Gideon CHRISTIE

1863 - 1945  (81 years)

• Name	Gideon CHRISTIE
  Birth	07 Dec 1863	Symbister, Burra, Shetland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1871	Symbister, Burra, Shetland
  	Scholar
  	Age: 7
  Census	1881	Blackness, Scalloway, Shetland
  	Fisherman
  	Age: 17
  Physical Description	09 Dec 1892
  	5ft9in, Dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes.
  Event	09 Dec 1892
  	2nd Mate Competency Certificate No. 00637 Address: 146 Palmerston Street, South Shields
  Event	24 Mar 1894
  	1st Mate Competency Certificate No. 00637 Address: 346 Scalloway, Shetland OR 346 John Williamson's St. South Shields
  Residence	26 Mar 1895	14 South Alice Street, South Shields
  Event	20 Jun 1896
  	Master Competency Certificate No. 00637 Address: 184 Alice Street, South Shields
  Census	1901	"Beamish", Steamer in Tyne Dock
  	Listed as the Master of the vessel, ashore for the night of the census.
  	"Beamish" was a 790-ton Foreign Trade Steamer.
  Census	31 Mar 1901	163 South Frederick Street, South Shields   [2]
  	Mariner
  	Age: 36
  Occupation	Sea Captain  [3]
  Residence	14 Jan 1915	206 South Frederick Street, S. Shields
  Residence	1936	206 South Frederick Street, S. Shields
  	Retired Sea Captain
  Death	Q3 1945	South Shields, Co. Durham
  Probate	1945-1947
  	No Will Filed
  Notes	Gideon met Sarah when he arrived in South Shields to take his Mariner's exam. He had left Shetland after fathering a child by Ann Jane Williamson, a fact only discovered by his other descendants in 1996 after a visit to Shetland.
  Person ID	I534	Gadd
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Gideon Gifford Scott CHRISTIE,   b. 12 Jan 1824, Symbister, Burra, Shetland d. 19 Dec 1899, Westshore, Scalloway, Shetland (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Barbara GOODLAD,   b. 1820, Brough, Burra, Shetland d. 02 Apr 1898, Westshore, Scalloway, Shetland (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1847	Brough, Burra, Shetland   [4]
  Family ID	F278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Jane WILLIAMSON,   b. 11 Jul 1858, Havera, Burra, Shetland d. 20 Nov 1940, Burra, Shetland (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	Not married.
  Children	+ 1. Gideon WILLIAMSON,   b. 22 Dec 1885, Havera, Burra, Shetland d. 30 Apr 1968 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Elizabeth DAGGET,   b. 19 Aug 1875, 2 Eldon Street, Westoe, Co. Durham d. CIR Nov 1910, South Shields, Co. Durham (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	26 Mar 1895	St. Mark's, South Shields
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Elizabeth CHRISTIE,   b. 12 Mar 1897, Stamford, Rutland d. 10 Dec 1976, Charters, Bartley, Hants. (Age 79 years)   2. Lillias Dinah CHRISTIE,   b. 1 Mar 1901, South Shields, Co. Durham d. AGED 18 + 3. Barbara Esther CHRISTIE   4. Hilda May CHRISTIE,   b. 12 May 1909, South Shields, Co. Durham d. infancy + 5. Gideon John CHRISTIE
  Family ID	F188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Sarah Milburn SCOTT,   b. 25 Nov 1871, Brunswick Street, Westoe, Co. Durham d. 27 Apr 1960, 206 South Frederick Street, S. Shields (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1915	St. Mary's, South Shields
  Family ID	F247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] BC. 2nd Mate Certificate gives year as 1864. [S359] 1901 Census, (31 March 1901). [S68] Doreen Graham says so. [S4] LDS, IGI.