Thomas Russell and Jessie Hughes, and son * Russell, Fife to Australia

[broofer]

Thomas W Russell, journalist aged 29, of the High Street, Anstruther, married Jessie Hughes, dressmaker aged 28, of The Gyles, Pittenweem, in 1920 in the Royal Hotel, Dundee.

After Thomas died 1932, Jessie and her son * Russell emigrated to Australia

Jessie Russell born 1892  died at Malvern, Victoria in 1874 aged 82
Father's Name: James Hughes
Mother's Name: Betsy Butters

Did they emigrate knowing that there was family already there ?
What happened to * Russell in Australia ?

[majm]

Hi there,

I think you meant to type 1974, not 1874 for the year Jessie died.

At the Vic BDM online index there's the index ref #21172 for Jessie RUSSELL, father as James HUGHES and mother as Betsy BUTTERS.  The year is 1974. She was aged 82, and the place of death is abbreviated to Malv. 

You may consider purchasing the image of that record.  It is available for immediate download for $24.00 Au. 

https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj

On the record you will find responses to the following:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,373754.0.html


  Date and place of death;
  name and surname;
  occupation of the deceased;
    sex and age;

  cause of death,
  duration of illness,
  medical attendant by whom certified and when he last saw deceased;
 
  name and surname of parents (if known) including mother's maiden surname       
  signature, description and address of the person who gave the information;
   signature of deputy registrar, date and where registered,
 
  when and where buried,
  undertaker whom certified;
  name and religion of Minister, or names of witnesses of burial;

  place of birth of the deceased and
  how long he or she resided in the Australian colonies or states (stating which),
  name of spouse/s,
  place of marriage/s,
  age at marriage/s;
  names and ages of children of the deceased.

Cheers,  JM

[wivenhoe]

Deaths VIC
EASSON Jane 1974 / 18213  87yrs
REEKIE Elizabeth  1936 / 1112  45yrs        HUGHES / BUTTERS parents?

[majm]

I am concerned that IF the death is for 1974 rather than 1874 that it is very possible that the son is still alive.  I have not tried to find the son, but he is named on the thread, in the topic heading, and on the passenger list which gives an address for their intended location in Australia.

The image of the passenger list is available from the National Archives of Australia, a free to search website.
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx

Cheers,  JM

[hdw]

Thomas W Russell, journalist aged 29, of the High Street, Anstruther, married Jessie Hughes, dressmaker aged 28, of The Gyles, Pittenweem, in 1920 in the Royal Hotel, Dundee.

After Thomas died 1932, Jessie and her son * Russell emigrated to Australia

Jessie Russell born 1892  died at Malvern, Victoria in 1874 aged 82
Father's Name: James Hughes
Mother's Name: Betsy Butters

Did they emigrate knowing that there was family already there ?
What happened to * Russell in Australia ?

I used to correspond with * Russell, son of Tom Russell and Jessie Hughes, starting in 1995, I think. He lived in Mooroolbark then Knoxville, Victoria. It's not appropriate to talk on these sites about people who may still be alive, but I don't know if * is or not, as I haven't heard from him for several years. He told me that he and his mother emigrated to Australia in 1936, when he was 12. I don't know if they had family there or not. Jessie Hughes was painted several times by the artist John McGhie and she was the model for his popular portrait "Fisher Lass", which has often been reproduced.
Her was born at 56 High Street, Anstruther, as was my distant relative the poet and academic William Tennant about whom I wrote a book several years ago. It's next to the old Empire Cinema, formerly Tennant senior's grain store.
The Russell family owned our local paper, the East Fife Observer, still being run in my young days by Charlie's cousin Carl Russell. The nearest I ever got to journalism was my time as editor of the Waid Academy magazine and I used to absent myself from school to take copy for the magazine down to Carl, detouring back to school eventually via the local cafe for a Coke and a fag and a quick play of the jukebox. One of the perks of being a 6th year prefect.

Harry


* Topic edited , possible living person.

[broofer]

Thanks for that, Harry

I respect your remark on the possible living, which is why my original query was a bit vague.

Our relative  enjoyed his afternoon in Anstruther/ Cellardyke. I think he was a little ashamed when he realised that he was the last of that name

I had time before he arrived to have a poke around in the museum and in the boatshed, as I share their enthusiasm - I have been part of a group in Portsoy which has been building a replica salmon coble for the last 2 1/2 years which is just about ready to take to the water. My interest stemmed from our family activities in netting salmon (one of our Dykers married into a family of salmon fishers ). We look forward each year for the arrival of the Reaper, although I have heard that this year it may be the White Wing which was still in the boatshed undergoing renovation.

It was the painting that set me off on this trail. I admired the determination on the lass's face, and was proud to realise that I share a few of her genes

And yes we knew the Russell family. It was in their house that I first saw TV ( Tiny screen in a darkened room ). There was Carl, Hetty, her sister "Aunt Aggie " Swinton, and their daughter.

Thanks for getting in touch
Peter Aikman

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I'm sure you know all this -

Betty Horseburg was born 1825 to Lock Horseburg and Betty Anderson

William Butter married Betsy/Betty Horsburgh  in 1847.
Betsy Butter was born 1849

1851 census Pittenweem, West Shore
William Butters     25  fisherman
Betsy Horsburgh  26   fisherman's wife
Joseph Butters      2   at home
Betsy Butters         1

James Hughes married Betsy Butter  in 1868

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1891 The Giles
James Hughes  43
Betsy                 41
William              20  fishertman
Mary                  15
James               13
Joseph                9
George               7
Isabella               6
Jane                   3

Jessie Hughes was born in 1892

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1901 
West Shore
Betsy Horseburgh Butter 75
Joseph Butter                   53
Maggie Flett                     13

The Giles
James Hughes  53   fisherman
Betsy                  52
Joseph              19   blacksmith
George              17  fisherman
Isabella              15  domestic servant
Jean                   13  scholar
Lizzie                 10  scholar

East Shore
Mary    Tod        25  seaman's wife
Betsy  Tod         3mo
Jessie Hughes    9  sister   b 1892 Pittenweem - the subject of The Fisherlass painting

34 High Street, Anstruther
Charles Steven Russell            38  printer
Annie Jones Wood Russell      38
Maggie Russell             14
Lewis Russell                12
Thomas Russell             10
Helene Russell                6
Annie Russell                  2

Thomas W Russell, journalist aged 29, of the High Street, Anstruther, married Jessie Hughes, dressmaker aged 28, of The Gyles, Pittenweem, in 1920 in the Royal Hotel, Dundee

Jessie and her son Charles b 1927 went to Australia after her husband, Thomas Russell died.in 1932 in St Clement, Angus

[hdw]

Ah, it's yourself. I didn't realise who was hiding behind that pseudonym. In my original post I used the full name of the son of Tom Russell and Jessie Hughes but the moderator has quite rightly deleted it.

Jessie Hughes the "Fisher Lass" would have been a 2nd cousin of my paternal grandmother Jessie Horsburgh Cunningham (Mrs. Wm. Watson). If you Google John McGhie you'll get links to his various artworks. The Anstruther/Cellardyke provost of the 1950s, William Watson Carstairs, a local businessman, collected them and his collection went to the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther.

Coincidentally a friend in Anstruther sent me a nice photo of the "Reaper" at Anstruther harbour just about an hour ago. There's a nice sunset reflected on the water. I'll forward it to you.

Harry

[broofer]

[ tried once already ]

Two of our relatives ( my great-grandparents ) are in Springbank, Aberdeen

[hdw]

Always nice to meet a few more rellies, even if only dead ones. I used to like visiting Kilrenny churchyard, where the Cellardyke fisherfolk are buried, from boyhood onwards, and I remember being delighted when I discovered that there were more Watsons buried there than any other surname. The only other place on the east coast with a preponderance of Watsons is Whitehills in Banffshire, I believe.

Harry