James Currie Draffan Consett/Blackhill 1890

[Malcolm33]

Here's her parents in the 1881 census, back in Scotland.
Robt Montgomry 60 1821 Puddler Ireland
Dorach 50 1831 Ireland
James 17 1864 Puddler Bothwell, Lanarkshire
Wm 14 1867 Puddler Bothwell, Lanarkshire


My family in Lesmahagow are the Aitken's. In particular I am looking for the death of Charles and Lockhart Lothian/Louden/Lowden, his wife. (there are so many ways to spell it). Charles was a gardener.

   Are you able to tell, Julie where they were living in Scotland in 1881.  That could help identify which Asylum Eliza was sent to.  Though I guess it will most likely be one in Glasgow.   It is interesting to see that they must have been living in Bothwell before going to Consett.   It isn't all that far from Lesmahagow.    I was wondering if James knew the family before they all went to Consett, but there again he would have still been in Glasgow then.

     These pages give a little insight into the Loudon name around Lesmahagow and Draffan in the 13th century - http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GEN-MEDIEVAL/2013-03/1364516621
     And
http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/families/douglas_of_garallan.htm#.VXOq-LeJhjF

     But I found something else on them - still looking through my files.   Malcolm

[middlesbrough]

The address is New Square, Bothwell. I noticed there are a couple of Draffan's in Bothwell, Hugh and Thomas. This Montgomery family have certainly moved around a lot. Born in Ireland, moved to Lanarkshire, on to Consett, back to Lanarkshire and then the wife moves to America. What a dreadful life it must have been. Do you think it is possible that Ann Eliza moved back to Scotland after the assault, and what happened to the child she had in 1883? He could be the son of Robert Millsop or your Mr Draffan? Perhaps we should be looking for that child.

I believe my Lockhart Lothian was born in Lanarkshire and possibly the child of William and Jean (Janet) Wilson but I am unable to find a record for it. William and Jean married in 1767 at Ormiston, East Lothian . I think Lockhart died between 1841 and 1851. She is on the 1841 census at Wishawtown which comes under the parish of Cambusnethan. It would be great to find any info on these families as I am at loggerheads with it all, very frustrating!

[Malcolm33]

Do you think it is possible that Ann Eliza moved back to Scotland after the assault, and what happened to the child she had in 1883? He could be the son of Robert Millsop or your Mr Draffan? Perhaps we should be looking for that child.

     Well that is what the Northern Echo report said - "A short while ago prosecutrix was confined in a lunatic asylum when residing with her parents in Scotland, and, consequently she is eccentric in some of her actions"

     Also we did find the child -
Births Jun 1882 
________________________________________
Millsopp    John Montgomery        Lanchester
 10a   344

      and then in the American 1900 Census:
Montgomery Millsop
Grandson   M   17   England

      and then his death in 1932
from Ohio, Deaths
Name:   John M Millsip

Event Type:   Death
Event Date:   13 Jul 1932
Event Place:   Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio
Residence Place:   Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio
Address:   554 Ridge St.
Gender:   Male
Age:   49
Marital Status:   Married
Race:   W
Occupation:   Bottom Maker Steel Co.
Birth Date:   15 Apr 1883
Birthplace:   New Castel on Thyme, England
Birth Year (Estimated):   1883
Burial Date:   15 Jul 1932
Burial Place:   Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio
Cemetery:   Belmont

     So he was with his grandparents in America and that must mean that Ann Eliza either died or was never released from the Asylum.

      Have you ever traced your Aitken's to Dumfries?    I have a pdf file on Galloway births,marriages and deaths for 1843 and there are quite a few Aitkens among them.

Malcolm

[middlesbrough]

Eureka!
Family search has a record of an Ann E Millsop on the Philadelphia Immigration registers departing from Liverpool on the Lord Gough in 1885. On the same ship is A Mr Hugh Montgomery with his family. This must be her! If so, did James Draffan get a divorce or dare I say it, a bigamist? On the registers she states she is married and 28 years of age.
Julie

[Malcolm33]

  That is some find, Julie.     So she did leave the country.    Doesn't sound like a divorce and then remarriage could be possible from January to whenever the Lord Gough sailed in 1885.
  Then there is still the mystery of whether James married Mary Heslop and what happened to her in 1890.

   Looks like your Lothian's moved around a bit too.   If William and Jean Wilson then they married in Ormiston but several of their children were baptised in Cranston, Midlothian.    I've tried some IGI Batch numbers, but no luck with Lockhart yet.

[Malcolm33]

   Oh gosh, just realised - she was using her previous married name on the ship.

[Malcolm33]

    I have applied for the marriage certificate for James to Mary Heslop in March quarter of 1890, so it will be interesting to see what that says about his marriage status.

    James's marriage to Anne Eliza Millsop/Montgomery was either annulled or they got divorced or both became Bigamists!

    Eliza Millsop
mentioned in the record of Isaac Winter and Eliza Millsop
Name:   Isaac Winter
Event Type:   Marriage
Event Date:   13 Oct 1888
Event Place:   Mahoning, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name:   Eliza Millsop
Reference ID: 192 , GS Film Number: 906675 , Digital Folder Number: 004017181 , Image Number: 00458

      We have already established that Eliza's mother Dorcas Montgomery along with Eliza's son John Montgomery Millsop were living in Mahoning, Ohio in 1900.     
       But now I've found Eliza with Isaac Winter and an infant son in the 1910 census.

Isaac Winter
United States Census, 1910
Name:   Isaac Winter
Event Type:   Census
Event Year:   1910
Event Place:   Youngstown Ward 2, Mahoning, Ohio, United States
Gender:   Male
Age:   52
Marital Status:   Married
Race:   White
Race (Original):   White
Relationship to Head of Household:   Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):   Head
Birth Year (Estimated):   1858
Birthplace:   England
Immigration Year:   1886
Father's Birthplace:   England
Mother's Birthplace:   England
Household   Role   Gender   Age   Birthplace
Isaac Winter    Head   M   52   England
Anna E Winter
Wife   F   54   Scotland
Esther Winter
Daughter   F   21   Ohio
Mary Winter
Daughter   F   14   Ohio
Robt J Winter
Son   M   1   Ohio
District: 115 , Sheet Number and Letter: 1A , Household ID: 4 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M1283 , GS Film number: 1375225 , Digital Folder Number: 004449945 , Image Number: 00368

     Eliza gives her age as 54 and born in Scotland, which is close enough to her birth on 24 September 1855 in Bothwell.

[Malcolm33]

   Also noted - Infant Robert just one year old, so Eliza must have given birth at the age of 53.

[Malcolm33]

    Anne/Anna Eliza/Elizabeth died in Saginaw, Michigan in 1922
Ann Eliza Winter
Michigan, Death Certificates
Name:   Ann Eliza Winter
Event Type:   Death
Event Date:   05 Oct 1922
Event Place:   Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Gender:   Female
Age:   67
Marital Status:   Married
Birth Date:   24 Sep 1855
Birthplace:   Scotland
Birth Year (Estimated):   1855
Father's Name:   Robert Montgomery
Mother's Name:   Doreas Armstrong
GS Film number: 001973081 , Digital Folder Number: 005240333 , Image Number: 00892

    As for a divorce from James Draffan, it very much looks like the 'Poor Person's Divorce' - and since Anne/Eliza had disappeared from the country he probably thought it worth the risk.

    This page gives a good idea why this course was so often taken - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/divorce-further-research.htm