John Clark MacWaters

Abt 1857 -

• Name	John Clark MacWaters  [1]
  Born	Abt 1857	Dundee, Angus, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1881	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Occupation	1913	Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
  	Tailor
  Died	St Cuthberts Edinburgh, Scotland
  Person ID	I6054	So Many Generations
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	William MacWaters,   b. Abt 1822, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland ,   d. 1900, Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Catherine Clark,   b. 1828, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland, United Kingdom ,   d. 22 Feb 1860, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland, United Kingdom  (Age 32 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	3 Jan 1848	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3]
  Family ID	F1847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Bayley Murdoch,   b. Abt 1847, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom ,   d. 3 Feb 1908, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1875	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom   [4, 5]
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2021
  Family ID	F1838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  There is a family story that John was a founder of the ScottishTailors' Union and was later unable to find work in Scotland, hencethe move to Newcastle upon Tyne. If this is true, he must have been avery precocious three-year-old as the Union was founded in 1860.He was a talented ventriloquist and pianist. He lost a leg in anaccident and used a wooden leg which he made himself. When his sonJohn married Anne Elliott Turnbull, Anne's father Robert provided a"real" artificial leg which had been left for repair at Robert's placeof work and never reclaimed.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Source, (Name: http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=18031271249&indiv=try;). Birth date: abt 1857Birth place: Dundee, ForfarshireResidence date: 1871Residence place: St Andrew, Angus, Scotland [S1823] Details: Census shows age as 24. [S1884] Details: M119675. [S1808] Details: Photocopy obtained. [S1809] Details: 15103133.