Individual Details
Mary Ann AITKEN ⛵🧬
(1841 - 29 Mar 1928)
Events
| Birth | 1841 | Footdee, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Marriage | 26 Jun 1863 | 23 Ironside Court, Physic Gardens, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - Walter TAIT ⛵ | | ||
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 | 3 Devon Place, St George, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | | ||
| Immigration | 2 Oct 1885 | Ship: Waroonga, Brisbane, Queensland, Australian Colonies | | ||
| Death | 29 Mar 1928 | Wilston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||
| Burial | 31 Mar 1928 | Grave: MONUMENTAL-GP5-43A-36, Lutwyche Cemetery 418 Gympie Road, Kedron, Queensland, Australia | | ||
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Families
| Spouse | Walter TAIT ⛵ (1837 - 1902) |
| Child | Annie TAIT (1863 - ) |
| Child | Gilbert TAIT (1865 - 1932) |
| Child | Peter Aitken TAIT (1868 - 1886) |
| Child | Isabella Aitken "Belle" TAIT ⛵🧬 (1870 - 1951) |
| Child | Hellen "Nellie" TAIT (1872 - 1950) |
| Child | Frances Mary McKenzie TAIT (1875 - ) |
| Child | James Aitken TAIT (1876 - 1954) |
| Child | Margaret Anderson "Maggie" TAIT 🧬 (1878 - 1919) |
| Father | Peter AITKEN (1814 - 1860) |
| Mother | Mary Ann DONALDSON (1816 - 1885) |
Notes
Birth
Footdee is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland known locally by its Scots language name of Fittie. It is an old fishing village at the east end of the harbour. The name is actually folk etymology. Far from being "Foot of the Dee/Fit o the Dee", it is actually a corruption of a former dedication to a "St Fittick".Dianne Brown has Mary Ann born 06 Jun 1841 • Greenock West, Renfrewshire, Scotland (based on the 1841 census taken when she was 6 hours old). By 1851 census she is in Old Machar, Aberdeen.
Marriage
After Banns according to the Forms of the Evangelical Union Church.Gray's Annual Directory lists the entrance to Ironside Court as 69 Abbeyhill which is opposite the Old Physic Gardens and Queen Mary's Bath House in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Census
1881 Scotland CensusName Mary A Tait
Age 40
Estimated Birth Year abt 1841
Relationship Wife
Spouse's Name Walter Tait
Gender Female
Where born Footdee, Aberdeenshire
Registration Number 685/1
Registration district St George
Civil parish St George
County Midlothian
Address 3 Devon Place
ED 85
Household schedule number 5
Line 19
Roll cssct1881_283
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Walter Tait
44 Head
Mary A Tait 40 Wife
Annie Tait
17 Daughter
Gilbert Tait
15 Son
Peter A Tait
13 Son
Isabella Tait
10 Daughter
Helen Tait
8 Daughter
Frances M M Tait
6 Daughter
James Tait
4 Son
Margaret A Tait
2 Daughter
Immigration
Immigration Details: Landed in Brisbane on the Waroonga on 2 Oct 1885.Listed in First families 2001 as a Housewife.
Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912
Name: Mary A Tait
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1841
Place of Origin: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ship Name: Waroonga
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Port of Arrival: Brisbane
Arrival Date: 2 Oct 1885
Burial
Australia, Brisbane Burials and CremationsMary Ann Tait
Birth: 1841
Death: 1928
Age at death: 87
Service type: Burial
Burial: Mar 31 1928
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cemetery address: Gympie Road, Lutwyche 4031
Grave location: Monumental-GP5-43A-36
First Families say: Walter and Mary Ann TAIT, Peter Aitken TAIT (son), unnamed TAIT (still born) and Kenneth Edward ROSENBERG (grandson) are all buried in a unmarked grave at Lutwyche Cemetery.
Immigration
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Name: Mary A Tait
Age: 44
Birth Year: abt 1841
Place of Origin: Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ship Name: Waroonga
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Port of Arrival: Brisbane
Arrival Date: 2 Oct 1885