Janet Shearer

[scoobie2010]

Hello I am looking for any information on Janet Shearer born 1859. She is the daughter of Duncan Shearer and Ann Drysdale. I found that Duncan was killed in an accident in 1860 leaving Ann and baby Janet. I found them in the 1861 census and then nothing. Any info would be so helpful.
Cheers.

[CaroleW]

Ann was 21 in 1861 - have you looked for a remarriage?  Duncan was 35 when he died so quite a bit older.

Where do Ann & Janet fit into your FH?   

[scoobie2010]

Duncan Shearer is the son of James Shearer. James is the son of John Shearer and Cathrine Drummond. The connection to me is on the Drummond side. I found Annie Drysdale Shearer died in 1871 and buried in Perthshire but I cannot find her death on Scotland's people putting and changing her names about.
Cheers.

[Forfarian]

Are you sure that Annie Drysdale or Shearer is actually buried there (where exactly?) in Perthshire and not just mentioned on a gravestone after dying somewhere else? Who else is in the same grave/commemorated on the same stone?

[rosie17]

Scotland Monument Inscriptions
Muthill Churchyard

Duncan Shearer wood merchant of Muthill
Who was suddenly ?? Perth Railway Station 2/3/1860
Mentions his wife Annie Drysdale died 27/2/1874 aged 31 years
Interred at Anfield Liverpool

Rosie

[Forfarian]

Lots of newspaper reports about his death. He apparently walked across a line at Craigie Bridge, just south of Perth, to inspect some timber belonging to him, and was hit by a locomotive and killed.

[rosie17]

There is a marriage for a Ann Drysdale father Alexander Drysdale
Everton St George Lancashire
7 March 1862
Her age 22 says she was spinster
Spouse Archibald Robertson age 22 custom officer
If you have her first marriage you will know if it's the same father Alexander Drysdale

He can be found on the 1881 census with a new wife Dinah
13 Luton Grove
Kirkdale Lancashire
There is a daughter Janet S Robertson age 22 born about 1860 Scotland
Quite possibly be the Janet Shearer

Archibald and Janet are lodgers with this couple on the 1871 census no sign of Ann
John and Mary Wilson in Liverpool


Rosie

[rosie17]

Found this death 1896
Janet Shearer Robertson
Birth year about 1860
Age 36
West Derby Lancashire

Burial 23 Feb 1896
Enfield Cemetery


Rosie

[scoobie2010]

Thankyou all for the replies. I shall go on with your leads and let you know what happens.
Cheers.