Janet Hamilton (1804 - 1876)

Born 16 Sep 1804 in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Wife of Alexander Tennant — married 16 Aug 1822 in Barony, Glasgow, Scotland

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1876 at age 71 in Whiteinch, Glasgow, Scotland

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Biography

Born Sept 1804 at Kelvindock in Barony Parish (Glasgow), Janet was the eleventh child of Alexander Hamilton and Mary MacKie. ^[1] Kelvindock was a local place in Maryhill near the Maryhill Locks on the Forth & Clyde Canal.

Janet's parents married in Oct 1788 at Alloa Parish in Clackmannanshire, which lies about 42 km northwest of Edinburgh on the north shore of the River Forth. Her two eldest sisters – Janet and Mary – were baptised at Alloa. A DNA match with a cousin whose Hamilton line traces to Tillicoultry, a parish adjacent to Alloa, lends weight to that area of Clackmannanshire (vicinity of Tillicoultry) as a place of origin for Janet's earlier Hamilton ancestors.

Janet married Alexander Tennant in mid-Aug 1822 at Barony Parish, both of them residents of Kelvindock at the time. ^[2] They had a large family of six girls and five boys. From 1841 to the 1860s, their home was in Partick where Alex worked as a calico printer. ^[3]

In her senior years Janet enjoyed the company of her many grandchildren – she had about 25 in total. Later in life, Alex and Janet lived on South St. in Whiteinch, just north of the River Clyde. It was their final home where they both passed away - Janet in 1876, and Alex in 1880. ^[4]

Brief bio by M. S. Manning, Janet's 3G-grandson.

Sources

Numerous Sources:

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1SW-929 : 10 February 2018), Janet Hamilton, 16 Sep 1804; citing GLASGOW,LANARK,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 102,916, 102,915, 1,042,936, 102,914.
2. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTTK-KQ5 : 10 February 2018), Alexander Tennent and Janet Hamilton, 16 Aug 1822; citing Barony,Lanark,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 994,184, 994,185, 994,683, 102,880, 102,883, 1,041,480, 994,183.
3. ↑ 1841-1861 Scotland Censuses.
4. ↑ Scotlands People death record.