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Births / Marriages / Schools / Directories / Apprentices 1583-1666 / Civil Service List 1953 / Register of Deeds 1750-1825 / Commissariat of Edinburgh / Deaths & Burials / WWII / Important Borthwicks / Lost Borthwicks in Edinburgh
The information on these pages is both from my own research and from a number of very generous genealogists on the Rootsweb Mailing Lists 2000-2001. My own particular research interest is in the ancestry and descendants of John Borthwick & Elizabeth Dinwiddie who were married in Edinburgh in 1781, but who seem to have lived in Peebles, Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire. In the 1820s their sons, William Murray Borthwick and John Borthwick lived in Brown Street Edinburgh. (If any reader has a connection to Brown St, Edinburgh I have posted some wonderful recent photographs on the Brown St page.) If you have any information about Borthwicks in Edinburgh that you'd like to post here for the assistance of other researchers I would be happy to do that. I am adding data as quickly as I can and the pages listed below contain, or will contain, data for Borthwicks in Scotland. Not all pages are completed at this stage so follow the live links to pages for:
As well there is information about Borthwicks in Scotland (my own and other families) scattered on various pages through out my site. Please try the "Find" facility or look on the "What's new" pages if you are seeking some specific information. You may also email me & I'll do what I can to help. See also Borthwick Births in Scotland which includes Edinburgh births listed in the Registrar-General's Indices for certain years. The births recorded here are from other sources, including my own research of the St Cuthbert's OPRs on LDS films. 1784 April 10th. BORTHWICK. William, Shoemaker in Portsburgh, and Jean Tod his spouse, had a Son Born Thursday the eighth Inst. Name James. Witnesses John Russell in Portsburgh and John Martin, Shoemaker there. (OPR, St Cuthberts Edinburgh. Film 1066754) April 27th. BORTHWICK. David, Smith and Ferrier in Cowfeeder Row, and Ann Kennedy his spouse, had a Daur Born Tuesday the sixth Inst. Named Elizabeth. Witnesses Charles Glosford, Wright at West Kirk, and Adam Mitchell, Weaver at Casson Mills. (OPR, St Cuthberts Edinburgh. Film 1066754) 1787 May 25th: BORTHWICK. James Brewer's Servant at Portsburgh and Helen Howden his Spouse had a son Born Tuesday the Twenty second Inst. Name David. Witnesses The Congregation of the West Kirk. (OPR, St Cuthberts Edinburgh. Film 1066754) June 23rd. BORTHWICK. David, Smith and Ferrier of Laurieston, and Ann Kennedy his spouse, had a Daur Born Monday the fourth Inst. Named Ann. Witnesses the Congregation of Haddons ... Church Edinburgh. (OPR, St Cuthberts Edinburgh. Film 1066754) 1788 March 8th: BORTHWICK. Mr William of Sorbie and Mrs Elizabeth Hay his Spouse had a son Born at House in Hay's Street on Thursday the Twenty first Ult'o. Name John. Witnesses Messrs Thomas Beattie of Muckledale and Thomas Chalmers, Smith in Patterson. (OPR, St Cuthberts Edinburgh. Film 1066754) 1789 Dec 18th: BORTHWICK. James Brewer's Servant in Portsburgh and Helen Howden his Spouse had a daughter Born Monday the thirteenth Inst. Named Margaret. Witness The Congregation of the West Kirk. (OPR, St Cuthberts Edinburgh. Film 1066754) 1843
GLENALMOND REGISTER 1847-1954 Trinity Term 1880 Borthwick Hon Archibald Patrick Thomas, Master of Borthwick (afterwards Lord B) b. 3 Sept 1867; s of Lord Borthwick Ravenstone Castle, Wigtonshire. Left Mids 1883. Went to Radley; Ch Ch Oxon; BA; Member of London Stock Exchange; succ his father as 17th baron 1885; Representative Peer for Scotland 1906, 1910; d in London 4 Oct 1910. See also the page on the site for Marriages in Scotland which includes Edinburgh marriages listed in the Registrar-General's Indices for certain years. The marriages recorded here are from other sources. 1743
1764: Len Wood kindly shared some Borthwick information that he gathered during his own research. He found an Ann Borthwick,Old Grayfriars parish, Daughter of deceased James Borthwick late coachwright in Canongate marrying Robert Finlay, taylor,Tolbooth Kirk parish 8 Aug 1797. Ann was born 18 Mar 1764, Canongate, Edinburgh. Her mother was Ann Roger who married James Borthwick on 22 Apr 1748, in Edinburgh. 16 February 1828: Len also shared this Borthwick birth which was on the same page of an Old Parochial Register that he obtained for the birth of James Hutton who married Ann Borthwick's grand daughter Martha Hay Finlay Gleadhill. The Huttons were printers in Edinburgh. Edinburgh 16th February 1828 William Borthwick,wine worker,& Jane Pillans his spouse,High Church parish a son born 26 June 1827 named Adam.Baptism 22 July. 1842 1915 Margaret Baxter Goudy Gilchrist (b. 8/9/1890) m. James Borthwick (b.7/16/1884) on 1/30/1915 in Edinburgh. She was born in South Queensferry,Edinburgh. Canongate Register of Marriages, 1564-1800
Scots Origins (various dates)
In the Edinburgh section of this Directory are the following Borthwick entries:
Interestingly, the Midlothian Testaments 1836 - 1839 list the following, surely the family of George Borthwick, wireworker of High St, Edinburgh, above.
From book " The British Imperial Calendar & Civil Service List ":
Jane Sherwood-Scott was researching these records for her Murray family and found the following entries on the Ancient Murray Genealogy site at http://communities.msn.com/ANCIENTMURRAYGENEALOGY. MURRAY AMELIA Daughter of William Murray, deceased, merchant in Edinburgh, and wife of Thomas Menteith, Green Island, parish of Hanover, Jamaica, appointed James Smyth, Writer to the Signet, as her factor in Scotland. Reference to her brother William Murray, deceased, merchant in London; John Schaw, merchant in Edinburgh, and his wife Margaret Borthwick, her grandparents; her mother Janet Schaw. Subscribed on Green island, Jamaica, on 7 June 1796. Witnesses Simon Little in the parish of Hanover, and David Connel in the parish of Westmoreland. ( RD3.275.543) MURRAY JEAN, Second daughter of William Murray, merchant in Edenburgh, and his wife Jamet Shaw, now wife of Daniel Stewart, surgeon in Dominica, appointed Walter Furguson, writer in Edinburgh, and George Duncan, Controller of Stamp Duty in Scotland, as their commissioners in Scotland. Subscribed in Edinburgh on 13 January 1778. Witnesses George Cruckshank, writer and Alexander Kidd. (RD4.223/1.624) In looking at the IGI data online, Jane found that John Shaw and Margaret Borthwick had 7 children from 1723-1743. All were born/christened at Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. The information below is from 'The Commissariot of Edinburgh 1514-1600'. This is a register of testaments (wills), showing dates that the wills were lodged (not to be confused with date of death). Plenty of Borthwicks. Plenty of Borthwick spouses. Plenty of unusual-sounding occupations. Plenty of old-fashioned spellings. Plenty of place-names. Plenty of thanks to Richard. to be added (lots of typing to do!)
Midlothian Testaments confirmed 1836+ (Thank you Janice Poskitt) Margaret CHAPMAN or BORTHWICK relict of dec George BORTHWICK wire? worker Edin d 28 Jan 1838. Mary BORTHWICK formerly sp of James SLIMMON Leith splitter? Edin & Elizabeth BORTHWICK res Edin both daus of defunct. Hazel Magann has shared her research into the Charters from St Giles the Collegiate Church of Edinburgh 1344-1567. Enteries in the name Borthwick
(sic) All a mystery at this stage I'm afraid.
Borthwicks Deaths and Burials in Edinburgh
to be added George Rennie's uncle was George Wilson Syme Borthwick, born in 1911, the son of John and Jean Martin Borthwick. He married Robina Rennie, in Edinburgh as far as George knows. The family was resident in Penicuik, near Edinburgh, until at least the late 1950s. George Wilson Syme Borthwick was trained as a navigator, in Canada, under the British Empire Training Scheme and was subsequently posted to 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force, with the rank of Flying Officer, on 4th August 1943. At that time the squadron was part of No 8 Group Bomber Command, and an integral part of the Pathfinder Force. (The Pathfinder Force probably suffered a higher loss rate than the normal squadrons of Bomber Command) He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in January 1944. Whilst serving with 97 Squadron he completed 19 sorties including 6 to Berlin. It was on his 20th operation, on the night of the 28th/29th January 1944, again to Berlin, that he was posted Missing Believed Killed. His aircraft was lost without trace and as the routing for that particular operation was mainly over the North Sea it is presumed that the aircraft went down in the sea on the return trip, probably as a result of battle damage or enemy fighter action. George Wilson Syme Borthwick is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial which overlooks the River Thames near Windsor and is inscribed with the names of aircrew lost in northern Europe who have no known grave. In the 1970s (exact dates as yet unknown) the Lord Provost of Edinburgh was the Rt. Hon. Kenneth Borthwick. His official designation was the Right Honorable Kenneth Borthwick, Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh, and he was the 266th with that honour. The Lord and Lady Provost, Lady Borthwick, visited Vancouver, BC in Canada. http://www.pacific-pages.com/hpeden/bandhist1.htm If any reader knows more about the Right Honourable Kenneth Borthwick I would be very pleased to hear. Sanderson/Borthwick connection?: One of my email correspondents advises that a Helen BORTHWICK turns up from time to time in Sanderson research. She was witness at a SANDERSON wedding in 1871, and a child of a different marriage was named Helen Borthwick SANDERSON. The head of the family, Peter SANDERSON, at one time lived near the Pleasance, and was associated with the whisky trade. Does anyone know about these Sanderson / Borthwick connections? Please email me if you can help. Some References: *???? |
