W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district¹

• (Registrar) Marriage: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the marriage of Agnes Adamson and William Smith on Wednesday, 24 October 1860 at 1 Wellington Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , was registered; 1860 marriages in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 315; On the Twentyfourth day of October 1860 at 1 Wellington Street Dundee marriage after banns was solemized between us according to the forms of the Church of Scotland; signed William Smith age 21 residing How's land Hilltown Dundee moulder batchelor parents John Smith shoemaker & Cecilia Paterson; signed Agnes Adamson her + mark R Logan witness aged 19 residing 69 King Street Dundee weaver powerloom spinster parents Alexander Adamson fireman & Agnes Saunders; signed R Logan minister Dundee Thomas Mill moulder William Walker engineer witnesses; registered at Dundee on the Thirtieth day of October 1860 W Johnston regsitrar.²
• (Resident) Address: As of 1861, W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was living with W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district and 1st (1855) Registration District Dundee at at 33 Meadowside, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, & MARRIAGES,
  
  First Districte—William Johnston, Registrar, Office, 33, Meadowside.
  Second District.—Alexander Leask, Registrar, Office, 4, Willison Street.
  Third District. —James Waddell, Registrar Office, "Union St., Loc!lee.
  
  Office Hours from 9 a. m. to $ p. m, and from 6 to 8p. in.
  On Saturdays, from 9 to 3.
  
  
  The Act for making the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, imperative, came into operation on the 1st of January, 1855 , since which time other two amended Acts have been passed, agecting considerably a number of sections of the First Act. T he dates of Registration however have not been altered, and to avoid penalty must take place as follows
  
  Births within 21 days,
  Deaths „ 8 „
  Marriages 3 1)
  The proper informants of a Birth are the Parents, and of an illegItimate
  Birth the Mother, but it requires the personal .attendance of both Father
  and Mother at the Register Office before an illegitimate child can be regis-
  tered by the surname of the Father.
  The nearest Relative present at the Death of any person, and failing the
  deceased having any Relative the Occupier of the house in which the Death
  took place, must personally give notice of the Death to the Registrar within
  the above period. However by the arrangements of the respective Burying
  Grounds, it is necessary that Deaths be registered before interments take
  place.
  Marriage Schedules may either be delivered personally to the Registrar,
  or sent by Post, but it is very desirable that they should be delivered per-
  sonally in case of being improperly or imperfectly tilled up. It is also of
  importance for contracting parties to bear in mind, that it is absolutely
  necessary for them to have the real signatures of two witnesses to the cere-
  mony before it is a complete document.
  
  For the purposes of the Act the Parliamentary Burgh of Dundee was Aivided into three Districts. A line from the Barbour along Castle Street, High Street, Reform Street, Ward Road, and the ewtyle Railway, to the extreme North divides the First from the Second District; and a line from opposite Hazel Hall along Blackness Road down by East end of Glen Agnes
  Cottage across to Lochee Road, by Logie Farm Steading, along said road till nearly opposite Logic Burying Ground, then in a straight line North, by east side of Mr. W. Brown's property to King's Cross divides the Second ,from the Third District.³
• (Registrar) Birth: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the birth of daug Reilly was registered on 24 April 1861 at 15 Dudhope Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1861 births in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 583; noname Reilly, 1891 April Twentyfourth 11h 45m pm 15 Dudhope Street Dundee, female, parents Charles Reilly sacking weaver and Catherine Reilly ms Bridie, married 1850 Nov 10th Dundee, signed Charles Reilly his + mark father not present signed M Johnston registrar witness, registered 1861 April 25th at Dundee signed W Johnston registrar.⁴
• (Registrar) Death: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the death of daug Reilly was registered on 25 April 1861 at 15 Dudhope Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1861 deaths in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the country of Forfar, ref 453, noname Reilly, 1861 April Twentyfifth 1h 0m am 15 Dudhope Street Dundee, female aged 1 day, parents Charles Reilly sacking weaver and Catherine Reilly ms Bridie, cause weakly child no medical attendant, signed Charles Reilly his + mark father not present signed M Johnston registrar witness, registered 1861 April 26th at Dundee signed W Johnston registrar.⁵
• (Registrar) Death: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the death of Alexander Milne pattern maker was registered on 19 July 1861 at 1 Mid Street, Constitution Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1861 deaths inthe 1st district of the Burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 726; Alexander Milne pattern maker married to Ann Hodge, 1861 July nineteenth 11h 0m am 1 Mid Street, Constitution Road, Dundee, male 55 years, parents James Milne manufacturer (dec) and Euphemia Milne ms Robertson, consumption some years as certified by Samuel Cockburn MD; signed Alexr Milne Jr son present; registered 1861 July 22nd at Dundee W Johnston registrar.^6,7
• (Registrar) Birth: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the birth of William Stewart was registered on 9 June 1862 at Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1862 births in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 1056; William Stewart illegitimate; 1862 June Ninth 2h 30pm Infirmary Lane Dundee; male, father not stated, mother Agnes Stewart mill worker; informant Agnes Stewart her x mark mother; H Johnston registrar witness; registered 1862 August 4th at Dundee W Johnston registrar.^8,9
• (Registrar) Birth: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the birth of Robert Reilly was registered on 29 September 1862 at 15 Dudhope Street, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1862 births in the 1st district of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 1366; Robert Rielly, 1862 September Twenty Ninth 6h 0m am 15 Dudhope Street Dundee; males, parents, Charles Rielly sacking weaver and Catherine Rielly ms Rielly, married 1851 Nov 10th Dundee, Charles Rielly his mark father not present signed M Johnston registrar witness; registered 1862 October 13th at Dundee signed W Johnston registrar.¹⁰
• (Registrar) Death: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the death of Ann Hodge was registered on 29 September 1862 at Banks Land, Mid Street, Chapelshade, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Ann Milne widow of Alexander Milne pattern maker, 1862 September Twenty-nineth between 3 & 4 am at Baks Land Mid Street Chapelshade Dundee, female aged 55 years, parents James Hodge clerk to a cloth merchant (dec) & jean Hodge ms Murray (dec), suicide by cutting her throat, hypocondriosis several months as cerified by Robert Langlands surgeon, signed by Jas Hodge brother not present, regsitered 1862 September 29th at Dundee signed W Johnston registrar.¹¹
• (Registrar) Birth: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the birth of George McLagan was registered on 14 December 1862 at 78 Murraygate, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; 1862 births in the 1st District of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar, ref 1733; George McLagan, 1862 December Fourteenth 6h 15, am 78 Overgate Dundee, male, parents George McLagan plumber journeyman & Matilda McLagan ms Chalmers, m 1855 Nov 12th Dundee; informant George McLagan father present, registered 1862 December 30th at Dundee W Johnston registrar.¹²
• (Informant) Death: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district registered the death of Robert Nicolson blacksmith on 17 November 1863 at 19 Bucklemaker Wynd, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Robert Nicolson blacksmith journeyman married to Sarah Ann Henderson, 1863 November seventheenth 1h 55m am 17 Bucklemaker Wynd Dundee, m, 65 years, parents John Nicolson blacksmith (dec) & Grace Nicolson ms Grant (dec), peritonitis ten days as cert by J M Baxter surgeon, signed Robert D Nicolson son 3 Crescent Street present, registered 1865 November 18th at Dundee signed W Johnston, registrar.¹³
• (Resident) Address: As of 1864, W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was living with W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district and 1st (1855) Registration District Dundee at at 33 Meadowside, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, 8t MARRIAGES.
  
  First District—William Johnston, Registrar; Office, 33 Meadow- side.
  Second District—Alexander Leask, Registrar; Office, 58 Barrack Street.
  Third District—James Waddell, Registrar; Office, Union Street, Lochee.
  Office Hours from 9 a.m., to 3 p.m; and from 6 to 8 p.m. On Saturdays, from 9 to 3.
  
  
  The dates of Registration are as follows
  Births must be Registered within 21 days.
  Deaths tt it tt 8 tt
  Marriages „ It If 3 it
  ror the purposes of the Act, the Parliamentary Burgh of Dundee Is divided into three Districts. A line from the Harbour along Castle Street, High Street, Reform Street, Ward Road, and the NeWtyle Railway, to the extreme North, divides the First from the Second District; and a line from opposite Hazel Hall, along Black- ness Road, down by East end of Glen Agnes Cottage, across to Lochee Road, by Logie Farm Steading, along said Road till nearly opposite Logic Burying Ground, then in a straight line North, by
  East side of Mr W. Brown's property, to King's Cross, divides the Second from the Third District.³
• (Registrar) Death: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the death of Elspeth Tait was registered on 22 August 1864 at Poor House, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; Euphemia Worrell widow of John Worrell, plasterer (jour), 1864 August 22nd 5h 0m am at Poor House Dundee, female 74 years, fath Robert Tait, baker (dec) moth Betsy Tait ms Hume [probably incorrect info - believed to be Helen Clark] paralysis debility as cert by J M Baxter, surgeon, inf Robert D Nicolson, son-in-law, 3 Crescent Street (not Present), registered 1864 August 22nd at Dundee W Johnston registrar.¹⁴
• (Registrar) Marriage: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the marriage of Alexander Lawson Matthew and Jessie C Johnston on Monday, 12 December 1864 at Paradise Road, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, , was registered; 1864 marriages in the 1st District of the Burgh of Dundee in the County of Forfar, ref 282/01 0447; 1864 on the Twelfth day of December at Paradise Road Dundee after banns according to the Unitdd Presbyterian Church, signed Alexander L Matthew ale & porter merchant bachelor, aged 25, residing 13 Smalls Wynd Dundee, parents James Matthew spirit merchant (dec) and Margaret Matthew ms Scott; signed Jessie C Jonstone warder in prison spinster, aged 25, residing 47 Fish Street Dundee, parens Lewis Johnstone boatman and Helen Johnstone ms Grubb, signed George Gilfillan minister, signed George B Matthew & John M [Hostell] witnesses, registered 1864 December 15th at Dundee W Johnston registrar.^15,16
• (Registrar) Birth: W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was the officiating registrar when the birth of Catherine Reilly was registered on 28 March 1865 at Dundee, Scotland, ; 1865 births in the 1st District of the burgh of Dundee in the county of Forfar; ref 544; Catherine Reilly, 1865 March Twenty-eighth 4h 0m am 15 Dudhope Street Dundee; f, Charles Rielly sacking weaver, Catherine Rielly ms Bridie, 1851 Nov 10th Dundee; Charles Rielly his x mark father present, H Robertson registrar witness; 1865 April 3rd at Dundee H Robertson registrar.^1,17
• (Resident) Address: As of 1867, W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district was living with W Johnston registrar Dundee, 1st district and 1st (1855) Registration District Dundee at at 33 Meadowside, Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, ; REGISTRARS 01? BIRTHS; DEATHS, MARRIAGES.
  
  First District—William Johnston, Registrar; Office, 33 Meadow- side.
  Second District—Alexander Leask, Registrar; Office 58 Barrack Street.
  Office Hours, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m ; and from 6 to 8 p.m. On Saturdays, from 9 to 3.
  Third District—James Kin nison, Registrar; Office, High Street, Lochee.
  Office Hours, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 6 p.m to On Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  
  The dates of Registration are as follows :—
  Births must be Registered within 21 days:
  Deaths „ 17 11
  Marriages, 77
  
  For the purposes of the Act, the Parliamentary Burgh of Dundee if4 divided into three Districts. A iTheirrom the Harbour along Castle Street, High Street, Reform Street, Ward Road, and the old Newtyle Railway, to the extreme North, divides the First from the Second District; and a line from opposjte,H.wl alonalack-ness Road, down by East end of Glen' AgneS‘ C'detage, at‘toss to Lochee Road, by Loe Farm Steading, along said Road till nearly opposite Logie Burying Ground, then in a straight line North to King's Cross, divides the Second from the Third District.³

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• (Witness) History: Dundee First District
  
  Office Hours from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m., and from 6 to 8 p. m.
  On Saturdays, from 9 to 3.
  The Act for making the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, imperative, came into operation on the 1st of January, 1855 ; since which time other two amended Acts have been passed, affecting considerably a number of sections of the First Act. The dates of Registration however have not been altered, and to avoid penalty must take place as follows :
  Births within 21 days,
  Deaths within 8 days
  Marriages within 3 days
  The proper informants of a Birth are the Parents, and of an illegitimate Birth the Mother, but it requires the personal attendance of both Father and Mother at the Register Office before an illegitimate child can be registered by the surname of the Father.
  The nearest Relative present at the Death of any person, and failing the deceased having any Relative the Occupier of the house in which the Death took place, must personally give notice of the Death to the Registrar within the above period. However by the arrangements of the respective Burying Grounds, it is necessary that Deaths be registered before Interments take place.
  Marriage Schedules may either be delivered personally to the Registrar, or sent by Post, but it is very desirable that they should be delivered personally in case of being improperly or imperfectly filled up. It is also of importance for contracting parties to bear in mind, that it is absolutely necessary for them to have the real signatures of two witnesses to the ceremonv before it is a complete document.
  For the purposes of the Act the Parliamentary Burgh of Dundee was divided into three Districts. A line from the Harbour along Castle Street, High Street, Reform Street, Ward Road, and the Kewtyle Railway, to the extreme North divides the First from the Second District ; and a line from opposite Hazel Hall along Blackness Road down by East end of Glen Agnes
  Cottage across to Lochee Road, by Logie Farm Steading, along said road till nearly opposite Logie Burying Ground, then in a straight line North, by east side of Mr. W. Brown's property to King's Cross divides the Second from the Third District.¹⁸