John Alexander SILVER

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1901, Homefarm Pitturg, Slains, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1911, 1 Auchmill Rd, Newhills South, West Aberdeenshire, UK

Notes:

This is probably the birth of John's daughter who was informant on his death certificate. Her signature is a bit difficult to read but first name certainly appears to be Alexina.
SILVER,ALEXINA MCLEOD, F, born 1929, Ref 168/2 209, St Machar

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Birth:
1896 SILVER, JOHN ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Births 239/ 20)
Parish of Slains, Aberdeen
No 20, John Alexander Silver, 7 Jul 1896 at 10.30pm at Auchnabo, Slains, male, son of George Silver, farm servant, and Eliza Ann Silver, M.S.Forrest, who married 17 Aug 1894 at Slains. Informant George Silver, father.

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Died:
1965 SILVER, JOHN ALEXANDER (Statutory registers Deaths 168/2 976)
1965 deaths in the southern district of Aberdeen in the burgh of Aberdeen.
No 976, John Alexander Silver, van driver (retired), married to Williamina McLeod. 29 Nov 1965 at 12.40am at Woodend Hospital, Aberdeen. Usual address 21 Grant Street, Elgin.
Male, 69 years, son of George Silver, stableman, deceased and Eliza Ann Silver M.S.Forrest, deceased. Causes: Cardiovascular accident, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, atherosclerotic heart disease. Informant: Alexina McPirie?, daughter, 21 Grant St, Elgin.

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John married Williamina McLEOD on 15 Jun 1927 in St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Williamina was born on 12 Jun 1897 in Newton Dee, West Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in 1969 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
SILVER, JOHN ALEXANDER to MCLEOD, WILLIAMINA, year 1927 Ref 168/1 300, St Nicholas
1927 marriages in the district of St Nicholas in the burgh of Aberdeen
No 300, 15 Jun 1927 at Bon Accord Hotel, Market St, Aberdeen, John Alexander Silver, motor van driver, aged 30, of 91 Hutcheon St, Aberdeen, son of George Silver, stableman, and Eliza Ann Silver, M.S. Sangster and Williamina McLeod, shop assistant, aged 29, of Newton Dee, Murkle, dau of Alexander McLeod, private gardener and Willimina McLeod, M.S.Chalmers. Witnesses John Taylor, of 2 Crimon Place, Aberdeen and Margaret Elizabeth Silver, 91 Hutcheon St, Aberdeen.

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1881, 8 Shawthorn Cottage, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1901, Homefarm Pitturg, Slains, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1911, 1 Auchmill Rd, Newhills South, West Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Notes:

Birth:
1876 births in the district Old Machar, Aberdeen.
No 444, George Silver, 30 Mar 1876 at 4.50 am at 40 Lower Strawberry Bank, Aberdeen, male, son of William Silver, paper cutter and Elizabeth Silver M.S.Scorgie who married 22 Jul 1872 at Newhills. Informant William Silver, father.

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Census:
1901 census for Homefarm Pitturg, Slains, Aberdeen,
Registration Number: 239 Registration district: Slains Civil Parish: Slains
County: Aberdeenshire Address: Homefarm Pitturg ED: 2
Household schedule number: 26 LINE: 1 Roll: CSSCT1901_78
George Silver, head, 25, Surfaceman, born Aberdeen
Eliza Silver, wife, 30, born Slains, Aberdeenshire
William Silver, son, 6, born Slains, Aberdeenshire
John Alex Silver, son, 4, born Slains, Aberdeenshire
George Thom Silver, son, 1, born Slains, Aberdeenshire

Census:
1911 SILVER, GEORGE J (Census 226/ 1/ 1)
1 Auchmill Rd, Newhills South, West Aberdeenshire, UK
George Silver, head, 35, mar, carter, born Aberdeen
Eliza A. Silver, wife, 41, mar, born Slains, Aberdeen
William Silver, son, 16 single, farm labourer, born Slains, Aberdeen
John A. Silver, son, 14, single, labourer, born Slains, Aberdeen
George T. Silver, son, 11, single, school, born Slains, Aberdeen
Margaret E. Silver, dau, 5, single, born Slains, Aberdeen

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Died:
1944 SILVER, GEORGE (Statutory registers Deaths 168/2 198)
1944 deaths in the southern district of Aberdeen in the burgh of Aberdeen.
No 198, George Silver, night watchman (married to Eliza Ann Sangster). 5 Apr 1944 at 6.15pm at 1 Prospect Terrace, male, 68 years, son of William Silver paper cutter (deceased) and Elizabeth Silver M.S.Scorgie (deceased). Cause Coronary thrombosis. Informant Margaret Main, daughter, of 1 Canal St, Aberdeen.

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George married Eliza Ann Sangster FORREST on 17 Aug 1894 in Blackhill, Slains, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Eliza was born on 3 Aug 1869 in Slains, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; died on 25 Aug 1948 in 1 Prospect Terrace, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1901, Homefarm Pitturg, Slains, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1911, 1 Auchmill Rd, Newhills South, West Aberdeenshire, UK

Notes:

Born Eliza Ann Forrest, so Sangster must be her reputed father's surname.
Forrest is given as her surname on birth certs for her sons William (1894) and John (1896) but it is then given as Sangster for George (1899) and Margaret (1905).

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Birth:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYPM-R8J
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: Eliza Ann Forrest Gender: Female Birth Date: 03 Aug 1869
Birthplace: SLAINS,ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Mother's Name: Margaret Forrest

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Died:
1948 SILVER, ELIZA ANN (Statutory registers Deaths 168/2 346)
1948 deaths in the southern district of Aberdeen in the burgh of Aberdeen.
No 346 Eliza Ann Silver (widow of George Silver, stableman), 25 Aug 1948 at 9.15pm at 1 Prospect Terrace, Aberdeen, female, 79 years, dau of unknown and Margaret Forrest, domestic servant, afterwards married to Alexander Michie, shepherd (deceased). Causes: Auricular fibrillation; arterisclerosis. Informant J.Silver, son, of 101 Willowbank Rd, Aberdeen.

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farm labourer
• _FGRAVE: 182000780
• Residence: 1861, Bridge of Dee, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1881, 8 Shawthorn Cottage, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1891, 100 Watts Square, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Notes:

In the unofficial and official reports of his death, his age is given as 51, 53 and 56. His mother was Ann Duncan and reputed father a William Silver.
The only record found that fits shows that he was born in 1833 which means he was about 60 when he died.
To support that, on the 1872 marriage cert to Elizabeth Scorgie, his age is given as 37 and he is a widower, having previously been married in 1861 to Ann Lawrence when aged 28.
All this points to the fact that he was certainly 60 when he passed.

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His parents prove almost impossible to trace apart from the birth entry. The only 1841 census entry that fits has a William Silver, aged 7, on a farm at Banchory Devinick. The household head is a farmer named Martin. Ref: Parish: Banchory Devenick; ED: 5; Page: 9; Line: 490; Year: 1841.
However, no trace yet can be found of his father William, or mother Ann who it is noted was deceased by 1861 when William jnr married to Ann Lawrence.
Yet to track William senior on any census records.

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Birth:
"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950: name: William Silver gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 22 Dec 1833 baptism/christening place: BANCHORY DEVENICK,KINCARDINE,SCOTLAND
father's name: William Silver mother's name: Ann Duncan indexing project (batch) number: C11251-5
system origin: Scotland-ODM source film number: 993307
Citing this Record
"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XBHQ-PVV : accessed 24 Jan 2013), William Silver, 22 Dec 1833; citing reference , FHL microfilm 993307.

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Census:
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census for 8 Shawthorn Cottage, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
William Silver Head Married Male 46 1835 Kincardineshire, Scotland Railway Labourer
Elizabeth Silver Wife Married Female 30 1851 Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -
James Silver Son - Male 6 1875 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Scholar
George Silver Son - Male 5 1876 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Scholar
John Silver Son - Male 2 1879 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -
Williamina Silver Daughter - Female 0 1881 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Died:
1893 deaths in the district of Woodside in the county of Aberdeen.
No 16, Wiliam Silver, Surfaceman Railway, married to Elizabeth Scorgie, 23 Jan 1893 about 6.30am, on railway line near Woodside Station, usual residence 4 Hayton Rd, male, 56 years*, son of William Silver, general labourer (reputed father, deceased) and Ann Duncan, domestic servant (deceased), cause; concussion of brain, one hour. Informant, James Silver, son, 4 Hayton Road, Old Machar.
Register of corrected entries for the district of Woodside in the county of Aberdeen. The following report of result of precognition has been received touching the death of William Silver registered under nO 16 in the Register Book of Deaths for the year 1893.
William Silver, foreman surfaceman, married, male 53 years, died 23 Jan 1893 at Woodside Railway Station, usual residence Hayton Road, Woodside, mother Ann Duncan, cause: Concussion of the brain and shock, the result of a railway accident.

*Confusion over given ages of both 56 and 53 years because only entry that fits his birth is the one that follows which means he would have been about 60:
"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950: name: William Silver gender: Male
baptism/christening date: 22 Dec 1833 baptism/christening place: BANCHORY DEVENICK,KINCARDINE,SCOTLAND
father's name: William Silver mother's name: Ann Duncan indexing project (batch) number: C11251-5
system origin: Scotland-ODM source film number: 993307
Citing this Record
"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XBHQ-PVV : accessed 24 Jan 2013), William Silver, 22 Dec 1833; citing reference , FHL microfilm 993307

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William married Elizabeth SCORGIE on 22 Jul 1872 in Kingswells, Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Elizabeth was born on 19 Dec 1850 in Newhills, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; died on 22 Aug 1925 in 17 Don Place, Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; was buried on 25 Aug 1925 in Grove Cemetery, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1881, 8 Shawthorn Cottage, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1891, 100 Watts Square, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

Notes:

Birth:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYF3-RTL
Name Elizabeth Scorgie Gender Female
Christening Date 26 Dec 1850 Christening Place NEWHILLS, ABERDEEN,SCOTLAND
Birth Date 19 Dec 1850 Father's Name John Scorgie
Mother's Name Jean Adam

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Died:
Aberdeen Press and Journal 24 August 1925, p.1
SILVER.-At 17 Don Place, Woodside, on 22nd August, Elizabeth Scorgie, widow of William Silver. Deeply mourned. Funeral on Tuesday, 25th inst., at 2pm to Grove Cemetery.

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Notes:

Married:
1872 marriages in the parish of Newhills, in the county of Aberdeen.
No 11, 22 Jul 1872 at Kingswells, Newhills, between William Silver, papercutter (widower), aged 37, of 11 Diamond St, Aberdeen, son of William Silver, day labourer and Ann Silver M.S.Duncan (deceased) and Elisabeth Scorgie, spinster, aged 22, of Kingswells in Newhills, dau of John Scorgie, day labourer (deceased) and Jane Scorgie M.S.Allen.

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Meter inspector, labourer at gas works
• _FGRAVE: 185280289
• _FNRL: 24 Aug 1888, Notice in Aberdeen Free Press newspaper

Notes:

This William Silver is believed to be the son of Alexander Silver and Mary Leiper who was born 3 Mar 1808 Wood of Blairs, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland and died
22 Aug 1888 103 Chapel Street, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
He thereafter married Elizabeth Annand but there's no record of the union in parish registers.
There are also Ancestry trees which have conflicting parentage for the Alexander Silver who married Mary Leiper which make it difficult to know which line to follow. This may take a fair bit of unravelling.
There are a couple of possible births for Elizabeth Anand (spelling variation), and perhaps the more likely is this one Christening Date: 03 Jan 1802 Christening Place: TARVES, ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND
Father's Name: Thomas Anand. Ref: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XB4G-RXL

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Birth:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBHJ-XQH
Name William Silver Male
Christening Date 03 Mar 1808
Christening Place MARYCULTER,KINCARDINE,SCOTLAND
Father's Name Alexander Silver
Mother's Name Mary Leiper
From OPR:
William Silver lawful son of Alexander Silver in Wood of Blairs and his spouse Mary Leiper was baptized 3rd March 1808 before witnesses

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_FNRL:
Aberdeen Free Press 24 August 1888, p1.
The funeral of the late William Silver, meter inspector, will take place on Saturday, 25th August, at 2 o'clock, form 103 Chapel St, Aberdeen, to Allenvale Cemetery.

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Died:
1888 SILVER, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 168/2 646)
No 646 William Silver gas meter inspector (married to Eliza Annand), 1888 August twenty-second at 7.45pm at 103 Chapel St, Aberdeen, male, 80 years. Parents: William* Silver, crofter, deceased, and Mary Silver M.S.Leiper, deceased. Cause: Fatty degen of heart 6 months. Informant; James Silver, son, Roseseal Rottie-Norman.
*Should be Alexander. No explanation other than entry error.

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Buried:
William Silver BIRTH 3 Mar 1808 Kirkton of Maryculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland DEATH 22 Aug 1888 (aged 80)
Aberdeen City, Scotland BURIAL Allenvale Cemetery Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland MEMORIAL ID 185280289 ?
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185280289

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William married Ann DUNCAN. Ann was born about 1810 in Scotland, UK; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]