WHITTON and RITCH -Surname Studies and people from the Island of GRAEMSAY, Orkney
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| 2 | +Freelove Sophia TWEEDY Elizabeth Honeyman TWEEDY John TWEEDY James TWEEDY Abigail TWEEDY Elizabeth TWEEDY Sarah TWEEDY William Crawford TWEEDY | Tweedy, William (I15303)
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| 3 | 1580 Pont enrols as a student at St Andrews University. (Acta Rectorum Session 1580/81, St Andrews University MS Records UY/305/2/f.9; Moir, 1973) 1582 Edinburgh University founded. 1583 Pont graduates from St Andrews University. (Faculty of Arts Bursar's Book, 1583, St Andrews University MS Records UY/412/f.62r) Father's annual grant of funds to Timothy renewed. (Cash, 1901) 1584-85 Serious outbreak of bubonic plague in Scotland which may have affected Pont's itinerary. (Shrewsbury, 1970) 1587 Mary Queen of Scots, in exile in England, is executed. 1592 Pont receives a commission to undertake a mineral reconnaissance of Orkney and Shetland. He may have carried out this survey the following year. (NLS Adv. MS 19.1.24, f.33; Kinniburgh, 1968; Moir, 1973, p.38). 1593 Pont's father assigns him £140 - the bulk of an annuity received from Edinburgh Town Council. (Edinburgh Town Council MS Records, vol.IX, p.412, 21 February and 29 June 1593). 1596 Pont completes his map of Clydesdale. This map (Pont 34) is the only surviving map to bear a date ('Sept et Octob: 1596 Descripta'). This and other evidence indicates that Pont may have ended his travels by April 1596. (Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, 1596-97, p.40, 20 July 1596; Megaw, 1969) 1600 or 1601 Timothy appointed minister of the parish of Dunnet, Caithness. (Church of Scotland, Book of Assignation and Modification of Stipends, 1607-15, NAS MS E.47/8) 1603 Union of the Scottish and English Crowns: James VI of Scotland inherits the throne of England on the death of Elizabeth I and becomes James I of Great Britain. 1605 Pont is in Edinburgh and draws his annuity. He was probably attending the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. (Edinburgh Town Council MS Records, 29 May 1605, vol.XI, p.337; Moir and Skelton, 1968, p.151) 1605 Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot, London 1609 Pont applies for a grant of lands in the north of Ireland, but is unsuccessful. (Reg. Privy Council of Scotland, vols.VIII, p.330, and IX, p.lxxxi; Moir, 1973, p.39) 1610 Pont's signature on a charter from Sutherland shows that he is still 'Parson of Dunnet' on 7 December 1610. (C. Innes), 1855, vol.2, pt.2, p.789; Moir and Skelton, 1968, p.151) 1603-12 Pont's map of Lothian and Linlithgow engraved in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius the elder, probably between 1603 and 1612. (Moir and Skelton, 1968, p.151) 1611 Pont lends 1,000 merks in gold to the Earl of Caithness. (NAS, RD1/225 f.119) 1614 Another minister is recorded at Dunnet, showing that Pont is no longer minister there. (H. Scott (ed.) Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, vol.VII, p.119) 1615 Isobel Pont, recorded as Timothy's 'relict' or widow, collects a debt due to Timothy in Tongue. This was for the sum of 300 merks lent to his sister Margaret and her husband Alexander Borthuik in 1607. (NAS, RD1/225 f.119) Timothy was probably born in 1565 or 1566, a deduction from the date of his matriculation at St Andrews. It is likely that he was born at Shiresmill; presumably the family moved to Edinbugh in 1571 when Robert became Provost of Trinity College. In 1574 the Master of Trinity College granted him for his education the kirklands of Strathmartin, confirmed in 1583 . He married, date unknown, Isobel Blacader, presumably of the Blairhall family (one of whom had married his sister Helen) ; by her he had two children, Timothy and Margaret, but nothing is known of them except that in 1615 they were still under-age In probably the second half of 1592 he was given a commission by John Lindsay, parson of Menmuir, Master of the Mines in Scotland, to visit and search for minerals in Orkney and Shetland In June 1593 he was in Edinburgh, where he collected the annuity mentioned in note.25 Otherwise he does not appear in family or official documents during the 1580s and 1590s, and it may be presumed that he was then travelling in Scotland. In 1601 he became minister of Dunnet, Caithness a post which he held until at least 1611 but must have left by 1614, possibly at his death. In 1609 he applied for a grant of land in Ulster, surety being given by his brother-in-law Alexander Borthwick of Nether Laich (Learnie); but his name is not on the list of successful bidders of 1611. In 1611 he and his wife lent 1000 merks in gold to the earl of Caithness; this took place in Edinburgh, and possibly he was there to publish his maps - Robert Gordon says he 'returned' (presumably to Edinburgh) to do this but met an untimely death soon after. He was dead before 28 March 1615, when his widow made an obligation to give a discharge for a debt due to them. There is no record of his having left a will, and it is not clear if the heirs whom Gordon accuses of neglecting their inheritance are his children or others. The Reverend Timothy Pont was the eldest son of Robert Pont, the minister at Dunnet, Caithness. He graduated from the University of St Andrews in 1583. The following year, his father seems to have given him a graduation present - a charter of church lands - allowing him financial freedom. Timothy then spent a considerable amount of time and energy making an arduous journey round Scotland, with the intention of mapping the country. This was about 1584-96. There is no clear explanation as to his motives. There exists a map made by him of Clydesdale, dated 1596, which is the only map of Pont's with an indicted date. Let no one doubt the perils of such a journey then. There is a description by Sir Robert Gordon, who later revised his maps, giving some indication of what Pont endured. '..with small means and no favouring patron...he travelled on foot right through the whole of this kingdom, as no one before him had done; he visited all the islands, occupied for the most part by inhabitants hostile and uncivilised, (and with a language different from our own); being often stripped, as he told me, by the fierce robbers, and suffering not seldom all the hardships of the dangerous journey, nevertheless at no time was he overcome by the difficulties, nor was he disheartened.' To make matters worse, in 1584-85 Scotland was under the grip of the dreadful bubonic plague, the 'Black Death'. It was one of the worst outbreaks suffered by the country, and there were further outbreaks over the next three years. Pont may not have been disheartened by the actual journey - he had after all the excitement of travel and the intellectual work entailed by his project. But he was to have more problems later on. 'But when, having returned, he prepared to publish the results of his labours, he was defeated by the greed of printers and booksellers (who refused to supply the necessary funds), and so could not reach his goal. While awaiting better times, untimely death took him away (in the flower of his age)' He probably died between 1611-14, at the age of about 50. His maps were purchased by Sir James Balfour of Denmiln in Fife. Some 77 manuscript maps attributed to Pont survive. What has emerged from closer looks at his sketches are that though many of his drawings were tiny (paper was expensive!), the architectural details of buildings are obviously of good accuracy and are the earliest known depictions of these historical buildings. Some of the drawings are only 1-3 cm in size. | Pont, Timothy (I11529)
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| 4 | 1649 an assistant Minister at Ferryport on Tay Minister of Stromness 1672 St Peters Church, Sandwick was rebuilt in the 1670s by Bishop Andrew Honyman, and again in 1767. Honyman surname of a family in Orkney which possesses a baronetcy, descended from Bishop Andrew Honyman, who married Mary Stewart, Heiress of Graemsay and representative of the Earls of Orkney of that name. In 1643 he was made colleague to Mr. Robert Blair in St Andrews by the presbytery of that city. He was afterwards archd con of St. Andrews, and succeeded Bishop Svdserf in the see of Orkney in 1664, being consecrated on 10th April of that year. On 11th July 1668, when stepping into the coach of Archbishop Sharp on the High street of Edinburgh, he received a shot in his wrist with a poisoned bullet intended for Sharp, fired by a preacher of the name of James Mitchell, who had been at the rising of Pentland and had been excepted from the indemnity. On the cry arising that a man was killed, the people began to rush to the spot, but some one saving that " it was only a bishop," the crowd quietly dispersed. Mitchell escaped at the time, but ten years afterwards was executed for the deed. The wound never healed, and greatly impaired the bishop's health. He died in February 1676, and was buried in the cathedral church of Kirkwall. He was the author of a work called ' The Survey of the insolentt and infamous libel entitled Naphtali 1678, in which he attempts to refute the statement contained in that famous presbyterian publication. | Honyman, Bishop Andrew (I11418)
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| 5 | 1881 census a Student at Cambridge Emmanuel College 1901 census at 2 Burman Terrace, Richmond Living on Own Means (NB he married Mary in 1902 but their 2 children born before that date are not traced in 1901 census. | Atkinson, Henry George (I20875)
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| 6 | 1938 Bethesda Home for BoysRITCH Mr. - James Lindel Ritch, 68, died Monday, June13, 2005 following a lengthy illness. Mr. Ritch was born in Appling County, Georgia and has resided in the Jacksonville area for most of his life. He was a Baptist and was the owner and operator of a delivery company. Mr. Ritch is survived by his wife of 48 years, Maxine B. Ritch; 2 children: Cathy Ritch and Susan (David) Braden; 2 sisters: Sula Johnson and Eula (John) Lane; 1 brother: Kenny (Gerdie) Ritch and 2 grandchildren: Dawson and Alex Braden. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, June 16, 2005 at Riverside Memorial Park with Rev. Paul Murphy officiating | Ritch, James Lindel (I10771)
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| 7 | 1940 census at 1744 Clay Avenue, Bronx, New York Widowed | Richards, Emma A (I10326)
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| 8 | 1945 Eric and Florence E at 265 Ridgeacre Road, Edgebastonm warwickshire at 1911 census at 27 Claremont Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham, Warwickshire a Grandson of William and sarah NOTE I do not know which of their children was the parent of Eric | Whitton, Eric (I20730)
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| 15 | 1st and last Earl of Carrick Earl of Carrick | Stewart, John (I11511)
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| 16 | 1st Cousins Wardlaw's Genealogy of the Witherspoon Family, published in 1910, states that: "John Witherspoon, son of David, son of Rev. James Witherspoon and Lucy Welch, died of rose-in-the-leg (crysipelas) in Williamsburg township in the fall of 1737. He is the recognized head of the family and all manuscripts since R.S. Witherspoon's of 1890 speak of him as "John". He was of medium size, light complexioned and fine constitution. He was eminently pious and given to prayer. He aided in building the original church near Kingstree, SC. He was buried in 1737 in Williamsburg, SC.(467) He was a Weaver. In the first Genealogy of the Witherspoon Family (in America) by his grandson, Robert Witherspoon (1728 - 1788) states, under date Williamsburg, S.C., May 1780: "My Grandfather and Grandmother were born in Scotland about the year 1670; they were cousins and both of one Sir Name, his (given) name was John, and hers was Janet; they lived in their younger years in or near, Glasgow (Scotland) at a place called Begardie; were married in 1693 and in 1695 they left Scotland and settled in Ireland in the County of Down, Parish of Drumbo at a place called Knockbracken, where he lived in good circumstances and in good credit until the year 1734. He then removed with his family to South Carolina." | Witherspoon, John (I11567)
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| 20 | 7th Earl of Galloway | Stewart, John (I11464)
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| 21 | A Baker in St Andrews He seems to have been bom, or at one time resided, in Pitlairchney, which was a small place east of the Falkland hills and nearly due west of St. Andrews. His father's business, that of baker, was transmitted from father to son for nine or ten generations, there being only recently in St. Andrews a baker claiming lineal descent from John and lineal successorship in the baker business. | Honyman, David (I11417)
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| 22 | a cadet of the Corrybrough family | McQueen, John (I11753)
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| 23 | a Doctor | Sutherland, MD Hugh (I9075)
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| 24 | a farmer | Clouston, Robert (I21658)
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| 25 | a Jute Tenter at death 150 Albert Street, Dundee | Lambeth, Thomas Horn Davidson (I17219)
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| 26 | a Merchant | Pearson, Alexander (I11421)
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| 27 | a Merchant in London | Honyman, John (I11589)
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| 28 | address 1871 census Shropshire usual address at death 68 Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, London | Thirkettle, Dame Annie Johanna (I11615)
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| 29 | address at death 1207 East McMillan Street, Cincinatti, Ohio, | Leger-Barter, Edgar Harry Stanley St (I22221)
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| 30 | Address at death North Inchmichael, Errol, Dundee | Forrester, Susan Tulloch T (I22012)
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| 31 | address at death Eastfield Place, Kirkintilloch informant Uncle James Fleming | Vallange, Charles Stirling (I20040)
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| 32 | address at marriage in 1902 20 Whitehouse, Aberdeen a carter Widower Soldier WW1 address at enlistment in 1915 600 Alexander Avenue, Winnipeg a Teamster at 1921 census at 353 Beverley Street, Winnipeg a Floor Cleaner emigrated 1911 | Nicholson, John William (I4659)
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| 33 | Address: 1349 S Perry St Residence: Montgomery, AL Postal Code: 36104-5535 Second Residence Date: 1983 Second Phone Number: 262-8277 Second Address: 3118 Fernway CT Second Residence: Second Postal Code: 36111-1812 Third Residence Date: 1992 Third Phone Number: 262-8277 Third Address: 4065 Ray Dr Third Residence: Montgomery, AL Third Postal Code: 36109-2426 RITCH, Claudine J. Gavin Faulk, died Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at Plantation Manor Nursing Home in McCalla, AL She was 81. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 13, 2009 at White Cha- K el-Greenwood Funeral ome with Joe Watkins officiating. Burial will follow In Greenwood Cemetery.The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Monday, one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Ritch is survived by her son, Thomas Faulk and his wife Linda of Montgomery; her grandchildren, Vincent Faulk (Vicki) and Tonya Spencer (Joel); her greatgrandchildren, Payton, Garrett, Grant and Jack Spencer, Amber, Anna and Justin Faulk, Allle and Bailey Little. | Gavin, Claudine J (I16195)
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| 34 | Alexander Graeme 6th of Graemshall died unmarried an Admiral Memorial location: Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland Transcript: 'HERE LIES INTERRED/ALEXANDER GRAEME/OF GRAEMESHALL/ONE OF THE ADMIRALS OF THE WHITE/SQUADRON IN HIS MAJESTYS FLEET/BORN AT GRAEMESHALL 9TH DECR 1741/DIED AT EDINBURGH 5TH AUGUST 1818' Memorial Details: Type: Chest-tomb Position: 50 yards north west of church Materials: Sandstone Dimensions: 256.5 l x 119.5 w x 66 h cm ALEXANDER GRAEME, SIXTH OF GREAMESHALL, ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE. He succeeded his brother Patrick in 1786 while he was on half pay recovering his strength after the loss of his arm in his engagement with the Dutch in 1781-82. Captain Graeme had, like his young kinsman Laurence Graeme of Inchbrakie, shared in the glorious victories of Lord Rodney, but had fortunately (unlike Laurence) lived to recover from their effects. Alexander lived to a good age, and had the honour to be the friend of, and serve with, Lord Nelson. The earliest record of Alexander Graeme's services commences with the rank of Lieutenant, on The Temple in December 1760; by 23rd February 1776 he is commissioned as Captain to the King Fisher and it was while on the Preston he was severely wounded, losing his arm at the action of Doggerbank, he went on half pay on 5th September 1781 for nearly fourteen years, and it was during this period that his elder brother died, and he succeeded to the family estate. Once more bidding adieu to his aged mother, Miss Chancellor, a lady who was a well-known disciplinarian, Captain Alexander Graeme is commissioned on 14th January 1i95 to H.M. Glory, but leaving it on February 13th he hurries to Edinburgh just in time to comfort the last few days of his mother's life with his presence, for on February 23rd, 1795, Mrs Graeme of Graemeshall dies. Rear-Admiral on l0th June 1795 Vice-Admiral on 29th June 1799, Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness the latter year, and Admiral in April 1804, Alexander Graeme was a worthy scion of the race, though like many other heroes he died without a decoration! In 1818, on the 5th of August, his life ends, and with it the line by the scabbard ceases at Graemeshall as it does at Gorthie and Orchill, and is carried on by the distaff. The following extract from a search made among the nation's naval records is placed below: Admiral Graeme's Services, 1762 - 1818 Ship. Rank. Date of Entry. Date of Discharge. Temple Lieutenant 17 Dec. 1760 16 March 1762 Aquillon " 17 March 1762 18 Sept. 1763 Half-pay " 19 Sept. 1763 18 Sept. 1764 Thunderer " 19 Sept. 1764 11 March 1765 Half-pay " 12 March 1765 31 March 1765 Superb " 11April 1765 18 Oct. 1765 Egmont Snow " 19 Oct. 1765 27 July 1770 Half-pay " 28 July 1770 25 Jan. 1774 Preston " 26 Jan. 1774 9 Sept. 1775 Viper " did not join King Fisher Captain 23 Feb. 1776 25 Jan. 1778 Sphynx " 27 Dec. 1777 29 Nov. 1778 Diamond " 30 Nov. 1778 10 Jan. 1779 Pearl " 11 Jan. 1779 13 July 1779 Tartar " 14 July 1779 14 March 1781 Preston " 15 Nov. 1781 5 Sept. 1781 Half-pay " 6 Sept. 1781 13 Jan. 1795 Glory " 14 Jan. 1795 13 Feb. 1795 Half-pay Rear-Adm. 10 June 1795 13 Feb. 1799 Half-pay Vice-Adm. 29 June 1799 29 June 1799 Commander- " 30 June 1799 11July 1802 in-Chief (Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, the Nore). Half-pay " 12 July 1802 22 April 1804 Half-pay Admiral 23 April 1804 5 August 1818 . Dead. The following exttract may fitly close this scanty tribute to his services. On the 27th July 1801 Nelson's flag was flying on board the Unite frigate at Sheerness. He wrote under the date humorously to his dearest "Emma." "To-day I dined with Admiral Graeme, who has also lost his right arm, and as the Commander of the troops has lost his leg, I expect we shall be caricatured as the lame defenders of England!" Admiral Graeme (like his brother Patrick) died without leaving heirs male; the estates devolved upon Mr Alexander Sutherland of Granwall, Jamaica, the grandson of his aunt Margaret, daughter of Patrick third of Graemeshall, and Euphame Honeyman his wife. | Graeme, Admiral Alexander (I11477)
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| 35 | Alexander Sutherland-Graeme 7th of Graemshall The chancel screen of St Olafs, Kirkwall was dedicated in 1897 to the memory of Mr. Sutherland-Graeme of Graemeshall, Holm. It originally formed part of the Episcopal gallery and throne, erected during the reign of King Charles I, in Kirkwalls St. Magnus Cathedral during the episcopacy of Mr. Graemes ancestor, Bishop George Graeme. With the death of Alexander Sutherlands mother in child birth and his father shortly before in Jamaica, he was brought up and educated in the south of England by his guardians. His paternal grandparents were Dr Hugh Sutherland of Kirkwall and Margaret Graeme (b. 1707, d. 1762). The Graemes were another of the Orkney lairds with property in Holm on the East Mainland of Orkney. They were descended from George Graham, Bishop of Orkney (b. 1565, d. 1645) and his son, Patrick Graeme of Rothiesholm and Greenwall, I of Greameshall. With the death in 1818 of the unmarried Admiral Alexander Graham VI of Graemeshall (b. 1741), a cousin of Alexander Sutherlands father, the estate passed to Alexander. The admiral had never met the 12 year old who was to inherit his estate. Alexander married Mary Ann Graham. He adopted the name Sutherland Graeme as opposed to just Sutherland, to reflect his ownership of the Graemeshall estate. He was therefore the first of the Sutherland Graemes. He only made three visits to Orkney. The little orphaned son born in 1806 assumed the name of Graeme in addition to Sutherland and became ALEXANDER SUTHERLAND-GRAEME, SEVENTH OF GRAEMESHALL. He succeeded his old cousin the Admiral when but twelve years old, and grew up to be an honoured member of society and to have devoted friends. When riding with Mr Malcolm (of the Burnside family) at Moreton in the Marsh, Alexander Sutherland-Graeme had a severe fall from his horse which necessitated his abandoning the intention of his guardians (Mr Laing Meason of Lindertes and John Irvine, J.P.) that he should enter the Life Guards. Alexander Graeme however continued to enjoy life with all the ardour of a young man of spirit. The ball he gave in Edinburgh when he was nineteen years of age was remembered long after the middle of the century. The young heir of Graemeshall knew how to play the host when he knocked two houses in Charlotte Square into one, and gave an entertainment the success of which made Edinburgh ring. Years after his only son, on visiting the Modern Athens, was greeted with warmth as the representative of the host of that entertainment. Three years after thus entertaining his friends Alexander Graeme settled down as a benedict; he married in 1828 Mary Ann, daughter of Mr Robert Graham of Cossington, Somerset. The Grahams of Kinross and Cossington are descended from the Montrose through the House of Callendar; the first Graeme of Callendar was George Grame, second son of William, second Lord Grame of Kincardine fourteenth in line; and Lady Anne Douglas, daughter of the Earl of Angus. Mr Robert Graham was judge in Joanpor, H.E.I.C. Service, and married Sarah Paul (heiress of Cossington, Somerset, through her cousin the Rev. Thomas Hobbs). Their children were George Semple Graham of Cossington, who has issue; Elizabeth, married E. Barnard Lennard, Esq.; William, Colonel in Bombay Fusiliers, married Susan, daughter of General Sir Thomas Downman, G.C.B., and has issue; Amelia, married William Dowdeswell of Pull Court, Esq., and has issue; Mr Robert Graham and Miss Paul's eldest daughter Marianne married Alexander Sutherland-Graeme of Graemeshall, the subject of this sketch, descended from William, first Earl of Montrose, elder brother to George Grame of Callendar. About the year 1850 there commenced a strong friendship between Mr Sutherland-Graeme and the late Bishop Woodford of Ely, and Archdeacon Denison, and he became a strong Churchman. A Conservative of the old school, Mr Sutherland-Graeme took a keen and active interest in politics, and the last real bit of political happiness he had was immediately preceding his death when he received the news of the Forfarshire election in 1894. Mr Sutherland-Graeme lost his wife in 1877 but lived for many years after, his health however obliging him to reside at St Leonards where he enjoyed the society of a large circle of friends. An only son and daughter were the result of his marriage with Miss Marianne Graham; the daughter, Henrietta, predeceased her parents in 1869; she was unmarried. At 1851 census at 16 Cornwallis Crescent, Clifton, Somerset a Landed Proprietor At 1881 census at 4 Pevensey Road, Hastings, St Mary Magdalen a Landowner and Justice of the Peace On 29th November 1894 Mr Alexander Sutherland-Graeme passed peacefully to rest and the world was the poorer for the loss of so upright a gentleman. | Sutherland-Graeme, Alexander (I11483)
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| 37 | Among the early settlers of Lauderdale County were Dr. Samuel and Cornelia C. (Honyman) Oldham; her father, Dr. Robt. Honyman, was a noted physician and member of the royal navy, for many years surgeon of the "Portland," a ship of the line, that was sent to St. Helena in 1771, to await Capt. Cook's expected arrival from his first trip around the world, and convey his ship to England. He was also a direct descendant of the Dr. Honyman, who extracted by command, the fifth rib from the side of James V, King of Scotland, which rib was transmitted to him by his ancestors, and he by will to his only son, with the request, "that he will carefully keep the said rib, and carefully transmit it to his descendants." Mr. and Mrs. Oldham were born and raised in Virginia; he was a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, and one of the noted physicians of his State; they moved to Lauderdale County in 1838, and he died in 1860, and left three sons, none now living. Robert H., the second son, was also a physician and succeeded to his father's practice; he was a graduate of the literary department of the University of Virginia, and of the Jefferson Medical College, and for sixteen years practiced in Lauderdale County, standing at the head of his profession. In 1850 he married Laura E. Partee, who was born in 1835; one son and one daughter of this marriage are living; both parents were members of the Protestant Episcopal Church. While Dr. Oldham took an active interest in politics, being a Democrat, he did not care for any official position. He died in 1862, lamented by all; his wife is still living with her daughter in Brownsville, Tenn. The son, Robert H., was born January 10, 1856, in Lauderdale County, and had fine educational advantages; he attended successively the colleges at Lebanon, Andrew College in Gibson County; Bethel College at Russellville, Ky.; the University of the South at Sewanee, and the college, at Georgetown, D. C., becoming a thorough classical scholar. In 1877 he married Lucy A. Palmer, who was born in 1856, a cultured and beautiful woman. They have four children: Frances C., Sue P., Palmer and Alice. Mr. Oldham is not a church member; Mrs. Oldham is a Methodist. In politics he is a Democrat; he gives his time to farming and the insurance business, and for three years has been a salesman for H. D. Glass & Co. He is an enterprising and popular young man | Honyman, Cornelia C (I15277)
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| 38 | An Architect Alexander Sutherland-Graeme 7th of Graemsahall For many years previous to his f'ather's death, Mr A. M. Sutherland-Graeme lived at Graemeshall, Orkney; since that event he entirely resides there, and the house has been restored by his care on the old lines with some additions, notably that of a private chapel dedicated to SS. Margaret of Antioch and of Scotland, by the Bishop of Edinburgh. In this chapel is now preserved the ancient Celtic Cross which was taken from the "Auld Kirk." This cross, over a thousand years old, was discovered by Mr Sutherland-Graeme in a coal-hole; though decayed, the carving of the runic knots is quite traceable. succeeded to his father in 1894; he served for seven years in the Royal Navy and married on the 27th January 1874 Margaret Isabella, daughter of the Rev. Mason John Neale, D.D., Warden of Sackville College, East Grinstead, author of "A History of the Greek Church," and other learned works. Dr Neale won the Seatonian prize poem ten times with eleven poems, the odd one he sent in under cover with a different motto gaining the prize with one and an honorarium of £20 for the other, an almost unequalled performance. This very talented gentleman knew seventeen languages; and his maternal grandfather, Doctor Good, who wrote a commentary of the Psalms, knew eighteen. Mrs Sutherland-Graeme's mother, Mrs Neale, was a Webster, and aunt to the present Lord Chief Justice; Scott the commentator and Sir Gilbert Scott, the celebrated architect, were all of the same family as the late Mrs Neale. At 1851 census at 16 Cornwallis Crescent, Clifton, Somerset At 1881 census at 4 Pevensey Road, Hastings, St Mary Magdalen, Sussex a Justice of the Peace Deputy Lieutenant | Sutherland-Graeme, Alexander Malcolm (I11491)
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| 39 | at 1841 and 1851 census in Middlesex became Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Grenadier Guards 27 Dec. 1850 Captain Grenadier Guards retired 6th July 1852 Park Cottage, Lee Road, Blackheath, Kent | Honyman, Orde John (I11451)
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| 40 | at 1841 census at East Viewfield, North Leith of Torbanehill, Linlithgow at 1851 census at Torbanehill, West Lothian at 1861 census at Torbane House, Bathgate, West Lothian at 1871 census at 1 Albert Terrace, Leith address 1875 and at death in 1886, 46 Melville Street, Edinburgh Torbanehill A locality and former estate in West Lothian, Torbanehill is located a quarter-mile (0.4 km) east of Tippethill and a half-mile (1 km) north of Whitburn, on the opposite side of the M8 motorway. Taking its name from Torbane Hill, all that remains of the estate today is Torbanehill Mains Farm, but this once included Torbanehill House, home of Elizabeth Honyman and her husband William Gillespie (1808-75), and a further farm called simply Torbanehill. These were demolished c.1928 to make way for a new road, although a doo'cot survived until the 1960s. The locality also included several coal, fireclay and ironstone mines. It gives its name to Torbanite, or 'The Torbanehill Mineral', which formed the basis of a valuable oil industry in West Lothian and North Lanarkshire. This new mineral, also known as 'boghead coal', became the focus of much scientific investigation and a notable court case in 1853, which centred on the definition of the term 'coal'. Gillespie had leased the rights to mine coal from his wife's estate but, realising the value of the oil which was being produced, brought a case to the Court of Session seeking to prove that the couple were being unfairly recompensed because the mineral being extracted was not coal. The case proved very difficult, involving the opinions of various scientists and engineers and eventually came to the view that Gillespie and his wife were being treated fairly. He appealed to the House of Lords, who agreed with the lower court, but the case was finally settled with Gillespie receiving a better price from the mining company. Torbanite is now accepted as an intermediate between oil shale and coal. | Honyman, Elizabeth Campbell (I11604)
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| 41 | at 1841 census at East Viewfield, North Leith an Editor of a Magazine a landed Proprietor at 1851 census at Torbanehill, West Lothian The eldest son of Richard Gillespie, called of course William Gillespie, married Elizabeth Campbell, elder daughter of Sir Richard Honyman, Bart., and became in her right William Honyman Gillespie of Torbanehill. William Honyman Gillespie and his wife were privileged to do as much for the deserving lawyer as most young couples. She (or her mother) was plaintiff in Campbell v. Honyman, one of the many cases that have arisen out of the delightful uncertainties of the Scotch Marriage Law, and after a long and hot suit with her father succeeded in establishing her legitimacy. Her husband was the plaintiff in the still more famous suit of Gillespie v. Russell. He had leased the coal in Torbanehill to Russell, and learned presently that Russell's hutches were fetching up a peculiar substance, something much more valuable than coal, something (he held) not covered by Russell's lease. Theron he summoned Russell at law, and from court to court he fought action after action with a stubbornness that would have worn out Dandie Dinmont and enraptured Bartoline Saddletree. The point in dispute was indeed an ideal one for a ganging plea. The peculiar substance that Russell was working under a coal lease was by diverse experts diversely decided to be {a) a shaly coal and {U) a coaly shale, and justice was probably met at last by a compromise fairly rewarding Gillespie's stubbornness. The substance itself is known in law and in geology by the impartial name of ' the Torbanehill Mineral," an impartial and a permanent name : the Torbanehill Mineral existed only at Torbanehill, and, having been worked out there, now exists only, like the eggs of the Great Auk, in museums. publised a Book URQUHART, JAMES - William Honyman Gillespie of Torbanehill; Scottish Metaphysical Theist Esquire of Torbanehill in the County of Linlithgow Inventories Edinburgh Sheriff Court 16-9-1875 and 26-11-1875 residing at 46 Melville Street, Edinburgh a Fund is available named or donated by him William Honyman Gillespie Scholarship Trust Messrs Tod Murray LLP, Edinburgh Quay, 113 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 9AG t 0131 656 2000 f 0131 656 2020 e maildesk@todsmurray.co.uk w www.todsmurray.com Postgraduate awards Postgraduate Scholarships in Theology. Eligibility criteria Open to graduates in theology of any Scottish university to support theological research or study in Scotland. One award is offered every year to study at an approved university or similar institution in Scotland or overseas. | Gillespie, William (I11606)
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| 42 | at 1841 census at Shandwick Street, Edinburgh of Independant Means Inventories Edinburgh Sheriff Court 8-10-1844 25-10-1844 26-6-1846 | Honyman, Margaret (I11457)
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| 43 | at 1841 census at Shandwick Street, Edinburgh of Independant Means at 1851 census at Eastend House, Carmichael, Lanarkshire Aunt single at death at 1881 census at Dwelling: 5 Maitland Street Census Place: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0223991 GRO Ref Volume 685-1 EnumDist 45 Page 20 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Catherine DALLAS W 90 F Edin, Edinburgh, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Annuitant Jemina HONEYMAN U 82 F Edin, Edinburgh, Scotland Rel: Sister Occ: Annuitant Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories and Will 26-8-1885 | Honyman, Sarah Anne Jemima (I11458)
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| 44 | at 1881 census at Dwelling: 5 Maitland Street Census Place: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0223991 GRO Ref Volume 685-1 EnumDist 45 Page 20 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Catherine DALLAS W 90 F Edin, Edinburgh, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Annuitant Jemina HONEYMAN U 82 F Edin, Edinburgh, Scotland Rel: Sister Occ: Annuitant Elizabeth G. FERRIER U 44 F Brechin, Forfar, Scotland Rel: Serv Occ: Ladies Maid Dom Serv Mary HARDIE U 22 F South Dean, Roxburgh, Scotland Rel: Serv Occ: Tablemaid Dom Serv Eliza MELDRUM U 22 F Logrieraite, Perth, Scotland Rel: Serv Occ: Cook Dom Serv | Honyman, Catherine Johnstone (I11456)
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| 45 | at 1881 census at "Northbigging", Birsay and Harray a farmer of 60 acres 27 1/2 arable at 1891 census at "Northbigging" Harray a Farmer and Proprietor | Flett, Peter (I11332)
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| 46 | At 1881 census at 4 Pevensey Road, Hastings, St Mary Magdalen, Susse | Neale, Margaret Isabella (I11501)
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| 47 | At 1881 census at 4 Pevensey Road, Hastings, St Mary Magdalen, Sussex M.A., Edinburgh. Deacons' orders, Trinity Sunday, 1902, at Bristol Cathedral. Priests' orders, 1903. 1918 Rector St Margarets Aberdeen Rev. Kenneth Malcolm Sutherland-Graeme, M.A., (1927-1931) Rev. Osborn resigned in 1926 to become Vicar at St Margarets, Prestwich, Lancashire. He was succeeded by Rev. Kenneth Malcolm Sutherland-Graeme, whose transfer to a larger charge was agreed to by St Marys, Dunblane, where he had served for one year only. He presided over the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the church building in 1928. Mr J. W. Campbell, having retired after many years as treasurer of the church, had written articles for the church magazine on its past history. Rev. Sutherland-Graeme prefaced the celebrations with a week of devotion culminating in a quiet afternoon, conducted by Rt Rev. George Walpole, Bishop of Edinburgh. On the day itself, there were both said and sung celebrations of Holy Communion, Rt Rev. Charles Plumb, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane, preached at Matins and at Festal Evensong. At Matins, the three founders and the first incumbent of the new church, Rev. Clement Coldwell, were commemorated by name. On the following Sunday, Rev, Coldwells son preached at both morning and evening services. Rev. Sutherland-Graeme was offered, in May 1931, the charge of the Cathedral congregation at St Pauls, Dundee, an office carrying much greater responsibility, but he and his wife left the neighbourhood, the beautiful church, but above all the kind and friendly people with regrets. Died in Shanwell, Milnathort, Kinross a Clerk in Holy Orders | Sutherland-Graeme, Very Revd Kenneth Malcolm (I11494)
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| 48 | at 1891 census at 18 Abbey Road, Marylebone, London sister in law of Fredederick john Farrow? and his wife Eliza at 1911 census at 54 Malborough Mansions, Hampstead a Private Means left £27,242 at death | Guthrie, Christina (I16930)
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| 49 | at 1901 census at 128 Anson Street, Barrow-in-Furness a Retail Milk Dealer | Whitton, John (I27930)
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| 50 | at 1901 census at 128 Anson Street, Barrow-in-Furness a Retail Milk Dealer | Whitton, Thomas (I20090)
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