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ANDREW ELDER land lease in ERROL, CARSE OF GOWRIE, near PERTH, Scotland, 1823 More about PERTH and ELDER

From:
ERROL: ITS LEGENDS, LANDS AND PEOPLE, by LAWRENCE MELVILLE, Also see: ARGYLL (Campbeltown)
Published: PERTH: THOMAS HUNTER & SONS, LTD, 1935
( Interlibrary Loan book from Harvard College Library --7-24-04)
Memorial slip: "Bought from the Andrew Preston Peabody Fund,
Bequeathed by Caroline Eustis Peabody of Cambridge")

Pages 139-140:
"We are now to consider the terms of a lease of a much larger holding than those already mentioned, but on the site of which not a vestige of the farm buildings can now be seen. We refer to the farm of 155 acres let by John Lee Allen in 1823 to ANDREW ELDER, who was formerly tenant at the Loan of Errol. This farm, we should explain, lay south of East Leys and is now merged in New Farm. We mention several of the conditions of let in order to show the differences in farming which have taken place since then. The lease extends to no less than nine closely engrossed pages on foolscap deed paper, which in consequence of the Agricultural Holdings Acts could now be boiled down to one ninth part thereof. The money rent is 431 16/- [pounds], with 75 bolls of wheat and 75 bolls of barley and 30 "good and sufficient hens or to pay one shilling and eight pence sterling for each undelivered hen." The grain is to be delivered when required at Dundee, Perth, Port Allen, Polgavie, or any other place as may be directed. It should be observed here that this obligation of delivery meant that if the grain were not shipped at Port Allen or Polgavie the tenant would have to pay heavily, for there were no railways in the Carse in these days. There is also an obligation to pay to the "Ground Officer" of the Barony of Errol a sum of five shillings yearly, but we are left to conjecture who the Ground Officer was, and the reason of this levy.
We would have thought that the tenant would have been thirled to the Mill at Port Allen, but not so. He is obliged to frequent the Mill of Aithmuire with his whole grindable corns, and to pay the usual services to this mill. There is also the curious obligation to supply the proprietor with six sacks of oat chaff "fit for being put into a bed" at the "current price of the country." The course of cropping prescribed is a seven shift rotation, fiz.:--(1) Fallow, (2) wheat after fallow, (3) peas and beans, (4) wheat, (5) barley, (6) grass, (7) oats. It will be seen that potatoes and turnips are not mentioned, possibly because at this date these crops were not then generally grown in the Carse, or not suitable for the clay soil of the farm. The other obligations in the lease are similar to those usually found in leases of the present day. The reader will agree that no practical and experienced farmer could now pay such a large rent."

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LOAN FARM, ERROL / LOAN OF ERROL - street map

--near ERROL PARK, Murie Gardens and Murie cemetery

Also, ERROL PARISH CHURCH GRAVEYARD
map
http://www.pkht.org.uk/HERSearchResults.asp?selClass=9&selParish=ERROL&selPeriod=-1

ERROL PARISH CHURCH CEMETERY markers for ELDER:

"Sacred to the memory of EUPHEMIA ELDER
wife of WILLIAM ANDERSON who died 2 April 1919 aged 54
and their son WILLIAM ELDER
W Riding Regt [West Riding Regiment]
killed in action 26 May 1918 aged 22 years
interred in Auchonvillers France
the above WILLIAM ANDERSON who died 12 October 1944 aged 80
also WILLIAM son of GEORGE and HELEN STEEDMAN who died in infancy
GEORGE S ANDERSON son of the above WILLIAM ANDERSON who died 26
September 1956 aged 62"

"Sacred to the memory of WILLIAM ELDER who died 1896 aged 63 years
and his wife HELEN CONSTABLE who died 1903 aged 63 years and their family
AGNES who died 1878 aged 10 months
EUPHEMIA wife of WILLIAM ANDERSON who died 1919 aged 54 years
SYMON who died 1941 aged 65 years and
his wife LOTTIE JONES who died 1945 aged 65 years
JOHN who died 1942 aged 63 years interred in San Mateo USA
HELEN who died 1949 aged 78 years
MARGARET who died 1955 aged 87 years
JAMES who died 1958 aged 83 years
and his wife BETHIA TYRIE who died 1973 aged 91 years
and their daughter HELEN MARGARET who died 1988 aged 79 years
also their daughter JESSIE who died 1990 aged 84 years and
daughter BETHIA died 1994 aged 79

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1901 census PERTHSHIRE (Ancestry.com)
Name: James Elder
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relationship: Son
Mother's Name: Helen
Gender: Male
Where born: Errol, Perthshire
Registration Number: 351
Registration district: Errol
Civil Parish: Errol
County: Perthshire
Address: Cowgate Lane
Occupation: Mason
ED: 8
Page: 10 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 56
Line: 2
Roll: CSSCT1901_119
Household Members:
Name Age
Helen Elder 60
James Elder 26 Mason
John Elder 21 Gardener
Symon Elder 25 Mason
Source Citation: Parish: Errol; ED: 8; Line: 2; Year: 1901.
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1891 Census:
Name: James Elder
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relationship: Son
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Helen
Gender: Male
Where born: Errol, Perthshire
Registration Number: 351
Registration district: Errol
Civil Parish: Errol
County: Perthshire
Address: Cowgate
Occupation: Groom
ED: 8
Page: 7 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 43
Line: 7
Roll: CSSCT1891_111
Household Members:
Name Age
William Elder 58
Helen Elder 50
James Elder 16
John Elder 10
Simon Elder 15
Source Citation: Parish: Errol; ED: 8; Line: 7; Year: 1891.
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RE: "West Riding Regiment" of William Elder ANDERSON
see:
AUCHONVILLERS Military Cemetery (Somme France)
at
http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/auchonvillersmilitary.htm

Listed:
ANDERSON, WILLIAM ELDER
United Kingdom Private 25572
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 26/05/1918 Age: 22 II. M. 31.

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LDS FamilySearch.org

ANDREW ELDER
Event(s):
Christening:   22 APR 1782    Errol, Perth, Scotland
Parents:
   Father:   ALEXANDER ELDER
   Mother:   ALISON MORTON
Source Information:
Batch No.:   Dates:   Source Call No.:   Type:   Printout Call No.: Type:
C113515 1692 - 1821   1040069   Film 6900659    Film
Sheet: 00
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ANDREW ELDER
Event(s):
Christening:   25 APR 1790    Errol, Perth, Scotland
Parents:
   Father:   WILLIAM ELDER
   Mother:   JANET BLAIR

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THOMAS ELDER
Event(s):
Christening:   10 MAR 1611   Errol, Perth, Scotland
Parents:
   Father:   RICHART ELDER
Batch No.:    Dates:    Source Call No.:    Type:    Printout Call No.:
Type: C113512   1553 - 1590   1040068, 0102721   Film 6900659    Film C113512   1608 - 1639
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THOMAS ELDER
Marriages:
   Spouse:   SUSANNA SYME
   Marriage:
18 JUN 1641    Errol, Perth, Scotland
M113516    1625 - 1789    1040070, 0102722   Film   6900660   Film

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WorldConnect
by Karen Judge
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kj9916&id=I3898
# ID: I3898
# Name: James Elder
# Sex: M
# Birth: 26 JUN 1684 in Errol, Perth, Scotland

Father: John Elder

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Tait
Children
   1. Margaret Mary Elder b: ABT. 1726 in
        Pennsboro Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
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Daughter:
# ID: I0714
# Name: Margaret Mary Elder
# Sex: F
# Birth: ABT. 1726 in Pennsboro Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1
# Death: AFT. 1765 in Newville Twp, Cumberland Co, PA
# Note:
    Margaret was the daughter of a Scots laird.
They moved to Ulster, Ireland because of religious persecution.
She and her husband Thomas Sharp immigrated to the U.S. around 1745.
Source from Vol. 2 tree #3547 of Family Tree Maker.
This source list "Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania"
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, page 17.

Father: James Elder b: 26 JUN 1684 in Errol, Perth, Scotland
Mother: Elizabeth Tait

Marriage 1 Thomas Sharp b: OCT 1722 in Cargill, Perth, Scotland
    * Married: ABT. 1745 in Antrim, Ireland
Children
   1. Agnes Sharp b: 1746 in Campbeltown, Northern, Ireland
   2. Robert Sharp b: 1748 in Campbeltown, Northern, Ireland
   3. John Sharp b: 1751
   4. Andrew Sharp b: 1752 in Campbeltown, Northern, Ireland
   5. James Sharp b: 5 JUL 1753 in Cumberland Co, PA
   6. Mary Sharp b: 1752 in Scotland
   7. Alexander Sharp b: 1756
   8. Martha Sharp b: 1758 in Ulster, Ireland
   9. Jane Sharp b: 1760
10. Margaret Sharp b: ABT. 1766

Sources:
   1. Title: World Family Tree Vol. 2, pre-1600 to present
      Publication: c 1994 Broderbund Software, Inc.
      Note: Tree Number #2535
      Note: Secondary Source
      Repository:
      Media: Family Archive CD
      Page: #3547

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Adding: JOHN ELDER, b. abt 1880 [from ERROL, PERTHSHIRE]
d. 1942 in San Mateo, California.
Found an interesting photo and story of the
estate in San Mateo, where he was a gardener. See 1910 Census - San Mateo
Didn't find any children for him, tho.

1930 California Census (ancestry.com)
Name:   John E Elder
Home in 1930: San Mateo, San Mateo, California
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Scotland
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Rose
Race: White
Household Members:
Name Age          (Scot, Scot, Scot)
John E Elder 50 (Gardener, Private Estate) (Imm. 1907 -Naturalized P.A.)
Rose Elder   39 (England, England, England) (Imm. 1920 -Naturaliz. papers "AL")
Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: San Mateo, San Mateo,
California; Roll: 216; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 34; Image:
1017.0.

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California Death Index (Ancestry.com)
Name: John C Elder
Social Security #: 0
Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 16 Jul 1880
Birthplace: Other Country
Death Date: 14 Sep 1942
Death Place: San Mateo
FATHER'S SURNAME: Elder

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1920 (Household of TEMPLETON C. CROCKER)

Name: John Elder
Home in 1920: Hillsborough, San Mateo, California
Age: 38 years (indexed 68) (gardener)
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Scotland
Father's Birth Place: Scotland
Mother's Birth Place: Scotland
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Year of Immigration: 1907
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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1920
Name: Tempelton C Crocker
Home in 1920: Hillsborough, San Mateo, California
Age: 35 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1885
Birthplace: California
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Helen
Father's Birth Place: California
Mother's Birth Place: California
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Name Age
Tempeton C Crocker 35 (CALIF CALIF CALIF - Occ: Capitalist)
Helen Crocker 32 (Honolulu, Scot, New Orleans?)
(Helene IRWIN, sugar Heiress)
William Munro 48 (Scot, Scot, Scot) Supt.
Agnes M Munro 54
Romar Neumann 36 (rest are cooks, butlers, servants, etc)
Bessie E Munro 23
Louise Cederholm 27
Spiridon Caitsue 42
Sandor Gazse 27
David Browley 54
Therese Berges 40
Loomdey Lew 29
Qung Ywe 45
Sang Lew 17
Ah Jim 32
John Elder 38 (of 7 gardeners)
Jim Fitzdearld 37
George Varorarie 37
Henry Brown 44
Siro Maggetti 50
Janes H Archor 56
Royal N Eastham 19
Margaret Watson 43
Oscar J Haahs 35
Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Hillsborough, San Mateo,
California; Roll: T625_145; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 284;
Image: 435.

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GOOGLE BOOKS - CHARLES FREDERICK CROCKER
http://books.google.com/books?id=NCTxw7QpmtwC&dq=%22frederick+crocker%22+california
"Stanford University and Thereabouts"
By Orrin Leslie Elliott, O. V. Eaton
Published 1896
C. A. Murdock & Co., printers
79 pages
" Charles Frederick Crocker, San Francisco, b. Sacramento Dec. 26, 1854,
V.P. of Southern Pacific since death of his father...."
(only son: Templeton C. Crocker).

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TEMPLETON CROCKER's MANSION (photo) - History of Crystal Springs Uplands School
at
http://www.csus.com/page.cfm?p=14

Mansion History
"In 1911, Templeton Crocker decided that he wanted to build his own
house as a wedding present for his bride, C & H sugar heiress Helene
Irwin.
Built at a cost of $1.6 million, the mansion renowned San Francisco
architect Willis Polk designed for Crocker contained 35,000 square
feet of living space, a 10,000 square foot basement, and 39 rooms
including 12 bedrooms and 12 baths.
It also featured a large wine cellar, elevator, dumbwaiter, four
staircases and mezzanine level quarters for servants.
The resulting mansion is not immense, but its interior of matching
marble walls, silk wall coverings, Italian ironwork and finely
crafted German woodcarving make it, according to local architectural
experts, "unsurpassed by any other mansion in San Mateo County."
The mansion was completed in 1917. A gala party for dozens of San
Francisco society members marked the opening. For ten years the
Crockers entertained lavishly several weekends of every month at
their "country home." The Crockers were, unfortunately, divorced in
1927 and the house was thereafter occupied by Mr. Crocker only
periodically, as a "summer cottage" and "hunting lodge."
In 1942, Crocker sold the property to Romie C. Jacks (Monterey Jack
cheese). Mr. Jacks died shortly after moving into the house, but Mrs.
Jacks continued to live in a few rooms on the second floor for almost
a decade, attended by 13 servants. In 1951, she rented the house to
the Soviet delegation to the Japanese Peace Conference, then being
held in San Francisco. The Russian consulate oversaw extensive
cleaning and refurbishing before the ambassadorial party moved in.
Local residents were astonished - and perhaps uneasy - to discover
Ambassador Andrei Gromyko and his party in their midst.
For several years thereafter the house was unoccupied and most of
the acreage was quietly sold for subdividing. The original gateposts of
the estate can still be seen at the foot of Uplands Drive and Stonehedge.
In 1956, the Crocker family reacquired Uplands, after a prospective
buyer was unable to raise the $95,000 asking price.
In March of that year, with the help of Mrs. Jennie Crocker
Henderson and the blessing of the San Mateo County Historical
Society, the Trustees of Crystal Springs School purchased the mansion
and 10 acres of surrounding land to be the school's permanent home.
Today, it serves as the focal point for a campus community of 350
students in grades six through twelve.
Templeton Crocker, that bon vivant patron of the arts and sciences,
would probably be well pleased with his mansion's new life."

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