Isabella MacVicar

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms NOTE: can't find William Burn (died in infancy), Robert Burn (died in infancy), Unknown Burn (died in infancy)

• 31 October 1799 birth or baptism of Isabella Burn, daughter of Robert Burn and Janet Laing, in the parish of Edinburgh

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns

• [unknown day] December 1821 marriage or banns of Isabella Burn to John MacVicar, in the parish of Leith South

From British Newspaper Archive: Glasgow Herald, Friday, 12 January 1821 Page 3 Married

Married: At Jessfield, on Monday, 8 January 1821, John McVicar, Esq., merchant, Hamburgh, to Isabella Burn, fourth daughter of the late Robert Burn, Esq., Architect. Jessfield House, 232 Newhaven Road, Edinburgh EH6 4JY 55.97889, -3.19278

From Freecen - 1841 Census John McVicar, Dunbartonshire Row born 1791

6 June 1841 Census for residents of Ardarroch House, Arrochar Road, Finnart, Argyll and Bute 56.11556, -4.83472, Somerset Place, Row, Dunbartonshire

• John McVicar, male, age 50 [born about 1791] in Out of County, Independent; Address Ardarroch on map
• Isabella McVicar, female, age 40 [born about 1801] in Out of County
• Agnes Burn, female, age 30 [born about 1811] in Out of County
• Jessie Wardrop, female, aged 15 [born about 1826] Reference 503/8/3 NOTE: missing from Freecen
• Sarah Chippendale, female, age 20 [born about 1821] in England
• Lucy Chippendale, female, age 20 [born about 1821] in England
• Silvanus Partridge, male, age 50 [born about 1791] in England
• Alexr Wilson, male, age 25 [born about 1816] in Out of County, Male Servant
• Alexr Paterson, male, age 20 [born about 1821] in Out of County, Male Servant
• Janet Cameron, female, age 45 [born about 1796] in Out of County, Female Servant
• Euphemia Eliol, female, age 40 [born about 1801] in Out of County, Female Servant; surname maybe Eliot
• Elisabeth Young, female, age 20 [born about 1821] in Out of County, Female Servant

From 18510330 Census John Macvicar Isabella Macvicar William Falconer Geo .. Konig Thomas Hill Lawrence Hill Kate Hill in Ardarroch Row ScotlandsPeople_C1851_503_00_007_000_2_003Z.jpg

30 March 1851 Census for residents of Ardarroch House, Row, Dunbartonshire

• John Macvicar, head, married, male, age 59 [born about 1792] in Auchtergaven, Perthshire, Scotland; J.P. Proprietor
• Isabella Macvicar, wife, married, female, age 51 [born about 1800] in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• William Falconer, visitor, unmarried, male, age 55 [born about 1796] in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Merchant In Glasgow
• [George] Guy Kionig, visitor, married, male, age 30 [born about 1821] in Westphalia, Germany, Overseas Foreign; Merchant in Hamburgh
• Thomas Hill, visitor, married, male, age 37 [born about 1814] in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Register Of Sasines Glasgow
• Laurence Hill, visitor, married, male, age 34 [born about 1817] in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Engineer Glasgow
• Kate Hill, visitor, married, female, age 36 [born about 1815] in Madras East Indies, Overseas British
• Catherine Hunter, servant, unmarried, female, age 43 [born about 1808] in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland; House Servant
• Ann Wallace, servant, unmarried, female, age 20 [born about 1831] in St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland; House Servant
• Catherine Ferguson, servant, unmarried, female, age 33 [born about 1818] in Lochgoilhead, Argyllshire, Scotland; House Servant
• Isabella Fraser, servant, unmarried, female, age 23 [born about 1828] in Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland; House Servant

From MyHeritage: Alexander Thomson: 1861 Scotland Census (transcription only)

7 April 1861 Census for residents of Tillicoultry House, Tillicoultry Mains, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire FK13 6RY 56.1569, -3.7275, Scotland

• Alexander Thomson, head, married, male, aged 65 [born about 1796], in Midlothian; Writer to the Signet
• Eliza Thomson, wife [sister], married, female, aged 59 [born about 1802], in Midlothian
• Isabella McVicar, visitor, widow, female, aged 61 [born about 1800], in Midlothian
• 6 nephews and nieces, 1 other visitors, 9 servants

From Post Office Edinburgh and Leith directory 1869-1870 Page 290

Street Directory: Grange Loan. 13. Grange. Mrs. Macvicar, [Canaan Park, 133 Grange Loan, Edinburgh EH9 2HL 55.9294935, -3.197545]

From MyHeritage: Isabella MacVicar: 1871 Scotland Census (transcription only)

2 April 1871 Census for residents of Canaan Park Grange Loan, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Isabella MacVicar, head, widow, female, aged 70 [born about 1801], in Edinburgh, Midlothian
• Jane Brander, servant, single, female, aged 55 [born about 1816], in So Queensferry, Midlothian; Cook Domestic Servant
• Isabella Dowie, servant, single, female, aged 41 [born about 1830], in Dunfermline, Fife; Housemaid Domestic Servant
• Mary Munro, servant, single, female, aged 27 [born about 1844], in Logan, Ross and Cromarty; Tablemaid Domestic Servant
• Anne Rattray, servant, single, female, aged 17 [born about 1854], in Edgerston[?], Midlothian; Kitchenmaid Domestic Servant

From PDF FORMAT: Scotland Owners of Lands and Heritages 1872-1873 Return

• Owner: Mrs. Isabella MacVicar
• Address: Canaan Park
• Estimated acreage of property: 9 acres
• Gross Annual Value: £166

From Scotland's People: Valuation rolls

• 1875 Mrs Isabella MacVicar: Proprietor Occupier; in House and Ground Canaan Park Grange Loan in St Cuthbert's
• 1875 Mrs Isabella MacVicar: Proprietor; in Park Cannan Park Grange Loan in St Cuthbert's

From MyHeritage: Isabella MacVicar: 1881 Scotland Census (transcription only)

3 April 1881 Census for residents of Canaan Park, Grange Loan, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Isabella Macvicar, female, head, widow, aged 81 [born about 1800] in Edinburgh, Scotland; Income from dividends; Handicap: Imbecile
• Jessie N. Hill, female, grand-niece, unmarried, aged 27 [born about 1854] in Po [Port] Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland; Companion
• Jane Branchen, female, servant, unmarried, aged 65 [born about 1816] in Linlithgow, Scotland; Cook
• Robina Monro, female, servant, unmarried, aged 34 [born about 1847] in Rosskeen, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland; General Servant
• Agnes Milligan, female, servant, unmarried, aged 25 [born about 1856] in Newton Stewart, Fife, Scotland; General Servant
• Alexander Brown, male, servant, unmarried, aged 23 [born about 1858] in Lasswade, Edinburgh, Scotland; Coachman

From Scotland's People - Deaths

1881 death of Isabella MacVicar, [maiden surname] Burn, [Mother's maiden name] Laing, aged 81 [born about 1800], registered district: Newington

From British Newspaper Archive: Dundee Courier Saturday, 3 September 1881 Page 4 Deaths

At Canaan Park, Edinburgh, on Thursday, 1 September 1881 [inst.], Mrs Isabella Macvicar, widow of John Macvicar, Esq., of Arddarroch, aged 81.

From Scotland's People: Wills and Testaments

• 8 October 1881 Will of Isabella MacVicar, or Burn, of Canaan Park, Edinburgh, widow of John MacVicar, died Thursday, 1 September 1881 at Edinburgh, testate; court: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Wills
• 8 October 1881 Will, Testament or Inventory of Isabella MacVicar, or Burn, of Canaan Park, Edinburgh, widow of John MacVicar, died Thursday, 1 September 1881 at Edinburgh, testate; court: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories

From Ancestry 18811008 probate Isabella Burn MacVicar Canaan Park Edinburgh died 18810901 pr David Laing B Maj John MacVicar B David Bryce B George Bruce James Syme £90200

8 October 1881 confirmation of Isabella Burn or MacVicar, of Canaan Park, Edinburgh, widow of John MacVicar, who died 1 September 1881, at Edinburgh, testate, granted at Edinburgh to David Laing Burn, St. Andrews, brother, Major John MacVicar Burn, Royal Horse Artillery, David Bryce Burn, son of the said David Laing Burn, her nephews, George Bruce, W.S., and James Syme, Millbank House, Edinburgh, executors nominated in Will or Deed, dated 11 October 1867, and codicil, dated 4 October 1870, and recorded with other Writs in Court Books of Commissariot of Edinburgh, 6 October 1881. Value of Estate: £90200 8s. 6d.