Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry




Living 
      Sex: M
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
       Children:
                1. Living
Living 
      Sex: F
Parents 
         Father: William Hyndford Aitken 1321
         Mother: Janet Borland 1322,1323
James Aitken 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Cir 1845 - Irvine, AYR, Scotland 1324
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Census: Household of William Aitken, Tailor Journeyman, High St., 1851, Irvine, AYR, Scotland.  (Household Member)
Parents 
         Father: William Hyndford Aitken 1321
         Mother: Janet Borland 1322,1323
William Hyndford Aitken 
      Sex: M
AKA: William Aitken 168,867,1322,1326,1327
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 30 Jun 1850 - Orchilten, Ayrshire, Scotland 1322,1323,1326,1328
    Christening: 
          Death: 4 Apr 1910 - Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland ( at age 59) 1321
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: Pulmonary Emphysema/Heart Affection & Lequelae ??? 1321

Events

•  Alt. Birth: Cir 1848, Irvine, AYR, Scotland. 

•  Census: Household of William Aitken, Tailor Journeyman, High St., 1851, Irvine, AYR, Scotland.  (Household Member) 

•  Occupation: Railway Guard, 20 Apr 1876, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 

•  Residence: 1 Physic Gardens, 20 Apr 1876, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 

•  Census: Age: 30; Relation to Head of House: Head;  Interest of Money; 13 Henderson Terrace, St Cuthberts, 1881, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Henderson Terrace, 13, St Cuthberts, St Georges, Midlothian, Scotland
Household Members
First name(s)Last nameRelationshipMarital statusSexAgeBirth yearBirth placeOccupation 
WilliamAitkenHeadMarriedMale301851Ayrshire, ScotlandInterest Of Money Transcription
AlisonAitkenWifeMarriedFemale351846Stirlingshire, Scotland- Transcription
ElizabethDalrympleDaughter-In-LawUnmarriedFemale181863Polmont, Stirlingshire, ScotlandScholar Transcription
AlexanderDalrympleSon-In-LawUnmarriedMale161865Polmont, Stirlingshire, ScotlandScholar Hint Transcription
Census details
First name(s)Alexander
Last nameDalrymple
RelationshipSon-In-Law
Marital statusUnmarried
SexMale
Age16
Age as transcribed16
Birth year1865
Birth townPolmont
Birth town as transcribedPOLMONT
Birth countyStirlingshire
Birth county as transcribedSTIRLINGSHIRE
Birth placeScotland
OccupationScholar
Full addressHenderson Terrace, 13, St Cuthberts, St Georges, Midlothian, Scotland
House nameHenderson Terrace
House number13
Street-
TownEdinburgh
ParishSt Cuthberts
CountyMidlothian
CountryScotland
Registration districtSt Georges
Archive reference-
Piece number-
Folio-
Page-
Schedule34
Record set1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
CategoryCensus, Land & Substitutes
SubcategoryCensus
Collections fromUnited Kingdom, Scotland
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•  Occupation: Spirit Merchant, 26 Feb 1883, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 

•  Residence: 13 Henderson Terrace, St. George District, 26 Feb 1883, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 

•  Census: Age: 40; Relation to Head of House: Head, Spirit Merchant; Junction St., 1891, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. William Aitken in 1891
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Junction Street, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Household members (2 people)
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First name(s)Last nameRelationshipMarital statusSexAgeBirth yearOccupationBirth place
WilliamAitkenHeadMarriedMale401851Spirit merchantAyrshire, Scotland
AlisonAitkenWifeMarriedFemale551836-Carronshore, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Transcript of William's record
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First name(s) William
Town Edinburgh
Last name Aitken
Parish South Leith
Relationship Head
County Midlothian
Marital status Married
Country Scotland
Sex Male
Registration district South Leith
Age 40
Enumeration district 30
Age as transcribed 40
Archive reference -
Birth year 1851
Piece number -
Birth town -
Folio -
Birth county Ayrshire
Page -
Birth county as transcribed AYRSHIRE
Schedule 50
Birth place Scotland
Record set 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Occupation Spirit merchant
Category Census, Land & Substitutes
Full address Junction Street, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Subcategory Census
Street Junction Street
Collections from Great Britain, Scotland
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•  Occupation: Railway Works Labourer, 4 Apr 1910, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. 

•  Residence: 55 Springburn Rd., Garngadhill District, 4 Apr 1910, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
Parents 
         Father: William Hyndford Aitken 1321
         Mother: Janet Borland 1322,1323
Spouses and Children 
1. *Alison Mitchell Dalrymple 58,168,1231,1232,1233,1234,1235,1236 
       Marriage: 20 Apr 1876 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1322

Marriage Events

•  Alt. Marriage: Between 1860 and 1878, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 

•  Alt. Marriage: 8 Dunbar's Close, 20 Apr 1876, Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 

•  Minister/Priest: James MacNair, Minister of Canongate Church of Scotland, 20 Apr 1876, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 

•  Witnesses: John and Christina Donaldson, 20 Apr 1876, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 
Marriage Notes 




191121:

There are real problems with this marriage record, none the least of which is why should a woman of her age be marrying such a younger man. But also the names of her parents do not correspond with what we know of her parentage. And also she uses her maiden name on the register yet claims to be a widow. All in all, I believe that she has falsified all this information to cover up her illicit relationship(s) following the death of her first husband, William Webster, which resulted in at least four of her children.
Notes
General:
220910:

Today I also found a marriage record for William Aitken and Alison Dalrymple, widow. It reads: 1876 Marriages in the District of Canongate in the Burgh of Edinburgh, Page 43 1876 on the Twentieth day of April at 8 Dunbar's Close, Canongate Edinburgh, After Banns according to the form of the Church of Scotland Signed William Aitken, Railway Guard, Bachelor, 25, 1 Physic Gardens, Edinb.; Signed Alison Dalrymple, Widow, 43, same place. William Aitken, Hosier deceased and Janet Aitken, M. S. Borland; John Dalrymple, farm servant, deceased and Jane Dalrymple, M. S. Robertson, deceased Signed James Macnair, Minister of Canongate; Signed John Donaldson, witness, Christina Donaldson, witness 1876, April 21 at Edinburgh; Geo. McArthur, Asst. Registrar, GBM

These two were married in Edinburgh on 20th April 1876. This was undoubtedly the record that Aunt Jean found that made her think Alison Mitchell Dalrymple Webster remarried to William Aitken. However, upon further examination this does not hold up. The parents of the person who married William Aitken were John Dalrymple and Jane [Robertson] Dalrymple, not Hugh Dalrymple and Helen [McLay] Dalrymple. I cannot understand how this all fits. We know from Mary Laing Webster and James Minty's marriage certificate that her mother was by then Mrs. Aitken, so it would seem that she was indeed the person who married William Aitken. But if she was, then all the rest of Aunt Jean's family line for Mary Laing Webster, starting with her alleged grandparents, Hugh Dalrymple and Helen McLay Dalrymple, is incorrect.

This would be a massive error and needs to be carefully researched to work out what went wrong and what is the correct information for her ancestry.

Note the major difference in their ages -- he 25 and she 43. This is extremely unusual and makes me suspect that this was strictly a marriage of convenience, possibly to try and legitamise the existence of her younger children, born after their father's death. This proves that they were not the children of William Aitken as he would have been in his early teens when they were born.

201121:

I now believe that she falsified the names of her parents on her marriage record to deflect any shame that might otherwise come to them over the four illegitimate children she bore before marrying William Aitken. There can be no doubt that this was her marriage record because William Aitken, Stepfather, was the informant at the death of her son "Alexander Dalrymple or Webster, illegitimate".

William Hyndford Aitken 
      Sex: M
AKA: William Aitken 1322,1323
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: 20 Apr 1876 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1322
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

•  Census: Household of William Aitken, Tailor Journeyman, High St., 1851, Irvine, AYR, Scotland. 

•  Occupation: Hosier, 20 Apr 1876, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Spouses and Children 
1. *Janet Borland 1322,1323 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. James Aitken
                2. Living
                3. William Hyndford Aitken
Living 
      Sex: F
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Living 
      Sex: M
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Living 
      Sex: F
Spouses and Children 
1. Living
Mary Albro 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 15 Dec 1848 - Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 449
    Christening: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Living
         Mother: Living
Spouses and Children 
1. *Andrew Roger Corbin 449 
       Marriage: 27 Jun 1867 - Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 449
       Children:
                1. Living
                2. Living
                3. Living
                4. Living
                5. Florence A. Corbin
                6. Henry George Corbin
                7. Robert A, Corbin
                8. Annie Corbin
                9. Francis A. Corbin

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