Grandmother of Helen Holland,The Manse,28 Main Street,New Abbey,Dumfries. DG2 8BY
1861 Census with parents.Scholar.
Occupation:Boot and shoe maker.
1881 Census:Dundee 272/18/35 11 Ernest Street,St.Vigeans,Dundee.Boarder.Shoemaker.Not married.
From M/C 1882 - Living at 11Elliot Street,St.Veagans,Arbroath.
1891 Census 272/18/49 45 Leonard Street,Arbroath.Shoemaker.Living with wife and children Charles and Aggie.
From M/C - Powerloom weaver.
Powerloom weaver.
From M/C - Agricultural labourer at Monkstadt.
From son Johnys B/C 1879 - Grieve at Monkstadt 380675 Kilmuir Parish
From son Angus B/C 1881 - Agricultural labourer at Monkstadt.
From D/C - Pauper.Died of TB.Feaull is at 391697.
Occupation:1861 Census - Scholar.
9Nov1876 - Gave birth to an illegitamate child James Macrae at Carbost,Snizort.Father not known.She was a general servant.
From M/C 1878 to William McInnes - General servant living at Carbost.Sister Marion witness.
1881 Census Hamlet of Monkstadt.Living with husband William and son John.
May1884 From husbands D/C - Living at Feaull,Kilmuir Parish.Pauper.
1889 Portree.On M/C gave her age as 30.She was actually 40.
1891 Census Bosville Terrace.Effy living with John,Angus and William her children by William McInnes and Alex her son by her second husband John Matheson who was not at home.Gave her age as 32.Labourers wife.Two rooms.All in house could speak gaelic and english.
In Quay Street, Portree Jan1896 signed mothers D/C
In 42 Scott Street,Garnethill, Glasgow Dec1897 when she claimed relief for her brother John.Also in house her husband John Mathieson and two of her children.
From D/C - Her husband John Mathieson registered her death.
Crofter.
From M/C -Mill foreman.Address 124 High Street,Tillicoultry.
From D/C - Hosiery manager.
From mothers Application for Relief,Glasgow No.19271.October 1908.
Elizabeth 33 born Snizort married no children to William Ferguson,assistant
gardener with Mr.Cross M.P. Beattock near Dumfries.Earns 18/- per week.
From M/C 1907:A domestic servant living at Rock Hall,Mousewold which is about
seven miles east of Dumfries on the Annan road.She was married at
83 Yorkhill Street,Glasgow probably her mothers home.Her sister Dolina was a
witness.
Rockhall House is just along from Mousewall village on the high road to Annan.It still stands and is now Rockhall House Hotel(2001}
Have photograph taken in Alloa during World War One showing William in uniform with Betsy and five children.
After death of first husband in 1917 did not remarry until 1926 when she was living at 3 Park Lane,Tillicoultry.
The witnesses at her second marriage were her sons Donald and Thomas both in their late teens and also living at 3 Park Lane.
When Betsy died in 1961 she was once again a widow.Her son James signed her D/C.
Anne remembers visiting her and her daughter Margaret in Alva.
Woolen weaver.
Labourer.
Miner
From M/C - Usual residence Townhill,Parish of Dunfermline.
1891 Census - 37a Greenfield Place,Alloa.Ship painter.Living with wife and children William,Milla?(son) and Jasper.One room with windows.
1918 Living at 28 Erskine Street,Alloa when Jasper was killed in France.
1926 Wifes D/C - Burgh Works Foreman.
1861 Census with parents.Scholar.
1875 - Witness at the marriage of her brother James.
1876 From M/C - Factory worker living at Moodie Street,Dunfermline.
1881 Census 424/6/16 9 Rose Street,Dunfermline.David age 23 born Dunfermline,Janet age 26 born Ceres and William Mackie,adopted son age 2 born Alloa.Janet and a George Spowart were the witnesses at James Christies marriage.James was a coal miner.
1891 Census with parents.Scholar.
1926 registered mothers death.Address 12 Mill Street,Alloa.
1891 Census with parents.Scholar.
1891 Census with parents.
Killed France 4Apr1918.Private N.Z.E.F.Otago Regiment 2nd.Battalion Service No.24/1821 Buried Martinsart British Cemetery Grave /Memorial Ref. I.H.34.Martinsart is a small village 4 kilometres north of Albert,Somme,France.