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Henry Abernethy 1762 – 1841 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Aug 1762

Birth Location: Culswick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT

Death Date: 31 Jan 1841

Death Location: Skeotaing, Walls, Shetland

Father: Alexander Abernethy

Mother: Helen Twatt

Spouse(s): Barbara Abernethy, Catherine Fraser

Children(s): John ABERNETHY, Arthur ABERNETHY, Thomas ABERNETHY, George ABERNETHY

The story of Henry Abernethy began in 1762 in Culswick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT. Henry Abernethy married Barbara Abernethy, Catherine Fraser, and had children including John A. ABERNETHY, Arthur ABERNETHY, Thomas ABERNETHY, George ABERNETHY. Henry Abernethy passed away in 1841 in Skeotaing, Walls, Shetland.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry Abernethy began in 1762 in Culswick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT.
  • Henry Abernethy married Barbara Abernethy, Catherine Fraser, and had children including John A. ABERNETHY, Arthur ABERNETHY, Thomas ABERNETHY, George ABERNETHY.
  • Henry Abernethy passed away in 1841 in Skeotaing, Walls, Shetland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Abernethy
1735 – 1796
Birth Location: Sandsting, Shetland, Scotland
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Helen Twatt
1736 –
Birth Location: Shetland, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Barbara Abernethy
1770 – 1810
Birth Location: –
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Catherine Fraser
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

John ABERNETHY
1801 – 1871
Birth Location: Walls, ork and zetland
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Arthur ABERNETHY
1806 –
Birth Location: Sandsting & Aithsting Parish, Shetland Islands, Scotland.1
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Thomas ABERNETHY
1832 –
Birth Location: –
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George ABERNETHY
Birth Location: –
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Henry Abernethy's Ancestors

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Henry Abernethy
1762 – 1841
Birth Place: Culswick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT
Parents
Alexander Abernethy
1735 – 1796
Sandsting, Shetland, Scotland
Helen Twatt
1736 –
Shetland, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas Abernethy
1690 – 1771
Murrister, Sandsting & Aithsting, Shetland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry Abernethy's Descendants

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Henry Abernethy (22 Aug 1762 – 31 Jan 1841) m. Barbara Abernethy (Abt. 1770 – 27 Jan 1810) m. Catherine Fraser
  1. 1. John (A.) ABERNETHY (abt 1801 – 17 Jul 1871) m. Christina HENDERSON (04 Jun 1809 – 08 Jan 1892)
    1. 1. Archibald ABERNETHY (28 Feb 1833 – )
    2. 2. Mary ABERNETHY (08 Jan 1835 – )
    3. 3. Anderina ABERNETHY (abt 1838 – )
    4. 4. Anne (Eliza) ABERNETHY (abt 1840 – )
    5. 5. Margaret ABERNETHY (abt 1842 – )
    6. 6. James (John) ABERNETHY (19 Jun 1846 – 11 Feb 1922) m. Margaret GAIR (15 Nov 1843 – 04 Mar 1917)
      1. 1. John (James Gear) ABERNETHY (24 Jul 1865 – 12 Dec 1943) m. Mary (Bridget Merryman (Polly)) DRAKE (Abt. 1869 – 28 Nov 1963)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Margaret Mary) ABERNETHY (23 Dec 1907 – 08 Mar 1976)
        2. 2. James (John) Abernethy (21 Mar 1909 – 21 Nov 1975) m. Joyce (Mary) GASPAR (28 May 1916 – 1986)
        3. 3. Agnes (Ellen) ABERNETHY (05 DEC 1910 – 1991)
        4. 4. Christina (Ester) ABERNETHY (23 Mar 1913 – 1986)
        5. 5. Bessie (Ann) ABERNETHY (1 Jul 1914 – 1989)
        6. 6. Thomas (Roger) Abernethy (05 Jul 1916 – 12 Dec 1991)
        7. 7. George (Francis) ABERNETHY (12 NOV 1918 – 1985)
        8. 8. Bessie (Ann) Abernethy
        9. 9. Agnes (Ellen) Abernethy
      2. 2. William Abernethy (abt 1867 – )
      3. 3. Christina Abernethy (12 Oct 1868 – 05 Sep 1946) m. Alexander (Walker) ROGER (1845 – )
      4. 4. Ann (Eliza) ABERNETHY (07 Oct 1870 – 20 May 1873)
      5. 5. James (A) Abernethy (abt 1871 – )
      6. 6. Jeremiah (William) Abernethy (05 Jul 1872 – 23 Jun 1937) m. Rose (Isabel) WARREN (13 Mar 1869 – 27 Apr 1963)
        1. 1. William (Arthur) ABERNETHY (17 Nov 1893 – 12 Feb 1966) m. Lula (Abt. 1897 – )
        2. 2. George (Henry Woodington) ABERNETHY (09 Dec 1894 – 27 Jun 1923) m. Louie (Emma) ROBINSON (07 Aug 1897 – 1990)
        3. 3. Effie (Isabel) ABERNETHY (03 Mar 1897 – 23 Jun 1923) m. Alex ROBERTSON (Abt. 1893 – )
        4. 4. Joseph (James) ABERNETHY (19 Jun 1898 – 29 Aug 1898)
        5. 5. Rosina (Margaret) ABERNETHY (27 Aug 1899 – 30 Apr 1970) m. Frank (Westwood) MATTHEWS (22 Jan 1893 – 30 May 1973)
        6. 6. Dolly ABERNETHY (1901 – 1901)
        7. 7. John (Warren) ABERNETHY (15 Nov 1902 – 4 Jan 1990) m. Marion (Susannah) Barker (9 Dec 1904 – 13 Jul 1998)
        8. 8. Ernest (James) ABERNETHY (26 Jun 1904 – 25 Jul 1990)
        9. 9. Olive (Martha) ABERNETHY (12 Dec 1906 – 29 Jun 1967)
        10. 10. Ethel (May) ABERNETHY (Jun 1909 – 14 Jul 1909)
      7. 7. George (Henry) ABERNETHY (24 Jul 1874 – 26 May 1897)
      8. 8. Peter (George) Abernethy (abt 1875 – )
      9. 9. Archibald (J) Abernethy (6 Oct 1876 – 24 May 1955) m. Jessie (Margaret) LAUGHTON (Abt. 1880 – 1963)
        1. 1. Ilma (Jessie Ann Margaret) Abernethy (1905 – )
        2. 2. Alexander (William) Abernethy (1908 – )
        3. 3. Leslie (Roger) Abernethy (1910 – )
      10. 10. Joseph (James) Abernethy (April 1879 – 26 OCT 1899)
      11. 11. Ann (Margaret) Abernethy (July 1880 – 1 Nov 1896)
      12. 12. Jemina (Dingwall) ABERNETHY (05 Jul 1882 – 10 Jun 1942) m. Arthur PICKERING (26 May 1878 – 17 Dec 1940)
        1. 1. James (Arthur) Pickering (22 Jun 1905 – 23 Oct 1959) m. Unavailable
        2. 2. Margaret (Bathia) PICKERING (25 MAR, 1907 – 1970)
        3. 3. Agnes (Mima) PICKERING (1909 – 24 Sep 1985)
        4. 4. Annie (Christina) PICKERING (15 Jul 1912 – 17 Apr 2005)
        5. 5. Rose (Elsie) PICKERING (4 OCT 1914 – 8 OCT 1994)
        6. 6. Ivy (Alexandrina) PICKERING (1916 – 04 FEB 1957)
        7. 7. Ernest (John) PICKERING (06 Feb 1919/ 1918 – 17 Jul 1942)
        8. 8. Myrtle (Olive) PICKERING (30 Jul 1922 – 24 Jul 1998)
        9. 9. Bessie (Florence) PICKERING (1924 – 1974)
        10. 10. Kenneth (Charles) PICKERING (2 AUG 1927 – 1 JUN 1999)
      13. 13. Thomasina (Agnes) ABERNETHY (April 1884 – 10 Mar 1921) m. William LESLIE (Abt. 1879 – )
      14. 14. Charles (Milne) ABERNETHY (26 Nov 1885 – 1 May 1915)
      15. 15. Alexander Abernethy (16 May 1887 – 2 Oct 1978) m. Isabel Keys (1893 – 20 June 1933)
        1. 1. Alister (Scott) Abernethy (24 Sep 1920 – 5 June 2003) m. Nyra (Edith) Norman (21 September 1921 – 24 June 1987)
        2. 2. Iona (Margaret) Abernethy (1928 – 11 Jan 2002) m. Arthur (Leslie (Paul)) Guthrie (7 Feb 1923 – 4 Apr 1991)
        3. 3. Stephen (Gair) Abernethy (23 Jun 1924 – 5 Jul 2007) m. Edith Edkins
        4. 4. Maurice (Stewart) Abernethy (abt 1929 – 12 Jan 1968) m. Nancy Rocke (01 Jul 1930 – )
        5. 5. William (Stanley) Abernethy (28 Jul 1930 – 12 Jan 2017) m. Hilda Robertson
        6. 6. Eion (James) Abernethy (1934 – 8 May 1957) m. Betty McNeil
    7. 7. George ABERNETHY (abt 1848 – )
    8. 8. John ABERNETHY (14 Apr 1856 – 28 May 1923)
    9. 9. Christina ABERNETHY
  2. 2. Arthur ABERNETHY (1806 – ) m. Mary Hawick (1816 – )
  3. 3. Thomas ABERNETHY (Abt. 1832 – )
  4. 4. George ABERNETHY m. Janet LESSLIE
    1. 1. Joan ABERNETHY (23 Nov 1841 – )

Henry Abernethy's Timeline

3 Records

1762
22 Aug 1762
Birth of Henry Abernethy in Culswick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT
Culswick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT
1762
22 Aug 1762
Henry Abernethy was baptized in Sandsting and Aithsting,Shetland,Scotland
Sandsting and Aithsting,Shetland,Scotland
1841
31 Jan 1841
Age 79
Death of Henry Abernethy in Skeotaing, Walls, Shetland
Skeotaing, Walls, Shetland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Aug 1762
    Event Place: Culswick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 22 Aug 1762
    Event Place: Sandsting and Aithsting,Shetland,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Jan 1841
    Event Place: Skeotaing, Walls, Shetland
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