jessie henderson & john wilkinson what happened to their family forfarshire i

[Mirambu]

Jessie HENDERSON was transported to Van Diemen's land by 'anna marie'  1851. she stated her age 23y, tried perth c i on 7 may 1851, sentenced 7yrs, stated she had 3 children, margaret, jane & ellen, their fater john wilkinson. also still living was mother jessie, brother william and sister margaret at native place forfarshire. she could read and write, occ: housemaid & presbyterian. any help with finding records in forfarshire (angus). mirambu/joy

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Jessie HENDERSON was transported to Van Diemen's land by 'anna marie'  1851. she stated her age 23y, tried perth c i on 7 may 1851, sentenced 7yrs, stated she had 3 children, margaret, jane & ellen, their fater john wilkinson. also still living was mother jessie, brother william and sister margaret at native place forfarshire. she could read and write, occ: housemaid & presbyterian. any help with finding records in forfarshire (angus). mirambu/joy

Unfortunately there are a few Jessies roughly the right age but according to a newspaper snippet there was a Jessie Henderson in Montrose Prison in April 1851 awating trial at Perth.

There is a Jessie Henderson of the right age at Montrose in 1851.

William Ross    70
Ann Ross    55
William Ross    22
Elizabeth Ross    14
Jessie Henderson    22 born Lainkirk (presumably Laurencekirk)

I wondered if this could be Jessie's mother and daughter at Brechin, Angus in  1851.

Ann Dietch    60 (in 1861 her surname is Veitch)
Janet Henderson    58 sister, born L krik, Kincardineshire (presumably Laurencekirk)
Margaret Wilkinson    5 boarder, born Edinburgh

Janet is still alive and called Jessie in 1861 at Brechin.

FREECEN has a Jessy Henderson with a William and Jessy age 13 in 1841 at Kincardineshire.

Finding proof that this is the right family will be difficult but I thought I'd post it anyway.

[Mirambu]

thanks for that cookie. Jessie in prison in 1851 census seems to be the right person. i have an address from my mothers (dec) old address book with an address for a man Henderson in scotland written in about 1958 with a notation "cousin", but have mislaid it now. when i locate same i will send a copy. i guess he is also now dec. also this may be a cousin on my fathers side as he also has hendersons. also jessie never went back to scotland. she married, lived and died there. i have a photo of her taken about 1904 in hobart tasmania. that's all for now, will post when more comes to hand. i really would love to find out what happened to her daughters, poor mites. i think one may have stayed with her gran jessie, but what of the others, did they marry. also what happened to john wilkinson, perhaps he became a convict and was transported elsewhere, who knows?!! cheers mirambu/joy

[ev]

hi all 

the national archives of scotland has details of the trial
jess henderson age 23 , mill worker , address high st. montrose

there is a marriage lawrence neilson and margaret wilkinson 28th may 1875
brechin angus

1881 38 union st. montrose angus
laurence neilson 31 b. montrose angus
margaret neilson 33 b. edinburgh
john neilson 4 b. montrose
james neilson 3 b. montrose
jessie neilson 1 b. montrose
john neilson 81 grandfather b. fettercairn kincardine

ev

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can't find a birth for jessie(c1828 ?)
i wonder if her parents were george henderson and janet findlay ?
a couple with those names had children margaret(b. 1816) , anne(b. 1818) , william(b. 1820) at laurencekirk kincardineshire

scotlandspeople has a death for a jessie henderson(other surname findlay) 1867 brechin angus born c1792

ev

[Mirambu]

thanks ev
the death 1867 seems to fit jessie's mother jessie. also that may be dau margaret, and  george henderson and janet findlay seems to be her parents. cheers mirambu/joy