Agnes Thompson

1775 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Agnes Thompson
  Born	1775	Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1841  [1]
  	Salt Carrier
  Residence	1841	Grangepans, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Story	18 Nov 2020
  	Roger Heeps to Terry Stewart (email)
  	Agnes Thompson was born in 1775 in Carriden. Her father was from Boness and her mother from Kirklston near Edinburgh. Agnes had one older brother who was also born in Carriden in 1783. Matthew Aitken was born in 1776, also in Carriden and lived there with his 4 sisters until at least 1789. It is likely Agnes and Matthew lived in the Carriden area till they met and married in 1803 (no record) when they were 28 and 29. After marrying Matthew and Agnes lived in the area till at least 1810. They had 2 sons and a daughter. It is not known where they lived between 1810 and 1836. At some point Matthew moved to Silvermine Farm where he died in 1836. The Aitkens family lived in the rolling countryside of West Lothian abutting the parishes of Torphichen and Bathgate. The family were the occupants of Silvermine farm, as tenants of the Marquis of Linlithgow, as early as 1613 and until the tenancy was relinquished by one of the brothers in 1884. Silvermine farm is east of Torpichen (Matthew's brother Robert Aitken reported the 'Silvermine Farm' name in 1855-59 government survey). Matthew's brother Robert was a man of substance, a tenant farmer on the Marquis of Linlithgow's estate and a lime merchant with property in the market town of Bathgate. From at least the middle 1700's the Aitkens worshipped and were buried at the local town of Torphichen. Robert's grandson was William Maxwell Aitkens (b1879-d1964) who later became 'Press Barron' Lord Beaverbrook. After 1836, Agnes probably moved to Grangepans where she was a salt carrier (age 70). Her daughters Alison (30) and Elizabeth (25) were Tambourers (lace makers). There is also a Janet Aitken at the same residence.
  _UID	85012B9FDC0C45F789A34A775697CD213CA5
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I4840	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	William Thomson,   b. 5 Jun 1749, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Agnes Samuel,   b. 8 Sep 1751,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	7 Jul 1769	Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Name: William Thomson Gender: Male Marriage Date: 7 Jul 1769 Marriage Place: Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland Spouse: Agnes Samuel FHL Film Number: 1066614 Reference ID: 2:G4K9F0 Name: Agnes Samuel Gender: Female Marriage Date: 7 Jul 1769 Marriage Place: Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland Spouse: William Thomson FHL Film Number: 1066614 Reference ID: 2:G4K9F0
  Family ID	F13847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matthew Aitken,   b. 17 Mar 1776, Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. Pre 1856  (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Agnes Aitken,   b. 12 Nov 1803, Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 13 Feb 1886, Redding, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 82 years)   2. Matthew Aitken,   b. 27 Jul 1805, Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 30 Jun 1876, Redding, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 70 years)   3. Alison Aitken,   b. 11 Oct 1807, Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Elizabeth Aitken,   b. 26 Jun 1810, Bridgeness, Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 6 Aug 1878, Cowdenhill, Carriden, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2007
  Family ID	F1573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S73] 1841 Census (Reliability: 3). [S18] Marriage Cert (Reliability: 4).