Birth: Circa 1835 Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland, UK
Father: William Ainslie 1806-1873
Mother: Margaret Laidlaw c1810-1878
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 20 July 1860 Hilton, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Wife: Mary Ann Purves c1838-1892
Death: 11 PM 24 December 1873 Bond Street, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK
Christina Ainslie 1860-1860
William Ainslie 1861-1929
John Ainslie 1864-1864
Male Ainslie 1867-1867
John Ainslie 1868-1929
Margaret Laidlaw Ainslie 1872-1891
Mary Ainslie 1874-1955
His two sisters were born in Kelso in 1849 and 1853.
His daughter was born and died in February 1860 in Whitsome, Berwickshire.
Entry in Ancestry Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 for Walter Ainslie and Mary Ann Purves on 20 July 1860 in Whitsome and Hilton, Berwick.
Entry in the Register of Marriages for Walter Ainslie and Mary Ann Purves in 1860 in Whitsome (757/2). "1860 Marriages in the Parish of Whitsome in the County of Berwick [...] No. 2 On the Twentieth day of July at Hilton Marriage (after Banns) was solemnized between us according to the Forms of the Free Church of Scotland (Signed) Walter Ainslie aged 25 of Hilton, Blacksmith Bachelor parents William Ainslie Blacksmith Margaret Ainslie Maiden Name Laidlaw, and (Signed) Mary Ann Purves aged 23 of Wyssefield [was this Winfield?], Spinster, parents John Purves (Shepherd) and Christiane Purves Maiden Name Sligh". Robt Purves was a witness.
In the 1861 census as Walter Ainslie aged 25, born in Melrose, Roxburghshire, a blacksmith, and living with his parents (William and Margaret), and three sisters (Elisabeth, Janet and Margaret) in Hilton, Whitsome, Berwickshire. His wife and son were living with her parents in Winfield, Berwickshire. (Winfield is just east of Hilton).
His occupation changed from blacksmith to quarryman between 1864 and 1867 from the birth of his children, all born in Whitsome.
In the 1871 census as Walter Ainslie aged 35, born in Midren, Roxburghshire, a quarreyman and living with his wife (Mary) and two sons (John and William) in Whitsome Village, Whitsome, Berwickshire.
He was the informant and present at his fathers death on 2 July 1873 when he was living in Miller Street, Innerleithen.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Walter Ainslie in 1873 aged 38 in Innerleithen (762/41). "1873 Deaths in the Parish of Innerleithen in the County of Peebles [...] No. 41 Walter Ainslie Labourer in Wool Factory Dyehouse Married to Mary Purves 1873 December Twenty Fourth 11 hr 0 m PM in Bond Street Innerleithen aged 38 years parents William Ainslie Blacksmith (Master) (Deceased) and Margaret Ainslie MS Laidlaw Supposed to be Heart Disease Went to bed in his usual health at 10 pm No medical attendant Not Certified. Informant Margret Ainslie Sister of Wilsons Cottages ? on 1873 December 29th At Innerleithen".
Walter Ainslie was the husband of Mary Ann Purves, grandaunt of Peter Purves, husband of Isabella Richardson Steele, wife of Robert James Gordon, father of Irene Alice Gordon, wife of George William Barton, brother of Dennis Alfred Barton, my brother-in-law.
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