Alexander Campbell (1816 - 1870)

Born 14 May 1816 in Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Died 8 Jan 1870 at age 53 in Edinburgh, Scotland

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Biography

Born 14 May 1816, Glasgow, Scotland , baptised 27 June 1816, Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the son of ^[1].

Never married^[2]

Spent some time as an inmate of Morningside Asylum, Edinburgh.^[3]

Died 8 Jan 1870, Edinburgh, Scotland^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Scotland's People, Old Parish Registers, Births
   CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER; Parents: JAMES CAMPBELL/SARAH JANE FORBES FR1352 CHILD 3 (FR1352); Male; Date: 27/06/1816; Parish No: 622/; Ref: 50 360; Parish: Barony
2. ↑ https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5a1516e4f4040b9d6e22a9fe/alexander-campbell-1841-midlothian-edinburgh-1816-?locale=en
   1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Edinburgh St Andrew; ED: 9; Page: 10; Line: 1120; Year: 1841 Civil parish: Edinburgh St Andrew; County: Midlothian; Parish Number: 685/1
   Queen Street 14, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
   Hugh Patton;Male; 45, abt 1796; Navy; Out of County
   Alexander Campbell; Male; 25, abt 1816; Independent; Out of County
   Hugh Cameron; Male; 35, abt 1806; Banker; Out of County
   George Smyttan; Male; 50, abt 1791; Surgeon; Out of County
   William Borthwick; Male; 30, abt 1811; Madras Army; Out of County
   Murdoch MacLaine; Male; 25, abt 1816; Independent; Midlothian
   Duncan Littlejohn; Male; 35, abt 1806; Madras Army; Out of County
   Alexander Milne; Male; 40, abt 1801; Male Servant; Out of County
   Janet Milne; Female; 40, abt 1801; Female Servant; Out of County
   Isabella Kerr; Female; 23, abt 1816; Female Servant; Out of County
   Margaret Miller; Female; 25, abt 1814; Female Servant; Out of County
   Helen Dunn; Female; 25, abt 1814; Female Servant; Out of County
   Johanna Paisley; Female; 25, abt 1814; Female Servant; Out of County
   Margaret Trench; Female; 25, abt 1814; Female Servant; Out of County
   Helen Alexander; Female; 20, abt 1821; Female Servant; Midlothian
   William Roberto; Male; 40, abt 1801; Male Servant; England
   Roderick McBain; Male; 20, abt 1801; Male Servant; Out of County
   John Dewar; Male; 20, abt 1821; Male Servant; Out of County
   Duncan McDonald; Male; 20, abt 1821; Male Servant; Out of County
   William Hunter; Male;15, abt 1826; Male Servant; Midlothian
3. ↑ Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh under the Sheriff Courts Act, 1876. Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories.
   Campbell. Alexander; Valueo f Estate £696, 4s. 2d. 18 March – Inventory ad omissa of Alexander Campbell, sometime inmate Morningside Asylum, Edinburgh, who died 8 January 1870, at Edinburgh, intestate, given up at Edinburgh, by Donald Forbes Campbell, 25 York Place, Edinburgh, and James Campbell, 2 Exchange Ally Liverpool, his brothers, Executors dative ad omissa qua next of kin. Original Confirmation granted 23 September 1878, and Additional Inventory recorded 7 July 1879.
4. ↑ 1870; Campbell, Alexander (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Statutory registers Deaths 685/5 25)
   1870; Deaths in the District of Newington in the City of Edinburgh
   No: 25; Alexander Campbell; Single; Died: 1870, January Eighth, 0H 45m P.M., Royal As....., Morningside, Edinburgh; Male; 53 yrs; Father: Unknown Campbell; Mother: Unknown Campbell; Cause of Death: Senile Decay, 4 days; Certified by Shedhill H Wright, M.B; Informant: George Weir, Attendant, Present; Registered 1870, January 10 at Edinburgh, K Alexander, Asst Reg.
5. ↑ https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Scotland's People, Wills and Testaments
   Campbell, Alexander; Date: 7/7/1879; Description: Morningside, near Edinburgh, d. 08/01/1870 at Morningside aforesaid, intestate; Type: Additional Inventory. Inventory ad omissa given up 18/03/1880; Court: Edinburgh Sheriff Court Inventories; Ref: SC70/1/194