John SILVER

1828 - 1901  (72 years)

• Name	John SILVER
  Birth	7 Dec 1828	Upper Wyndings, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK
  	From Fetteresso OPR James Silver farmer in Upper Wyndings had a son by wife Jean Murray b 03/10/1828 and baptised 20/10/1828 named John. Witnesses William Murray and Mrs Murray both in Grains.
  Gender	Male
  Census	1841	Upper Wyndings, Fetteresso, Scotland, UK
  Census	1871	27 Evan St, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland, UK
  	from 1871 Census: living at 27 Evan Street, Stonehaven, Kincardine John SILVER Head / Married / Merchant 42 Male born : Kincardine, Fetteresso Mary Ann SILVER Wife / Married 41 Female born : Benholm David SILVER Son / Scholar 13 Male born : Fetteresso John SILVER Son / Scholar 11 Male born : Fetteresso Mary Ann SILVER Daughter / Scholar 9 Female born : Fetteresso Helen SILVER Daughter / Scholar 7 Female born : Fetteresso James SILVER Son 5 Male born : Fetteresso William SILVER Son 2 Male born : Fetteresso Isabella Jane SILVER Daughter 8 m Female born : Fetteresso
  Census	1881	4 Ann St, Stonehaven, Scotland, UK
  	from 1881 Census: living at 4 Ann Street, Stonehaven, Fetteresso, Kincardine (Source: FHL Film 0203469 / GRO Ref Volume 258-1 / EnumDist 3 / Page 8) John SILVER Married / Head / Master Grocer, emp 2 boys 51 Male born : Fetteresso Mary A SILVER Married / Wife 50 Female born : Benholm, Kincardine Mary A SILVER Unmarried / Daughter 19 Female born : Stonehaven Helen SILVER Unmarried / Daughter 17 Female born : Stonehaven James SILVER Son / Apprentice Grocer 15 Male born : Stonehaven William SILVER Son / Scholar 12 Male born : Stonehaven Isabella J SILVER Daughter / Scholar 10 Female born : Stonehaven Eliza SILVER Daughter / Scholar 8 Female born : Stonehaven Alfred SILVER Son / Scholar 5 Male born : Stonehaven
  Census	1891	4 Ann St, Stonehaven, Scotland, UK
  	1891 census for 4 Ann Street, Stonehaven, Scotland, UK: Source Citation: Parish: Fetteresso; ED: 3; Page: 1; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1891_77. John SILVER, head, mar, aged 62, grocer & merchant, born Fetteresso, Kincardineshire Mary Ann SILVER, wife, aged 61, born Benholm, Kincardineshire Helen SILVER, dau, unm, aged 26, born Stonehaven, Kincardineshire Isabella SILVER, dau, unm, aged 20, born Stonehaven, Kincardineshire Alfred SILVER, son, unm, aged 15, apprentice grocer, born Stonehaven, Kincardineshire
  Occupation	Grocer
  Death	20 Mar 1901	4 Ann St, Stonehaven, Scotland, UK
  	1901 deaths in the district of Fetteresso, Kincardine. No 19 John SILVER (widower of May Ann Burgess). 1901 March 20th at 9.30pm at 4 Ann St, Stonehaven. Male, 72 years. Father: James SILVER, farmer, deceased. Mother: Jane SILVER M.S. Murray, deceased. Cause: Disease of the heart 18 months, paralysis, as certified by W.Burnet Leslie. Witness: David A. SILVER, son
  Burial	25 Mar 1901	Fetteresso Churchyard, Fetteresso, Scotland, UK
  	Aberdeen Journal 23 March 1901 SILVER. - At 4 Ann Street, Stonehaven, on the 20th inst., John Silver, merchant, aged 72 years. Funeral at Fetteresso Churchyard on Monday, 25th inst., at 2.30pm. Friends please accept this (the only) intimation and invitation
  Will	16 Aug 1901	Stonehaven, Scotland, UK
  	Notes on will: Personal estate of 5004 pounds 5 shillings and ninepence. Sons David A. Silver (CUlts, Aberdeen, 350 pounds) and John Silver (McVille, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA, 326 pounds) mentioned as in receipt of loans. Legacies and bequests: To daughter Agnes Murray Silver a legacy of 100 pounds sterling and also the best wardrobe; to daughter Mary Ann Silver a legacy of 100 pounds sterling and the also the chest of drawers which belonged to her late mother; to daughter Isabella Jane Silver a legacy of 150 pounds sterling and also the second wardrobe and her late mother's picture; to daughter Elizabeth Silver a legacy of 100 pounds sterling and also the piano; to son Alfred Silver a legacy of 250 pounds sterling and also my writing desk; to son David Alexander Silver my book-case; to son John Silver the rocking chair; to daughter Helen Wood Silver a legacy of 250 pounds sterling and also the remainder of the household furniture, bed and table linen, china, books, pictures and other houshold effects; to grand children Agnes May Silver and Annie Burgess Silver a legacy of five pounds sterling each; heritable properties situated in Ann St and Cameron St, Stonehaven, in favour of daughter Helen Wood Silver and Isabella Jane Silver.
  Notes	Burial Ground: Fetteresso Stone: 774 Erected by JOHN SILVER merchant Stonehaven in memory of his wife MARY ANN BURGESS d.23 Jan.1893 aged 63. His sons JAMES d.24 Sept.1890 aged 24, WILLIAM d.11 July 1892 aged 24, ALFRED d.29 Jan.1904 aged 28. (LHS) JOHN SILVER merchant Stonehaven d.20 Mar.1901 aged 72. John Silver, a prominent Stonehaven businessman, was said to have provided the author Robert Louis Stevenson with the name for his Treasure Island character Long John Silver. Stevenson wrote the novel while in Braemar and his father spent time working in Stonehaven and would have been familiar with the Silver surname, maybe even the fact that one of the Silvers spent time in the West Indies. Another explanation is the headstone of a John Silver (from Maryculter) who is buried in Edinburgh at Grayfriars which can be seen from a pub that Stevenson used to frequent
  Person ID	I3151	Warren Nunn's family tree
  Last Modified	5 May 2014

  
  

  Father	James SILVER,   b. 6 Jun 1780, Standing Stones, Maryculter, Scotland, UK d. 2 Mar 1855, Upper Wyndings, Fetteresso, Scotland, UK (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Jean MURRAY,   b. 1786, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK d. 17 May 1860, Upper Wyndings, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann BURGESS,   b. 6 Sep 1829, Benholm, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 23 Jan 1893, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1855	Montrose, Forfar, Scotland, UK
  	1855 Marriages in the Burgh of Montrose in the County of Forfar Registered by James May On the Seventh day of December 1855 at 15 India? Street Montrose Marriage (after Banns) was solemnised between us according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of Scotland John Silver (signed) Stonehaven Parish of Fetteresso Aged 27 Grocer Bachelor Born registered 7 December 1828 at Fetteresso Father James Silver farmer (deceased) Mother: Jane Silver M. S. Murray AND Mary Ann Burgess of 15 India? Street, Montrose aged 26 Domestic Servant Spinster Born: registered 6 September 1829 at Benkelin? Father: Alexander Burgess Farmer Mother: Ann Burgess M.S. Burgess Witness: Joseph Patersen Minister of Montrose, Charles? Forbes?, David Burgess
  Children	1. Agnes Murray SILVER,   b. 23 Sep 1856, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 11 Aug 1939, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 82 years)   2. David Alexander SILVER,   b. 27 Dec 1857, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 23 Jul 1933, Otago Cottage, Cults, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 75 years)   3. John SILVER,   b. 24 Jan 1860, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 20 Nov 1919, South Buffalo, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 59 years)   4. Mary Ann SILVER,   b. 29 Nov 1861, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 9 Jul 1945, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (Age 83 years)   5. Helen Wood SILVER,   b. 8 Mar 1864, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 23 Mar 1941, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (Age 77 years)   6. James SILVER,   b. 23 Jan 1866, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 24 Sep 1890, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (Age 24 years)   7. William SILVER,   b. 3 Jul 1868, Evans St, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 11 Jul 1892, 16 Urquhart St, Elgin, Forres, Moray, Scotland, UK (Age 24 years)   8. Isabella Jane SILVER,   b. 16 Jul 1870, Evans St, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 31 Jan 1949, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (Age 78 years)   9. Elizabeth SILVER,   b. 18 Aug 1872, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 18 Sep 1925, Live Oak, California, USA (Age 53 years)   10. Alfred SILVER,   b. 23 Nov 1875, 27 Evan St, Stonehaven, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 29 Jan 1904, Evan St, Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (Age 28 years)
  Family ID	F1269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2026

  
  

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