Barbara (Gordon) Stocks (1813 - abt. 1893)

Born 30 Mar 1813 in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Stocks — married 16 May 1838 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died about 1893 at about age 79 in Dysart, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Biography

This profile is part of the Gordon Name Study.

Barbara Gordon was born on March 30, 1813 in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, daughter of Boswell Gordon (1775–1845) and Helen Moyes (1779–<1819).

Barbara Gordon of Gallatown married Henry Stocks a ploughman from Temple Hall on 16 May 1838 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.^[1]

In 1851, Barbara (38) was the wife of Henry Stocks (40) at Spithead Farm, Kirkcaldy with her husband, Henry (40); and their children, Henry (12), Boswath (10), James (8), Helen (6), John (4), Janet (2), and William ^[2]

In the 1861 census Barbara Stocks (age 48) was the wife of Henry Stocks in Easter Bowhill Cottage, Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland.^[3]

Henry Stocks Head Married M 50 Ploughman Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland

Barbara Stocks Wife Married F 48 Ploughman's wife Aberdour, Fife, Scotland

William Stocks Son M 10 Scholar Fife, Scotland

Margaret Stocks Daughter F 3 Fife, Scotland

James Stocks Son Unmarried M 19 Ploughman Fife, Scotland

In the 1871 census Barbara Stocks (age 57) was the widowed head of household on Head of Dysart Road, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.^[4]

Barbara Stocks Head Widowed F 57 Burntisland, Fife, Scotland

Janet Stocks Daughter Unmarried F 21 Linen power loom weaver Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

William Stocks Son Unmarried M 19 Coal carter Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Margaret Stocks Daughter Unmarried F 13 Linen power loom weaver Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

In the 1881 census Barbary G Stocks (age 65) was the widowed head of household in Gusset, 4, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.^[5]

Barbary G Stocks Head Widowed F 65 Aberdour, Fife, Scotland

Janet Stocks Daughter Unmarried F 31 Linen factory worker Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Barbara died about 1893 in Dysart, Fife, aged about 79.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Scotland, Parish Marriages & Banns 1561-1893"
   Reference: OPR 442/6; Page: 164
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 6 December 2023)
   Barbara Gordon marriage to Henry Stocks on 16 May 1838 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
2. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 6 December 2023)
   Barbara Gordon (39), wife, in household of Henry Stocks (40) at Spithead Farm, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Born in Scotland.
3. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 6 December 2023)
   Barbara Stocks (48), wife, in household of Henry Stocks (50) in Easter Bowhill Cottage, Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland.
4. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 6 December 2023)
   Barbara Stocks (57), widowed head of household on Head of Dysart Road, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.
5. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
   FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 6 December 2023)
   Barbary G Stocks (65), widowed head of household in Gusset, 4, Dysart, Fife, Scotland.
6. ↑ Death Registration: "Statutory Register of Deaths"
   National Records of Scotland, Ref: 426/183
   ScotlandsPeople (accessed 6 December 2023)
   Barbara Stocks death registered 1893 in Dysart (age 74, mother's maiden name Moyes).

See also:

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBXF-XH1 : 2 January 2015), Helen Moyes in entry for Barbara Gorden, 30 Mar 1813; citing BURNTISLAND, FIFE, SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,040,151.