Births, Marriages and Deaths - Today in the Glasgow Herald of 1851

Today's blog post is simply a list of the births, marriages and deaths recorded in the online archive of the Glasgow Herald newspaper, this day in 1851.

It is worth remembering that newspapers are a valuable source for genealogy and many are now available online - either freely over the internet (like this edition of the Herald) or via some subscription services (some local libraries and historical societies may subscribe - so do check before you take out a subscription yourself).

Glasgow Herald, 7 Feb 1851, pg.5

Births:

A daughter to Mrs Robert Robin

A son to the wife of C T Dunlop, esq.

A son to Mrs William R Findlay

A daughter to Mrs R Drummond

A son to Mrs James Hood

A daughter to Mrs George F Coulson

A daughter to Mrs William Wright

A son to Mrs R Forsyth

A daughter to Mrs James Allan

Marriages:

Mr A Forrester, merchant, Leith, to Mary Paton, daughter of John Paton esq., of Kilncraigs

Mr William Henry Alexander, Glasgow, to Jane Bryce, daughter of John Bryce esq., portioner, Calton

Alan Ker, esq., Greenock, to Julia Emily Easton, daughter of John Easton esq., MD, of Courance Hill, Dumfriesshire

Deaths:

Mr William Nicolson

Alexa McCallum

Catherine Loutet or Maclean

Elizabeth Howie

Jane Auchterlonie

George Gordon Semple, esq.

Mr James McGhie, sen.

Mr John Barrie

Captain Robert Kerr

The George Washington Wilson and Co. Photographic Collection

While browsing for photographs of Scottish cities in days gone by, I came upon the George Washington Wilson and co. photographic collection which the University of Aberdeen have made available online.

This remarkable collection showcases the work of Wilson and his company.  The photographs include images of places across Scotland and the UK as well as from Australia, Africa, and European countries.  Wilson was named photographer royal  in 1860 and had an immensely successful career.

The fruits of his work as shared on this website are a great resource for anyone interested in family or local history as they give us glimpses of life in a variety of locations at various points in the 19th century.  Of particular note are the stunning images of Fingal's Cave and the beautiful images captured in Africa.

Image: m_bartosch / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

You can visit the website and search the images by place or keyword.  There are also a number of images that are yet to be identified, and if anyone recognises them, then I am sure that the archives staff at the University of Aberdeen would love to know.

Enjoy this great collection.

Tombstone Tuesday - George Aikman, surgeon, 1857

This mournful lady was spotted whilst I was walking through the Dean Cemetery last week.  She has been devotedly watching over the grave of George Aikman, surgeon, from East Linton, Prestonkirk, for over 150 years and I thought that such a vigil deserved mention!

George Aikman died on the 29th January 1857 aged 45 and left a widow, Jane Brown Smith, who survived her husband and lived for another 37 years.

George Aikman's death notice in the Scotsman of the 31st January (pg.3) gives few other details, but George appears in the 1841 census at Prestonkirk along with his wife, Jane (both aged 30).  They appear to have married the previous year at Prestonkirk.

In 1851 the couple are still at Prestonkirk (with no children but two servants).  George is named as a licentiate Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.

It doesn't appear that they had any children before George's death in 1857, so I do not imagine that they have any direct descendants today, but if they link into your tree at some point then I hope that these images will prove interesting.

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday - Fosters from Muirkirk, Kirkbean and Stewarton, c. 1911

Members of my family, c.1910-11: Robert Foster and Maggie Jane Kirk along with their children - Maggie Jane Foster (b.1900), Henry Kirk Foster (b.1902), Mary Agnes Foster (b.1905), Robert John Foster (b.1908), and twins William Alexander Foster and Jessie Edgar Foster (b.1909)