Jane (Thomson) Runciman (1806 - 1879)

Born 12 May 1806 in Blackwood, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander Runciman — married 11 Jun 1829 in Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1879 at age 72 in Glasgow, , Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

This biography was part auto-generated by a GEDCOM import supplemented with additional comment by Alan Runciman, a 2xgt-grandson.

Name

Name: Jane /Thomson/

Some records show Jean as her first name (eg her marriage record). We can see from several records that her day-today name that she & her family used appears to be 'Jane' including the more formal statutory records post-1854. The Thomson baptism records of Jane's generation have been affected by religious preferences at various times. Despite having been baptised outside the Church of Scotland (presumably in a dissenting church) Jane's older siblings' baptisms were entered as a matter of record retrospectively in the Church of Scotland in 1804 but Jane was born later, in 1806. With no sign of it in the Church of Scotland records it looks like the parents 1804 venture back to the Authorised Church was brief, or perhaps it was an exercise in convenience in some matter. In any event there is no apparent evidence of Jane's baptism record to indicate her formal name. Its possible that research in non-conformist churches' archives may produce a record.

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Birth

Birth:

Date: 12 MAY 1806

Place: Blackwood, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland^[5][6][7][8]

Jane’s parents & family:

Husband: John Thomson

Wife: Christian Goodlet

Child: James Thomson

Child: Jane Thomson

Child: William Thomson

Child: Lewis Thomson

Child: Helen Thomson

Child: Margaret Thomson

Child: Mary Thomson

Child: Catherine Thomson

Child: John Thomson

Marriage:

Date: EST 1785^[9]

Jane’s Marriage

Marriage:

Date: 11 JUN 1829

Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^[10][11]

Alexander & Jane had their banns read in Edinburgh’s St Cuthbert’s Parish Church and were married by Rev James Turnbull who was not the minister there but of the Relief Congregation in Brighton Street. (This appears to have been normal practice at the time as the minister himself was married just the previous year with similar wording in the St Cuthbert parish records.) One wonders if this was a sign of early property issues the Brighton Street congregation was later to experience.

Background Note:

The congregation of Edinburgh Arthur Street Relief first began in 1825 when a large number of people left Edinburgh Cowgate Chapel and formed into a Relief congregation. Meetings of the group initially took place in the Caledonian Theatre until January 1827 when a new church was opened in Brighton Street, additionally in that year James Turnbull, the first minister of the congregation, was ordained. The feu duty and bond interest on the Brighton Street Church soon proved to be too high and consequently the congregation moved to new premises in Arthur Street. In 1841, it had become apparent that Arthur Street Relief Church was facing serious financial difficulties in connection with the church building, and the decision was taken to dissolve the congregation and depose the minister. The congregation however left the Arthur Street premises to worship for a time in the Waterloo Rooms and the Freemason's Hall and instead of dissolution, a union was established in 1842 with the congregation of Roxburgh Terrace. The newly united charge successfully secured a three year lease on the Arthur Street Church and consequently the united charge continued under the name of Arthur Street Relief. In 1847 Arthur Street Relief Church became Arthur Street United Presbyterian Church.^[12]

This reveals an insight into the couple's strong views over the Authorised Church, which during the early years of their marriage went through a turbulent period culminating in the | Disruption.The Relief Church had broken away from the Church of Scotland as long ago as 1761 & finally merged to form the United Presbyterian Church in 1847. The couple's membership outside the Authorised Church affected research on their family’s baptisms. Their first 3 children were baptised in the Martyrs Reformed Presbyterian Church in Edinburgh, whose records survive and are available online. However between the 3rd and 4th children (the couple had 9 in all) the family moved to Glasgow and baptism records have not yet been found for the remaining family. Their places of birth and approximate ages are known only from census records.

The family group:

Husband: Alexander Runciman

Wife: Jane Thomson

Child: John Cormack Runciman

Child: Alexander Runciman

Child: William Runciman

Child: Jane Barrie Runciman

Child: William Runciman

Child: John Runciman

Child: James Runciman

Child: Charles Runciman

Child: Louis Thomson Runciman

Jane in Censuses

Census:

Date: 1841

Place: Renfield, , Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: RUNCIMAN: Alex 35 engineer b SCT; Jean 30 b LKS; Alex 10, Jane 6, Willm 4 all b SCT; Jas 1 b LKS^[13]

Census:

Date: 1851

Place: Barony, , Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: RENSIMAN (Anc) RUNSIMAN (FMP): Alex 47 steam boat engineer b Berwick, HAD; wife Jane 44 b Blackwood, LKS; Children: Wiliam 14 app. stationer, Jane 16, dress maker, both b Berwick, HAD; James 10 (18 on anc) scholar b Glasgow; Charles 8, Lewis 5, both scholars b Glasgow^[14]

Census:

Date: 1861

Place: Glasgow Barony, Dist of Anderston, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: RUNCIMAN: Jane head, 53 b Lesmahagow Par, LKS; Children: James 20 engine fitter, Charles 18 bookseller, Louis T 15 bookseller apprentice, all b Glasgow; Great niece Jane WILLIAMSON 8 shcolar b Crawford John, LKS; Visitor Helen DUNCAN 30 formerly housekeeper b Edin^[15]

Census:

Date: 1871(the last before Jane's death).

Place: Glasgow Barony, Dist of Anderston, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: RUNCIMAN: Alex 67 engineer in "straman" b N Berwick, HAD; wife Jane 64 b Lesmahagow, LKS (transcribed as James, wife); Son Louis 25 bookseller b Glasgow^[16]

Jane: A literate woman

A couple of books gifted by Jane to her son James survive through to this day (2020). They are books one would expect to be the choice of an educated person with the inner leaf inscribed in beautiful handwriting. (See her son James’ profile for an example). It’s not known where Jane was schooled in the 1810s but she certainly had a high level of literacy and possibly intellect too.

Death

Death:

Date: 16 MAR 1879

Place: Glasgow, , Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: Witness: James Runciman (son); cod bronchitis (6 mths)^[17][18]

Ancestors of Interest

Family lore tells that Jane is descended from a Scottish Covenanter, John Potter, who was captured after the Battle of Airdsmoss in 1680, taken to Edinburgh where he was kept in Greyfriars Prison for some months then publicly hanged at the Toll Cross.

Her brother, James Thomson, had a 6 acre nursery garden in Corstorphine, a parish of Edinburgh. The cottage & land was called Crooks, reflecting a family connection to that surname (not known by this researcher). It eventually made way for a part of the erection of the Murrayfield Stadium complex, where Scotland play their Rugby Union internationals.

WikiTree Profiles of Interest

Runciman histories in associated profiles:

A comprehensive list of links to the profiles of Runciman family people, events & places on the Crail lineage is available here.

Reference

Reference: 42390

Sources

• Source: S1596 Title: IGI: Online searches, Subject: Online search: assorted surnames Abbreviation: IGI: Online searches Repository: #R149
• Repository: R149 Name: Family Search (LDS) Address: State: Utah Country: USA Note: http://familysearch.org
• Source: S1597 Title: FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS), Url: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/ Abbreviation: FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS)
• Source: S201 Title: 1841 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1841 SCT via Ancestry Publication: 1841 Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA
• Source: S203 Title: 1851 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1851 SCT via Ancestry Publication: 1851 Repository: #R121
• Source: S205 Title: 1861 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1861 SCT via Ancestry Publication: 1861 Repository: #R121
• Source: S207 Title: 1871 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1871 SCT via Ancestry Publication: 1871 Repository: #R121
• Source: S3222 Title: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004) plus subsequent research by Alan RUNCIMAN, Ros RUNCIMAN, Lawrence FLETCHER, Lorna HENDERSON & many, many others, Compiler Address: UK, Australia and New Zealand Abbreviation: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004), plus subsequent research Author: Diane Middleton Jen Jelley Alan Runciman Ros Runciman Laurie Fletcher Lorna Henderson and many others Publication: Jul 2013 Note: imported on 2013/07/24 at 15:44:27.
• Source: S3225 Title: Death Registration Abbreviation: Death Registration
• Source: S3226 Title: RootsWeb: ARCHER Abbreviation: RootsWeb: ARCHER Note: Elizabeth Archer's Tree with all its Branches (I think its a forest now) CONT Entries: 247729 Updated: 2010-10-30 01:24:01 UTC (Sat) Contact: CONT Elizabeth Archer CONT CONT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONT CONT My tree seems to grow sideways more than up and down but hopefully some of the information will help other researchers. Please be aware that you need to check all sources for yourself as someinformation comes from other researchers and may not be 100% accurate. I tend to quote specific CONT documents when I have seen them myself but even those documents are subject to error. Happy Hunting CONT CONT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONT ID: I201154 CONT Name: Christina Murray Crawford CONT Sex: F CONT Birth: 1855 CONT Death: 1931 CONT Reference Number: 201157 CONT Marriage 1 Alexander Molison Runciman b: 26 CONT JAN 1854 in Leith, Scotland CONT Married: 2 MAY 1883 in Edinburgh, Scotland CONT CONT Children CONT CONT 1. John Runciman b: 1884 in Scotland CONT CONT 2. Christina Murray Runciman b: 1886 in Scotland CONT CONT 3. William Murray Crawford Runciman b: 1890 in Scotland CONT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONT My Tree is a work in process and thanks to many contribu CONT tors (especially cousin Kathy) is constantly growing. If you are connected in any way, please contact me and share info. Also be aware that I filter out everyone born after 1910 to protect their privacy.
• Source: S3227 Title: Henderson Web Site Abbreviation: Henderson Web Site Author: Lorna Henderson Note: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: Henderson Web Site CONT Family tree: RUNCIMANWilliamTmp4AlanJul2013
• Source: S56 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php Abbreviation: BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855

1. ↑ Source: #S56 . Page: Marr. 1871 James RUNCIMAN and Mary THOMSON, Edinburgh Dist 685/1 pg 9, copy d/loaded Dec 2005
2. ↑ Source: #S3222 Page: Birth 24 Apr 1803 (North Berwick) Dth 17 Sep 1875 (Glasgow) Alexander s/o John & Jean (BARRIE) RUNCIMAN; Marr. Jean THOMSON (b. 12 May 1806 Lesmahagow) ;Pg 4
3. ↑ Source: #S3226 Page: Stirling/Hastings/McEachern/Ford - Roots and Branches of these Families of Ontario Entries: 162962 Updated: 2006-09-14 12:59:59 UTC Contact: Elizabeth CONT Name: James RUNCIMAN Birth: 1839 Death: 1905 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland Reference Number: 201913 CONT Father: Alexander RUNCIMAN b: 17 APR 1803 in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland c: 17 APR 1803 in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland CONT Mother: Jean THOMPSON b: 12 MAY 1806 in Lesmahagow, Scotland CONT Marriage 1 Mary THOMSON b: 1851 in Edinburgh, Scotland CONT Children CONT 1. Alexander RUNCIMAN b: 8 JUN 1872 in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland 2. Annie RUNCIMAN b: 29 DEC 1874 in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland 3. James RUNCIMAN CONT b: 1876 4. William RUNCIMAN b: 1877 5. Jeannie RUNCIMAN b: 1880 6. Charles John Thomson RUNCIMAN b: 1881 7. Louis RUNCIMAN b: 1884 8. Donald RUNCIMAN b: 1886 9. Mary RUNCIMAN b: 1890
4. ↑ Source: #S3227 Page: Jane Runciman [Thomson] CONT 12 JUL 2013 Added by confirming a Smart Match
5. ↑ Source: #S3222 Page: Birth 24 Apr 1803 (North Berwick) Dth 17 Sep 1875 (Glasgow) Alexander s/o John & Jean (BARRIE) RUNCIMAN; Marr. Jean THOMSON (b. 12 May 1806 Lesmahagow) ;Pg 4
6. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 1871 James RUNCIMAN and Mary THOMSON, Edinburgh Dist 685/1 pg 9, copy d/loaded Dec 2005
7. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: Marr. 1821 Alexander RUNCIMAN and Jean THOMSON, batch M119896, extracted Dec 2005
8. ↑ Source: #S203 Page: Barony, LKS Par 622 ED 5A pg 2 Sched 10, hsehold of Alex and Jane RENSIMAN (ancestry transcription), extracted Jan 2008
9. ↑ Source: #S3222
10. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 11 Jun 1829 Alexander RUNCIMAN & Jean s/o John THOMSON, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN, from Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910 batch M11989-6 film 1066764, extracted Jan 2012
11. ↑ Source: #S3222 Page: Birth 24 Apr 1803 (North Berwick) Dth 17 Sep 1875 (Glasgow) Alexander s/o John & Jean (BARRIE) RUNCIMAN; Marr. Jean THOMSON (b. 12 May 1806 Lesmahagow); Pg 4
12. ↑ Extract from http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/browseDetails.aspx?reference=CH3/432&st=1&tc=y&tl=n&tn=n&tp=n&k=bridge+street+united+presbyterian&ko=a&r=&ro=s&df=&dt=&di=y
13. ↑ Source: #S201 Page: Renfield, LKS Par. 622 ED 11 hsehold Alex & Jean RUNCIMAN (indexed on ancestry as Rusmierl or Remsmierl), extracted Jan 2008
14. ↑ Source: #S203 Page: Barony, LKS Par 622 ED 5A pg 2 Sched 10, hsehold of Alex and Jane RENSIMAN (ancestry transcription), extracted Jan 2008
15. ↑ Source: #S205 Page: Civil Par. Glasgow Barony, Dist of Anderston, LKS Reg 644/8 ED 67 Pg 6 Sched 30, hsehold of Jane RUNCIMAN, extracted Feb 2008
16. ↑ Source: #S207 Page: Glasgow Barony, Dist Anderston, LKS Reg 644/8 ED 14 Pg 25 Sched 136, hsehold of Alex and Jane RUNCIMAN, extracted Jan 2008
17. ↑ Source: #S3225 Page: Kelvin - 644/09 0245 CONT 1879
18. ↑ Source: #S3222 Page: Dth Jane (THOMSON) bronchitis, 6 mths, pg 4

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Alan Runciman for creating WikiTree profile Thomson-2897 through the import of RUNCIMANAlansPaternal4WikiTreeAug2013.ged on Aug 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Alan and others.