
John MASTERTON
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Name John MASTERTON [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Birth 12 Dec 1837 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Gender Male Occupation Coal drawer (1851), Coal Miner (1858, 1872), General Labourer (1858), Pit oversman (1890), Colliery Contractor, Colliery Under-manager [3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] Census 1841 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
[13, 14] - aged 5
Census 1851 8 Rumblingwell, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
[9] - aged 13, "Mastertown"
Census 1861 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
[13] - aged 22
Census 1881 35 Main Street, Beath, Fife, Scotland
[15] - Aged 43
Census 1891 41 New Rows, Lassodie, Beath, Fife, Scotland
[12, 13] - aged 53, widr
Census 1901 Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
[13] - aged 62, possible
Cause of Death Senile debility 2 years as cert by R P Hall Blackstock LRCPE [8] Death 10 Apr 1908 7 Bartleferry Park, Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Scotland
[8, 10, 13, 16] - aged 70, widower
Person ID I700 Mastertons from Cramond Last Modified 26 Aug 2024
Father George MASTERTON, b. 14 Aug 1808, Blackhall, Parish of Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland
d. 2 Oct 1849, Rumblingwell, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
(Age 41 years) Mother Frances (Fanny) or Ann SHAW, b. 23 Jan 1809, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
d. 9 Dec 1897, Castle Row, Milesmark, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
(Age 88 years) Marriage 12 Jan 1831 St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh
[17, 18] - or George Masterson m Ann Shaw Dunfermline abt 1830?

George Masterton and Fanny Shaw marriage
12 January 1831 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, ScotlandNotes - Married by Reverend James Scott, Minister of the Relief Congregation, Cowgate, Edinburgh Usual residence: George Masterton - Blackhall Fanny Shaw - 2A, Downie Place, Edinburgh
Family ID F440 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ann (Fanny) BOWMAN, b. Bef 28 Jun 1837, Dysart, Fife, Scotland
d. 17 Feb 1887, Lassodie, Beath, Fife, Scotland
(Age > 49 years) Marriage 26 Jun 1858 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
[10, 11, 19] - Reform Street

John Masterton and Ann Bowman marriage 1858
26 June 1858, Dunfermline, Fife, ScotlandNotes - marriage after banns was solemnized between us according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland usual residence - John Masterton, Baldridgeburn, Dunfermline Ann Bowman, Baldridgeburn, Dunfermline witnesses Christian Robertson Thomas Bowman, laourer
Children 1. George MASTERTON, b. 16 Aug 1858, Baldridgeburn, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
d. 7 Jan 1882, Beath, Lassodie, Fife, Scotland
(Age 23 years)2. Margaret MASTERTON, b. 25 Jun 1860, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
d. 1 Nov 1934, Inveresk, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
(Age 74 years)3. Frances MASTERTON, b. 2 Jan 1863, Lassodie Colliery, Beath, Fife, Scotland
d. 17 Apr 1882, Beath, Fife, Scotland
(Age 19 years)4. Elizabeth MASTERTON, b. 15 Apr 1865, Lassodie, Fife, Scotland 
5. Ann MASTERTON, b. 8 Aug 1867, Beath, Fife, Scotland
d. 29 Jan 1869, Beath, Fife, Scotland
(Age 1 year)6. John MASTERTON, b. 23 Dec 1869, Beath, Fife, Scotland
d. 12 Apr 1934, Belvidere Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland
(Age 64 years)7. James MASTERTON, b. 29 Mar 1872, Baldridgeburn, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
d. 21 May 1882, Beath, Fife, Scotland
(Age 10 years)8. Alexander MASTERTON, b. 8 Sep 1874, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
d. 30 Sep 1935, 25 South Square, Wellwood, Fife, Scotland
(Age 61 years)9. Jane (Jeanie) MASTERTON, b. 11 Mar 1877, Beath, Fife, Scotland
d. 25 Feb 1936, Lasswade, Midlothian, Fife, Scotland
(Age 58 years)10. Thomas MASTERTON, b. 3 Aug 1879, Beath, Fife, Scotland
d. 2 Dec 1881, Beath, Fife, Scotland
(Age 2 years)Family ID F498 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Jan 2022
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Notes - informant of wife's death 1887. informant of death Robert Peggie, son-in-law
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Sources - [S119] George Masterton & Janet Logan marriage certificate.
- [S127] Alexander Masterton death certificate.
- [S158] Ann Masterton death certificate.
- [S166] John Masterton death certificate.
- [S71] George Masterton birth certificate.
- [S76] Frances Masterton birth cert.
- [S109] John Masterton & Annie Currie marriage certificate.
- [S191] John Masterton death certificate.
- [S195] 1851 Census.
- [S57] James Masterton birth cert.
- [S58] John Masterton & Ann Bowman marriage cert.
- [S67] 1891 UK Census.
- [S100] General Registers of Scotland, scotlandspeople.
- [S49] 1841 Census.
- [S41] 1881 Census.
- [S51] James Masterton & Catherine Hutchison Marriage Cert.
- [S40] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
- [S52] George Masterton & Fanny Shaw Marriage Cert.
- [S76] Frances Masterton birth cert.
has marriage date as 15 Aug 1858
- [S119] George Masterton & Janet Logan marriage certificate.
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