James Gordon BISSET

1854 - 1947  (92 years)

• Name	James Gordon BISSET
  Birth	4 Nov 1854	Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK
  	Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 Name: James Gordon Bisset Gender: Male Birth Date: 04 Nov 1854 Birthplace: MARYCULTER,KINCARDINE,SCOTLAND Father's Name: David Bisset Mother's Name: Jane Silver https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBHJ-GJM
  Gender	Male
  Census	1871	St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	Staying with his sister Ellen and her husband Robert Esson and family.
  Census	1881	20 Argyle Place, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  Census	1891	71 Thistle St, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	1891 Census: for 71 Thistle Street, Old Machar, Aberdeen Source Citation: Parish: Aberdeen Old Machar; ED: 31; Page: 26; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1891_54. Peter ADAM Head / Married / Draper 42 Male born : Monymusk Jane ADAM Wife / Married 39 Female born : Kincardine O Neil John P ADAM Son / Scholar 14 Male born : Glasgow Jeanie ADAM Daughter / Scholar 11 Female born : Aberdeen Catherine E ADAM Daughter / Scholar 9 Female born : Aberdeen Alice M ADAM Daughter / Scholar 7 Female born : Aberdeen James G BISSET Lodger / Bookseller 36 Male born : Maryculter Arnold T CLARKE Lodger / Medical Student 19 Male born : Jamaica, West Indies
  Residence	1900	23 Victoria St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	From sister Isabella's death cert
  Census	1901	23 Victoria St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	1901 Census: at 23 Victoria Street, Aberdeen Source Citation: Parish: Aberdeen Holburn; ED: 32; Page: 18; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1901_58. James G BISSET Head / Married / Book Seller 46 Male born : Maryculter Maggie BISSET Wife / Married 30 Female born : Aberdeen Margaret J BISSET Daughter 2 Female born : Aberdeen Helen R BISSET Daughter 1 m Female born : Aberdeen Maggie SHERRET Servant / General Domestic Servant 24 Female born : Fetteresso Margaret CRUICKSHANK Servant / Monthly Nurse 46 Female born : Udny
  Census	1911	117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	1911 Census:at 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 8 rooms - 5 people James G BISSET Head / Married / Bookseller 56 Male born : Maryculter Maggie BISSET Wife / Married (14 years - 2 children both alive) 40 Female born : Aberdeen Margaret J BISSET Daughter / Scholar 12 Female born : Aberdeen Helen R BISSET Daughter / Scholar 10 Female born : Aberdeen Ann GAULD Servant / Domestic Servant 24 Female born : Dyce
  Census	1921	117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	1921 Census: 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 9 rooms - 5 people James Gordon BISSET Head / Married / Bookseller 66Y 6M Male born : Maryculter Maggie BISSET Wife / Married / HD 50Y 5M Female born : Aberdeen Margaret J J BISSET Daughter / HD 22Y 9M Female born : Aberdeen Helen R BISSET Daughter / Scholar 20Y 3M Female born : Aberdeen Lizzie DUNCAN Servant / Domestic Servant 17Y 7M Female born : Ballater
  Occupation	University bookseller
  Death	12 Feb 1947	Crynoch, Bieldside, East Peterculter, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	James Gordon Bisset (bookseller - retired) - widower of Margaret Mcpherson Fiddes - died 12th February 1947 at 8:40pm at Crynoch, Bieldside, East Peterculter - male - aged 93 years - son of David Bisset (farmer - deceased) and Jane Bisset (ms Silver - deceased). Cause of death was acute bronchial pneumonia and cardiac failure. Informant of death was William Ferguson MB (son in law) residing at 66 Hawksley Avenue, Chesterfield. Aberdeen Press and Journal 14 February 1947, p4. Death of Mr J.G.Bisset, bookseller Known to generation of Aberdeen University students, Mr James G.Bisset, bookseller, who resided at Crynoch, Bieldside, has died. Mr Bisset, who conducted the well-known Aberdeen business of Bisset's Bookshop, 85 Broad Street, was ninety-three* years of age. He retired two years ago, after completing sixty-five years in the business. A native of Maryculter, Mr Bisset made his business his great hobby in life, and he spared no efforts in meeting the needs of his customers. Despite his years, Mr Bisset was a remarkably fit man, and it was only a fortnight ago that he became ill. Predeceased by his wife some years ago, he is survived by a marriage daughter, Mrs H.R.Ferguson, who resides in Chesterfield. Mr Bisset was precentor for many years in Cults East Church, of which he was senior elder. *His birth record shows he was born November 1854 which means he would have only been 92.
  Probate	20 Nov 1947	London, England, UK
  	BISSET James Gordon of Crynoch Bieldside Aberdeenshire died 12 February 1947 Confirmation of William Milne McPherson baker Gordon James Innes chartered accountant and John David Bisset timber merchant. Sealed London 20 November. Original Confirmation sealed 3 July 1947.
  Person ID	I3031	Warren Nunn's family tree
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	David BISSET,   b. 25 Jul 1807, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 12 Mar 1892, Fintray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Jane SILVER,   b. 22 Oct 1813, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland d. 31 Jan 1875, Eastside Farm, Maryculter, Scotland (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1842	Fetteresso, Scotland, UK
  	From Fetteresso OPR proclamation of marriage 05/06/1842 David Bisset in Maryculter and Jean Silver of this parish. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 Name: Jean Silver Gender: Female Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1842 Marriage Place: Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland Spouse: David Bisset
  Family ID	F848	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret McPherson FIDDES,   b. 4 Jan 1871, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 10 May 1937, Crynoch, Bieldside, East Peterculter, Scotland, UK (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	21 Jul 1896	Imperial Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	Aberdeen Press and Journal 29 July 1896, p.6 At the Imperial Hotel, Aberdeen, on the 28th inst., by the Rev. Archibald Young, M.A., Carden Place U.P. Church, assisteded by the Rev. Hugh Morrison, M.A., F.C., Cults, James Gordon Bisset, university bookseller, Aberdeen, to Maggie McPherson, second daughter of Alexander Fiddes, Esq., Aberdeen.
  Children	1. Margaret Jessie BISSET,   b. 1898, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 16 Dec 1944, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 46 years)   2. Helen Robertson BISSET,   b. Mar 1901, St Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 9 Dec 1955, The Royal Hospital, Chesterfield, Derby, England, UK (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2025

  
  

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