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THE WEDDERBURNS IN ABERDEENSHIRE. 489
Sect. VI. — William Wedderbum in Banchory, co. Kincardine, and his descendants in London, Part VI.
and in Kent, 1 1780-90. Caap ' "•
William Wedderbum [1780 — 1843], is said to have been born in Upper Banchory, co. Kincardine,
in 1780, and to have entered the army. He died at 28, Marsham Street, Westminster, 7 Jane 1843,
£et. 63, the certificate of death describing him as " army pensioner, local militia, late sergeant ; out
pensioner of Chelsea Hospital," and adding "Sarah Wedderbum informs." 3
He married, probably about 1805, Hannah Miller of Cambridge, and by her (born 1781, died
3 Feb. 1878, at Ashford, Kent, aet. 97), had issue (besides a daughter, Hannah, of whom I have no
particulars), four sons, viz : —
1. William Wedderbum, who eutered the army. He died unmarried.
2. John Wedderbum, see below.
3. Joseph Wedderbum, born in 1809. He became lunatic, and died in the Uxbridge County Asylum
14 July 1852, aet. 43. He was married, but had no issue.
4. Christopher Stewart Wedderbum, born 29 Oct. 1813. He entered the police force, and became
an inspector of police (1840), but afterwards was in the service of the South Eastern Railway
Company, and was for many years station master at Ashford, co. Kent. He died at 40, Freegrove
Road, Islington, 20 Oct. 1882, leaving a will proved by his son in London 7 March 1S83 (L.W. 46).
He had married at S. George's, Hauover Square, 27 Sept. 1839, Maria Wells, daughter of
William Wells, of Lower Grosvenor Street, London, saddler, and by her (born 1818, died at
Ashford 13 June 1856) had issue one son and sis daughters, viz.,
Christopher William Wedderbum, born at Marden, co. Kent, 7 June 1846, afterwards
proprietor of the West Cliff Hotel, Folkestone, and later of the Brunswick Hotel,
Jermyn Street, London. He married at Tuubridge parish church, 26 April 1871,
Elizabeth Ann, daughter to William Farrance, and by her (born 25 May 1848, died in
London 19 Aug. 1892) had issue an only child, Christopher Farrance Wedderbum,
born at Folkestone, 25 May 1880,
and
1. Emma, born 12 June 1839 at 36, George Street, Marylebone; married 4 May 186S, at West
Ashford parish church, Harry Willard, architect, of Sydenham, and later of Tunbridge
Wells. 2. Mary Ann, born 24 Oct. 1840 at Leigh, Sevenoaks ; died in the parish of
S. Olave, London, 9 July 1883, set. 43, unmarried. (The death certificate gives her age
wrongly as 41.) 3. Maria, born at Drum Lane, Ashford, 28 March 1842, aud died there
the nest day. 4. Caroline, born 21 June 1848 at Ashford ; married, at Hounslow
parish church 16 Nov. 1 870, Augustus Brown, of Gravesend. 5. Jane, born 13 Feb. 1S51
at Ashford. 6. Alice, born 21 Jan. 1854 at Ashford; married there 15 May 1877 William
James Tucker, widower, of Clevedon, co. Somerset, son to Captain Charles Tucker.
John Wedderbum [1807-8 — 1870], eldest surviving son of William Wedderbum and Hannah
Miller, was born 1807-8, and died suddenly in London 22 March 1870. He carried on business in Black-
friars. He married at S. Martin's-in-the- Fields, London, about 1826—1831, Hannah Trowbridge, and
by her (born 1806 and died in London 20 Oct. I860, set. 54), had issue :— 1, William Wedderbum.
See below ; 2, Alfred Wedderbum, born 1842, and died at Poplar of consumption 18 April 1866, un-
married ; and 1, Anna, b. 1832 ; 2, Eliza Frederica, born 1837, married at S. Andrew's, Holborn,
25 Dec. 1859, Isaac Hopes. Living 1S91; 3, Emily, born at Blackfriars 26 June 1844. Living unmarried
1891 : 4, Clara, born at Blackfriars 13 June 1846, married /. Evans. Living 1891.
■William Wedderbum, only surviving son of John Wedderbum and Hannah Trowbridge, was born
1839-40. He has (from 1858 on) been employed in the General Post Office, and siuce 1887 has been chief
clerk at the Charing Cross Branch. Living 1891, at 27, Chaucer Road, Heme Hill, S.E.
He married, i, at Holy Trinity Church, Holborn, 26 Aug. 1861, Eleanor Hughes, daughter of David
Hughes, and by her (who died at 44, Courland Grove, Clapham, 13 Sept. 1878) had issue, of whom
later ; ii, at S. Matthew's, Newington, 25 March 1883, Jane Tytherleigh, daughter of Thomas Tyther-
leigh, by whom he has no issue. His children by his first marriage are three sons and three daughters,
viz. : — 1, Frederick William "Wedderbum, see below ; 2, Alfred John David Wedderbum, born at
Wandsworth 21 May 1866 ; 3, William Wedderbum, born at Wandsworth, 19 Dec. 1871 ; and 1,
Emily Annie, born in S. George's, Southwark, 11 July 1863, married at S. Jude's Church, Lambeth,
2 July 1887, Harry Charles l'yne, of London ; 2. Eleanor Emma, bom at Wandsworth, 13 Dee.
1865, died at 127, Shakspeare Road, Lambeth, 28 Aug. 1886, unmarried ; 3, Nellie, born at Wands-
worth, 5 July 1867.
1 This account is compiled from information supplied by Christopher Stewart Wedderbum, who said that
he believed his father had two brothers, one of them a stone-mason in Aberdeen ; by Christopher
William, his sou ; and by William Wedderbum (born 1840). It has also been verified by reference
to the certificates in the Registrar- General's Office at Somerset House.
2 Christopher Stewart Wedderbum could only tell me that his father was born in Banchory, entered in
the army, and died in Westminster about 1850. As to his birth there is no entry of his baptism in
the parish registers of Banchory Devenick or Banchory Ternan. The former have been searched from
1713 — 1800, but contain no mention of the name ; the latter have also been searched, 1670 — 18S0,
and contain an entry of the baptism, 23 May 1706, of John Wedderbum, sou to William
Wedderbum in Buss, and of the baptisms of the three daughters of James Wedderbum at
Inchmarlo and his wife, Isabell Forbes (see ante, p. 486). There are, however, some blanks in those
registers ; and William may be a son of James at Inchmarlo. As to his death, there can, however,
be no doubt that he is identical with the William Wedderbum who died at Marsham Street. The
note in the certificate, "Sarah Wedderbum informs," i.e., informs the registrar of the death, is
probably an error for " Hannah" Wedderbum, the name of his wife.
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