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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Fife => Topic started by: broofer on Thursday 05 May 16 11:52 BST (UK)
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Thomas W Russell, journalist aged 29, of the High Street, Anstruther, married Jessie Hughes, dressmaker aged 28, of The Gyles, Pittenweem, in 1920 in the Royal Hotel, Dundee.
After Thomas died 1932, Jessie and her son * Russell emigrated to Australia
Jessie Russell born 1892 died at Malvern, Victoria in 1874 aged 82
Father's Name: James Hughes
Mother's Name: Betsy Butters
Did they emigrate knowing that there was family already there ?
What happened to * Russell in Australia ?
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Hi there,
I think you meant to type 1974, not 1874 for the year Jessie died.
At the Vic BDM online index there's the index ref #21172 for Jessie RUSSELL, father as James HUGHES and mother as Betsy BUTTERS. The year is 1974. She was aged 82, and the place of death is abbreviated to Malv.
You may consider purchasing the image of that record. It is available for immediate download for $24.00 Au.
https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj
On the record you will find responses to the following:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,373754.0.html
:) Date and place of death;
:) name and surname;
:) occupation of the deceased;
:) sex and age;
:) cause of death,
:) duration of illness,
:) medical attendant by whom certified and when he last saw deceased;
:) name and surname of parents (if known) including mother's maiden surname
:) signature, description and address of the person who gave the information;
:) signature of deputy registrar, date and where registered,
:) when and where buried,
:) undertaker whom certified;
:) name and religion of Minister, or names of witnesses of burial;
:) place of birth of the deceased and
:) how long he or she resided in the Australian colonies or states (stating which),
:) name of spouse/s,
:) place of marriage/s,
:) age at marriage/s;
:) names and ages of children of the deceased.
Cheers, JM
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Deaths VIC
EASSON Jane 1974 / 18213 87yrs
REEKIE Elizabeth 1936 / 1112 45yrs HUGHES / BUTTERS parents?
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I am concerned that IF the death is for 1974 rather than 1874 that it is very possible that the son is still alive. I have not tried to find the son, but he is named on the thread, in the topic heading, and on the passenger list which gives an address for their intended location in Australia.
The image of the passenger list is available from the National Archives of Australia, a free to search website.
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx
Cheers, JM
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Thomas W Russell, journalist aged 29, of the High Street, Anstruther, married Jessie Hughes, dressmaker aged 28, of The Gyles, Pittenweem, in 1920 in the Royal Hotel, Dundee.
After Thomas died 1932, Jessie and her son * Russell emigrated to Australia
Jessie Russell born 1892 died at Malvern, Victoria in 1874 aged 82
Father's Name: James Hughes
Mother's Name: Betsy Butters
Did they emigrate knowing that there was family already there ?
What happened to * Russell in Australia ?
I used to correspond with * Russell, son of Tom Russell and Jessie Hughes, starting in 1995, I think. He lived in Mooroolbark then Knoxville, Victoria. It's not appropriate to talk on these sites about people who may still be alive, but I don't know if * is or not, as I haven't heard from him for several years. He told me that he and his mother emigrated to Australia in 1936, when he was 12. I don't know if they had family there or not. Jessie Hughes was painted several times by the artist John McGhie and she was the model for his popular portrait "Fisher Lass", which has often been reproduced.
Her was born at 56 High Street, Anstruther, as was my distant relative the poet and academic William Tennant about whom I wrote a book several years ago. It's next to the old Empire Cinema, formerly Tennant senior's grain store.
The Russell family owned our local paper, the East Fife Observer, still being run in my young days by Charlie's cousin Carl Russell. The nearest I ever got to journalism was my time as editor of the Waid Academy magazine and I used to absent myself from school to take copy for the magazine down to Carl, detouring back to school eventually via the local cafe for a Coke and a fag and a quick play of the jukebox. One of the perks of being a 6th year prefect.
Harry
* Topic edited , possible living person.
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Thanks for that, Harry
I respect your remark on the possible living, which is why my original query was a bit vague.
Our relative enjoyed his afternoon in Anstruther/ Cellardyke. I think he was a little ashamed when he realised that he was the last of that name
I had time before he arrived to have a poke around in the museum and in the boatshed, as I share their enthusiasm - I have been part of a group in Portsoy which has been building a replica salmon coble for the last 2 1/2 years which is just about ready to take to the water. My interest stemmed from our family activities in netting salmon (one of our Dykers married into a family of salmon fishers ). We look forward each year for the arrival of the Reaper, although I have heard that this year it may be the White Wing which was still in the boatshed undergoing renovation.
It was the painting that set me off on this trail. I admired the determination on the lass's face, and was proud to realise that I share a few of her genes
And yes we knew the Russell family. It was in their house that I first saw TV ( Tiny screen in a darkened room ). There was Carl, Hetty, her sister "Aunt Aggie " Swinton, and their daughter.
Thanks for getting in touch
Peter Aikman
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I'm sure you know all this -
Betty Horseburg was born 1825 to Lock Horseburg and Betty Anderson
William Butter married Betsy/Betty Horsburgh in 1847.
Betsy Butter was born 1849
1851 census Pittenweem, West Shore
William Butters 25 fisherman
Betsy Horsburgh 26 fisherman's wife
Joseph Butters 2 at home
Betsy Butters 1
James Hughes married Betsy Butter in 1868
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1891 The Giles
James Hughes 43
Betsy 41
William 20 fishertman
Mary 15
James 13
Joseph 9
George 7
Isabella 6
Jane 3
Jessie Hughes was born in 1892
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1901
West Shore
Betsy Horseburgh Butter 75
Joseph Butter 53
Maggie Flett 13
The Giles
James Hughes 53 fisherman
Betsy 52
Joseph 19 blacksmith
George 17 fisherman
Isabella 15 domestic servant
Jean 13 scholar
Lizzie 10 scholar
East Shore
Mary Tod 25 seaman's wife
Betsy Tod 3mo
Jessie Hughes 9 sister b 1892 Pittenweem - the subject of The Fisherlass painting
34 High Street, Anstruther
Charles Steven Russell 38 printer
Annie Jones Wood Russell 38
Maggie Russell 14
Lewis Russell 12
Thomas Russell 10
Helene Russell 6
Annie Russell 2
Thomas W Russell, journalist aged 29, of the High Street, Anstruther, married Jessie Hughes, dressmaker aged 28, of The Gyles, Pittenweem, in 1920 in the Royal Hotel, Dundee
Jessie and her son Charles b 1927 went to Australia after her husband, Thomas Russell died.in 1932 in St Clement, Angus
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Ah, it's yourself. I didn't realise who was hiding behind that pseudonym. In my original post I used the full name of the son of Tom Russell and Jessie Hughes but the moderator has quite rightly deleted it.
Jessie Hughes the "Fisher Lass" would have been a 2nd cousin of my paternal grandmother Jessie Horsburgh Cunningham (Mrs. Wm. Watson). If you Google John McGhie you'll get links to his various artworks. The Anstruther/Cellardyke provost of the 1950s, William Watson Carstairs, a local businessman, collected them and his collection went to the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther.
Coincidentally a friend in Anstruther sent me a nice photo of the "Reaper" at Anstruther harbour just about an hour ago. There's a nice sunset reflected on the water. I'll forward it to you.
Harry
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[ tried once already ]
Two of our relatives ( my great-grandparents ) are in Springbank, Aberdeen
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7274/26265145523_9c96ae0120_z.jpg)
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Always nice to meet a few more rellies, even if only dead ones. I used to like visiting Kilrenny churchyard, where the Cellardyke fisherfolk are buried, from boyhood onwards, and I remember being delighted when I discovered that there were more Watsons buried there than any other surname. The only other place on the east coast with a preponderance of Watsons is Whitehills in Banffshire, I believe.
Harry
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Jessie was my mother's mother's mother's mother's mother's daughter's daughter's daughter
Is this some sort of record. I apologise for being male, and having no sisters.
But I do have 2 daughters and 5 grand-daughters, maybe I'm some sort of missing link.
I note that the Pittenweem skiff is called the Fisherlass, I'll be looking out for it if it comes up to Portsoy this year.
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A Cellardyke skipper called Rob Stewart had a motor-boat called "Fisher Lassie" and my grandfather Watson sailed with him for many years. My grandfather was related to Rob's wife Agnes Watson and my granny was related to Rob himself.
Rob's son John Stewart married a Pittenweem woman called Black, and their son Ian Stewart was a rock musician on keyboards who along with his friend Brian Jones was a founder-member of the Rolling Stones.
Harry
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"Ah, it's yourself. I didn't realise who was hiding behind that pseudonym
Harry"
Aha, it's not myself. I'm his brother.
I have just realised - you were thinking that you were replying to my brother, who despite living a long way away is much more versed in genealogy than I am. Sorry, it wasn't intentional
And just to prove it, there I am in the first wooden coble to be built for over 40 years ( but we are amateurs compared with our big brothers at Anster ).
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7386/28148176015_11ba7c2959_n.jpg)
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Another type of relationship to add to 4th cousin once removed, etc. - "myself's brother"!
Harry
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More important is Pittenweem's new skiff, named "Fisherlass" after the painting of Jessie Hughes by John McGhie, now hanging in Anstruther museum, who married Thomas Russell, and after his death emigrated to Australia
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5345/29675070123_ab890a2c78_n.jpg)
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I have lots of information as I am the granddaughter of Thomas Russell and Jessie Hughes. Their son, my father Charles Stiven Russell emigrated to Australia and took up residence with Jessie's brother-in-law James Reekie. James Reekie was married to Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hughes who lost her life in the great flu epidemic. Charles married Lorna Russell and they had three children, Colin (dec), Michele (me) and Stiven. Colin had two sons Mark and Matthew. Michele had two children, Jessie and James and Stiven had two children, Delina and Telita. Jessie has one son Blake. James has two sons Ashton and Aaron and Delina has a son Trey.
Charles has passed away but Lorna is still doing very well at the age of 93 and lives with Michele, Michele's husband Glenn, her granddaughter Jessie and great grandson Blake.
So many memories!
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Hello, nice to "meet" you! I enjoyed my correspondence with your father, who always had interesting things to tell me.
Harry
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Gosh, I had to write that lot down, but good to see how the family has spread down under. I do remember visiting Carl, Hetty and "aunt" Aggie each year when we visited Cellardyke.
I did have a quick think, and guess you are a very far-off relation from two different directions. 1. Russell and Hughes, and 2. Swinton Keay Muir and Birrell. Don't worry, this is quite common in Fife.
I'll have a proper go again at disentangling you all in the Winter. Believe it or not, we have Summer today.
Best wishes to the Aussie side, ( and to Harry, who knows more than the rest of us put together - Harry, if I see an intelligent-looking young man on Aug 3rd, I'll say hello. And if the harbour's not clear of seaweed, I'll ask great-aunt Annie to get on to the council - if she was still alive, that dead swan wouldn't have lasted long )
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Peter, if you see an intelligent-looking young man in Cellardyke you're very welcome to say hello to him, but he won't be me as I have just turned 73 and I haven't been to Cellardyke for quite some time. I left in 1964 at the age of 18 to go away to university and haven't lived there permanently ever since. Until recently I had an unmarried sister in Cellardyke but she has now gone into a care home elsewhere in Fife so that's my last link with the town gone.
Michele, if you are reading this and feeling a bit baffled, Peter ("broofer") and I share Keay ancestors in Cellardyke and also Watsons and Horsburghs.
Harry
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Hello from Portland, Oregon! Not sure why I am replying except to say hello. I am a descendant of Lewis Russell (born Elgin, 1822), founder of the East of Fife Record at Anstruther, and enjoyed reading the comments. The journalistic tradition skipped two generations in my line, and then continued with my father, George Paxton Russell II, and myself. Best wishes to all. Georgene Eleanor Sink (nee Russell)
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J
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Just dipping in, as I have been going over a bit of the tree which included the Russells and the Swintons. Good to hear that the family is going strong. Just for info, the 1901 census shows in Fife - Charles Steven Russell 38, Annie 38, Maggie 14, Lewis 12, Thomas 10, Helene 6, Annie 2. The Charles ( Carl ) that I knew was born 1908 or 1909. He married my mother's cousin Harriet Swinton in 1938
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Carl Russell was editor of the East Fife Observer, which sounds quite posh, but he was first and foremost a master printer and I remember him best standing beside his presses in dungarees with oily hands and a cigarette sticking out of the corner of his mouth.
His wife Harriet "Hetty" Swinton came from a long line of bakers in Cellardyke and her grandfather Thomas Swinton must have been quite patriotic because in 1900 his wife bore him a son, a late child (they had been married for almost twenty years) and they called the boy Horatio Herbert Kitchener Stewart Swinton. Kitchener was of course a famous general in the British army, he had just been involved in the Boer War in South Africa and we've all seen the poster of him pointing his finger and saying "Your country needs you!"
Harry
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[ for Michelle Robinson ]
Re " Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hughes who lost her life in the great flu epidemic "
Just starting to grind myself into gear - According to Au / Victoria BMD , Elizabeth died 1936, Malvern East, Victoria, Australia, aged 45, b Pittenweem, father James Hughes, mother Betsy Butters