Jean (Faris) Muir (abt. 1788 - 1867)

Born about 1788 in Tinwald, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Wife of William Muir — married 2 Dec 1814 in Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1867 at about age 79 in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

Jean was born in 1788 at Tinwald, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of John Faris and Jean Waugh.

She married William Mure on 2 December 1814 at Tongland, Kirkcudbrightshire^[1][2]. They had at least six children (all recorded with the name spelt Mure).

1. Anne (1815^[3] - 1884^[4])
2. John (1821^[5] - )
3. Agnes (1824^[6] - )
4. James (1824^[7] - )
5. Janet (1827^[8] - )
6. William (1830^[9] - )

In 1841 she was living with her husband William, her son William (10) and Mary G Neal (11) at Brockloch, Kirkcudbright^[10]. In 1851 she was staying with her daughter Ann McCaw (31), her family (husband Robert (42) and children - Elizabeth (11), Jane (9), Matthew (6) and James (2 months) - and two dairymaids at Twynholm, as her husband was working away from home^[11]. She was a housekeeper aged 62 born at "Tonwat, Nethdale" (probably meant to be Tinwald). In 1861 she aged 79 was living with her husband William (73) and her grand-daughter Jane Liddle (7) at High St, Kirkcudbright^[12].

She died on 15 August 1867 at High Street, Kirkcudbright aged 90 (as reported by her daughter Agnes which seems an unlikely age compared with her own reported age in the Censuses)^[13]. Her death was registered at Kirkcudbright^[14].

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTRQ-GY7 : 11 February 2020), Jean Fairies in entry for William Mure, 1814.
2. ↑ Scotlands People (digital database), Church registers - Old Parish Registers Banns and marriages , Accessed 17 Oct 2020

   Bride=FAIRIES JEAN Groom=WILLIAM MURE/FR110 (FR110) DOM=02/12/1814 Ref=881/ 10 103 Parish=Tongland

3. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBBQ-N5V : 12 February 2020), William Mure in entry for Anne Mure, 1815. Accessed 19 Jul 2020
4. ↑ Scotlands People (digital database), Statutory registers – Deaths. Accessed 9 Oct 2021

   MCCAW, ANNE MMN=FARRIES YOD=1864 Ref=857/ 17 RD=Balmaghie

5. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYMK-RXW : 12 February 2020), William Mure in entry for John Mure, 1821. Accessed 19 Jul 2020
6. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRSV-6Z2 : 12 February 2020), William Mure in entry for Agnes Mure, 1824. Accessed 19 Jul 2020
7. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYMK-XDX : 12 February 2020), William Mure in entry for James Mure, 1824. Accessed 19 Jul 2020
8. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRSV-832 : 12 February 2020), William Mure in entry for Janet Mure, 1827. Accessed 19 Jul 2020
9. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYWJ-4V3 : 12 February 2020), William Mure in entry for William Mure, 1830. Accessed 19 Jul 2020
10. ↑ "Scottish General Register Office: 1841 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/59034d27e9379091b1490852 : viewed 17 Oct 2020), Jean MUIR in household of William MUIR, KIRKCUDBRIGHT, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland; from 1841 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives HO 107/3, Folio 7, Page , Schedule Brockloch, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
11. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1-217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Twynholm; ED: 1; Page: 11; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_214; Year: 1851. Accessed 9 Oct 2021.
    • View Ancestry Record 1080 #1422933
12. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1861 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. Reels 1-150. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Parish: Kirkcudbright; ED: 1; Page: 3; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1861_147. Accessed 9 Oct 2021.
    • View Ancestry Record 1080 #1422934
13. ↑ Copy of Statutory Death record for Jane Muir from the National Records of Scotland held by Margaret Bailey Allison
14. ↑ Scotlands People (digital database), Statutory registers - Deaths, Accessed 18 Oct 2020.

    MUIR JANE Age=90 MMN=WAUGH YOD=1867 Ref=871/ 38 RD=Kirkcudbright

• Biography written by her 3xgreat niece Margaret Bailey Allison