PART II
Follow-up Margaret, my John’s mother, at Cummertrees
Widowed at Half Morton by the ’51 census and living with her son Jospeh.
10 years later, living in Annan at 13 Cumberland Terrace with daughter-in-law
Ann – my John’s first wife. Margret died of a long term paralysis on 30th march 1867 at Annan. (from Margret’s death cert)
Father, John Glover, farmer, born Cummertrees.
Mother, Helen Radcliff
Then IGI batch gives children of John Glover + Helen Babcliff (?)
Jane 4th-Apr 1773
Helen 16-Dec 1776
Catherine 23-Apr 1779
Jannet 03-Jul 1781
Mary 16th-Dec 1787
Margaret 13-Jul 1794
Margaret, as you noted, shaves her age – even when she was pegging out.
Perhaps not surprising that her son did the same – if not quite as brazenly.
Six sisters presents a bit of a challenge for research – due to the name changes.
John’s wife Ann.
I have found a death in 1862– but it is not very strong. ANN ELLIOT other name AITCHISON age “U” at Ewes/Dumfries.
Nothing further on Ann so far.
John’s sisters.
So far - Jo has found Isabella, a servant at the Manse, Port Street, Annan, in 1851 and again in 1861. I have a marriage 9/12/1867 between Isabella Elliot (dob 1821) and Andrew Irving (1813), thereafter living at Backlady Street, Annan, until Isabella’s death in 1899. That seems like many years of loyal service in the Manse brought to an end by a marriage of matures, he would have been, 54 and she, 46. They are certainly available at the critical time in young John William’s life, married five years before he was orphaned and living until he was 29, by which time John William had already exhibited at the Royal Academy and moved to Ireland where he was living a few doors away from James Joyce.
Jo also found a marriage, possibly for sister Jannet Elliot to James Jeffrey in 1848. But Jo also found Jannet Elliot, born about 1827, a servant at Long Meadow House, Annan, in 1861 census with a probable transcription error on birth place born Kalfmorldie, Dumfriesshire for Half Morton. We do have a competitor for the position that is James Elliot’s wife, Jannet, about the same age. I have tried for this James and the daughter Isabella in the 1861 census and got a nil return – so it is possible that this Jannet is now a widow and working as a servant at the House. This explanation would resolve Mrs Jannet Jeffrey – changing back to her maiden name, Elliot (and wanting to be called MS).
Robert, the wood cutter has dropped off the Half Morton census by 1851 and needs searching. George, the Cloger ( or whatever that is) has dropped off also. Indeed by 1851 there are just three Elliots left in Half Morton, including our Margaret and her son, my John’s young brother, Joseph.
Jo has led on most of this and it has been a great help to me, though time is really not on my side at present. Need to draw breath and be advised on next steps and advice on poor assumptions, bad moves or explantion of Clogers
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