Rebecca Macfarlane Stewart - parents information

[melwebb]

on Jessies birth cert in 1898, the parents names and marriage date there so looked up their marriage in 1888 , i know it is the right one as Margarets ms is Naismith!

[melwebb]

haha great minds!   not checked the online tree though exciting!

[MonicaL]

A thought...as we also have Margaret, mother's name showing as Kennedy.

Have a look at the tree I was looking at. Robert seems straightforward hopefully. His parents listed on tree. Margaret's are not. Guesses, guesses... Maybe Margaret's birth was illegitmate. Mother Naismith and father Kennedy...more work needed likely for her?

Monica

[MonicaL]

One of the lovely special things about Scottish genealogy research (and there is a lot  ) is the connections with names etc...

I think this is Margaret's birth...Jessie's mother https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ8Q-8WL

Monica

[melwebb]

Thats interesting as the children of Robert and margaret are listed on that tree but no jessie!  I wonder if people knew she existed  - I've messaged the owner of tree

[MonicaL]

Don't worry, for lots of reasons, people structure trees in lots of ways....nothing wrong with that.

I respect all this research always...except I sway to those that have original certs and verifications 

Let's see where all this goes...

Monica 

[MargP]

Ask away Mel 

You cannot just go on assumptions and guesses. For what you have here (and all research of this type really  ), you need hard facts and verifications along the way.

Samuel has been more straightforward (!), I think bizarrely with Jessie, it will be down to the signature. Amazing, I know. There is nothing else so far that will fix her from what we have for her so far.

As we had as a summary for Samuel, for Jessie:

1901:  Family of Robert Burnett and Margaret Kennedy in 1901 listed above. A Jessie Burnett showing as 3 years old.

1915: Marriage entry for Jessie Burnett (to David Graham) that we have been discussing before. Snippet again with signatures of Jessie and David G.

1922: We have a snippet from Rebecca's 1922 birth, with parents' signatures, Jessie Burnett and Samuel Stewart.

1932: Second marriage for Jessie Burnett. Same Jessie as we had from 1915, confirmed from her parents' details. Married a Cyrus Miller Alexander, a merchant seaman aged 35.

1983: This Jessie died I think in 1983 at the age of 83 on record in Saltcoats, Ayrshire.

Missing here would be 1911 census and also Jessie birth cert from c. 1897-8.

Monica

Hi, Jessie Naismith Burnett, b 1898, Old Monkland, Western District, Lanark, 652/01/0005

The family are on the 1911 census, living at, 44 Glebe St, I am not sure if I can post the details

[MonicaL]

That must be her indeed, Marg 

You can post details and a transcription/notes from the 1911 Scottish census here on RC. Unlike the English & Welsh Census subscription services for 1911, the Scottish 1911 is only available on a units purchase from SP. A clumsy way of saying, yes you can 

Monica

[MargP]

Thanks Monica

1911 Census

They had 13 children 9 still living, married 23 Years

Robert Burnett 52 Coal Hewer
Margaret 43
Francis 19
William 16
Robert 15
Jessie 13
Maggie 9
Annie 7
John 20

It may be worth looking at, the marriages for Maggie and Annie, to see if Jessie was a witness

Marg