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 1805 - 1875 (69 years)
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| Name |
Alexander Thomson COLSTON |
| Birth |
16 Nov 1805 |
Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland  [1] |
| Christening |
2 Dec 1805 |
Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
6 Jun 1841 |
Aberdeen, Scotland [2] |
- Union Street
«b»1) COLSTON Alexander M 35, Teacher Of Music, born outside Census County «/b»
2) COLSTON Helen F 30, Dressmaker, born Aberdeenshire
3) TAYLOR Robert M 40 Music Seller, born outside Census County
4) DAVIDSON Jane F 25 Female Servant, born outside Census County
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| Census |
31 Mar 1851 |
Aberdeen, Scotland [3] |
- 11 Diamond St
«b»1) COLSTON Alexander, head, married, M 45, Teacher Of Music, born Duddingston, Midlothian«/b»
2) COLSTON Helen, wife, married, F 43, Dressmaker, born Inverury, Aberdeenshire
3) MORRISON Jessie, niece, unmarried, F 19, Dressmaker, born Alford, Aberdeenshire
4) MORRISON Mary, niece, unmarried, F 16, Dressmaker, born Alford, Aberdeenshire
5) TAYLOR Ann, servant, unmarried F 17, Domestic Servant, born Tarves, Aberdeenshire
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| Census |
7 Apr 1861 |
Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire, Scotland [4] |
- Woodbine Cottage
«b»1) Alexander Colston, head, married, 55, Teacher of Music, Farm of 14 acres, born Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland«/b»
2) Ann Burness, servant, unmarried, 19, Domestic Servant, born Banchory Devenick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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| Death |
8 Feb 1875 |
Aberdeen, Scotland [5, 6] |
| Cause: Congestion of Lungs |
- At Woodbine Cottage, Cults, on the 8th inst., ALEXANDER COLSTON, aged 69 years. Friends will please accept of this intimation.
1875 Deaths in the Parish of Peterculter in the County of Aberdeen
No. 4; Alexander Colston (Farmer), (married to Helen Morrison), died 1875, February Eighth at 7h 15m pm at Woodbine, Parish of Peterculter, male, age 69 years. Parents: James Colston, Contractor, (Deceased) & Mary Colston ms Cunningham (Deceased). Cause of Death: Congestion of Lungs, as certified by James Moir, Surgeon. Informant: Hellen Taylor, Nurse. Registered 1875, February 10th at Peterculter by John Smith, Registrar.
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| Obituary |
10 Feb 1875 |
Aberdeen, Scotland [7] |
| Aberdeen Journal |
DEATH OF MR ALEXANDER COLSTON – This well-known gentleman died at his residence, Bieldside, on Monday last, in his sixty-ninth year. Mr Colston came to Aberdeen about 1830, having been appointed precentor of the West Church – an office which he held till 1855, discharging his duties faithfully and acceptably. During his incumbency, he had in the choir, at various times, not a few of the gentlemen who afterwards became precentors in the city and neighbourhood, and who have since taken an active interest in the promotion of psalmorly amongst us. By these gentlemen, as indeed by all his old pupils, deceased was much respected, for he had a kind heart and an obliging nature. Mr Colston was a native of Edinburgh, where he held a situation similar to that he came to fill here. He had, say thirty years ago, a tenor voice of great range and power, and having received lessons in his early days from Mr John Wilson, who became the famous exponent of our Scottish songs, knew how to use it with effect. Mr Colston was for many years teacher of music in Gordon's Hospital, and indeed taught in some of our educational institutions till within a fortnight past.
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| Obituary |
1906 [8] |
| Reporting Reminiscences |
1875 ABERDEEN REMINISCENCES, WEST CHURCH PSALMODY
Alexander Colston, the buirdly retired precentor of the West Parish Kirk, was no more seen : he departed in his seventy-second year. He came from Leith, possessed a full baritone voice, was a mason, and had been a pupil of John Wilson, the first of Scottish vocalists. The new precentor could sing a capital song, and was popular at public dinners, but did not perplex himself about psalmody : its time was not yet. He taught the "Sillerton loons" music, and they led him a sad life. Several of them sang in the West Kirk choir when I was a member of the body -- 1843. I once got into disrespect with Colston through a silly bit of pencil work. The choir observed that our Benedict leader was much attracted by a bonny young servant-maid who attended the church, and they wickedly were the cause of putting the following lines from A Lay of the Laterom into our precentor's mouth. The name of the fair one (I knew her well) was Helen Ord.
Aye in the kirk I think on her
When weel my choir doth chord ;
For a' that's sweet in harmonie
Combines in Helen Ord.
And if the line within the psalm
By chance should end wi' " Lord,*'
I grip the L atween my teeth.
And only murmur -- " Ord ".
Colston was an honest, a good-hearted man, to whom fortune was not over-kind, and I had the opportunity of being of some service to him as the end drew near. What a fine manly appearance he had when leading the psalmody from the lateran.
[Definition of buirdly:
adjective: muscular and heavily built
Example: "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"]
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| Occupation |
Music teacher |
- This was the occupation given on the census in 1841, 1851 and 1861
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| FamilySearch ID |
MG68-GDC |
| FamilySearch link |
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MG68-GDC |
| Notes |
- In a letter to his nephew, William Edward Colston in Australia in 1872, he says he has a small farm within five miles of the city of Aberdeen and his rent is three pounds the acre. He gives his address as Woodbine Cottage, Bielside, Cults, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
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| Person ID |
I464 |
Colston & Wenck families in Australia |
| Last Modified |
25 Mar 2022 |
| Father |
James COLSTON, b. Abt 1778, Scotland d. Jun 1826, Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 48 years) |
| Mother |
Mary CUNNINGHAM, b. Abt 1774, Scotland d. Mar 1826, Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Nov 1797 |
South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Family ID |
F6 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Helen MORRISON, b. 4 Sep 1807, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 23 Jun 1885, Aberdeen, Scotland (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
30 Apr 1835 |
Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [9] |
| Family ID |
F10 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
17 Jul 2008 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 16 Nov 1805 - Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland |
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| Christening - 2 Dec 1805 - Duddingston, Midlothian, Scotland |
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 | Marriage - 30 Apr 1835 - Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
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 | Census - 6 Jun 1841 - Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| Census - 31 Mar 1851 - Aberdeen, Scotland |
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 | Census - 7 Apr 1861 - Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire, Scotland |
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| Death - Cause: Congestion of Lungs - 8 Feb 1875 - Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| Obituary - Aberdeen Journal - 10 Feb 1875 - Aberdeen, Scotland |
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| Sources |
- [S151] Old Parochial Records, Midlothian. Film 1066683 (V3. Baptisms 1781-1819 Duddingston, Scotland), 1805 page 90.
- [S247] FreeCEN 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line], (http://www.freecen.org.uk), Piece: SCT1841/168, folio 3, page 1, ED 2, Aberdeen Burgh-Aberdeenshire.
- [S248] FreeCEN 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line], (http://www.freecen.org.uk), Piece: SCT1851/168, folio 140, page 34, ED 21, Aberdeen Burgh-Aberdeenshire.
- [S764] Scotland 1861 Census, (findmypast.com), Parish: Banchory Devenick; ED: 4; Page: 10; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1861_34 Household of Alexander Colston.
- [S759] The Buffalo News, (http://buffalonews.com/), Death notice, page 5, 10 February 1875.
- [S766] Ancestry Message Boards, (http://boards.ancestry.com.au/), Message Boards > Surnames > Colston > Alexander Colston (Edinburgh & Aberdeen, Scotland).
- [S1069] The Aberdeen Jounal, (Aberdeen, Scotland), Obituary, 10 Feb 1875.
- [S767] Carnie, William, Reporting Reminiscences, 1906. Vol. 2., (Reprint. London: Forgotten Books, 2013. 144-5. Print.
http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Reporting_Reminiscences_1906_v2_1000728103/145), 1875 ABERDEEN REMINISCENCES, WEST CHURCH PSALMODY.
- [S5] International Genealogical Index [IGI], (FamilySearch), FHL Film 6901059.
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