Family Group Sheet

Husband         John SYMON

Born

Probably March-April 1799, Errol

Baptised

Christened 28 April 1799, Errol

Married

Contracted 18 March and proclaimed 19 March 1826, Errol

Died

21 Nov 1868, 69 yrs, Errol; c.o.d. Apoplexy (12 hours), as certified by James Wylie, Physician & Surgeon, Errol; informant (present at death) William Symon, son  (D/1868/351/46 Errol)

Buried

24/26 November 1868, Errol burying ground, division number 25?

Husband’s Father     David SYMON, weaver

Husband’s Mother       Elizabeth WILSON

Other wives: Possibly (1) Margaret REID ("John Symon and Margaret Reid both of this parish were contracted April 20th & proclaimed April 21st", Register of Contracts, 1822, Errol parish).

     

Notes:  Linen hand loom weaver, then sheriff officer (bailiff) (1851). His name, and those of his siblings, are all recorded in a register taken by a later Errol Church minister, as "Symond". The original baptismal record has not survived. [check]  Occupation stated as "Sheriff Officer" on death certificate.

 

Wife                 Beatrice PITKEATHLY (Betsy)

Born

About 1802 (was 49 in 1851), Dunbarney parish [Bridge of Earn], Perthshire

Baptised

 

Died

15 October 1866, 65 yrs, Errol; c.o.d. Apoplexy, 12 hours (as certified by Jame Wylie, Physician and Surgeon, Errol; informant (present at death) John Symon, Husband (D/1866/351/31 Errol)

Buried

Errol burying ground, division number 25?

Wife’s Father          John PITKEATHLY, labourer, died before 1866

Wife’s Mother  Cathrine EWAN, died before 1866   

Other husbands: none.

     

Notes: the birth dates of all the children of John and Beatrice recorded by a later minister of Errol church are all given as being in the month of December. 

 

1851 Census: Back Close, Errol. John Symon, head, married, 51, Sheriff Officer; Betsy Symon, wife, married, 49, no occupation, born Dunbarney parish, Perthshire; Cathrine Symon, daughter, unmarried, 22, no occupation; William Symon, son, unmarried, 19, Tailor Journeyman; David Symon, son, 14, weaver (all born Errol except for Betsy). [John and Betsy's address is separated by two other houses from the address of Dr George K.H. Paterson, 31, Surgeon, Edinburgh College.]  

 

1861 Census: High Street, Errol. John Symon, head, married, 61, Sheriff Officer, born Errol; Betsy Symon, wife, married, 59, Sheriff Officer's wife, born Dunbarney; James McPherson, Grandson, 9, scholar, born Errol.

 

Children

Sex     Name

Born

Married

Died

1 M  David SYMON

 

 

Born 6 December 1826, Errol

 

By 1836?

2 F  Catherine SYMON

 

 

Born 13 December 1828, Errol

5 Nov 1852 at Errol, Perthshire: James MACPHERSON (b. 30 Jul 1828 Cupar, Fife, d. 1905 Errol, Perthshire, b. Errol burial ground; boot maker)

 

8 children of Catherine and James MacPHERSON (note 1):

i)    James MacPHERSON, born 1853, Errol (mason, 1881); died 1920 (photograph, Errol curling club? presenter, U.P. Church; or his father of same name) in 1861 Census, was living, aged 8, scholar, with grandparents David and Betsy Symon, Sheriff Officer & wife, on High Street, the only other occupier of their household; married Barbara MUNRO, 1863-1940;

their 9 children,

John Munro MacPHERSON 1882-197x,

James MacPHERSON 1886-1974,

David Symon MacPHERSON 1889-1946,

Wiliam MacPHERSON 1891-1893,

Katherine S. MacPHERSON 1893-1963,

Anne Shand Mackenzie MaPHERSON 1895-1943,

Allan Robertson MacPHERSON 1899-1936,

Archibald D. MacPHERSON 1897-1961,

Ronald M. MacPHERSON 1902-1951,

ii)   Betsy McPHERSON, born about 1854, perhaps died 1854, Errol (Bessie)

iii)  Isabel McPHERSON, born 1856, Errol (Bella) (B/1856/351/18 Errol)

iv)   John McPHERSON, born 1859, Errol (B/1859/351/71 Errol)

v)   Catherine McPHERSON (Kate), born 1862, Errol (B/1862/351/12 Errol

vi)   Elizabeth Symon McPHERSON, born 1865, Errol (Liz; or Betsy or Bessie) (B/1865/351/43 Errol) (1881 Census: general servant,

vii)  Jean Barclay McPHERSON, born 1867, Errol (B/1867/351/57 Errol)

viii) David Symon McPHERSON, born 1871, Errol (B/1871/351/35 Errol)

1881 Census; The Cross, Errol. James & Catherine McPherson (James: Bootmaker, born Cupar, Fife); children James, unmarried, 28, mason; Catherine, unmarried, 19, general servant; Elizabeth, 15, general servant; Jane, 13, scholar; David,9, scholar (all born in Errol except father). [findmypast]

1883, about 54 years.

 

Buried 20 August 1883, Errol burying ground, division number 25?

3 M  William SYMON

 

 

Born 11 December 1831, Errol

 

 

1851 Census: 19, Journeyman tailor, Errol.

1861: not living in parent's household

1868: present at death of father, High Street, Errol

[unverified, probably not him: 1879, 49 yrs, D/1879/171/4 Alford]

4 M  David SYMON

 

 

Born 5 December 1836, Errol

 

1851 Census: 14, scholar.

1861: not living in parents' household

 

 

Created 12 July 2017

 

References:

Note 1: information from “Descendants of James Macpherson” posted at http://genealogyjunkie.rear-view.com/Family/Home/html/family/macpherson.htm, accessed 15 Nov 2010.