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12201 Violet remarried in 1928 to Thomas Sisley Smith, Violet May (I31499)
 
12202 Violetwas the informant on the death of her sister, Elizabeth, in 1969

Violet was the informant on the death of her sister, Dorothy, in 1982

Informant on the death of VioletThomson was the Executor's Representative 
Thomson, Violet (I21646)
 
12203 Visitor at grand-parents house Heath, Violet (I13833)
 
12204 Visitor at parents house Jennings, Elizabeth Phoebe (I1553)
 
12205 W Brockie was the informant on the death of his mother Elizabeth West Brockie, William Allan (I18455)
 
12206 W G Nimmo was a witness ath wedding of his sister, Alison, in 1945

W. Y. Nimmo was the informant on the death of his father James in 1969

Informant on the death of William was his sister J Auld

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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 5 Apr 2015.
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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 5 Apr 2015.
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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 5 Apr 2015.
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Nimmo, William Greenhorn (I4256)
 
12207 W. M. Myles was the informant on the death of his father Colin Myles in 1936. Myles, William McCormack (I5566)
 
12208 Walter Ahsbee was the informant on the death of his wife, Mabel Jennings, in 1929

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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 13 Jul 2011.
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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 13 Jul 2011.
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Ashbee, Walter (I13741)
 
12209 Walter married a second time following the death of Hellen

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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 25 Mar 2021.
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Packer, Walter Henry (I37769)
 
12210 Walter may have remarried following the death of his wife in 1945 Mist, Walter (I15744)
 
12211 Walter proven, her son, was the informant on the death of Agnes Crawford Crawford, Agnes (I7017)
 
12212 Walter served int Royal Fleet Artillery during WWI, service number L/21892 and was awarded the following medals

Victory Medal
British EMoire Medal
1915 Star

Benefactor on the probate record for Walter was his widow, Constance 
Procter, Walter Cyril (I20145)
 
12213 Walter Stanners was born illegitimate, but his birth was legitimised following the marriage of his parents Stanners, Walter (I1359)
 
12214 Walter was a widower when he married Isabella Lyon, there is no mention of his frst wife on his death certificate, His first wife was not Agnes Bird.
In 1881 Walter was a farmer of Balleny Farm, Currie, Edinburgh. A large farm of 389 acres arable, employing 6 men, 3 boys & 4 women.
Informant on the death of Walter Kidd was a nephew, name unreadable.


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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 23 Feb 2016.
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Kidd, Walter (I13101)
 
12215 Walter was a witness at the wedding of Alexander McLuckie and Elizabeth Leadbetter in 1919
Informant on the death of Walter McLuckie was his son, also Walter 
McLuckie, Walter (I16718)
 
12216 Walter was th einformant on the death of his fatherm William T Proven, in 1937

Walter K. Proven resigned as County Councillor and Chairman of the Kirkliston & Winchburgh District Council, on 3 Apr 1970. (Article in the West Lothian Courier.)

The informant on the death of Walter K Proven was his son W. Fraser Proven, 
Proven, Walter Kidd (I14589)
 
12217 Walter was the informant on the death of his brother Alexander in 1915 Kidd, Walter (I13312)
 
12218 Walter was the informant on the death of his father in 1948 and his mother in 1956

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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 24 Jun 2018.
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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 24 Jun 2018.
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Liddle, Walter Kidd (I32834)
 
12219 Walter was the informant on the death of his father, James Kidd, in 1905

The informant on the death of Walter Kidd in 1941 was his son William Kidd

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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 27 Jun 2018.
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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 27 Jun 2018.
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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 27 Jun 2018.
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Kidd, Walter (I8159)
 
12220 Walter was the informant on the death of his mother, isabella Skinner, in 1938

Walter was the informant on the death of his father Walter Robert Angus in 1947

Informant on the death of Walter was his brother Norman Angus

Benefactors on the probate record for Walter are May Isabel Angus and Norman Lindsay Angus, his brother and sister.
 
Angus, Walter Robert (I15834)
 
12221 Walter was the informant on the death of his son, James, in 1943

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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 15 Jan 2010.
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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 9 Jan 2016.
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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 18 Mar 2017.
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Myles, Walter (I9003)
 
12222 Walter was the informant on the death of his wife, Catherine Dunlop, in 1955

Informant on the death of Walter Ramsay was his son in law, James Callaghan 
Ramsay, Walter (I16872)
 
12223 Walter was the twin to Robert Aitken, Walter (I6788)
 
12224 Walter wsa the informant on the death of his father in Apr 1980

Informant on the death of Walter was his son, also Walter 
McLuckie, Walter (I23424)
 
12225 Was a witness at the wedding of sister Elizabeth to Robert Moodie in in 1867, was still single at the time
Was the informant of the death of her mother

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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 9 Oct 2010.
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Moodie, Agnes (I626)
 
12226 Was married before marrying William Watt previous surname Taylor Cunningham, ?? (I2925)
 
12227 Was possibly known to the family as Johan

Name: Jane Ann Stewart
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 14 Jun 1873
Birth Place: Montrose,Angus,Scotland
Father: Francis Stewart
Mother: Mary Clark
FHL Film Number: 6035516 
Stewart, Jane Ann (I253)
 
12228 Wedding of second daughter, Elsie, taken from e-mail from Jonathan Gentry, copied from The Times (of London) April 27 1910, page 1; issue 39257; Col A

HUGHES : GINN, - On the 25th inst., at Sydenham Wesleyan Church, by the Rev, E. Theodore Carrier, Charles Morland Cunyghham, youngest son of the late General C.J. Hughes, Bengal Staff Corps, to Elsie Louise, second daughter of Alfred Durant Ginn, Esqre., of Sydenham.

Alfred was the benefactor on the will of his father George Ginn in 1895 
Ginn, Alfred Durant (I1146)
 
12229 Went to Australia when he was 17. He received the nickname Wogga because as a young man he lived for a while in Wogga, NSW. Whilst in Wogga a person made fun of his Scottish accent. And so this ended up in a brawl which lasted over 1 1/2 hours. His opponent ended up the worse for wear.
James served with the Australian Infantry Force (AIF) joining D Coy 17th Batt 5th Infantry Brigade, on 2 Mar 1915.
After 2 months of training he embarked at Sydney for England, on the HMAT "Themistocles" on the 12 May 1915.
Seems to have suffered a lot from sickness as he was transferred to hospital with dysentry, on the 26 Aug 1915. Rejoined his unit on 5 Sep 1915
Promoted to vice Corporol 24 Oct 1915. Promoted Corporal 5 Dec 1915. Disembarked in Alexandria on 9 Dec. Embarked at Alexandria 17 Mar 1916 and disembarked 23 Mar 1916 in Marseilles.
Appointed vice Lance Sergeant 10 Aug 1916, promoted to Sergeant 19 Aug 1916.
Attended 2 Aust. Divisional School of Instruction, Flesselles, France. Rejoined his Bn. on 15 May 1917.
He was in hospital in France, from 20 Sep 1917 until 25 Sep when he rejoined his Bn. But 6 days later he was back in hospital, this time in Belgium until on 20 Oct when he was transferred to 39th General Hospital, Havre. He was discharged on 28 Nov 1917, rejoining his Bb, in France on 9 Dec. 1917.
On 5 May 1918 he was selected to attend OTC in England. On 7 Jun 1918 on completion of course he was appointed Cadet. In a confidential report it states that he was "a good type of cadet. Has worked well. Should make a good officer.
On 28 Feb 1919 he was a 2nd Lt. in Havre.
Returned to Australia from England on 28 May 1919.
Awarded the 1914/1915 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
After returning from the First World War he eventually worked with Arnotts biscuit company. When Mr Arnott saw the size of him he suggested that he turn out for his Rugby Union team, Western Suburbs. This at the age of 28. He was afraid that if he did not join the team he would be sacked. Went on to become a more than useful player.

Jim lived at Auburn, NSW until he was hospitalised before he died, still at Auburn. 
Aitken, James (I8363)
 
12230 Went to Australia with her mother. On the death of her father, in 1915, she returned to Scotland, with mother and her siblings, in 1916.
By 1923 her mother had remarried and the family went to the USA arriving in the Port of New York on 1 Aug 1923. 
Aitken, Margaret Hyslop (I8315)
 
12231 West Ealing Station, Great Western Railways Holt, Charles Arthur (I4636)
 
12232 West Weber School Maughan, Marveda (I41052)
 
12233 When Alexander Henderson died on 24 Oct 1894 he was a Gardener and had a market garden and shop at his house Henderson, Alexander Learmouth (I6988)
 
12234 When James married, in 1882, he was aged 32. Thus he would be born about 1856, which would fit in with his siblings.
In the 1891 Census his age is given as 35, thus born about 1856.
When he died, in 1894, his age was given as 40 thus born 1854.
There is so much conflicting information with James that I doubt a great deal of it and find previous researchers findings as suspect.

The informant of the death of Ann Henderson was her son James Aitken

According to the Beaverbrook researcher, James took over Wester Tartraven Farm about 1874. But he did not make a success of it. He would have only been about 19 at that time.
He seems to have over extended himself and had multiple houses and farms.
Once his mother died, in 1880, he became the farmer of Silvermine Farm.
According to the 1881 Census, the Silvermine Farm was 120 acres, and James was employing 1 man and 1 girl.

He must have been working both Wester Tartraven and Silvermine because he did not hand over Wester Tartraven's lease until 1884.

Informant on the death of Geaorge mackay was his brother in law James Aitken
 
Aitken, James (I4950)
 
12235 When Jeanne was 2 her mother, Janet, ran away from Jeanne's father and dumped Jeanne onto her grandfather, Lord Beaverbrook. Beaverbrook brought her up for the next 9 years, when Jeanne was sent to boarding schools.
Wanting to become an actress she joined the "Old Vic".
After contracting pneumonia she decided that draughty stages and cold "digs" were not for her. She joined the family business as a newspaper reporter and travelled the world with her grandfather, Lord Beaverbrook.
Eventually she met the author Norman Mailer. Jeffrey Meyers, in the National Review, 26 Jul 1985, says, she was the mistress of Henry Luce the founder of "Time-Life". And this is what attracted Norman Mailer to her.
Within a few months Jean was pregnant with Kate. Norman was taken to meet Beaverbrook in the south of France who liked him and so gave his aproval so Jean and Norman married in 1962.
The marriage was a stormy one and was not destined to last.

James Humes, the author, on being interviewed, by Brian Lamb, about his book "Ghostwriter to 5 Presidents" gives the following story;
Lamb. "And then there is another story about a relative of Lord Beaverbrook.Humes. "Yes. Well, there was Lady Jean Campbell who was a kind of a - she was the grandaughter of Beaverbrook. and I was going out in - 1964 convention."
Lamb. "San Francisco?"
Humes. "Wa - Yea. And I was for Scranton. And I was a Legislator in the Legislature and Scranton was the Governor. I see Jacob Javits, and next to it an English voice. And so I started talking. We established friends, and she said 'Oh, my' - - she had this - - her grandfather had given her this job, she's no journalist, and what should she do?
I gave her a headline.
I take her to lunch at Ernie's.
Now I do not know that she's married.....
We just go for lunch. And we'd just ordered our first course of shrimp. Suddenly she says, 'It's my husband! He'll kill you! He'll kill you!
So we went out through the kitchen, out the back door, and I never did pay for the shrimp. I mean it was Norman Mailer and I think he did actually stab some one in jealousy a couple of years earlier.
She's quite a character - is quite a charcter. I guess - I mean, I think she's now in an Anglican convent.
But there are rumours of her - strong rumours that she's the only person in the world who knew, biblically speaking, in one year, Khrushev, Kennedy, and Castro."

After Jeanne left Norman she fled to her best friend, a southern aristocrat, John Cram, with a plantation in North Carolina.
Norman and Jeanne were divorced in 1963.
Between 1978 and 1988 Jeanne was "High Commissioner for the Clan Campbell Society of North America".
Her marriage, to John Cram, does not seem to have been very successful either.
In 1995 Jeanne said, in a newspaper article, "I think I am still married. I haven't seen him for quite some time but I have had no notification."

Jeanne resided in New York.
She converted from the Church of England and became a Roman Catholic. Working as a volunteer she worked for Mother Teresa's Hospice for Aids patients, in New York.
Between 1974 and 1988 Jeanne was "High Commissioner for the Clan Campbell Society of North America".
 
Campbell, Lady Jeanne Louise (I10391)
 
12236 When Murdoch married Stella, R.J. Fleming was described as "a former mayor of Toronto. Fleming, Robert John (I1833)
 
12237 When Peter married, Marion Aitken, he was a widower Kemp, Peter William (I5147)
 
12238 When she was 24 she contracted influenza. Four and a half weeks later it turned into pneumonia and ten days later, on 11 Mar 1903, she died. Mary died, where she was then residing, at Auchentorlie, West Lodge of Milton, Old Kilpatrick, DBN. Aitken, Mary Cuthill (I6748)
 
12239 When the banns were read for James's wedding his name was given as Aitkin in one parish and Aitken in the other.
James was described "as being of Silvermine, thus indicating ownership or tenancy of the Silvermine farm not employment."
 
Aiken, James (I4845)
 
12240 When Traven was a child he accidentlly shot himself in the belly. He had tried to extract a cartridge that had failed to explode, from a pistol when the gun went off.
He was considered the most brilliant of William and Jane's children.
Eventually becoming a Lawyer after reading law at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In a letter from his father to Miss Judge of Roslin, written in 1910, "Traven is a lawyer in Calgary, Alberta, with a large increasing practice. He is a capital speaker, gifted in the gab and confines himself very much to pleading in the Law Courts."

At age 45 he enlisted at Calgary, AB. on 17 Mar 1919, with the Canadian Army Service Corp. He then served as a Major. 
Aitken, Major Robert Traven Donaldson (I7922)
 
12241 When William died his son James Aitken paid 6/8 for the use of the best mortcloth to bury William, on the 5 Mar. 1821. Aiken, William (I4871)
 
12242 When WWII came along William signed on as a conscientious objector and so was detailed to work in a bomb disposal unit and was stationed at Horsham, Sussex, for at least part of the time.
About 1942 there was a desperate shortage of coal so he went down the mines. After the war William returned to banking before feeling the call to the Baptist ministry. He did much of his theological training through correspondence courses with London University whilst still working in the bank. His first pastoral charge was in the Shetland Islands and it was here that his son Ronald was born. Pastoring at Burra Isle Baptist Church he bought an old army jeep and converted it into a bus for church use. That vehicle plus the nurse's car and the butcher's van were the only vehicles on the island. There was no electricity and no modern conveniences on the island. Despite this the family loved the experience of living there. It must have been quite a culture shock after living in Edinburgh.
His next call was to the ship building town of Jarrow in north east England, where he was the minister of Grange Road Baptist church. After 5 years there he was back in Scotland at John Knox Street Baptist Church in Glasgow. Three years later, in 1957, he was called to Canada.
He accepted a call to Canada arriving in Nova Scotia in March 1957 he was called to a two point charge in Yarmouth County, south western NS.
William loved the area and swore he would retire to the area. But this was not to be.
In 1959 the family moved to a ministry in Oshwa, Ontario. He was only there three short years before succumbing to a heart attack. 
Aitken, Rev William Niven (I7242)
 
12243 When younger Sarah was nicknamed Sis. As she got older she thought this was a bit childish and so she changed this to Chris. No one new her as Sarah, always Chris.
Chris got her first job, through her sister, Nelly. This was working as a Shop Assistant in Mr Sorley's furniture emporium in Duke St., Leith.
One of the first things she bought with her wages was a radio gramophone. When she took it home her dad promptly changed it into a cabinet. He was forever modifying things.
Eventually Chris went into service and became a cook.
Chris was a friend of Jean Redpath (nee McCallum). One day, whilst visiting Jean at Pilton, Jean's cousin, John Gardiner came to visit. This was the first time Chris and John had met.

All her married life she cared for Walter, her mentally retarded brother-in-law. Chris was very placid in nature and not very robust in health. 
Aitken, Sarah Barton (I8391)
 
12244 Whilst her husband was serving in the Army, Peg resided with her son at the home of her parents, Peg contracted TB at this time and so had to be seperated from her son. After Harry returned from the war he and Peg ran a corner store in Sydney before moving to Fairbridge Farm in NSW., to become house parents to groups of children shipped from England to get a fresh start in Australia under the Fairbridge scheme. After finishing at Fairbridge they moved to spend the rest of their days at Jannali, Sydney. Aitken, Margaret (I19842)
 
12245 Whole family to South Africa in 1880 Bryson, Thomas (I2281)
 
12246 Wilfred was the benefactor on the probate record of his mother, Elizabeth, in 1949 Gouge, Wilfred Charles (I15577)
 
12247 Wilhelmina Kay was a witness at the wedding of her sister Elizabeth in 1915
Informant on the death of Wilhelmina was a friend

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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 28 Dec 2014.
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Death Cert, Cit. Date: 28 Dec 2014.
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Kay, Wilhelmina (I23173)
 
12248 Wilhelmina was a witness at the weddin gof her sister, Margaret, in 1939 Thomson, Wilhelmina Walker (I24203)
 
12249 Will: 18/1/1752
In the name of God amen the eighteenth day of January in the year ofour Lord one thousand seven
hundred and fifty two I Thomas Pleasance/the elder/ of Burwell in the County of Cambridge /thatcher/
being ofsound memory and understanding /the Lord be Praised/ do make my lastwill and testament
in manner following. First I commend my Soul intothe Hands of Almighty God, and my Body I
commit to the Earth and myworldly Estates I dispose of the same as followeth. That is to day,First I
give devise and bequeath unto my son Thomas Pleasance all andsingular my household goods and
furniture together with all other mygoods and chattels personal estates and credits whatsoever all
unto myson Thomas Pleasance and his Heirs forever. Also I make and appointmy said son Thomas
Pleasance sole executor of this my last will andtestament and order him to pay my debts and funeral
charges. Inwitness whereof I have hereunto this my last will and testamentsetting my hand and seal
the day and year first above written.
Signed sealed published and declared by the said testator ThomasPleasance for and as his last will
and testament in the presence of uswho as witnesses thereof have subscribed our names at the
request andin the presence of the said testate and of each other:
Stephen Brown, Mary Rayner, Thomas Howes jnr.

Above data supplied by Ken Pleasance

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Pleasance, Thomas (I718)
 
12250 William and Elizabeth emigrated to Australia in 1965, the same year they were married Haston, William Purdie (I23078)
 

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