John Mitchelson

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J. and D. Mitchelson were listed at Malta House in 1830-31.1 This was the business name of a firm of painters and glaziers operated by John Mitchelson. John Mitchelson had business premises in Rose Street from 18212 but did not adopt the name J. and D. Mitchelson until 1829.3 The ‘D’ probably came from his father David Mitchelson, also a painter and glazier, though he died on 07 November 1828.4 John Mitchelson’s brother James was also a painter and glazier before joining the army in 1823.5

John Mitchelson was born at Cupar, Fife on 16 December 1795, son of David Mitchelson and Agnes Ness.6 He was in business in Edinburgh by 1820, living first at 10 Jamaica Street.7 In 1824 he was at 56 India Street8 and the following year at 6 Brunswick Place, where he remained until 18309 and his short occupancy of Malta House. He was recorded at 17 Fettes Row in the 1841 census10 and listed there until 184711 before moving to Bristol, Gloucestershire. There he adopted the name ‘Roberts’ and was recorded as John ‘Roberts’ in the 185112 and 187113 censuses. He died in Bristol on 09 September 1871.14

John Mitchelson married Catherine Heriot Hatton in Edinburgh on 07 January 1822.15 She was born in Edinburgh on 25 July 1802, daughter of David Hatton, a carver and guilder, and Anne Haldane.16 When she died in Bristol, Gloucestershire on 22 September 1849 her surname was recorded as ‘Roberts.’17, 18

John Mitchelson and Catherine Hatton had four children before they occupied Malta House. All four were recorded in the 1841 census at Fettes Row19 and it is likely they also lived briefly at Malta House.

The eldest was John Roberts Mitchelson, born in Edinburgh on 10 February 182320 and described as a painter in the 1841 census. He moved to Bristol with his parents and was living with them in 1851 at 8 May Terrace, Bristol, occupation landscape painter.21 In November 1858, ‘out of business and employment,’ he petitioned for insolvency. He had operated at 2 Bond Street, Bristol as an artist, picture dealer, buyer and seller of paintings on commission, carver and guilder and occasionally letting unfurnished apartments.22 He appeared before the Bristol insolvency court on 02 and 03 December 1858 but was not declared bankrupt.23 In 1861 he was an artist and picture dealer at 18 Lower Arcade, Bristol.24 He married 04 April 1865 at Westbury on Trym, Gloucestershire Emily Ann Fuller, daughter of Samuel Fuller, farmer.25 John Roberts Mitchelson sometimes used the surname Roberts and his death at 6 Union Street, Bristol on 28 June 1871 was registered under that name.26

David Roberts Mitchelson, born in Edinburgh on 04 December 1824,27 was an apprentice painter in 1841. He married Caroline Pritchard at Bristol on 31 March 1850, when his father was named as John Mitchelson, picture dealer.28 David Roberts or Mitchelson was a (house) painter in Bristol in 1851.29 He moved to London and in 1871 was a house painter living at 31 Luton Street, Marylebone, London.30 He died a widower  on 20 March 1882 at 59 Salisbury Street, Marylebone, London.31

Edward Lothian Mitchelson was born in Edinburgh on 24 December 1826.32 He remained in Edinburgh when his parents moved to Bristol. In 1850 he served time in Calton Jail, Edinburgh33 and in 1861 he was a (house) painter at East Broadlaw, Linlithgow.34 Edward Lothian Mitchelson died of self-inflicted abdominal wounds on 05 June 1871 at Walton, Carriden, Linlithgow.35 A newspaper account described him as a tramp known locally as ‘Singing Jamie’ who wounded himself with a table knife in ‘a temporary fit of insanity’ and tried to stab those trying to take the knife from him.36

Ann Hadden Mitchelson was born in Edinburgh on 09 May 1829.37 She was recorded as Ann Roberts in the 1851 census, in Bristol,38 and married William Combley Banks, a bricklayer, in early 1859.39 They were living at 33 East Street, Marylebone, London in 186140 and emigrated to Australia the following year.41 Ann Banks died in Queensland, Australia on 02 April 1908.42

John Mitchelson’s youngest brother David Mitchelson was convicted of theft in 1839, having broken into a shop in Rose Street (possibly his brother’s) stealing two paintings.43 A previous conviction for theft in 1833, for which he was sentenced to nine months’ in Edinburgh’s Bridewell,44 resulted in a sentence of seven years’ transportation.45 He was recorded in the 1841 census on the Convict Hulk ‘Warrior’ at Woolwich Dockyard46 and was pardoned on 23 March 1843.47

References

  1. PO Directory 1830-31.
  2. PO Directory 1821-22.
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  4. Cemetery registers. Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 11 November 1828. MITCHELSON, David. BR0001. City of Edinburgh Archives. Ancestry collection ‘Edinburgh, Scotland, Cemetery Registers, 1771-1935.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 March 2024.
  5. Royal Hospital Chelsea Soldiers Service Documents. 1823-1840. MITCHELSON, James. WO97/1151/25. Ancestry collection ‘UK, Royal Hospital, Chelsea: Regimental Registers of Pensioners, 1713-1882.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 March 2024.
  6. <aBaptisms (OPR) Scotland. Cupar, Fife. 20 December 1795. MITCHELSON, John. 420/ 30/ 164. Ancestry collection ‘Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 March 2024.
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  13. Census records. England. Bristol, Gloucestershire. 07 April 1871. ROBERTS, John. RG10/2525/11. Ancestry collection ‘1871 England Census.’ https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 16 March 2024.
  14. Photographs. Memorial Card. 09 September 1871. MITCHELSON, John. EggOn Family Tree. Ancestry Public Family Trees. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 19 March 2024.
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