22 September 1870
to 24 January 1937
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A mason of Aberdeen.
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1870
Thomas
Gordon Coutts, the son of George Coutts and Dorothea (nee Gordon) Coutts (COU00022),
was born at New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire on 22 September 1870 (Scotland Births and Marriages).
Pitsligo was a coastal parish in the historic county of
Aberdeenshire, Scotland, containing the fishing villages of Rosehearty,
Pittulie and Sandhaven, 6
km west of Fraserburgh. Its name is derived from the Gaelic Peit
Shligeach, meaning "portion of land
abounding in shells". The parish was established on 28 June 1633, from
parts of the existing parishes of Aberdour, Fraserburgh and Tyrie. Pitsligo
Castle dates from the 15th century.
Old Pitsligo Church, known locally as the Rathill
or Peathill Kirk, dates to 1632. Its loft, described
by Charles McKean as "magnificent", was added two years later. It was
later moved and installed in the Hill Church of Rosehearty.
The church was constructed after Pitsligo seceded from the parish of Aberdour.
It is believed the split occurred after a minister "ranted in a
sermon" about the "three Pits of Hell", namely Pittulie, Pittendrum and
Pitsligo.
New Pitsligo lies inland, about 10 km southwest of Fraserburgh.
By 1864, the village had just under two thousand inhabitants; as of 2006, it
was 907. Pitsligo was an area originally owned by the Lords Pitsligo, however
after the Jacobite rising of 1745 these lands were forfeited because of the
last Lord's support for the losing side. Part of the estate eventually passed
to William Forbes of Monymusk who founded the village
of New Pitsligo on the site of the existing hamlet of Cyaak.
The boundaries of the original hamlet run roughly from the woods, where the
small stream runs through the village, north towards the Fraserburgh end of the
village. However now the village as a whole is referred under this name.
1871
1871 Census –
Lane House, High Street, New Pitsligo
George
Coutts, 60, Shepherd
Dorrethia Coutts, 33
Bathia
Coutts, 3
Thomas
Coutts, 6 Months
1881
1881 census – 32
Low Street, New Pitsligo
Dorothy
Coutts, 42
Bathia
Coutts, 13
Thomas
Coutts, 10, scholar
James
Tulloch, 9
George
Coutts was working as an agricultural worker at Boddam,
Insch, Aberdeenshire.
1891
1891 census – 33
Low Street, New Pitsligo
Dorothy
Coutts, 52
Thomas
Coutts, 20, apprentice mason
1900
Thomas
Coutts married Margaret Mess perhaps in about 1900. In 1891, Margaret Mess was
a scholar living at St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire.
1901
1901 census – 54
Rosemount Viaduct, St Machar, Aberdeen
Thomas
G Coutts, 30, mason
Maggie
Coutts, 21
1911
1911 Census – 53
Erskine Street, St Machar, North Aberdeen
Thomas
G Coutts, 40,
mason, building
Margaret
M Coutts, 31
Violet
Coutts, 8, school
Thomas
Coutts, 6, school
Margaret
Coutts 3
1921 census – 53
Erskine Street, St Machar, North Aberdeen
Thomas G Coutts, 50,
mason, building
Margaret Coutts, 41
Violet Coutts, 18 years and 5 months, shop
assistant at Watt & Grant, Drapers
Thomas Coutts, 16 years 7 months, school,
Assistant Chemist, Boots Drugstore
Margaret Coutts, 13, scholar
1926
Thomas
G Coutts lived at 17 Lilybank Place, Aberdeen (electoral register).
1935
Aunt Peg Coutts
(later Duncan), Thomas Gordon Coutts (“Grandfather”)(COU00020), Maggie Mess (“Grandma”), Thomas Coutts (COU00002), Aunt Violet (“Vi”) (later McAndrew)
in about 1935
1937
Thomas Gordon Coutts
died on 24 January 1937 (Billion Graves Index).
I know very little about my grandfather who died on Jan 24th. He is buried at Allenvale
Cemetery in Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen Press and Journal, 25 January 1937)
1969
Maggie Coutts
died in Aberdeen in 1969.