James USHER of Toftfield (1738-1816)

Margaret GRIEVE (1739-1825)

John USHER of Toftfield (1766-1847)

Janet OLIVER (Abt 1771-1798)

James USHER S.S.C. (1796-1839)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Mary GRAY John USHER Thomas USHER+ Janet USHER Helen F. USHER+ James USHER+ John USHER Mary USHER James USHER S.S.C. 4 5 6 Born: 21 Dec 1796 Christened: 27 Jan 1797, Stow, Midlothian 7 Marriage: Mary GRAY on 21 Dec 1823 in Edinburgh 1 2 3 Buried: 22 May 1839, Calton Cemetry, Edinburgh 8    Cause of his death was Liver complaint.8   General Notes: When James was born his father was tenant in Pirn in Stow parish. James apparently died at the age of 43 (per the 1896 "Border Magazine" article about his son Thomas) but I have so far not been able to trace a grave, or a record of his burial. This age is the source of the approx. death-date I've given, calculating forward in time from his birthday. daughters Helen, Janet, Mary and Ann all went to Canada, married and had issue according to the 1956 Usher book. The only evidence for Ann appears in the Dr C. H. Usher's second draft of the tree. She is not in the first and also not mentioned in the letters of James N Usher. When asked, his father had "Two brothers John & James, & three sisters - Helen, Janet & Mary". Thus I have removed Ann from the current tree. Dr. C. H. Usher's Typewritten tree says that James was later a brewer, which seems strange. 9   Noted events in his life were: • He had a residence in Brown Square, Edinburgh. 5 • He had a residence in 1839 in 28 Lauriston Street, Edinburgh. 8 James married Mary GRAY, daughter of Rev. Thomas GRAY and Helen MUCKLE, on 21 Dec 1823 in Edinburgh.1 2 3 (Mary GRAY was born on 28 Sep 1793 in Scotland 10 and died on 18 Jul 1847 in Leith, Midlothian 4 11.)

1 Old Parish Registers, 692. MARY GRAY/FR5951.

2 Old Parish Registers, 685. MARY GRAY/FR4983.

3 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (Edinburgh: William Blackwood, various), vol. XV Jan-Jun 1824: 249;
Jan 9. At Edinburgh, James Usher, Esq. writer, Edinburgh, to Mary, daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Gray, minister of Broughton, Peeblesshire.

4 "Marriage Certificate; Usher, Thomas b. 1826 -
Image".

5 William Neville Usher, "Family Tree Book" (MS, cir 1900), p. p. 99 / 99a; privately held by Leslie Usher, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Edinburgh, 2010;
This is a notebook written by William Neville Usher. It was passed at some point to Charles Howard Usher who seems to have used it to form the base of his research. There is both William Neville Usher's formal and informal handwriting with some additional notes by Charles.

6 death certificate 026875 (1920), p.128 No. 3; digital image, Ancestry, "Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1934 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947," Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 20 May 2010);
Name: Helen Newman
Sex: Female
Racial Origin: Scotch
Single, Married, Widowed: Widowed
Age: 90yrs 8months
Place of Birth: Edinburgh
Date of Birth: May 11 1829
Trade or Occupation: Housewife
Length of Residence: 45 Years
Name of Father: James Usher
Birthplace of Father : Melrose, Scotland
Maiden Name of Mother : Mary Gray
Birthplace of Mother: Scotland
Name of Informant: Thos. Newman
Address: Omemee, Ont.
Relationship: Son
Place of Burial: Omemee Cemetry
Date of Burial: Jan 29 1920
Cause of Death: Senile, Cardiac Weakness

7 Old Parish Registers, 699. JOHN USHER/JANET OLIVER.

8 General Register Office for Scotland, "Deaths & Burials 1538-1854," database, Scotlands People (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 Jul 2010), 692/02 0383 Leith;
Calton Burying Ground
22 May 1839
Usher, James Esq. S.S.C. from No 28 Lauriston Street, is buried in the New Ground, senew fees R. from D. Macgi...
age 43
Disease: Liver complaint

9 Dr. C. H. Usher, "Typewritten Usher Family Tree - Final copy", Generation VII.

10 Ancestry.com, "1841 Scotland Census," database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), entry for 14 Apr 2010, Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 5I; Page: 3; Line: 1350 ;
Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.

11 General Register Office for Scotland, "Deaths & Burials 1538-1854," database, Scotlands People (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk), 692/02/0236.