Davies family in or around Kirknewton and West Calder

[Lynne Wright]

My father was James Daniel Davies born in 1930.  His father was Elijah Davies born in 1899 and married Janet Fawcett MacArthur in 1928.  Does anyone know of that family.
Maisie

[CaroleW]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

On the 1928 marriage entry Janet has no middle name.  Have you downloaded a copy of the marriage cert from Scotland’s People to establish their respective parents names as there are lots of Janet MacArthur births

[CaroleW]

1901 entry 48 Livingston St West Calder - shown as Davis

James 24 bricklayer b England
Annie 22 b West Calder
Elijah 2 b Mid Calder
Elizabeth  3mths b West Calder
West Calder ED 10 Page 13 Line 20

Scotland’s People has an 1898 marriage between James Davies and Annie Tinley

[Wilton Endeavour]

The Davies family from Kirknewton was my Mum's side of the family. They had two Confectionery and Fruit shops in Broxburn. My Mum's Grandfather was Elijah Davies born 1853 Kidderminster. He came to work as a shale miner in the Broxburn/Kirknewton area. Elijah had a son Frederick Davies who ran the above shops. He ran these shops for so long before handing one of them over to his son, Frederick Elijah Davies. Frederick Elijah Davies was born in Leith. 

Yours,

Wilton Endeavour

[Kloumann]

2 births in West Calder. Emily Fawcett McArthur, 1904, and Ellen Fawcett McArthur, 1906.

Emily died age 2 in 1906, Ellen or Helen died, age 14, 1920. West Calder

[Kloumann]

A William McArthur married a Janet Fawcett, St Giles, Edinburgh, 1903

The 1911 census, West Calder has William, 32, Janet, 28 & daughters, Margaret, 2, & Janet Fawcett, age 9.

Janet McArthur Fawcett, born, 1901, West Calder.

Janet Fawcett or Hamilton or Davies, died 1973, age 72, Penecuik

Her mother, Janet, who born 1882, Queensferry, as Janet Fosset, died West Calder, age 74, 1956.

Her father, Cpl William McArthur, died in France 1918. He was recipient of Distinguished Conduct Medal.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1759149/WILLIAM%20McARTHUR/

The 1901 census, West Calder has Janet Flawcett, 18, mother Janet, 50 & sister, Ellen, 16.

Janet Fawcett, Sr died age 72 in Blackburn, West Lothian, 1921

[Wilton Endeavour]

Thanks Kloumann for the reply. That tell's me how many children they had. And the Census records too. Also losing two children at ages 2 and 14.

Wilton Endeavour

[Kloumann]

Margaret McArthur, who was born 1909, West Calder, died, age 91, in Peterhead, 2000, MMN Fawcett. She married George Leitch Broadfoot, in St Giles, 1932.

William McArthur's parents were John McArthur & Emily Fosset, who were married, 1874, in Queensferry.

[Kloumann]

The Fawcett family all came from Queensferry & can be traced back to 1841 census, to John Fosset, age 60. The name varied that much, that it was difficult to find them. Foset, Fosset, Fossett, Fawcett, Flawcett. By 1911, there were still 2 families of Fawcett's in Queensferry.

This from Wikitree.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fosset-19