Elizabeth Anderson (1858 - 1922)

Born 19 Mar 1858 in Giffordland Farm, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of William Thomson — married 29 Apr 1885 in Beith, Ayr, Scotland

Died 4 Aug 1922 at age 64 in Hillhead, Glasgow

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Event

Event:

Type: Lived at

Date: 05 SEP 1898

Place: Station Cottage, Beith

Event:

Type: Lived at

Date: 1881

Place: 38 Whang Street, Beith, Ayr (census data)

Occupation

Occupation: Dairy maid (census data)

Date: 1881

Census

Census:

Date: 1871

Place: Beith, Ayr, Scotland

Census:

Date: 1861

Place: Sandhills, Beith, Ayrshire

Census:

Date: 1881

Place: Beith, Ayr, Scotland

Note

Note: #N75

PHOTO

PHOTO @M311@

Object

Object: @M114@

Object: @M311@

Object: @M329@

Object: @M330@

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson-20356 was created by David Craig through the import of CRAIG-2015_2015-07-25_01.ged on Jul 25, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.

Notes

Note N75Elizabeth Anderson was born at Giffordland Farm, Dalry, on 19 March 1858, to parents James Anderson and Jean Sturrock.

1858 birth date, her birth place and parents names are confirmed through the Scots Origins (GRO) database and the LDS database.

The 1861 census finds Elizabeth living with her parents, siblings and step-siblings at Sandhills Farm, Coylton, Beith. She is listed as aged 3, occupation scholar, born in Dalry. Also listed are father James, aged 53, occupation "farmer of 223 acres, employing 2 men, 2 labourors, and 3 women", born in Dunlop, Ayrshire; mother Jane (listed as Jean), "farmers wife", aged 37, born in Stewarton, Ayrshire; stepbrother Robert, aged 28, occupation "Farmers son", born in Stewarton; stepsister Janet, aged 25, occupation "farmers daughter", born in Stewarton; stepsister Mary, aged 19, occupation "farmers daughter", born in Dalry; stepbrother Thomas, aged 15, occupation "farmers son", born in Dalry; sister Marion, aged 8, scholar, born in Dalry; and sister Jean Miller Anderson, aged 5 months. Also present on the census are Hugh Gilmour, servant and Ploughman, aged 21, born in Ireland; Margaret Wright, domestic servant, aged 17, born in Fenwick, Ayrshire; and James Pringle, servant and cattle attendant, aged 15, born in Dalry, Ayrshire. Sandhills was a large house - 7 rooms had windows.

The 1871 census finds Eliza living at 18 Whang Street, Beith. She is listed as Eliza Anderson, aged 13, born in Dalry, Ayrshire. Living with her were mother Jane Anderson, aged 46, widowed 17 months before, occupation Shopkeeper, and Margaret, aged 5, born in Neilston, Renfrewshire.

She can also be found in the 1881 census, living with her mother at 38 Whang Street, Beith, occupation Dairy Maid. The census data confirms her age and birthplace.

On 29 April 1885 Elizabeth married William Thomson in Beith. The certificate describes William as a farmer, bachelor, aged 27, living at Highgate, Beith. William's parents are listed as William Thomson, Farmer and Janet Thomson M.S. Howatson. The certificate describes Elizabeth as a spinster, aged 27, living at Whang Street, Beith. Elizabeth's parents are listed as James Anderson, farmer (deceased) and Jane Anderson M.S. Sturrock. The certificate was signed by A Browne, minister of Beith, and was witnessed by Maggie Anderson and Gavin L. Thomson.

Following her mother's death in 1887, she was one of the executers of her mothers estate.

Elizabeth inherited shares in the Dunlop Gas Company from her mother, and the following wording was found in a share transfer document:

We, Marion Anderson or Lamont, East End of Shutterflat, Beith, and Elizabeth Anderson or Young,

Station Cottage, Beith, Trustees and Executors on the Estate of the now deceased Mrs Jane Anderson, Grocers, Beith in Consideration of the Agreement Dated 30th August 1898 and signed by the Trustees Marion Anderson or Lamont & Elizabeth Anderson or Young do hereby assign convey & transfer to the said Mrs Robert Craig, Glengarnock her Executors Administrators and Assignees Fifteen One Pound shares in Dunlop Gas Light Coy to hold the said Mrs Robert Craig, Glengarnock,

her Executors Administrators and Assignees subject to the same rules, orders and restrictions

under which the said Mrs Jane Anderson held the same – and of the said Mrs Robert Craig subject to the same rules, orders, restrictions and conditions.

In witness whereof these presents witnesses by James E Wylie, Secty to the said Gas Light

Coy and subscriber at Dunlop this Fifth day of September Eighteen hundred and ninety eight

Years in presence of these witnesses by Andrew Robertson, James E Wylie, Robert Young,

John Aitken, John Lamont & Thos W Rush

Andrew Robertson Witness

James E Wylie Witness Mrs Robert Craig

Robert Young Witness

John Aitken Witness Mrs Robert Young

John Lamont Witness

Thos W Rush Mrs John Lamont

NOTE : some background on Gas Light is given in Aunt Nancy’s Old Parish Newsletter extract dated

August 1985

First husband William Thomson died in 1891 aged only 33. William's twin sister, Elizabeth Thomson, had died three years earlier, in 1888. Elizabeth Thomson's husband Robert Young then married his sisiet-in-law - who was married to his wife's twin.

No formal marriage certificate has been found for Robert Young and Elizabeth Anderson, but Elizabeth's death certificate in 1922 - and her gravestone - confirm that Robert Young, Station Master at Beith, was Elizabeth's second husband. They married some time between 1891 - when Elizabeth Anderson was widowed - and April 1901, when the census was held.

The 1901 census finds Elizabeth living at Dalry Road (possibly in Station Cottage, though it doesn't say so). She is described as Eliza, Robert's wife, married, aged 44, born in Dalry. Husband Robert is described as head of household, aged 50, occupation Railway Station Master, born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire. Also present are Robert's children from his first marriage to Elizabeth Thomson. They are Janet, aged 18, occupation Dressmaker (apprentice), born in Beith; Jane, aged 16, scholar, born in Beith; and Robert, aged 15, a Railway Clerk, born in Beith.

According to Chris Pigott, great-grandson of Robert Young/Elizabeth Thomson's daughter Janet, Elizabeth Anderson was extremely unpopular with the three Young children. So much so that both Janet and her sister Jane left the country, and (it is rumoured) son Robert became an alcoholic (source Chris Pigott).

Elizabeth died in Glasgow on 4th August 1922 aged 64 - could be 12 Claremont (or Quatremont) Terrace, in Hillhead. The certificate confirms that she normally lived at Station Cottage Beith, and confirms that her parents were James Anderson and Jean Stirrat, both deceased. The certificate also confirms that Elizabeth was first married to William Thomson, Farmer, then to Robert Young, Railway Station Master. The writing is difficult to read but it looks like she dies of pancreatic cancer. Her widower Robert Young signed the death certificate.

Elizabeth's gravestone confirms that she was born in 1858 and died on 4 August 1922 aged 65.