Lumsden

[macmoffat]

interested in the Lumsden name.

1881 Census:
 Mary Lumsden is recorded  aged 65 Born 1816 Samuelston. Mother in Law to George Forrest  b.1851 Portobello. Who married her
Daughter Agnes b1851 All living in Leith.
Mary is an annuitant. which is?
I presume that Marys husband ? had died??And that she moved to be with her daughter and grandchildren.
Are  Lumsdens associated with E.Lothian?.

[CaroleW]

Mary is an annuitant. which is?

Somebody who receives an annual income from a personal source (eg) an insurance policy or land ownership etc etc

[CaroleW]

1861 census for South Leith - children b Leith

William Lumsden 58  b East Lothian - canvas weaver
Mary   47  b East Lothian
Mary   20 
Alex 20 
Agnes   11 
South Leith ED 47 Page  9 Line 19

[CaroleW]

A possible marriage   
 
WILLIAM LUMSDEN    Spouse:  MARY LAW 
Marriage:  13 NOV 1835   South Leith, Midlothian
 
 
 

[macmoffat]

Thanks for that. Hoping to go to the  GRO tomorrow  if I don't run out of time.

[macmoffat]

Mary Law was  daughter of Andrew Law who was a farmer in W.Saltoun.
Anyone have them on Census.?
1861 Shows Mary jnr aged 20 as a Flaxspinner.
Alexander aged 20 Blacksmith Journeyman
Agnes aged 11 scholar

[JMClark]

New to this board . . .

There are some Lumsdens associated with East Linton and Prestonkirk.  Mention is made of a Lumsden family in a book called "By the Linn Rocks."  If you'd like I can do a look-up for you. 

The name caught my eye because my East Lothian-born great-grandfather had it for a middle name:  Alexander Lumsden Lamond (or Lamont).  His parents lived and worked at Nether Hailes when he was born in 1880.  They were members of the Prestonkirk at the time and I suspect that someone with the surname of Lumsden may have been a benefactor or baptismal sponsor for the family. 

[Deb D]

My gt-grandmother was born Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Lumsden Baird - I'm trying to find out where the "Lumsden" came from, there, too.  Her mother was Janet "Jessie" Beveridge, and her mother is marked in my tree as Elizabeth Lumsden, ... but the information I found in the IGI was that this Elizabeth's father was William Beveridge, b. abt 1790 (so I'm not sure I haven't mis-transcribed something!), and her mother was Janet Lyall - I'm searching for birth records and an earlier marriage for Janet, to try to make sense of it.