BAIN BAINE BANE BAYN BAYNE genealogy

27 July 2008

 

 

 

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5 Helen BAIN c1780-1843

 

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m Roderick DINGWALL 1802

 

 

 

 

Helen was born about 1780, but her origins are not known.  Possibly she was born in Dunblane daughter of William.  In 1802, she married a carpenter, Roderick DINGWALL, in Glasgow

 

Four sons were born in Glasgow but the first two died young.  The family then moved to Perthshire in 1807 or 08 where Roderick was employed as a carpenter by the Earl of Mansfield at Scone Palace.

 

Roderick and Helen had a further twelve children.  The first two were baptised at Scone, the village close to the Palace, but between 1812 and 1826, Roderick and Helen lived at Bridgend.  This village is just across the river from the City of Perth but still only two miles from Scone palace.  They baptised all but one of their children at Kinnoul church, which is in Bridgend. 

 

In 1827, their eldest son William married and, like his father, became a wright at Bridgend.  Perhaps because of this, Roderick and Helen moved back to New Scone where their last two children were baptised.  Roderick remained a carpenter for the Earl of Mansfield until his death.

 

In 1843 however Helen aged 65 slipped by the fire in her home and her clothes caught fire.  Badly burnt, she was taken to Perth hospital, but died soon after.  She was buried at Scone.

 

Roderick moved down the hill to Old Scone, and three years later, drowned in a nearby pond.  He was 73 and it was said that he was despondent since the death of his wife and probably took his own life.  He was buried in Greyfriars cemetery, Perth.

 

 

 

EVENTS

C=Christened  

 

           age

   DATE   HB RD

 

                       EVENT

?   c1780     

 7Jun1802 22 29

21Feb1803 23 30

 2Apr1804 24 31

15Jun1805 25 32

 7Jan1807 27 34

    ?1808 28 35

29Feb1809 29 36

 1Feb1811 31 38

20Dec1812 32 39

19Jan1813 33 40

20Oct1816 36 43

20Jun1820 40 47

27May1822 42 49

28Mar1824 44 51

20Mar1826 46 53

 1Aug1827 47 54

21Mar1829 49 56

11Jul1830 50 57

 6Jun1841 60 67

 9Jun1843 63 70

17Jun1846 73  

Helen born

married Roderick DINGWALL at Glasgow

son William born Glasgow; Roderick a wright; William BAIN a witness

son Thomas born Glasgow; Roderick a wright

son William born Glasgow; Roderick a wright

son Thomas  born Glasgow; Roderick a wright

moved to  Perth; Roderick employed as a carpenter by Earl of Mansfield

son Ebenezer C at Scone

son George  C at Scone

son James  C at Kinnoul; died young?

son Thomas  C at Kinnoul

dau Margaret C at Kinnoul

son James C at Kinnoul

son Roderick C at Perth

son David born;  C 11Apr1824 at Kinnoul

twin sons Benjamin and Joseph C at Kinnoul

son William married at Scone

son Isaac C at Scone

dau Mary  C at Scone

in Scone village with Joseph and Mary; Roderick was a wright

Helen of New Scone died after her clothes caught fire; buried at Scone

Roderick of Old Scone found drowned in a pond, probably suicide; buried in Greyfriars cemetery

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened        B=Buried

BIRTH

 

The 1841 census has an age of 52 for Ellen, giving her a birth date of 1789; her 1843 burial record gives the same birth date.  However, this is unlikely to be correct, as she would have been only 13 when she married in June 1802.  Her last child Mary was born 1830; so Ellen is most likely to have been born between 1781 and 1784, giving a marriage age of 18-21 and an age of 46-49 when Mary born.

 

There are many Helen BAYNE's born around this time.  Helen’s first children were baptised Thomas and William.  Roderick's father is believed to be Thomas, so Helen's father is probably William.  There are only two daughters of William named Helen in the OPR about this time, and no daughters of Thomas, but both William daughters are a little outside the range suggested above:

 

b  8Jun1779 Nelly d William BAYNE at Dunblane (30 miles from Glasgow)

b 14May1786 Helen d William BAIN & Janet MACKAY at Glasgow

 

children born to William at Dunblane:

 

b 14Jun1772 Thomas

b 26Jun1774 John

b  8Jun1779 Nelly

b 29Jun1779 James

b  6Apr1785 James

b  6Apr1788 James

b  8Apr1792 Peter

(it is not known whether these Dunblane baptisms are all to the same William, as the Dunblane register does not give the mother’s name).

 

children born to William of Glasgow:

 

b 14May1786 Helen

b 31May1788 Agnes

 

The Glasgow birth gives a marriage age of 16 so could be just possible, but the names Janet and Agnes were not used for Helen’s own daughters

 

The Dunblane birth of Nelly (a variant of Helen or Ellen) gives a marriage age of 23 and an age of 51 when Helen’s last child, Mary, was born so this is perhaps more likely.  The census and burial ages would then be in error by exactly 10 years.    On the other hand, Dunblane was in Perthshire yet the 1841 census states that Helen was not born in that county.  Nevertheless, this remains a possible origin for Helen but it is difficult to see where proof can be found as Helen died before the 1851 census and 1855 civil registration.

Helen’s first daughter was named Margaret, so a marriage of William of Dunblane to Margaret would be some indication.  The only marriage in the OPR for William BAIN around 1770 at or near Dunblane is in fact to Margaret CAMPBELL at Falkirk in 1770 (about 15 miles from Dunblane), but these parents probably moved to Culross, as William Bain and Margaret Campbell baptised children there from 1773 to 1788 after baptising Mary on 5May1771 at Falkirk.

 

MARRIAGE

 

Helen BAIN married Roderick DINGWALL in 1802 at Glasgow:

 

m7Jun1802 Roderick DINGWALL wright in Glasgow, and Helen BAIN residenter there

          by Mr John McKENZIE minister of the New Gaelic Church in Glasgow

 

DESCENDANTS

 

The OPR for Glasgow on film at SOG, appears to be a combined chronological copy of C in all the city parishes though the actual parish is not stated; the following entries were found: no other C in OPR index for Lanark:

 

b 21Feb1803 William  s Roderick DINGWALL & Helen BAIN, wright, w: Hugh INNES, William BAIN

b  5Apr1804 Thomas   s Roderick DINGWALL & Helen BAIN, wright, w: Agnes McPHERSON, John REID

b 15Jun1805 William  s Roderick DINGWALL & Helen BAIN, wright, w: Hugh INNES, Alexander ROSS

b  7Jan1807 Thomas   s Roderick DINGWALL & Helen BAIN, wright, w: Hugh INNES, Alexander ROSS

 

from Scone/Kinnoul/Perth registers:

                                                                                                                     parish

C 30Feb1809 Ebenezer  s Roderick DINGWALL wright in Scone       & Helen BAIN {entered in register on 15May1809}      Scone

C 21Feb1811 George    s Roderick DINGWALL wright in Scone       & Helen BAIN {entered in register on 4Mar1811}       Scone

C 20Dec1812 James     s Roderick DINGWALL wright in Bridgend    & Helen BAYNE his wife;   b  6Dec1812                Kinnoul

C 19Jan1813 Thomas    s Roderick DINGWALL wright in Bridgend    & Helen BAYNE his wife;   b  6Jan1813                Kinnoul

C 20Oct1816 Margaret  d Roderick DINGWALL wright in Bridgend    & Helen BAYNE his wife;   b 12Oct1816                Kinnoul

C 20Jun1820 James     s Roderick DINGWALL wright in Bridgend    & Helen BAYNE his wife;   b 21May1820                Kinnoul

C 27May1822 Roderick  s Roderick DINGWALL wright in West Church & Helen BAYNE his spouse; b 12May1822                Perth

C 11Apr1824 David     s Roderick DINGWALL wright in Bridgend    & Helen BAYNE his wife;   b 28Mar1824                Kinnoul

C 20Mar1826 Joseph and Benjamin  twin s Roderick DINGWALL, wright in Bridgend & Helen BAYNE his wife                 Kinnoul

C 21Mar1829 Isaac     s Roderick DINGWALL wright in New Scone   & Helen BAIN his wife;    b  6Mar1829                Scone

C 13Jul1830 Mary      d Roderick DINGWALL wright in New Scone   & Helen BAIN his wife;    b 11Jul1830                Scone

 

son William stated in settlement examination (see William DINGWALL-4) that he was born in Glasgow but moved to Perth as an infant; this confirms that all above are to same parents

 

DEATH

 

from Scone parish register:

B  9Jun1843 Mrs DINGWELL New Scone, age 54 [b1789] burnt, mortcloths charged/paid: 0/0

B 17Jun1846 Roderick DINGWELL Old Scone, drowned, morthcloths: Perth

 

from Greyfriars, Perth, burial register:

d 21Jun1846 B 24Jun1846 Roderick DINGWALL wright born Rossshire died Old Scone 74 years drowned

 

from Perthshire Courier Thursday 5Jun1843

Woman Burned.  On Friday afternoon last week, a respectable woman and mother of a family, residing in New Scone, accidentally slipped a foot and fell over the fire, and before she could recover herself her clothes became ignited and in a few seconds she was in a blaze from head to foot.  Her cries brought the neighbours to her assistance who succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not before the poor woman was so dreadfully burned that she had to be immediately conveyed to the Perth Infirmary where we hear little hopes are entertained for her recovery

from Perthshire Courier 25Jun1846

"Death by drowning".  Early on Sunday morning an elderly man, who had been in the employment of the Earl of Mansfield, as a carpenter, for more than thirty five years, was found in a pond or lake near Old Balbughty.  It is not exactly known how he came by his death, but as he was in a desponding way, and he had been ever since the death of his wife, by her clothes taking fire, about two years ago, suspicions are entertained that it was his own act.

 

CENSUS

1841 Scone Village, Perthshire parish 394a; vol 8 p12

 

Roderick   DINGWALL           67  1773    wright                   N

Ellen      DINGWALL           52  1788                             N

Joseph     DINGWALL           13  1827                             Y

Mary       DINGWALL           7   1833                             Y

 

 

 

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