John Bain

BMDB data

     John Bain was born cir. Jul 1811 Clashscribie, Par. of Latheron, CAI, SCT.¹ He was baptized on 4 Jul 1811 Par. of Latheron, CAI, SCT; entry reads: 1811 Jul 4th John Bain in Clashcribie had a child baptised named John (father John must have been home on leave at some stage!)¹ Some sources believe John Bain was born cir. 1813.⁴ Other sources indicate John Bain was born cir. 1815 Halkirk, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT.⁵ Yet other sources indicate John Bain was born cir. 1818 Latheron, CAI, SCT.²
     John Bain married Elizabeth Clyne, daughter of William Clyne and Elizabeth Gheal?, on 16 Sep 1840 Bower, CAI, SCT.⁶
     John Bain died on 1 Mar 1890 Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT; the cert showing he was aged 77, at Westerdale, son of John Bain (crofter), no mother stated, with the inf. being his son-in-law George Mackay of Skinnet.⁴

Census/Where lived/Occupations

     He was living Clayock, Par. of Bower, CAI, SCT, in Nov 1832 (this assumes he is correctly identified as the witness to nephew's baptism, once thought to be highly speculative, but given the burials in a family plot at Dunn Old Hall of wife Elizabeth, son Donald, and cousin Thomas...)⁷ John Bain and Elizabeth Clyne were not found in the census of 1841 Par. of Bower, CAI, SCT, where were they? Can't definitively find John or Elizabeth, or dtr Elizabeth, or Elizabeth's son Alexander FRASER or CLYNE in Caithness as yet, not immediately obviously further afield.⁸
     John and Elizabeth Bain appeared on the census of 1851 Achalone, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT, as Robert advised: John 33 b Latheron; Elizabeth 46, (?b Halkirk?); Dtr Elizabeth, sons Donald and John, all b Halkirk and possibly Alexander Fraser or Clyne, Elizabeth's son, aged 24
Ancestry adds: BAIN: John 35 farm serv b Latheron; wife Elizabeth 46 b Halkirk; Children: Elizabeth 11, John 9, both scholars, Donald 6, all b Halkirk; Stepson: Alexr FRASER 24 b Halkirk.^9,10
     The census of 1861 showed John with his wife Elizabeth Upper Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT, household enumerated as BAIN: John, 46, ploughman b. Latheron; Elizabeth, 60, ploughman's wife b. Halkirk.^5,11
     John Bain was shown as the head of the household in the census of 1871 Upper Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, with Elizabeth enumerated as BAIN: John 55 ag lab b Latheron; wife Elizabeth 65 b Halkirk; Son Donald 25 ag lab b Watten; Grdson: John Mcray (MacKAY assumed) 8 b Halkirk.¹² By 1874 John Bain was a farm servant Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT.⁶ He was a farmer, when son Donald married in Dec 1878.¹³
     John Bain appeared on the census of 3 Apr 1881 at Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, as father of Donald Bain.²

All the other info

     John Bain witnessed the baptism of John Bain on 11 Nov 1832 Halkirk, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT; entry reads: Bain, John, lawful son of Donald Bain and Margaret Taylor at Gerston was baptised 11th Nov 1832. there and John Bain in Clayock witnesses (assumed to be mother's sister-in-law and father's brother respectively.)¹⁴
     John Bain was the informant for the death of his wife Elizabeth Clyne on 13 Sep 1874 Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT.⁶ John Bain erected the h/stone on the grave of Elizabeth Clyne Dunn Old Hall, Par. of Watten, CAI, SCT, h/stone #29 reads: Elizabeth Clyne 13.9.1874 76, erected by husband John Bain (next door grave holds son Donald and his wife and a dtr, and the one after that Donald's cousin Thomas Bain. The caretaker of the cemetery advises that it is a family plot.)^15,16

External links

     Click here to see John's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.¹⁷