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John A. Abernethy 1798–1871 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 NOV 1798

Birth Location: Burrastow, Walls, Shetland, Scotland

Death Date: 17 JUL 1871

Death Location: Stebbigrind, Whiteness, SHI, SCT

Father: Henry Abernethy

Mother: Barbara Abernethy

Spouse(s): Christina Henderson

Children(s): James Abernethy, Archibald Abernethy, Mary Abernethy, Anderina Abernethy, Anne Abernethy, Margaret Abernethy, George Abernethy, John Abernethy

John A. Abernethy was born in 1798 in Burrastow, Walls, Shetland, Scotland, the child of Henry Abernethy And Barbara Abernethy. John A. Abernethy married Christina Henderson, and had children including Anderina Abernethy, Anne Annie Eliza Abernethy, Archibald Abernethy, George Abernethy, James John Abernethy, John Abernethy, Margaret Abernethy, Mary Abernethy. John A. Abernethy passed away in 1871 in Stebbigrind, Whiteness, SHI, SCT.

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Biography

  • John A. Abernethy was born in 1798 in Burrastow, Walls, Shetland, Scotland, the child of Henry Abernethy And Barbara Abernethy.
  • John A. Abernethy married Christina Henderson, and had children including Anderina Abernethy, Anne Annie Eliza Abernethy, Archibald Abernethy, George Abernethy, James John Abernethy, John Abernethy, Margaret Abernethy, Mary Abernethy.
  • John A. Abernethy passed away in 1871 in Stebbigrind, Whiteness, SHI, SCT.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Abernethy
1762–1841
Birth Location: Culswick, Sandsting and Aithsting, Shetland, Scotland
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Barbara Abernethy
1770–1810
Birth Location: Shetland, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Christina Henderson
1809–1892
Birth Location: Vementry, Aithsting, SHI, SCT
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Children(s)

James Abernethy
1846–1922
Birth Location: Shetland, Sandsting
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Archibald Abernethy
1833–1922
Birth Location: Reawick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT
AA
Mary Abernethy
1835–1928
Birth Location: Reawick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT
MA
Anderina Abernethy
1836–
Birth Location: Reawick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT
AA
Anne Abernethy
1838–1902
Birth Location: Reawick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT
AA
Margaret Abernethy
1841–1920
Birth Location: Reawick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT
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George Abernethy
1848–1933
Birth Location: Reawick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT
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John Abernethy
1856–1923
Birth Location: Reawick, Sandsting, SHI, SCT
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John Abernethy's Ancestors

Self
John Abernethy
1798–1871
Birth Place: Burrastow, Walls, Shetland, Scotland
Parents
Henry Abernethy
1762–1841
Culswick, Sandsting and Aithsting, Shetland, Scotland
Barbara Abernethy
1770–1810
Shetland, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Abernethy's Descendants

1.
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John (A.) Abernethy (13 NOV 1798–17 JUL 1871) m. Christina Henderson (4 JUN 1809–8 JAN 1892)
  1. 1. James (John) Abernethy 1846–1922 m. Margaret GAIR 1843–1917 m. Margaret Abernethy 1851–
    1. 1. Jemima (Dingwell) ABERNETHY 1882–1942 m. Arthur (PICKERING) BACHOP 1878–1940
      1. 1. Annie (Christina) Pickering 1912–2005 m. Douglas (Cameron) Rutherford 1908–1985
        1. 1. Gaynor (Helen) Rutherford 1935–2013 m. Viliami (Esei Finau) Tafuna 1927–1989
        2. 2. Anita (Lorraine) Rutherford 1940–2009 m. Truby (Te Tauroa) Mihaere 1937–1998
      2. 2. James (Arthur) PICKERING 1905–1959 m. Reta (Isobel Pickering nee) Brownlie 1906–1988
        1. 1. Robert (Watson) PICKERING 1927–1976
        2. 2. William (Stanley) PICKERING 1928–1976 m. Lilian (Agnes) Mawhinney 1929–1995
        3. 3. Arthur (Melville) PICKERING 1930–2008
        4. 4. Betty (Aileen) PICKERING 1932–1985
        5. 5. Isobel Ledgerwood 1934–2020
        6. 6. Elaine (Joyce Morgan (née) Pickering) 1940–2000
        7. 7. James (Arthur) PICKERING 1905–1959
        8. 8. Rose (Elsie) Pickering 1914–1994
        9. 9. Ernest (James (Ernie)) Pickering 1947–2025
      3. 3. Margaret (Barthia) Pickering 1907–1970 m. Douglas (Blair) Buchanan 1905–1977
        1. 1. Alan (Bruce) Buchanan 1925–2012
        2. 2. Isobel (May) Buchanan 1928–2010
        3. 3. Stuart (Alistair) Buchanan 1933–1989 m. Valda (Audrey) Johnston 1934–2020
        4. 4. Gordon (Lindsay) Buchanan 1934–1998
        5. 5. Infant Buchanan 1942–1942
        6. 6. Margaret (June) Buchanan 1943–1994
      4. 4. Agnes (Mima) PICKERING 1908–1985 m. John Milne 1909–1976
      5. 5. Rose (Elsie) PICKERING 1914–1994 m. James Campbell 1908–1953 m. George (Alfred) Pope 1901–1982
      6. 6. Ivy (Alexandrina) PICKERING 1917–1957 m. Rodrick (Robert) BRENSSELL 1913–1989
        1. 1. Valerie (Barbara) BRENSSELL 1937–2007
      7. 7. Private (Ernest John PICKERING) #18986 1918–1942
      8. 8. Myrtle (Olive) PICKERING 1922–1998 m. James (Desmond) Doherty 1924–1997
      9. 9. Bessie (Florence) PICKERING 1924–1976 m. Norman (William) Rossiter 1923–2017 m. Raymond (William) Welch 1919–1982 m. Mervyn (John) Barker 1913–1995
        1. 1. Allan (Neil Sullivan) Barker 1945–2021 m. Gloria (Ann) Ramsay 1948–2003
        2. 2. Andrew (Mervyn) Barker 1939–1990
        3. 3. Faith (Violet) Barker 1943–1943
      10. 10. Kenneth (Charles) PICKERING 1927–1999 m. Frances (Christina) Bruhns 1927–2013
    2. 2. Bethia (Harrower) Bachop 1852–1928
    3. 3. Mary Hogg 1865–
    4. 4. John (James) ABERNETHY 1865–1943
    5. 5. Christina Abernethy 1868–1946 m. Alexander (Walker _(m\C Abernethy) Roger (b) 1945) 1845–1918
      1. 1. James (Abernethy Roger (b) 1889) 1889–1956
      2. 2. Robert (John Roger (b) 1892) 1892–1957
      3. 3. Alexander (Walker Roger (b) 1893) 1893–1971
    6. 6. Ann (Eliza) Abernethy 1870–1873
    7. 7. James (A) Abernethy 1871–
    8. 8. Jeremiah (William) Abernethy 1872–1937 m. Rose (Isabel) Warren 1869–1963
      1. 1. William (Arthur) Abernethy 1893–1966
      2. 2. George (Henry Woodington) Abernethy 1894–1923
      3. 3. Effie (Isabel) Abernethy 1897–1923
      4. 4. Joseph (James) Abernethy 1898–1898
      5. 5. Rosina (Margaret) Abernethy 1899–1970 m. Frank (Westwood) Matthews 1893–1973
        1. 1. Audrey (Margaret) Matthews 1917–2004
        2. 2. Frank (William) Matthews 1924–2011
        3. 3. Rosina (Olive (Joy)) Matthews 1924–2015
        4. 4. John (Paton) Matthews 1928–1997
      6. 6. Dolly Abernethy 1901–1901
      7. 7. James (Ernest) Abernethy 1903–
      8. 8. John (Warren) Abernethy 1903–1990 m. Marion (Susannah) Barker 1904–1998
        1. 1. John (Louis) Abernethy 1929–2010
        2. 2. David (Rodney) Abernethy 1936–1984
        3. 3. Ian (Michael) Abernethy 1939– m. Dairne (Jean) Cassie 1942–2003
        4. 4. Alastair (‘Bruce’) Abernethy 1943–2024
      9. 9. Olive (Martha) Abernethy 1906–1967
      10. 10. Ethel (May) Abernethy 1909–1909
    9. 9. Jeremiah (William) Abernethy 1872–1937
    10. 10. George (Henry) Abernethy 1874–1897
    11. 11. Peter (George) Abernethy 1875–
    12. 12. Archibald (J) Abernethy 1876–1955 m. Jessie (Margaret) LAUGHTON 1880–1963
      1. 1. Ilma (Jessie Ann Margaret) Abernethy 1905–1968
      2. 2. Alexander (William) Abernethy 1908–1996
      3. 3. Leslie (Roger) Abernethy 1910–
    13. 13. Joseph Abernethy 1879–1899
    14. 14. Ann (Margaret) Abernethy 1880–1896
    15. 15. Thomasina (Agnes) Abernethy 1884–1921
    16. 16. Charles (Milne) Abernethy 1885–1915
    17. 17. Alexander Abernethy 1887–1978 m. Isobel Abernethy 1893–1933
      1. 1. Alister (Scott) Abernethy 1920–2003
      2. 2. Iona (Margaret) Abernethy 1921–2002
      3. 3. Stephen (Gair) Abernethy 1924–2007
      4. 4. Maurice (Stewart) Abernethy 1928–1968
      5. 5. William (Stanley) Abernethy 1930–2017 m. Hilda (May) Robertson 1928–1998
      6. 6. Eion (James) Abernethy 1933–1957
    18. 18. Christina Abernethy 1890–1946
    19. 19. Ann (Eliza) Abernethy 1870–1873
    20. 20. Francis (H) Abernethy 1885–
    21. 21. Mabel (H) Abernethy 1887–
    22. 22. Betsy Abernethy 1884–
    23. 23. Jemima Abernethy 1887–
  2. 2. Archibald Abernethy 1833–1922
  3. 3. Mary Abernethy 1835–1928
  4. 4. Anderina Abernethy 1836–
  5. 5. Anne ((Annie) Eliza) Abernethy 1838–1902
  6. 6. Margaret Abernethy 1841–1920 m. James Nicolson 1841–1901
    1. 1. Robert Nicolson 1866–1896
    2. 2. Christina (Catherine) NICOLSON 1869–1951
    3. 3. William Nicolson 1871–1900
    4. 4. Mary (Agnes) Nicolson 1874–1876
    5. 5. Barbara Nicolson 1878–1895
    6. 6. John (James Thomas) Nicolson 1883–1953
  7. 7. George Abernethy 1848–1933
  8. 8. John Abernethy 1856–1923

John Abernethy's Timeline

2 Records

1798
13 NOV 1798
Birth of John A. Abernethy in Burrastow, Walls, Shetland, Scotland
Burrastow, Walls, Shetland, Scotland
1871
17 JUL 1871
Age 73
Death of John A. Abernethy in Stebbigrind, Whiteness, SHI, SCT
Stebbigrind, Whiteness, SHI, SCT

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 NOV 1798
    Event Place: Burrastow, Walls, Shetland, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 JUL 1871
    Event Place: Stebbigrind, Whiteness, SHI, SCT
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