Waldie Coal Merchants

[MonicaL]

Leaving aside the obvious entries for the Waldie coal merchants family lines and looking purely at potential David Waldies in the age group to be your James's father, I have found this entry in 1841....the address is interesting  . Everyone showing as born in the county:

John Waldie    45, quarrier
Mary Waldie    45
David Waldie    20, carter
Laing Waldie    15
Mary Waldie    13
William Waldie    10
Andrew Waldie    3

Address: Village Water Of Leith Dam Side, Edinburgh St Cuthbert's

Monica

[MonicaL]

This looks like David Waldie and Janet Cook in 1851. Everyone showing as born in Edinburgh except Janet:

David Waldie    30, Carter (distillery)
Janet Cook Waldie 27, b. Lach Gilly, Fife
Isabella Waldie 2
Mary Waldie 8 Mo
William Williamson 2 Mo, newphew

Address: Bells Mills, Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Only two children's entries show on IGI:

1. ELIZABETH WALDIE Birth: 09 JUL 1848 Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
2. MARY ANN LAING WALDIE   Christening: 08 SEP 1850 Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Monica

Added: Cannot see any trace of this family either after 1851 census.


   

[MonicaL]

One more child showing to David and Janet Cook from SP's OPR index:


26/09/1852   WALDIE   JOHN   DAVID WALDIE/JANE COOK FR9619   M   St Cuthbert's    EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN   685/002 0360 0702

Monica

[tidybooks]

    Re: Waldie Coal Merchants
« Reply #16 on: Yesterday at 20:27:11 »   

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From the 1881 Census, James widower of Amelia has now remarried to Catherine Charlotte:

James Waldie    47, Coal Merchant, b. Edinburgh
Catherine C Waldie 40, b. Ireland
Catherine A Waldie 5
Bessie B Waldie 2
David Waldie    8 Mo
Annie A Rennie    13, niece b. Glasgow (connecting to the Glasgow family that James Francis is with in 1881)
Barbra Shields    16, niece, b. ireland

Address: 9 Laverock Bk R ''The Grove'', Leith North

I think I have been in this house 9 Laverock Bank Grove, in Newhaven , right next door to Starbank Park, it was an upper terraced house which had a view over FIrth of Forth. I used to have a girl freind who stayed there, the father's names was Frank Luke. Talk about a small world.

Another thing, I can recollect a company name around Haymarket Station yards in Edinburgh, as Bruce Lyndsay Waldie. I wonder if this coal merchants business was connected too.

Tom


 

[MonicaL]

Small world indeed Tom 

Karen, you might find this site interesting, including photos and maps of the Water of Leith area www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_a_o/0_around_edinburgh_-_water_of_leith.htm

For a definite description of the Water of Leith and more photos:

Flowing from Harperrig Reservoir in the Pentland Hills, the Water of Leith journeys north east for 18 miles (29 km) through West Lothian and the City of Edinburgh before flowing into the Firth of Forth at Leith. The river has provided power for a succession of mills dating back to at least the 13th Century At their peak there were more than 100 and these included meal, corn and paper mills at Balerno, paper and snuff mills at Currie, a grain mill which still operates at Juniper Green, a sawmill at Colinton and further mills at Stenhouse, Dean Village, Canonmills (where the river is known as the Puddocky Burn) Bonnington and Leith. These mills, along with sewage which entered the river, brought significant pollution, a problem which persisted into the 20th C.

The Water of Leith runs through steep post-glacial gorges at Colinton and Dean, which cut through sedimentary rocks of Lower Carboniferous age. The Water of Leith walkway was first recognised for its amenity value in 1949, but was not formally instituted until 1973. Today it forms a picturesque and tranquil route for 13 miles (21 km) through the city.


Source: www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst2805.html

Regards.

Monica

[mrs magoo]

i just remembered one of james and naomis children had the name cook, Ethel Temarama cook waldie ,mum and i had a feeling because of captain cook, just wanted the name there, but if james mum was janet cook this would make sense, as all naoimi glibert side did this, brought maiden names in.
i have some looking to do into your replies thankyou.
mrs magoo

[J.J.]

Yay Monica!Looks good...
IGI extracted marriage http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
David Waldie & Janet Cook... June 6th 1847 Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh

Here's a really old David, Leith, in case he turns out to be an ancestor in your line....(1569!)  J.J.

mrs magoo ...may want to post other siblings for Ethel Temarama cook waldie as well!

[J.J.]

Monica...did you notice we just got more stars and a new silly title? heehee
That is weird...because I just noticed mine and then just now I noticed you are nearly the same amount   J.J.

Mrs. Magoo, I see many of the children listed as submissions on the IGI...
Your Ethel not included...The second born was Elizabeth Janet Waldie...

David's middle name Hannibal was used a lot in England, according to IGI, and elsewhere, but not in Scotland of note, so perhaps was from Naomi's side of the family...

[mrs magoo]

all waldie children born nz james and naomi -parents

david hannibal b. 6th july 1877
elizabeth janet    b1878
gilbert waldie      oct 10 1880
james william      feb 6  1882 d. 1946
robert                 sept 5  1883
jessie naomi       30 oct  1885
mable jane          25 june 1888
kate  mariana     8 may   1892
ethel temarama cook      feb 19 1894
margaret blanche           4 aug 1895 d 8 june 1969(grandma)

hannibal gilbert and elizabeth congdon parents to naomi
some of the waldie children were named after naomi's siblings.
like mariana.
i think we are getting somewhere.
karen