Thomas Graham1,2

#4711, (1828 - 1876)
FatherWalter Graham1,2 (1789 - 1869)
MotherElizabeth Gow or Ferguson2,1 (c 1795 - 1868)
RelationshipGreat-grandson of James Graham
Extended Family
ChartsJames Graham & Agnes Finlayson - collapsible 7-generation descendant chart

Children of Thomas Graham and Catherine McKirdy Nairn

Life Events

BiographyPresbytery of Glasgow - Martyrs' Church. Thomas Graham, born 1830, eldest son of Walter G., farmer, parish of Kilmadock; educ. at Univ of Glasgow; M.A. (1854); licen by Presb. of Dunblane; ord 13 Jan 1859; served at Martyrs' Church [which was opened in 1839]; died 5th May 1876. He marr. Miss Nairn, and had issue -- Catherine McKirdy; Walter; Mary Mathers; Elizabeth; Thomas McKirdy.1 
BirthThomas Graham was born on 24 Jul 1828 in Wester Argaty, Kilmadock, Perthshire.
His mother's name was recorded as Elizabeth Ferguson.2 
(with Parents) 1841 CensusThomas appeared on the 1841 Census of Kilmadock, Perthshire in the household of his parents. He was 10 years old and born in Perthshire.3 
1851 CensusHe appeared on the 1851 Census of Glasgow St David, Lanarkshire, at 272 Buchanan Street. He was 20 years old, a student of divinity, a lodger, and born in Edinburth. [Cannot be certain that this is the right fellow...age a bit low and wrong birthplace but it may have been his landlords who gave the information].4 
1861 CensusThomas Graham, MA appeared on the 1861 Census of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, at 64 Buccleuch Street. He was a lodger and the Minister of Martyrs Church, age 31, born in Kilmadock, Perthshire.5 
(Minister) Marriage Thomas Graham officiated at the marriage of his cousin Thomas Reid and Christian Buchanan King on 5 Jun 1861 in Earn Farm, Kilmadock, Perthshire.6,7 
MarriageThomas Graham married Catherine McKirdy Nairn, daughter of Archibald Nairn and Catherine Rennie, on 20 Jul 1864 in Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton.1,8
 
(Executor) WillThomas Graham was named an executor in the will of his father Walter Graham dated 3 Oct 1869 in Stockbridge, Dunblane, Perthshire. He was recorded as son Rev Thomas Graham, Minister of the Martyrs Church, Glasgow.9 
1871 CensusThomas and Catherine M Graham appeared on the 1871 Census of Glasgow Springburn, Lanarkshire, at 8 Clayton Terrace. They had 3 children, Catherine (5), Walter (3), and Mary (1) as well as a domestic servant.
[The index is badly mangled but there's enough information to know it's the correct family]10
 
(Widowed) DeathHis wife Catherine died on 18 Apr 1873.11  
DeathThomas died on 5 May 1876 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire.1
 
Note.In the 1881 census, two of his children were with their maternal grandmother, one with a maternal aunt, one in an Edinburgh orphanage, and one in an orphanage in Yorkshire. 
ProbateHis estate was probated on 10 Jul 1876. Abstract of the document:

Inventory of the personal Estate of the Reverend Thomas Graham Minister of Martyrs parish Church Glasgow and residing at number 8 Clayton Terrace Denniston who died at Glasgow 5 May 1876.

1. Household Furniture, Silver plate other effects in the deceased house: merit thereof by William Burn Licensed Appraiser Glasgow £132 – 1 – 9

2. Account current with the National Bank of Scotland Branch Bank at St. Rollox £1 – 12 – 10

Total amount of personal Estate in Scotland £133 - 14 – 7

(signed) Archibald Nairn


Appeared Archibald Nairn. Wright and Packing Case Maker in Glasgow the Executor dative and Factor for Catherine McKirdy Graham, Walter Graham, Mary Mathew Graham, Elizabeth Graham and Thomas McKirdy Graham all residing in Glasgow the whole children and next of Kin of deceased, who being solemly sworn and examined deponed That the said Thomas Graham died at Glasgow upon 5th day of May 1876 and the deponent have entered upon the the possession and management of the deceased Estate as Executor dative qua Factor appointed by the Commissary of the County of Lanark on the 16 Day of June 1876.12
 
Last Edited21 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. [S351] Hew Scott, Fasti Ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1915), FHL microfiche #6026402, Thomas Graham, 1830-1876, vol 3 p423.
  2. [S428] Microfilm of the Old Parochial Register of Kilmadock, Perthshire, 1623-1854 (Family History Library, 1040115).
  3. [S154] 1841 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm).
  4. [S1185] Online index to the 1851 Census for Scotland (Ancestry.com) "Glasgow St David (644/1), ED 19, Page 19."
  5. [S1186] Online index to the 1861 Census for Scotland (Ancestry.com) "Glasgow Barony (644/6), ED 40, Page 16."
  6. [S742] Trust Disposition and Deed of Settlement & Inventory of Thomas Reid, Perthshire Sheriff Court, 25 Jan 1898 (Scottish Documents.com, images).
  7. [S150] Scotland Statutory Register of Marriages. Thomas Reid & Christina B King, #1861/362/8.
  8. [S304] Index of Scottish Old Parish Registers CD.
  9. [S529] Trust Disposition and Settlement & Inventory of Walter Graham of Stockbridge near Dunblane, 3 October 1869, proved in the Dunblane Sheriff Court, 13 November 1869 (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/, SC44/44/18), transcribed by Helen Black.
  10. [S1207] Online index to the 1871 Census for Scotland (Ancestry.com) "Glasgow Springburn (644/2), ED 100, Page 10."
  11. [S347] E-mails from Helen Black to J Kolthammer.
  12. [S473] Inventory of the personal estate of Rev. Thomas Graham of Glasgow, taken 10 July 1876 (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/, SC36/48/79, pp733-35), from Helen Black.
  13. [S1320] Website International Genealogical Index, civil registration index (www.familysearch.org).