AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameMargaret GAFF 
Birth Datebef 22 Aug 1810
Birth PlaceStirlingshire, Scotland
Chr Date22 Aug 18101645 Age: <1
Chr PlacePolmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoShows Margarets mother as Ann BROWN however other births to George and Ann show Ann’s surname as BROOM.
Death Date20 Apr 18741646 Age: 63
Death PlacePolmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoAt Redding Muirhead widow of John Johnston, Collier Manager. No cause stated. Informant was son John. Record confirms her parents were George Gaff, Coal hauler and Ann Brown, both deceased.
FatherGeorge GAFF
MotherAnn BROOM
Spouses
Birth Datebef 9 Jan 1810
Birth PlaceBathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
Chr Date9 Jan 18101643 Age: <1
Chr PlaceBathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
Death Date12 Nov 18491644 Age: 39
Death PlacePolmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoThis is almost certainly John Junior. His wife Margaret was a widow in 1851 and their youngest son was born in 1847.
Job MemoCoal Mine Manager according to death record of daughter Ann.
OccupationClerk (1841), Collier Manager ( > 1841-1849)
FatherJohn JOHNSTON (<1776-1855)
MotherAgnes BROCK (<1786-1844)
Marr PlacePolmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Reside Date7 Jun 18411648
Reside PlacePolmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoAt Redding Muirhead lived John Johnston (junior), 30, a Clerk, his wife Margaret Gaff, 30 and their children John, 13, George, 11, Thomas,9 Ann,7, William, 5 , Joseph, 3 and Clement, 9 months.
In the house one side of them lived John McLay, 40, labourer his wife Janet Gaff, 35 and their children and on the other side lived John Johnston (senior), 60, Coal Overseer who was John juniors’s father and wife Agnes Brock and some of their children.
In the house one side of them lived John McLay, 40, labourer his wife Janet Gaff, 35 and their children and on the other side lived John Johnston (senior), 60, Coal Overseer who was John juniors’s father and wife Agnes Brock and some of their children.
Reside Date30 Mar 18511649
Reside PlacePolmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoLiving at Muirhead lived Margaret Johnston, 40, head & widow and her children Thomas, 19, Coal Weigher, Ann, 17, Milliner, William, 15, Errand Boy Grocer, Joseph, 13, Clement, 11, Alexander, 9, James, 7 and Robert, 5. Agness Carruthers, 15, a house servant lived with the family.
Reside Date7 Apr 18611650
Reside PlacePolmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
MemoStill living at Redding Muirhead were Margaret Johnston, 61, widow and her sons Alexander, 28, Grocer’s assistant and Robert M, 24, a joiner.