does your whitton family have any irish connections? peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorna Kinnaird" <lorna-kinnaird@blueyonder.co.uk> To: <angus@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 11:23 PM Subject: Re: [ANGUS] Whitton family from Forfar/Airlie > > Wendy, > > Here is what I have found out about my WHITTON family. I have taken out > the > cause of Agnes's death in 1863 as it may cause offence to any potential > family who may connect with this information in years to come. I can > always > let those who are interested know off list. Hope this is ok? > > Agnes Dawson, b. 17th Sept 1820, Forfar; d. 5th Sept 1863, Aberlemno > First daughter of Peter Dawson and Jean Mitchell > m. John Whitton, b. 1818, Airlie, Perthshire; d. 16th Feb 1900, > Forfar > on 7th June 1840, Forfar (Parish of Glamis) > They had at least seven children: > > Jean Wilson Whitton, b. 7th Feb 1841, Forfar > William Whitton, b. 1843, Rattray, Perthshire > Jess Whitton, b. 1845, Kinnettles, Forfar > Mary Whitton, b. 9th Dec 1849, Kinnettles, Forfar > James S Whitton, b. 1852, Kinnettles, Forfar > John Whitton, b. 1856, Forfar > Agnes Whitton, b. 1859, Forfar > > Agnes died by drowning herself at Milldam, Kirkton, Aberlemno. Her > husband > John Whitton was the informant on the death certificate. He is noted as > being a Wright. John died at 2 St James Road, Forfar aged 81 years - he > never remarried. His grandson-in-law Alexander H Gordon, living at 16 St > James Road, Forfar was the informant. I haven't quite worked out how > Alexander Haxton Gordon (b. 27th Feb 1886, Loons Road, Lochee son of John > Gordon and Margaret B Gordon, m.s. Haxton m. 1st Jan 1885, Lochee) is > connected to John Whitton other than Alexander's grandmother was Margaret > Whitton who married Alexander Dall. > > 1851 - Census - Douglastown, Forfar > John Whitton Head 33 b. 1818, Airlie, Forfarshire > Joiner > Agnes Whitton Wife 30 b. 1821, Forfar > Wilson Whitton Dau 10 b. 1841, Forfar At > school > William Whitton Son 8 b. 1843, Rattray > At school > Jess Whitton Dau 6 b. 1845, Kinnettles > At school > Mary Whitton Dau 1 b. 1850, Kinnettles > At home > David Balharrie Serv 19 b. 1832, Airlie > Joiner > Note: the above entry for 'Wilson Whitton' was actually incorrectly > recorded. It was actually Jean Wilson Whitton as her birth certificate in > 1841 states this. I was kind of puzzled as to why the enumerator would > record 'Wilson' as a daughter instead of a son! So I found out. > > 1861 Census - 343 Dundee Road Square, Forfar > John Whitton Head 42 b. 1819, Airlie, Forfarshire > Joiner > Agnes Whitton Wife 40 b. 1821, Forfar > William Whitton Son 18 b. 1843, Rattray, Perthshire > Joiner > Mary Whitton Dau 11 b. 1850, Kinnettles, Forfar > Scholar > James S Whitton Son 9 b. 1852, Kinnettles, Forfar > Scholar > John Whitton Son 5 b. 1856, Forfar > Scholar > Agnes Whitton Dau 2 b. 1859, Forfar > Mary Simson G-dau 1 9/12 b. 1859, Forfar > > > CHILDREN OF AGNES DAWSON AND JOHN WHITTON: > > Jean Wilson Whitton, b. 7th Feb 1841, Forfar > Daughter of Agnes Dawson and John Whitton > m. David Simpson, b. 1841 > on 24th Jan 1862, 38 Dundee Road, Forfar > They had at least six children: > > Mary Simpson, b. 26th Aug 1859, Forfar > Agnes Simpson, b. 27th Apr 1862, Forfar > Helen Simpson, b. 25th Sept 1864, Forfar > James Simpson, b. 1867, Forfar > Elisabeth Simpson, b. 1869, Forfar > David Simpson, b. 1870, Forfar > > I believe this is the correct record despite the details of Jean's parents > being slightly wrong. Her father John Whitton is noted as being a > 'wright' > and her mother is noted as being 'Ann Whitton, m.s. Davidson'. I am not > sure > what the reason for this might be - but other details are correct, even to > the point of Helen Kidd being a witness to the marriage! > > The addresses were 11 St James Road, Forfar and 25 Dundee Road, Forfar. > David Simpson was the son of John Simpson (Pavement Quarrier) and > Elizabeth > Simpson, m.s. Henderson. He was a Plash Miller. Jean is noted as being a > Linen Weaver. > > In the 1861 Census their daughter Mary Simson (or Simpson) was noted as > staying with her grandparents Agnes Dawson and John Whitton. Mary was born > illegitimate, but the marriage of her parents in 1862 legalised her birth > (document amended 18th June 1862). Her father David Simpson is noted on > the > birth certificate as being the father. > > William Whitton, b. 1843, Rattray, Perthshire > Son of Agnes Dawson and John Whitton > > Mary Whitton, b. 9th Dec 1849, Kennettes, Forfar > Daughter of Agnes Dawson and John Whitton > m. James Herald, b. abt 1839, Forfar > on 1st Jan 1896, 52 Dundee Loan, Forfar > > James was the son of James Herald (Ploughman) and Janet Watt (afterwards > married to John Ford, Ploughman). He had also been previously married to > Jane Ramsay (who died). Mary was a factory worker living at 52 Dundee > Loan, > Forfar. James lived at 48 Dundee Road, Forfar. The witnesses were > Alexander Souter Smith and Isobel Simpson. Mary's parents are noted as > being John Whitton, Joiner and Agnes Whitton, m.s. Dawson (deceased). > > 1871 - Census - 11 Crescent Street, St Andrews > Mary Whitton Boarder 21 b. 1850, Douglas Town, Forfar Weaver Linen > P L > > 1881 Census - 7 Watt Street, Forfar > Mary Whitton Head 30 b. 1851, Kennettes, Forfar Factory > Weaver Linen > > > James S Whitton, b. 1852, Kinnettles, Forfar > Son of Agnes Dawson and John Whitton > Nothing further known at present. > > John Whitton, b. 1856, Forfar > Son of Agnes Dawson and John Whitton > Nothing further known at present. > > Agnes Whitton, b. 1859, Forfar > Daughter of Agnes Dawson and John Whitton > Nothing further known at present. > > > Lorna > xx > > > > Lorna Kinnaird (Muat) > Family History: Fyfe (Forfar); Muat (Haddington) > Childminder in Edinburgh, Scotland > > - what's for you, won't go by you! > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > >