Janet Anderson (Wood) Murray (1872 - 1925)

Born 1872 in Gartmore,Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Leonard Murray — married 10 Jun 1913 in Ardoch, Perthshire, Scotland

Died 6 Aug 1925 at about age 53 in Victoria Infirmary Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland

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Biography

Janet (Jennie) married Leonard Murray but had no children. She was a tall, strong woman as evidenced by her photograph and by a medal in my possession which she won for tug-of-war in 1902. She died of cancer in the Victoria Infirmary Hospital in Glasgow at age 52.

Sources

Statutory registers of her birth, marriage, and death and census returns - all from scotlandspeople.gov.uk Family knowledge.

1881 census ( FHL film 0203514 GRO Vol388 Enum District 5 page12) of Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Perthshire :- At Westerthird Farm : William Wood, head, 45, farmer of 183 acres, born Port of Menteith; Mary Wood, wife, 38, born Carriden, Linlithgowshire; Jane Montgomery or Wood, mother, 67, annuitant, born Port of Menteith; Mary Jane Wood, daughter, 18, born Port of Menteith; William Wood, son, 11, born Port of Menteith; Janet Anderson Wood, daughter, 9, born Port of Menteith; George Ponton Wood, son, 5, born Port of Menteith; John Wood, son, 3, born Port of Menteith; Agnes Frances Ponton Wood, daughter, 1, born Port of Menteith; and also three farm workers.

1891 census (388/05/001 page 5) of Gartmore, Port; of Menteith, Perthshire :- At Westerthird Farm : William Wood, 55, head, farmer, born Port of Menteith; Mary Wood, 48, wife, born Carriden, Linlithgowshire; Mary Jane Wood, 28, daughter, born Port of Menteith; William Wood, 21, son, born Port of Menteith; Janet Anderson Wood, 19, daughter, born Port of Menteith; George Ponton Wood, 15, son, born Port of Menteith; John Wood, 13, son, born Port of Menteith; Agnes Frances Wood, 11, daughter, born Port of Menteith.

1901 census (328/B 4/0011 page 16) of Ardoch, Perthshire :- At Townhead farm house ; William Wood, widower, 65, farmer, born Port of Menteith; William Wood, son, single, 31, born Port of Menteith; George Ponton Wood, son, single, 25, born Port of Menteith; Janet Anderson Wood, daughter, 29, single, housekeeper, born Port of Menteith; also two boarders and two farm workers.

1911 census (328/B 4/4 page 4) of Ardoch, West Perthshire, Scotland :- At Townhead Farm: John Wood, head, 33, farmer, born Port of Menteith, Perthshire; Mary J Wood, sister, 48, born Port of Menteith; Jennie A Wood, sister, 38, born Port of Menteith; Leonard Murray, 26, farm worker - shepherd, born England; Andrew Scott, 17, farm pupil, born Lanark, Scotland.

1921 census of Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland : - at Auchyle farm; Leonard Murray, head, 38, farmer, born Newcastle-on-Tyne, England; Janet A Murray, wife, 41, household duties, born Gartmore, Port of Menteith; Louisa R Montgomerie, visitor, 51, single, born Kilwinning, Ayr; William G McMillan, servant, 16, single, farm servant employed by Mr L Murray, born Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Information taken from extracts from the Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland 1855-date, the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland 1553-1854 and assorted transcriptions of graveyard and burial records, held by John M Sutherland-Fisher

Private papers and family correspondence in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher