William AITCHISON (Cir 1801-Bef 1873)

Jane OLIVER (Cir 1811-After 1881)

Isabella AITCHISON (1847-1921)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: John USHER John USHER Isabella AITCHISON Born: 21 Apr 1847, , Teviothead, Roxburghshire, Scotland 3 Marriage: John USHER on 10 Jun 1873 in St. Georges, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1 2 Died: 5 Jan 1921, Edinburgh, Scotland aged 73 3   General Notes: 4th daughter 6   Noted events in her life were: • In 1873 she resided at Briery Hill, Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland. 2 • She appeared on the census on 3 Apr 1881 in , Hobkirk, Roxburghshire, Scotland. see husband John Usher for transcription. Isabella married John USHER, son of John USHER and Margaret Warwick MORTON, on 10 Jun 1873 in St. Georges, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.1 2 (John USHER was born on 27 Aug 1840 at Stodrig, Makerstoun, Roxburghshire, Scotland 7 8, christened on 9 Oct 1840 in , Makerstoun, Roxburghshire, Scotland,9 died on 1 Jul 1892 in , Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 7 and was buried in , Makerstoun, Roxburghshire, Scotland 5.) The cause of his death was pneumonia.   Marriage Notes: Witnesses: William Menzies (could be John's cousin by his Aunt Mary who married George Menzies). Christian Aitchison (could be Isabella's sister). 2

1 Scots Origins, SI, 685/1/187.

2 "Marriage Certificate; Usher, John b. 1840 -
Image".

3 Grave Marker, ISABELLA AITCHISON,
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
JOHN USHER,
BORN AT LINHOPE ROXBURGHSHIRE 21ST APRIL 1847
DIED AT EDINBURGH, 5TH JANUARY 1921
"HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP".

4

5 Vivienne S Dunstan.

6 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 191.

7 Grave Marker, SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN USHER
BORN AT STODRIG 27TH AUGUST 1840
DIED AT SALISBURY, WILTS 1ST JULY 1892
FOR 29 YEARS TENANT IN GATEHOUSECOTE
ROXBURGHSHIRE
"I THINK MY GOD UPON EVERY
REMEMBRANCE OF YOU".

8 Old Parish Records., John, son of John Usher, Farmer, Stodridge, and Margaret Warwick Morton his wife, was born on the 27th of August, and baptized on the 9th of October 1840; by the Revd David Hogarth, Minister.

9 Old Parish Records., 797/ /2. JOHN USHER/MARGARET WARWICK MORTON FR275.