Hi both,
<<Legal age for girls in those days was 12!>> It's just that I'm not sure I was ready for marriage at 26, Monica. Different times!!
Just to re-cap on what we know so far:
1812 Adam Broomfield married Elizabeth Field, Edinburgh
1819 Adam Broomfield married Jean Fairbairn, St Cuthbert's Edinburgh
1830 Feb: Catherine Stevenson died, she was the relict of Richard Broomfield, so if their son John was born in July 1829, Richard must have died between July1828 & Feb 1830
1830 Feb: John Stevenson, Smith died at the Canongate Charity Workhouse, aged 70 of old age.
1831 Feb: John Stevenson, Bookseller died at 60 North Castle St aged 40
1831 Nov: Jane McDonald, widow of John Stevenson, Smith died at 121 Princes St aged 49
1832 July Archibald Stevenson, Blacksmith, died at Jack's Lodge aged 31
1838 Sep Janet Woof, wife of Robert Stevenson, Smith, died at Canongate aged 35
1840 Feb Robert Stevenson, Blacksmith died at the Royal Infirmary aged 42
The above is mostly from the Canongate burials pdf, picking up on the name Stevenson, occupation: Smith. What puzzles me is that there are many Stevenson references in the pdf, but not Broomfield, which makes me wonder if the Broomfields, although having an evident long standing connection with the Canongate Parish, had their roots elsewhere.
brigau
