Mary Ann Coutts (later Mary Ann
Merchant)
15 July 1853
COU00025
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1853
Mary Ann Coutts, the daughter of
William Coutts and Agnes (nee Carnie) Coutts (COU00014), was born at Drumoak on 26 July 1853 and baptised on 20 August 1853 (Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929
reference OPR 189/2).
1861
1861 Census – Altries Cottage, Maryculter,
which used to be in Kincardineshire, now Aberdeenshire
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
Peterculter, Aberdeenshire
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
1876
Mary Ann Coutts must
have married Robert Merchant in about 1876.
1878
Mary Ann Merchant
was born (census).
1880
Jeanie Rae
Merchant was born (census).
1881
1881 Census – Drumoak,
Aberdeenshire
Robert Merchant, 27
Mary Merchant, 27
Mary Ann Merchant, 3
Jeanie Rae Merchant, 1
Anna Barbara Coutts, 21
Anna Coutts, 17 (Mary’s sister,
COU00028)
Jessie Lamb Mair, 18
Helen Ann Merchant
was born (census)
1882
Robert Merchant
was born (census).
1885
Edith A Merchant
was born (census).
1891
1891 Census – St Peter’s
Terrace, Peterculter
Robert Merchant, 37
Mary Ann Merchant, 37
Mary Ann Merchant, 13
Jeanie R Merchant, 11
Robert Merchant, 9
Edith A Merchant,
6
Anna H G Coutts , 7
Helen Ann
Merchant, 12
1888
Robert Merchant
was clearly a talented engineer. He created an amazing model steam engine and
plaque records that he had been an engineer at Culter Mills in 1888.
Culter
Mills Paper Company
Aberdeen’s
first successful paper mill was opened at Culter in 1750 by Bartholomew Smith,
a paper maker from England. Culter was also the longest served of Aberdeen’s
paper mills, closing in 1981. Built to take advantage of the Culter Burn the
mill prospered, providing around 60 jobs for the local community by the 1840s.
Alexander Pirie of Stoneywood took over in 1865, introducing steam powered
machinery and expanding the works. By the 1950s the mill employed about 600
people, mostly from Culter, and it’s closure was serious blow for the community.
Culter Mills
Engine for No 4 Papermaking machine
1901
1901
Census – Drumoak,
Aberdeenshire
Robert Merchant,
47
Mary D Merchant,
47
Mary D Merchant,
23
Robert Merchant,
19
Edith D Merchant,
16
Gladis H M Smith,
4
1902
Their daughter,
Mary Ann Merchant, a domestic servant and living with her parents, made an
application under the Poor Laws (Poor Law
Applications and Registers, 1818 to 1923). Their daughter had two
children born out of wedlock. The record shows that Robert Merchant was then an
engineer at the paper works and also refers to Mary Ann Coutts or Merchant.
