Name |
James Gordon BISSET |
Birth |
4 Nov 1854 |
Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK |
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Gender |
Male |
Census |
1871 |
St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
- Staying with his sister Ellen and her husband Robert Esson and family.
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Census |
1881 |
20 Argyle Place, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
Census |
1891 |
71 Thistle St, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
- 1891 Census: for 71 Thistle Street, Old Machar, Aberdeen
Source Citation: Parish: Aberdeen Old Machar; ED: 31; Page: 26; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1891_54.
Peter ADAM Head / Married / Draper 42 Male born : Monymusk
Jane ADAM Wife / Married 39 Female born : Kincardine O Neil
John P ADAM Son / Scholar 14 Male born : Glasgow
Jeanie ADAM Daughter / Scholar 11 Female born : Aberdeen
Catherine E ADAM Daughter / Scholar 9 Female born : Aberdeen
Alice M ADAM Daughter / Scholar 7 Female born : Aberdeen
James G BISSET Lodger / Bookseller 36 Male born : Maryculter
Arnold T CLARKE Lodger / Medical Student 19 Male born : Jamaica, West Indies
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Residence |
1900 |
23 Victoria St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
- From sister Isabella's death cert
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Census |
1901 |
23 Victoria St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
- 1901 Census: at 23 Victoria Street, Aberdeen
Source Citation: Parish: Aberdeen Holburn; ED: 32; Page: 18; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1901_58.
James G BISSET Head / Married / Book Seller 46 Male born : Maryculter
Maggie BISSET Wife / Married 30 Female born : Aberdeen
Margaret J BISSET Daughter 2 Female born : Aberdeen
Helen R BISSET Daughter 1 m Female born : Aberdeen
Maggie SHERRET Servant / General Domestic Servant 24 Female born : Fetteresso
Margaret CRUICKSHANK Servant / Monthly Nurse 46 Female born : Udny
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Census |
1911 |
117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
- 1911 Census:at 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
8 rooms - 5 people
James G BISSET Head / Married / Bookseller 56 Male born : Maryculter
Maggie BISSET Wife / Married (14 years - 2 children both alive) 40 Female born : Aberdeen
Margaret J BISSET Daughter / Scholar 12 Female born : Aberdeen
Helen R BISSET Daughter / Scholar 10 Female born : Aberdeen
Ann GAULD Servant / Domestic Servant 24 Female born : Dyce
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Census |
1921 |
117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
- 1921 Census: 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
9 rooms - 5 people
James Gordon BISSET Head / Married / Bookseller 66Y 6M Male born : Maryculter
Maggie BISSET Wife / Married / HD 50Y 5M Female born : Aberdeen
Margaret J J BISSET Daughter / HD 22Y 9M Female born : Aberdeen
Helen R BISSET Daughter / Scholar 20Y 3M Female born : Aberdeen
Lizzie DUNCAN Servant / Domestic Servant 17Y 7M Female born : Ballater
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Occupation |
University bookseller |
Death |
12 Feb 1947 |
Crynoch, Bieldside, East Peterculter, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
- James Gordon Bisset (bookseller - retired) - widower of Margaret Mcpherson Fiddes - died 12th February 1947 at 8:40pm at Crynoch, Bieldside, East Peterculter - male - aged 93 years - son of David Bisset (farmer - deceased) and Jane Bisset (ms Silver - deceased). Cause of death was acute bronchial pneumonia and cardiac failure. Informant of death was William Ferguson MB (son in law) residing at 66 Hawksley Avenue, Chesterfield.
Aberdeen Press and Journal 14 February 1947, p4.
Death of Mr J.G.Bisset, bookseller
Known to generation of Aberdeen University students, Mr James G.Bisset, bookseller, who resided at Crynoch, Bieldside, has died.
Mr Bisset, who conducted the well-known Aberdeen business of Bisset's Bookshop, 85 Broad Street, was ninety-three* years of age.
He retired two years ago, after completing sixty-five years in the business.
A native of Maryculter, Mr Bisset made his business his great hobby in life, and he spared no efforts in meeting the needs of his customers.
Despite his years, Mr Bisset was a remarkably fit man, and it was only a fortnight ago that he became ill.
Predeceased by his wife some years ago, he is survived by a marriage daughter, Mrs H.R.Ferguson, who resides in Chesterfield.
Mr Bisset was precentor for many years in Cults East Church, of which he was senior elder.
*His birth record shows he was born November 1854 which means he would have only been 92.
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Probate |
20 Nov 1947 |
London, England, UK |
- BISSET James Gordon of Crynoch Bieldside Aberdeenshire died 12 February 1947 Confirmation of William Milne McPherson baker Gordon James Innes chartered accountant and John David Bisset timber merchant. Sealed London 20 November. Original Confirmation sealed 3 July 1947.
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Person ID |
I3031 |
Warren Nunn's family tree |
Last Modified |
25 Mar 2023 |
Father |
David BISSET, b. 25 Jul 1807, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 12 Mar 1892, Fintray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK (Age 84 years) |
Mother |
Jane SILVER, b. 22 Oct 1813, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland d. 31 Jan 1875, Eastside Farm, Maryculter, Scotland (Age 61 years) |
Marriage |
5 Jun 1842 |
Fetteresso, Scotland, UK |
- From Fetteresso OPR proclamation of marriage
05/06/1842 David Bisset in Maryculter and Jean Silver of this parish.
Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
Name: Jean Silver Gender: Female Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1842
Marriage Place: Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland
Spouse: David Bisset
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Family ID |
F848 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Margaret McPherson FIDDES, b. 4 Jan 1871, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 10 May 1937, Crynoch, Bieldside, East Peterculter, Scotland, UK (Age 66 years) |
Marriage |
21 Jul 1896 |
Imperial Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK |
- Aberdeen Press and Journal 29 July 1896, p.6
At the Imperial Hotel, Aberdeen, on the 28th inst., by the Rev. Archibald Young, M.A., Carden Place U.P. Church, assisteded by the Rev. Hugh Morrison, M.A., F.C., Cults, James Gordon Bisset, university bookseller, Aberdeen, to Maggie McPherson, second daughter of Alexander Fiddes, Esq., Aberdeen.
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Children |
| 1. Margaret Jessie BISSET, b. 1898, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 16 Dec 1944, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 46 years) |
| 2. Helen Robertson BISSET, b. Mar 1901, St Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 9 Dec 1955, The Royal Hospital, Chesterfield, Derby, England, UK (Age 54 years) |
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Family ID |
F869 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
23 May 2024 |