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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. John Andrew Usher: Birth: 23 Jan 1856 in , Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Death: 20 Apr 1878

  2. Thomas Balmer Usher: Birth: 7 Sep 1857 in , Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Death: 20 Dec 1878

  3. Robert Usher: Birth: 25 May 1860 in Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland, Newington. Death: 21 Feb 1933 in Port Said, Cairo, , Egypt

  4. Frederick Usher: Birth: 17 Dec 1862 in Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland, Newington. Death: 27 Oct 1909 in Edrom, , Berwick, Scotland

  5. Francis James Usher: Birth: 4 Jul 1864 in Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland, Newington. Death: 5 Sep 1938

  6. Agnes Stuart Usher: Birth: 28 Jul 1867 in Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland, Newington. Death: 26 Sep 1948

  7. Mary Ann Usher: Birth: 6 Nov 1868 in , Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Death: 11 Nov 1955


Sources
1. Title:   Marriage Certificate; Leadbetter, Thomas b. 1859 - Image
2. Title:   Marriage Certificate; Usher, Robert b. 1860 - Image
3. Title:   Burke's Peerage and Baronetage
Page:   USHER, Bt
Author:   Burkes
4. Title:   "Family Tree Book" (MS, cir 1900); privately held by Leslie Usher, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Edinburgh, 2010.
Page:   p. p. 106
Author:   William Neville Usher
5. Title:   Old Parish Registers
Page:   685/2/34
6. Title:   A History Of The Usher Family In Scotland
Page:   Tree Table II Table VII.
Author:   C. M. Usher
Publication:   Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1956.
7. Title:   SI
Page:   161/FN/26
Author:   Scots Origins
8. Title:   Family Tombstone John Usher (1828-1904)
Text:   TO THE MEMORY OF
 DAME MARY ANNE BALMER
 BORN 23 OCT. 1831 DIED 15 MARCH 1902
 WIFE OF
 SIR JOHN USHER OF NORTON & WELLS BART. JP. DL: LLD.
 WHO DIED 24 MARCH 1904 AGED 76
 AND OF TWO OF THEIR SONS
 JOHN ANDREW WHO DIED 20 APR. 1878 AGED 22
 AND
 THOMAS BALMER WHO DIED 20 DEC. 1878 AGED 21
  AND ALSO OF THEIR FOURTH SON
 FRED
 WHO DIED 27 OCT. 1909 AGED 47
9. Title:   "1841 Scotland Census." Database on-line.
Author:   Ancestry.com.
Publication:   Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com : 2006
Text:   Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
10. Title:   1851 Scotland Census . database on-line.
Page:   Edinburgh St Cuthbert, enumeration district (ED) 77, page 9, schedule no. 73(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Apr 2010)
Author:   Scotland.
Publication:   Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com : 2006
Text:   Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Link:   http://www.ancestry.com
11. Title:   1861 Scotland Census. database on-line.
Page:   Edinburgh St. Cuthberts (685/5), enumeration district (ED) 68, page 3, schedule no. 12(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Apr 2010)
Author:   Scotland.
Publication:   Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com : 2006
Text:   Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Link:   http://www.ancestry.com
12. Title:   1871 Scotland Census. database on-line.
Page:   Colinton (677), enumeration district (ED) 3, page 12, schedule no. 67(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Apr 2010)
Author:   Scotland.
Publication:   Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com : 2007
Text:   Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1-191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Link:   http://www.ancestry.com
13. Title:   1881 Scotland Census . database on-line.
Page:   Colinton, Midlothian (677), enumeration district (ED) 3, page 16, schedule no. 84, 2(http://www.ancestry.com : )
Author:   Scotland.
Publication:   Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com : 2007
Text:   Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Link:   http://www.ancestry.com
14. Title:   1891 Scotland Census. database on-line.
Page:   Ratho, Midlothian (698A), enumeration district (ED) 4, page 9, schedule no. 38, 5(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 Jun 2010)
Author:   Scotland.
Publication:   Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. \i Ancestry.com\i0 . http://www.ancestry.com : 2007
Text:   Original data: Scotland. 1891 Scotland Census. Reels 1-409. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Link:   http://www.ancestry.com
15. Title:   Old Parish Registers
Page:   685/2/47
16. Title:   Old Parish Registers
Page:   126/ /3
17. Title:   Marriages (Includes Index), 1849-1854 Birth Index, 1843-1854
 Parish registers, 1573-1855 Church of Scotland. St. Cuthbert's Church (Edinburgh)
Author:   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   International Genealogical Index
18. Title:   Parish registers, 1709-1854 Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Bellie
Author:   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   International Genealogical Index

Notes
a. Note:   Andrew and John carried on their fathers business, and with the assistance and advice of Sir A. Oliver Riddel of Craiglockhart, the business increased and prospered. For upwards of fifty years the firm have been sole purchasing agents of the Glenlivet Distillery. They have their own distillery at Sciennes, Edinburgh, and a large and world-embracing blending business. (1907)
  Sir John gifted an Institute of Public Health, and with his assistance a chair of Public Health was founded.
  Usher book records his death as 15 March 1902.
b. Note:   HI3154
Note:   (Research):The Scotsman
 1842 August 6
 page 1
 EDINBURGH SOUTHERN ACADEMY
 At the close of the EXAMINATIONS of the PUPILS of this ACADEMY, PRIZES were awarded to the following Young Gentlemen:
 ....
 ARITHMETIC AND GEOMETRY
 MR FERGUSON
 FIRST OR HIGHEST CLASS
 ...
 JUNIOR DIVISION [i.e. of 1st Arithmetic & Geometry Class of Mr Ferguson]
 John Usher, Dux, West Nicolson Street
 ...
  Stuart Alexander Usher tells me that he, and his son Robert Usher both died at Shepards Hotel in Cario
  Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
 1168069
 Usher, John, Sir 1828-1904
 Biography Index. A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. Volume 4: September, 1955-August, 1958. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1960. (BioIn 4)
c. Note:   see brother Thomas Usher for transcription.
d. Note:   USHERJOHNMHead43Distiller & Wine MerSt Catherine, Edinburgh USHERMARY ANNFWife38East Gordon, Berwick
 USHERJOHN ANDREWMSon15St Cuthberts, Edinburgh
 USHERTHOMASMSon13SclSt Cuthberts, Edinburgh
 USHERROBERTMSon10ScholarSt Cuthberts, Edinburgh
 USHERFREDERICKMSon8ScholarColinton, Edinburgh
 USHERFRANCES JAMESMSon6ScholarColinton, Edinburgh
 USHERAGNES STEWARTFDaughter3Colinton, Edinburgh
 USHERMARY ANNEFDaughter2Colinton, Edinburgh
 GOODALLCATHRINEFGoverness24GovernessKukcaldy, Fife
 LESLIEJANETFServant38Nurse Domestic SerDumfries, Fife
 DUNCANANNFServant19Nurse Domestic SerFochabers, Morayshire
 BIRDANNFServant29Cook Dometic SerHaddington
 WATSONMARGARETFServant22House Maid Domestic SerCawdenbeath, Fife


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