Thomas BALMER (1729-)

William MATHER (-)

Jean WAUGH (-)

Thomas BALMER (1755-1797)

Agnes MATHER (Cir 1752-1834)

Margaret BALMER (1785-1860)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Andrew USHER Agnes USHER Margaret USHER James USHER+ Mary USHER Jessie USHER Jane USHER+ Helen USHER+ Wilhelmina Dunlop USHER Thomas USHER+ Mary USHER+ Andrew USHER+ Sir John USHER DL Caithness, JP Midlothian, Ll.D. 1st Bt.+ Margaret BALMER Born: 3 Oct 1785, , Makerstoun, Roxburghshire, Scotland Marriage: Andrew USHER on 31 Dec 1806 in Edinburgh, Scotland 1 Died: 24 Feb 1860, 11 Sylvan Place, Edinburgh aged 74 4 5 Buried: East Preston Cemetery, Edinburgh 6    Cause of her death was Exhaustion from long continued Gastro.ilation, several years..5   Death Notes: Margaret died at 1:30am, her son Andrew Usher was the informant.   Noted events in her life were: • She appeared on the census in 1841 in Crammond, Edinburgh. 7 Margaret married Andrew USHER, son of James USHER of Toftfield and Margaret GRIEVE, on 31 Dec 1806 in Edinburgh, Scotland.1 (Andrew USHER was born circa 1 Apr 1782 at Toftfield, Darnick, Roxburghshire, christened on 7 Apr 1782 in Darnick, Roxburghshire,8 9 died on 17 Aug 1855 in Edinburgh, Scotland 10 6 11 and was buried in East Preston Cemetery, Edinburgh 12.) The cause of his death was Diseased Prostate Bladder for 2 years; but in a severe form for 2 months as certified by Alexander ?, Physician who saw deceased 16th August..5

1 Old Parish Records., 685/1/53. MARGARET BALMER/FR2444.

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4 "Family Tombstone Andrew Usher (1782-1855)". Rec. Date: 21 Aug 2002, Cit. Date: 20 Aug 2002.
ANDREW USHER,
DIED 17th AUGUST 1855, AGED 73 YEARS.
MARGARET BALMER,
HIS SPOUSE DIED 24th FEBRUARY 1860.,
AGED 74 YEARS.
MARY USHER,
DIED 26th FEBRUARY 1821, AGED 8 YEARS.
WILHELMINA D. USHER,
DIED 27th NOVEMBER 1840. AGED 21 YEARS.
JESSIE USHER
DIED 2ND JULY 1842. AGED 28 YEARS.
MARGARET USHER,
DIED 11th NOVEMBER 1867. AGED 58 YEARS.
AGNES USHER,
DIED 29th MAY 1873 AGED 66 YEARS.
HELEN USHER,
WHO DIED 1st DECEMBER 1893. AGED 76 YEARS.
WIDOW OF Dr GEORGE GRAHAM,
ALSO OF DAVID CROLL, ESQ. GLASGOW.

GEORGE GRAHAM. M.D.
SON IN LAW, DIED 8th APRIL 1841. AGED 80 YEARS.

5 Death Certificate; Margaret Balmer (1860), Cit. Date: 26 Jun 2003.

6 "Family Tombstone Andrew Usher (1782-1855)". Rec. Date: 21 Aug 2002, Cit. Date: 20 Aug 2002.

7 1841 Census Scotland, Cit. Date: 18 Mar 2006. Piece: SCT1841/679
Place: Cramond-Midlothian
Enumeration District: 3
Civil Parish: Cramond
Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 3 Page: 3
Address: 1 Cottage

Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
USHER Andrew M 57 Wine Merchant Midlothian
USHER Margaret F 55 Midlothian
Page: 3/4
USHER Agnes F 31 Midlothian
USHER Margaret F 30 Midlothian
USHER Mary F 15 Midlothian
GRAHAM John M 1 Midlothian
DUNN Marg't F 40 Female Servant Midlothian
FAIRLY Mary F 20 Female Servant Midlothian.

8 Old Parish Records., 799. JAMES USHER/PEGGY GRIEVE FR631.

9 Charles S. Romanes, Melrose parish registers of baptisms, marriages, proclamations of marriages, session minutes (1723-1741) and mortuary rolls: 1642-1820, 3 volumes (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1913); 1782 April 7: Andrew son to James Usher & Peggy Grieve in Toftfield. Witnesses Robert Grierson & Andrew Murray.

10 Scots Origins, SI, 685/2/329.

11 (Edinburgh) The Scotsman, 18 August 1855;
At Edinburgh, on the 17th inst., Andrew Usher, Esq., aged 73; The Scotsman

12 "Family Tombstone Andrew Usher (1782-1855)". Rec. Date: 21 Aug 2002, Cit. Date: 21 Aug 2002.