JimW
RootsChat Extra
 Offline
Posts: 19
|
Found my great-grandmother's sister Maggie Gibb on the Cramond Island census for 1901, it appears she is one of only 3 people.
James Hogg 59 Head - Farmer
Peter Hogg 29 nephew - Assistant farmer
Margaret A Gibb 21 Housekeeper
Cramond Island
Can this be right, or were there others on the island (apart from sheep)?
Jim Walker
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
jessden
RootsChat Extra
Offline
Posts: 24
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
|
Its almost certainly right. I was quite surprised to see that anyone was living on Cramond Island in 1901 and nobody lives there nowadays.
Regards
Jessden
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
ADP
RootsChat Senior
Offline
Posts: 265
|
An elderly relative of mine went to Cramond Island for a holiday during his childhood (1920s, I think). There are a couple of cottages, long-derelict now on the island, as well as the World War 2 gun emplacements and associated buildings.
ADP
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
JimW
RootsChat Extra
Offline
Posts: 19
|
Thanks to you both for helpful replies.
I found the 'Wikipedia' article on Cramond Island which says:
"Towards the centre of the island, half-hidden by a small wood there is the ruin of a stone-built farmstead. It appears on an Ordnance Survey map of 1853, but may be considerably older. It was occupied until the 1930s and sheep were still kept on the island as late as the 1960s."
- plus there is a photo of the ruined farmhouse; I presume this is where the Hoggs and Maggie Gibb lived (the Hoggs were there in 1881 and 1891 too).
Regards,
Jim
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
JimW
RootsChat Extra
Offline
Posts: 19
|
Latest findings from the online records - and a happy ending!
Two young people on an island together, Maggie Gibb and Peter Hogg, working for his uncle James (Peter being the son of James' unmarried sister Helen) - not many opportunities to meet others - so guess what happened next?
Yes, they married on 18th June 1903, Maggie and Peter, both "of Cramond Island".
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
Author
