James MORISON [631]

   Cause of his death was Paralysis.

  General Notes:

Scotland Select Births and Baptisms 1564-1950
Name:James Morrison
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1802
Baptism Date: 18 Jul 1802
Baptism Place: Perth,Perth,Scotland
Father: Duncan Morrison
Mother: Ann Sime
FHL Film Number: 1040159

James Morison is recorded as a Blacksmith / Farrier in 1841 Scottish Census.
James Morison is recorded as a Blacksmith on his Marriage Record.

The Response from the Scottish Record Office to R Filsell's enquiry regarding a Will for James Morison:
Scottish Record Office, HM General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY, 22 April 1985
Mrs R Filsell,
Dear Madam, I refer to your letter of 14 April 1985. I can find no trace of any Will of James Morison, in the records held by us for the years 1870-74.
Yours faithfully,
J WAUGH for Keeper of the Records of Scotland.

  Research Notes:

Images courtesy of R Filsell

  Other Records

• Census: Scotland, 7 Jun 1841, Skinnergate, Perth, Perthshire. James is recorded as Male age 35 born abt 1806 and described as Blacksmith & Farrier.

• Census: United Kingdom, 30 Mar 1851, High Street, Perth, Scotland. James is recorded as Head 48 years Unmarried living in the Enumeration District of Perth St Pauls and described as Proprietor of houses .

• Census: Scotland, 31 Mar 1851, 55 High Street, Perth, Scotland. James is recorded as Head Unmarried 48 years (born abt 1803) and described as Proprietor of Houses.

• Business Directory, 1860, 55 High Street, Perth, Scotland. (Researched by R Filsell Perth Library 1997)

• Perth & Kinross Scotland Electoral Registers: stationer - proprietor of house, 1861, 38 Watergate, Perth, Scotland. (Note entry for James Morison, Junior)

• Census: Scotland, 7 Apr 1861, 55 High Street, Perth, Scotland. James is recorded as Head 57 years born abt 1804 and described as House Proprietor Spouse Mary A Morrison.

• Perth & Kinross Scotland Electoral Registers: residenter - proprietor of houses, 1862, 55 High Street, Perth, Scotland.

James married Mary Ann NEISH [629] [MRIN: 218], daughter of Joseph NEISH [645] and Mary STRACHAN [646], on 15 Feb 1853 in Perth, Perthshire, SCT. (Mary Ann NEISH [629] was baptised on 12 Mar 1815 in Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, died on 29 Jan 1892 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and was buried in Greyfriars Burial Ground, Perth, Scotland.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Proclamation of Banns & Marriages: marriage, 1853, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. (image courtesy R Filsell)
Extract of an entry in an Old Parochial Marriage Record Aberdeen for James Morison and Mary Ann Neish 1853

• Scots Ancestry: marriage, 1853, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. (image courtesy R Filsell)
Old Parochial Registers, Perth, Scotland, for James Morison and Mary Ann Neish 1853

  Marriage Notes:

MARRIAGE
Old Parochial Register, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
"Perth 3rd February 1853 contracted:
James Morrison, smith, High Street, St. Paul's Church parish of Perth and Mary Ann Neish in the parish of Old Machar, Aberdeen, daughter of the late Joseph Neish, late Mail Guard there.
The persons above-named were regularly proclaimed and married on the 15th February said year by the Rev. John Wilson, minister of the North Parish of Aberdeen." (From Scots Ancestry Research Society, Edinburgh, August, 1987)

(See also Certificate (in marriage photo gallery) from the General Register Office, Edinburgh, Scotland, for the particulars of an entry in a Register of Proclamations of Banns and Marriages. Record of marriage in Parish of Old Machar, Aberdeen. Copy: 13 July, 1983)

Extract of an entry in an Old Parochial Register, Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 S47 001925
Parish of Old Machar, County of Aberdeen, 1853
James Morrison Blacksmith High Street in St Paul's Parish, Perth & Mary Anne Neish Dee Street in this Parish signified their marriage by Mr David Monro Elder & being thrice proclaimed they were married 15th February 1853 by The Revd John Wilson Minister of the North Parish. Witnesses: Adam Anderson and Alexander Bain.

The above particulars are extracted from a Register of: Proclamations of Banns & Marriages. Given under Seal of General Register Office, New Register House, Edinburgh on 13 July 1983.
(above information per Rosemary Filsell)

Scotland Select Marriages 1561-1910
Name: Mary Ann Neish
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 15 Feb 1853
Marriage Place: Perth,Perth,Scotland
Spouse: James Morrison
FHL Film Number: 1040164