Alexander Kedslie

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Alex Kedslie, a grocer and spirit dealer, was the proprietor of Malta House in 18551 and listed there in the Post Office Directory for 1854-55 but does not appear to have taken up residence before 1862.2 The Wright family were recorded there in the 1861 census and Alex Kedslie at 1 Leslie Place.3 The Kedslie family remained at Malta House until 1874 when they moved back to 1 Leslie Place.4

Alexander Kedslie was born at Tranent on 16 June 1798, son of William KEDSLIE and Alison Turnbull.5 By 1825 he was a grocer and wine merchant in the Stockbridge district of Edinburgh.6 He was also a property owner, leasing shops in Deanhaugh Street and housing in the High Street and Canongate.7 The 1865 Valuation Roll shows he owned 20 different properties in Edinburgh.8 Alex Kedslie died at 1 Leslie Place there on 04 February 1879.9

Alexander Kedslie married Mary Margaret Geddes on 31 March 1835 in Edinburgh.10 She was born at Abercorn, West Lothian on 14 November 1813, fourth child of William Geddes and Catherine Duncanson.11 After the death of her husband in 1879, she lived at 6 Warrender Park Terrace and then 3 Waverley Terrace, where she died on 24 September 1880.12

The first three children of Alexander Kedslie and Margaret Geddes died in infancy on the same day in 1841,13 long before the family’s residence at Malta House. Five subsequent children were all recorded at Malta House in the 1871 census.14 They were:

  • John Alexander Kedslie was born in Edinburgh on 21 December 1842. His occupation in 1871 was recorded as (unemployed) clerk.35 In 188115 and 189116 he was recorded as living on private means. He married Isabella Duncan Gray Wilson in 187917 and died on 12 January 1895.18
  • Alice Margaret Kedslie was born on 02 March 1845, in Edinburgh. She married David Carss in 1876.19 He was a spirit merchant in 188120 and a brewer’s representative in 1891. In 1901, and living in Clerkenwell, London his occupation was recorded as ‘horse keeper, groom’. He died in 1908.21 She died in 191422 and was buried at Morden, Surrey on 29 December 1914.23
  • Janet Geddes Kedslie was born in Edinburgh on 03 May 1847.24 She married George Harris Marshall in 188025 and died in Edinburgh in 1913.26
  • Wilhelmina Caesar Kedslie was born on 26 June 185027 and died unmarried on 09 January 1879.28
  • Henry Turnbull Kedslie was born in 1856.29 In the censuses of 189130 and 190131 he was recorded as living on private means. He died in Edinburgh on 08 July 1926.32 In 1895 he married Margaret Swanson Mackay.33

References

  1. Valuation Roll 1855-56.
  2. PO Directory 1862-63.
  3. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh.
  4. PO Directory 1874-75.
  5. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Tranent, East Lothian. 22 June 1798. KEDSLIE, Alexander. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950′ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 05 November 2022.
  6. PO Directory 1825-26.
  7. Advertisements. The Scotsman. 23 February 1856. p. 01, col. 07. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  8. Valuation Roll 1865. Index only. VR010000059-62. https://scotlandseople.gov.uk: accessed 24 October 2024.
  9. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 08 May 1879. Confirmation. KEDSLIE, Alexander. National Probate Index. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 05 November 2022.
  10. Marriages (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 31 March 1835. KEDSLIE, Alexander and GEDDES, Mary Margaret. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910′. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 05 November 2022.
  11. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Abercorn, West Lothian. 21 November 1813. GEDDES, Margaret. 661/ 30 192. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 07 November 2022.
  12. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 30 June 1880. Inventory. GEDDES or KEDSLIE, Mary Margaret. National Probate Index. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 07 November 2022.
  13. Burials (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 1841. KEDSLIE, William Washington, Catherine Victoria and Alexander. 685/2 510 68-73. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  14. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 02 April 1871. KEDSLIE, Alexander (Head). 685/1 88/ 11. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 07 November 2022.
  15. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. KEDSLIE, John Alex (Head). 685/1 119/ 04. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  16. Census records. Scotland. Dunfermline, Fife. 05 April 1891. KEDSLIE, John Alex (Head). 424/ 24/ 30. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  17. Marriages index (SR) Scotland. Pencaitland, East Lothian. 1879. KEDSLIE, John A. and WILSON, Isabella D. G. 716/ 03. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  18. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 03 May 1895. Confirmation. KEDSLIE or KEDZLIE, John Alexander. National Probate Index. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  19. Marriages index (SR) Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 1876. KEDSLIE, Alice M. and CARSS, David. 685/1 215. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  20. Census records. Scotland. Lanark, Lanarkshire 03 April 1881. CARSS, David (Head). 648/ 05/ 03. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 07 November 2022.
  21. Deaths index (CR) England. Camberwell, London. 3rd Q., 1908. CARSS, David (aged 54), vol. 1d, p. 386. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  22. Deaths index (CR) England. Epsom, Surrey. 4th Q., 1914. CARSS, Alice Margaret. vol. 2a, p. 83. https://gro.gov.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  23. Burial registers. England. Morden, Surrey. 29 December 1914. CARSO, Alice Margaret. Ancestry collection ‘England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  24. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 03 May 1847. KEDSLIE, Janet Geddes. 685/2 360 326. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  25. Marriages index (SR) Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 1880. KEDSLIE, Janet G. and MARSHALL, George Harris. 685/5 297. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 07 November 2022.
  26. Deaths index (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 1913. MARSHALL or KEDSLIE, Janet G. 685/2 366. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 07 November 2022.
  27. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 17 September 1850. KEDSLIE, Wilhelmina Caesar. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  28. Burials registers. Scotland. Edinburgh Southern Cemetery. 13 January 1879. KEDSLIE, Wilhelmina C. Ancestry collection ‘Edinburgh, Scotland, Cemetery Registers, 1771-1935’. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 07 November 2022.
  29. Births index (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 1856. KEDSLIE, Henry Turnbull. 685/1 248. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 05 November 2022.
  30. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 05 April 1891. KEDSLIE, Henry (Boarder). 685/2 21/ 17. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 07 November 2022.
  31. Census records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 31 March 1901. KEDSLIE, Henry T. (Head). 685/5 09/ 10. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 07 November 2022.
  32. Probate records. Scotland. Edinburgh. 20 November 1926. Inventory. KEDSLIE, Henry Turnbull. National Probate Index. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.
  33. Marriages index (SR) Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 1895. KEDSLIE, Henry Turnbull and MACKAY, Margaret Swanson. 685/5 260. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 06 November 2022.

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