John Falconer (bef. 1789 - 1857)

Born before 16 Feb 1789 in Auchoach, New Deer (parish), Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1857 after age 68 in Upper Aucheoch, New Deer (parish), Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Biography

John was born in about 1789 and was baptized at Strichen, Aberdeenshire on 16 February 1789^[1]. He was the son of John Falconer and Isobel Giles. He married Elizabeth Anderson (date and place unknown) and together they had four known children.

1841 Scotland Census^[2]: John lived at Upper Aucheoch, New Deer, Aberdeenshire, with his wife, two children, and five farm servants or labourers.
1851 Scotland Census^[3]: John lived at Upper Aucheoch, New Deer, Aberdeenshire, with his wife, two children, two labourers, and a visitor. He was a farmner of 70 Acres, employing 4 labourers.

John passed away on 10 June 1857 at Upper Aucheoch, New Deer, Aberdeenshire, and was buried in Strichen Kirkyard (a photograph of his gravestone has been uploaded to the images).

Research Notes

We have determined, through research too elaborate to reproduce here, that John lived and died at a croft, known since at least 1800 as Upper Aucheoch, in the parish of New Deer. Prior to that, Upper Aucheoch was part of a larger parcel of land known as Aucheoch (and sometimes written variously as Auchoach and Auchoch) within the Whitehill Estate owned by the lairds of Brucklay. It is likely (although we have been unable to determine this definitively) that John was also born in the same place. The croft still exists today as a larger farm, but we don't know whether it still goes by the same name.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line], via ancestry.co.uk, accessed 27 December 2021 Ancestry uk Record 60143 #21570348 (account required, no Free-to-View image available).
2. ↑ 1841 Scotland Census: 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line]; Parish: New Deer; ED: 4; Page: 12; Line: 340; Year: 1841, via ancestry.co.uk (accessed 27 December 2021). Ancestry uk Record 1004 #1432966 (account required, no Free-to-View image available)
3. ↑ 1851 Scotland Census: 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]; Parish: New Deer; ED: 2; Page: 5; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1851_49; Year: 1851, via ancestry.co.uk (accessed 27 December 2021). Ancestry uk Record 1076 #742736 (account required, no Free-to-View image available)