James Gordon BISSET

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: University bookseller
• Census: 1871, St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1881, 20 Argyle Place, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1891, 71 Thistle St, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Residence: 1900, 23 Victoria St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1901, 23 Victoria St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1911, 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1921, 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Probate: 20 Nov 1947, London, England, UK

Notes:

Birth:
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Name: James Gordon Bisset Gender: Male Birth Date: 04 Nov 1854 Birthplace: MARYCULTER,KINCARDINE,SCOTLAND Father's Name: David Bisset Mother's Name: Jane Silver https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBHJ-GJM

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Census:
Staying with his sister Ellen and her husband Robert Esson and family.

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Census:
1891 Census: for 71 Thistle Street, Old Machar, Aberdeen
Source Citation: Parish: Aberdeen Old Machar; ED: 31; Page: 26; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1891_54.
Peter ADAM Head / Married / Draper 42 Male born : Monymusk
Jane ADAM Wife / Married 39 Female born : Kincardine O Neil
John P ADAM Son / Scholar 14 Male born : Glasgow
Jeanie ADAM Daughter / Scholar 11 Female born : Aberdeen
Catherine E ADAM Daughter / Scholar 9 Female born : Aberdeen
Alice M ADAM Daughter / Scholar 7 Female born : Aberdeen
James G BISSET Lodger / Bookseller 36 Male born : Maryculter
Arnold T CLARKE Lodger / Medical Student 19 Male born : Jamaica, West Indies

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Residence:
From sister Isabella's death cert

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Census:
1901 Census: at 23 Victoria Street, Aberdeen
Source Citation: Parish: Aberdeen Holburn; ED: 32; Page: 18; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1901_58.
James G BISSET Head / Married / Book Seller 46 Male born : Maryculter
Maggie BISSET Wife / Married 30 Female born : Aberdeen
Margaret J BISSET Daughter 2 Female born : Aberdeen
Helen R BISSET Daughter 1 m Female born : Aberdeen
Maggie SHERRET Servant / General Domestic Servant 24 Female born : Fetteresso
Margaret CRUICKSHANK Servant / Monthly Nurse 46 Female born : Udny

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Census:
1911 Census:at 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
8 rooms - 5 people
James G BISSET Head / Married / Bookseller 56 Male born : Maryculter
Maggie BISSET Wife / Married (14 years - 2 children both alive) 40 Female born : Aberdeen
Margaret J BISSET Daughter / Scholar 12 Female born : Aberdeen
Helen R BISSET Daughter / Scholar 10 Female born : Aberdeen
Ann GAULD Servant / Domestic Servant 24 Female born : Dyce

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Census:
1921 Census: 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
9 rooms - 5 people
James Gordon BISSET Head / Married / Bookseller 66Y 6M Male born : Maryculter
Maggie BISSET Wife / Married / HD 50Y 5M Female born : Aberdeen
Margaret J J BISSET Daughter / HD 22Y 9M Female born : Aberdeen
Helen R BISSET Daughter / Scholar 20Y 3M Female born : Aberdeen
Lizzie DUNCAN Servant / Domestic Servant 17Y 7M Female born : Ballater

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Probate:
BISSET James Gordon of Crynoch Bieldside Aberdeenshire died 12 February 1947 Confirmation of William Milne McPherson baker Gordon James Innes chartered accountant and John David Bisset timber merchant. Sealed London 20 November. Original Confirmation sealed 3 July 1947.

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Died:
James Gordon Bisset (bookseller - retired) - widower of Margaret Mcpherson Fiddes - died 12th February 1947 at 8:40pm at Crynoch, Bieldside, East Peterculter - male - aged 93 years - son of David Bisset (farmer - deceased) and Jane Bisset (ms Silver - deceased). Cause of death was acute bronchial pneumonia and cardiac failure. Informant of death was William Ferguson MB (son in law) residing at 66 Hawksley Avenue, Chesterfield.

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Aberdeen Press and Journal 14 February 1947, p4.
Death of Mr J.G.Bisset, bookseller
Known to generation of Aberdeen University students, Mr James G.Bisset, bookseller, who resided at Crynoch, Bieldside, has died.
Mr Bisset, who conducted the well-known Aberdeen business of Bisset's Bookshop, 85 Broad Street, was ninety-three* years of age.
He retired two years ago, after completing sixty-five years in the business.
A native of Maryculter, Mr Bisset made his business his great hobby in life, and he spared no efforts in meeting the needs of his customers.
Despite his years, Mr Bisset was a remarkably fit man, and it was only a fortnight ago that he became ill.
Predeceased by his wife some years ago, he is survived by a marriage daughter, Mrs H.R.Ferguson, who resides in Chesterfield.
Mr Bisset was precentor for many years in Cults East Church, of which he was senior elder.
*His birth record shows he was born November 1854 which means he would have only been 92.

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James married Margaret McPherson FIDDES on 21 Jul 1896 in Imperial Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Margaret was born on 4 Jan 1871 in Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; died on 10 May 1937 in Crynoch, Bieldside, East Peterculter, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1901, 23 Victoria St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1911, 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1921, 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Probate: 17 Apr 1945, Llandudno, Wales, UK

Notes:

Birth:
Statutory registers - Births
BISSET, MARGARET JESSIE, F, year 1898, ref 168/2 1577, at St Machar.

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Probate:
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
BISSET Margaret Jessie of Crynoch Bieldside Aberdeenshire spinster died 16 December 1944 at Aberdeen Confirmation of James Gordon Bisset university and general book seler. Sealed Llandudno 17 April.

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Died:
As per probate entry.

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Buried:
BillionGraves Index
Name: Margaret Jessie Bisset Event Type: Burial
Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom Cemetery: Springbank Cemetery Aberdeen
Latitude: 57.13294 Longitude: -2.14564
Death Date: 16 Dec 1944
Affiliate Create Date: 2016-02-09 00:04:38
Affiliate Image Identifier: 18086078
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q296-ZVFG

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1901, 23 Victoria St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1911, 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Census: 1921, 117 Hamilton Place, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
• Probate: 28 Feb 1956, London, England, UK

Notes:

Birth:
Statutory registers - Births
BISSET, HELEN ROBERTSON, F, year 1901, ref 168/2 546, at St Machar.

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Probate:
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1956
Name: Helen Robertson Ferguson Death Date: 9 Dec 1955
Death Place: Derbyshire, Derby, England Probate Date: 28 Feb 1956
Registry: London, England
Transcript:
FERGUSON Helen Robertson of The Station Hotel Chesterfield Derbyshire married woman died 9 Decmeber 1955 at The Royal Hospital Chesterfield Probate London 28 February to William Ferguson medical practitioner and Thomas Kyd Macdonald advocate. Effects £29,438 9 shillings and twopence.

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Died:
England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Helen R Ferguson Death Age: 52* Birth Date: abt 1903
Registration Date: Dec 1955 Registration district: Chesterfield Inferred County: Derbyshire
Volume: 3a Page: 135
*According to record, born 1901, so age anomaly unexplained.

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Helen married William FERGUSON in 1935 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK. William was born about 1900 in UK; died on 2 Nov 1958 in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]