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Offline JimW

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Cramond Island - census 1901 (3 people!)
« on: Tuesday 13 May 08 16:37 BST (UK) »
Found my great-grandmother's sister Maggie Gibb on the Cramond Island census for 1901, it appears she is one of only 3 people.

James Hogg 59  Head - Farmer
Peter Hogg 29 nephew - Assistant farmer
Margaret A Gibb 21 Housekeeper
Cramond Island

Can this be right, or were there others on the island (apart from sheep)?

Jim Walker


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Re: Cramond Island - census 1901 (3 people!)
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 13 May 08 19:04 BST (UK) »
Its almost certainly right. I was quite surprised to see that anyone was living on Cramond Island in 1901 and nobody lives there nowadays.

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Re: Cramond Island - census 1901 (3 people!)
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 14 May 08 20:44 BST (UK) »
An elderly relative of mine went to Cramond Island for a holiday during his childhood (1920s, I think). There are a couple of cottages, long-derelict now on the island, as well as the World War 2 gun emplacements and associated buildings.

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Re: Cramond Island - census 1901 (3 people!)
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 15 May 08 19:16 BST (UK) »
Thanks to you both for helpful replies.
I found the 'Wikipedia' article on Cramond Island which says:

"Towards the centre of the island, half-hidden by a small wood there is the ruin of a stone-built farmstead. It appears on an Ordnance Survey map of 1853, but may be considerably older. It was occupied until the 1930s and sheep were still kept on the island as late as the 1960s."

 - plus there is a photo of the ruined farmhouse; I presume this is where the Hoggs and Maggie Gibb lived (the Hoggs were there in 1881 and 1891 too).

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Jim

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Re: Cramond Island - census 1901 (3 people!)
« Reply #4 on: Friday 16 May 08 15:04 BST (UK) »
Latest findings from the online records - and a happy ending!

Two young people on an island together, Maggie Gibb and Peter Hogg, working for his uncle James (Peter being the son of James' unmarried sister Helen) - not many opportunities to meet others - so guess what happened next?

Yes, they married on 18th June 1903, Maggie and Peter, both "of Cramond Island".

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Re: Cramond Island - census 1901 (3 people!)
« Reply #5 on: Monday 07 July 08 18:53 BST (UK) »
Quote from: jessden on Tuesday 13 May 08 19:04 BST (UK)
Its almost certainly right. I was quite surprised to see that anyone was living on Cramond Island in 1901 and nobody lives there nowadays.

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Jessden

Nobody lives there, but idiots keep getting stranded there, incl. kids who go over at the weekends with a carry-out for a bottle party. The long-suffering crew of the South Queensferry lifeboat refer to their craft as "the Cramond ferry"!

Harry (who lives near Cramond)
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