George McDonald SILVER

George McDonald SILVER[1, 2, 3]

Male 1885 - 1914  (29 years)

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  • Name George McDonald SILVER  [2
    Birth 6 Jul 1885  Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • 1885 SILVER, GEORGE MCDONALD (Statutory registers Births 264/ 14)
    Gender Male 
    Census 1891  Backdams, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1901  Banchory Ternan, Kincardine, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1901  Banchory Ternan, Kincardineshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Religion 1902 
    Presbyterian 
    Residence 1902  Backdams, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    _HEIG 1902 
    5ft 8 and a quarter inches 
    _WEIG 1902 
    146 pounds 
    Physical Description Jan 1902 
    Given age 17 years 11 months, 5ft 8 and a quarter ins, 146 pounds, fresh complexion, brown eyes, red hair, Presbyterian 
    _MILT Jan 1902 
    • Signed on for six years with Gordon Highlanders
    Residence 1903 
    • Relation to Head of House: Self
    _MILT Abt 1903 
    Death 30 Oct 1914  Killed in action Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Aberdeen Evening Express 02 June 1917, p.2, reports death in 1914.
    Person ID I18313089221  NunnSuffolk
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2024 

    Father James SILVER,   b. 8 Jan 1843, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1930, James Mowat Nursing Home, Stonehaven, Fetteresso, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Ann BROWN,   b. 26 Dec 1851, Aberdeen, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1939, Ardley Tce, Stonehaven, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 13 Dec 1872  51 Hutcheon St, Aberdeen, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F660  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • When George signed up in Jan 1902, he gave his age as 17 years 11 months, but he would have been 15 years 11 months old most likely as he was aged 5 on 1891 census and 15 on 1901 census taken 31 Mar
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  • Sources 
    1. [S_1477291525] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

    2. [S_1470127850] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. Genera).
      Birth date: abt 1886
      Birth place: Maryculter, Kincardineshire
      Residence date: 1901
      Residence place: Banchory Ternan, Kincardineshire, Scotland

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      Signed on for six years. Served in Cape Town, South Africa. Gives father as James Silver at Backdams<hr>

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      1901 census for Banchory Ternan, Kincardine
      *George SILVER, servant, single, aged 15, farm servant, worker, born Maryculter, Kincardine
      *Servant in household of a Mr Douglas.
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    5. .
      1872 marriages in the district of St Nicholas in the burg of Aberdeen:
      No 358, 1872 on the thirteenth day of December at 51 Hutcheon St, Aberdeen after banns according to the forms of the established church of Scotland
      James Silver, farm servant, bachelor, aged 28, of Reinchell, parish of Fetteresso, son of Adam Silver farmer and Charlotte Silver M.S. Jamieson (deceased) and
      Ann Brown, domestic servant, spinster, aged 21, of Craigwells, parish of Fetteresso, daughter of Alexander Brown, carter, deceased, and Ann Brown M.S. Donaldson.
      Witnesses: George Malcolm, George Ross
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