| Description | COUNCIL REGISTER, VOLUME 71, FOLIOS 7v - 8v
Council meeting, 18 December 1821
[Sederunt given]
The Council allocated aid from the Poor's Fund to the following applicants:
Alexander Sheriffs, gardener and Burgess - £6
Andrew Kerr, umbrella-maker in Aberdeen - £6
Joseph Luke, formerly merchant there - £6 per warrant
Lilly Middleton, widow of Alexander Middleton, merchant in Aberdeen - £4 for herself and a bursary of £3 for her daughter
Isobel Nicol, widow of Alexander Nicol, sometime residing in Aberdeen - £4
Elizabeth Boyle, daughter of John Boyle, sometime bookseller in Aberdeen - £6
Margaret Elphinston, daughter of John Elphinston, merchant - £4
Widow Cuddie, grand-daughter of William Troup, Burgess - £3
Margaret Chessar, daughter of James Chessar, merchant in Aberdeen - £2
Catharine Gavin, widow of the deceased Thomas Cumming, late shipmaster - £7
Janet Craig, widow of Thomas Craig, sometime shoemaker in Aberdeen - £3 per warrant
Agnes Sangster, widow of the deceased George Sangster, shipmaster, and daughter of Deacon Andrew Hall, butcher - one of Dr Guild's bursaries of £4
Margaret Mather, daughter of Alexander Mather, formerly teacher in Aberdeen - £4 per warrant
Janet Allan, daughter of John Allan, mealseller - £3
Mrs McKenzie, spouse to George McKenzie, merchant and Burgess - £8 per warrant
Mrs Ann Stewart or Bryce, relict of the late John Bryce, manufacturer in Aberdeen - £6
The children of the deceased James Henderson, Burgess - two bursaries of £3 each and £3 per warrant
Mrs Halket, relict of the late James Halket, sometime shoemaker in Aberdeen - £6
Mrs Likely - £2 from Lady Durris's mortification
John Gill, ship carpenter and Burgess - £10
Mary Gill, daughter of the late John Gill, Burgess - £4
The following pensioners were granted additional sums to their existing pensions from the Poor's Fund:
James Cruickshank, Burgess - £2
James Buchan, ship carpenter - £2
Peter Wright, late merchant - £1
Jean Smith, widow of the late George Smith, manufacturer - £1
Each of Christian and Agnes Black, daughters of John Black, hosier - £1
Margaret Burgess, widow of Robert Burgess, seedsman - £1
James Downie, sometime leather merchant in Aberdeen - £3
The Council directed all other pensions from the Town's Funds to be continued unaltered.
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