Birth: 12:30 PM 5 March 1861 Wysingfield, Whitsome, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK
Father: Walter Ainslie c1835-1873
Mother: Mary Ann Purves c1838-1892
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: 2:30 PM 4 May 1929 Caerlee Cottages, Damside, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland, UK
None known
Entry in Ancestry Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 for William Ainslie born on 5 March 1861 in Whitsome and Hilton, Berwick, parents Walter Ainslie and Mary Purves.
Entry in the Register of Births for William Ainslie in 1861 in Whitsome (757/ 5). "Page 2 1861 Births in the Parish of Whitsome in the County of Berwick [...] [No.] 5 William Ainslie [born] 1861 March Fifth 12 hr 30 mins P.M. Wysingfield [was this Winfield]? [father] Walter Ainslie Blacksmith Journeyman, [mother] Mary Ann Ainslie M.S. Purves [married] 1860 July 20 [in] Hilton, [informant] Walter Ainslie father [on] 1861 March 14th".
In the 1861 census as William Ainslie aged 1 month, born in Whitsome, Berwickshire, and living with his mother (Mary) who was boarding with his grandparents (John and Christian Purves), uncle (Robert Perves) and two aunts (Mary and Margaret) in Winfield, Berwickshire.
In the 1871 census as William Ainslie aged 10, born in Whitsone (sic - in the index), Berwickshire, and living with his parents (Walter and Mary) and brother (John) in Whitsome Village, Whitsome, Berwickshire.
His sister was born in Whitsome in 1872, his father died in Innerleithen, Peeblesshire in 1873 and his sister was born in August 1874 in Brodie's Square, High Street, Innerleithen.
In the 1881 census as William Ainslie aged 20, born in Whitsome, Berwickshire, single, a wool scourer and living with his widowed mother (Mary), brother (John) and two sisters (Margaret and Mary) at Damside, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
In the 1891 census as William Ainslie aged 27, born in Winchfiel, Berwickshire, single, a dyer's labourer, and living with his mother (Mary), brothers (William), sister (Mary) and a boarder (Walter Wilson aged 9 and born in Peebles, Peeblesshire) at Damside, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
He was the informant and present at the death of his mother on 28 October 1892 at Damside, Innerleithen.
In the 1901 census as William Ainslie aged 39, born in Whitsome, Berwick, single, a yam sconer in woollen factory and living with his brother (John) and sister (Mary) at 4 Damside, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
In the 1911 census as William Ainslie aged 49, born in Whitsome, Berwickshire, single, a woollen yarn dyer for a woolen cloth manufacturer, and living with his brother (John), sister (Mary) and a boarder (Mary Thompson aged 10 and born in Peebles, Pebblesshire) at in two rooms with windows at Damside, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire.
In the 1921 census as William Ainslie aged 60 years 3 months, born in Whitsome, Berwickshire, single, a dye house labourer working for Ballentyne Bros & Co (woolen manufacturer), and living with his brother (John), sister (Mary) and a boarder (Mary K Thomson aged 20 years 7 months, born in Innerleithen, Peebles and an assistant cashier for Innerleithen Co Op Society Ltd) in three rooms at Cairlea Cottages, Burghal, Innerleithen.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for William Ainslie in 1929 aged 68 in Innerleithen (762/1 9). "Page 3 1929 Deaths in the District of Innerleithen, in the County of Pebbles [...] [No.] 9 William Ainslie a Woollen Mill Dyehouse Labourer (Single) 1929 May Fourth 2 hr 30 mn PM Caerlee Cottages, Damside, Innerleithen, [aged] 68 Years, [father] Walter Ainslie Woolen Mill Labourer (deceased), [mother] Mary Ainslie M.S. Purves, [of] Valoular Decease, Heart [informant] Mary Ainslie Sister (Present) 1929 May 6th [at] Innerleithen".
William Ainslie was the first cousin once removed 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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