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ElizabethHerts 01-01-10 13:21

Isabella Richardson (FMM)
 
Name
Isabella Richardson
known as Bella


Date and place of birth
born 6 a.m. 10 January 1866 Helensfield Grange Banffshire Scotland (Illegitimate)

Names of parents
Mother Isabella Richardson Domestic servant
No father given
Surname Sim given to Isabella on 1871 census return – could this be the surname of her father?) YES
Yes, I know now that Isabella's father was JAMES SIM.
(Informant Charles Richardson Grandfather


Date and place of baptism - if applicable
?

Details of each of his or her marriages
Robert Johnston
28th December 1894
The Manse Dumfries
He: 32 Engine Fitter
She 28 Nurse Crichton Royal Institution Dumfries


Occupation(s) - if any
Nurse


Addresses where they lived -

1871 Census
Charles Richardson Head Mar 56 Crofter of 4 acres Banffshire Aberlour
Jane Wife Mar 54 Crofter’s wife Aberdeenshire Glass
Isabella Daughter Unm 23 Domestic servant Banffshire Grange
James Son Unm 17 Crofter’s son Banffshire Grange
Ann Daughter 15 Banffshire Grange
Charles Son 13 Scholar Banffshire Grange
Isabella R Sim Granddaughter 5 Banffshire Grange
Ann R Cameron Granddaughter 3 months Banffshire Grange

1881 Census
Lintmill Rathven Banffshire Scotland
Jane Richardson Head Widowed 64 F Farmer’s widow Glass Aberdeen
Elizabeth Richardson Daughter Unmarried 28 F Dressmaker Grange Banff
Isabella Richardson Daughter N/A 15 M Scholar Grange Banff
John C Dempster Grandson N/A 6 M Scholar Rathven Banff


1891 census
Possibly:
Royal Asylum for the Insane Morningside Edinburgh St Cuthbert’s Midlothian
Bella Richardson 23 Asylum Attendant Royal Asylum for
the Insane Aberdeen Aberdeenshire
Can’t yet find any other suitable entry

NB:
Other family members in the Morningside area of Edinburgh


1901 Census
59 Robson Street Glasgow
Robert Johnston Head Mar 39 Electrical Engineer Worker Kincardine Fetteresso Rooms with one or more windows 2
Isabella Wife Mar 35 Banffshire Grange
Mary I Daur 4 Dumfriesshire Dumfries
Robina Daur 2 Dumfriesshire Dumfries
David Brother S 34 Electrical Engineer Worker Kincardine Fetteresso


Date, place and cause of death
Isabella Johnston (widow of Robert Johnston Electrical Engineer)
Died 1939 May Fourteenth 7h 5 a.m
81 Rott? Glasgow
F 73 years
Father: not given
Mother: Isabella Richardson, subsequently married to George Galbraith wool mill worker (deceased)
Cause of Death: Senile Exhaustion
Informant: Annie Drever Daughter 287 Curtis Avenue Glasgow

Date and place of burial / cremation.
?

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
?

Memorial inscription - if any
?


What happened to Robina, whom my father never mentioned?

(I'm not very experienced with Scottish research and it has been hard coming this far!)

ElizabethHerts 16-11-12 12:00

My cousin told me all about Robina, who married and went to the USA (not sure in which order!).

ElizabethHerts 24-06-21 14:20

I have received notification and an image showing that the father of Isabella Richardson (the younger) was JAMES SIM.

However, there are no further details about him so I'm not sure whether I'll be able to trace him.

ElizabethHerts 24-06-21 17:53

"Grange. June 10, 1866. Session met &c.
Compeared Isabella Richardson who confessed she had brought forth a child in fornication and named James Sim as the father thereof. She was suitably addressed and summoned to appear on the first Sunday of next month."


"Grange, 1st July, 1866. Session met &c.
Compeared Isabella Richardson who produced a letter from James Sim in which he acknowledged himself the father of her child. She professed penitence and was absolved."


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