James USHER of Toftfield (1738-1816)

Margaret GRIEVE (1739-1825)

Thomas BALMER (1755-1797)

Agnes MATHER (Cir 1752-1834)

Andrew USHER (Cir 1782-1855)

Margaret BALMER (1785-1860)

James USHER (1811-1862)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Henrietta Agnes SHED Andrew James USHER Robert Henry USHER+ Emma Douglas USHER Thomas Frederick USHER+ Henrietta USHER Francis William USHER Louisa Mary USHER Caroline Douglas USHER Evelyn Jane USHER+ Alice Francis USHER James USHER 4 5 6 7 Born: 21 Mar 1811, Coldcrooks, Earlston, Berwickshire 8 Marriage: Henrietta Agnes SHED on 11 Jul 1837 at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh 1 2 Died: 24 May 1862, , Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, 16 Lynedoch Place aged 51 9 10   General Notes: The first advertisement in The Scotsman appeared on Wed., 30th March 1836. At some point he entered into a partnership with David Greig which was subsequently dissolved in a notice placed in The Scotsman on Wed., 8th February 1837. 11 12   Christening Notes: Baptised by the Rev. Walter Morison, Minister of the Parish of Gordon.   Noted events in his life were: • Firm: Edinburgh, Scotland. 13 James and Thomas went into the brewing business and were the originators of the Park Brewery, St. Leonard's, Edinburgh. • He was employed. 4 5 7 Brewer • Invention:Inventor of the steam plough James married Henrietta Agnes SHED, daughter of Commander Robert SHED R.N. and Grace DOUGLAS, on 11 Jul 1837 at St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh.1 2 (Henrietta Agnes SHED was born in 1815 14 and died on 11 Oct 1871 in St. George's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, 16 Lynedoch Place 4 5 15 16.)

1 Old Parish Records., 685/2/43. HENRIETTA AGNES/SHED FR1516.

2 Old Parish Records., 343/ /4. HENRIETTA AGNES/SHED.

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4 "Marriage Certificate; MacWhirter, James McKillop b. 1850 -
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5 "Marriage Certificate; Harrison, Henry b. cir 1850 -
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6 "Marriage Certificate; Usher, Robert Henry b. 1840 -
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7 "Marriage Certificate; Balfour, George b. cir 1841 -
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8 Old Parish Records., 685/2/63. ANDREW USHER/MARGARET BALMER FR269.

9 C. M. Usher, A History Of The Usher Family In Scotland (Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1956), Tree Table II;
The book is also available for download in either MS Word 97/2000 format or in Adobe PDF format.

10 Burkes, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, USHER, Bt. Cit. Date: 1 Nov 2002.

11 "Advert," (Edinburgh) The Scotsman, 30th March 1836, p. 1, col. 2. Cit. Date: 8 Nov 2008; SUPERIOR ALES

MR JAMES USHER, Sen., BREWER, Potterrow, Edinburgh, supplies the Trade, (that is Retail Dealers) ONLY, with BOTTLED ALES, which, for beauty of colour, and fineness of flavour, are not surpassed, if equalled, at the following cash prices:-

£4 Ales, per Gross, at - £1 12 0
£5 Do. per Do. at - 1 19 0
£5 Do. per Do. at - 2 5 0

This Brewery, (the most ancient in Edinburgh), has for two centuries, (as is supposed from the superior quality of its water), been celebrated for Fine Ales. The Ales now brewed in it are made from the best malt and finest quality of hops.

General Monck's Brewery,
71, Potterrow,
Edinburgh, 29th March, 1836; The Scotsman

12 "Notice," (Edinburgh) The Scotsman, 8th February, 1837, p. 1, col. 6. Cit. Date: 8 Nov 2008.

13 George Tancred of Weens, Rulewater and its People An account of the Valley of the Rule and its Inhabitants (Edinburgh: University Press by T. and A. Constable, 1907), page 212.

14 C. M. Usher, A History Of The Usher Family In Scotland (Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1956), Tree Table II.

15 Scots Origins, SI, 685/1/1052.

16 Death Certificate Henrietta Agnes Shed (1871), Cit. Date: 17 Jun 2003.