Harrower Family Tree » Isabella Watson (1856-1931)

Personal data Isabella Watson 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • She was born on May 7, 1856 in Carnbee, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1883 Domestic Servant; marriage to George Robertson.Source 7
    • in the year 1881 Cook Domestic Serv(ant) in Blair House, Carnock, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1871 Agricultural Labourer in West Geston Mine Cottage, Largo, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1883: Kirkland, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1901: Balcurvie, Windygates, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1891: Old Town, Buckhaven, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1861: Wood End, Dunino, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1881: Blair House, Carnock, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1871: West Geston Mine Cottage, Largo, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
  • (Informant at Death) on June 21, 1931 in Smithyhill, Windygates, Fife, Scotland: George Robertson Widower Present.Source 8
  • She died on June 21, 1931 in Smithyhill, Windygates, Fife, Scotland, she was 75 years old.Source 8
    Oorzaak: Chronic Bronchitis, 6 Months Aortic Disease, 6 Months
  • A child of William Watson and Isabella Melville

Household of Isabella Watson

She is married to George Robertson.

They got married on July 6, 1883 at Kirkland, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, she was 27 years old.Source 7


Child(ren):

  1. Andrew Robertson  1899-1964 
  2. David Robertson  1884-????
  3. William W Robertson  1886-????
  4. George D Robertson  1887-????
  5. Mary T Robertson  ± 1891-????
  6. Helen W Robertson  1894-????
  7. Christina Robertson  1896-????

Event (Witness at Marriage) on July 6, 1883 in Kirkland, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland : John Swan and Christina Robertson Witness'.Source 7


Notes about Isabella Watson

1. In 1881, Isabell is found working as a cook domestic servant in Blair House, Carnock, Fife, working for a Doctor, William Telfer, and his Family. Quite unexpected, as the Wilson family, (William Lunn Harrower's family) live in Blair Row, Carnock, round about the same time.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Isabella Watson

William Watson
1823-< 1883

Isabella Watson
1856-1931

1883

George Robertson
1858-1935

Andrew Robertson
1899-1964
David Robertson
1884-????
William W Robertson
1886-????
George D Robertson
1887-????
Mary T Robertson
± 1891-????
Helen W Robertson
1894-????
Christina Robertson
1896-????

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  1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Watson Parish: Dunino; ED: 1; Page: 7; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1861_56 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] 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.
    Record for William Watson
    Name: William Watson
    Age: 38
    Estimated birth year: abt 1823
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Isabella Watson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Cults, Fife
    Registration Number: 425
    Registration district: Dunino
    Civil Parish: Dunino
    County: Fife
    Address: Wood End
    Occupation: Ploughman
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 30
    Line: 4
    Roll: CSSCT1861_56
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Watson 38 Head Ploughman Cults, Fife
    Isabella Watson 38 Wife Ferry Port On Craig, Fife
    Helen Watson 13 Daughter Logie, Fife
    David Watson 11 Son Dunino, Fife
    Alexander Watson 8 Son Dunino, Fife
    Isabella Watson 4 Daughter Carnbee, Fife
    John Johnston 21 Lodger
    Alexander Watson 55 Lodger
    James Leighton 45 Lodger
  2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Isabella M Watson Parish: Carnock; ED: 4; Page: 2; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1881_115 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] 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
    Record for Isabella M Watson
    Name: William Telfer
    Age: 33
    Estimated birth year: abt 1848
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Frances M G Telfer
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Fossoway, Perthshire
    Registration Number: 414
    Registration district: Carnock
    Civil Parish: Carnock
    County: Fife
    Address: Blair House
    Occupation: (General Practitioner M B C M. Edin-Univ)
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 5
    Line: 1
    Roll: CSSCT1881_115
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Telfer 33 Head
    Frances M G Telfer 28 Wife
    Edgar W F Telfer 4 Son
    Ellsie G A Telfer 2 Daughter
    Isabella M Watson 22 Servant Cook Domestic Serv Carnbee, Fife
    Elizabeth Purves 18 Servant
  3. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1856 Record for Isabella Watson Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Isabella Watson
    Name: Isabella Watson
    Gender: Female
    Birth Date: 7 May 1856
    Birth Place: Carnbee, Fife, Scotland
    Father: William Watson
    Mother: Isabella Melville
    FHL Film Number: 6035516
  4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Watson Parish: Largo; ED: 6; Page: 2; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1871_77 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.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.
    Record for William Watson
    Name: William Watson
    Age: 48
    Estimated birth year: abt 1823
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Isabell Watson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Cults, Fife
    Registration Number: 443
    Registration district: Largo
    Civil Parish: Largo
    County: Fife
    Address: West Geston Mines Cottage
    Occupation: Agricultural Labourer
    ED: 6
    Household schedule number:7
    Line: 4
    Roll: CSSCT1871_77
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Watson 48
    Isabell Watson 47
    Isabella Watson 14
    Margaret Watson 9
    William Watson 7
  5. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for George Robertson Parish: Markinch; ED: 2; Page: 31; Line: 15; Roll: CSSCT1901_144 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. 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
    Record for George Robertson
    Name: George Robertson
    Age: 42
    Estimated birth year: abt 1859
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Isabella Robertson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: St Monance, Fife
    Registration Number: 447/2
    Registration district: Windygates
    Civil Parish: Markinch
    County: Fife
    Address: Balcurvie
    Occupation: Cellarman Distillery
    ED: 2
    Household schedule number: 152
    Line: 15
    Roll: CSSCT1901_144
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    George Robertson 42 Head
    Isabella Robertson 43 Wife Carnbee
    David Robertson 17 Son Wemyss Apprentice Moulder
    William Robertson 15 Son Wemyss Labourer Distillery
    George Robertson 14 Son Wemyss Apprentice Worker
    Mary T Robertson 10 Daughter Wemyss
    Helen W Robertson 7 Daughter Wemyss
    Christina Robertson 5 Daughter Markinch
    Andrew Robertson 2 Daughter Markinch
  6. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for George Robertson Parish: Wemyss; ED: 7; Page: 36; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1891_141 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. 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
    Record for George Robertson
    Name: George Robertson
    Age: 32
    Estimated birth year: abt 1859
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's name: Isabella Robertson
    Gender: Male
    Where born: St Monance, Fife
    Registration Number: 459/2
    Registration district: Buckhaven
    Civil Parish: Wemyss
    County: Fife
    Address: Old Town
    Occupation: General Labourer
    ED: 7
    Household schedule number: 80
    Line: 21
    Roll: CSSCT1891_141
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    George Robertson 32 Head
    Isabella Robertson 33 Wife Carnbee
    David Robertson 7 Son Wemyss
    William W Robertson 5 Son Wemyss
    George D Robertson 4 Son Wemyss
    Mary T Robertson 2 Mo Daughter Wemyss
  7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1883 ROBERTSON, GEORGE, ISABELLA WATSON (Statutory registers Marriages 459/2 10)
    1883 ROBERTSON, GEORGE, ISABELLA WATSON (Statutory registers Marriages 459/2 10)
    Marriages in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1883.
    1883 Sixth July Kirkland, Wemyss
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
    (Signed)
    George Robertson, General Labourer
    (Bachelor) Age 24 Kirkland, Wemyss
    Parents: David Robertson General Labourer
    Mary Robertson M.S. Tod (defeased)
    (Signed)
    Isabella Watson, Domestic Servant
    (Spinster) Age 25 Kirkland, Wemyss
    Parents: William Watson Ploughman (deceased)
    Isabella Watson M.S. Melville
    (Signed)
    Alex'r Aytown Young, Minister of Methil
    (Signed)
    John Swan Witness
    Christina Robertson Witness
    Registered 1883 July 10 Buckhaven
    David M Pryde, Registrar
  8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1931 WATSON, ISABELLA (Statutory registers Deaths 447/2 23)
    1931 WATSON, ISABELLA (Statutory registers Deaths 447/2 23)
    Deaths in the District of Windygates in the County of Fife 1831.
    Isabella Robertson
    (Married to George Robertson
    Distillery Worker - Retired)
    1931 June Twenty first 4h. 50m. A.M.
    Smithyhill, Windygates F. 75 Years
    Parents: William Watson
    Ploughman (deceased)
    Isabella Watson
    M.S. Melville (deceased)
    COD: Chronic Bronchitis, 6 Months Aortic Disease, 6 Months
    As Certified by A. Hunter Forman L.R.C.P.S.
    Inf. G Robertson, Widower (present)
    Registered
    1931 June 22nd Windygates
    R.M. Anderson
    Registrar

Historical events

Birthday May 7, 1856

  • The temperature on May 7, 1856 was about 6.8 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
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  • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
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Day of marriage July 6, 1883

  • The temperature on July 6, 1883 was about 19.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
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  • In the year 1883: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
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Day of death June 21, 1931

  • The temperature on June 21, 1931 was between 6.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
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