Elizabeth Jane Sinton Whitson1

ID#13371, (8 September 1884 - after 1916)
Elizabeth Jane Sinton Whitson|b. 8 Sep 1884\nd. aft. 1916|p13371.htm|Alexander Whitson|b. cir. 1829\nd. 29 Apr 1907||Elizabeth Richardson Wight|b. 9 Nov 1843\nd. 8 Sep 1884||David Whitson|b. 19 Jun 1785\nd. 1852||Jane Shiel|b. 1796\nd. 8 Jan 1857||Walter Wight|b. 17 Sep 1816\nd. 31 Oct 1886|p44.htm|Helen Sinton|b. cir. 1820\nd. 12 Jan 1883|p43.htm|
FatherAlexander Whitson2,1 (cir. 1829 - Apr 1907)
MotherElizabeth Richardson Wight2,1 (Nov 1843 - Sep 1884)
ChartsEarlston/Wanton Walls RUNCIMAN
SINTON
WIGHT
Relationship1st cousin 2 times removed of Lorna Henderson.
     
     Elizabeth Jane Sinton Whitson was born on 8 Sep 1884 at Muirhouselaw Tileworks, Maxton, ROX, SCT, (mother died giving birth to Elizabeth Jane) cert. reads: Elizabeth Jane Sinton Whitson, 8th sep 1884 at 8am at Muirhouse Tile works, dtr of Alexr Whitson, farmer & tile maker and Elisabeth m.s. Wight, mar. 24 Mar 1879 at Edinburgh, inf Father Reg. 17th Sep.1
     Elizabeth Jane Soutar married David MacLaren Paul, son of Alexander Paul and Catherine McLaren, on 9 Mar 1916 at Glencoe, Wardlaw Gdns, St Andrews, FIF, SCT, cert. reads: after banns, Est. Ch of Sct; David M (indexed as David MacLaren), 34 technical chemist of ??wall Lodge, Langley, Quinton, WOR, s/o Alexander PAUL, cabinetmaker and Catherine m.s. McLaren; married Elizabeth Jane Soutar formerly Whitson, 31 of Glencoe, Wardlaw Gdns, St Andrews, d/o Alexander Whitson, tilemaker and Elizabeth m.s. Wight, both dec. Min: R W Wallace Min of St Leonards, Par. of St Andrews; Wit: C R Paul and Helen E L Soutar.2
     Elizabeth Jane Sinton Whitson died aft. 1916 ?Quinton, WOR, ENG.2,3,4
     Elizabeth Jane Sinton Whitson was also known as Elizabeth Jane Soutar as she appears to have been brought up, after her mother died, by her aunt Margaret Soutar nee Wight.2
     
     Mystery solved. After finding that Elizabeth Jane's mother had died in childbirth, and not finding her death shortly thereafter, I was left with a mystery. 10 yrs later, it, along with another mystery, is solved. The other being how come David Soutar's obituary only mentioned one daughter when there had consistently been two with him on census nights, and I couldn't find the birth of one of them, an Elizabeth Jane Soutar in Maxton, nor the death of either of them between the last census and David's death in 1924. All was revealed when I stumbled upon Elizabeth Soutar as a witness to a cousin's wedding, which led me to search harder for her marriage or death. I found the marriage - which explained everything in that she was listed as Elizabeth Jane Soutar, formerly Whitson, and her parents weren't David Soutar and Margaret Wight after all, but Alexander Whitson and Elizabeth Wight, Margaret's sister. Love to hear from anyone who can shed any light on her story after her marriage. Did she move to Worcester where hubby was at the time they married, or stay in Scotland?5
     The census of 1891 showed Lizzie as a 6 yr old, b. Maxton in the household of her parents David and Margaret Soutar in Carslogie Rd, Cupar, FIF, SCT.6
     The census of 1901 showed Euphemia and Elizabeth and their brothers Charles, David and Walter in the household of their parents David and Margaret Soutar in Westfield Rd, Cupar, FIF, SCT, enumerated as SOUTAR: David 58, boot merchant b ?Panhide?, Forfar; wife Margaret 49 b Maxton, ROX; Children: Elizabeth 16 scholar b Maxton; Charles W 13; David A 10; Euphemia S 8; Walter W 6 all scholars b Cupar, FIF; Servant Helen Myles 23 b Cupar (same comment re Elizabeth, not really dtr of David and Margaret - plus Euphemia is really Helen Euphemia Leckie Soutar, known as Effie).7
     Elizabeth Soutar witnessed the marriage of her cousin Helen Sinton Clark to Thomas Maxwell Bell on 7 Jun 1906 at Cathpair, Par. of Stow, MLN, SCT.3

Family

David MacLaren Paul (cir. 1882 - )
Last Edited6 Apr 2010

Citations

  1. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Birth 1884 Elizabeth Jane Sinton WHITSON, extracted c Sep/Oct 1994/5, rechecked Jul 2006.
  2. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 1916 Elizabeth Jane SOUTAR formerly WHITSON and David MacLaren PAUL, copy d/loaded Dec 2005.
  3. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 1906 Thomas Maxwell BELL and Helen Sinton CLARK, copy d/loaded Dec 2005.
  4. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Dth 1954 to 2006 Elizabeth PAUL or SOUTAR or WHITSON, searched (by Robert McC) Jan 2006.
  5. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Dec 2005.
  6. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, 1891 Census: Dist 420 (ED 7? Folio 2) Pg 6 Sched 28, rechecked Dec 2005 (copy d/loaded).
  7. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, 1901 Census: SOUTAR Dist 420 ED? 7 Page 19 Schedule #105, copy d/loaded Jul 2005.

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