You have simply not been paying attention E.M Wilson (Elise Marie Alvarez).
And you are truly grasping at straws. Do you really think that humble Walter Wilson needs to drop the name of James Wilson (his 1st cousin once removed) just because there is a mention of a the words of a Corn Law Rhymer? Really?
1851 Census.. Walter Wilson listed as 28 years old (Born 1823 remember, and he was recorded as 18 years old in 1841). Recorded in 1851 as a Master Baker in Selkirk. Birthplace listed as England, as in Riddings, England, which as Walter's own words, described his birth place as being in England and a stone's throw from the border. See attached for the 1851 census and Riddings, England.
Calling him a bastard in this day and age just shows what a nasty person you are Elise. How many children these days are born out of wedlock? Are you running around New York calling them all bastards?
We are not talking about the Royal family here, just a Wilson family from Hawick, who just happened to have done well in the Hosiery and Tweed industries. And one or two of them made a name for themselves, such as James Wilson (1805-1860) "The Economist" Magazine founder, and perhaps Sir James Glenny Wilson (1849-1929) who emigrated to New Zealand from Hawick.
If Walter Wilson's problem with you, is that he was born out of wedlock, then that is your problem. You knew all this before you turned nasty on me.
Walter was a wonderful soul and much loved and respected by the people around him in Scotland and Australia.
Walter was born on the 5th of April 1823 in Riddings, England. His baptism record says his Mother is Wilhelmina Bell from Riddings (England) and that his Father is Walter Wilson (Carpenter) from Hawick (Scotland). He was baptised at Kirk Andrews Upon Esk, Cumberland, England on the 6th of April 1823. Kirk Andrews Upon Esk, Cumberland is South of Riddings, toward Carlisle (England). And likely chosen as it was the closest Presbyterian church to Riddings at the time for a Baptism.
Walter Wilson Senior (1798-1862) was known as a carpenter, a joiner and a cabinet maker at different times. He lived at 9 High Street Hawick for most of his life and retired to SilverbutHall Lodge by the time of the 1861 Census. It was another man that built the SilverbutHall mansion after W.W Seniors death. (Check the Pigots Directories, which were like a Yellow Pages of that era.)
In 1844 Walter Wilson (1823-1903) wrote in his diary of the receival of a letter from his father in Hawick (W.W Senior) and that tears flowed down his cheek when something is mentioned about a long departed soul who had in part played Mother to him. This would be referring to Janet Wilson (Gray) who died in 1829, a year or so after she gave birth to Jessie Wilson in 1828. I incorrectly called Janet as Isabella in a previous post, as W.W Snr later married another Gray by the name of Isabella.
Walter Wilson's (1823-1903) marriage record also states that his father is Walter Wilson - Cabinet Maker.
Walter Wilson's (1823-1903) Bible clearly shows his father as W.W with a place of residence in Hawick, and it clearly lists his Mother's name "Wilhelmina Bell". It clearly mentions his half siblings names including Jessie that Married G.H (George Hobkirk), and also the children that Wilhelmina had with Robert Elliot whom she married in England in 1824 from memory.
In my opinion, any references to Canonbie are mistakes, as assumptions were made that Walter was born in Scotland rather than England. I don't think people knew where such a small village of Riddings was in England, so they might have been told that it is not far from Canonbie, which is correct. But Canonbie is on the Scottish side of the border.
I shall leave you all with this poem written by Walter Wilson in 1844 when he was to leave Scotland to work in London to further his talents as a Baker. He stayed there for 5 years.
Adieu to the rapture that thrills
through the heart on the red heather heath
when the sunlight sleeps calmly above, and the loud
troubled tempest roars wildly beneath
Adieu to the birchen clad braes
where the rivulets murmur down the sweet vales
Then here’s to the hills of Caledonia
here’s to the brave heather land!
And here`s to the smile of a sweet Scottish Maid
and the grasp of a Scotsman`s hand.
Caledonia, when thee I forget
proud land of my Fathers before me
I`ll forget my best Friend, the Maid that I love
and the dear loving Mother who loves me.
Walter wrote this at age 21.
P.S Elise, you should get one of your male relatives to do a Y-DNA test like I have already done with FamilyTreeDNA.
Oh, but I forgot, none of them are talking to you are they? What about Professor Mike Wilson (Thomas Michael Aubrey Wilson)? You know, the one who visited you inside of "you know where" in 2005!
Brett
