Agnes Barcelaman

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• _UID: 0A87BA5EDE11470E83DE4EB10330348034D9

Agnes married George Samuel on 27 Sep 1737 in Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland. George and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: DA67DE74C03243408A537160DB8155D33A3C
• Residence: 7 Jul 1769, Bo' Ness Hospital, West Lothian, Scotland

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Christened:
Name: Agnes Samuel
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 8 Sep 1751
Baptism Date: 15 Sep 1751
Baptism Place: Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland
Father:George Samuel
Mother: Agnes Barcelaman
FHL Film Number:1066630
Reference ID:2:17ZTNNJ

Agnes married William Thomson on 7 Jul 1769 in Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland. William (son of James Thomson and Margaret Gray) was born on 5 Jun 1749 in Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland; was christened in 1749 in Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: A69B37780B66421BBE4B0C5D8CF1655E703D

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• _UID: 85012B9FDC0C45F789A34A775697CD213CA5
• Occupation: 1841; Salt Carrier
• Residence: 1841, Grangepans, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
• Story: 18 Nov 2020; Roger Heeps to Terry Stewart (email)

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Story:
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.

Family/Spouse: Matthew Aitken. Matthew (son of John Aitken and Alison Walker) was born on 17 Mar 1776 in Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland; was christened on 22 Mar 1776 in Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland; died in Pre 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 4F9FD51A48EB4FCD80B26BA32D38FC925F72
• Residence: 1841, Redding, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Residence: 1851, Canal Row, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Residence: 1861, Redding, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Residence: 1881, Redding Row, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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Name: Agnes Aitken
Gender: Femal
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1803
Baptism Date: 13 Nov 1803
Baptism Place: , Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
Father: Mathew Aitken
Mother: Agnes Thompson
FHL Film Number: 1066627
Reference ID: 2:17H33RQ

Agnes married John Myles on 9 Aug 1822 in Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland. John (son of Robert Myles and Catherine Ramsay) was born in 1800 in Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland; died in pre 1856. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 05AC2CEB9C174DC6B7C3D17B85022ED3DCA3
• Occupation: 1861; Seaman
• Residence: 1861, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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Name: Mathew Aitken
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 4 Aug 1805
Baptism Place: Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
Father: Matthew Aitken
Mother: Agnes Thompson
FHL Film Number: 1066627, 0102980
was a pauper when he died. His nephew John Miles was the informant on his Death Certificate

Matthew married Agnes Gillespie on 24 Feb 1849 in Polmont, Redding, Stirling, Scotland. Agnes was born in 1808; died on 1 Dec 1881 in Polmont, Redding, Stirling, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 6CAAC903387244BFA68185F2A1FE15624359
• Occupation: 1841; Tambourer
• Residence: 1841, Grangepans, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1851; domestic duties
• Residence: 1851, Bridgeness, Carriden, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 7 Apr 1861; tambourer
• Residence: 7 Apr 1861, Man Of War House, Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
• Occupation: 1871; out worker
• Residence: 1871, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland

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Name: Ellison Aitken
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1807
Birth Place: Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
Baptism Place: Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
Father: Matthew Aitken
Mother: Agnes Thompson
FHL Film Number: 1066627
Reference ID: 2:17H394T
the 1841 Census her name is given as Alison AIKEN. She is a Tambourer living with her mother at Grangepans, Carriden.
In 1851 she is still residing at Grangepans but now she is the head of the household. She has a son Mathew Dixon but no husband. However she does have a lodger, an Irishman called Peter Dickson.

Family/Spouse: Peter Dickson. Peter was born in 1804 in Londonderry, Ireland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 1C1133B5ED9445D0BE0640D73604071DE410
• Occupation: 1841, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland; Tambourer
• Residence: 1841, Grangepans, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1851, Bridgeness, Carriden, Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1861, Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland
• Residence: 1871, Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland

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Name: Elizabeth Aitken
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 26 Jun 1810
Baptism Date: 1 Jul 1810
Baptism Place: Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland
Father: Matthew Aitken
Mother: Agnes Thomson
FHL Film Number: 1066627 Reference ID: 2:17H3DJT

She was not married to John Heaps. On the baptism certificate of their son John it states "John Heaps & Elizabeth Aitken had a natural child born the 13th Oct 1829 and baptised the 20th May last 1830 named John."
It is also possible, actually more than probable, she never married Alexander Rankin Nimmo either.
In 1841 she is residing with her mother, sister, John Heaps aged 11, Alexander Nimmo aged 1 and Alexander Nimmo aged 24. Indicating she was not married as there was no name change.
On her Death Certificate it shows her as Elizabeth Aitken, SINGLE., informant was Alexander Nimmo, landlord.
Yet on Alexander Rankin Nimmo death cert as WIDOWER of Elizabeth Aitken

Family/Spouse: John Heaps. John (son of Robert Heaps and Elizabeth Frew) was born on 12 May 1811 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 12 May 1811 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 24 Jan 1880 in Moss Cannel, Muiravonside, Stirlingshire; was buried on 27 Jan 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Alexander Rankins Nimmo in 1835. Alexander (son of William Nimmo and Isabel Rankin) was born on 20 Mar 1814 in Bridgeness, Carriden, West Lothian, Scotland; was christened on 24 Mar 1814 in Carriden, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 18 Apr 1904 in Cowdenhill, Bo'Ness, West Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]