Helen (Wardlaw) Toshack (1800 - 1881)

Born 26 Dec 1800 in Miryhall, Saline, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of William Toshack — married 25 Apr 1818 in Saline, Fifeshire, Scotland, UK

Descendants

Died 1881 at about age 80 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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Biography

Also christened 11 Jan 1801, Glassford, Lanarkshire, Scotland. AND 11 Jan at Queen Anne St. Burgher Associate, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland^[1].

Birth [familysearch.org]: Helen WARDLAW; female; born 26 Dec 1800; christened 14 jan 1801; Saline, Fife, Scotland; parents Robert WARDLAW & Helen ROSS^[2].

Marriage: 25/04/1818: HELEN WARDLAW to WILLIAM TOSHACK/FR308; Sex: F; Place: SALINE (FIFE); Reference: 455/00 0010 0288^[3]

1841 Census, Helen’s age agrees with above marriage: in Saline, Ref 455/ 4/ 1: Helen TOSHACK, F, 40; William TOSHACK, M, 45; Helen TOSHACK, F, 20. [Seems in indexes that no others in household.]

Death: 1881, Dunfermline^[4].

Descendants are listed at <King Struth Family Tree> on ancestry.com

1841 Census: E Greigcraig, Saline, Fife: ¶William Tashack, 45, Ag Lab; Helen, 40; ¶Helen, 20, female servant.

1851 Census: Greycraigs, Saline, Fife: ¶Helen Loshack [sic], 50, Head, born Saline; ¶John, 30, son, Limestone Quarryman; ¶Margaret, 19, dau; ¶Isabella, 12, dau; ¶Thomas, 8, son; ¶+ 2 Lodgers, both Ironstone Miners - George Allan and John Johnstone.

1861 Census: Saline: ¶Helen Toschach, 60, head, Farmer of 17 acres; ¶John, son, 40, Ag lab; ¶Thomas, 18, son, Ag Lab; ¶Isabella, dau, 22; ¶Mary Ann McLean, 7, granddaughter, born Saline [= born abt 1854 - unable to identify her birth in familysearch.org. Closest I found is female McLean born 27 May 1856, Dunfermline to James McLean & Elizabeth Campbell]; ¶Ruth Toschach, 1, granddaughter, born Saline. [Birth: Scotlands People - Ruth TOSHACK birth: F; 1859; 455/ 15; Saline (Fife)]

1881 Census: Killibone Row, Dunfermline: ¶Helen Toshack, 80, Widow, Bedridden; ¶John Toshack, 41, son, unmarried, General Labourer.

“Sacred Ground The Old Saline Cemetery” by Jean COKER with Elizabeth Auld GRYMES says the following about this family: ¶Helen Wardlaw was born 26 Dec 1800 and baptised 14 Jan 1801. She married William Toshack, a servant in Miryhall, and had a daughter, Helen Toshack, born 14 Dec and baptised 29 Dec 1818.

Sources

1. ↑ Indexes at Scotlands People
2. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYCB-ZBT : 10 February 2018), Helen Ross in entry for Helen Wardlaw, 26 Dec 1800; citing , reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,339.
3. ↑ Scotlands People - Parish Registers - marriages
4. ↑ http://person.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/26184984/person/26221138177/facts

• “Sacred Ground The Old Saline Cemetery” by Jean COKER with Elizabeth Auld GRYMES

• <King Struth Family Tree> on ancestry.com