wedderburn [Farmer, b. 1825, e.s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800) & Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] m. Christian Cheyne on 2/3/1851 at ‘Cairnorrie’, Methlick.   They had 2 sons & 3 daughters, “all born at Middlemuir”: Eliza (b. 1851); Annie (b. 1854, d. 1870); James (b. 1856); William Cheyne (b. 1858) & Jane (b 1862). - In the 1881 Census, James, a Farmer of 20 arable acres, ‘aged 54’ (b. Ellon) was living at ‘Middlemuir’, Methlick, with Christian aged 59 (b. Methlick); dau. Jane, unm. aged 19; g.daughter Jane Ann W., a Scholar aged 11 (b. 1869, q.v.) g.son John Mowat W. aged 3 (b. 1877, q.v.), and a Visitor, Robert Cheyne, Unemployed Farm Servant, unm. aged 60. - Christian died at Methlick in 1886, aged 64, & James died on 6/5/1892 at Middlemuir, Methlick, aged 67.  


1851  

George Wedderburn [George Moray (or Murray) W., b. 1812, 2nd s. of George W. (b. 1780) & Mary Webster (m. 1809)] m. Margaret Leith Smith on 23/4/1851 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.  “After due proclamation of Banns, George Wedderburn Sergt.Major in the 1st Royals presently in Aberdeen, was, on the 23rd April 1851, married at Aberdeen to Margaret Leith Smith, Daur. of John Smith, Military Librarian in Aberdeen, by the Rev. Thomas Dewar, in presence of James Rutherford, Barrack Master, & James Henry, Colour Sergeant”.  “George enlisted in the 1st battalion of the Royal Scots on 29/11/1831 and served with credit in that regiment until 3 May 1853, when he became sergeant-major of the Royal Montgomery Rifles, with whom he served until 12/3/1878.  George & Margaret had 2 sons & 2 daughters: Christina Isabella (b. 1854); George Leith (b. 1856); John Smith (b. 1858, d. 1860) & Margaret Ann (b. 1860, d. 1862). - George died at 8, Mount Street, Aberdeen, on 24/5/1878, & was buried in St. Peter’s Cemetery, Aberdeen”.   George left a Will. His widow, Margaret Leith ‘Wedderburn or Smith’, of 8 Mount Street, Aberdeen, died on 6/61895, intestate.  


1851

Eliza Wedderburn, e. dau. of James W. [Farmer, b. 1825, e.s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Christian Cheyne [m. 1851], was b. 11/5/1851 & bap.  July 1851 at Methlick.  [Eliza had a daughter & 2 sons:  Jane Anne W. (‘Jeannie Ann’, b. 1869); John Mowat W. (b. 1877, q.v.) - who, in 1881,were living with their grandparents - & James Ewen W. (b. 1884). - These children are shown elsewhere where John’s ‘middle’ name is given, incorrectly, as ‘Mount’.


1852

David Wedderburn, elder son of James W. [Shipwright, b. 1828, 4th s. of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)/Margaret Lumsden] & Eliza Leith [m. 1848], was ‘b. 1852’.   David, a Seaman, m. Mary Ann Joss in 1873 (q.v.). - [They had 8 sons & 3 daughters.] - [It was David who gave ‘A.W.’ information about the family of James W. ‘of Banff’ which cannot be corroborated elsewhere.]


1852

William Wedderburn, 2nd son of John W. [Merchant, b. 1818] & Catherine Simpson [m. 1849], was b. in 1852 at Turriff.  (W.B. p. 484) - He m. Barbara Mary Marr in 1876 (q.v.). - [They had 6 sons & 4 daughters.] - In the 1881 Census, William, a Tailor aged 28, was living at 1 Chapel Street, Turriff, with Barbara, aged 28 (‘b. Forgue’) & their (then) 2 sons: John Leiper, aged 2, & William, aged 9 mths. (both ‘b. Turriff’), plus a Lodger, John Lepper (sic), a Tailor aged 75 (‘b. King Edward, Aberdeen’). - “William died on 20/5/1909 at Glasgow, & Barbara (née Marr) died there on 17/8/1927”.  


1852

Mary Christian Foote Maclagan [afterwards Maclagan-Wedderburn], 4th & ygst. dau. of Katharine Stormonth [b. 1814 - Maclagan-Wedderburn ‘of Pearsie’ from 1870] & the Rev. James Maclagan, D.D. [m. 1834], was b. 23/7/1852 at Aberdeen.  In the 1881 Census, Mary, unm. aged 28, was living with her widowed mother & sister Isabella at 44 Heriot Row, Edinburgh. - [Her mother Katharine died in April 1891.] - In 1898, Mary was still unm. & still  living with her sister Isabella in Edinburgh.]  


1852

Alexander Wedderburn, younger son of Alexander James W. [b. 1824, 3rd s. of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Catherine Abernethy [m. 1849], bap. 15/12/1852 at Peterhead.   “Alexander m. Agnes Waller  on 31/3/1872.  - [They had a son Alexander, b. 1872.] - “Alexander died in S. America”.   In the 1881 Census, Agnes Birnie, aged 28, Keeper of small shop, wife of William Birnie, Seaman, aged 30, was living at 5 Seagate, Peterhead, with her son Alexander Wedderburn, a Scholar aged 9, & William Birnie, aged 2.


1853

Mary Wedderburn, e. dau. of George W. [b. 1820, 4th s. of Joseph W. (Farmer, b. 1782)/Helen Gordon (m. 1805)] & Elizabeth Murray [m. 1848], bap. 6/3/1853 at Turriff.  Mary died at Old Meldrum on 19/1/1861, aged 8 years.  

1853 Janet Widderburn (sic), spinster [Janet Wetherburn (sic), bap. 1823], dau. of James W., Master Mariner, deceased [James Wedderburn ‘of Banff’, b. 1793 (& Margaret Lumsden, m. 1816)], m. George Jenkins, Mariner, bachelor, s. of George Jenkins, Master Mariner - both ‘of the parish of St. Anne’ - at the District Chapelry, parish of St. Anne, Newcastle on Tyne, by licence, on 26/6/1853. (Marr. cert. - The witnesses were Alan Dalziel & Margaret ‘Widderburn’ - no doubt Janets’s sister Margaret, b. 1834)


1854

Ann Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of James W. [Farmer, b. 1825, e.s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Christian Cheyne [m. 1851], bap. 1/5/1854 at Methlick.   “Annie (b. 4/4/1854) died at Middlemuir on 20/6/1870 and is there buried”.  

1854 Christina Isabella Wedderburn, elder dau. of George Moray W. [Army Pensioner, b. 1812] & Margaret Leith Smith [m. 1851], was b. 12/6/1854 & bap. 30/8/1854 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.  - (Christina Isabella was baptised by the Rev. John Wilson, George described as ‘Pensioner’. - Witnesses: John Smith & John Campbell.) - In the 1881 Census, Christina, unm. aged 26, was living with her widowed mother Margaret (both ‘on Interests of Money’) at 8 Mount St., Old Machar, Aberdeen. - Christina m. John Leith Esson in 1888 (q.v.).  


1854

Forbes Wedderburn [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800) & Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] m. i) Margaret Keith [of Collhill, Ellon, b. 1834] on 15/6/1854 at Ellon.  (also entered at Cruden.) - They had 8 sons & 2 daughters: Forbes (b. 1854); James (b. 1856); Charles (b. 1858); Alexander (b. 1859); William (b. 1861, d. 1864); George Gray (b. 1863); John Thomson (b. & d. 1864); Margaret Ann (b. 1866); Agnes Reid & John Urquhart (b. 1868). - “Margaret died on 8/12/1869 and was buried at Old Machar”. - Forbes m. ii) Agnes Malcolmson from Shetland in 1872 (q.v.). - [By Agnes, Forbes had 5 more sons & another daughter.]  


1854

Margaret Lumsden Wedderburn, only dau. of Alexander James W. [b. 1824, 3rd s. of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Catherine Abernethy [m.1849], bap. 28/6/1854 at Peterhead.  Margaret died at Peterhead on 4/3/1861, aged 6 years.  


1854

Forbes Wedderburne (sic), e. son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831 - 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] by his first wife, Margaret Keith [m. 1854], bap. 25/8/1854 at Ellon.  “Forbes was born at ‘Collhill’, Ellon”. - He m. Margaret Gauld [or ‘Gould’] at Aberdeen in 1875 (q.v.). - [They had 4 daughters & 2 sons, all born near Edinburgh.]  


1855

Elizabeth Reid Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of George W. [b. 1820, 4th s. of Joseph W. (Farmer, b. 1782)/Helen Gordon (m. 1805] & Elizabeth Murray [m. 1848], b. 7/2/1855 at Kennethmont.   Elizabeth died at Old Meldrum on 8/1/1861, aged 6 years.   


1856

James Wedderburn, elder son of James W.  [Farmer, b. 1825, e.s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Christian Cheyne [m. 1851], b. 9/6/1856 at Methlick.  - James m. Isabella Connon in 1877 (q.v.). - [They had 3 sons & 3 daughters and emigrated to Ontario, Canada, “where they were living in 1891”.  - W.B. p. 486)] - In the 1881 Census, James, a Farm Servant aged 24 (‘b. Methlic’) was living in New Deer Village with Isabella aged 26 (‘b. Old Deer’); James aged 3 (‘b. Savoch’) & Isabella aged 11 months (‘b. New Deer’). - [It appears to be the same James Wedderburn, Farm Servant, married aged 24 (‘b. Methlic’), who is shown in the 1881 Census as Farm Servant to James Gordon, Veterinary Surgeon & Farmer of 76 acres at Auchmaliddie, New Deer, living with James Gordon, his wife and his 10 children.]  


1856

William Wedderburn  [of Woodhead, Fyvie, b. 1816, 3rd s. of George W. ‘at Tarves’ (b. 1780) & Mary Webster (m. 1809)] m. Isabella Shepherd [b. 1823, d. of Alexander Shepherd] on 12/6/1856 at Fyvie.  “By her has no issue”. (W.B.) - In the 1881 Census, William, a Farmer aged 65 (b. Tarves), was living at Woodhead, Fyvie, with Isobella (sic), aged 58 (b. Fyvie); James Fowler, a Farm Servant, & Jane Massie, a Farm Domestic, aged 14.] - William died at Backhill of Gight, Millbrex, Aberdeen, in 1893, aged 78.


1856

James Wedderburn, 2nd son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] by his first wife, Margaret Keith [m. 1854], b. 3/7/1856 at Ellon.   “James was b. at Mill of Kinmuick, Ellon”. - He m. Isabella Fenwick at Aberdeen in 1881 (q.v.). - [They had 5 sons & a daughter.] - In the 1881 Census, James, a Shoemaker aged 25, was living with Isabella aged 25 (‘b. Huntly’), at 26 Gerrard St., Aberdeen. - In the 1891 Census, they were living in Peterhead with five children. [Another son, William Malcolmson, was b. at Aberdeen in 1892.] - “In 1892, James was living at 14 Canal St., Aberdeen”.   


1856

George Leith Wedderburn, elder son of George Moray W. [Army Pensioner, b. 1812] & Margaret Leith Smith [m. 1851], was b. 9/7/1856 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.   “George was afterwards of the Jericho Distillery, Aberdeen [the OS map shows a Jericho Distillery nr. Alyth, Perthshire] and later of 11, Rosevale Terrace, Partick, Glasgow”. - In the 1881 Census, George, a Distiller, unm., aged 24, was living at Jericho Cottage, Culsalmond, Aberdeen. - He m. [Christian] Margaret Copland (d. of Moses Copland of Glasgow) in Glasgow in 1883. - In the 1891 Census, George, ‘aged 36’, was living in Partick, Glasgow, with Margaret C., aged 32. “Living s.p. 1892”.   George L. Wedderburn died at Morningside, Edinburgh, in 1905, ‘aged 46’.  


1857

Ann Wedderburn, dau. of John W. [Merchant, b. 1818] & Catherine Simpson [m. 1849], bap. 27/3/1857 at Turriff.   “Ann was b. at Turriff on 27/3/1857 & died there 13/4/1865, aged 8”.  Ann’s & her father’s surname recorded as ‘Weatherburn’ in another source.


1857

George Wedderburn, 3rd son of George W. [b. 1820, 4th s. of Joseph W. (Farmer, b. 1782)/Helen Gordon (m. 1805)] & Elizabeth Murray [m. 1848], b. 25/4/1857 at Kennethmont.  George died on 8/1/1861 at Old Meldrum, aged 3 years.  


1857

James Wedderburn, younger son of James W. [Shipwright, b. 1828, 4th s. of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)/Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)] & Eliza Leith [m. 1848], was b. 28/5/1857 at Stepney, Middlesex.    “James died at Peterhead on 12/3/1861, aged 4 years”. [See James’s elder brother David (b. 1852).]   

1858 Charles Wedderburn, 3rd son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] by his first wife, Margaret Keith [m. 1854], b. 11/3/1858 at Ellon.  “Charles was b. at Mill of Kenmuick, Ellon”. - In the 1881 Census, Charles, a Mason, unm. aged 23, was living with his father, stepmother & 7 siblings at 11 Nelson St., Aberdeen. - Charles m. i) Mary Ann Falconer, at Aberdeen in 1881 (q.v.). - [They had 2 sons & a daughter.] - Mary died at Aberdeen in 1884, aged 25, and was buried in the Spittal burial ground there. - Charles m. ii) Mary Jane Young at Aberdeen in 1885 (q.v.). - [They had 5 sons & a daughter.] - In the 1891 Census, Mary, aged 28, was living at Huntly with Albert, aged 3, & David Y., aged 2 - Charles having travelled to the US with his brother John (b. 1868) on the “Circassia”, from Glasgow, arriving at New York on 3 April 1889. John stayed in the US, and married there, but Charles must have returned home fairly soon as a third son was born in Aug. 1893, when Charles was living at 44 Bogie Street, Huntly, Aberdeen. - Charles died at Rothiemay [N. of Huntly] in 1896, aged 38.  


1858

Rachel Wedderburn [bap. 1826, 2nd d. of James W. ‘of Banff’, b. 1793, & Margaret Lumsden, m. 1816], Spinster, dau. of James W., Mariner, m. William Hutcheon, Bachelor, Mariner (both of Rotherhithe), s. of George Hucheon, Mariner, by Licence, at St. Mary, Rotherhithe, Surrey, on 11/4/1858.  - The witnesses were W. Mackenzie & Margaret Wedderburn. [Surname sometimes incorrectly as ‘Hutcheson’ Rachel seems to have m. ii) George Sellar at Peterhead in 1862 (q.v.).] - Rachel Wedderburn died at Peterhead in 1885, aged 58.


1858

William Cheyne Wedderburn, younger son of James W. [Farmer, b. 1825, e.s. of Forbes (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Christian Cheyne [m. 1851], b. 20/5/1858 at Methlick.   William m. Jessie Rothnie in 1880 (q.v.). - [They had 5 sons & 3 daughters.] “William was living in 1891 at Hatton Fintray, Aberdeenshire”. In the 1891 Census, William, aged 32, & Jessie, aged 28, were living at Fintray with Jessie, aged 13; William, aged 8 & Mary, aged 0.  


1858

Ann Watson Wedderburn [‘b. 1834’, d. of Alexander W. at Tarves (b. 1810), & Penelope Pringle] m. Alexander Allardyce of Fetter-letter on 5/6/1858, at Fyvie.  In the 1881 Census, Ann Allardyce ‘aged 50’ (‘b. Fyvie’), was living with her husband Alexander Allardyce, a Farmer at Fetterletter aged 54 (‘b. Fyvie’), their 3 sons, 3 daughters & a grandson, and Ann’s father, Alexander Wedderburn, a retired farmer, unm., aged 70 (‘b. Tarves’).   


1858

John Smith Wedderburn, younger son of George Moray W. [Army Pensioner, b. 1812] & Margaret Leith Smith [m. 1851], was b. 14/8/1858 at Welshpool, Montgomeryshire.   John Smith Weatherbourne (sic) died at Welshpool on 13/2/1860 and is buried there in the graveyard of Christ Church.  


1859

Alexander Wedderburn, 4th son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] by his first wife, Margaret Keith [m. 1854], b. 26/8/1859 at Ellon. - “Alexander was born at Mill of Kenmuick, Ellon”. - In the 1881 Census, Alexander, a Railway Goods Guard, unm. aged 21, was a Boarder at the home of James Armstrong and his wife Sarah, at Canal Station, Caldergate, Cumberland. - He m. Isabella Hogg at Blachford, Cumberland, in 1882 (q.v.). - [They had a daughter, Eleanor (b. 1883 at Carlisle) & a son, John Forbes (b. 1888 at Glasgow).] -  In 1891 Alexander was living at 11, Salisbury Place, Radnor Park, Dalmuir Railway, Glasgow.  


1859

Margaret Wedderburn [b. 1834, 4th d. of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793) & Margaret Lumsden (m. 1816)] m. John Barnes (sic) on 12/12/1859 at Peterhead.   “Margaret m. John Baines (sic)”.  


1860

Margaret Ann Wedderburn, younger dau. of George Moray W. [Army Pensioner, b. 1812] & Margaret Leith Smith [m. 1851], was b. 23/4/1860 at Montgomery.   “Margaret Ann died at Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, on 3/1/1862, and is there buried”.   


1860

Alexander Wedderburn [Shoemaker (later Inspector of the Poor & Estate Factor, b. 1836, q.v.), 6th but 3rd surv. s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] m. Jane Clark on 6/6/1860 at Cruden.   Alexander & Jane had 6 daughters & 2 sons: Helen Ann (b. 1861); Margaret (b. 1862, d. 1884 in Edinburgh); Jennie (b. 1864); Annie Duncan (b. 1866); Alexander John Forbes (b. 1863); Christian (b. 1870); Charles George (b. 1874); & Eliza (b. 1877). - In the 1881 Census, Alexander, a Shoemaker employing one man, and Inspector of Poor, aged 44 (‘b. Cruden’), was living at 6 Main Street, Longside, with 4 daughters & 2 sons. - His wife Jane, aged 44 (‘b. Kirkhill, Inverness’), & their e.d. Helen Ann, were staying in Edinburgh with Alexander’s twin brother, the Rev. Charles Wedderburn, & his daughter Eliza, at 5 N Mansionhouse Road, St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. - “In 1891 Alexander was living at Longside, Aberdeen, being inspector of the poor for that district”.   In the 1891 Census, Alexander & Jane, both aged 54, were at Longside with Jane [Jennie] aged 26; Alexander, aged 23; Charles, aged 16 & Eliza, aged 13.  


1861

Catherine Wedderburn [unidentified] was b. in 1860/61 at Peterhead. - In the 1881 Census, Catherine, unm. aged 20 (‘b. Peterhead’), was an Attendant at the Royal Edinburgh Asylum, St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh.


1861

Helen Ann Wedderburn, e. dau. of Alexander W. [Shoemaker (later Inspector of the Poor & Estate Factor), b. 1836, 6th s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Jane Clark [m. 1860], was b. 25/2/1861 at Longside. In the 1881 Census, Helen ‘aged 18’, unm., Housekeeper’s Assistant, was living at the home of her widowed uncle, the Rev. Charles W. (b. 1836), Minister at the Cowgate Free Church, Edinburgh, at 5 N Mansionhouse Road, St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. - Helen m. William Robertson in 1887 (q.v.).  Helen died in 1895, aged 33.


1861

William Wedderburn, 5th son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] by his first wife, Margaret Keith [m. 1854], b. 7/7/1861 at Ellon.   “William died on 15/1/1864, aged 2 years, and was buried at Old Aberdeen”.  


1862

Jane Wedderburn, 3rd & ygst. dau. of James W. [Farmer, b. 1825, e.s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Christian Cheyne [m. 1851], bap. 15/2/1862 at Methlick. - In the 1881 Census, Jane, unm. aged 19, was living with her parents at ‘Middlemuir’, Methlick.  


1862

Margaret Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of Alexander W. [Shoemaker (later Inspector of the Poor & Estate Factor), b.1836, 6th s. of Forbes W. (b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Jane Clark [m. 1860], b. 4/5/1862 at Longside.  - Margaret died at Edinburgh on 20/8/1884, aged 22 and was buried at Longside.   


1862

Rachel Wedderburn m. George Sellar on 14/10/1862 at Peterhead.  [This may be 2nd m. of Rachel, bap. 23/8/1826, ‘who married twice’. - [See m. in 1858.]

1863 George Gray Wedderburn, 6th son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] by his first wife, Margaret Keith [m. 1854], was b. 6/2/1863 at Ellon.   ‘George was b. at Mill of Kinmuick’.  In the 1881 Census, George, a Wood Carver, ‘aged 18’ (‘Deaf and Dumb’) was living with his father, stepmother & 7 siblings at 11 Nelson St., Aberdeen.] - He m. Jane Smith in 1888 (q.v.). - [They had twins b. at Aberdeen in 1889 & a daughter b. there in 1890. - In the 1891 Census, Jane, aged 25, was living at Lumphanan with George & Fanny, aged 2, & Jane, aged 0.  The family then emigrated to Toronto, where another daughter, Eva Mabel, was b. in 1892. - George Gray Wedderburn died at York, Ontario, Canada, on 21/10/1929.

1864 Jane Wedderburn, 3rd dau. of Alexander W. [Shoemaker (later Inspector of the Poor & Estate Factor) b. 1836, 6th s. of Forbes W. (b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Jane Clark [m. 1860], b. 22/6/1864 at Longside.   In the 1881 Census, Jane, aged 16, was living with her father &5 siblings at 6 Main St., Longside. (Her mother was staying with her brother-in-law, the Rev. Charles W., in Edinburgh.) - “Jennie, living unm. in 1891”.  - In the 1891 Census, Jane, unm. aged 26, was living at Longside.  


1864

Katharine Ann Maclagan [b. 1839 at Kinfauns, Perth, 2nd d. of Katharine Stormonth (b. 1814 - Maclagan-Wedderburn ‘of Pearsie’ from 1870) & the Rev. James Maclagan, D.D. (m. 1834)] m. the Rev. D.M. Macalister on 17/8/1864 at Aberdeen. - “Having m. before her mother succeeded to ‘Pearsie’ in 1870 she never bore the name of Wedderburn”. - Katharine & the Rev. Macalister had 8 children “of whom 6 were alive in 1898, when the family was living in Edinburgh”


1864

Margaret Wedderburn [née Lumsden - widow of James W. ‘of Banff’ (bap. 1793 at Old Meldrum, m. 1816 at Peterhead)] died at Peterhead on 3/11/1864, aged 67.   Margaret (b. c1797, d. of David Lumsden, surgeon), was the mother of George b. 1816 (not his wife, as shown in the W.B.) & George was the eldest (not ‘only’) son.  


1864

John Thomson Wedderburn, 7th son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] by his first wife, Margaret Keith [m. 1854], b. 1/12/1864 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. John died the same month and was buried in Aberdeen City.  


1866

Margaret Ann Wedderburn, elder dau. of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] by his first wife, Margaret Keith [m. 1854, d. 1869], b. 4/2/1866 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. - In the 1881 Census, Margaret, a Paper Ruler aged 15, was living with her father, stepmother & 7 siblings at 11 Nelson St., Aberdeen. - Margaret Ann m. James McKechnie, seaman, at Aberdeen in 1893 (q.v.).  


1866

Ann Duncan Wedderburn, 4th dau. of Alexander W. [Shoemaker (later Inspector of the Poor & Estate Factor) b. 1836, 6th s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Jane Clark [m. 1860], bap. 17/3/1866 at Longside.   In the 1881 Census, Ann, aged 15, was living with her father & 5 siblings at 6 Main St., Longside. (Her mother was staying with her brother-in-law, the Rev. Charles W., in Edinburgh.) - Annie m. George Logie at Longside on 2/4/1891.   


1868

Alexander John Forbes Wedderburn, e. son of Alexander W. [Shoemaker (later Inspector of the Poor & Estate Factor) b.1836 -  6th s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Jane Clark [m. 1860], was b. 15/2/1868 at Longside.  - In the 1881 Census, Alexander, aged 13, was living with his father & 5 siblings at 6 Main St., Longside, Aberdeen. - “In 1891, Alexander was living, unm., at 41 Bath Street, Portobello”.  (In W,B, - although, in the 1891 Census, he is shown at Longside, aged 23). - Alexander qualified as a lawyer & moved to Edinburgh. - He m. Elizabeth Jane Munro at Portobello in 1895.  


1868

John Urquhart Wedderburn [twin with Agnes Reid, below], 8th & ygst. son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] by his first wife, Margaret Keith [m. 1854, d. 1869], was b. 13/4/1868 at Old Machar, Aberdeen. John was b. in Aberdeen City, 13/4/1868. In the 1881 Census, John, a Scholar aged 12, was living with his father, stepmother & 7 siblings at 11 Nelson St., Aberdeen. - “John emigrated and m. Margaret McPherson on 20/9/1891 at Quincey, Massachusetts, U.S.A.”.  (W.B.) - John travelled with his brother Charles (b. 1858, q.v.) on the “Circassia”, from Glasgow, arriving at New York on 3 April 1889.


1868

Agnes Reid Wedderburn [twin with John Urquhart, above], younger dau. of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] by his first wife, Margaret Keith [m. 1854, d. 1869], was b. 13/4/1868 at 4 Mill-bank Lane, North Broadford, Old Machar, Aberdeen.  - Agnes was b. in Aberdeen City, 13/4/1868’. - In the 1881 Census, Agnes R. Wedderburn, aged 12 (‘b. Aberdeen’) was living with her grandparents and their unm. daughter ‘Maggie’ A., aged 39 [Margaret Ann, b. 1840], at Auchleuchries, Cruden, Aberdeenshire. - In the 1891 Census, Agnes, aged 22, was unmarried & living at Cruden.] - Agnes m. William Cantley in 1896 at Newington, Edinburgh. -  


1869

John Wedderburn Gray [s. of the late Rachel Wedderburn & Alexander Gray’ (m. not found)] died at Aberdeen on 22/7/1869, aged 40, having m. Ann Smith. (Edin. Reg.) - [Could Rachel be the 3rd d. of Joseph W. & Helen Gordon (bap. 1810), who m. John Nicholson in 1836? (He d. in 1851 & Rachel d. in 1871.) - Her sister Ann m. James Gray in 1826. - In W.B. it says that Rachel was buried in Macduff Churchyard but there is no record of her burial in the Macduff register.


1869

Jane Ann Wedderburn, dau. of Eliza W. [b. 1851, e.d. of James W. (Farmer, b. 1825) & Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)], b. 28/8/1869 at Methlick.   Jane Ann was known as Jeannie-Ann. - In the 1881 Census, Jane Ann, a Scholar aged 11, was living with her grandparents at ‘Middlemuir’, Methlick. - [See also John Mowat Wedderburn, b. 1877, & James Ewen Wedderburn, b. 1884.]


1869

Margaret Wedderburn [b. 1834, née Keith, of Collhill, Ellon], first wife of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, m. 1854] died on 8/12/1869, aged 35, and was buried at Old Machar. - - [Forbes m. ii) Agnes Malcolmson on 8/6/1872 (q.v.).]


1870

Christian Wedderburn, 5th dau. of Alexander W. [Shoemaker (later Inspector of the Poor & Estate Factor) b. 1836, 6th s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Jane Clark [m. 1860], was b. 8/4/1870 at Longside.   ‘Chrissy’ was b. 6/4/1870.  In the 1881 Census, Christian, aged 10, was living with her father & 5 siblings at 6 Main St., Longside. (Her mother was staying with her brother-in-law, the Rev. Charles W., in Edinburgh.) - ‘Chrissy was unm. in 1891.’ - [She may be the ‘Christina’ who was aged 20 in the 1891 Census, living at Duthil (20m. S. of Nairn) and is perhaps the Christian W. who m. Robert McRobert Gall in 1899 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.  


1870

Ann Wedderburn [b. 1854, 2nd d. of James W. (Farmer, b. 1825) & Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] died at Methlick in 1870, aged 16.


1870

Alexander Wedderburn [b. 1851, 2nd s. of George W. (b. 1820) & Elizabeth Murray (m. 1848)] died at Old Meldrum in 1870, aged 19.  


1872

Alexander Wedderburn [b. 1852, ygr. s. of Alexander James W. (b. 1824) & Catherine Abernethy (m. 1849)] m. Agnes Walker on 31/3/1872 at Peterhead.   “Alexander died some years ago in S. America”.  (W.B. p. 490) - In the 1881 Census, Agnes Birnie, aged 28, Keeper of small shop, wife of William Birnie, Seaman, aged 30, was living at 5 Seagate, Peterhead, with her son Alexander Wedderburn, a Scholar aged 9 (see next entry), & William & Agnes’s son, William Birnie, aged 2.


1872

Alexander Wedderburn, son of Alexander W.  [b. 1852] & Agnes Walker (sic - ?Waller) [m. 1872], was b. 1/4/1872 at Peterhead.  [See preceding entry.] - In the 1891 Census, Alexander, aged 19, was living in Peterhead.  


1872

Forbes Wedderburn [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, widower of Margaret Keith (m. 1854, d. 1869)] m. ii) Agnes Malcolmson on 8/6/1872 at Old Machar.  Forbes & Agnes had 5 more sons & a daughter (in addition to Forbes’ 4 surv. sons & 2 surv. daughters from his first marriage): Malcolm (‘d. 1873’); William (b. 1874); Thomas (b. 1875); Joseph (b. 1877); Benjamin (b. 1879); & Grace (b. 1883).  - In the 1881 Census, Forbes, aged 49 (b. Cruden) was living at 11 Nelson St., Aberdeen, with Agnes, aged 43 (b. Northmavin, Shetland), & 8 children. - In the 1891 Census, Forbes aged 59, & Agnes aged 53, were living at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, with Margaret Ann aged 25; William aged 16; Joseph aged 13; Benjamin aged 12, & Grace aged 7.   Agnes died in 1891. - In the 1901 Census Index, Forbes was living with his son Thomas Moncrieff W. (b. 1875), a Steel Moulder aged 25, & his wife Jessie (m. at Aberdeen in 1900, q.v.)] at Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield - Forbes died at Wortley (N. of Sheffield), in the September qtr. of 1921, aged 89.


1872

David Wedderburn [Seaman, b. 1852, elder s. of James W. (Shipwright, b. 1828) & Eliza Leith (m. 1849)] m. Mary Ann Joss on 11/8/1872 at Peterhead.   David & Mary Ann had 8 sons & 4 daughters: Annabella (b. 1873); David  (b. 1875); Jane (b. 1876); Joseph (b. & d. 1878); Eliza (b. 1881); George (b 1882); Kenneth (b. 1884); Alexander (b. 1886, d. 1887); Christina (b. 1887); James (b. 1890); & John Gray & Alexander Gaddes (twins - b. 1891). - In the 1881 Census, David, aged 28, was living at 42G Windmill Street, Peterhead, with Mary Ann, aged 28 (‘b. Peterhead’); Annabella, a Scholar aged 7; David, a Scholar aged 6 (probably the David who m. Rachel Buchan in 1897); & Jane aged 4 (all ‘b. Peterhead’). - In 1896, David was living at 9 James Street, Peterhead.   [It was David with whom ‘A.W.’ communicated when he was compiling his account of the family of David’s grandfather, James W. ‘of Banff’, but the details he gave do not agree with some other sources.]


1873

Malcolm Wedderburn, 9th son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831] but e.s. by his second wife, Agnes Malcolmson [m. 1872], was b. in 1872/3.  - He died in 1873 & was buried at Aberdeen City.  


1873

Annabella Wedderburn, e. dau. of David W. [Seaman, b. 1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], b. 15/9/1873 at Peterhead. - - In the 1881 Census, ‘Anna Bella’, a Scholar aged 7, was living with her parents & a younger brother & sister at 42G Windmill Street, Peterhead. - She m. James Massie at Peterhead in 1895.   


1874

Charles George Wedderburn, younger son of Alexander W. [Shoemaker (later Inspector of the Poor & Estate Factor) b. 1836, 6th s. of Forbes W. (b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Jane Clark [m. 1860], was b. 10/4/1874 at Longside.  - In the 1881 Census, Charles, aged 6, was living with his father & 5 siblings at 6 Main St., Longside. (His mother was staying with her brother-in-law, the Rev. Charles W., in Edinburgh.) - Charles George died at Longside in 1894, aged 19.  

1874

William Wedderburn, 10th son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831] but 2nd s. by his second wife, Agnes Malcolmson [m. 1872], b. 22/9/1874 at Aberdeen. - In the 1881 Census, William, a Scholar aged 6, was living with his parents & 7 siblings at 11 Nelson St., Aberdeen. - In the 1891 Census, William, aged 16, was living with his parents & 4 siblings at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. - William m. Annie Littlejohn Patterson in 1897 (q.v.).  


1875

David Wedderburn, e. son of David W. [Seaman, b.1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], b. 17/5/1875 at Peterhead.   In the 1881 Census, David, a Scholar aged 6, was living with his parents & 2 sisters at 42G Windmill Street, Peterhead. - He is no doubt the David W. who m. Rachel Buchan at Peterhead in 1897 (q.v.).


1875

Thomas Moncrieff Wedderburn, 11th son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831] but 3rd s. by his second wife, Agnes Malcolmson [m. 1872], b. 28/8/1875 at Aberdeen.  - In the 1881 Census, Thomas M., a Scholar aged 5, was living with his parents & 7 siblings at 11 Nelson St., Aberdeen. - Thomas m. Jessie Thomson Christie at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, in 1900 (q.v.). - They had a son, Thomas Moncrieff Wedderburn, who was b. & d. in the March qtr. of 1901 at Sheffield.  In the 1901 Census, Thomas Widderburn (sic), a Steel Moulder aged 25 (‘b. Scotland’), was living at 27 Atterclife Rd., Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, with his wife Jessie aged 23 (‘b. Scotland’).  - [Thomas’s father Forbes died at Wortley (N. of Sheffield), in the September qtr. of 1921, aged 89.]

1875 Forbes Wedderburn [Policeman, b. 1854, e.s. of Forbes W. (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831) & his first wife, Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] m. Margaret Gauld on 4/12/1875 at Kintore. - [Margaret’s surname shown as ‘Gould’ in the W.B.] - Forbes & Margaret had 4 daughters & 2 sons: Margaret Jane (b. 1876, d. 1902); Jessie Gauld (b. 1878); Catherine Gauld (b. 1880, d. 1898); Forbes William (b. 1882); Agnes Helen (b. 1885); & George Gauld (b. 1889). - In the 1881 Census, Forbes, a Police Constable ‘aged 28’, was living at 12 Cross St., West Calder, Edinburgh, with Margaret aged 31 (‘b. Clatt, Aberdeen’), 3 daughters & two Irish prisoners! - In the 1891 Census, Forbes was living with Margaret & their 6 children at Kirknewton Police Station, near Edinburgh. [Jessie, Forbes & George later emigrated to the USA.]


1875

Elizabeth Wedderburn [née Murray, widow of George Wedderburn (b. 1820, m. 1847, d. 1874)] m. ii) Thomas Finnie of New Pitsligo on 18/12/1875 at Old Meldrum.


1875

William Pirie Wedderburn [unidentified] died at Gamrie [Banffshire] in 1875, aged 21.


1876

William Wedderburn [Tailor, b. 1852, 2nd s. of John W. (Merchant, b. 1818) & Catherine Simpson (m. 1849)] m. Barbara Mary Marr [b. 1853, d. of Andrew Marr] at Turriff on 17/6/1876.  (W.B. p. 484)  - William & Barbara had 6 sons & 4 daughters: John Leiper (b. 1879, d. 10/6/1888); William (b. 1880, d. 3/12/1945 in Edinburgh); Catherine (b. & d. 1882); James Morrison (b. 1883, d. 15/6/1888); Andrew Marr (b. 1886, d. 6/8/1917); George (b. 1889); Helen (b. 1890, d. 20/7/1890); twins Alexander & Margaret (b. 1892, ‘Meg’ d. 3/5/1956 & Alexander d. 6/1/1974); & Isabella (‘Belle’, b. 1894, d. 18/5/1966). - [‘Meg’ & ‘Belle’ are not shown in the list of William’s & Barbara’s children in the W.B.]  


1876

Jane Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of David W. [Seaman, b. 1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], was b. 1876 at Peterhead.  (Jane is not shown in the list of David’s & Mary Ann’s children on W.B. p. 490.) - In the 1881 Census, Jane, aged 4, was living with her parents & her older sister & brother, at 42G Windmill Street, Peterhead. - In the 1891 Census, Jane, aged 14, was still living with her parents at Peterhead.  


1877

John Mowat Wedderburn, elder son of Eliza W. [b. 1851, e.d. of James. W. (Farmer, b. 1825) & Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)], was b. 10/5/1877 at Belnagoak, Methlick.  (In W.B. John is shown as John ‘Mount’ W., b. 1877 at Methlic.) - In the 1881 Census, John, aged 3, was living with his grandparents at ‘Middlemuir’, Methlick. - John m. Elspit Farqhuar (b. 16/10/1880 at Nittenshead, New Pitsligo, d. of Alexander Farquhar & Jessie Mutch, m. 5/11/1870 at New Deer). - They had 3 daughters & a son: ‘Lizzie’ (who m. James Bain & had ‘about’ 11 children); Elsie (who m. Albert Murison, & had 3 daughters & a son); James (b. 11/3/1905 at Methlic, who m. Margaret Blythe at Newmains, Lanarkshire, on 6/1/1931 & had a daughter & 2 sons); & Jessie (who m. James Taylor).  


1877

James Wedderburn [b. 1856, elder s. of James W. (Farmer, b. 1825) & Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] m. Isabella Connon at Littletack, Auchnagate, Savoch, in 1877.  - They had a son James (b. 1878), & a daughter Isabella (b. 1880) before emigrating to Ontario, Canada, where they had 2 more sons: William & John, & 2 more daughters, Christina & Jane Ann.  In the 1881 Census, James, a Farm Servant aged 24 (‘b. Methlic’) was living in New Deer Village with Isabella aged 26 (‘b. Old Deer’); James aged 3 (‘b. Savoch’) & Isabella aged 11 months (‘b. New Deer’). - [It seems to be the same James Wedderburn, Farm Servant, married, aged 24 (‘b. Methlic’) who is shown in the 1881 Census as Farm Servant to James Gordon, Veterinary Surgeon & Farmer of 76 acres at Auchmaliddie, New Deer, & his wife and 10 children.]  


1877

Joseph Wedderburn, 12th son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831] but 4th s. by his second wife, Agnes Malcolmson [m. 1872], was b. 11/4/1877 at Aberdeen.  In the 1881 Census, Joseph, aged 3, was living with his parents & 7 siblings at 11 Nelson St., Aberdeen. - In the 1891 Census, Joseph, aged 13, was living with his parents & 4 siblings at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.


1877

Eliza Wedderburn, 6th dau. of Alexander W. [Shoemaker (later Inspector of the Poor & Estate Factor) b. 1836, 6th s. of Forbes W. (Farmer, b. 1800)/Ann Duncan (m. 1823)] & Jane Clark [m. 1860], was b. 29/4/1877 at Longside. In the 1881 Census, Eliza, aged 3, was living with her father & 5 siblings at 6 Main St., Longside, Aberdeen. (Her mother was staying with her brother-in-law, the Rev. Charles W., in Edinburgh.) - In the 1891 Census, Eliza, aged 13, was still living with her parents at Longside.]


1878

Jessie Duncan Wedderburn, [shown as] e. dau. of William Cheyne W. [Shoemaker, b. 1858, ygr. s. of James W. (b. 1825)/Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] & Jessie Rothnie [m. 1880], was b. in 1877/78 at Methlick. - [Jessie Duncan W. is an ‘ante-nuptial’ daughter of Jessie Rothnie.] - In the 1881 Census, Jessie, aged 3, was staying at Cairnorrie, Methlick, with her grandparents, Alexander Rothnie, a Farmer aged 48 (‘b. Methlick’), & Janet aged 51 (‘b. Fintray’) & 3 of their children. - [Jessie may be the Jessie ‘Widderburn’ (sic), a Cook aged 23 (‘b. Scotland’), who, in the 1901 Census Index, was living at St. George’s Square, London, with her son Thomas Widderburn (sic) aged 1 (‘b. St. George’s Square’).] - In the 1911 Census, Jessie Wedderburn. unm. ‘aged 27’ (‘b. Methlick, Aberdeen’), was a Visitor at the home of Alice Davidson, a Boarding House Keeper, aged 24 (‘b. Pimlico, London’), & her son Robert Davidson, aged 5 (‘b. Pimlico, London’), living at 16 Commercial Road, Pimlico, London, plus 4 Boarders.  


1878

James Wedderburn, e. son of James W. [b. 1856, elder s. of James W. (Farmer, b. 1825) /Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] & Isabella Connon [m. 1877] was b. 2/4/1878 at New Deer, Savoch. - James emigrated to Ontario, Canada, with his parents & sister Isabella (b. 1880). - Two younger brothers, William & John, & 2 more sisters, Christina & Jane Ann, were b. there (their dates of birth not shown).  


1878

Joseph Wedderburn, 2nd son of David W. [Seaman, b.1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], was b. 2/6/1878 at Peterhead. - “Joseph died on 16/12/1878, aged 6 months.”


1879

John Leiper Wedderburn, e. son of William W. [Tailor, b. 1852] & Barbara Mary Marr [m. 1876], was b. 16/1/1879 at Turriff.  In the 1881 Census, John, aged 2, was living with his parents & younger brother William at 1 Chapel St., Turriff. - John died at Turriff on 10/6/1888, aged 9.  


1879

John Wedderburn, a Farm Servant [bap. 1823, elder s. of George W. ‘at Tarves’ (b. 1780), & his 2nd wife, Margaret Duguid - see 1809] died unm. at Woodhead, Fyvie, on 25/11/1879, aged 57, his brother William present.  


1879

Benjamin Wedderburn, 13th & ygst. son of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831] but 5th s. by his second wife, Agnes Malcolmson [m. 1872], was b. 6/2/1879 at Aberdeen.   In the 1881 Census, Benjamin, aged 2, was living with his parents & 7 siblings at 11 Nelson St., Aberdeen. - In the 1891 Census, Benjamin, aged 12, was living with his parents & 4 siblings at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. - Benjamin m. Georgina Phemister (b.1875). - [They had a daughter, Isabella Rennie (b. 19/7/1914)   


1880

William Wedderburn, 2nd son of William W. [Tailor, b. 1852] & Barbara Mary Marr [m. 1876], was b. 4/7/1880 at Turriff.  (W.B. p. 484) - In the 1881 Census, William, aged 9 months, was living with his parents & brother John at 1 Chapel St., Turriff. - William became a tailor in Edinburgh. - He m. Agnes Smith Murray in Edinburgh on 6/7/1906. -  [They had 2 daughters, Jessie, who died unm. (date unknown) & Wilhelmina (‘Mina’), who died unm. in 1997.] - William died in Edinburgh on 3/12/1945.  


1880

William Cheyne Wedderburn [Shoemaker, b. 1858, ygr. s. of James W. (Farmer, b. 1825) & Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] m. Jessie Rothnie, at Cairnnorrie, Methlick, in 1880.  - They had 5 sons & 3 daughters: Jessie Duncan (b. c1878 - presumably Jessie’s d. by --- Duncan?); James (b. 1880); William (b. 1882); Alexander (b. 1884, d. 1885); another Alexander (b. 1885); Christina Ann (b. 1888); Mary (1890) & Forbes (b. 1892). - In the 1881 Census, William, a Shoemaker aged 22, was living at Ythan Terrace, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, with Jessie aged 18 (‘b. Turriff’), & son James, aged 5 mths. (‘b. Methlic’). - [Jessie, aged 3, was at Cairnorrie, Methlick, with her grandparents, Alexander Rothnie, a Farmer aged 48 (‘b. Methlick’), & Janet aged 51 (‘b. Fintray’) & 3 of their children.] - “In 1891 William was living at Hatton Fintray, Aberdeenshire”.   In the 1891 Census, William, aged 32, & Jessie, aged 28, were living at Fintray with Jessie, aged 13; William, aged 8, & Mary, aged 0.  


1880

Isabella Wedderburn, e. dau. of James W. [b. 1856, elder s. of James (b. 1825)/Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] & Isabella Connon [m. 1877], was b. 5/4/1880 at New Deer, Savoch.  - Isabella emigrated to Ontario, Canada, with her parents & brother James (b. 1878). - [Two younger brothers, William & John, & 2 sisters, Christina & Jane Ann (whose dates of birth are not shown) were born in Canada.]


1880

Charles Wedderburn, elder son of Charles W. [Mason, b. 1858, d. 1896, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)], & Mary Ann Falconer [m. 1881, q.v.], was b. in Sept. 1880 at Aberdeen. [Mary Ann died in 1884, aged 25, & Charles m. ii) Mary Jane Young in 1885 (q.v.).] - In the 1891 Census, Charles & his brother William Falconer (b. 1882) were living at Old Machar, Aberdeen.  


1880

James Wedderburn, e. son of William Cheyne W. [Shoemaker, b. 1858, ygr s. of James W. (b. 1825)/Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] & Jessie Rothnie [m. 1880], was b. 17/10/1880 at Methlic.  - In the 1881 Census, James aged 5 mths. (‘b. Methlic’) was living with his parents at Ythan Terrace, Ellon.] - [James became a public house owner in Glasgow.  


1881

James Wedderburn [b. 1856, 2nd s. of Forbes W. (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831) & Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] m. Isabella Fenwick on 14/1/1881 at Aberdeen.  - They had 5 sons & a daughter: James John (b. 1882); Forbes (b. 1884); Rupert Stewart (b. 1886); Alexander (b. Jan. 1889); Isabella (b. Dec. 1889) & William Malcolmson (b. 1892). - In the 1881 Census, James, a Shoemaker aged 25, was living with Isabella, aged 25 (‘b. Huntly’), at 26 Gerrard St., Aberdeen. - In the 1891 Census, James & Isabella were living in Peterhead with James John, aged 9; Forbes, aged 7; Rupert Stewart, aged 5; Alexander, aged 2; & Isabella Fenwick, aged 1. - “In 1892, James was living at 14 Canal St., Aberdeen”.  - [Grace Wedderburn (b. 1897 at Aberdeen) is perhaps another daughter.]


1881

Eliza Wedderburn, 3rd dau. of David W. [Seaman, b.1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], was b. 10/5/1881 at Peterhead.  [She is no doubt the Eliza W. who m. James Buchan at Peterhead in 1899 (q.v.).]


1881

Charles Wedderburn [Mason, b. 1858, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831) & Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] m. i) Mary Ann Falconer in 1881 at Old Machar, Aberdeen. By her, he had 2 sons & a daughter: Charles (b. 1880); William Falconer (b. 1882) & Mary Jane Duncan (b. 1883, d. 1884). - “Mary Ann died at Aberdeen in 1884, aged 25, and was buried in the Spittal burial ground there”. - Charles m. ii) Mary Jane Young in 1885 (q.v.). - [By her he had 5 more sons & another daughter.] - In the 1891 Census, Charles, aged 9, & William, aged 8, were living at Old Machar, Aberdeen. - “In 1893, Charles was living at 44 Bogie Street, Huntly, Aberdeen”.  He died at Rothiemay [N. of Huntly] in 1896, aged 38.  


1882

James John Wedderburn, e. son of James. W. [Shoemaker, b. 1856, 2nd s. of Forbes (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] & Isabella Fenwick [m. 1881], was b. 8/3/1882 at Aberdeen. - In the 1891 Census, James J., aged 9, was living with his parents & siblings in Peterhead. - In 1892, James (snr.) was living at 14 Canal St., Aberdeen.

 

1882

Alexander Wedderburn [Railway Guard, b. 1859, 4th s. of Forbes (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831) & Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] m. Isabella Hogg [d. of John Hogg] at Blackford Parish Church, Cumberland, on 21/3/1882.  - They had 2 children: Eleanor (b. 1883 at Carlisle); & John Forbes (b. 1888 at Glasgow.)  “In 1893 Alexander was living at 11, Salisbury Place, Radnor Park, Dalmuir Railway, Glasgow”. - [Could there be a connection between Alexander’s g-grandfather, James Wedderburn ‘of Tarves’, whose origins are ‘unascertained’ (see 1798), and a James Weatherburn, bap. 11/2/1774 at Dalton, Lancs., the ygst. s. of a John Wedderburn & Ann Hodgson who were m. by licence in 1755 in Whittington, Lancs.? (John & Ann lived at ‘Lindale’, near Dalton-in-Furness, Lancs., but John is said to have gone to ‘Lindale’ from Aberdeenshire ‘after the ‘45’. (John’s origins are also unknown.) - Ann (née Hodgson) died at ‘Lindale’, Dalton (in Furness) in Dec. 1789 & John died at Low Greaves, Pennington (in Furness), in 1795. - [Alexander’s g.grandfather, James ‘of Tarves’ m.  Isobel Soutar (?‘Mathieson’) in 1798.]


1882

William Falconer Wedderburn, younger son of Charles W. [Mason, b. 1858, d. 1896, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] by his first wife, Mary Ann Falconer [m. 1881], was b. in April 1882 at Aberdeen. [Mary Ann died in 1884, aged 25, & Charles m. ii) Mary Jane Young in 1885, q.v.] - - In the 1891 Census, William, aged 8, & his brother Charles (b. 1880) were living at Old Machar, Aberdeen. On 16/7/1900 William Wedderburn, a Van Driver aged 18 yrs. 3 ms., of St. Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, joined the Army Service Corps, 1st V. Btn. Gordon Highlanders, with No. 16225.  


1882

Catherine Wedderburn, e.d. of William W. [Tailor, b. 1852] & Barbara Mary Marr [m. 1876], was b. 12/6/1882 at Turriff & died there on 13/6/1882.  


1882

William Wedderburn, 2nd son of William Cheyne W. [Shoemaker, b. 1858, ygr s. of James W. (b. 1825)/Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] & Jessie Rothnie [m. 1880], was b. 15/7/1882 at Ellon. - In the 1891 Census, William, aged 8, was living with his parents & (then) 2 sisters at Fintray. - [William became a sergeant in the Glasgow Police. ]


1882

George Wedderburn, 3rd son of David W. [Seaman, b.1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], was b. 17/9/1882 at Peterhead.   


1883

James Morrison Wedderburn, 3rd s. of William W. [Tailor, b. 1852] & Barbara Mary Marr [m. 1876], was b. 3/6/1883 at Turriff & died there on 15/6/1888.

  

1883

Grace Wedderburn, 3rd & ygst. dau. of Forbes W. [Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831] but his only daughter by his second wife, Agnes Malcolmson [m. 1872], was b. 10/6/1883 at Aberdeen. - In the 1891 Census, Grace, aged 7, was living with her parents & 4 siblings at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.  


1883

Mary Jane Duncan Wedderburn, only dau. of Charles W. [Mason, b.1858, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] by his first wife, Mary Ann Falconer [m. 1881], was b. 22/12/1883 at Aberdeen. - She died there on 1/1/1884. (Her mother, Mary Ann, also died in 1884 & Charles m. ii) Mary Jane Young in 1885, q.v.)  


1884

James Ewen Wedderburn, younger son of Eliza W. [b. 1851, e.d. of James. W. (Farmer, b. 1825) & Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)], was b. in 1884.   James m. Mary --- at New Deer. - [They had 2 daughters]


1884

Forbes Wedderburn, 2nd s. of James W. [Shoemaker, b. 1856, 2nd s. of Forbes W. (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] & Isabella Fenwick [m. 1881], was b. 30/3/1884 at Aberdeen. - In the 1891 Census, Forbes, aged 7, was living with his parents & siblings in Peterhead. - “In 1892 James was living at 14 Canal St., Aberdeen”.  


1884

Kenneth Wedderburn, 4th son of David W. [Seaman, b.1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], was b. 12/8/1884 at Peterhead.   


1884

Alexander Wedderburn, 3rd son of William Cheyne W. [Shoemaker, b. 1858, ygr. s. of James W. (b. 1825)/Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] & Jessie Rothnie [m. 1880], was b. 13/12/1884 at Fintray. - He died there on 10/1/1885.  - [Another s. born in Dec. 1885 was given the same name. - See next entry.]


1885

Alexander Wedderburn, 5th son of William Cheyne W. [Shoemaker, b. 1858, ygr. s. of James W. (b. 1825)/Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] & Jessie Rothnie [m. 1880], was b. 21/12/1885 at Fintray. - In the 1891 Census, Alexander, aged 5, was living with his parents & siblings at Fintray.  


1885

Charles Wedderburn [Mason, b. 1858, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (b. 1831) & Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] m. ii) Mary Jane Young in 1885 at St. Nicholas’, Aberdeen. - [Charles m. i) Mary Ann Falconer in 1881, who died in 1884.] - By Mary Jane, Charles had 5 more sons & another daughter: Forbes (b. 1885, d. 1889); Albert (b. 1887); David Young (b. 1888); James Maxwell (b. 1892); Alexander (b. 1893) & Maggie Black (b. 1895). - In the 1891 Census, Mary, aged 28, was living at Huntly with their (then) 2 sons, Albert, aged 3, & David Y., aged 2 - Charles having travelled to the US with his brother John (b. 1868) on the “Circassia”, from Glasgow, arriving at New York on 3 April 1889. - [Charles, aged 9, & William, aged 8 (Charles’s sons by his first wife) were living at Old Machar, Aberdeen, in 1891.] - John stayed in the US, and married there, but Charles must have returned home fairly soon as his third son by Mary Jane was born in Aug. 1892. - “In 1893 Charles was living at 44 Bogie Street, Huntly, Aberdeen”. - Charles died at Rothiemay [N. of Huntly] in 1896, aged 38.  


1885

Forbes Wedderburn, 3rd son of Charles W. [Mason, b.1858, d. 1896, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] but e.s. by his second wife, Mary Jane Young [m. 1885], was b. in Sept. 1885 at Aberdeen. - He died at Huntly in 1889, and is there buried.


1885

Rachel Wedderburn [see Rachel bap. 23/8/1826] died in Peterhead in 1885, aged 58.


1886

Andrew Marr Wedderburn, 4th son of William W. [Tailor, b. 1852] & Barbara Mary Marr [m. 1876], was b. 18/3/1886 at Turriff.  - [Andrew became a businessman and Councillor in Belfast. - Wedderburn Park in Finaghy is named after him.] - He m. i) on 6/8/1917, Isabella Davina Grieve, by whom he had a son, William and ii) on 5/1/1944, Mary A. Weir.  [They had no children.]  


1886

Rupert Stewart Wedderburn, 3rd son of James W. [Shoemaker, b. 1856, 2nd s. of Forbes W. (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] & Isabella Fenwick [m. 1881], was b. 9/7/1886 at Aberdeen. - In the 1891 Census, Rupert S., aged 5, was living with his parents & siblings in Peterhead. - “In 1892, James was living at 14 Canal St., Aberdeen”.  


1886

Alexander Wedderburn, 5th son of David W. [Seaman, b. 1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], was b. 21/8/1886 at Peterhead. - He died on 2/4/1887.  


1887

Albert Wedderburn, 4th son of Charles W. [Mason, b. 1858, d. 1896,  3rd s. of Forbes W. (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith] but 2nd s. by his second wife, Mary Jane Young [m. 1885], was b. in May 1887 at Aberdeen. - In the 1891 Census, Albert, aged 3, was living with his mother & brother David Y., aged 2, at Huntly.  

1887 Helen Ann Wedderburn [b. 1861, e.d. of Alexander W. (b. 1836) & Jane Clark (m. 1860)] m. William Robertson on 21/6/1887 at Longside.  Helen Ann died at Old Machar, Aberdeen, in 1895, aged 33.  


1887

Christina Wedderburn, 4th dau. of David W. [Seaman, b.1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], was b. 13/10/1887 at Peterhead. Christina m. Bertie H.C. Lythaby at Mutford [Suffolk] in the March qtr. of 1911. - In the 1911 Census, Christina, aged 22 (‘b. Peterhead, Aberdeen’), Married under 1 year, with 1 child, was living at 5 Searles Buildings, Whapload Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, with her mother-in-law, Rebecca Lythaby, a widow aged 59 (‘b. Carlton, Suffolk’), her husband Bertie Lythaby, a Fish Labourer aged 22, & their unnamed daughter, aged under 1 month (both ‘b. Lowestoft, Suffolk’).  


1888

Christina Ann Wedderburn, elder dau. of William Cheyne W. [Shoemaker, b. 1858, ygr. s. of James W. (b. 1825)/Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)], but 2nd d. of his wife, Jessie Rothnie [m. 1880], was b. in 1888 at Fintray.  - [‘Chrissie’ became a school-teacher of Denmore, on the Ellon Road

1888 Christina Isabella Wedderburn [elder d. of George W. (b. 1812) & Margaret Leith Smith (m. 1851)] m. John Esson, Merchant, at Old Machar, Aberdeen, on 21/6/1888  


1888

George Gray Wedderburn [b. 1863, 6th s. of Forbes W. (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831) & Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] m. Jane Smith at Aberdeen City on 29/6/1888. - They had a son & 2 daughters: George & Fanny Smith (twins, b. 1889) & Jane Maggie (b. 1890), before emigrating to Toronto, Canada on 2/4/1891. - Another daughter, Eva Mabel, was b. there in 1893 (q.v.).  (They were then living at 94 Marion St., Toronto.) - George Gray Wedderburn died at York, Ontario, Canada, on 21/10/1929.


1888

David Young Wedderburn, 5th son of Charles W. [Mason, b. 1858, d. 1896, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] but 3rd s. by his second wife, Mary Jane Young [m. 1885], was b. 9/9/1888 at Aberdeen.  - In the 1891 Census, David Y., aged 2, was living with his mother & brother Albert, aged 3, at Huntly. - David became a Baker. He ‘signed on’ at Devonport, Hants., on 9/2/1910, described as 5ft 6¼ ins tall, with a 34¾ in chest, Brown Hair, Blue/Grey eyes & Fresh complexion. He served as ‘Cooks Mate’ on the “Vivid 1” & the “Indus”, and then at Dartmouth, before deserting at Devonport [‘Run’] on 18/5/1912. In the 1911 Census, David [Young] Wedderburn, a Seaman AB., Married aged 35, b. Aberdeen, was a crewman aboard the SS “Kathleen”.  


1889

George Wedderburn, 5th son of William W. [Tailor, b. 1852] & Barbara Mary Marr [m. 1876], was b. 10/1/1889 at Turriff.  - [George became a saddler in Glasgow.] - He m. Janet Greig on 20/2/1915. [They had 2 sons, George & Robert, & a daughter Margaret (who died unm. in Australia).] - George (b. 1889) later joined his son Robert in Australia.  


1889

Alexander Wedderburn, 4th son of James W. [Shoemaker, b. 1856, 2nd s. of Forbes (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] & Isabella Fenwick [m. 1881], was b. 13/1/1889 at Peterhead. - In the 1891 Census, Alexander, aged 2, was living with his parents & siblings in Peterhead. - [“In 1892, James W. was living at 14 Canal St., Aberdeen”. ]


1889

George Wedderburn [twin with Fanny, below], son of George Gray W. [b. 1863, 6th s. of Forbes (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] & Jane Smith [m. 1888], was b. 14/4/1889 at Aberdeen. - George emigrated to Toronto with his parents and his 2 sisters on 2/4/1891. - In 1917-1918, George Wedderburn, b. 14/4/1889, Scotland, is in a list of US WW1 Draft Registration Cards, his registration place shown as Detroit, Wayne, Michigan.  

1889 Fanny Smith Wedderburn [twin with George, above], elder dau. of George Gray W. [b. 1863] & Jane Smith [m. 1888], was b. 14/4/1889 at Aberdeen. - Fanny emigrated to Toronto with her parents and her brother & sister on 2/4/1891.  


1889

Isabella Fenwick Wedderburn, [?elder] dau. of James W. [Shoemaker, b. 1856, 2nd s. of Forbes W. (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] & Isabella Fenwick [m. 1881], was b. 21/12/1889 at Peterhead.   Isabella died at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, in 1901, aged 11. [See Grace Wedderburn, b. 1897.]


1890

Mary Wedderburn, younger dau. of William Cheyne W. [Shoemaker, b. 1858, ygr. s. of James W. (b. 1825)/Christian Cheyne (m. 1851)] but 3rd d. of his wife, Jessie Rothnie [m. 1880], was b. in 1890 at Fintray.   


1890

Jane Maggie Wedderburn, younger dau. of George Gray W. [b. 1863, 6th s. of Forbes (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] & Jane Smith [m. 1888], was b. 30/4/1890 at Aberdeen. - Isabella emigrated to Toronto with her parents and her brother & sister on 2/4/1891.  


1890

Helen Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of William W. [Tailor, b. 1852] & Barbara Mary Marr [m. 1876], was b. 30/6/1890 at Turriff. - She died there on 20 July, aged 3 weeks.   


1890

James Wedderburn, 6th son of David W. [Seaman, b.1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], was b. 25/7/1890 at Peterhead.  


1891

Annie Duncan Wedderburn [b. 1866, 4th d. of Alexander W. (b. 1836) & Jane Clark (m. 1860)] m. George Logie on 2/4/1891 at Longside, Aberdeen.  

 

1891

John Urquhart Wedderburn [b. 1868, 8th s. of Forbes (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831) & Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] emigrated to the U.S.A. & m. Margaret McPherson on 20/9/1891 at Quincey, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  


1891

John Gray Wedderburn [twin with Alexander Gaddes W., below], 7th son. of David W. [Seaman, b.1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], was b. 25/9/1891 at Peterhead.  - John G. Wedderburn, a Hair Dresser, enlisted in Glasgow High’s 9th Highland Light Infantry in Dec. 1915, (No. 5634), giving his address as C/o Davidson, Woodside Avenue, Rutherglen.   


1891

Alexander Gaddes Wedderburn [twin with John Gray W., above], 8th & ygst.  son of David W. [Seaman, b.1852, grandson of James W. ‘of Banff’ (b. 1793)] & Mary Ann Joss [m. 1872], was b. 25/9/1891 at Peterhead. - Alexander died at Peterhead in 1893, aged 2.  


1892

Forbes Wedderburn, 5th son of William Cheyne W. [Shoemaker, b. 1858, s. of James W. (b. 1825)/Christian Cheyne] & Jessie Rothnie [m. 1880], was b. in 1892 at Fintray, Aberdeen.  

 

1892

Alexander Wedderburn [twin with Margaret, below], 6th son of William W. [Tailor, b. 1852] & Barbara Mary Marr [m. 1876], was b. 11/9/1892 at Turriff.  - Alexander became a ship’s engineer. - He m. Isabella Swan Cruikshank (b. 20/12/1896, d. of William Cruikshank - at one time a prison warder at Barlinnie Gaol, Glasgow - & --- Marr) on 7/12/1929 in Australia.  


1892

Margaret Morrison Wedderburn [twin with Alexander, above], 2nd dau. of William W. [Tailor, b. 1852] & Barbara Mary Marr [m. 1876], was b. 11/9/1892 at Turriff.  [‘Meg’ is not shown in the W.B.  In one source her ‘middle’ name is shown as ‘Morris’ but this has been truncated.] - Meg died unm. on 3/5/1956.  

1892

James Maxwell Wedderburn, 6th son of Charles W.  [Mason, b. 1858, d. 1896, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] but 4th s. by his second wife, Mary Jane Young [m. 1885], was b. 22/8/1892 at Huntly.   


1892

William Malcolmson Wedderburn, 5th son of James W. [Shoemaker, b. 1856, 2nd s. of Forbes (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] & Isabella Fenwick [m. 1881], was b. 3/9/1892 at Aberdeen.  


1893

Margaret Anne Wedderburn [b. 1866, e.d. of Forbes (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831) & Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] m. James McKechnie [Seaman, of 4 Florence Cottages, Brighton Road, Croydon, Surrey] on 24/2/1893 at Aberdeen.   


1893

Eva Mabel Wedderburn, 3rd dau. of George Gray W. [b. 1863, 6th s. of Forbes (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] & Jane Smith [m. 1888], was b. 21/7/1893 at Toronto, Canada.   


1893

Alexander Wedderburn, 7th & ygst. son of Charles W. [Mason, b. 1858, d. 1896, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] but 5th s. by his second wife, Mary Jane Young [m. 1885], was b. in Oct. 1893 at Huntly.  


1894

 Isabella Stephenson(?) Wedderburn, 4th & ygst. dau. of William W. [Tailor, b. 1852] & Barbara Mary Marr [m. 1876], was b. 29/4/1894 at Turriff.  [‘Belle’ is not shown in the W.B.]  She died unm. on 18/5/1966.   


1895

Maggie Black Wedderburn, 2nd dau. of Charles W.  [Mason, b. 1858, d. 1896, 3rd s. of Forbes W. (b. 1831)/Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] but only d. by his second wife, Mary Jane Young [m. 1885], was b. in 1895 at Huntly. [Charles died at Rothiemay in 1896.]


1895

Alexander John Forbes Wedderburn [b. 1868 at Aberdeen, e.s. of Alexander W. (b. 1836) & Jane Clark (m. 1860)] m. Elizabeth Jane Munro in 1895 at Portobello, Edinburgh.  


1895

Annabella Wedderburn [e.d. of David W. (Seaman, b. 1852) & Mary Ann Joss (m. 1872)] m. James Massie at Peterhead in 1895.

1895 James Wedderburn [unidentified] m. ---- in 1895 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.  


1896

David Wedderburn [probably son of David W., b. 1875 (? & Rachel Buchan, m. 1897, q.v.)] was b. in 1896 at Peterhead.  

1896 Agnes Reid Wedderburn [b. 1868 (q.v.), d. of Forbes W. (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831) & Margaret Keith (m. 1854)] m. William Cantley in 1896 at Newington, Edinburgh.  


1897

David Wedderburn [b. 1875, e.s. of David W. (Seaman, b. 1852) & Mary Ann Joss (m.  1872)] m. Rachel Buchan in 1897 at Peterhead.  


1897

Grace Wedderburn [unidentified - but perhaps 2nd d. of James W. (Shoemaker, b. 1856) & Isabella Fenwick (m. 1881)] was b. in 1897 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen.  


1897

Rachel Wedderburn, dau. of David W. [b. 1875] & Rachel Buchan [m. 1897], was b. in 1897 at Peterhead. - He died there in 1899, aged 2.  


1897

William Wedderburn [b. 1874, 10th s. of Forbes W. (Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831) but 2nd s. by Forbes’ 2nd wife, Agnes Malcolmson (m. 1872)] m. Annie Littlejohn Patterson in 1897 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. - William, a Shoemaker Journeyman, & Annie had a s. Thomas (b. 1898) & a d. Agnes Malcolmson (b. 1899).   


1898

James Wedderburn [perhaps another s. of David W. (b. 1875?) & Rachel Buchan (m. 1897)] was b. in 1898 at Peterhead.  


1899

Christian Wedderburn [?b. 1870 ] m. Robert McRobert Gall in 1899 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. - [Christian is probably ‘Chrissy’, 5th d. of Alexander W. (Shoemaker & later Inspector of the Poor & Estate factor, b. 1836) & Jane Clark (m. 1860). - She may be ‘Christina’, aged 20 in the 1891 Census, who was then living at Duthil (20m. S. of Nairn).]


1899

Eliza Wedderburn [b. 1881, 3rd d. of David W. (Seaman, b. 1852) & Mary Ann Joss (m.  1872)] m. James Buchan in 1899 at Peterhead.  


1900

Thomas Moncrieff Wedderburn [b. 1875, 11th s. of Forbes W., Grocer’s Porter, b. 1831, but 3rd s. by his 2nd wife, Agnes Malcolmson (m. 1872)] m. Jessie Thomson Christie at St. Nicholas Aberdeen in 1900.  They had (at least) 1 son & 2 daughters: Thomas Moncrieff W. (b. & d. 1901 at Sheffield); Margaret Thomson W. (b 1905 at Sheffield, who m. Henry Short there in 1930); & Jessie Christie W. (b. & d. 1909 at Wortley, Yorks.). - In the 1901 Census, Thomas Widderburn (sic), a Steel Moulder aged 25 (‘b. Scotland’), was living at 27 Athercliffe Road, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, with Jessie, aged 23 (‘b. Scotland’).  - In the 1911 Census, Thomas Moncrieff Wedderburn, Steel Moulder, aged 34 (‘b. Aberdeen’), was living at 63 Fielding Road, Wadsby Bridge, Sheffield, Yorks., with Jessie, aged 33 (‘b. Aberdeen’), Married 10 years, 3 children (2 died); & Margaret Thomson W., aged 5 (‘b. Sheffield’). - [Thomas’s father Forbes W. (b. 1831) died at Wortley (N. of Sheffield), in the Sept. qtr. of 1921, aged 89.]  


1902

Elizabeth Wedderburn [unidentified] died at Old Aberdeen in 1902, aged 69. - [In the 1881 Census, Elizabeth, a Linnen (sic) Weaver, unm. ‘aged 53’, was a Boarder at the home of Alexander Leith & his family at 3 East Back Road, Old Machar, Aberdeen.]


A chronological list of Wedderburns (and a few other spellings of the name) in Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, Invernesshire, Morayshire and Banffshire, (plus two in Montgomeryshire, N. Wales). 1813 - end