Grace AITKEN, nee Tennant, Edinburgh

[Danchaslyn]

saxonw

Oh my goodness, what descriptions about the poorhouses, and workhouses   AND...... the houses of Correction in Edinburgh!!!!!   

Well, as you say, Grace Tennant, so young to be in one, but what a survivor!!!   

Grace Aitken, so, how on earth do I find out which one she was in?   

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Danchaslyn

 

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hi Mamakaz

Thats a great idea about the possibility Mgt Lindsay might be the mother?   

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Danchaslyn

 

[merryhow]

 Hi again, Yep it's a hospital. It has moved a couple of times since then.In 1841 it appears to have been in Old School Wynd. Not far from the Newington area of Edinburgh.

   Val

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hi merryhow

Thanks for that, Val.........so, it still stands, but in another location.   

What do you think a Confectioner, in a hospital, would have done?   

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Danchaslyn

 

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hi All

I've only just noticed that  John Aitken  had, as we now know, three children to his first wife, Janet Bain, and one of their sons is called  John.   

Then, with his second wife,   Grace Aitken, nee Tennant, he has four children, and, wait for it,  one of them is called,  John!!!!!   

Father, John Aitken, third child of first marriage, John Aitken, and first child of second marriage, John Aitken.   

Two half brothers,  both  John Aitken !!!!      And, born only  FOUR YEARS APART !   

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Danchaslyn

 

[Akwaba]

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Finally for me at this time - details of the death registration.     Liddell is my quess.

[Danchaslyn]

 

Hi akwaaba


Again, thank you very much for the info, glad to have Margaret Tennant details.

Also, the link to Royal Infirmary, really fascinating...............but, please tell me, would a confectioner ice cakes, make desserts, make sweets, that is what I imagine, but, in a hospital, and especially that sort of hospital.

Or would he have catered for the surgeons, visiting dignitaries etc? 

When the internet isn't so slow, I'll get into the census site, and again, thank you very much for that, I'll look forward to it.


Also, for the death registration,  Liddel it certainly looks like....

Cheers

Danchaslyn

 

[Akwaba]

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[Danchaslyn]

 

Hi akwaaba

Again, thank you, thank you and its so special to be able to see the original entries!   

So, to recap and be sure I understand correctly, Grace Tennant's Dad, was a Cowfeeder, who later became a Confectioner?  And at Royal Infirmary, he lived, but didn't work as a Confectioner, or could have been a patient there?   

As you say the Dundee one is a possible..........................? but maybe not?

I'm still transfixed by the poorhouse connection!        Why usually would it be, that a father and very young daughter live in a poorhouse, and sisters and mother, might live elsewhere?

Later on, when Grace is a Seamstress and living in the Manse, would this have been because the Vicar or vicar's wife took a shine to her, and offered her a position in their household?  it seems that at 29  (thanks to Mamakaz for this) she's still living in the Manse and I haven't worked it out yet, marries John Aitken later?

To marry someone who grew up in a poorhouse, would that have been a 'shame'?  So, John Aitken, as a "Sawyer", marries Grace, now a Seamstress living in the Manse, would this have been an equal standing in the social scale, marriage?   

Later in life, Grace Aitken is a Draper and her daughter Elizabeth is also.

Cheers

Danchaslyn