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Drumoak, Aberdeenshire
1829
William
Coutts, the son of William Coutts and Ann (nee Reith) Coutts (COU00015),
was born at Drumoak, Aberdeen on 24 August 1829 (Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929, Archive
Reference OPR 189/2).
Drumoak, Peterculter, Aberdeen and Kirkton of Maryculter
1841
William Coutts father had died in 1835, but his mother Ann was
still alive.
He could have been staying with another part of the family (though it is odd he didn’t stay with
his mother):
1841 Census – Old
Machar, Aberdeenshire
Alexr
Coutts, 35 (an uncle perhaps?)
Elizabeth
Coutts, 35
Isabel
Coutts, 15
Ann
Coutts, 15
Alexander
Coutts, 14
William
Coutts, 12
James
Coutts, 10
Elizabeth
Coutts, 9
Margaret
Coutts, 7
John
Coutts, 5
Francis
Coutts, 3
Isobel
Shepherd, 60
Alternatively:
1841 Census – Hillbrae, Echt, Aberdeenshire
William
Coutts, 11
was living with the Law family
The
other possibility is that he did remain with his mother, Ann, but the age of
this William doesn’t work:
1841 Census – Drumoak
By 1841, Ann was a crofter but this William,
then about 20, a shoemaker, is too old.
1851
1851 Census – Drumoak, May, Aberdeenshire
William
Coutts, 21, born in Drumoak, was a farm labourer with
Henry Grant, the farm overseer
William Coutts married Agnes Carnie at Drumoak, Aberdeen on 22 January 1853 (Scotland, Parish Marriages & Banns 1561-1893).
Agnes Gibbon Carnie was the daughter of James
Carnie (b 1790) and Mary (nee Bisset) Carnie (1790 to 1879), and was baptised
at Echt, Aberdeen on 7 November 1829.
Mary Ann Coutts (COU00025)
was born at Drumoak on 26 July 1853.
1856
Agnes Barbara Coutts was born on
29 January 1856 and died on 22 March 1856, aged 7 weeks (Drumoak PR).
William Coutts was an agricultural labourer at the time.
Kincardineshire (but this could be an error
for Maryculter)
1857
William Coutts (COU00026) was born in
Kincardineshire on 3 December 1857.
Agnes B Coutts (COU00027) was born in
Kincardineshire in about 1860.
1861
1861 Census – Altries Cottage, Maryculter,
Kincardineshire
William Coutts, 37, Ground Officer
Agnes G Coutts, 31, Ground Officer’s wife
Mary A Coutts, 7, scholar, born Drumoak, Aberdeenshire
William Coutts, 3, born Kincardineshire
Agnes B Coutts, 1, born Kincardineshire
Anna H G Coutts (COU00028) was born.
Arthur Farquhar Coutts (COU00029) was
born on 1 January 1866.
Sarah Murray Coutts (COU00030) was
born on 24 April 1868.
John Coutts (COU00031) was born in about 1870 but died in infancy.
1871 Census – Mains of Murtle, Peterculter, Aberdeenshire
William
Coutts was a farm servant, aged 41
1871 census – Kirktown, Maryculter
(there’s a suggestion Maryculter is in Kincardeshire, but there is also Maryculter
near Peterculter which is more likely)
Agnes
C Coutts 41, farm servant’s wife
Mary
A Coutts 17
William
Coutts 13
Agnes
B Coutts 11
Anna
H G Coutts 7
Arthur
F Coutts 5
Sarah
M Coutts 2
1872
Agnes
Gibbon Carnie died in or about 1872 at Maryculter.
William
Coutts married Mary Harper at Peterculter, Aberdeen on 23 November 1873 (Scotland, Modern And Civil Marriages 1855-2019).
Mary
Harper, daughter of Alexander Harper (1827 to 1907) and Ann (nee Tocher)
Harper (1829 to 1888), was born in about 1851 at Inverkeithny,
Banffshire and was brought up there.
Elizabeth
Coutts (COU00007) was born in about 1873.
Alexander (“Alex”) H Coutts (COU00008) was born on 18 December 1873. He
died aged 23.
Elsie Jane Coutts (COU00009) was born on 20 November 1876.
George Duncan Coutts (COU00010) was born in 1878.
1880
Robert
Merchant Coutts (COU00006)
was born in 1880.
1881
1881 Census – Rubislaw Road, Old Machar, Aberdeen
William Coutts, 52, gardener
Mary Coutts, 30
Arthur F Coutts, 15, unmarried, assistant
gardener
Sarah M Coutts, 12, Scholar
Alexander H Coutts, 7, Scholar
Elsie Jane Coutts , 5
George D Coutts, 3
Robert M Coutts , 1
Jane Mann ,
41
Emily Lawson, 27
James Reith (“Jim”) Coutts (COU00011) was born in 1883.
John George Dingwall (“Dingwall”) Coutts (COU00012) was born on 30 June 1884.
Stewart Coutts (COU00013) was born in 1886.
1887
William’s second
wife, Mary Coutts died on 22 April 1887 at Johnston Lodge, Rubislaw,
Aberdeenshire (source uncertain but consistent with
1891 census).
It was probably
at about this time that William Coutts living at Johnston Lodge, laid out a
rather splendid garden at Johnston House, which is now a park called Johnston
Gardens, west of the junction of Anderson Drive and Queens Road.
Johnston
Gardens is now a park which used to belong to the Johnston House estate but was
gifted to the city in 1936. This beautiful landscaped garden boasts streams,
ponds, waterfalls, rockeries and a picturesque bridge.
1891 Census – 9 Nellfield
Place, Old Machar, Aberdeen
William Coutts, 61, gardener, widower
Elsie J Coutts, 15, general servant
Robert M Coutts , 11, scholar
James R Coutts, 8, scholar
John G D Coutts, 6, scholar
Stewart Coutts, 5, scholar
Ann Deans, 81
1901
1901
census – 261 Union Grove, St Machar, Aberdeen
William Coutts,
72
Elsie J Coutts,
25, housekeeper
George D Coutts , 23, grocer
Robert M Coutts , 21
James R Coutts,
18
William Coutts with their family in about 1904
It is thought they are, from left, Robert
Coutts, Stewart Coutts, Elsie Coutts, George Coutts, William Coutts himself,
Dingwall Coutts and Jim Coutts.
1911 Census – Devenicks
Cottage, Cults, Peterculter
William Coutts, retired gardener, 81, widower
Arthur F Coutts, 45, shoemaker, widower
Elsie J Coutts, 35
Three boarders
1916
William Coutts
died on 14 July 1916, aged 87 (Aberdeen Evening
Express, 15 July 1916, Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 21 July 1916).
The reference to his daughter is
probably to Mary Ann (nee Coutts) Merchant (COU00025) as Sarah Murray (nee Coutts) Merchant (COU00030) emigrated to
Canada.