Nisbet Loanhead is on the road between Pencaitland and
Haddington both in East Lothian
1841 Census - Pencaitland, East Lothian
Village - Nisbet Loanhead
EWART, Francies, age 40, Black Smith, b. East Lothian
EWART, Christain, age 35, b. Outside County
EWART, William, age 15, Black Smith Appren., b. E. Lothian
EWART, James, age 13, b. East Lothian
EWART, Not yet named, Female, age 1 wk, b. East Lothian
FORSYTH, Helen, age 20, Servant, b. East Lothian
1851 Census - Pencaitland -East Lothian
Village - Loanhead
HEWAT, Francis, Head, age 52, Blacksmith, E.L.-Morham
HEWAT, Christian, Wife, age 49, b. M.L.-Pennycuik
HEWAT, Helen, Dau, age 9, Scholar, b. E.L.-Pencaitland
1861 Census, Pencaitland -East Lothian
Village- Nisbit Loanhead
HEWAT, Francis, age 62, Blacksmith (Emp 1 man), b. Morham
HEWAT, Christian, Wife, age 59, b. M.L, -Penicuik
HEWAT, James, Son, age 31, Bl Sm Journeyman, b. Morham
HEWAT, Hellen, Dau, age 19, Dressmaker, b. E. L. -Pencaitland
Pencaitland Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
HEWAT - FORSYTH - BURNET
In memory of FRANCIS HEWAT, Blacksmith, Nisbet Loanhead,
who died May 20 1868 aged 69 years.
Also CHRISTIAN FORSYTH his wife
who died April 21 1881 aged 80 years.
Their son JAMES HEWAT died at Inglesfield 20th Jan 1903 aged 74 years. JANET BURNET wife of JAMES HEWAT died April 3rd 1904 aged 71 years."
Pencaitland Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions
Sunday, April 26, 2009
The Lothians
Click on the above title to view a website with photos and information about towns and villages east of Edinburgh, including Haddington, North Berwick and Dunbar.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Short Memories
In November, I posted some information from a letter written by Robert Forsyth which I obtained through my Grandmother. It lists the siblings of my Grandmother's father, John Forsyth, and the siblings of her Grandfather, John Forsyth; both of these men and their spouses are buried at the Falkenburg Union Cemetery.
I had assumed that Grandma's aunts and uncles did not immigrate to Canada when her father came in the 1860's. I had this impression because John Forsyth Jr.'s obituary states that he came to Canada with his parents, with no mention of the other siblings.
The letter from Robert contains the names and dates of death of her father's brothers and sister. What it does not contain are the names of their spouses or where they lived. This seems very odd to me because my Grandmother's aunt, Alison McNee, lived very close by and the aunt died when Jessie was about twenty years old. There is no mention that the brothers, Charles and Robert, lived in Ontario. I never heard my mother mention these people, although she did mention Grandma's sisters who lived in the Toronto area.
I can only assume that the focus of my Grandmother's notes was the lineage of her own family and not the various branches.
I was at the library yesterday and confirmed the whereabouts of the siblings of John Forsyth Jr. and found death certificates to confirm their parentage.
I had assumed that Grandma's aunts and uncles did not immigrate to Canada when her father came in the 1860's. I had this impression because John Forsyth Jr.'s obituary states that he came to Canada with his parents, with no mention of the other siblings.
The letter from Robert contains the names and dates of death of her father's brothers and sister. What it does not contain are the names of their spouses or where they lived. This seems very odd to me because my Grandmother's aunt, Alison McNee, lived very close by and the aunt died when Jessie was about twenty years old. There is no mention that the brothers, Charles and Robert, lived in Ontario. I never heard my mother mention these people, although she did mention Grandma's sisters who lived in the Toronto area.
I can only assume that the focus of my Grandmother's notes was the lineage of her own family and not the various branches.
I was at the library yesterday and confirmed the whereabouts of the siblings of John Forsyth Jr. and found death certificates to confirm their parentage.
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