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Contact UsMASTERTON Peter[1, 2, 3]
Abt 1841 - 1891
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Birth Abt 1841 [1] Gender Male Occupation Watchmaker [2, 3, 4] Census 1851 Forfar, Angus, Scotland 
[5] - aged 10, "Patrick"
Census 1861 St Andrews & St Leonards, Fife, Scotland [5] - aged 18
Census 1871 Kirkden, Forfar, Scotland [5] - aged 29
Census 1881 "H M Convict Prison" Chatham, Gillingham, Kent, England [6] - aged 38, Prisoner Convict, married
Residence 21 Sep 1891 12 Wolsely Street, Dundee, Angus, Scotland [4] Cause of Death Cancer of Palate & Tongue and Cardiac syncope as cert by John Dowden MB [4] Died 21 Sep 1891 Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland [4, 5] - aged 49
Person ID I291 Mastertons from Forfar Last Modified 03 Feb 2010
Father MASTERTON John, b. Bef 8 Dec 1817, Forfar, Angus, Scotland , d. 29 Nov 1884, Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland Mother KERR Isabella, b. Bef 12 Dec 1816, Forfar, Angus, Scotland , d. 1902, Forfar, Angus, Scotland Married 1 Jan 1837 Forfar, Forfar, Scotland Family ID F101 Group Sheet
Family RUTHERFORD Isabella Gray, b. Bef 1 Jan 1843, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland , d. 20 Nov 1880, 4 South Street, Perth, Perth, Scotland Married 12 Oct 1865 St Andrews & St Leonards, Fife, Scotland [1, 5] Children 1. MASTERTON John, b. 30 Aug 1866, Kirkden, Forfar, Scotland > 2. MASTERTON George Rutherford, b. 27 Apr 1868, Kirkden, Forfar, Scotland , d. 10 Feb 1949, 6 Marsden Square, Perth, Scotland 3. MASTERTON Jane Laing, b. 28 Jun 1869, Kirkden, Forfar, Scotland , d. 1951, New Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland 4. MASTERTON Isabella Kerr, b. 11 Jun 1871, Kirkden, Forfar, Scotland 5. MASTERTON Euphemia Gray Rutherford, b. 21 May 1873, Alyth, Perth, Scotland , d. 1965, New Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland Family ID F211 Group Sheet
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Notes - Charged with pawning watches given to him for repair with a viewto redeeming them before he was found out. Verdict: Guilty. Sentence Penal Servitude 5 years.http://www.themastertons.org/peter-masterton-watchmaker.html [7]
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Sources - [S2] Charts 2 and 14, David Masterton, New Jersey.
- [S39] George Masterton death certificate.
- [S161] Isabella Masterton death certificate.
- [S32] genesreunited family tree, Elaine Nicoll.
- [S3] scotlandspeople, General Registers of Scotland.
- [S4] 1881 Census, (Church of Latter Day Saints).
- [S74] Trial papers relating to Peter Masterton for the crime of theft., National Archives of Scotland.
- [S2] Charts 2 and 14, David Masterton, New Jersey.