Harrower Family Tree » Helen Adamson Mortimer (1874-????)
Personal data Helen Adamson Mortimer
Sources 1, 2, 3, 4- She was born on February 6, 1874 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
- Occupations:
- in the year 1891 Flax Winder in Methil Mill, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
- in the year 1893 Flaxmill Worker in Methil Mill, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
- Resident:
- in the year 1881: .Source 1
- in the year 1893: Methil Mill, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 5
- in the year 1891: Methil Mill, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.Source 3
- in the year 1919: Helenbank, Methil, Fife, Scotland.Source 6
- in the year 1901: Clyde Place, Buckhaven, Fife, Scotland.Source 4
- (War Record) in the year 1918 in Malta: Record for Hugh Clark, died 1918, Helen was recorded as NOK.Source 6
- A child of Alexander Mortimer and Isabella Pride
Household of Helen Adamson Mortimer
She is married to Alexander Cairns Page.
They got married on July 20, 1893 at Methil Mill, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, she was 19 years old.Source 5
Child(ren):
- Alex Page 1896-????
- David Page 1897-????
- Isabella Page 1900-
Event (Witness at Marriage) on July 20, 1893 in Methil Mill, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland : John Mortimer Witness, Elizabeth Page Witness.Source 5
Notes about Helen Adamson Mortimer
1. Marriage to Alexander Page, Helen named Ellen!
2. John Mortimer Witness, Elizabeth Page Witness
3. After the death of Hugh Clark, in 1918, Helen Mortimer Page (Reported to be Next of Kin to Hugh) requests the Report Headstone Personal Inscription as follows:
Badge design: 1078 1F/0
Headsone No.: 116
Line 1: THEY MISS HIM MOST
Line 2: WHO LOVED HIM BEST
Mrs. H.M. Page 75 McDonald Street Methil, Fife
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Sources
- 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Alexander Mortimer Parish: Wemyss; ED: 6; Page: 14; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1881_127 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 Alexander Mortimer
Name: Alexander Mortimer
Age: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1833
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Isabella Mortimer
Gender: Male
Where born: Scoonie, Fife
Registration Number: 459/2
Registration district: Buckhaven
Civil Parish: Wemyss
County: Fife
Occupation: Coal Pit Banksman
ED: 6
Household schedule number: 74
Line: 3
Roll: CSSCT1881_127
Household Members:
Name Age
Alexander Mortimer 48
Isabella Mortimer 49
Alexander Mortimer 19
Andrew Mortimer 14
Isabella Mortimer 13
Janet Mortimer 11
John Mortimer 9
Helen Mortimer 7 - Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1874 Record for Helen Adamson Mortimer 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 Helen Adamson Mortimer
Name: Helen Adamson Mortimer
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 8 Feb 1874
Birth Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Father: Alexander Mortimer
Mother: Isabella Pride
FHL Film Number: 6035516 - 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Alexander Mortimer Parish: Wemyss; ED: 7; Page: 23; Line: 1; 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 Alexander Mortimer
Name: Alexander Mortimer
Age: 57
Estimated birth year: abt 1834
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Isabella Mortimer
Gender: Male
Where born: Leven, Fife
Registration Number: 459/2
Registration district: Buckhaven
Civil Parish: Wemyss
County: Fife
Address: Methil Mill
Occupation: Sexton & Railway Surfaceman
ED: 7
Household schedule number: 5
Line: 1
Roll: CSSCT1891_141
Household Members:
Name Age
Alexander Mortimer 57
Isabella Mortimer 57
Isabella Mortimer 23
Jessie Mortimer 21
John Mortimer 19
Helen A Mortimer 17
Hugh Clarke 8 Months Grandson
Alexander Rankine 22 - 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Alex Page Parish: Wemyss; ED: 9; Page: 27; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1901_148 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 Alex Page
Name: Alex Page
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name: Helen Page
Gender: Male
Where born: Wemyss, Fife
Registration Number: 459/2
Registration District: Buckhaven
Civil Parish: Wemyss
County: Fife
Address: Clyde Place
Occupation: Coal Miner
ED: 9
Household Schedule Number: 141
Line: 11
Roll: CSSCT1901_148
Household Members:
Name Age
Alex Page 28
Helen Page 27
Alex Page 5
David Page 4
Isabella Page 1 - Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1893 PAGE ALEXANDER, ELLEN MORTIMER (Statutory registers Marriages 459/2 41)
1893 PAGE ALEXANDER, ELLEN MORTIMER (Statutory registers Marriages 459/2 41)
Marriages in the District of Buckhaven in the County of Fife 1893.
1893 Twentieth July Methilmill, Wemyss
After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
(signed)
Alexander Page, Coal Miner
(Bachelor)
Age 21, Kirkland, Wemyss
Parents: William Page Coal Miner
Isabella Page M.S. Cairns
(signed)
Ellen Mortimer, Flaxmill Worker (Spinster)
Age 19 Methilmill, Wemyss
Parents: Alexander Mortimer,
Railway Surfaceman
Isabella Mortimer M.S. Pryde
(signed)
Thomas Muir BD
Minister of Methil Parish
(signed)
John Mortimer Witness
Elizabeth Page Witness
Registered July 24 Buckhaven
David M Pryde
Registrar - Commonwealth Graves Commision, HUGH CLARK 1918 Record for Hugh Clark Date of death 4 October 1918 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/164924182/person/182512285783/media/7aa82405-6ac3-43e0-bae8-d6e4b592e157 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/164924182/person/182512285783/media/fe8629ba-248b-47f0-bbf1-f1e2eee34348 https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/303449:1219?ftm=1
Driver H Clark T1/1521 A.S.C. att.85. .Fld.Amb. Grave 1 Row 20 Plot A Date of death 4 October 1918
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Graves Registration Report Form
Place of Burial: Pieta Military Cemetery
Plot A Row 20
T1/1521 Dvr. H. Clark R.A.S.C.
Date of death 4 October 1918
Report of Headstone Inscription
Badge design 1078 1F/0
T1/1521 Driver
H Clark
Royal Army Service Corps
d. 4th October 1918 Age 28
Centre of stone: Cross
Report Headstone Personal Inscription
Badge design: 1078 1F/0
Headsone No.: 116
Line 1: THEY MISS HIM MOST
Line 2: WHO LOVED HIM BEST
Mrs. HM Page 75 McDonald Street Methil, Fife
Hugh Clark Service Number T1/1521
H.T., Army Service Corps who died on 04 October 1918 Age 28
Son of Mrs. Isabella Mortimer, of Kirkland, Leven, Fife.
THEY MISS HIM MOST WHO LOVED HIM BEST
Remembered with Honour
PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY
A XX 1.
From attestation papers
Hugh Clark Driver T1/1521
Age 27 years. Service 4 years 3 months Died 4/10/18.
Cause of Death Tuberculosis of Lung,, complicated by Malaria
He was admitted from H.S."Goorka" in a dying condition and too ill for information to be obtained from him. The notes accompanying him state that he had been in Macedonia two years, and that in the early part of 1918 he had a cough, but did not go sick. In August, he had Malaria. On 19/9/18 he was transferred from 21st Stationary Hospital to 29th General Hospital, suffering from Malaria, and symptoms suggestive of Influenza. Tuberculosis of the left Lung was recognised, and Tubercle Bacilli found In the sputum. He was transferred to H .S. "Goorka" 28/10/18 and received at Mtarfa, Malta, 2/10/18, as on the dangerously ill list. His temperature on admission was 101°, Pulse 120 and respirations 32. He had frequent diarrhoea, and such examination as was possible showed advanced Tuberculosis of both lungs. He died 4/10/18 Post Mortem Examination, corraborated the clinical diagnosis both lungs being diseased, a condition of enteritis was also present in the intestine.
Death was due to Tuberculosis of tho Lungs, commencing while on Active Service, and accelerated by Malaria also contracted on Active Service in Salonica.
Mtarfa, Malta 17th October 1918 ??? Colonel, A.M.S. O.i/c Military Hospital, Mtarfa
Historical events
Birthday February 6, 1874
- The temperature on February 6, 1874 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
- From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
- In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
- February 21 » The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first edition.
- February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
- March 15 » France and Vietnam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.
- May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
- July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
- December 29 » The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.
Day of marriage July 20, 1893
- The temperature on July 20, 1893 was about 20.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
- Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
- January 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
- January 13 » U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USSBoston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
- February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
- June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
- June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
- July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Same birth/death day
- 1872 » Robert Maillart, Swiss engineer, designed the Salginatobel Bridge and Schwandbach Bridge († 1940)
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- 1875 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general († 1915)
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