William Tait (1793 - 1864)

Born 11 May 1793 in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Died 4 Oct 1864 at age 71 in United Kingdom

Biography

1793 Scotland Births and Baptisms^[1]
Name: William Tait
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 28 May 1793
Christening Place: SAINT CUTHBERTS, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 11 May 1793
Father's Name: James Tait
Mother's Name: Isobella Bertram

1841 Scotland Census^[2]
Name: William Tait
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Address: 107
Address: PRINCES STREET
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Occupation: PUBLISHER
Birthplace: Midlothian
Schedule Type: 8
Parish: Edinburgh
Piece/Folio: 5
County: Midlothian
Birth Year (Estimated): 1796
Piece: 6851
Digital Folder Number: 004536168

From Wikipedia^[3]
William Tait (1793–1864) was a Scottish publisher, best known for Tait's Magazine. Life

The eldest son of Isabella Bertram and her husband, James Tait (1762–1834), an architect in Edinburgh, he was born there on 11 May 1793. After a short time at the University of Edinburgh, he was articled to a writer to the signet. Giving up on a legal career, by 1818 he had opened a bookshop at 78 Princes Street, Edinburgh with his brother Charles Bertram Tait, and shortly afterwards began publishing. In 1833, Tait was elected to the first reformed town council of Edinburgh, and in the same year was sent to gaol for four days on 10 August for refusing to pay church rates, which were then a target in radical circles. His shop was a meeting-place and it is told that Sir Walter Scott and Thomas Carlyle were present at the same time without managing to meet. At this time he lived at 2, Walker Street in Edinburgh's West End.

Tait retired from business in 1848, and bought the estate of Prior Bank, near Melrose, where he died on 4 October 1864. He is buried with his parents in St Cuthbert's Churchyard in Edinburgh at the west end of Princes Street. The grave lies on an outer wall of the southern extension.

1864 British Newspaper Archive^[4]
Name: William Tait, Esq
Event Type: Obituary
Event Date: 7 Oct 1864
Event Place: United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): United Kingdom
Gender: Male
Age: 71
Birth Year (Estimated): 1793
Death Date: 04 Oct 1864

1864 Find A Grave Index^[5]
Name: William Tait
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1864
Event Place: Edinburgh, , City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Photograph Included: Y
Birth Date: 11 May 1793
Death Date: 4 Oct 1864
Affiliate Record Identifier: 177675364
Cemetery: Saint Cuthbert's Churchyard

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTRM-T2F : 10 February 2018), Isobella Bertram in entry for William Tait, 11 May 1793; citing , reference 2:17RN5GD, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,755.
2. ↑ "Scotland Census, 1841," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYZG-YHY : 10 July 2019), William Tait, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; from "1841 England, Scotland & Wales census," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing p. 2, PRO HO 107, New Register House, Edinburgh; FHL microfilm 1,042,787.
3. ↑ William Tait (publisher), From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, See Wikipedia entry for more information and citations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tait_(publisher)
4. ↑ "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLS3-B5XQ : 19 April 2019), William Tait, Esq, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing United Kingdom, 7 Oct 1864, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL7R-111K : 12 August 2019), William Tait, 1864; Burial, Edinburgh, , City of Edinburgh, Scotland, Saint Cuthbert's Churchyard; citing record ID 177675364, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.