Who lived at Powis House in 1881 & 1891

[RedMystic]

Hello Chatters,

Can someone more adept at the Aberdeen census help me figure out who was living at Powis House (11 Powis Cir, Aberdeen) in the 1881 and 1891 census please?

I have a picture of some people seated on the steps of Powis House, Aberdeen. The photo was taken sometime between 1880 and 1890. My great great grandmother is in the photo with a woman with 5 children.

Hugh Fraser Leslie built the house & died in 1873, leaving most of his estate to his sisters (who do not appear to have married). I haven't been able to discern if the house was sold on his death.

Thanks in advance for any help identifying who was living at Powis House in 1881 and 1891.

[Flattybasher9]

RedM, some info here :-

http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst19620.html

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lfj/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/42998

The first link mentions the Arbuthnot family. They might be worth a look.

Malky

[MonicaL]

1891 below:

Lamond Leslie 91 Living on Private Means
Isabella Jane Leslie 82 sister
Helen Leslie 80 sister
Rebecca Farquharson 41 servant
Margaret Coutts 31 servant
Jessie Ritchie 27 servant

1881:

Lamond Leslie 81
Isabella Leslie 72
Hellen Leslie 70
Isabella Eliza Farquharson 48 servant
Rebecca M Farquharson 32 servant
Margaret Catto 35 servant
Susan Webster 16 servant

Trying to find (and failing!) the property on the online 1885 Valuations Rolls on SP.

Monica

[RedMystic]

Thank you very much Malky & Monica. It's great to meet up with here again - it has been some time since I've been around.

Is there any way to tell when the George Burnett family moved into the house? Also, at Malky's suggestion, when the Arbuthnot family moved in?

[Flattybasher9]

There is a mention of the "Burnetts" here :-

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01lfk/

Malky, still digging

[RedMystic]

Thanks Malky. That's where I got the name too.

[Flattybasher9]

Re the Arbuthnots :-

http://www.scottish-places.info/scotgaz/people/famousfirst3759.html

so one would think, if the Burnetts were there, it must have been between 1891 and 1912. Or then again maybe not.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25526217?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Malky

[Millmoor]

Suggest you look at the newspaper archive and search for Burnett and Powis House (also worth searching for Leslie and Powis House in Aberdeen papers).

The obituary of Mrs J G Burnett in 1944 (husband had been MP for North Aberdeen) states " On their marriage in 1901 they moved into Powis House and lived there until a few years ago when they moved to Powis Gate".

William

[RedMystic]

Thank you for that suggestion William.