Person:John Maitland (15)

John Maitland was born on 5th March 1869 in Aberdeen, son of Isabella Preston Maitland, formerly Clouston, and her husband John Maitland, a brass finisher. Young John was the couple's eldest child; they had married five months earlier.

Some time between 1870 and 1871 the family left Aberdeen and moved to the north-east of England. The family appears in the 1871 census living in Sunderland, where John had younger siblings born in 1871 and 1873. Some time after 1875 the family left Sunderland and moved to Hull, where a sister was born in 1877, before moving again to Jarrow where another sister was born in 1879. The 1881 census finds the family living in the North Shields area of Tynemouth, and another brother was born there later that year. By 1884 the family had settled back in Jarrow, with John's youngest brother being born there. The family appears to have stayed in Jarrow until after John left home.

In 1889, aged 20, John married Irene Baker in Cardiff. The couple has not been found in the 1891 census. Back in Jarrow, John's mother died in 1892. His father and youngest siblings later left Jarrow and moved to Edinburgh.

John and Irene appear to have had a daughter in the early 1890s (for whom no birth certificate has been found) and a son in 1896. They later claimed to have had six children in total, but four had died before 1911.

The 1901 and 1911 censuses each find the family living in the western suburbs of Cardiff. John worked as a fitter's labourer repairing ships in dry dock. John's father died in Edinburgh in 1926.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, John and Irene were living at 24 Bromfield Street in Cardiff.

Irene died in 1952, aged 83. John survived her by less than a year, dying in 1953, also aged 83.

1. ↑ Birth register, in General Register Office for Scotland. Civil Registration.

   1869. BIRTHS in the District of St. Nicholas in the Burgh of Aberdeen
   No. 358
   Name and Surname: John Maitland
   When and Where Born: 1869 March fifth 2h0m P.M., 59 Hutcheon Street, Aberdeen
   Sex: M
   Name, Surname, & Rank or Profession of Father: John Maitland, Brassfounder (Journeyman)
   Name, and Maiden Surname of Mother: Isabella Preston Maitland M.S. Clouston
   Date and Place of Marriage: 1868 October 2nd, Aberdeen
   Signature and Qualification of Informant, and Residence, if out of the House in which the Birth occurred: John Maitland, Father
   When and Where Registered, and Signature of Registrar: 1869 March 15th at Aberdeen, John Watt, Registrar

2. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 5001; Folio 63; Page 16, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 21 Enderby Road, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham
   John Maitland, head, married, male, 28 [1842/3], Brass finisher, b. Scotland
   Isabella Preston Maitland, wife, married, female, 25 [1845/6], b. Scotland
   John Maitland, son, male, 2 [1868/9], b. Scotland

3. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 5076; Folio 34; Page 62, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 9 Mount Pleasant, North Shields, Chirton, Tynemouth, Northumberland
   John Mainland, head, married, male, 39 [1841/2], Brass Finisher, b. Aberdeen, Scotland
   Isabella C. Mainland, wife, married, female, 35 [1845/6], Brass Finisher Wife, b. Aberdeen, Scotland
   John Mainland, son, unmarried, male, 12 [1868/9], Scholar, b. Aberdeen, Scotland
   William Mainland, son, unmarried, male, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Sunderland, Durham
   Jessie Mainland, daughter, unmarried, female, 3 [1877/8], b. Hull, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Mainland, daughter, unmarried, female, 1 [1879/80], b. Jarrow, Durham

4. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 4988; Folio 69; Page 38, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 5 Llanmaes Street, Canton, Cardiff, Glamorgan
   2 rooms occupied
   John Maitland, head, married, male, 32 [1868/9], Fitters Labourer, worker, b. Aberdeen, speaks English
   Irene Maitland, wife, married, female, 31 [1869/70], b. Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, speaks both English & Welsh
   Florrie Maitland, daughter, single, female, 8 [1892/3], b. Cardiff, Glamorgan, speaks English
   John Maitland, son, single, male, 5 [1895/6], b. Cardiff, Glamorgan, speaks English

5. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 32162; Schedule 120, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 21 Oakley Street, Grangetown, Cardiff, Glamorgan
   4 rooms occupied
   John Maitland, head, male, 42 [1868/9], married, Engineers Labourer - Ship Repairing and Dry Docks, worker, b. Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, speaks English only
   Irene Maitland, wife, female, 41 [1869/70], married 22 years, 6 children born to marriage, 2 children still living, b. Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, speaks English only
   Florence Maitland, daughter, female, 18 [1892/3], single, General Servant (Domestic), b. Cardiff, Glamorgan, speaks English only
   John Maitland, son, male, 15 [1895/6], single, Student, b. Cardiff, Glamorgan, speaks English only

6. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Cardiff County Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   24 Bromfield Street, Cardiff, Glamorgan
   Maitland, John / male / 5 Mar 1869 / married / Fitters helper Ship Repairer
   Maitland, Irene / female / 5 May 1869 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties

7. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. John MAITLAND, March Quarter 1953, Cardiff Registration District, Volume 8b, page 155, aged 83 [1869/70]