Jean Lumsden

Jean Lumsden b.1870

• Birth Notes
  • Born at 12.00am

• Death Notes
  • On John Lawson's Marriage certificate of 1920 her name is still Lumsden and she is deceased.  She would have been 50 years old.

• General Notes
  • She had an illigitemate child. 
    Supposition - she was not allowed to marry the father as he was only a farm labourer.
    Assumption - the father of her child was named Lawson from Newburgh as this is the first mention of that name in the family.
    Census 1881: Fernie Barns Cottages, Monimail, Fife - 11 years
    Census 1891: East Forret Farm House, Logie - 21 years
    Residence 1893: Craigmill, Newburgh, Fife.  Outdoor Worker - 23 years, her son John was born when she was 23 yrs old.
    1901 Census she was not living at Craigmill with her parents but her son John Lawson aged 8 was.  She would have been 31 years old, where was she between 1893-1901.
    On John Lawson's Marriage certificate of 1920 her name is still Lumsden and she is deceased.  She would have been 50 years old.