William Tait

1821 - UNKNOWN

• Name	William Tait  [1]
  Born	1821	Westruther, Berwickshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851	Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1861	Coldstream, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland   [3]
  Residence	1871	Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland   [4]
  Residence	1881	Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  Residence	1891	Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland   [6]
  Died	UNKNOWN
  Person ID	I22682	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Jane Weatherstone,   b. 1819, Leitholm, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Children	1. Andrew Tait,   b. 18 Aug 1846, Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 10 Dec 1937, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 91 years)  [natural]   2. William Tait,   b. 27 Mar 1849, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. Robert Tait,   b. 2 Jan 1856, Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Agnes Jane Tait,   b. 10 Aug 1858, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland ,   d. 29 Apr 1940, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 81 years)  [natural]   5. Helen Margaret Laidlaw Tait,   b. 28 Feb 1862, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 7 Oct 1947, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F7694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He is the right age to be a brother or cousin to Leonard Tait. In 1851, William was residing at Hatcheridge in Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, employed as a farm servant, residing with his wife Jane Weaterstone and their young children, Andrew and William. In 1861, William was residing at 22 Gallowsknowe in Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, employed as a ploughman, residing with his wife Jane Weatherstone, and their children: Andrew, William, Robert and Agnes Jane Tait. In 1871, William was residing at Market Place in Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland, employed as a brewery labourer, residing with his wife Jane and children, Robert, Agnes Jane, and Helen. Also residing with them was William Keith. (The famous Alexander Keith, brewer in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, born in Caithness, Scotland, learned his brewing craft from an uncle in Northern England.) In 1881, William was residing at 41 Caledon Crest in Edinburgh (St Cuthberts), Midlothian, Scotland, with his wife Jane and their children: Anne and Helen. He was employed as a vanman (builders). In 1891, William was residing at 42 Caledonian Crescent in Edinburgh (St Cuthberts), Midlothian, Scotland, employed as a night watchman. He was residing with his wife Jane and a granddaughter, Agnes Tait (age 3), born 1887.

  
  

• Sources

  [S380] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S46] 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Coldstream; ED: 4; Page: 10; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_196; Year: 1851. [S79] 1861 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;). [S82] 1871 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Coldstream; ED: 1; Page: 23; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1871_174. [S76] 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;). [S85] 1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 102; Page: 21; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1891_338.