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George Wilson (bef. 1793 - 1867)

George Wilson
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Biography

George Wilson was born in 1793, the first son to parents Adam Wilson a merchant in Aberdeen, and his wife, Jean Aberdeen[1]. George was baptized on 26 May 1793 in St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland[2][3]

George attended Marischal College and University of Aberdeen from which he gained a M.A. in 1811. He was admitted to the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen on 16 November 1816, and was admitted as Guild burgess in Aberdeen on 1 July 1828[4]. It is conjectured that he practiced in Aberdeen until he inherited Glasgowego after his father's death in 1825.

George inherited the Glasgowego estate, in Kinellar parish, upon his father's death. In October 1830 George Wilson was bankrupt and his estates were sequestrated (bankrupted) and a trustee was appointed[5].

Glasgowego passed to Captain James Craigie, perhaps as Factor for the Trade Widows Fund[6]

George, Esquire of Glasgowego, advocate, married Mary Agnes Dyce, daughter of Dr William Dyce, physician of Aberdeen, on 4 January 1821 at the bride's house, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire[7]. The witnesses were Mr Charles Chalmer and Mr H Gordon. Mary (sometimes May) died in Toronto, Canada on 5 August 1880[4]

George and Mary had eleven children: eight born in Aberdeen (three of whom died as young children, one of these is unknown), two born in Fergus, Ontario, and one in New South Wales [8]:

  1. Margaret, born in Aberdeen, baptized 23 Oct 1821[9], married James Webster, 6 Mar 1838 in Fergus, UC., died 20 Jan 1906[8]
  2. Jane Angelica, born in Aberdeen, 4 Apr 1824, married 3 Nov 1847 in Sydney, NSW, George MacKenzie Stewart (merchant in Manila, Philippines)[10][11], had 8 children, died 3 Aug 1886 in Guelph, Canada[8].
  3. May Agnes, born in Aberdeen, baptized 15 Aug 1825[12], died 21 Jun 1832, aged 6 years[8]
  4. Adam, born in Aberdeen, baptized 21 Jun 1827[13], married 29 Aug 1865 Grace Brand, had 2 children, died Lala Shaafia, Tangier, North Africa 4 Nov 1892[8]
  5. Theresa, born in Aberdeen, baptized 26 Jul 1829[14], died in Sydney, NSW 19 Feb 1840, aged 10 years[8].
  6. William, born in Aberdeen 12 Sep 1831[8], died 16 May 1868, aged 36 years in Norwood, Surrey, England[15][4]
  7. Eliza May Agnes, born in Aberdeen, baptized 31 Jul 1833[16], died 5 Jan 1834[8]
  8. Jamima Catharine, born 12 Feb 1835 in Fergus, UC[17], married Thomas Willcocks Saunders, barrister in Guelph on 4 Jan 1859, had 8 children[8]
  9. George, born 18 Apr 1838 in Fergus, UC.[8], drowned off Calcutta on 9 Oct 1857[18]
  10. Alexander Dyce, born at Kanimbla (Blue Mountains, NSW) 27 Jan 1844[19] baptised aged 1 on 17 Mar 1845[20][21], drowned Port Jackson (Sydney Harbor) 24 Dec 1853[8]

George, Mary and their five surviving children (Margaret, Jane Angelica, Adam, Theresa, William) emigrated to Canada in 1834, arriving in New York, New York on 19 May 1834[22]. The trip must have been tinged with sorrow as they left three children who had died in Aberdeen, the last of whom, Eliza May Agnes had died the previous January.

George was one of the founders of Fergus, Ontario. He lived in Harvey Cottage, near Fergus for over four years and had two further children there, cited in Appendix entry: 26 "Fergus and its founders" in Family record of the name of Dingwall Fordyce in Aberdeenshire[23]. Byerly provides a short vignette on another settler's visit to Harvey Cottage[8]. The cottage itself was the subject of an ink drawing by Scottish-Canadian artist Alexander Dingwall Fordyce in 1835[24]. Fordyce made another impression of Harvey Cottage in 1840[25]

George, Mary and their six children ( Jane Angelica, Adam, Theresa, William, Jamima Catharine and George, the last two having been born in Fergus), travelled to Sydney, Colony of New South Wales on the barque Tartar, leaving Boston on 10 September 1838 and arriving on 15 January 1839[26]. They were said to be "from Canada". The cargo included ice and tobacco. They spent eighteen years there, before returning to Canada.

In 1861 George and Mary with their son William were living in Guelph, Wellington, Ontario[27] His occupation was recorded as "Mason".

George died on 29 November 1867 at Old Manor House, Clapham Common, London[28]. His death notice was published in the Sydney newspaper Empire on 19 February 1868. He was buried in the South Metropolitan (now West Norwood) Cemetery on 4 Dec 1867[29] where there is a grave memorial for him and his second son William[30].

Research Notes

Much of the detail about George's life in Ontario and New South Wales comes from Byerly's 1932 monograph Fergus : or, The Fergusson-Webster settlement[8]. This work does not provide cited primary sources, however, what data has been able to be collaborated from reliable sources has been demonstrated to be accurate. It is deemed a valued source, however, it needs to be verified. It does have a fetching photograph of an elderly George Wilson. George is also depicted in a black and white photographic print found with some of his daughter's documents[31]. The image would be of an elderly George shortly before he died in 1867.

George's youngest son, Alexander Dyce Wilson was drowned in Sydney Harbor on 24 Dec 1853. The local press reported the death thus:
"Drowned in the Harbour of Port Jackson, in consequence of the upsetting of a boat during the southerly squall on Saturday evening, the 24th instant, William Ward Harvey, R.N., in the 20th year of his age, officer in charge of H. M. S. V. Torch, son of the Rev. Canon Harvey, of Bristol, and Rector of Olverston, Gloucestershire ; also Alexander Dyce, youngest son of Mr. George Wilson, solicitor, Newtown, aged 10 years, and William Sweetland Veysey, (adopted son of Mr. Wilson) son of the late Mr. Samuel Veysey, of Manila, aged 11½ years."[32]

More detail of the accident was published the next day[33]. The three: Harvey, Wilson and Veysey were memorialized in the same gravestone in Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, NSW[34]

George's wife was baptized Agnes Dyce on 17 Sep 1802 in Aberdeen[35]. When she married George, she was aged 18 years. She was the second daughter (of 7 daughters), and fourth child (of 13 children) of William Dyce and his wife Margaret Chalmers. She died 5 August 1880, aged 78 years, of bilious cholera in Toronto[36].

Sources

  1. ↑ "Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929". Reference: OPR 168A/9; Page: 207. FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 24 March 2024)
    George Wilson baptism on 26 May 1793, son of Adam Wilson, merchant, & Jean Aberdeen, in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  2. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 168/A; Ref: 90/493, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 14 March 2024)
    George Wilson 26 May 1793, son of Adam Wilson & Jean Aberdein, Aberdeen
  3. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBQW-JMQ : 16 September 2021), George Wilson, 1793.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Henderson, John Alexander History of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. Aberdeen : Printed for the University [by Milne and Hutchison], 1912. p. 375 available online (accessed 25 Mar 2024)
  5. ↑ Deas, George and James Anderson Cases decided in the Courts of Session and Justiciary from January 17 to September 8, 1832. Vol. V. Edinburgh: Thomas Clark, 1833. p. 18 Citing Case No. 18 - First Div. 21 Jan 1832 online in Google books (accessed 12 Mar 2024)
  6. ↑ Directory to noblemen and gentlemen's seats, villages etc. in Scotland: giving the counties in which they are situated, the post-towns to which each is attached, and the name of the resident, etc. [With a map.] . Edinburgh : Sutherland and Knox, 1852. p. 78 (accessed 20 Mar 2024)
  7. ↑ "Scotland, Parish Marriages & Banns 1561-1893". Reference: OPR 168A/28; Page: 333. FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 24 March 2024)
    George Wilson marriage to Mary Agnes Dyce in 1821 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 Byerly, Alpheus Edward, Fergus : or, The Fergusson-Webster settlement : with an extensive history of North-East Nichol : indexed and illustrated with many rare photographs Elora, Ont. : Elora Express, 1932. Chapter 5: George Wilson of Harvey Cottage pp. 64-68 (accessed 26 Mar 2024). Requires registration to view work
  9. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 168/A; Ref: 210/54, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 26 March 2024), Margaret Wilson 23 Oct 1821, parents: George Wilson & Agnes Dyce, Aberdeen
  10. ↑ "Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011", Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Baptism, Burial, Confirmation, Marriage and Composite Registers in the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney Archives, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 61177 #900176512 (accessed 31 March 2024), Jane Angelica Wilson / George Mackenzie 3 Nov 1847 Sydney, New South Wales
  11. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald 4 Nov 1847, Page 3 "Family Notices" online at Trove NLA (accessed 24 Mar 2024)
  12. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 168/A; Ref: 210/258, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 26 March 2024), May Agnes Wilson 15 Aug 1825, parents: George Wilson & Agnes Dyce, Aberdeen
  13. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 168/A; Ref: 210/399, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 26 March 2024), Adam Wilson 21 Jun 1827, parents: George Wilson & May Agnes Dyce, Aberdeen
  14. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 168/A; Ref: 220/107, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 26 March 2024), Theresa Wilson 26 Jul 1829, parents: George Wilson & May Agnes Dyce, Aberdeen
  15. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office", GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 26 March 2024), Wilson, William (Age at death: 36). GRO Reference: 1868 Apr-May-Jun in Lambeth Volume 01D Page 293
  16. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 168/A; Ref: 230/243; Frame: 6573, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 26 March 2024), Eliza May Agnes Wilson 31 Jul 1833, parents: George Wilson & May Agnes Dyce, Aberdeen
  17. ↑ "Census of Canada, 1901";Library and Archives Canada: 1901 Census (accessed 26 March 2024) Item Number: 3262499; Surname: Saunders; Given Name(s): Jemima C; Province: Ontario; District Name: Wellington South; Sub-District Name: Guelph (City)
  18. ↑ "Trove, National Library of Australia". Trove Article, Newspapers and Gazettes (accessed 26 March 2024)
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 1 Mar 1858, Page 1 : Family Notices
    On the 9th October last, drowned, occasioned by falling into the river, off Calcutta, from rigging of the Wanderer, Captain Ryder, of which vessel he was one of the officers, George, third son of George Wilson, Esq., of Sydney, in his 21st year.
  19. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald 2 Feb 1844, Page 3 "Family Notices" online in Trove NLA (accessed 24 Mar 2024)
  20. ↑ "Australia, Births & Baptisms, 1792-1981". FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 26 March 2024)
    Alexander Dyce Wilson birth 1844 (baptized on 17 Mar 1845 at St. James, Sydney) in New South Wales, Australia, son of George Wilson & Mary Agnes Dyce.
  21. ↑ "Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981". Original data: Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 993955
    Ancestry au Record 9776 #715880 (accessed 26 March 2024)
    Alexander Dyce Wilson baptism, son of George Wilson & Mary Agnes Dyce, in St. James, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  22. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Place: New York, New York; Year: 1834; Page Number: 93
    Ancestry au Record 7486 #2365880 (accessed 26 March 2024)
    Name: George Wilson; Age: 38; Birth Year: abt 1796; Arrival Year: 1834; Arrival Place: New York, New York; Primary Immigrant: Wilson, George; Source Publication Code: 6450; Annotation: Taken from a file marked thus: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving in New York 1820-1897, microcopy no. M-237, roll #22, February 14-May 20, 1834. Lists 73 British passengers who landed in New York on May 19, 1834. No. 8520 reprints a photostat of this material; Source Bibliography: PARKS, GARY W., transcriber. "The Atlantic Sailed the Atlantic in 1834." In The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 111:2 (Apr. 1980), pp. 93-94.;
    Household Members (Name) Age: George Wilson 38.
  23. ↑ Fordyce, A. D. (Alexander Dingwall). Family record of the name of Dingwall Fordyce in Aberdeenshire : showing descent from the first known progenitor of either name -both direct and collateral : with appendix containing notices of individuals and families incidentally referred to. [Fergus, Ont.? : published privately?], 1885 p. xxxix (accessed 24 Mar 2024)
  24. ↑ Wellington County Museum and Archives. [art piece] Fordyce, Alexander Dingwall. "Harvey Cottage (on the Grand River) near Fergus the residence of George Wilson Esq." 1835 online with notes (accessed 24 Mar 2024)
  25. ↑ Wellington County Museum and Archives. [art piece] Fordyce, Alexander Dingwall. "Harvey Cottage" ca. 1840 online with notes (accessed 24 Mar 2024)
  26. ↑ "Trove, National Library of Australia". Trove Article; Newspapers and Gazettes (accessed 25 March 2024)
    The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842) Wed 16 Jan 1839, Page 2, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
  27. ↑ "Census of 1861 (Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia)", Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada; Page: 22; Line: 38; Microfilm reel number: C-1083; Image number: 4108430_00162; Item ID number: 46043573, Library and Archives Canada (accessed 26 March 2024), George Wilson (68) in Guelph, Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada. Born in Scotland.
  28. ↑ "Trove, National Library of Australia". Trove Article; Newspapers and Gazettes (accessed 25 March 2024)
    Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875) Wed 19 Feb 1868, Page 1, Family Notices
  29. ↑ "London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003", London Metropolitan Archives; "London, England, UK" ; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: Dw/T/0928, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 1559 #10543891 (accessed 26 March 2024), George Wilson burial (died in 1867) on 4 Dec 1867 in Norwood Cemetery, Norwood Road, Lambeth, Lambeth, England. Born in about 1793
  30. ↑ Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #198571361 (accessed 26 March 2024), Memorial page for George Wilson (1793-29 Nov 1867), citing West Norwood Cemetery and Crematorium, West Norwood, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England; Maintained by caryatid (contributor 47186169)
  31. ↑ Wellington County Museum and Archives. [print] ""Portrait of an elderly man [George Wilson?], ca. 1870" online with notes (accessed 24 Mar 2024)
  32. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald 28 Dec 1853, Page 5, "Family Notices" online in Trove NLA (accessed 24 Mar 2024)
  33. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald 29 Dec 1853, Page 2 "THE LATE BOAT ACCIDENT" online in Trove NLA (accessed 24 Mar 2024)
  34. ↑ Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #187982867 (accessed 26 March 2024), Memorial page for William Ward Harvey (1834-24 Dec 1853), citing Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (plot: Section C BN03038); Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209).
  35. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms", National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 168/A; Ref: 100/266; Frame: 3382, ScotlandsPeople (accessed 26 March 2024), Agnes Dyce 17 Sep 1802, parents: William Dyce & Margaret Chalmers, Aberdeen
  36. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947", citing Digital film/folder number: 004171354; FHL microfilm: 1853231; Image number: 719; Packet letter: C; Indexing batch: I03592-9, FamilySearch Record: JFJJ-XX7 (accessed 26 March 2024) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-66TQ-Q14, Mary Agnes Wilson death 5 Aug 1880 (age 78) in Ontario, Ontario, Canada




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