Jean (Stevenson) Warden (1801 - 1864)

Born 25 Feb 1801 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Adam Warden M.D. — married 5 Jun 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1864 at age 63 in St. Andrews, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

Jean was born 25 February 1801 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the daughter of Robert Stevenson and Jean Smith.^[1]

Jane Stevenson married Adam Warden on or after 5 June 1828 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland.^[2]

In the 1841 census Jean Warden (age 35) was in Causwayhead Village, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.^[3]

Robert Stivenson M 60 Scotland

- Stivenson F 60 Scotland

Adam Warden M 35 Scotland

- Warden F 35 Scotland

Robert Warden M 8 Scotland

Thomas Warden M 3 Scotland

Jean Warden F 10 Scotland

Jessie Warden F 9 Scotland

Mary Warden F 4 Scotland

Augness Anderson F 35 Scotland

Elizabeth Hill F 15 Scotland

Ann Stables F 14 Scotland

In the 1851 census Jane Warden (age 49) was the widowed head of household in Baxters Place, 2, Greenside, Midlothian, Scotland.^[4]

Jane Warden Head Widowed F 49 Annuitant surgeons widow Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Jane E Warden Daughter Unmarried F 21 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Jessie Warden Daughter Unmarried F 19 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Mary Warden Daughter Unmarried F 14 Scholar Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Thomas Warden Son Unmarried M 12 Scholar Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Helen Henderson Servant Unmarried F 33 House servant Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Arbuthnot L Johnston Servant Unmarried F 27 House servant Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

In the 1861 census Jane Warden (age 60) was the widowed head of household in Howard Place, St Cuthbert's, St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland.^[5]

Jane Warden Head Widowed F 60 Annuitant & holder of bank stock Midlothian, Scotland

Jessie Warden Daughter Unmarried F 29 Midlothian, Scotland

Mary Warden Daughter Unmarried F 24 Midlothian, Scotland

Margaret Simpson Servant Unmarried F 24 General serv Midlothian, Scotland

Jane Warden's death was registered in 1864 in the St Andrew (Edinburgh) district.^[6]

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION New Calton Cemetery
Inscription (Roofed enclosure) (on back wall, below bust) Robert Stevenson FRSE civil engineer born Glasgow 8.6.1772 died Edinburgh 12.7.1850 for half a century engineer to Board of Northern Lighthouses & designed & executed the Bell Rock Lighthouse and other public works in the United Kingdom, wife Jane Smith 2.3.1846 67 (stone in centre of floor) Thomas Stevenson FRSE FGS engineer to Board of Northern Lighthouses, past president of Royal Society of Edinburgh and member of Institute of Civil Engineers ' By whose devices the great sea lights in every quarter of the world now shine more brightly' born 22.7.1818 died 8.5.1887, only son Robert Louis Stevenson essayist poet and novelist born Edinburgh 13.11.1850 died Samoa 3.12.1894 buried on Vaea Mountain, wife Margaret Isabella Balfour born Colinton Manse 11.2.1829 died Edinburgh 14.5.1897 (tablet on S wall) Alan Stevenson LLB FRSE MInstCE engineer to the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses and engineer of Skerryvore Lighthouse 23.12.1865 58, wife Margaret Scott Jones daughter of Humphrey Herbert Jones of Llynnon Anglesea 5.3.1895 83, only son Robert Alan Mowbray S 18.4.1900 53; Kath de Mattos daughter of Alan Stevenson 13.4.1939; RIP; R de Mattos 1950 (tablet on N wall) Adam Warden MD FRCSE aurist to the Queen 25.5.1850 46, wife Jane Stevenson 5.4.1864 63, children Edw 13.11.1835 5, Adam 3.12.1836 1 y 8 m, Robert 13.9.1858 25, Jessie 25.6.1867 36, Thomas MD RN died Southsea 10.12.1875 38th y, ed by their surviving children Jane Elderton Watson and Mary Greig 1881 (STS p. 642)

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT5D-L46 : 12 February 2020), Robert Stevenson in entry for Jean Stevenson.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages"
   National Records of Scotland, Ref: 640/64; Parish Number: 685/1; Frame: 5173
   ScotlandsPeople (accessed 1 November 2023)
   Jane Stevenson marriage to Adam Warden on or after 5 Jun 1828 in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland.
3. ↑ 1841 Census: "1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 1 November 2023)
   Warden (35) in Causwayhead Village, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
4. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 1 November 2023)
   Jane Warden (49), widowed head of household in Baxters Place, 2, Greenside, Midlothian, Scotland. Born in Scotland.
5. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 1 November 2023)
   Jane Warden (60), widowed head of household in Howard Place, St Cuthbert's, St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland.
6. ↑ Death Registration: "Statutory Register of Deaths"
   National Records of Scotland, Ref: 685/2/229
   ScotlandsPeople (accessed 1 November 2023)
   Jane Warden death registered 1864 in St Andrew (Edinburgh) (mother's maiden name Smith).