Harrower Family Tree » John Donaldson (± 1822-1885)

Personal data John Donaldson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • He was born about 1822 in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1870 Miner, Daughter Elizabeths death register..Source 5
    • in the year 1871 Coal Miner in Holygate, West Lothian, Scotland.Sources 3, 4
    • in the year 1861 Coal Miner in North Row, New Monkland, New Monkland (Landward), Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1881 Shale Miner in Gavieside Row, West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1871: Holygate, West Lothian, Scotland.Sources 3, 4
    • in the year 1861: North Row, New Monkland, New Monkland (Landward), Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1881: Gavieside Row, West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1
  • (Informant at Death) on January 4, 1885: James Donaldson, Son/Gavieside Row, West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland.Source 6
  • He died on January 4, 1885.Source 6
    Gavieside Row, West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland
    Oorzaak: Bronchitis/Gavieside Row, West Calder, West Lothian, Scotland

Household of John Donaldson

He had a relationship with Christina Miller.


Child(ren):

  1. Jessie Jane Donaldson  1865-1902 
  2. Elizabeth Donaldson  1870-1871
  3. James Donaldson  1870-????
  4. Ann Donaldson  ± 1868-????

Event (Marriage Information) November 1853: Marriage date from Elizabeth daughter's birth register./Maryhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.Source 7

Event (Marriage Information) on January 22, 1854 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland : Marriage date from Jessie daughter's birth register..Source 8


Notes about John Donaldson

1. Images on this page downloaded from Ancestry.co.uk.

2. Marriage date from Jessie Jane Daughter's birth register states 22 Jan 1854. Daughter Elizabeths birth register states November 1853. Marriage can't be found in Scotlands People!

3. Son and daughter b. 24 Jun 1870 Elizabeth and James were twins.

4. There is another Marriage with same names in 1854 at Logierait:-
1854 DONALDSON, JOHN, CHRISTINA MILLER, (Old Parish Registers Marriages 376/ 40 102) Logierait
Logierait Anno 1854.
Donaldson and Miller
John Donaldson, Fonabe Cottage, and Christina Miller, Portnacraig, both in this parish, gave up their names for proclamation of the Banns of Marriage 11th Nov. 1854 were proclaimed on the 12th Curr't.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Donaldson

John Donaldson
± 1822-1885


Christina Miller
± 1836-????

Jessie Jane Donaldson
1865-1902
Elizabeth Donaldson
1870-1871
James Donaldson
1870-????
Ann Donaldson
± 1868-????

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Sources

  1. 1881 Scotland Census - FindmyPast, Record for John Donaldson 1881 Scotland Census - FindmyPast Gavieside Row, 9, West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland 1881 Scotland Census [FindmyPast] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Gavieside Row, 9, West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland
    John Donaldson Head Married Male 59 1822 Shale Miner Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Christina Donaldson Wife Married Female 46 1835 Cluny, Perthshire, Scotland
    Jessie Donaldson Daughter Female16 1865 Dressmaker New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Anne Donaldson Daughter Female 13 1868 Scholar West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland
    James Donaldson Son Male 10 1871 Scholar Broxburn, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland
    James Montgomery Boarder Unmarried Male 40 1841 Shale Miner Ireland
  2. 1861 Scotland Census - FindmyPast, Record for John Robertson 1861 Scotland Census - FindmyPast. North Row, New Monkland, New Monkland (Landward), Lanarkshire, Scotland 1861 Scotland Census [FindmyPast] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    North Row, New Monkland, New Monkland (Landward), Lanarkshire, Scotland

    John Donaldson Head Married Male 39 1822 Coal Miner Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Christina DonaldsonWife Married Female 27 1834 Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland
  3. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 DONALDSON, JOHN, (Census 672/ 2/ 37) Parish: Uphall, West Lothian 1871 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    1871 DONALDSON, JOHN, (Census 672/ 2/ 37)

    Holygate, Uphall, Brroxburn

    John Donaldson Head Married Male 49 1822 Miner Coal Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Christina Donaldson Wife Married Female 35 1836 Cluny, Perthshire, Scotland
    Jessie Jane Donaldson Daughter Female 6 1865 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Ann Donaldson Daughter Female 3 1868 West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland
    James Donaldson Son Male 0 1871 Uphall, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland
    James Montgomery Lodger Unmarried Male 32 1839 Miner Coal Ireland
  4. 1871 Scotland Census - Find my Past, Record for John Robertson 1871 Scotland Census - FindmyPast. Holygate, Uphall, Broxburn Uphall, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland 1871 Scotland Census [FindmyPast] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    John Donaldson Head Married Male 49 1822 Miner Coal Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Christina Donaldson Wife Married Female 35 1836 Cluny, Perthshire, Scotland
    Jessie Jane Donaldson Daughter Female 6 1865 New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Ann Donaldson Daughter Female 3 1868 West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland
    James Donaldson Son Male 0 1871 Uphall, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland
    James Montgomery Lodger Unmarried Male 32 1839 Miner Coal Ireland
  5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1871 DONALDSON, ELIZABETH (Statutory registers Deaths 672/ 26) Uphall
    1871 DONALDSON, ELIZABETH (Statutory registers Deaths 672/ 26) Uphall
    Deaths in the Parish of Uphall in the County of Linlithgow 1871.
    Elizabeth Donaldson
    (Single)
    1871 April Second 9h.10m. P.M.
    Hoaligate,(Holygate) Broxburn, Uphall
    F. 9 Months
    Parents: John Donaldson, Miner
    Christiana Donaldson M.S. Millar
    Variola Modificate 2 weeks
    Tracheitis, 24 hours
    as certified by John Wilson
    Ph. Surgeon
    Inf. John Donaldson
    Father, Present
    Registered 1871
    April 6th Broxburn
    Thomas Hislop
    Registrar
  6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1885 DONALDSON, JOHN, (Statutory registers Deaths 701/ 3) WEST CALDER Downloaded from Ancestry.com
    1885 DONALDSON, JOHN, (Statutory registers Deaths 701/ 3) WEST CALDER
    Deaths in the Parish of West Calder in the County of Edinburgh 1885.
    John Donaldson
    Shale Miner
    Married to Christina Millar
    1885 January Seventh 0h 5m AM
    6 Gavieside Row, West Calder M. 58 Years
    Parents: William Donaldson,
    Soldier, deceased
    Mother not recorded
    COD: Bronchitis
    as certified by Gusten Michael M Bc Ch
    Inf. James Donaldson, Son
    Registered
    1885 January 7, West Calder
    Thomas Thomson,
    Registrar
  7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1870 DONALDSON, ELIZABETH (Statutory registers Births 672/ 70) Uphall
    1870 DONALDSON, ELIZABETH (Statutory registers Births 672/ 70) Uphall
    Births in the Parish of Uphall in the County of Linlithgow 1870.
    Elizabeth Donaldson
    1870 June Thentyfourth 9h.0m. A.M.
    Haligate, Broxburn, Uphall
    Parents: John Donaldson, Miner
    Christina Donaldson
    M.S. Millar
    m. 1853 November, Maryhill, Glasgow
    Inf. John Donaldson. Father
    Registered 1870 June 30th
    Broxburn
    Thomas Hislop
    Registrar
  8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1865 DONALDSON, JESSIE JANE (Statutory registers Births 651/2 19) New Monkland Landward Downloaded from Ancestry.com Includes RCE. (Name change) Jessie Jane Donaldson was originally named Jane Anne Donaldson. Her name was corrected to Jessie Jane Donaldson in The Register of Corrected Entries, correction made on authorisation of The Rev. Robert Archibald, Minister of New Monkland, dated 27th February 1865, then recorded 28th February 1865, by James Livingston, Assistant Registrar, New Monkland.
    1865 DONALDSON, JESSIE JANE (Statutory registers Births 651/2 19)
    Births in the Landward of New Monkland in the County of Lanark 1865.
    Jane Ann Donaldson.
    1865 January Ninth 5h.30m. P.M.
    Whiterigg. F.
    Parents: John Donaldson
    Coal Miner
    Christian Donaldson, M.S. Miller
    Inf. John Donaldson, Father
    Registered
    1865 January 18th
    New Monkland
    John Macarthur
    Registrar

Historical events

Day of death January 4, 1885

  • The temperature on January 4, 1885 was about -1.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
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  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
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